The Curse of Oak Island - Season 13 Episode 02- Billion Dollar Baby
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00:00...led us to this area being the money pit.
00:02We just need to find the right spot to death.
00:04If it's there, we should find it.
00:06Fiona, it was shining in the sun.
00:08Hallelujah!
00:10What is that?
00:11Oh!
00:13There we go.
00:14There we go.
00:14Fits in with the time period of 1600s.
00:17It's probably the coolest thing that I've looked at.
00:19Really?
00:20Valuation, sky's the limit.
00:22Oh my gosh.
00:23Yeah.
00:26There is an island in the North Atlantic
00:29where people have been looking for an incredible treasure
00:33for more than 200 years.
00:36So far, they have found a stone slab
00:39with strange symbols carved into it.
00:42Man-made workings that date to medieval times.
00:46And a lead cross whose origin may be connected
00:50to the Knights Templar.
00:52To date, six men have died trying to solve the mystery.
00:56And, according to legend,
01:00one more will have to die
01:02before the treasure can be found.
01:05We came in with a purpose this year,
01:21and the purpose was to put every borehole
01:22in the bottom of the solution channel.
01:24Yeah, absolutely.
01:24As a new day begins on Oak Island,
01:28brothers Rick and Marty Lagina
01:30and their team are energized
01:33by the belief
01:34that they could finally be on track
01:36to solve a 230-year-old treasure mystery.
01:41Everything that we dug up
01:42led us to this area being the money pit.
01:45We just needed to find the right spot at depth
01:47beneath 150 feet.
01:48Yeah.
01:50Whatever was put in the money pit
01:52fell to where it could fall no more.
01:55I need a solution check.
01:56So, if it's there, we should find it.
01:59Yeah, time's gonna tell.
02:02The team is currently drilling a borehole
02:05in the fabled money pit area
02:07known as J-9.
02:09A borehole located where they believe
02:13the original treasure shaft
02:14first discovered in 1795
02:17has collapsed
02:18after more than two centuries
02:20of repeated excavations
02:22and fallen into a massive natural cavity
02:26in the bedrock
02:26known as the solution channel
02:28between 150 and 220 feet underground.
02:35We're looking for what hopefully
02:36pit blade all found in 1849.
02:39After the collapse,
02:40I think it's all down there.
02:42The whole thing is down.
02:43Exactly.
02:43Yeah.
02:45This was a coin that was given to me
02:47that from my own research,
02:48I believe, is from about 1367.
02:52Wow.
02:53One week ago,
02:55the team was presented
02:56with a 14th century silver Portuguese coin
02:59believed to be related
03:00to the Portuguese sects
03:02of the Knights Templar
03:03known as the Knights of Christ.
03:05According to the coin's current owner,
03:08Steve Solomon,
03:09it was recovered
03:10during a drilling operation
03:12in 1849
03:14from nearly 100 feet deep
03:16in the money pit
03:17by James Pitt Blato,
03:19a drilling foreman
03:20who kept the discovery a secret.
03:23You got a core, gentlemen?
03:26Looks like, yeah.
03:28Got another bag.
03:29Now, having already detected
03:31high trace evidence
03:32of precious metals
03:33in water deep underground,
03:36they are hoping to prove
03:37that the coin is genuine
03:39by finding many more
03:40in the solution channel.
03:42158.
03:43158?
03:44Yeah.
03:45Let's see what you got.
03:47None of the previous work
03:48got to the bottom
03:49of the solution channel
03:50where a treasure
03:51fall into those depths
03:52could hide.
03:53And what do we got here?
03:54There could be
03:55a lot more coins
03:56hiding in there.
03:58I think there are
03:59ample opportunities
04:00here to find out.
04:02These are chunks
04:02of limestone.
04:04Nothing yet, Charles.
04:05Nothing yet.
04:07What's your
04:08suspected depth
04:09of the bottom
04:10of the solution channel here?
04:12In this area,
04:13it's in between 210 and 250.
04:15The key would be
04:17to find any evidence
04:19of treasure.
04:20That's your target.
04:21Turn immediately
04:22to recovery,
04:23and that would probably
04:24need a big day.
04:25Let's find it.
04:26We're still a ways away,
04:27so call me
04:28if you find anything.
04:29Oh, absolutely.
04:30You're my first call.
04:31We're going to keep
04:31our eyes peeled.
04:32As the core drilling
04:33operation continues
04:35in the Money Pit area,
04:37nearly half a mile away
04:39on Lot 5.
04:42All right, guys.
04:43We're going to go
04:44from the ferns
04:45down to the beach.
04:46Marty Lagina,
04:47his nephew,
04:48Peter Frenetti,
04:49and metal detection expert
04:51Katya Drayton.
04:52Search for clues
04:54between a mysterious
04:55rectangular feature
04:56and a rounded stone foundation
04:59near the shoreline.
05:01Proceed.
05:03After the surprising discovery
05:05of these two buried features
05:06back in 2022,
05:09the team has made
05:11astonishing finds
05:12that suggest
05:13both may have been used
05:14as campsites
05:15by different groups
05:16over a number of centuries
05:18prior to the discovery
05:19of the Money Pit.
05:20These finds
05:23include a lead
05:24barter token
05:25that just like
05:26the 14th century
05:27lead cross
05:28discovered at
05:29Smith's Cove
05:30may be related
05:31to the Knights Templar.
05:34Another curious clue
05:36is a mortar-like material
05:38that has been found
05:39in both features,
05:40which has been
05:41scientifically matched
05:42to soil samples
05:43collected for more than
05:45100 feet deep
05:46in the Money Pit area.
05:48Oh, there we go.
05:56It's a two-way signal.
05:58Sounds good.
05:59See?
05:59This occupation
06:02we know occurred
06:03potentially through
06:04several time periods.
06:05Amongst other things,
06:07we have direct connection
06:08between Lot 5
06:09and the Money Pit already.
06:11Lot 5 could give us clues
06:12as to when
06:13and by who
06:14the treasure itself
06:15might have been deposited,
06:16so that could be
06:18very meaningful.
06:19That's a rock.
06:20That's a rock.
06:21How big is it?
06:24Ah, that's a big rock.
06:26Oh, that's a big boulder.
06:29You know what?
06:31There is a pry bar
06:32left from an earlier job
06:33right over here.
06:38See if we can move
06:39this bad boy.
06:40This guy.
06:41Which one?
06:42Put it long ways
06:43right there.
06:44This is vaguely reminiscent
06:46of being 10 years old again.
06:48Here we are
06:48with the lowest
06:49of low-tech possible.
06:51We've got a great big boulder.
06:53We have no hydraulic equipment.
06:55We have a pry bar.
06:57We're going to try
06:57and move this boulder
06:58out of the way.
06:58It needs to get out of the way.
06:59We need to know
07:00what's under it.
07:01I'm going to fall
07:01on my face
07:02is what I'm going to do.
07:04Wish me luck.
07:06Come on, you big bugger.
07:10There's this rock here
07:11that refuses to be moved.
07:13There have been
07:14a lot of great finds
07:15around Lot 5.
07:17And so it's very important
07:18to get it.
07:18I mean, it could be
07:19a gold coin.
07:20It could be a coin
07:21with a date on it.
07:23I can't just let that go.
07:25I don't think
07:25we have the right equipment.
07:26I think the skid steer
07:27will fit in here.
07:29Pete, yes?
07:30Yeah.
07:30Okay, well,
07:31I will go get the machine
07:32and we'll roll it
07:33out of there.
07:33Awesome.
07:34Okay.
07:34Let's move on.
07:36While Marty retrieves
07:37a small excavator
07:38to move the boulder
07:40on Lot 5.
07:42Whenever I see iron
07:43on the table,
07:44I'm excited, obviously.
07:46This could be
07:47an important find.
07:47Rick Lagina
07:49and other members
07:50of the team
07:51meet with Laird Niven
07:52and Emma Culligan
07:53in the lab.
07:55It came out of 8.5-8.5,
07:58which is 174
07:59to 178 feet deep.
08:01It looked very much
08:02like somebody's
08:03drill casing,
08:04something from before us.
08:06They are about to hear
08:07a scientific report
08:09on pieces of a believed
08:10drill rod
08:11that was recovered
08:12over one week ago,
08:14just feet away
08:15from where they are
08:16currently exploring
08:17in the Money Pit area.
08:20If it was
08:21somebody's old drill steel
08:22that tells us
08:23that somebody else
08:24was interested in this area
08:25for reasons we don't know.
08:27And Emma,
08:28that's where you come in.
08:30Yeah.
08:31Earlier this morning,
08:33Emma scanned
08:33the metal pieces
08:34using the X-ray
08:36Fluorescent Spectrometer
08:37or XRF,
08:39a device
08:39that can identify
08:40the elements
08:41in an object's composition
08:43to help determine
08:44when it was
08:45created.
08:47So,
08:48the two metals
08:49are exactly
08:49the same thing,
08:50which you kind of
08:52see just from
08:53the look of it
08:53that they belong
08:54to the same piece.
08:55Based on the list
08:57of impurities,
08:58it's
08:59Manganese content.
09:01I would put this
09:02around mid-1800s
09:03to late-1800s.
09:06The dates that Emma
09:07is relating to us
09:08indicate searcher.
09:10Mm-hmm.
09:11The Truro Company
09:11in 1849,
09:13when they were doing
09:13their drilling
09:14and they brought up
09:15the coin
09:16that Pip Blader
09:17put in his pocket.
09:19In 1849,
09:21members of the Truro Company
09:23excavated the original
09:24money pit
09:25down to a depth
09:26of nearly 90 feet.
09:28after building a wooden
09:31platform at a depth
09:32of 30 feet
09:33in the pit,
09:34they began
09:35a drilling operation.
09:37At approximately
09:38100 feet,
09:39they reportedly
09:40struck two
09:41stacked chests,
09:42which they failed
09:43to recover
09:44due to catastrophic
09:45flooding.
09:47However,
09:48the company's foreman,
09:49named James Pit
09:50Blado,
09:51is believed
09:51to have recovered
09:52the 14th century
09:54silver Portuguese coin
09:55from the end
09:56of the drill bit.
09:58They were drilling
09:59when they knew
09:59where the money pit was,
10:01so my hope is
10:02we're going to find
10:02more of those
10:03Portuguese coins
10:04in this area.
10:05That'd be pretty cool.
10:07Yeah,
10:07and we know
10:08the Truro Company
10:09didn't get below
10:10any more than
10:11117 feet
10:12with their drilling,
10:13so the Great Collapse
10:14could have carried
10:15this metal down
10:16deeper than any
10:17known work at the time,
10:18and that area
10:19of the solution channel
10:20could prove
10:21really interesting.
10:21If this steel
10:24correlates
10:24to the efforts
10:25by the Truro Company
10:27to try to find
10:28treasure,
10:29that's important
10:29because it would mean
10:31that we are
10:31in the same area
10:32that they were in
10:34when they were
10:35looking for the vault,
10:36and we have a coin
10:39that we suspect
10:39might be associated
10:40with that,
10:41and it is in
10:42this area.
10:45Bottom line,
10:46we have an area
10:47that we've designated
10:48an area of significant
10:50interest,
10:50and this supports
10:51that.
10:52Given the evidence
10:53on the table,
10:54we should redouble
10:55our efforts.
10:56Let's go do it.
10:58Okay.
11:02This could turn
11:03into loose,
11:04watery material
11:05within a foot or two,
11:06right?
11:07Yeah.
11:08While the drilling
11:09operation proceeds
11:10in the money pit...
11:12I'm just going to
11:14try and get right in
11:14there and pluck it out.
11:16And then we're done
11:17with that rock.
11:18Mm-hmm.
11:19Yeah.
11:19Marty Lagina
11:20arrives back on
11:22lot five
11:22with a small
11:23excavator known
11:24as a skid steer
11:26to move the boulder
11:29that is covering
11:30what may be
11:31an important clue.
11:32plan to move the rock
11:35initially was to try
11:36and move it
11:36with levers.
11:38It didn't work.
11:39So then it's time
11:40to bring in
11:41the power
11:41of the skid steer.
11:44No!
11:46Nothing I like
11:47better.
11:48It's kind of hard
11:49to move a rock
11:50that's in a hole.
11:51There we go.
11:52But we want
11:53to get this out
11:54because it could
11:54be super significant.
11:56And it could be
11:57very,
11:57very old.
11:58Okay.
12:01The rock has moved.
12:03It is.
12:04Finally.
12:04Accomplished.
12:07Well, is there
12:07anything in there?
12:08What's that?
12:10Please be something
12:11in there.
12:11It's so low
12:20of a signal
12:21and it's reading
12:22very low content.
12:24I believe there
12:24was something here,
12:26but not anymore.
12:27It disintegrated.
12:28Yeah.
12:29Yeah.
12:30It seems that
12:31it's a bit
12:33of a ghost
12:34we were chasing.
12:35Probably there was
12:36something in there
12:37that corroded
12:37a long time ago.
12:38So it's still
12:39a bit of a mystery.
12:40We had to do this.
12:41There was a clue
12:42potentially under
12:43that rock
12:43and it would have
12:44driven all of us
12:44crazy if we didn't
12:45find out.
12:46But we're not
12:46going to let
12:47the island beat us.
12:48So let's get
12:48on to the next task.
12:49Let's do it.
12:50Lot 5 has been
12:52a better place
12:52to look than
12:53just anywhere.
12:54I'm still hoping
12:55to find something
12:56interesting,
12:56something valuable,
12:57a clue.
12:58Actually, Katja,
12:59you know where
12:59I brought the
13:00skid steer in
13:01and disturbed
13:02all the soil here?
13:03Yeah.
13:03Why don't you
13:03scan this?
13:04What the heck?
13:04I'd love to do it.
13:05That'd be great.
13:11There's definitely
13:15someone over here
13:15too.
13:17Yeah, that's a good
13:17signal.
13:18That's a great
13:18signal.
13:24That's pretty deep.
13:25See?
13:26Oh, yeah,
13:27that's out.
13:30There we go.
13:32There we go.
13:36What do you got?
13:37Oh.
13:39Want to clean it
13:39up a little bit?
13:41That's not just
13:42a shard of metal
13:43because it's got
13:43something going on
13:44right there.
13:45There is some sort
13:46of attachment here.
13:47Yeah, it looks like
13:48it has a fastener
13:49on it.
13:50I'll tell you
13:50what it is.
13:51It's lab-worthy.
13:52That's right.
13:53So that's good.
13:55Okay.
13:56All right,
13:56so all this
13:57rigmarole to get
13:58that rock
13:58might have been
13:58worth it
13:59if this means
13:59something.
13:59Mm-hmm.
14:00I mean,
14:01look at the proximity
14:02to the rectangular
14:02feature.
14:03Mm-hmm.
14:04Just an inch
14:05or two outside
14:06of where they
14:07were digging.
14:08And so if this
14:09could be a clue
14:10to figure out
14:11what the heck
14:12was going on
14:12here and how
14:13it associates
14:13to the money pit,
14:15yeah, I think
14:16there's something
14:16here.
14:17There's certainly
14:17a possibility.
14:19This thing
14:19might mean
14:20something.
14:21It might tell
14:22us who was
14:22there and when,
14:24and that would
14:24be a big deal.
14:25It could very
14:26well be significant,
14:27so bag it,
14:28please,
14:28and we'll
14:29analyze it.
14:30Sounds great.
14:31Let's go
14:31on to something
14:32else.
14:32Perfect.
14:32Well done.
14:33Way to go,
14:34you guys.
14:35As Marty
14:36and the team
14:37finish their
14:37investigation on
14:39Lot 5
14:39in the research
14:42center.
14:43So, Sandy,
14:44I'd like you to
14:45introduce you to
14:46Steve Solomon.
14:47At the request
14:48of Rick Lagina,
14:49Steve Solomon
14:50has agreed to have
14:51coin expert Sandy
14:52Campbell examine
14:54the 14th century
14:55Portuguese coin
14:56that was reportedly
14:58extracted from the
14:59original money pit
15:00back in 1849.
15:04So, this is it.
15:05There you go.
15:09Interesting.
15:10With his
15:11extensive experience,
15:13it is the team's
15:14hope that Sandy
15:15will be able to
15:16confirm the origin
15:17of the coin
15:18as well as
15:20its potential value.
15:21It's quite cool.
15:25Probably the coolest
15:26thing that I've
15:26looked at.
15:27Really?
15:28In my time on
15:29the island.
15:29So, you know,
15:31we've had some
15:32cool things, but
15:33this goes to a
15:36different level.
15:36It's a torne
15:38discoto, which means
15:40a decorative
15:42shield.
15:44It's Portuguese
15:4514th century.
15:47There's clearly a
15:48connection to the
15:49Templars because of
15:50the design of this
15:51coin.
15:52You have the cross.
15:54Here it is, here.
15:55And that's
15:56basically the
15:57religious Templar
15:58connotation on the
15:59back and the
16:01celebration of the
16:02king on the
16:02outburst side.
16:04This would be
16:04after the Knights
16:05Templar were
16:06technically disband,
16:08but there was
16:09still a lot of
16:10involvement with the
16:11monarch and the
16:12Templar.
16:13You know, secretly,
16:14obviously.
16:15And this was an
16:16ode to the
16:17Templar.
16:18It's a fairly
16:19unique item because
16:21it was only minted
16:22from 1367 to
16:24probably 83.
16:26That's very
16:27curious.
16:28Interesting.
16:29Although the
16:30Order of the
16:31Knights Templar
16:32were disbanded in
16:331307, their
16:35rumored treasures
16:36were never found.
16:38And many fled to
16:39nations that offered
16:40them safe harbor,
16:41including Portugal.
16:44Is it possible
16:45that this coin
16:46suggests that their
16:48missing valuables
16:49were hidden on
16:50Oak Island?
16:51This is
16:52exceptional because
16:53this coin,
16:55whenever it was
16:56buried, was
16:56brand spanking new.
16:58This was not
16:58circulated at all.
17:00You say when it
17:01was buried, it was
17:02buried for a long
17:03time?
17:03Oh, this was
17:04definitely buried.
17:05Why do you say
17:06that?
17:06If this wasn't
17:07buried, it couldn't
17:08look like this.
17:09It would get very
17:11dark.
17:12If this was sitting
17:13in a chest and
17:15protected down there,
17:16it's going to be
17:16very slow at 100
17:17feet deep for the
17:19deterioration.
17:21So, this coin
17:22here will have
17:23silver, zinc,
17:24copper, and a
17:25touch of nickel
17:26when it was made.
17:27We have seen
17:28those elements in
17:29the water testing
17:30though, that's been
17:30done, right?
17:31That's true.
17:32Silver, nickel, zinc.
17:34Yeah.
17:34Yeah.
17:35Okay, I got to go
17:36back and do my due
17:37diligence here for my
17:37dad.
17:38What do you think it
17:39would fetch?
17:39Oh, this?
17:42There's a Marty
17:42Lagina question.
17:44There you go, right
17:44there.
17:45Valuation, you would
17:47be shocked.
17:48This would be $25,000,
17:50$30,000.
17:51If you find some
17:52that aren't
17:53deteriorated like
17:54this, you know,
17:56sky's the limit.
17:58That's amazing.
18:01Let's give my dad a
18:02call.
18:06Hey.
18:07Hey, Alex.
18:07What's up?
18:08So, uh, just a quick
18:09question for you.
18:10I need your help
18:10with some math here.
18:11Okay.
18:12In the Oak Island
18:13Research Center,
18:14members of the team
18:15called Marty Lagina
18:16to inform him that
18:18the 14th century
18:19Portuguese coin
18:20reportedly found in
18:22the original money
18:23pit back in 1849
18:25may be worth more
18:27than $20,000 in
18:29today's value.
18:31So, um, if we
18:33have a coin on the
18:34table that's worth,
18:35say, $20,000,
18:37perhaps more,
18:38All right.
18:39What would be the
18:40approximate value of
18:41an entire chest full
18:42of those?
18:43Oh, man, Alex.
18:45Seriously?
18:46Uh, yeah.
18:46Uh, according to
18:47Sandy that it could
18:48fetch quite a bit.
18:49Yeah.
18:50That's amazing.
18:51Let's just call it
18:52$20,000 for one.
18:54That's $2 million
18:55for $100.
18:57That's $20 million
18:58for $1,000.
18:59Yeah.
19:00And that's $200 million
19:01or $0.2 billion
19:03for $10,000.
19:05A chest of coins
19:06such as that could
19:07easily be,
19:08a billion dollars.
19:09Yeah, that's,
19:10that's amazing.
19:12Boy, all it does
19:13is speak to the value
19:14of what might lie below.
19:15Yeah.
19:16All right.
19:17Really, if Mr. Pit Blado
19:18found that coin,
19:20then where are the rest
19:20of them?
19:21Yeah.
19:21There should be more
19:22of them.
19:23Look, we found all kinds
19:25of really interesting things
19:26and intriguing clues
19:27and things that make you wonder
19:30what in the heck
19:30happened on this island.
19:32Well, it looks quite likely
19:33to me that this coin
19:35is a piece of treasure
19:36that was extracted
19:37from deep in the money pit.
19:39And that means that there's
19:40a lot more down deep
19:41in the solution channel.
19:42Now you can stop asking me
19:45if there's a treasure
19:45in the money pit.
19:48Show me where to dig.
19:50I'll find them.
19:52I'm on board with that.
19:54All right.
19:54Well, guys, thanks for the call.
19:56Good job all.
19:57Keep me posted.
19:59Yeah, we'll keep you posted.
20:00Thanks, Marty.
20:01Thank you very much.
20:02Take care.
20:04The focus here for me is,
20:07you know,
20:07why was it put there?
20:09You don't cross the oceans
20:10with money
20:11and put it in a hundred foot
20:12shaft protected
20:13by a flooding system.
20:15Too much work.
20:15It just, it's something else.
20:17Some intent, some purpose.
20:20Truthfully, if the numbers
20:21reached a billion dollars
20:23or even more,
20:25I'm not surprised by that.
20:27But I think there's something
20:30far more valuable.
20:32There's a real treasure here,
20:33a monetary treasure
20:34and something else.
20:35Secret information,
20:37secret knowledge
20:37has allowed this treasure mystery
20:40to endure for 230 years.
20:42And I've always believed it
20:44since I was a little boy.
20:45I believe it yet today
20:46as I sit here.
20:48We just have to find it.
20:50Sandy, Steve,
20:51thank you both very much.
20:52The raising of the level
20:53of excitement
20:54wouldn't have happened
20:55without the both of you.
20:56The Oak Island story is alive
20:57and well.
20:58And at this point,
20:59all that remains to be said
21:01is we need to find it.
21:03Let's go.
21:03Let's do it.
21:04All right.
21:04All right.
21:05As Rick and other members
21:07of the team
21:07conclude their meeting
21:09in the Oak Island Research Center.
21:12We'll take that corner down too.
21:14Yep.
21:15And I'll probably work
21:16with you over here.
21:17Yes, please.
21:18Over on Lot 5,
21:20archaeologist Fiona Steele
21:22and other members
21:23of the team
21:24continue to search
21:25for clues
21:26in the rounded stone foundation
21:28near the shoreline.
21:34Fiona?
21:35Yeah.
21:36I think this is red
21:38with glaze on it.
21:43Okay, you know what?
21:44I think that looks like
21:45black Anglo-American ware.
21:47Yeah.
21:48The Anglo-American ware
21:49is of course earthenware.
21:50It could be anywhere
21:51from 1600s to 1800s.
21:54There's a body of evidence
21:56from the Lot 5 feature
21:57that literally spans centuries.
21:59How do you explain that?
22:00Good eyes.
22:02The archaeologists
22:03are intrigued by the feature
22:05and more and more information
22:07continues to come
22:09out of the ground.
22:10So you have to go
22:11where the information
22:12takes you.
22:20I found a button.
22:22Well, hallelujah.
22:24My first button.
22:25Wow.
22:26That's good eyes
22:27because they're hard to see
22:27when you're with the rocks.
22:28Yeah, you totally found a button.
22:30It's around.
22:30Well, and you can see
22:32the shank there.
22:33It's kind of flattened down.
22:35Buttons are falling off
22:35all the time
22:36and we have found
22:37so many here on Lot 5.
22:39Some of the buttons
22:39have even had
22:40military science on them.
22:42We have found
22:42the starburst button.
22:44That one is really, really old.
22:45That could even possibly
22:46go back to medieval times.
22:49Another mysterious button
22:50and found close
22:52to where the team unearthed
22:53the so-called starburst button,
22:56which may be related
22:57to the Knights of Malta?
22:58Could the team
23:00have possibly found
23:01another piece of evidence
23:03that may help identify
23:05one of the groups
23:06who use this feature
23:07prior to the discovery
23:09of the money pit?
23:10And if so,
23:11what their purpose there was?
23:14Every button that we find
23:15adds to our picture
23:17of what we think
23:17might be happening here.
23:18I do think that this structure
23:21is connected to the money pit
23:22and the story
23:23of Oak Island itself.
23:24There's so much evidence
23:26in relation to the artifacts
23:27that give us the timelines
23:29and these timelines
23:30really all predate
23:31the money pit discovery.
23:32So that's why we never
23:33let anything go unexplored.
23:37Yay!
23:38Best find of the day so far.
23:40Well done.
23:42Woo!
23:43That's exciting.
23:44While the investigation
23:46on lot 5 continues.
23:49Back in business, Rick.
23:51Several hundred yards
23:52to the east
23:53at Smith's Cove.
23:55Oh, no.
23:56Not bad.
23:57Have a pesky nail.
23:58No.
23:59Rick, Gary, and Billy
24:00are continuing
24:02to search through
24:02the spoils
24:03that were extracted
24:04during the large-scale digs
24:06in the money pit area
24:07one year ago.
24:09Oh, this doesn't sound bad.
24:13I'll pinpoint, mate.
24:14Let's see if there's
24:16anything in there.
24:18After finding
24:19a tunneling tool
24:20one week ago
24:21that may date back
24:22to the 1600s
24:24and possibly connected
24:25to a deposit of treasure,
24:27now they are hoping
24:28to recover a piece
24:30of those potential valuables.
24:33Oh.
24:35Nice.
24:37Chain?
24:38No, I don't believe so.
24:40No, it's not.
24:41Some kind of oak.
24:42Yeah.
24:43My thought is
24:44the curve looks
24:45like it's not damaged,
24:47so you could hang
24:49something off it.
24:49That went into the wall
24:51with a sharpened end.
24:52It hangs something
24:53right in there.
24:54Yeah.
24:55I mean, it makes sense.
24:56Yeah, it looks like
24:57kind of a refashioned
25:00square-shanked fastener,
25:03the oldest type
25:04square-shanked fastener.
25:06Dang stuff.
25:07Yeah, I think this is old, mate.
25:09I think this could go back
25:10to the same period
25:12all the rest
25:13of those iron fasteners
25:15and tools
25:16that we're finding
25:16in these money pit spoils,
25:18which would be 1600s or older.
25:20That'd be fantastic.
25:22All right, mate,
25:23I'll put this in the pouch.
25:24Yep.
25:25I don't think any of us
25:26will want to quit
25:27on this attempt
25:28to find whatever we can
25:29in the spoils,
25:30but I think there's more
25:31to be found.
25:32It's exciting.
25:34The money pit spoils
25:35piles are huge
25:37because they accumulate.
25:38There could be anything
25:39in them.
25:40The hope is that
25:41we will find
25:41some serious clues
25:43associated with the treasure
25:45in the money pit area.
25:50There we go.
25:53Just in there.
25:59Oh, is that it?
26:00Oh, this is beautiful.
26:11That's really nice.
26:13Oh, beautiful square nail.
26:15While searching
26:16through last year's
26:17money pit spoils,
26:19Rick, Gary and Billy
26:20have just made
26:21an exciting discovery.
26:24And that looks suspiciously
26:26like our old friend.
26:27Rosehead.
26:28Yep, you got that right, mate.
26:30That's a rosie.
26:32There's a whole lot
26:32of rosie going on here.
26:34Yeah, it's cool.
26:36It's definitely
26:36an old fastener.
26:38There's no mistaking
26:39when you see
26:39that beveled edge
26:40going around there.
26:42They made the shaft
26:43and then did the edge
26:44separate.
26:45And when this was
26:46hammered into wood,
26:48that's when all these
26:49facets were made.
26:51They resemble those
26:52rosehead petals.
26:54Is it broken off?
26:55Oh, yeah.
26:57Yeah, that would have
26:58been twice as long.
27:00And if you look
27:01at the size of it,
27:02it wouldn't have
27:02been a lot bigger.
27:03We're on a treasure,
27:04aren't we?
27:04That could have been
27:05out of a treasure chest.
27:07Really could.
27:08You've got a big chest.
27:10You've seen
27:11these silver coins.
27:13I mean,
27:13they would have been heavy.
27:14They would have needed
27:15a big chest.
27:16To your point,
27:18it's not like they're
27:19only for creating a shaft.
27:21You can look at old
27:23doors and chests
27:25and you see rosehead
27:26spikes all the time.
27:28Will it connect
27:28in some way
27:30to the efforts
27:31done long ago
27:32in the money pit
27:33in Smith's Cove?
27:35That's the hope.
27:36Okay, man.
27:37That's a really great
27:38find, mate.
27:38Do you want to do
27:39the honors and put it
27:40in the bag of goodies?
27:41Sure.
27:41It's got to go to Emma,
27:42obviously.
27:43It's a cool find.
27:44Yeah.
27:45Stock up with coffee
27:46because you're going
27:47to be busy, Emma.
27:47As the search
27:50for evidence of treasure
27:51continues at Smith's Cove.
27:54Hey, Steve.
27:55How you doing?
27:55Hey, guys.
27:56Got to the bottom
27:56of the J9.
27:57Yep.
27:58In the money pit area,
28:00Terry Matheson,
28:01Charles Barkhouse,
28:03and Steve Guptill
28:04are about to examine
28:05the final two core samples
28:07that were recovered
28:08in borehole J9
28:10that reached the bottom
28:12of the solution channel
28:13at a depth
28:14of 216 feet.
28:17Hit the bottom
28:18of the solution channel
28:19at 216.
28:20Now that's 26 feet
28:21of recovery.
28:22That's pretty good.
28:23Got some loose material here.
28:25It looks kind of intriguing
28:26and interesting.
28:27That's potentially
28:28the kind of stuff
28:28we're looking for.
28:29Something that might indicate
28:30there was a treasure chest
28:32there in the immediate vicinity.
28:34There's some treasure
28:35broke up in the area.
28:36Yeah, I haven't run
28:36my pinpointer over it yet,
28:38so I'll do that.
28:41Every single one
28:42of these cores
28:43needs to be metal detected
28:43because this is the heart
28:44of the solution channel
28:45and this is the depth
28:46where we're looking
28:47for treasure.
28:48Anytime we see
28:48that loose material
28:49in the solution channel,
28:50that means that treasure
28:51can fall to the bottom
28:52when we see that.
29:02Clean, gentlemen.
29:04It's not going to be in this.
29:06You know what, though?
29:07We got good information.
29:08This is one of the deepest hits
29:09we've ever had
29:10in the solution channel,
29:11so we know it's a deep canal
29:13or channel in here at least.
29:14Yeah.
29:15I think Emma should look
29:15for precious metals in this.
29:17I think you're right.
29:18I would say this area
29:19between 208 and 211
29:21is the loosest
29:21and potentially
29:22there could be something
29:23in there,
29:24something that might indicate
29:25there's some treasure
29:26in the area.
29:27Yeah.
29:28Back in 2024,
29:30the team conducted
29:32new water tests here
29:33that confirmed
29:34high traces of gold
29:35and silver
29:36more than 100 feet
29:38underground.
29:38two weeks later...
29:42Stop!
29:43It's caving.
29:44It's caving all the way back.
29:46The ground in this area
29:47collapsed
29:48as the team conducted
29:50a major excavation,
29:52which led them to believe
29:53that the possible treasure
29:54now lies
29:56more than 200 feet deep
29:57in the solution channel.
30:01Now,
30:02the team is collecting
30:03soil samples
30:04to have them tested
30:05for more trace evidence
30:07of precious metals.
30:08Look how loose that is.
30:11Yeah.
30:11There we go.
30:12That does it.
30:13Yep.
30:13If those tests
30:14yield positive results,
30:16it will help the team
30:17plan their most ambitious
30:19excavation yet
30:20in the hopes
30:21of finally recovering
30:22the long-lost treasure.
30:24The next hole,
30:25we're not going to go
30:26far from this hole.
30:27All right,
30:27I'm going to go drop the gyro.
30:28We'll get that information
30:29and we'll move on.
30:31Yep.
30:31Absolutely.
30:36As a new day dawns,
30:38and while members
30:40of the team
30:40begin drilling
30:41a new borehole
30:42in the Money Pit area.
30:46On lot five,
30:47there's a mystery there
30:49wrapped in an enigma.
30:50Rick Lagina
30:51and members of the team
30:53have joined
30:54Laird Niven
30:54and Emma Culligan
30:56in the Oak Island Laboratory.
30:58I mean,
30:59it really is confusing,
31:01but in its confusion,
31:03artifacts come up
31:04to the surface, right?
31:05We have one here.
31:06Katja and Peter
31:07and Marty found it.
31:09Laird and Emma
31:10have just completed
31:11their preliminary
31:12scientific analysis
31:14on the metal artifact
31:15that was unearthed
31:16one day ago
31:17on lot five.
31:18What I think
31:20is really cool
31:20about where we found this
31:22is it was really
31:23near the rectangular feature.
31:25Then Katja came through
31:27and was metal detecting
31:28on the tracks,
31:30and this is where
31:30we found that.
31:31So it was kind of
31:32the skid steer
31:33turning up a little bit
31:34of the material
31:35that brought this to life.
31:39Emma,
31:39what can you tell us
31:40about that?
31:41So it is a cast iron pot.
31:43There is
31:44a slight phosphorus content,
31:46but this would not
31:48affect the quality
31:49of the iron whatsoever
31:50because it is cookware.
31:52And you're certain
31:53that that's what that is
31:54based on the curvature?
31:55That's what we think.
31:57Yeah.
31:57The high phosphorus content
31:59that's present
31:59throughout an iron
32:00creates an iron
32:02that is brittle
32:03during colder climates.
32:04And it's prone
32:05to breaking,
32:07which suggests
32:08that being pre-1800s.
32:10I find that
32:11industrial revolution
32:12is when they really
32:12started to stray away
32:14from cast iron pots.
32:17So it fits in
32:17with the time period
32:18of 1700s.
32:20It could go
32:22into the 1600s.
32:23Wow.
32:24Quite stunning.
32:28Oh my gosh.
32:33So this
32:34cast iron pot
32:35fits in with
32:36the time period
32:37of 1700s.
32:38It could
32:39go into the 1600s.
32:41Oh my gosh.
32:42In the Oak Island
32:43Laboratory,
32:44Emma Culligan
32:45has just informed
32:46Rick Lagina
32:47and other members
32:48of the team
32:49that the remains
32:50of a cooking pot
32:51found by Marty,
32:53Katya,
32:53and Peter
32:54one day ago
32:55on Lot 5
32:56could date
32:57as far back
32:58as the 17th century.
33:00So this was
33:01probably used
33:02by someone
33:02who was
33:03associated
33:04with the features?
33:05Mm-hmm.
33:06Yeah.
33:06I think that's
33:07a reasonable assumption.
33:09And the neat thing
33:09about cast iron pots
33:10is I don't believe
33:12in the 1700s
33:13they had the ability
33:13to cast anything
33:14in Nova Scotia.
33:15No, they didn't.
33:16So it was made
33:17in Europe
33:18and then brought
33:19here whole.
33:20Could Laird
33:21be correct
33:21that this piece
33:22of a possible
33:2317th century
33:24cooking pot
33:25was likely
33:26brought to Oak Island
33:27by someone
33:28of European origin?
33:30If so,
33:31who was it?
33:33And what were
33:33they doing
33:34on Lot 5?
33:36We've all
33:36broken things, right?
33:38If you don't
33:39pick it up,
33:40the whole thing
33:40is there.
33:41Yeah.
33:42Is this island
33:42just strange
33:43with all of
33:44these one-offs?
33:45So between
33:47the round feature
33:48and the rectangular feature
33:49we have
33:50hundreds of pieces
33:51but nothing
33:53whole.
33:54We certainly
33:55haven't found
33:55a whole pot.
33:57No.
33:57And that's
33:58what's troubling
33:58to me is
33:59is this an attempt
34:02by whomever
34:03to police the site
34:04to hide something?
34:05So I don't know
34:06if they just
34:07picked up
34:07the larger pieces
34:08and threw them
34:10in the ocean
34:10or took them
34:11with them.
34:12The foundation
34:13itself before
34:14it was discovered
34:15was under
34:15several feet
34:16of soil,
34:17was it not?
34:17Yeah.
34:18And rock.
34:18So everything's
34:19well covered
34:19and it's a possibility
34:21that they were
34:21hiding something
34:22there.
34:23Yeah.
34:23Everything that
34:24comes from Lot 5
34:25hopefully can help
34:26solve that mystery.
34:28is that if you can put
34:30this back
34:30into the 1600s
34:32then the who
34:33becomes maybe
34:34attainable.
34:35Right?
34:35Yeah.
34:36I agree.
34:37Right around
34:37that area
34:38we had found
34:39trade weights,
34:40buttons that connect
34:41with the Knights
34:42of Malta,
34:43some other
34:44very old
34:45artifacts
34:46but we get
34:47something different
34:47here.
34:48Yeah.
34:49That could be
34:50important.
34:51That cast iron
34:51may give us
34:52a clue to
34:52who else
34:53was active
34:54in that area.
34:55Could Rick
34:56and Doug
34:56be correct
34:57that this
34:58fragment
34:58of a cooking pot
34:59offers more
35:01evidence
35:01that someone
35:02deliberately
35:03covered up
35:03the two foundations
35:04as well
35:06as all traces
35:07of their activity
35:08on Lot 5
35:09back in the
35:101600s?
35:11If so,
35:13could other
35:13potentially
35:1417th century
35:15artifacts
35:15that have been
35:16uncovered nearby
35:18help identify
35:18just who it was?
35:21Truthfully,
35:21I wish I could say
35:22Lot 5 was done
35:24by this group
35:25of people.
35:27Could it be
35:27the Knights of Malta
35:28or something
35:29associated with
35:29the Templars?
35:31Sure,
35:31it could.
35:32But some of the
35:33artifacts go back
35:34into medieval times,
35:36you know,
35:3714, 15,
35:381600.
35:40But for right now
35:41I think we're done.
35:42We need to get
35:43back to work.
35:44All right.
35:44See you later.
35:45See you later.
35:46As Rick,
35:47Peter,
35:48and Doug
35:48conclude their meeting
35:50in the lab.
35:52Okay, Katja,
35:53we're on.
35:54We're on Lot 5
35:55and this thing
35:57has given up a lot
35:58but today
35:59it's going to give up
35:59more, right?
36:00I'm hoping.
36:01On Lot 5,
36:03Marty and Katja
36:04are expanding
36:05their search
36:06south of the
36:07rounded feature
36:07to look for
36:08new clues.
36:09sir.
36:21Ah,
36:21that sounds pretty good.
36:23It does.
36:24It's registering
36:24pretty good
36:25and it looks
36:27non-fares.
36:28Let's have a go
36:29right under that rock.
36:30come on,
36:38be something good.
36:38Come on.
36:43All right,
36:44maybe that
36:45might loosen
36:45things up.
36:48Oh,
36:49that sounds
36:49a lot better out.
36:52Let's see.
36:53There you go.
36:56There we are.
37:01Ooh,
37:01button?
37:08What,
37:08is that a coin?
37:09I don't think
37:10that's a button.
37:12Wowzer.
37:15Does it look
37:15like a coin?
37:16I think that's a coin.
37:18I think that's
37:18a really old coin.
37:20All right,
37:21way to go.
37:22Gotcha.
37:24That looks like
37:25a very old coin
37:26to me.
37:26Oh my gosh,
37:27it does.
37:29It almost looks
37:30like there's
37:30a cross on it.
37:31Really?
37:33Oh yeah,
37:34right there
37:35and right there.
37:36I think it might
37:37be copper
37:37because it's...
37:38Yeah,
37:38I think it's copper.
37:39It's tinted green
37:40and only copper
37:41does that.
37:43The coin
37:43is really exciting.
37:45Katja and I
37:46look at each other
37:46and, you know,
37:48I know what's...
37:48I know what she's
37:49thinking and I know
37:50what I'm thinking.
37:51This is the Roman
37:52coin area
37:52and that is,
37:54you know,
37:54hugely exciting.
37:55Hey,
37:56you nailed it.
37:56You said it was
37:57non-ferrous right
37:57off the bat.
37:58Good on you.
38:00I'm impressed.
38:01I'm so excited
38:02about this.
38:02This is amazing.
38:03I feel pretty good
38:03about this.
38:05Okay, Katja,
38:05let's...
38:06let me call
38:06big brother.
38:07Honestly,
38:09he'll want to see this.
38:14Okay,
38:15all the smiles.
38:17Proud dad coming in.
38:19Yeah,
38:19dad coming in.
38:21On lot five,
38:22Rick,
38:23Gary,
38:23and Billy
38:23arrive after hearing
38:25that Marty and Katja
38:27have found
38:27a potentially
38:28important clue.
38:29come on over here.
38:32We think this is good.
38:35When Marty calls,
38:36it's got to be good.
38:37Gary,
38:38come here.
38:38Yeah.
38:39I'm coming.
38:40Telling you this,
38:41your daughter was
38:42pretty excited.
38:44Ready?
38:47Oh,
38:47that is...
38:49Oh,
38:50that's nice.
38:51Mm-hmm.
38:53Oh,
38:54that's old.
38:54Is it?
38:55Yeah.
38:56It might be identifiable
38:58because there's writing
38:59around the edge
38:59that's partly
39:00corroded away.
39:01Yeah,
39:01definitely not a button.
39:02That's a coin.
39:03Mm-hmm.
39:03This,
39:04this is pre-1600s.
39:08Yeah,
39:09this is an old one.
39:11Wow.
39:11Did me proud, Katja.
39:13Could Gary be correct
39:16that this copper coin
39:17may be more than
39:18400 years old?
39:20If so,
39:22might it be related
39:23to the Portuguese
39:24silver coin
39:25and help identify
39:26just who was behind
39:28the Oak Island mystery?
39:31The more you look at it,
39:32the more stuff
39:33you can see on it.
39:34So the lab's
39:34going to see stuff.
39:35Yeah.
39:36Yeah,
39:36CT scanner.
39:37Mm-hmm.
39:38Yeah,
39:39it's irregular shaped.
39:40Mm-hmm.
39:41It's nice and thick.
39:43But it's also not,
39:45it's not deteriorated.
39:47I liked it,
39:48you know,
39:48I think it just was that,
39:49sort of like a crude shape.
39:51Older metals also
39:52have pure compositions.
39:54You know,
39:54the metals are just,
39:55they're better.
39:56They don't rot like,
39:57you know,
39:57the nails I've been finding.
39:59Mm-hmm.
39:59This would be a hammer coin?
40:01Yeah,
40:01it would have been
40:02an hammered coin.
40:06Oh, my God,
40:07that is absolutely gorgeous.
40:11That just over
40:12tells a tale.
40:13I hold the coin.
40:13and I can see things
40:15on the face.
40:17So at that point,
40:19it's really become
40:20quite exciting.
40:21I mean,
40:21we've already found
40:22five coins,
40:24Roman era coins,
40:25on lot five
40:27that have been
40:28authenticated
40:28metallurgically.
40:30The coin will tell you
40:31what it is.
40:32And that
40:33is,
40:34provides immense
40:36hope amongst all of us.
40:38That's the top pocket
40:39fine.
40:39He ain't got any
40:40top pocket.
40:41I know.
40:41That's what dad's for.
40:43Well done,
40:44Katchit.
40:44Yeah.
40:45That is brilliant.
40:46Prince be proud.
40:47That's fantastic.
40:48That means the world to me.
40:49Yeah.
40:50Let's get back to work,
40:51Katchit.
40:51Great find.
40:52That's cool.
40:53The new discovery
40:55on lot five
40:56and the revelation
40:57of a 14th century
40:59silver Portuguese coin
41:00suggest
41:01that the legends
41:02of a sacred
41:03and incredibly
41:04valuable treasure
41:05may really lie buried
41:07on Oak Island.
41:08But as Rick,
41:10Marty,
41:10Craig,
41:11and the team
41:11dig deeper than ever
41:13in the money pit,
41:14will they find
41:15a cache of coins
41:16that could literally
41:17be worth
41:18billions?
41:19And might that
41:21be only
41:22a small portion
41:23of what lies
41:25hidden
41:26below?
41:30Next time
41:31on The Curse
41:32of Oak Island.
41:33It's a brand new area
41:34we haven't explored
41:35on the western side.
41:36Oh.
41:37Oh.
41:37What we got here?
41:39Look what I'm getting here.
41:40Oh.
41:40Oh.
41:42So I've done a CT scan.
41:43They can see it
41:44faintly right here.
41:45Oh.
41:45We'll all be damned.
41:48Yeah.
41:48That might tell a story.
41:50Whoa!
41:51Whoa!
41:52We're probably
41:52into the void.
41:53If there's the one thing
41:55he could have
41:55in that four barrel
41:56right now.
41:57Yeah.
41:58There you go.
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