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00:00This is a jewel and it is high-grade made in the old world. Yeah, that takes us to a whole new level
00:10There is an island in the North Atlantic
00:13Where people have been looking for an incredible treasure for more than 200 years
00:20So far they have found a stone slab with strange symbols carved into it man-made workings that date to medieval times
00:30And a lead cross whose origin may be connected to the Knights Templar
00:35To date six men have died trying to solve the mystery and
00:41According to legend one more will have to die before the treasure can be found
01:00Just firing up here. I'm pretty hopeful about this. I think it could be a good borehole
01:06The thing I like about this one in particular we're gonna hit the western side of the solution channel
01:12another area where the treasure might have dropped a
01:16Fresh morning on Oak Island brings renewed hope for brothers Rick and Marty Lagina
01:22That they will soon hold in their hands the answers to a 230 year old mystery
01:28Let's face it guys. It's very exciting, right? The reason we're drilling this because of the collapse. That's where it could have gone
01:35Yeah, the team is drilling a new borehole known as H9.25
01:39Located in an area where new water testing showed more evidence that suggests the treasure may lie some 200 feet deep in the solution channel
01:52It is also in this region that soil samples are currently being tested to confirm those results
01:59Tell me how close we are to the key wells
02:02RF1 H8 so we're five feet south of H8 that's very close to the chapel shaft
02:08We are in the southwest corner of the chapel shaft, so we're in an area I like
02:15I see lots of wood in
02:182017 the team dug the five-foot diameter H8 shaft
02:22We're rotating down with every now and then we have to come up and clean our teeth out because of the wood right and at
02:27170 feet it hit a large object that may have been the legendary chapel vault a
02:35Seven-foot high wooden box that treasure hunters Frederick Blair and William Chapel reportedly drilled into back in 1897 and
02:44extracted gold shavings
02:47Along with a piece of parchment bearing the letters VI
02:51But unfortunately the H8 case on may have pushed the possible vault somewhere deeper and potentially into the solution channel
03:03Could it be possible that the precious metals the team detected in this area came from the damaged fault I?
03:10Think the chapels had the money pick correct. They just didn't go deep enough as we've learned
03:16Yeah, because of the collapse. Oh, I'm pretty hopeful about this. I think it could be a good borehole
03:20If I had to pick the most likely
03:24Hole to actually encounter some of this deeply fallen treasure I would think it's this
03:33The biggest thing to me is that the H8 cancer started going down on its own
03:38Right about the point where we were pretty excited that we might be finding the fault the plug just fell
03:43We lost all the material well sure sounds to me like the solution channel being able to swallow things up including treasure
03:50So we're gonna see if we can find it
03:53You know what I'm looking for I want you to find an actual bit of treasure. That's what I want to find exactly and then put the big boy down on it. Yeah
04:01Yeah, all right guys seriously. I think my work here is done
04:04Just find me some data and a coin would be nice
04:08Okay, sounds good Marty. All good. Sounds good. See you guys. Okay as H9.25 descends deeper towards the solution channel
04:19Today's the day Gary. Yeah, we're on Oak Island
04:22Yeah, the possible is relentless. That's right
04:25Alex Lagina and members of the team
04:28Continue to expose a stone feature in the southwest corner of the swamp
04:33One that may be connected to a road like structure several yards to the north
04:39Where they found part of a European hand cannon that could be as much as 800 years old
04:46We're just gonna comb through this and work our way closer into the swamp got it find some artifacts and
04:52Keep our eyes open. You never know we might find some old wooden stakes
04:56I mean one of the most important artifacts we found in this area was the ship's railing which was just over there
05:03Yeah, I think that dated to the 600s, right?
05:06Okay, well if you dig we'll metal detect and keep our eyes peeled and see what we find. Yeah find some artifacts
05:15I couldn't enumerate the number of finds that have been made in the bog to date
05:20They've been expensive and extensive and important in the search for answers here on the island
05:26But there's a lot of information missing
05:29We got this is interesting piece of shaked wood
05:41Kind of reminds me of when we were digging in this area. We found that ship's rail. Oh, yeah
05:48Over the years the team has found numerous ship related artifacts all across the swamp
05:53That have been dated to between the sixteen hundreds and the seventh century
06:00It's great condition. It's been buried in the swamp for a long time
06:05Could Gary be correct that they found another piece of ship's railing in the southwest corner?
06:10If so might it be related to the stone structures in this area and help them learn more about their origins?
06:19It's
06:20Kind of plankish. It looks like it's curved and beveled. Maybe I'm seeing things but kind of looks shaped like that
06:30This this face really does I mean that's cut and here as well
06:35Yeah
06:37Yeah, first I thought it was like a piece of railing. Yeah, you know how it books
06:42At first glance it looks like it's shaped that way deliberately. Yeah
06:46We might be able to show that to a shipwright
06:49Somebody who knows the older techniques of making a ship. Yeah wonder if it's big enough for C-14
06:56I like the fact that this woods got beveled the edges
06:59Now that always looks like planking to me and that's important because it's well out of place buried in the swamp
07:08That's definitely big enough for C-14. Yeah, so we can figure out how old it is. Yeah
07:13Definitely an interesting piece. I'll pull that to one side
07:18Still believe we're just scratching the surface as the dig continues in the swamp
07:25Several hundred yards to the west on lot five
07:29I found a small shard of creamware
07:31Oh nice. It's really really small though. Yeah
07:34perfect
07:36Laird Niven and the archaeology team search for more clues in the round feature near the shoreline
07:43After recently finding a sixth venetian bead in this feature
07:46Which could be related to the Knights of Malta and unearthing a sixth Roman coin nearby that may be linked to the Knights Templar
07:55The team is working to prove that numerous groups may have occupied lot five at different times long before the discovery of the money pit
08:11Oh, wow
08:13Got some pearl where oh nice. Yeah
08:15Oh nice. Yeah
08:17Then small but yeah, we'll have to do more analysis on this I guess yeah
08:22What are the dates on creamware again creamware starts around 1762?
08:27Okay, okay, and then the pearlware would start around
08:321775 okay, I have long believed that this is a multi-generational attempt
08:38Over decades perhaps even centuries to hide or safeguard something
08:44I can't prove it yet
08:46But the finds associated with the lot five feature are very interesting and thought-provoking and intriguing
08:52Oh nice
08:56Oh nice
08:58What'd you find?
09:00Looks like
09:02Red earthenware. Oh, it's got a really nice design on it
09:07Wow, that's a great piece. It's a big piece. Yeah, it's got a really nice floral design
09:13The coarse earthenwares are hard to date. It can be anywhere from 1750 to 1830, so
09:20Okay, right in our time range. Yeah
09:23Great find. Oh, thank you. You're welcome. I'll bag it up. See if there's any more in there. Yeah
09:38Oh my gosh
09:40Laird, I think I just found something really cool
09:50Okay
09:56While digging in the rounded stone foundation on lot five
10:00Isabel Whittier has just uncovered a potentially important clue check this out
10:07Oh nice
10:12Can you tell if this is a jewel it's meant to look like a jewel in imitation of a jewel okay we found a larger one
10:20But clear just over here
10:22It looked like costume jewelry
10:24Then we found a kind of a technique that was developed in the 1740s in france
10:29That's so cool
10:30Imitation jewelry became very popular with the french royal family. Oh, that's awesome. Yeah
10:37In the early 18th century
10:39French jeweler george friedrich strass
10:42invented simulated gemstones
10:44By mixing elements such as bismuth thallium and lead with glass powder
10:52A paste-like substance was formed it was then heated and molded to create artificial stones
10:58Nearly matching the brilliance of actual gems
11:03One year ago the team found a simulated diamond just outside of the round feature
11:08Would this be valuable?
11:10I think back in the mid 1700s it probably was
11:16If laird is correct that this is a similar artifact
11:20Could it be another clue to help identify one of the groups that occupied the stone foundation prior to 1795?
11:28Emma can actually
11:29XRF the side and tell you what kind of metal it was sitting in
11:34So we know that it was set into something and displayed on someone's clothes
11:39If she finds out that it's set in
11:41Silver or gold that just takes us to a whole new level right just it just adds a lot of significance
11:48To this little tiny artifact
11:50Yeah, adding to the intrigue
11:53Yeah, that's that's really exciting
11:55I can't wait to get that back to the lab and see what emma says about it. Me too. That's cool
12:00We're finding some neat stuff here
12:04I
12:08The following morning
12:11Back again. It's good to see you. Good to be back. You know I love the swamp. Yeah. Let's get started. All right
12:18Katya Drayton and Derek Couch
12:20Join Billy to search for more artifacts near the stone feature in the southwest corner of the swamp
12:34Something shiny on top there might be a piece of glass or something, right? Oh, yeah
12:43Right there
12:49Big old piece of glass. Yeah
12:51So a really great way to tell if glass is old or not is any imperfections
12:58Glass nowadays is made manufactured
13:02There's hardly any imperfections
13:05Bubbles, seams, anything that may give you an idea if it's hand blown is a great way to identify if glass is old or not
13:13This is probably from a bottle
13:16This would be like a older maybe like a medicine bottle or something
13:22It's square on the edge, so that's how you know it's like has some date to it and it's small as well
13:28So this is an older piece
13:31Which is good. Yeah
13:33By learning what type of glass this is and what it was used for we can see who was here and what they were doing
13:40We'll keep this. Yeah
13:51That's some wood here we go a little round piece gotcha
13:56Let me see
14:00That's cut there isn't it?
14:01That's cut
14:02Yeah, that's cut
14:03Wow
14:04Good eye billy
14:05Yeah, that's a great one
14:06It's really deep for wood three and a half four feet probably
14:10That's way below that sand
14:13Dr. Spruner would say that's the topsoil before the swamp was formed
14:16That's down in the depth of the ship's rail. That's a find right there. I would say
14:21How close are we to where the other ship's railing was found?
14:24Uh
14:26Less than a hundred feet
14:27It's one of the deepest finds that we've had in the swamp of a piece of cut wood
14:30This could mean something right
14:34In 2020 the team found a piece of ship's railing while digging near the southern border of the swamp
14:41Incredibly it was carbon dated to as early as the seventh century
14:46There's been a lot of people that thought that there have been ships in the swamp
14:51So I think it could be very significant
14:53Is it possible that the team has found a related discovery in the southwest corner of the swamp?
14:59If there's a ship of some sort out there, it would fit really really well
15:05To any of the theories that somebody came here and buried old world treasure
15:10We have so many ship-like artifacts at this point
15:13But extraordinary theories take extraordinary data
15:17I don't think we quite have that yet, but here's another piece
15:20If this is a piece of a ship, I bet you there's more pieces of ship
15:24I'd rather find what the ship is carrying, Derek, so let's look for that, right?
15:28That's true. That's true. That's why Cotty is here, right?
15:32Well, let's try and find some more. Yeah
15:36Keep the lookers peeled. Yeah
15:38As the search in the swamp continues
15:42So thank you everybody for coming. We have a really interesting artifact from lot five
15:48In the lab, Emma Culligan is about to share her analysis of the artificial gemstone found one day ago on lot five
15:57This looks like that the paste jewelry gem. It's exactly what it is
16:03So this one's obviously dark and the one we found last year was white was clear
16:10And I guess you can explain the composition
16:13Well, it's pretty much the same thing as last year
16:15But this one is black and it's black due to the addition of manganese and calcium
16:21And it has less lead in it, which is why it's not as brilliant. So it's not as shiny or sparkly
16:27They're called diamantes like this is the official term
16:30The purpose of it is to be dark and matte
16:34But it's the same era similar composition
16:39And the fastener there's a trace of tin around the edges
16:44Which we also found in the composition or last year's jewel as well
16:49And something like that would have been made in the old world. Yep, not here. No early to mid 1700s
16:56In France and from the composition I can tell you that it is like high grade
17:00And it was for people of the upper class
17:05Yeah, because they would have the same amount of shine or even more shine than the diamonds
17:10So these are not trade items per se
17:13I think what makes it not a trade item is the fact that it was mounted
17:17If it was a trade item, they'd be loose
17:19I see
17:20Just reading your report there
17:23No earlier than 1734 or no later well the oldest possible days 1734 because that's when it was really
17:31Being invented and introduced
17:34So after 1734 yeah
17:37Fashion travels quickly especially with the upper class and the new shiny thing when did it go out of style?
17:45It went right into the victorian era
17:48This is high quality it represents probably the initial phase before it percolates down and the cheaper copies are made for
17:56less affluent people
17:58What's it telling you about what was going on in lot five?
18:01Yeah, well, I think it makes a statement about stature. I think this was a higher class of people
18:09So with the black pastel I have seen references to military uniform
18:17Timeline wise it does fit the duke d'anville's expedition here mid 1700s french
18:25Very interesting
18:29Timeline wise it does fit the duke d'anville's expedition here
18:32In the oak island lab emma has just confirmed
18:37That the simulated glass gem found in the round feature on lot five is french in origin and dates back to the mid 18th century
18:47You know the duke d'anville's expedition was mid 1700s french
18:54Something to keep in mind
18:56In 1746
19:00France launched an armada to reclaim nova scotia from great britain
19:05It was led by an admiral known as the duke d'anville
19:09A nobleman from a family with connections to the knights templar dating back to the 12th century
19:15Unfortunately
19:18Due to severe storms and a wave of disease the mission ultimately failed
19:24I found eight pages of what looks like a ship's log
19:28But curiously in
19:302017 doug kroll discovered an 18th century ship's log in the provincial archives
19:37stating that one of don b ships carried a large cache of treasure to wooded island in the vicinity of oak island
19:45Where the crew buried it in a deep pit
19:49This is a very strong indicator that somebody of high status was on lot five
19:54We 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
20:02if there was some
20:04incredible treasure out of history
20:07That made its way here to north america it could have been done as part of the duke d'anville's expedition finding these things that belong to somebody in a
20:15Military position i wonder why were they on the island what were they doing
20:22Is it possible that the two simulated french gemstones found on lot five
20:27Could be connected to the treasure reportedly buried by the crew of the duke d'anville
20:32The dots are very far apart right now right but we're accumulating them but you're accumulating yeah exactly
20:40You know there's always been the idea that uh there might be an association here with duke d'anville
20:47The archaeological efforts are strongly hinting at multiple occupations on lot five from the 1200s right up through
20:561750
20:56I believe this was a multi-generational attempt to hide something and
21:03Perhaps the duke d'anville wasn't part of that endeavor
21:07This is step by step clue by clue
21:11And every clue is important because at some point they will connect up at some point. They will tell a story
21:17So thank you for for bringing us down
21:20It's a it's an interesting find but i hope we can learn more about it all right yeah excellent thank you
21:27As the team concludes their meeting in the lab
21:33We got to keep looking let's do it
21:35Billy katya and derek continue to search in the southwest corner of the swamp
21:45Wow
21:46I mean look at that
21:49That's excellent
21:51That is a cut steak if i've ever seen one
21:54Yeah, and so close to the last fine we just had
21:59Oh my god, that's pretty cool
22:02That's definitely cut
22:04Here
22:08Guess i need a bigger bag put the stuff in
22:12Definitely
22:13I know it's soaked but it's a really heavy piece too
22:17Yeah, well it's soaked because we're below the level of the ocean here right
22:21It's so preserved and basically clean right because it's
22:25in a perfect environment to store wood yeah
22:28A hand-cut wooden steak
22:30There's another one
22:32What in the world is happening because the team has found a number of survey stakes lining stone features
22:40Such as the structure that was recently uncovered several yards to the north
22:44Is it possible that they have just discovered more evidence that the two features may have been built by the same people
22:53If so just who was it
22:55We can get a lot of information off that i think so yeah i'm sure there's a purpose for that
23:02Just that is definitely cut and so it's the other one yeah that's a bigger piece right bigger cut right
23:09This gives dr spooner more information yeah we've got some potential here i'm excited to keep going
23:16We'll work to keep the lab busy yeah
23:18Yeah
23:21As another day dawns on oak island
23:25While drilling continues in the money pit area
23:29Hey gary hi
23:30Derek hey dr spooner how are you doing good dr
23:33Ian spooner joins other members of the team in the swamp
23:37To examine the area where the wooden survey stakes were found next to the newly uncovered stone structure one day ago
23:45That stake there were 100 percent not in the sand they were in that peat layer
23:49Yep
23:50Which is quite deep and just below the sands to being that peat layer period under that much sand we absolutely know people were here a long long time ago
23:58So 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
24:04The peat if i can date the peat here and it's old too then i know that the stick if it's younger
24:10Was put there by people and uh if that stick dates into one of our bins of
24:161200 you know 1700
24:20Then it tells us there was activity in this area at that time which is totally new right
24:27Pete is composed of decaying plant matter that forms when it is submerged under brackish water for long periods of time
24:35Because the wooden stake the team found was embedded in the peat layer just beneath the stone structure
24:43If dr spooner can date the peat he may be able to determine just when the stone feature was created
24:49We've had these sort of three age
24:54So the categories here one that's 600 to like 1200 you know that that era and then we have the 1600s
25:02You know to the 1700s. Yeah, and then we have the more sort of i call post depositor kind of era
25:11so
25:12We got three kind of categories
25:15Of potential human activity here and I want to see where that fits right
25:21By dating organic materials associated with the man-made structures in the swamp
25:26Dr spooner has determined that the paved area near the center could be as much as 800 years old
25:32The possible portuguese stone road in the southeastern corner may be 500 years old
25:40And the so-called eye of the swamp may have been built as early as 1680
25:46And there's been some nice
25:48Big clumps of peat coming up in the digs especially over there where there is sand as well
25:54So i'll save you a big clump of peat with all the wood in it that that's perfect. That's what I need
26:00I think that the carbon dating of the wood in the swamp the work that was done the discoveries have been made
26:08Can only lead to one conclusion that the work was long involved and
26:13Purposeful to me what it says is this was a multi-generational endeavor here
26:19And there's possibly more than one treasure hidden across the island
26:24So i'm off lab thanks guys we can't wait to hear your results. Yep. Thank you. Thanks
26:30See you later as the dig continues in the swamp
26:35We did hit the bedrock plateau
26:37Hopefully it will go right down into the solution channel could be in the next run
26:42We have a core gentlemen
26:44Over in the money pit area the drilling operation in borehole h9.25 has nearly reached a depth of 200 feet
26:53H9.25 still got a few things to tell us
26:56Hopefully we're going to find that open area that could have taken the pressure. Yep
27:00Given its proximity to h8. There's every reason to believe that we are in the area of the original money pit
27:07Remember we are in the area where something significant happened. That's some very loose material right there
27:15This must be the solution channel. We lost the so-called vault in h8. Where did it go?
27:21And we believe it went to the solution channel. It's the perfect targeted zone
27:26The hope is that there'll be something in the core a man-made something
27:32Adam, what do you got?
27:342... 212
27:35212?
27:35Yeah
27:36This is promising looking stuff really
27:38Yeah, it's gooey
27:39Very gooey and loose
27:41Bring her in
27:43Yeah, this is the loose material we're looking for right here guys
27:46There's the conditions we need right there
27:48Yep
27:48That has the ability to hide treasure
27:52It's a little messy
27:53All right, now we're starting to get a look at it
28:00198 down to 215 in front of us guys
28:03This loose material looks like it starts
28:06at the 198 mark and it goes down to
28:10Or maybe a 202 would you Charles?
28:11202
28:13May have got a little bit less recovery going down through the slurry as well
28:17Yeah, well less recovery means it was literally a void. It was mostly water. I guess that's the good thing
28:22Now this is cakey and less likely to accept a treasure down into it. This stuff up here is of course much looser
28:31And then this is this is the stuff that really should be set aside and we send some off to the lab hopefully
28:38There you go Charles, see what you see
28:52That's the good stuff right here as we move up along this one
28:58Got to find the one thing
29:08I got something right in here
29:10Okay, this thing
29:12Want to pull some of that out Terry?
29:14Oh, that's okay
29:29Yeah, I'm getting a hit right there
29:32Okay
29:33Yeah, it's right in there tough stuff to work with let me tell you over here so you don't lose it
29:37Yeah, yeah, all right. There you go. Yeah brush area here
29:40Not there not there nope
29:45There we go. Oh, there it is
29:47Here it is right there
29:51Here it is right there
29:53Getting chirps right here
29:55It's right in there, you know, you get fooled sometimes by the screws in the table
30:00Okay, we're gonna have to bring this over that
30:02Yeah, it's there and then I'll put it right on the table
30:05In the money pit area the team is detecting traces of metal in a drilling core
30:10Recovered from more than 200 feet deep in the solution channel
30:15Nope, it's in here
30:20Okay, then dump that over in a different pile so yeah
30:29That's weird
30:35It's on here
30:35Oh, it's on you
30:36Yeah, it's on me right there
30:40I
30:46I wonder if this is the same thing that we're getting before yeah, you know little little flex. Yeah
30:52Yeah, this is a real conundrum here
30:55The team is frustrated to once again detect signs of metal in their drill core, but then recover no objects
31:03However, could these hits also mean that they are once again detecting metal flex in the soil
31:09And are getting even closer to a long-lost treasure that now lies somewhere nearby in the solution channel
31:17I know marty was really interested in this last time when when this occurred so we probably should get involved here sounds good
31:22Hello
31:28Hey marty, how are you i'm here in the money pit with charles and terry and we have another interesting four right around 198 all the way down to
31:36208 we had some very very soupy material and we had ambiguous hits with the uh metal detector sort of
31:43Scattered stuff it would it would beep and go off and seem to be detected and then we couldn't find it in the mud
31:49all right
31:50Well, this is right where we want it to be yeah, it's in the right area the right depth the right conditions
31:56You know, there's no coin staring at us, but who knows what to expect, right?
32:00I mean at least we'll get some indication we're finally on the right path, so
32:04That's what Ian Spooner has been on about for a long time, but that's how he explains the the metals in the water
32:10The pinpointer hits the preliminary indication of metals at the base of the solution channel could be
32:16An indicator that we are in the right spot we're hoping that this is something that
32:21Eroded from a treasure that's very close by maybe it's coming from the chapel vault if it's really there
32:28We're going to take all of this and set it aside marty and we're going to be sure we do a good analysis of all of it
32:34Maybe the whole thing not samples the whole thing yeah, i'd like you to take that entire 10 for the core
32:40Yeah entire thing
32:42That needs to go to the lab the sediments
32:45Carefully analyzed could yield bits of precious metals silver gold perhaps look this is what we're looking for
32:54Something from the scientific reconnaissance data to tell us where to go to actually find the treasure
33:00We're bagging the whole thing for sure marty no question we'll keep you informed as we go and talk you soon
33:05good deal guys
33:09Later that day
33:13Okay, mate i'm hoping we can find something to help the archaeologists understand what the heck went on
33:20And that round feature and the rectangular feature works for me
33:26After the discovery of the 18th century simulated gemstone
33:31Right let's find some artifacts cool
33:35Rick and gary search through spoils that were removed from the round feature on lot five
33:42Come on
33:44Here we go mate we're in business non-ferrous artifact just uh don't think we've got to dig very deep
33:56It's gonna be enough surface layers
34:01That sounds really good
34:04You see what we have got here
34:14This is my favorite part
34:21Oh a bit of roundness
34:24Look how little that is
34:26Oh yeah
34:26That's a tiny little cuff button
34:29Look at how little that is mate
34:31Tiny?
34:31Yeah
34:32But you can definitely see it's got a tiny little loop
34:35A little uh on the back
34:37Could this small button be related to the artificial gemstones found in at near the round feature
34:44If so
34:45Might it help identify one of the groups who occupied lot five before the discovery of the money pit
34:52It could be like a little
34:54Kind of like a decorative button say off the lapel or something like this
34:59Definitely copper alloy by the sound of it
35:02Another nice little artifact cool for the hammer to hopefully shine some light on
35:08I think at this point we always talk about grouping artifacts
35:12The archaeologists should group the buttons
35:15And then maybe catalog them and give them to a button expert say
35:20Who can say this stylistically this represents this error stylistically this represents this error
35:26It's not just a button anymore
35:28No it's a it's a piece of data it's a piece of history
35:30Yeah it is
35:33Okay I'll put it in the bag
35:35And we'll keep gridding
35:49Yeah we've got a good hit here Rick
35:52Really good hit
35:54I'll try pinpoint it first
36:04That sounds like a great hit that's non-ferrous mate that is not a nail
36:07I've heard this in my hand
36:23Oh
36:24Oh, what have we got here?
36:29Oh, what have we got here?
36:31I know what that is.
36:33While searching spoils removed from the round feature on Lot 5...
36:37What is it? It looks like a stone.
36:39No, it is not a stone, mate.
36:42Rick and Gary have found another potentially important clue.
36:47I think what we have found, Rick, is something really, really special and unique.
36:52That is a folded over coin.
36:56Really?
36:58That's a copper coin that's been folded over.
37:00Look, you can see the shape of it.
37:03Never heard of such a thing.
37:05I have, but not in North America.
37:08Because I have found these type of artifacts in Europe before, metal detecting.
37:12Really?
37:13Yeah.
37:14Normally when you find something made of copper, silver or gold,
37:17and it's completely folded over, I believe this is a talisman.
37:22To ward off bad things.
37:24Somebody would fold this piece of metal over,
37:28and they would put it in the ground to ward off bad luck.
37:33When would that kind of ritual be prevalent?
37:38Three or four hundred years ago.
37:40Really?
37:41Yeah.
37:42The ritual of folding coins as symbols of good luck, or an appeal for God's protection,
37:48dates as far back as the times of ancient Rome.
37:52However, this practice was prevalent throughout Europe between the 12th and 18th centuries.
38:00It's more than likely 1700s, 1600s.
38:03That would be the right time frame for Lot 5.
38:07Yeah, yeah.
38:09Is it possible that this folded coin was left in the rounded feature on Lot 5 by someone who wanted spiritual protection for themselves?
38:18Or perhaps for something they brought to Oak Island?
38:22If 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?
38:33The real story here is why a folded coin?
38:37What was truly happening on Lot 5?
38:40If that is a coin, you just don't throw money away, right?
38:43No.
38:44You just don't do that.
38:45You do it for a reason.
38:46That's intentional, right?
38:48Yeah.
38:49Do you think about it?
38:51Back even in the 16th, 1700s, and way beyond there,
38:54those people had a different understanding of the world, and so they did things like this.
39:01I 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.
39:12I 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.
39:24You know, this island has resisted efforts to find the treasure for 230 years.
39:29There's something on this island, and I believe whatever was here is still here.
39:34Look at that.
39:36Well done, mate.
39:37This is absolutely fantastic, mate.
39:39A thirst for Oak Island.
39:41Absolutely.
39:42Never seen anything like it.
39:44Didn't know the tradition.
39:45That is a clue as to what may have happened over there, at least part of the story of what happened over there.
39:51Yep.
39:52I am sure I will find a safe home.
39:54Oh, yeah.
39:55I know where this little view is going, and I'm going to bypass the bag, but this is going straight in the top pocket.
40:02That's absolutely fantastic.
40:05And we're going to show it to our favorite lady at the lab, Emma, and we'll find out what this is.
40:13I want to know, mate.
40:14Let's get back to the lab.
40:15Okay.
40:16Okay.
40:17Cool.
40:18Cool.
40:19After uncovering new evidence of man-made workings in the swamp and traces of metal in the money pit,
40:27and artifact surfaces that may be related to the struggles many have faced in trying to solve this mystery for more than 200 years.
40:37Was a treasure a profound religious value, really brought to Oak Island over the course of centuries by people who were all deeply devoted to ensuring that it would never be found?
40:50And could it actually be protected by supernatural forces?
40:55The Laginas and their team won't stop digging until they know the truth.
41:01But just what must they endure to find it?
41:09Next time on The Curse of Oak Island.
41:12Oh, wow.
41:13What is that?
41:14That's exactly like the sticks we found near the vault.
41:16I truly believe there's still another vault there.
41:19Whoa, whoa, whoa.
41:20There it is.
41:21Without a void.
41:22Is that natural, or is that an open cavern?
41:24Only a sonar could tell you that, really.
41:26All right.
41:27Well, that's what we'll do.
41:28Hopefully we'll find the one thing.
41:29Cross your fingers.
41:30Yeah, you're in.
41:31We'd love nothing better than to see a man-made cavern or vault.
41:34We've got an opening.
41:35This is not natural.
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