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00:01Tonight, on the Curse of Oak Island.
00:04We have a cord, gentlemen.
00:05This must be the solution channel.
00:07That has the ability to hide treasure.
00:09I got something right in here.
00:10Oh, there it is.
00:11Yeah, it's there.
00:13Ooh.
00:15Hoo-hoo!
00:16We got you!
00:17Well done, Mike.
00:19Oh, my gosh.
00:20Laird, can you tell if this is a jewel?
00:23It is high grade.
00:24Made in the old world?
00:25Yep.
00:26That takes us to a whole new level.
00:30There is an island in the North Atlantic where people have been looking for an incredible treasure for more than 200 years.
00:41So far, they have found a stone slab with strange symbols carved into it.
00:47Man-made workings that date to medieval times.
00:51And a lead cross whose origin may be connected to the Knights Templar.
00:57To date, six men have died trying to solve the mystery.
01:02And according to legend, one more will have to die before the treasure can be found.
01:10Just firing up here.
01:24I'm pretty hopeful about this.
01:26I think it could be a good borehole.
01:28The thing I like about this one in particular, we're going to hit the western side of the Solution Channel, another area where the treasure might have dropped.
01:37A fresh morning on Oak Island brings renewed hope for brothers Rick and Marty Lagina that they will soon hold in their hands the answers to a 230-year-old mystery.
01:50Let's face it, guys.
01:51Let's face it, guys.
01:52It's very exciting, right?
01:53The reason we're drilling this is because of the collapse.
01:55That's where it could have gone.
01:56Yep.
01:57The team is drilling a new borehole known as H9.25, located in an area where new water testing showed more evidence that suggests the treasure may lie some 200 feet deep in the Solution Channel.
02:13It is also in this region that soil samples are currently being tested to confirm those results.
02:20Tell me how close we are to the Key Wells RF1 H8.
02:25So we're five feet south of H8.
02:27That's very close to the chapel shaft then?
02:30We are in the southwest corner of the chapel shaft, so we're in an area I like.
02:33Okay.
02:34I see lots of wood.
02:38In 2017, the team dug the five-foot diameter H8 shaft.
02:43We're rotating down, but every now and then we have to come up and clean our teeth out because of the wood, right?
02:48And at 170 feet, it hit a large object that may have been the legendary chapel vault, a seven-foot-high wooden box that treasure hunters Frederick Blair and William Chapel reportedly drilled into back in 1897 and extracted gold shavings, along with a piece of parchment bearing the letters VI.
03:13But unfortunately, the H8 caisson may have pushed the possible vault somewhere deeper and potentially into the Solution Channel.
03:24Could it be possible that the precious metals the team detected in this area came from the damaged vault?
03:31I think the chapels had the money pick correct.
03:34They just didn't go deep enough, as we've learned.
03:37Yeah, because of the collapse.
03:38So I'm pretty hopeful about this.
03:40I think it could be a good borehole.
03:42If I had to pick the most likely hole to actually encounter some of this deeply fallen treasure, I would think it's this.
03:52Is he slipping or...?
03:53The biggest thing to me is that the H8 canister started going down on its own.
03:59Right about the point where we were pretty excited that we might be finding the vault, the plug just fell.
04:04We lost all the material.
04:06Well, that sure sounds to me like the Solution Channel being able to swallow things up, including treasure.
04:11So we're going to see if we can find it.
04:15You know what I'm looking for.
04:16I want you to find an actual bit of treasure.
04:18That's what I want to find.
04:19Exactly.
04:20And then put the big boy down on it.
04:22Yeah.
04:23Yeah, all right, guys.
04:24Seriously, I think my work here is done.
04:26Just find me some data and a coin would be nice.
04:29Okay.
04:30Sounds good, Marty.
04:31All good?
04:32Sounds great.
04:33See you guys.
04:34Okay.
04:35As H9.25 descends deeper towards the Solution Channel.
04:41Today's the day, Gary.
04:42Yeah.
04:43We're on Oak Island.
04:44Yeah.
04:45The possibilities are endless.
04:46That's right.
04:47Alex Lagina and members of the team continue to expose a stone feature in the southwest corner
04:53of the swamp, one that may be connected to a road-like structure several yards to the north,
05:01where they found part of a European hand cannon that could be as much as 800 years old.
05:07We're just going to comb through this and work our way closer into the swamp.
05:11Got it.
05:12Hopefully find some artifacts.
05:13And keep our eyes open.
05:15You never know, we might find some old wooden stakes.
05:18I mean, one of the most important artifacts we found in this area was the ship's railing,
05:23which was just over there.
05:24Yeah.
05:25I think that dated to the 600s.
05:26Right.
05:27Okay.
05:28Well, if you dig, we'll metal detect and keep our eyes peeled and see what we find.
05:33Yeah.
05:34Let's find some artifacts.
05:36I couldn't enumerate the number of finds that have been made in the bog to date.
05:42They've been expensive and extensive and important in the search for answers here on the island.
05:48What?
05:49There's a lot of information missing.
05:58What do we got?
05:59This is interesting.
06:01It's a piece of shaped wood.
06:03Kind of reminds me of when we were digging in this area and we found that ship's rail.
06:08Oh, yeah.
06:10Over the years, the team has found numerous ship-related artifacts all across the swamp
06:16that have been dated to between the 1600s and the 7th century.
06:22It's great condition.
06:23It's been buried in the swamp for a long time.
06:26Could Gary be correct that they have found another piece of ship's railing in the southwest corner?
06:32If so, might it be related to the stone structures in this area and help them learn more about their origins?
06:41It's kind of plankish.
06:43Mm-hmm.
06:44It looks like it's curved and beveled.
06:46Maybe I'm seeing things, but it kind of looks shaped like that.
06:51Definitely stood out.
06:52This face really does.
06:54I mean, that's cut.
06:56And here as well.
06:57Yeah, at first I thought it was like a piece of railing.
07:02Yeah.
07:03No, it looks...
07:04At first glance, it looks like it's shaped that way deliberately.
07:06Yeah.
07:07We might be able to show that to a shipwright.
07:10Mm-hmm.
07:11Somebody who knows the older techniques of making a ship.
07:14Yeah.
07:15I wonder if it's big enough for C-14.
07:18I like the fact that this wood's got beveled edges.
07:21Now, that always looks like planking to me.
07:25And that's important because it's well out of place buried in the swamp.
07:29It's definitely big enough for C-14.
07:32Yeah.
07:33So we can figure out how old it is.
07:34Yeah.
07:35Definitely an interesting piece.
07:36I'll put that to one side.
07:40I still believe we're just scratching the surface.
07:43As the dig continues in the swamp,
07:46several hundred yards to the west on Lot 5.
07:50Found a small shirt of creamware.
07:52Oh, nice.
07:53So nice.
07:54It's really, really small, though.
07:55Yeah.
07:56Perfect.
07:58Laird Niven and the archaeology team search for more clues in the round feature near the shoreline.
08:04After recently finding a sixth Venetian bead in this feature,
08:08which could be related to the Knights of Malta,
08:11and unearthing a sixth Roman coin nearby that may be linked to the Knights Templar,
08:18the team is working to prove that numerous groups may have occupied Lot 5 at different times,
08:24long before the discovery of the money pit.
08:27Oh, wow.
08:28Got some pearlware.
08:29Oh, nice.
08:30Yeah.
08:31Getting small, but...
08:32Yeah.
08:33We'll have to do more analysis on this, I guess.
08:34Yeah.
08:35Uh, what are the dates on creamware again?
08:36Uh, creamware starts around 1762.
08:37Okay.
08:38And then the pearlware would start around, uh, 1775.
08:39Okay.
08:40I have long believed that this is a multi-generational attempt, uh, over decades, perhaps even centuries,
08:47to hide or safeguard something.
08:48I can't prove it yet, but it defines associated with it.
08:50Yeah.
08:51Yeah.
08:52We'll have to do more analysis on this, I guess.
08:53Yeah.
08:54Uh, what are the dates on creamware again?
08:55Uh, creamware starts around 1762.
08:56Okay.
08:57And then the pearlware would start around, uh, 1775.
08:59Okay.
09:00I have long believed that this is a multi-generational attempt, uh, over decades, perhaps even centuries,
09:03to hide or safeguard something.
09:06I can't prove it yet, but the finds associated with the Lot 5 feature are very interesting
09:12and thought-provoking and intriguing.
09:18Oh, nice.
09:20What did you find?
09:22Looks like red earthenware.
09:25Oh, it's got a really nice design on it.
09:28Wow.
09:29That's a great piece.
09:30It's a big piece.
09:31Yeah, it's got a really nice floral design.
09:34The coarse earthenwares are hard to date.
09:37It can be anywhere from 1750 to 1830, so...
09:41Okay.
09:42Right in our time range.
09:43Yeah.
09:44Great find.
09:45Oh, thank you.
09:46You're welcome.
09:47I'll bag it up, see if there's any more in there.
09:48Yeah.
09:49Oh my gosh.
09:50Laird.
09:51I think I just found something really cool.
10:04Oh my gosh.
10:05Laird.
10:06I think I just found something really cool.
10:08Okay.
10:09While digging in the rounded stone foundation on Lot 5, Isabel Whittier has just uncovered
10:25a potentially important clue.
10:27Check this out.
10:28Oh, nice.
10:29Can you tell if this is a jewel?
10:30It's meant to look like a jewel.
10:31In imitation of a jewel.
10:32Okay.
10:33We found a larger one, but clear just over here.
10:34It looked like costume jewelry.
10:35Then we found out it's kind of a technique that was developed in the 1740s in France.
10:50That's so cool.
10:51Oh, that's so cool.
10:52Imitation jewelry became very popular with the French royal family.
10:56Oh, that's awesome.
10:57Yeah.
10:58In the early 18th century, French jeweler George Friedrich Strauss invented simulated gemstones
11:07by mixing elements such as bismuth, thallium, and lead with glass powder.
11:14A paste-like substance was formed.
11:17It was then heated and molded to create artificial stones, nearly matching the brilliance of actual
11:24gems.
11:25One year ago, the team found a simulated diamond just outside of the round feature.
11:31Would this be valuable?
11:33I think back in the mid-1700s, it probably was.
11:38If Laird is correct that this is a similar artifact, could it be another clue to help identify
11:45one of the groups that occupied the stone foundation prior to 1795.
11:50Emma can actually XRF the side and tell you what kind of metal it was sitting in.
11:57So we know that it was set into something and displayed on someone's clothes.
12:02If she finds out that it's set in silver or gold, that just takes us to a whole new level.
12:07Yeah.
12:08It just adds a lot of significance to this little tiny artifact.
12:12Yeah.
12:13Adding to the intrigue.
12:15Yeah, that's really exciting.
12:17Yeah.
12:18I can't wait to get that back to the lab and see what Emma says about it.
12:20Me too.
12:21That's cool.
12:22We're finding some neat stuff here.
12:24Yeah.
12:25The following morning...
12:26Back again?
12:27It's good to see you.
12:28Good to be back.
12:29You know I love the swamp?
12:30Yeah.
12:31Let's get started.
12:32All right.
12:33Katya Drayton and Derek Couch join Billy to search for more artifacts near the stone feature
12:47in the southwest corner of the swamp.
12:58Something shiny on top.
12:59There might be a piece of glass or something, right?
13:01Oh yeah.
13:02Right there?
13:07Big ol' piece of glass.
13:12Yeah.
13:14So a really great way to tell if glass is old or not is any imperfections.
13:21Glass nowadays is made, manufactured.
13:24There's hardly any imperfections.
13:27Bubbles, seams, anything that may give you an idea if it's hand-blown is a great way to
13:34identify if glass is old or not.
13:36This is probably from a bottle.
13:39This would be like an older, maybe like a medicine bottle or something.
13:43It's square on the edge, so that's how you know it's like has some date to it.
13:48And it's small as well.
13:50So this is an older piece, which is good.
13:54Yeah.
13:55By learning what type of glass this is and what it was used for, we can see who was here
14:00and what they were doing.
14:02We'll keep this.
14:03Yeah.
14:04Yeah.
14:05That's some wood.
14:06Here we go.
14:07A little round piece, can't you?
14:08Let me see.
14:09That's cut there, isn't it?
14:10That's cut.
14:11Yeah, that's cut.
14:12Yeah, that's cut.
14:13Yeah, that's cut.
14:14Wow.
14:15Good eye, Billy.
14:16Yeah, that's a great one.
14:17It's really deep for wood.
14:18It's three and a half, four feet, probably.
14:19That's way below that sand.
14:20Dr. Spooner would say that's the topsoil before the swamp was formed.
14:24That's down in the depth of the ship's rail.
14:26That's a find right there, I would say.
14:27How close are we to where the other ship's railing was found?
14:28Uh, less than a hundred feet.
14:29It's one of the deepest finds that we've had in the swamp of a piece of cut wood.
14:32This could mean something.
14:33Right.
14:34In 2020, the team found a piece of ship's railing while digging near the southern border of
15:03the swamp.
15:04Incredibly, it was carbon dated to as early as the seventh century.
15:09There's been a lot of people that thought that there had been ships in the swamp, so
15:14I think it could be very significant.
15:16Is it possible that the team has found a related discovery in the southwest corner of
15:22the swamp?
15:23If there's a ship of some sort out there, it would fit really, really well to any of the
15:28theories that somebody came here and buried old world treasure.
15:32We have so many ship-like artifacts at this point, but extraordinary theories take extraordinary
15:39data.
15:40I don't think we quite have that yet, but here's another piece.
15:43If this is a piece of a ship, I bet you there's more pieces of ship.
15:46I'd rather find what the ship is carrying, Derek, so let's look for that, right?
15:50That's true.
15:51That's true.
15:52That's why Kati is here.
15:53Right.
15:54Well, let's try and find some more.
15:56Yeah.
15:57Keep the lookers peeled.
16:00Yeah.
16:01As the search in the swamp continues.
16:04So, thank you everybody for coming.
16:06We have a really interesting artifact from lot five.
16:10In the lab, Emma Culligan is about to share her analysis of the artificial gemstone found
16:16one day ago on lot five.
16:19This looks like the paste jewelry gem.
16:23It's exactly what it is.
16:26So, this one's obviously dark.
16:28And the one we found last year was white, was clear.
16:31Mm-hmm.
16:32And I guess you can explain the composition.
16:35Well, it's pretty much the same thing as last year, but this one is black.
16:39And it's black due to the addition of manganese and calcium.
16:43And it has less lead in it, which is why it's not as brilliant.
16:47So, it's not as shiny or sparkly.
16:49They're called diamantes.
16:50It's like the official term.
16:52The purpose of it is to be dark and matte.
16:56But it's the same era, similar composition.
17:01And the fastener, there's a trace of tin around the edges, which we also found in the composition
17:09or last year's jewel as well.
17:11And something like that would have been made in the old world?
17:14Yep.
17:15Not here.
17:16No.
17:17Early to mid-1700s in France.
17:19And from the composition, I can tell you that it is, like, high grade.
17:24And it was for people of the upper class.
17:27Mm-hmm.
17:28Yeah.
17:29The same amount of shine or even more shine than the diamonds.
17:32So, these are not trade items, per se?
17:35I think what makes it not a trade item is the fact that it was mounted.
17:39If it was a trade item, they'd be loose.
17:42I see.
17:43Just reading your report there, no earlier than 1734 or no later?
17:48Well, the oldest possible days, 1734, because that's when it was really being invented and introduced.
17:56Mm-hmm.
17:57So, after 1734.
17:58Yeah.
17:59Fashion travels quickly.
18:01Especially with the upper class and the new shiny thing.
18:05When did it go out of style?
18:07It went right into the Victorian era.
18:10If this is high quality, it represents probably the initial phase before it percolates down and the cheaper copies are made for less affluent people.
18:19Mm-hmm.
18:20Mm-hmm.
18:21What's it telling you about what was going on in Lot 5?
18:24Yeah.
18:25Well, I think it makes a statement about stature.
18:27Mm-hmm.
18:28I think this was a higher class of people.
18:32So, with the black paste rule, I have seen references to military uniform.
18:39Timeline-wise, it does fit the Duke d'Anville's expedition here.
18:43Mid-1700s, French.
18:45Very interesting.
18:48Timeline-wise, it does fit the Duke d'Anville's expedition here.
18:53In the Oak Island lab, Emma has just confirmed that the simulated glass gem found in the round feature on Lot 5 is French in origin and dates back to the mid-18th century.
19:10You know, the Duke d'Anville's expedition was mid-1700s, French, something to keep in mind.
19:19In 1746, France launched an armada to reclaim Nova Scotia from Great Britain.
19:28It was led by an admiral known as the Duke d'Anville, a nobleman from a family with connections to the Knights Templar dating back to the 12th century.
19:40Unfortunately, due to severe storms and a wave of disease, the mission ultimately failed.
19:47I found eight pages of what looks like a ship's log.
19:51But curiously, in 2017, Doug Kroll discovered an 18th century ship's log in the provincial archives, stating that one of Don V's ships carried a large cache of treasure to a wooded island in the vicinity of Oak Island, where the crew buried it in a deep pit.
20:11This is a very strong indicator that somebody of high status was on Lot 5.
20:17We know that the Duke d'Anville did come here to Nova Scotia, and indeed the d'Anville family has a connection to the Knights Templar.
20:25If there was some incredible treasure out of history that made its way here to North America, it could have been done as part of the Duke d'Anville's expedition.
20:35Finding these things that belonged to somebody in a military position, I wonder why were they on the island? What were they doing?
20:45Is it possible that the two simulated French gemstones found on Lot 5 could be connected to the treasure reportedly buried by the crew of the Duke d'Anville?
20:56The dots are very far apart right now, right?
20:59But we're accumulating them.
21:01But you're accumulating them.
21:02Yeah.
21:03Exactly.
21:04You know, there's always been the idea that there might be an association here with Duke d'Anville.
21:10The archaeological efforts are strongly hinting at multiple occupations on Lot 5, from the 1200s right up through 1750.
21:20I believe this was a multi-generational attempt to hide something, and perhaps the Duke d'Anville wasn't part of that endeavor.
21:30This is step by step, clue by clue, and every clue is important, because at some point they will connect up, at some point they will tell a story.
21:41So, thank you for bringing us down. It's an interesting find, but I hope we can learn more about it.
21:47All right. Yeah. Excellent.
21:49Great. Thank you.
21:51As the team concludes their meeting in the lab...
21:56We've got to keep looking.
21:57Let's do it.
22:00Billy, Katya, and Derek continue to search in the southwest corner of the swamp.
22:07Ooh.
22:08Wow.
22:09I mean, look at that.
22:12That's excellent.
22:14That is a cut steak, if I've ever seen one.
22:18Yeah.
22:19And so close to the last find we just had.
22:22Oh, my God.
22:23That's pretty cool.
22:25That's definitely cut.
22:27Here.
22:32I still need a bigger bag.
22:33Put the stuff in.
22:35Definitely.
22:36I know it's soaked, but it's a really heavy piece, too.
22:39Mm-hmm.
22:40Yeah.
22:41Well, it's soaked because we're below the level of the ocean here, right?
22:43Mm-hmm.
22:45It's so preserved and basically clean, right?
22:47Mm-hmm.
22:48Because it's in a perfect environment to store wood.
22:50Yeah.
22:52A hand-cut wooden stake?
22:55There's another one.
22:56What in the world is happening?
22:59Because the team has found a number of survey stakes lining stone features.
23:02Such as the structure that was recently uncovered several yards to the north.
23:08Is it possible that they have just discovered more evidence that the two features may have been built by the same people?
23:16If so, just who was it?
23:18Who was it?
23:20We can get a lot of information off that.
23:22I think so, yeah.
23:23I'm sure there's a purpose for that.
23:25Just that is definitely cut.
23:27And so is the other one.
23:28Yeah, that's a bigger piece.
23:30Right.
23:31Bigger cut.
23:32Right.
23:33This gives Dr. Spooner more information.
23:35Yeah.
23:36We've got some potential here.
23:38I'm excited to keep going.
23:40We'll work to keep the lab busy.
23:41Yeah.
23:42As another day dawns on Oak Island, while drilling continues in the Money Pit area.
23:53Hey, Gary.
23:54Hey, Ian.
23:55Derek.
23:56Hey, Dr. Spooner.
23:57How are you doing?
23:58Good.
23:59Dr. Ian Spooner joins other members of the team in the swamp to examine the area where the wooden survey stakes were found next to the newly uncovered stone structure one day ago.
24:09The stakes, they were 100% not in the sand.
24:13They were in that peat layer.
24:14Yep.
24:15Which is quite deep and just below the sands.
24:17To be in that peat layer, period, under that much sand, we absolutely know people were here a long, long time ago.
24:22So if I can leave with one suggestion.
24:24What I'd like you guys to do, if you can fit it in, is get me a sample of the peat.
24:29If I can date the peat here and it's old too, then I know that the stick, if it's younger, was put there by people.
24:37And if that stick dates into one of our bins of 1,200, you know, 1,700, then it tells us there was activity in this area at that time, which is totally new.
24:50Right.
24:51Peat is composed of decaying plant matter that forms when it is submerged under brackish water for long periods of time.
25:01Because the wooden stake the team found was embedded in the peat layer just beneath the stone structure, if Dr. Spooner can date the peat, he may be able to determine just when the stone feature was created.
25:14We've had these sort of three age sort of categories here, one that's 600 to like 1,200, you know, that era.
25:24And then we have the 1600s, you know, to the 1700s.
25:28Yeah.
25:29And then we have the more sort of, I'd call post-depositor kind of era.
25:35So, we've got three kind of categories of potential human activity here, and I want to see where that fits.
25:44Right.
25:45By dating organic materials associated with the man-made structures in the swamp, Dr. Spooner has determined that the paved area near the center could be as much as 800 years old.
25:58The possible Portuguese stone road in the southeastern corner may be 500 years old.
26:04And the so-called Eye of the Swamp may have been built as early as 1680.
26:10And there's been some nice big clumps of peat coming up in the digs, especially over there, where there is sand as well, so I'll save you a big clump of peat with all the wood in it.
26:23That's perfect. That's what I need.
26:25I think that the carbon dating of the wood in the swamp, the work that was done, the discoveries that have been made, can only lead to one conclusion, that the work was long, involved, and purposeful.
26:38To me, what it says is, this was a multi-generational endeavor here, and there's possibly more than one treasure hidden across the island.
26:47So, I'm off lab. Thanks, guys.
26:50We can't wait to hear your results.
26:52Yep. Thank you.
26:53Thanks.
26:54See you later.
26:55As the dig continues in the swamp...
26:58We did hit the bedrock plateau. Hopefully, it will go right down into the solution channel. Could be in the next run.
27:05We have a core, gentlemen.
27:08Over in the Money Pit area, the drilling operation in borehole H9.25 has nearly reached a depth of 200 feet.
27:17H9.25's still got a few things to tell us. Hopefully, we're going to find that open area that could have taken the treasure.
27:24Yeah.
27:25Given its proximity to H8, there's every reason to believe that we are in the area of the original Money Pit.
27:31Remember, we are in the area where something significant happened.
27:36That's some very loose material right there. This must be the solution channel.
27:41We lost the so-called vault in H8. Where did it go? And we believe it went to the solution channel. It's the perfect targeted zone. The hope is that there'll be something in the core. A man-made something.
27:56Adam, what do you got? 2... 212.
27:59212?
28:00Yeah.
28:01This is promising-looking stuff, really.
28:02Yeah, it's gooey.
28:03Very gooey and loose.
28:05Bring her in.
28:07Yeah, this is the loose material we're looking for right here, guys.
28:10There's the conditions we need right there.
28:12Yep.
28:13That has the ability to hide treasure.
28:15It's a little messy.
28:20All right.
28:21Now we're starting to get a look at it.
28:24198 down to 215 in front of us, guys.
28:28This loose material looks like it starts at the 198 mark, and it goes down to...
28:34It's going to be a 202, would you, Charles?
28:36202.
28:37It may have got a little bit less recovery going down through the slurry as well.
28:41Sure.
28:42Yeah, well, less recovery means it was literally a void.
28:45It was mostly water, I guess.
28:46That's the good thing.
28:47Now this is cakey and less likely to accept a treasure down into it.
28:52This stuff up here is, of course, much looser.
28:55And then this is the stuff that really should be set aside, and we send some off to the lab, hopefully.
29:01Yep.
29:02There you go, Charles.
29:03See what you see.
29:12This is the good stuff right here, as we move up along this one.
29:23Got to find the one thing.
29:33I got something right in here.
29:34Interesting.
29:35I'm going to pull some of that out, Terry.
29:40Oh, that's okay.
29:45Yep.
29:46I'm getting a hit right there.
29:47Okay.
29:48Yep.
29:49Right in there.
29:50Tough stuff to work with, let me tell you.
29:51Come over here so you don't lose it.
29:52Yep.
29:53Yeah.
29:54Yeah.
29:55I'm getting a hit right there.
29:56Okay.
29:57Yep.
29:58Right in there.
29:59Tough stuff to work with, let me tell you.
30:00Come over here so you don't lose it.
30:01Yep.
30:02Yeah, all right.
30:03There you go, yep.
30:04Fresh area here.
30:05Not there.
30:06Not there?
30:07Nope.
30:10There we go.
30:11Oh, there it is.
30:12Here it is, right there.
30:17Here it is, right there.
30:18I'm getting chirps right here.
30:20It's right in there.
30:22You know, you get fooled sometimes by the screws in the table.
30:25Okay, we're going to have to bring this over there.
30:28Yeah, it's there.
30:29It's in there.
30:30I'm going to put it right on the table.
30:31In the money pit area, the team is detecting traces of metal in a drilling core, recovered
30:37from more than 200 feet deep in the solution channel.
30:40Nope.
30:41It's in here.
30:46Okay, then dump that over in a different pile.
30:48Yeah.
30:49That's weird.
30:50Oh.
30:51What's that?
30:52It's on your...
30:53Oh, it's on you.
30:54Yeah, it's on me right there.
30:55I wonder if this is the same thing that we're getting before.
30:56Yeah.
30:57You know, the little flex.
30:58Yeah.
30:59Yeah, this is a real conundrum here.
31:03The team is frustrated to once again detect signs of metal in their drill core, but then
31:08recover no objects.
31:10could these hits also mean that they are once again detecting metal flex in the soil and
31:11are getting even closer to a long-lost treasure that now lies somewhere nearby.
31:15in the solution channel.
31:16I know Marty was really interested in this last time when this occurred.
31:18So we probably shouldn't get him involved here.
31:19Sounds good.
31:20Yeah.
31:21Yeah, this is a real conundrum here.
31:22The team is frustrated to once again detect signs of metal in their drill core, but then
31:25recover no objects.
31:28However, could these hits also mean that they are once again detecting metal flex in the soil
31:34and are getting even closer to a long-lost treasure that now lies somewhere nearby in the
31:39solution channel?
31:41I know Marty was really interested in this last time when this occurred, so we probably
31:46should get him involved here.
31:47Sounds good.
31:48Hello?
31:49Hey, Marty.
31:50How are you?
31:51Talk to me.
31:52I'm here in the money pit with Charles and Terry and we have another interesting four.
31:59Right around 198 all the way down to 208, we had some very, very soupy material and we
32:05had ambiguous hits with the metal detector.
32:08Sort of scattered stuff.
32:10It would beep and go off and seem to be detected and then we couldn't find it in the mud.
32:15All right.
32:16Well, this is right where we want it to be, correct?
32:18Yeah.
32:19It's in the right area, the right depth, the right conditions.
32:22You know, there's no coin staring at us, but who knows what to expect, right?
32:26I mean, at least we're getting some indication we're finally on the right path.
32:29So that's what Ian Spooner has been on about for a long time, but that's how he explains
32:33the metals in the water.
32:35The pinpointer hits.
32:36The preliminary indication of metals at the base of the solution channel could be an indicator
32:42that we are in the right spot.
32:44We're hoping that this is something that eroded from a treasure that's very close by.
32:50Maybe it's coming from the chapel vault if it's really there.
32:54We're going to take all of this and set it aside, Marty, and we're going to be sure we
32:57do a good analysis of all of it.
32:59Yeah, but the whole thing, not samples, the whole thing.
33:02Yeah, I'd like you to take that entire 10-foot of core.
33:05Yeah.
33:06The entire thing.
33:07Then it needs to go to the lab.
33:09The sediments carefully analyzed could yield bits of precious metals, silver, gold perhaps.
33:16Look, this is what we're looking for.
33:19Something from the scientific reconnaissance data to tell us where to go to actually find
33:24the treasure.
33:25We're bagging the whole thing for sure, Marty, no question.
33:27We'll keep you informed as we go.
33:29Talk to you soon.
33:30Good deal, guys.
33:31Later that day.
33:36Okay, mate.
33:37I'm hoping we can find something to help the archaeologists understand what the heck went
33:45on in that round feature and the rectangular feature.
33:49Works for me.
33:51After the discovery of the 18th century simulated gemstone.
33:55Right.
33:56Let's find some artifacts.
33:58Cool.
33:59Rick and Gary search through spoils that were removed from the round feature on lot
34:055.
34:06Come on.
34:07Here's a signal.
34:08Here we go, mate.
34:09We're in business.
34:10Non-ferrous.
34:11In fact, just don't think we've got to dig very deep.
34:12There's going to be enough surface layers.
34:27That sounds really good.
34:29Let's see what we've got here.
34:32This is my favourite part.
34:45Oh, a bit of roundness.
34:49Look how little that is.
34:51Oh, yeah.
34:52That's a tiny little cuff button.
34:55Look at how little that is, mate.
34:56Tiny?
34:57Yeah.
34:58But you can definitely see it's got a tiny little loop on the back.
35:03Could this small button be related to the artificial gemstones found in and near the round feature?
35:09If so, might it help identify one of the groups who occupied lot 5 before the discovery of the money pit?
35:17Yeah.
35:18It could be like a little, kind of like a decorative button, say off a lapel or something like this.
35:25Definitely copper alloy by the sound of it.
35:28Another nice little artifact, cool.
35:31For the hammer to hopefully shine some light on.
35:34I think at this point we always talk about grouping artifacts.
35:37The archaeologists should group the buttons.
35:40Yeah.
35:41And then maybe catalogue them and give them to a button expert, say.
35:45Who can say, this stylistically, this represents this error.
35:49Stylistically, this represents this error.
35:51It's not just a button anymore.
35:53No.
35:54It's a piece of data.
35:55It's a piece of history, I should say.
35:56Yeah, it is.
35:57OK, I'll put it in the bag.
36:00And we'll keep gridding.
36:02Yeah, we've got a good hit here, Rick.
36:17A really good hit.
36:19All right.
36:21Show it.
36:24Hurry.
36:25I'll try pinpoint it first.
36:28It sounds like a great hit.
36:31That's non-Ferris, mate.
36:32That is not a nail.
36:45I've heard this in my hand.
36:47Oh.
36:48Hoo-hoo!
36:49What have we got here?
36:54Hoo-hoo!
36:55What have we got here?
36:57I know what that is.
36:59While searching spoils removed from the round feature on Lot 5.
37:03What is it?
37:04It looks like a stone.
37:06No, it's not a stone, mate.
37:08Rick and Gary have found another potentially important clue.
37:13I think what we have found, Rick, is something really, really special and unique.
37:18That is a folded over coin.
37:23Really?
37:24That's a copper coin that's been folded over.
37:27Look, you can see the shape of it.
37:29Never heard of such a thing.
37:31I have, but not in North America.
37:34Because I have found these type of artifacts in Europe before, metal detecting.
37:39Really?
37:40Yeah.
37:41Normally when you find something made of copper, silver, and gold, and it's completely folded
37:45over, I believe this is a talisman to ward off bad things.
37:51Somebody would fold this piece of metal over, and they would put it in the ground to ward off bad luck.
38:00When would that kind of ritual be prevalent?
38:05Three, four hundred years ago.
38:06Really?
38:07Yeah.
38:08The ritual of folding coins as symbols of good luck, or an appeal for God's protection, dates as far back as the times of ancient Rome.
38:18However, this practice was prevalent throughout Europe between the 12th and 18th centuries.
38:25It's more than likely 1700s, 1600s.
38:30That would be the right time frame for Lot 5.
38:34Yeah, yeah.
38:35Is it possible that this folded coin was left in the rounded feature on Lot 5 by someone who wanted spiritual protection for themselves?
38:45Or perhaps for something they brought to Oak Island?
38:49If so, could it be related to the artifacts found here that have been linked to the religious orders of the Knights of Malta and the Knights Templar?
39:00The real story here is why a folded coin?
39:04What was truly happening on Lot 5?
39:07If that is a coin, you just don't throw money away, right?
39:10No.
39:11You just don't do that.
39:12You do it for a reason.
39:13That's intentional, right?
39:15Yeah.
39:16If you think about it, back even in the 1600s, 1700s and way beyond there, those people had a different understanding of the world.
39:25And so they did things like this.
39:28I have always believed, as have many others, that the work that was done on Oak Island was meant to protect something outside of temporal wealth.
39:39I think what was put here was meant to advance something, an idea, a belief, a concept, something of either significant historical value or religious value.
39:51You know, this island has resisted efforts to find the treasure for 230 years.
39:56There's something on this island.
39:58And I believe whatever was here is still here.
40:02Look at that.
40:03Well done, mate.
40:04This is absolutely fantastic, mate.
40:06A thirst for Oak Island.
40:08Absolutely.
40:09Never seen anything like it.
40:11Didn't know the tradition.
40:12That is a clue as to what may have happened over there, at least part of the story of what happened over there.
40:18Yeah.
40:19I am sure it will find a safe home.
40:21Oh, yeah.
40:22I know where this little view is going.
40:24And I'm going to bypass the bag.
40:26But this is going straight in the top pocket.
40:29That's absolutely fantastic.
40:32And we're going to show it to our favorite lady at the lab, Emma.
40:37And we'll find out what this is.
40:40I want to know, mate.
40:42Let's get back to the lab.
40:43Okay.
40:44Cool.
40:46After uncovering new evidence of man-made workings in the swamp and traces of metal in the money pit.
40:54And artifact surfaces that may be related to the struggles many have faced in trying to solve this mystery for more than 200 years.
41:03Was a treasure a profound religious value really brought to Oak Island over the course of centuries by people who are all deeply devoted to ensuring that it would never be found?
41:17And could it actually be protected by supernatural forces?
41:21The Laginas and their team won't stop digging until they know the truth.
41:28But just what must they endure to find it?
41:36Next time on The Curse of Oak Island.
41:39Oh, wow.
41:40What is that?
41:41That's exactly like the sticks we found near the vault.
41:43I truly believe there's still another vault there.
41:46Whoa, whoa, whoa.
41:47There it is.
41:48Without a void.
41:49Thanks.
41:50Is that natural or is that an open cavern?
41:51Only a sonar could tell you that, really.
41:52All right.
41:53Well, that's what we'll do.
41:54Hopefully we'll find the one thing.
41:55Cross your fingers.
41:56We're in the cavity.
41:57Yeah, you're in.
41:58We'd love nothing better than to see a man-made cavern or vault.
42:01We've got an opening.
42:02This is not natural.
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