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00:00On the Curse of Polk Island.
00:02We have a cord, gentlemen.
00:04This must be the solution channel.
00:06That has the ability to hide treasure.
00:07I got something right in here.
00:08Oh, there it is.
00:09Yeah, it's there.
00:11Ooh.
00:13Hoo-hoo, what we got here?
00:15Well done, Mike.
00:17Oh, my gosh.
00:18Laird, can you tell if this is a jewel?
00:21It is high grade.
00:23Made in the old world?
00:24Yep.
00:25That 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.
00:40So far, they have found a stone slab with strange symbols carved into it.
00:46Man-made workings that date to medieval times.
00:50And a lead cross whose origin may be connected to the Knights Templar.
00:55To date, six men have died trying to solve the mystery.
01:00And according to legend, one more will have to die before the treasure can be found.
01:09So we're just firing up here.
01:23I'm pretty hopeful about this.
01:25I think it could be a good borehole.
01:27The thing I like about this one in particular, we're going to hit the western side of the solution channel.
01:32Another area where the treasure might have dropped.
01:35A 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.
01:48Let's face it, guys.
01:50It's very exciting, right?
01:51The reason we're drilling this is because of the collapse.
01:54That's where it could have gone.
01:55Yeah.
01:56The 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.
02:12It is also in this region that soil samples are currently being tested to confirm those results.
02:19Tell 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?
02:29We are in the southwest corner of the chapel shaft, so we're in an area I like.
02:32Okay.
02:33Let's see lots of wood.
02:36In 2017, the team dug the five-foot diameter H8 shaft.
02:42We're rotating down, but every now and then we have to come up and clean our teeth out because of the wood, right?
02:47And 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.
03:12But unfortunately, the H8 case arm may have pushed the possible vault somewhere deeper and potentially into the solution channel.
03:23Could it be possible that the precious metals the team detected in this area came from the damaged vault?
03:30I think the chapels had the money pick correct.
03:33They just didn't go deep enough, as we've learned.
03:36Yeah, because of the collapse.
03:37So I'm pretty hopeful about this.
03:39I think it could be a good borehole.
03:41If I had to pick the most likely hole to actually encounter some of this deeply fallen treasure, I would think it's this.
03:53The biggest thing to me is that the H8 canister started going down on its own.
03:58Right about the point where we were pretty excited that we might be finding the vault, the plug just fell.
04:03We lost all the material.
04:04Well, that sure sounds to me like the solution channel being able to swallow things up, including treasure.
04:10So we're going to see if we can find it.
04:12You know what I'm looking for.
04:14I want you to find an actual bit of treasure.
04:17That's what I want to find.
04:18Exactly.
04:19And then put the big boy down on it.
04:20Yeah.
04:21Yeah.
04:22All right, guys.
04:23Seriously, I think my work here is done.
04:25Just find me some data and a coin would be nice.
04:28Okay.
04:29Sounds good, Marty.
04:30All good?
04:31Sounds great.
04:32See you guys.
04:33As H9.25 descends deeper towards the solution channel.
04:37Today's the day, Gary.
04:40Yeah.
04:41We're on Oak Island.
04:42Yeah.
04:43The possibilities are endless.
04:44That's right.
04:45Alex Lagina and members of the team continue to expose a stone feature in the southwest corner of the swamp.
04:53One that may be connected to a road-like structure several yards to the north,
04:58where they found part of a European hand cannon that could be as much as 800 years old.
05:05We're just going to comb through this and work our way closer into the swamp.
05:10Got it.
05:11Hopefully find some artifacts.
05:12And keep our eyes open.
05:14You never know.
05:15We might find some old wooden stakes.
05:17I mean, one of the most important artifacts we found in this area was the ship's railing,
05:21which was just over there.
05:23Yeah.
05:24I think that dated to the 600s.
05:25Right.
05:26Okay.
05:27Well, if you dig, we'll metal detect and keep our eyes peeled and see what we find.
05:31Yeah.
05:32Let's find some artifacts.
05:35I couldn't enumerate the number of finds that have been made in the bog to date.
05:40They've been expensive and extensive and important in the search for answers here on the island.
05:46But there's a lot of information missing.
05:49What do you got?
05:50This is interesting.
05:51It's a piece of shaped wood.
05:52Kind of reminds me of when we were digging in this area and we found that ship's rail.
06:06Oh, yeah.
06:07Oh, yeah.
06:08Over the years, the team has found numerous ship-related artifacts all across the swamp that have been dated to between the 1600s and the 7th century.
06:20It's great condition.
06:22It's been buried in the swamp for a long time.
06:24Could Gary be correct that they have found another piece of ship's railing in the southwest corner?
06:30If so, might it be related to the stone structures in this area and help them learn more about their origins?
06:39It's kind of plankish.
06:42Mm-hmm.
06:43It looks like it's curved and beveled.
06:45Maybe I'm seeing things, but it kind of looks shaped like that.
06:49Definitely stood there.
06:50This face really does.
06:52I mean, that's cut.
06:54And here as well.
06:56Yeah, at first I thought it was like a piece of railing.
07:00Yeah.
07:01No, it looks...
07:02At first glance, it looks like it's shaped that way deliberately.
07:05Yeah.
07:06We might be able to show that to a shipwright.
07:08Mm-hmm.
07:09Somebody who knows the older techniques of making a ship.
07:12Yeah.
07:13I wonder if it's big enough for C-14.
07:15I like the fact that this wood's got beveled edges.
07:19Now, that always looks like planking to me.
07:24And that's important because it's well out of place buried in the swamp.
07:28It's definitely big enough for C-14.
07:30Yeah.
07:31So we can figure out how old it is.
07:32Yeah.
07:33Definitely an interesting piece.
07:35I'll put that to one side.
07:38I still believe we're just scratching the surface.
07:41As the dig continues in the swamp, several hundred yards to the west on Lot 5.
07:49Found a small shard of creamware.
07:51Oh, nice.
07:52It's really, really small, though.
07:54Yeah.
07:55Perfect.
07:56Laird Niven and the archaeology team search for more clues in the round feature near the shoreline.
08:03After recently finding a sixth Venetian bead in this feature, which could be related to the Knights of Malta,
08:10and unearthing a sixth Roman coin nearby that may be linked to the Knights Templar, the team is working to prove that numerous groups may have occupied Lot 5 at different times long before the discovery of the money pit.
08:25Oh, wow.
08:26Got some pearlware.
08:27Oh, nice.
08:28Yeah.
08:29Been small, but...
08:30Yeah.
08:31We'll have to do more analysis on this, I guess.
08:32Yeah.
08:33What are the dates on creamware again?
08:34Creamware starts around 1762.
08:35Okay.
08:36And then the pearlware would start around 1775.
08:37Okay.
08:38I have long believed that this is a multi-generational attempt over decades, perhaps even centuries, to hide or safeguard something.
08:51I can't prove it yet, but the finds associated with the Lot 5 feature are very interesting and thought-provoking and intriguing.
09:12Oh, nice.
09:13What did you find?
09:15Looks like...
09:22Red earthenware.
09:23Oh, it's got a really nice design on it.
09:26Wow.
09:27That's a great piece.
09:28It's a big piece.
09:29Yeah, it's got a really nice floral design.
09:32The coarse earthenwares are hard to date.
09:35It can be anywhere from 1750 to 1830, so...
09:39Okay.
09:40Right in our time range.
09:41Yeah.
09:42Great find.
09:43Oh, thank you.
09:44You're welcome.
09:45I'll bag it up.
09:46See if there's any more in there.
09:47Yeah.
09:58Oh my gosh.
10:00Laird, I think I just found something really cool.
10:03Okay.
10:04While digging in the rounded stone foundation on Lot 5, Isabel Whittier has just uncovered a potentially important clue.
10:20Check this out.
10:21Oh, nice.
10:22Can you tell if this is a jewel?
10:23It's meant to look like a jewel.
10:24In imitation of a jewel.
10:25Okay.
10:26We found a larger one, but clear just over here.
10:27It looked like costume jewelry.
10:28Then we found out it's kind of a technique that was developed in the 1740s in France.
10:31That's so cool.
10:32In imitation jewelry became very popular with the French royal family.
10:33Oh, that's awesome.
10:34Yeah.
10:35In the early 18th century.
10:36French jeweler George Friedrich Strauss invented simulated gemstones.
10:39By mixing elements such as bismuth, thallium and zinc.
10:40By mixing elements such as bismuth, thallium and zinc.
10:41In the early 18th century.
10:42French jeweler George Friedrich Strauss invented simulated gemstones by mixing elements such as
10:43bismuth, thallium and zinc.
10:44Thallium and lead with glass powder.
10:45A paste like substance was formed.
10:46And then the first one.
10:47In imitation jewelry.
10:48In imitation jewelry.
10:49Then we found out it's kind of a technique that was developed in the 1740s in France.
10:50That's so cool.
10:51In imitation jewelry became very popular with the French royal family.
10:53Oh, that's awesome.
10:54Yeah.
10:55In the early 18th century.
11:00French jeweler George Friedrich Strauss invented simulated gemstones.
11:05By mixing elements such as bismuth, thallium and lead with glass powder.
11:11A paste like substance was formed.
11:14It was then heated and molded to create artificial stones.
11:18Nearly matching the brilliance of actual gems.
11:22One year ago, the team found a simulated diamond just outside of the round feature.
11:29Would this be valuable?
11:31I think back in the mid 1700s, it probably was.
11:36If Laird is correct that this is a similar artifact.
11:40Could it be another clue to help identify one of the groups that occupied the stone foundation prior to 1795?
11:47Emma can actually XRF the side and tell you what kind of metal it was sitting in.
11:54So we know that it was set into something and displayed on someone's clothes.
11:59If she finds out that it's set in silver or gold, that just takes us to a whole new level, right?
12:05Yeah.
12:06It just adds a lot of significance to this little tiny artifact.
12:10Yeah.
12:11Adding to the intrigue.
12:12Yeah, that's really exciting.
12:14Yeah.
12:15I can't wait to get that back to the lab and see what Emma says about it.
12:18Me too.
12:19That's cool.
12:20We're finding some neat stuff here.
12:21Yeah.
12:22The following morning.
12:23Back again?
12:24It's good to see you.
12:25Good to be back.
12:26You know I love the swamp?
12:27Yeah.
12:28Let's get started.
12:29All right.
12:30Katja Drayton and Derek Couch join Billy to search for more artifacts near the stone feature
12:44in the southwest corner of the swamp.
12:47Something shiny on top there might be a piece of glass or something, right?
12:58Oh yeah.
12:59Right there.
13:00Big old piece of glass.
13:01Yeah.
13:02So a really great way to tell if glass is old or not is any imperfections.
13:19Glass nowadays is made, manufactured, there's hardly any imperfections.
13:25Bubbles, seams, anything that may give you an idea if it's hand blown is a great way to
13:32identify if glass is old or not.
13:34This is probably from a bottle.
13:36This would be like an older, maybe like a medicine bottle or something.
13:42It's square on the edge, so that's how you know it has some date to it and it's small
13:47as well.
13:48So this is an older piece, which is good.
13:51Yeah.
13:52By learning what type of glass this is and what it was used for, we can see who was here
13:58and what they were doing.
13:59We'll keep this.
14:00Yeah.
14:01Oh, that's some wood.
14:02Here we go.
14:03A little round piece got you.
14:04Let me see.
14:08That's cut there, isn't it?
14:09That's cut.
14:10Yeah, that's cut.
14:11Wow.
14:12Good eye, Billy.
14:13Yeah, that's a great one.
14:14It's really deep for wood, three and a half, four feet probably.
14:16That's way below that sand.
14:17Dr. Spooner would say that's the top saw before the swamp was formed, but that's down
14:23in the depth of the ship's rail.
14:24That's a find right there, I would say.
14:25How close are we to where the other ship's railing was found?
14:31Uh, not quite a bit.
14:32So in this case, the trace realized that it was more used to find the Starship Railway
14:34was more linked to the ship's railing.
14:37Let me see.
14:38That's cut there, isn't it?
14:39That's cut.
14:40Wow.
14:41Good eye, Billy.
14:42Yeah, that's a great one.
14:43The other ship's railing was found.
14:45Less than 100 feet.
14:47It's one of the deepest finds that we've had in the swamp of a piece of cut wood.
14:50This could mean something.
14:52Right.
14:54In 2020, the team found a piece of ship's railing while digging near the southern border of the swamp.
15:01Incredibly, it was carbon dated to as early as the 7th century.
15:07There's been a lot of people that thought that there had been ships in the swamp.
15:11So, I think it could be very significant.
15:14Is it possible that the team has found a related discovery in the southwest corner of the swamp?
15:20If there's a ship of some sort out there, it would fit really, really well to any of the theories
15:26that somebody came here and buried old world treasure.
15:30We have so many ship-like artifacts at this point, but extraordinary theories take extraordinary data.
15:37I don't think we quite have that yet, but here's another piece.
15:40If this is a piece of a ship, I bet you there's more pieces of ship.
15:44I'd rather find what the ship is carrying, Derek, so let's look for that, right?
15:47That's true, that's true.
15:49That's why Katya's here.
15:51Right.
15:52Well, let's try and find some more.
15:53Yeah.
15:56Keep the lookers peeled.
15:57As the search in the swamp continues.
16:01So, thank you, everybody, for coming.
16:04We have a really interesting artifact from Lot 5.
16:08In the lab, Emma Culligan is about to share her analysis of the artificial gemstone found one day ago on Lot 5.
16:16This looks like the paste jewelry gem.
16:21It's exactly what it is.
16:23So, this one's obviously dark.
16:25And the one we found last year was white, was clear.
16:28And I guess you can explain the composition.
16:33Well, it's pretty much the same thing as last year, but this one is black, and it's black due to the addition of manganese and calcium.
16:40And it has less lead in it, which is why it's not as brilliant, so it's not as shiny or sparkly.
16:47They're called diamantes, like this is the official term.
16:50The purpose of it is to be dark and matte.
16:54But it's the same era, similar composition.
16:59And the fastener, there's a trace of tin around the edges, which we also found in the composition or last year's jewel as well.
17:08And something like that would have been made in the old world?
17:11Yep.
17:12Not here?
17:13No.
17:14Early to mid-1700s in France.
17:17And from the composition, I can tell you that it is, like, high grade.
17:21And it was for people of the upper class.
17:24Hmm.
17:25Yeah.
17:25Because it would have the same amount of shine or even more shine than the diamonds.
17:30So, these are not trade items, per se.
17:33I think what makes it not a trade item is the fact that it was mounted.
17:36If it was a trade item, they'd be loose.
17:40I see.
17:41Just reading your report there, no earlier than 1734 or no later?
17:46Well, the oldest possible day is 1734, because that's when it was really being invented and introduced.
17:54Hmm.
17:54So, after 1734.
17:56Yeah.
17:57Fashion travels quickly.
17:59Especially with the upper class and the new shiny thing.
18:03When did it go out of style?
18:04Well, it went right into the Victorian era.
18:08This is high quality.
18:09It represents probably the initial phase before it percolates down and the cheaper copies are made for less affluent people.
18:17Mm-hmm.
18:17Mm-hmm.
18:18What's it telling you about what was going on in Lot 5?
18:21Yeah.
18:22Well, I think it makes a statement about stature.
18:24I think this was a higher class of people.
18:30So, with the black pastoral, I have seen references to military uniform.
18:37Timeline-wise, it does fit the Duke d'Anville's expedition here.
18:41Mid-1700s, French.
18:45Very interesting.
18:46Timeline-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.
19:06You know, the Duke d'Anville's expedition was mid-1700s, French, something to keep in mind.
19:18In 1746, France launched an armada to reclaim Nova Scotia from Great Britain.
19:24It 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.
19:37Unfortunately, due to severe storms and a wave of disease, the mission ultimately failed.
19:44I found eight pages of what looks like a ship's log.
19:47But curiously, in 2017, Doug Kroll discovered an 18th century ship's log in the provincial archives, stating that one of D'Anville'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.
20:09This is a very strong indicator that somebody of high status was on Lot 5.
20:13We know that the Duke d'Anville did come here to Nova Scotia, and indeed, the d'Anville family, as a connection to the Knights Templar.
20:22If 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.
20:32Finding these things that belonged to somebody in a military position, I wonder why were they on the island? What were they doing?
20:40Is 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?
20:53The dots are very far apart right now, right?
20:56But we're accumulating them.
20:58But you're accumulating them.
20:58Yeah.
20:59Yeah, exactly.
21:00You know, there's always been the idea that there might be an association here with Duke d'Anville.
21:07The archaeological efforts are strongly hinting at multiple occupations on Lot 5, from the 1200s right up through 1750.
21:16I believe this was a multi-generational attempt to hide something, and perhaps the Duke d'Anville wasn't part of that endeavor.
21:27This is step by step, clue by clue, and every clue is important, because at some point they will connect up.
21:35At some point they will tell a story.
21:37So, thank you for bringing us down.
21:40It's an interesting find, but I hope we can learn more about it.
21:44All right.
21:44Excellent.
21:47As the team concludes their meeting in the lab...
21:50We've got to keep looking.
21:54Let's do it.
21:56Billy, Katya, and Derek continue to search in the southwest corner of the swamp.
22:03Ooh.
22:05Wow.
22:05I mean, look at that.
22:09That's excellent.
22:10That is a cut steak, if I've ever seen one.
22:14Yeah.
22:15And so close to the last find we just had.
22:19Oh, my God.
22:20That's pretty cool.
22:21That's definitely cut.
22:23Here.
22:28Unless I need a bigger bag to put the stuff in.
22:32Definitely.
22:32Billy, I know it's soaked, but it's a really heavy piece, too.
22:36Mm-hmm.
22:37Yeah, well, it's soaked because we're below the level of the ocean here, right?
22:40Mm-hmm.
22:41It's so preserved and basically clean, right?
22:43Mm-hmm.
22:44Because it's in a perfect environment to store wood.
22:46Yeah.
22:47A hand-cut wooden steak?
22:51There's another one.
22:52What in the world is happening?
22:55Because the team has found a number of survey stakes lining stone features, such as the structure
23:01that was recently uncovered several yards to the north.
23:05Is it possible that they have just discovered more evidence that the two features may have been built by the same people?
23:13If so, just who was it?
23:15We can get a lot of information off that.
23:18I think so, yeah.
23:19I'm sure there's a purpose for that.
23:22Just that is definitely cut.
23:23And so is the other one.
23:25Yeah, that's a bigger piece.
23:27Right.
23:27Bigger cut.
23:28Right.
23:29This gives Dr. Spooner more information.
23:31Yeah.
23:32We've got some potential here.
23:34I'm excited to keep going.
23:36We'll work to keep the lab busy.
23:38Yeah.
23:38As another day dawns on Oak Island, while drilling continues in the Money Pit area.
23:49Hey, Gary.
23:49Hi, Ian.
23:50Derek.
23:51Hey, Dr. Spooner.
23:51How are you doing?
23:52Good.
23:53Dr. 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.
24:04That stake, they were 100% not in the sand.
24:08They were in that peat layer.
24:09Yep.
24:10Which is quite deep and just below the sands.
24:13To be in that peat layer, period, under that much sand, we absolutely know people were here a long, long time ago.
24:18So if I can leave with one suggestion, what I'd like you guys to do, if you can fit it in, is get me a sample of the peat.
24:25If 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.
24:32And 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.
24:46Right.
24:46Peat is composed of decaying plant matter that forms when it is submerged under brackish water for long periods of time.
24:56Because the wooden stake the team found was embedded in the peat layer just beneath the stone structure,
25:02if Dr. Spooner can date the peat, he may be able to determine just when the stone feature was created.
25:11We've had these sort of three age sort of categories here, one that's 600 to like 1,200, you know, that era.
25:19And then we have the 1600s, you know, to the 1700s.
25:24Yeah.
25:24And then we have the more sort of, I'd call post-depositor kind of era.
25:30So we've got three kind of categories of potential human activity here, and I want to see where that fits.
25:39Right.
25:40By 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.
25:53The possible Portuguese stone road in the southeastern corner may be 500 years old.
26:00And the so-called Eye of the Swamp may have been built as early as 1680.
26:05And there's been some nice big clumps of peat coming up in the digs, especially over there, where there is sand as well.
26:14So I'll save you a big clump of peat with all the wood in it.
26:18That's perfect. That's what I need.
26:20I think that the carbon dating of the wood in the swamp, the work that was done, the discoveries that have been made,
26:27can only lead to one conclusion, that the work was long, involved, and purposeful.
26:33To me, what it says is this was a multi-generational endeavor here, and there's possibly more than one treasure hidden across the island.
26:43So I'm off the lab. Thanks, guys.
26:46We can't wait to hear your results.
26:47Yep. Thank you.
26:48Thanks.
26:50See you later.
26:51As the dig continues in the swamp...
26:54We did hit the bedrock plateau.
26:57Hopefully it will go right down into the solution channel.
26:59Could be in the next run.
27:02We have a core, gentlemen.
27:02Over in the Money Pit area, the drilling operation in borehole H9.25 has nearly reached a depth of 200 feet.
27:13H9.25's still got a few things to tell us.
27:16Hopefully we'll be able to find that open area that could have taken the treasure.
27:20Yep.
27:21Given its proximity to H8, there's every reason to believe that we are in the area of the original Money Pit.
27:27Remember, we are in the area where something significant happened.
27:32That's some very loose material right there.
27:34This must be the solution channel.
27:36We've lost the so-called vault in H8.
27:40Where did it go?
27:41And we believe it went to the solution channel.
27:44It's the perfect targeted zone.
27:46The hope is that there'll be something in the core.
27:49A man-made something.
27:51Adam, what do you got?
27:53Two, two twelve.
27:55Two twelve?
27:56Yeah.
27:56This is promising looking stuff, really.
27:58Yeah, it's gooey.
27:59Very gooey and loose.
28:01Bring her in.
28:01Yeah, this is the loose material we're looking for right here, guys.
28:06There's the conditions we need right there.
28:08Yep.
28:08That has the ability to hide treasure.
28:12It's a little messy.
28:15All right.
28:16Now we're starting to get a look at it.
28:20198 down to 215 in front of us, guys.
28:23This loose material looks like it starts at the 198 mark,
28:28and it goes down to, what would it be, a 202, would you say, Charles?
28:32202.
28:33It may have got a little bit less recovery going down through the slurry as well.
28:36Sure.
28:37Yeah, well, less recovery means it was literally a void.
28:40It was mostly water, I guess.
28:41That's the good thing.
28:43Now this is cakey and less likely to accept a treasure down into it.
28:47This stuff up here is, of course, much looser.
28:51And then this is the stuff that really should be set aside.
28:55We send some off to the lab, hopefully.
28:56There you go, Charles.
28:59See what you see.
29:11This is the good stuff right here.
29:14As we move up along this one.
29:18Got to find the one thing.
29:19I got something right in here.
29:30Here, this thing.
29:32You want to pull some of that out, Terry?
29:39No, that's okay.
29:40Yeah, I'm getting a hit right there.
29:52Okay.
29:53Yeah, right in there.
29:54Tough stuff to work with, let me tell you.
29:56Come over here so you don't lose it.
29:57Yeah.
29:57Yeah, all right.
29:58There you go.
29:58Fresh area here.
30:00Not there.
30:01Not there?
30:02Nope.
30:05There we go.
30:06Oh, there it is.
30:06Here it is, right there.
30:11Here it is, right there.
30:13I'm getting trips right here.
30:15It's right in there.
30:16You know, you get fooled sometimes by the screws in the table.
30:20Okay, we're going to have to bring this over the...
30:22Yeah, it's there.
30:23It's in there.
30:23I'm going to put it right on the table.
30:24In the Money Pit area, the team is detecting traces of metal in a drilling core, recovered
30:31from more than 200 feet deep in the solution channel.
30:35Oh, it's in here.
30:40Okay, they've dumped that over in a different pile.
30:42Yeah.
30:49That's weird.
30:51Oh.
30:53What's that?
30:53It's on here.
30:55Oh, it's on you.
30:56Yep, it's on me right there.
31:06I wonder if this is the same thing that we're getting before.
31:09Yeah.
31:10You know, the little flex.
31:12Yeah.
31:12Yeah, this is a real conundrum here.
31:14The team is frustrated to once again detect signs of metal in their drill core, but then
31:20recover no objects.
31:22However, could these hits also mean that they are once again detecting metal flecks in the
31:28soil and are getting even closer to a long-lost treasure that now lies somewhere nearby in
31:34the solution channel?
31:35I know Marty was really interested in this last time when this occurred, so we probably
31:40shouldn't get him involved here.
31:42Sounds good.
31:47Hello?
31:47Hey, Marty.
31:48How are you?
31:49Talk to me.
31:50I'm here in the money pit with Charles and Terry, and we have another interesting core.
31:54Right around 198 all the way down to 208, we had some very, very soupy material, and
31:59we had ambiguous hits with the metal detector.
32:02Sort of scattered stuff?
32:04It would beep and go off and seem to be detected, and then we couldn't find it in the mud.
32:09All right.
32:10Well, this is right where we want it to be, correct?
32:13It's in the right area, the right depth, the right conditions.
32:16You know, there's no coin staring at us, but who knows what to expect, right?
32:20I mean, at least we'll get some indication we're finally on the right path, so that's
32:24what Ian Spooner has been on about for a long time, but that's how he explains the metals
32:28in the water.
32:30The pinpointer hits.
32:32The preliminary indication of metals at the base of the solution channel could be an indicator
32:37that we are in the right spot.
32:39We're hoping that this is something that eroded from a treasure that's very close by.
32:45Maybe it's coming from the Chapel vault, if it's really there.
32:48We're going to take all of this and set it aside, Marty, and we're going to be sure we
32:52do a good analysis of all of it.
32:54Yeah, but the whole thing, not samples, the whole thing.
32:57Yeah, I'd like you to take that entire 10-foot of core.
33:00Yeah.
33:00The entire thing.
33:02It needs to go to the lab.
33:04The sediments, carefully analyzed, could yield bits of precious metals.
33:09Silver, gold, perhaps.
33:11Look, this is what we're looking for.
33:13Something from the scientific reconnaissance data to tell us where to go to actually find
33:19the treasure.
33:20We're bagging the whole thing for sure, Marty, no question.
33:22We'll keep you informed as we go.
33:24Talk to you soon.
33:25Good deal, guys.
33:29Later that day.
33:30Okay, mate, I'm hoping we can find something to help the archaeologists understand what
33:38the heck went on in that round feature and the rectangular feature.
33:44Works for me.
33:45After the discovery of the 18th century simulated gemstone...
33:49Right, let's find some artifacts.
33:53Cool.
33:53Rick and Gary searched through spoils that were removed from the round feature on Lot 5.
34:01Come on, here's a signal.
34:09Here we go, mate.
34:10We're in business.
34:11Non-ferrous artifacts.
34:14Don't think we've got to dig very deep.
34:16It's going to be enough surface layers.
34:21That sounds really good.
34:23Let's see what we've got here.
34:37This is my favorite part.
34:41Oh, a bit of roundness.
34:45Look how little that is.
34:46Oh, yeah.
34:47That's a tiny little cuff button.
34:49Look at how little that is, mate.
34:51Tiny?
34:51Yeah.
34:52But you can definitely see it's got a tiny little loop.
34:55A little lob.
34:56On the back.
34:57Could this small button be related to the artificial gemstones found in and near the round feature?
35:03If so, might it help identify one of the groups who occupied Lot 5 before the discovery of the money pit?
35:11It could be like a little, kind of like a decorative button, say, off a lapel or something like this.
35:19Definitely copper alloy by the sound of it.
35:22Another nice little artifact.
35:23Another nice little artifact, cool.
35:25For the hammer to hopefully shine some light on.
35:28I think at this point, I think at this point, we always talk about grouping artifacts.
35:32The archaeologists should group the buttons.
35:35Yeah.
35:35And then maybe catalog them and give them to a button expert, say.
35:40Who can say, this stylistically, this represents this error.
35:44Stylistically, this represents this error.
35:46It's not just a button anymore.
35:48No.
35:48It's a piece of data.
35:49It's a piece of history, I should say.
35:51Yeah, it is.
35:53Okay, I'll put it in the bag.
35:55And we'll keep gridding.
35:56Yeah, we've got a good hit here, Rick.
36:12Really good hit.
36:18Shovel it.
36:20I'll try pinpointing it first.
36:23That sounds like a great hit.
36:25That's non-Ferris, mate.
36:26That is not a nail.
36:39I've heard this in my hand.
36:41Oh.
36:43Oh, what have we got here?
36:48Oh, what have we got here?
36:51I know what that is.
36:53While searching spoils removed from the round feature,
36:56we're on lot five.
36:57What is it?
36:58It looks like a stone.
37:00No, it's not a stone, mate.
37:02Rick and Gary have found another potentially important clue.
37:07I think what we have found, Rick,
37:08is something really, really special and unique.
37:11That is a folded over coin.
37:17Really?
37:18That's a copper coin that's been folded over.
37:20Look, you can see the shape of it.
37:23Never heard of such a thing.
37:24I have, but not in North America,
37:28because I have found these type of artifacts in Europe before, metal detecting.
37:33Really?
37:33Yeah.
37:33Normally, when you find something made of copper, silver, or gold,
37:37and it's completely folded over,
37:39I believe this is a talisman to ward off bad things.
37:44Somebody would fold this piece of metal over,
37:48and they would put it in the ground to ward off bad luck.
37:53When would that kind of ritual be prevalent?
37:58Three or four hundred years ago.
38:00Really?
38:00Yeah.
38:02The ritual of folding coins as symbols of good luck,
38:06or an appeal for God's protection,
38:08dates as far back as the times of ancient Rome.
38:12However, this practice was prevalent throughout Europe
38:15between the 12th and 18th centuries.
38:19It's more than likely 1700s, 1600s.
38:23That would be the right time frame for Lot 5.
38:27Yeah, yeah.
38:28Is it possible that this folded coin was left in the rounded feature on Lot 5
38:34by someone who wanted spiritual protection for themselves,
38:38or perhaps for something they brought to Oak Island?
38:42If so, could it be related to the artifacts found here
38:46that have been linked to the religious orders of the Knights of Malta
38:50and the Knights Templar?
38:52The real story here is why a folded coin?
38:57What was truly happening on Lot 5?
39:01If that is a coin, you just don't throw money away, right?
39:04No.
39:04You just don't do that.
39:05You do it for a reason.
39:07That's intentional, right?
39:08Yeah.
39:09If you think about it, back even in the 1600s, 1700s and way beyond there,
39:15those people had a different understanding of the world
39:18and so they did things like this.
39:21I have always believed, as have many others,
39:24that the work that was done on Oak Island
39:26was meant to protect something outside of temporal wealth.
39:31I think what was put here was meant to advance something,
39:37an idea, a belief, a concept,
39:39something of either significant historical value or religious value.
39:44You know, this island has resisted efforts
39:46to find the treasure for 230 years.
39:50There's something on this island,
39:52and I believe whatever was here is still here.
39:55Look at that.
39:57Well done, mate.
39:58This is absolutely fantastic, mate.
40:00A thirst for Oak Island.
40:02Absolutely.
40:03Never seen anything like it.
40:05Didn't know the tradition.
40:06That is a clue as to what may have happened over there,
40:10at least part of the story of what happened over there.
40:12Yeah.
40:12I'm sure I will find a safe home.
40:14Oh, yeah.
40:15I know where this little view is going,
40:18and I'm going to bypass the bag,
40:20but this is going straight in the top pocket.
40:22That's absolutely fantastic.
40:25And we're going to show it to our favorite lady at the lab.
40:30Emma, and we'll find out what this is.
40:34I want to know, mate.
40:35Let's get back to the lab.
40:36Okay.
40:37Okay.
40:37Cool.
40:39After uncovering new evidence of man-made workings in the swamp
40:43and traces of metal in the money pit,
40:46and artifact surfaces that may be related to the struggles many have faced
40:52in trying to solve this mystery for more than 200 years.
40:56Was a treasure of profound religious value,
41:01really brought to Oak Island over the course of centuries
41:04by people who were all deeply devoted to ensuring that it would never be found?
41:09And could it actually be protected by supernatural forces?
41:15The Laginas and their team won't stop digging until they know the truth.
41:21But just what must they endure to find it?
41:26Next time on The Curse of Oak Island.
41:32Oh, wow.
41:33What is that?
41:33That's exactly like the sticks we found near the vault.
41:36I truly believe there's still another vault there.
41:39Whoa, whoa, whoa.
41:40There it is.
41:41It's a void.
41:41Right.
41:42Is that natural or is that an open cavern?
41:44Only a sonar could tell you that, really.
41:46All right.
41:46Well, that's what we'll do.
41:47Hopefully we'll find the one thing.
41:48Cross your fingers.
41:49We're in the cavity.
41:50Yeah, you're in.
41:51We'd love nothing better than to see a man-made cavern or vault.
41:54We've got an opening.
41:55This is not natural.
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