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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.
10:44And lead with glass powder.
10:45A paste like substance was formed.
10:46Then we found out it's a technique that was developed in the 1740s in France.
10:49It's so cool.
10:50In imitation jewelry became very popular with the French royal family.
10:54Oh, that's awesome.
10:55Yeah.
10:57In the early 18th century.
11:00French jeweler George Friedrich Strauss.
11:03Invented simulated gemstones.
11:06By mixing elements such as bismuth, thallium, and lead.
11:09With 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
11:26just outside of the round feature.
11:29Would this be valuable?
11:31I think back in the mid-1700s, it probably was.
11:35If Laird is correct that this is a similar artifact,
11:39could it be another clue to help identify
11:42one of the groups that occupied the Stone Foundation prior to 1795?
11:48Emma can actually XRF the side
11:50and tell you what kind of metal it was sitting in.
11:54So we know that it was set into something
11:56and displayed on someone's clothes.
11:59If she finds out that it's set in silver or gold,
12:03that just takes us to a whole new level, right?
12:05It just adds a lot of significance
12:07to this little tiny artifact.
12:10Yeah.
12:11Adding to the intrigue.
12:13Yeah, that's really exciting.
12:15I can't wait to get that back to the lab
12:17and see what Emma says about it.
12:18Me too.
12:19That's cool.
12:20We're finding some neat stuff here.
12:22Yeah.
12:27The following morning...
12:31Back again?
12:31It's good to see you.
12:32Good to be back.
12:34You know I love the swamp?
12:35Yeah.
12:35Let's get started.
12:36All right.
12:38Katya Drayton and Derek Couch
12:40join Billy to search for more artifacts
12:43near the Stone Feature
12:44in the southwest corner of the swamp.
12:55Something shiny on top.
12:57There might be a piece of glass or something, right?
12:58Oh, yeah.
13:03Right there?
13:03Big old piece of glass.
13:10Yeah.
13:12So a really great way to tell
13:14if glass is old or not
13:16is any imperfections.
13:18Glass nowadays is made, manufactured.
13:21There's hardly any imperfections.
13:25Bubbles, seams,
13:27anything that may give you an idea
13:28if it's hand-blown
13:30is a great way to identify
13:32if glass is old or not.
13:33This is probably from a bottle.
13:35This would be like an older,
13:38maybe like a medicine bottle or something.
13:41It's square on the edge,
13:43so that's how you know
13:44it's like has some date to it,
13:46and it's small as well.
13:47So this is an older piece,
13:50which is good.
13:51Yeah.
13:52By learning what type of glass this is
13:55and what it was used for,
13:56we can see who was here
13:58and what they were doing.
14:00We'll keep this.
14:01Yeah.
14:02Yeah.
14:11That's some wood.
14:12Here we go.
14:14A little round piece, Katja.
14:15Let me see.
14:20That's cut there, isn't it?
14:21That's cut.
14:22Yeah, that's cut.
14:23Wow.
14:24Good eye, Billy.
14:25Yeah, that's a great one.
14:27It's really deep for wood.
14:28Three and a half, four feet, probably.
14:30That's way below that sand.
14:33Dr. Springer would say
14:34that's the topsoil
14:34before the swamp was formed.
14:36That's down in the depth
14:37of the ship's rail.
14:38That's a find right there,
14:39I would say.
14:41How close are we
14:42to where the other ship's railing
14:44was found?
14:44Uh, less than 100 feet.
14:47It's one of the deepest finds
14:48that we've had in the swamp
14:49of a piece of cut wood.
14:50This could mean something.
14:52Right.
14:54In 2020,
14:56the team found a piece
14:57of ship's railing
14:58while digging near
14:59the southern border
15:00of the swamp.
15:02Incredibly,
15:02it was carbon dated
15:03to as early
15:04as the 7th century.
15:06There's been a lot of people
15:09that thought that
15:09there had been ships
15:10in the swamp,
15:11so I think it could be
15:12very significant.
15:14Is it possible
15:14that the team
15:15has found a related discovery
15:17in the southwest corner
15:19of the swamp?
15:20If there's a ship
15:21of some sort out there,
15:22it would fit really,
15:24really well
15:24to any of the theories
15:26that somebody came here
15:28and buried
15:28old world treasure.
15:30We have so many
15:31ship-like artifacts
15:32at this point,
15:33but extraordinary theories
15:35take extraordinary data.
15:37I don't think
15:37we quite have that yet,
15:39but here's another piece.
15:40If this is a piece of a ship,
15:42I bet you there's
15:43more pieces of ship.
15:44I'd rather find
15:44what the ship
15:45is carrying, Derek,
15:46so let's look for that, right?
15:47That's true.
15:48That's true.
15:49That's why Katya's here.
15:51Right.
15:52Well, let's try
15:52and find some more.
15:53Yeah.
15:56Keep the lookers peeled.
15:57Yeah.
15:57As the search
15:59in the swamp continues.
16:01So, thank you,
16:02everybody, for coming.
16:04We have a really
16:05interesting artifact
16:06from lot five.
16:08In the lab,
16:09Emma Culligan
16:10is about to share
16:11her analysis
16:12of the artificial gemstone
16:13found one day ago
16:15on lot five.
16:17This looks like
16:18the paste jewelry gem.
16:21It's exactly what it is.
16:23So this one's
16:24obviously dark.
16:25And the one we found
16:26last year
16:27was white,
16:28was clear.
16:30And I guess you can
16:31explain the composition.
16:33Well, it's pretty much
16:34the same thing
16:35as last year,
16:35but this one is black,
16:37and it's black
16:37due to the addition
16:39of manganese and calcium.
16:41And it has less lead in it,
16:43which is why
16:43it's not as brilliant.
16:45So it's not as shiny
16:46or sparkly.
16:47They're called diamantes.
16:48It's like,
16:48this is the official term.
16:49And the purpose of it
16:51is to be dark and matte.
16:54But it's the same era,
16:57similar composition.
16:59And the fastener,
17:01there's a trace of tin
17:03around the edges,
17:04which we also found
17:05in the composition
17:06or last year's jewel as well.
17:09And something like that
17:10would have been made
17:10in the old world?
17:11Yep.
17:12Not here?
17:13No.
17:13Early to mid-1700s
17:15in France.
17:17And from the composition,
17:18I can tell you
17:19that it is, like, high grade.
17:21And it was for people
17:23of the upper class.
17:24Hmm.
17:25Yeah.
17:25Because it would have
17:26the same amount of shine
17:27or even more shine
17:28than the diamonds.
17:29So these are not
17:31trade items, per se.
17:33I think what makes it
17:34not a trade item
17:35is the fact that
17:35it was mounted.
17:37If it was a trade item,
17:38they'd be loose.
17:39I see.
17:41Just reading your report there,
17:43no earlier than 1734,
17:45or no later.
17:46Well, the oldest possible days,
17:481734,
17:49because that's when
17:50it was really being invented
17:52and introduced.
17:54Hmm.
17:54So after 1734.
17:56Yeah.
17:57Fashion travels quickly.
17:59Especially with the upper class
18:01and the new shiny thing.
18:03When did it go out of style?
18:05It went right into
18:05the Victorian era.
18:08This is high quality.
18:09It represents probably
18:10the initial phase
18:11before it percolates down
18:13and the cheaper copies
18:14are made for
18:15less affluent people.
18:17Mm-hmm.
18:17Mm-hmm.
18:18What's it telling you
18:19about what was going on
18:20in Lot 5?
18:21Yeah.
18:22Well, I think it makes
18:23a statement about stature.
18:25Mm-hmm.
18:25I think this was
18:26a higher class
18:27of people.
18:30So with the Black Pastel,
18:32I have seen references
18:34to military uniform.
18:37Timeline-wise,
18:38it does fit the Duke
18:39d'Anvil's expedition here.
18:41Mid-1700s, French.
18:45Very interesting.
18:49Timeline-wise,
18:50it does fit the Duke
18:51d'Anvil's expedition here.
18:53In the Oak Island lab,
18:55Emma has just confirmed
18:57that the simulated glass gem
18:59found in the round feature
19:00on Lot 5
19:01is French in origin
19:03and dates back
19:04to the mid-18th century.
19:07You know,
19:08the Duke d'Anvil's expedition
19:10was mid-1700s,
19:12French,
19:13something to keep in mind.
19:18In 1746,
19:21France launched an armada
19:22to reclaim Nova Scotia
19:23from Great Britain.
19:24It was led by an admiral
19:26known as the Duke d'Anvil,
19:29a nobleman from a family
19:30with connections
19:31to the Knights Templar
19:32dating back
19:33to the 12th century.
19:37Unfortunately,
19:38due to severe storms
19:39and a wave of disease,
19:41the mission ultimately failed.
19:44I found eight pages
19:46of what looks like
19:47a ship's log.
19:48But curiously,
19:49in 2017,
19:52Doug Kroll
19:52discovered an 18th century
19:54ship's log
19:55in the provincial archives
19:56stating that one
19:58of D'Anvil's ships
19:59carried a large cache
20:01of treasure
20:01to a wooded island
20:02in the vicinity
20:03of Oak Island
20:05where the crew
20:06buried it
20:06in a deep pit.
20:08This is a very strong
20:10indicator
20:11that somebody
20:12of high status
20:13was on Lot 5.
20:14We know that
20:15the Duke d'Anvil
20:16did come here
20:17to Nova Scotia
20:18and indeed,
20:19the D'Anvil family
20:20as a connection
20:20to the Knights Templar.
20:22If there was
20:23some incredible treasure
20:25out of history
20:25that made its way
20:27here to North America,
20:28it could have been done
20:29as part of the Duke
20:30d'Anvil's expedition.
20:32Finding these things
20:33that belonged
20:33to somebody
20:34in a military position,
20:36I wonder
20:37why were they
20:39on the island?
20:39What were they doing?
20:41Is it possible
20:42that the two
20:43simulated French gemstones
20:45found on Lot 5
20:46could be connected
20:48to the treasure
20:49reportedly buried
20:50by the crew
20:50of the Duke d'Anvil?
20:53The dots
20:54are very far apart
20:55right now, right?
20:56But we're accumulating them.
20:58But you're accumulating them.
20:58Yeah.
20:59Exactly.
21:00You know,
21:01there's always been
21:02the idea
21:02that there might be
21:04an association
21:05here with Duke d'Anvil.
21:07The archaeological efforts
21:08are strongly hinting
21:10at multiple occupations
21:12on Lot 5
21:13from the 1200s
21:14right up through 1750.
21:16I believe this was
21:18a multi-generational attempt
21:21to hide something.
21:22And perhaps
21:23the Duke d'Anvil
21:25wasn't part of that endeavor.
21:27This is step by step,
21:29clue by clue,
21:31and every clue
21:32is important
21:33because at some point
21:34they will connect up.
21:35At some point
21:36they will tell a story.
21:37So thank you
21:38for bringing us down.
21:40It's an interesting find,
21:42but I hope we can
21:43learn more about it.
21:44All right.
21:44Excellent.
21:46Great.
21:47As the team
21:48concludes their meeting
21:49in the lab.
21:52We've got to keep looking.
21:54Let's do it.
21:56Billy,
21:57Katya,
21:57and Derek
21:58continue to search
21:59in the southwest corner
22:01of the swamp.
22:03Ooh.
22:05Wow.
22:06I mean,
22:07look at that.
22:09That's excellent.
22:10That is a cut stake
22:13if I've ever seen one.
22:14Yeah,
22:15and so close to
22:16the last find
22:17we 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.
22:29Put the stuff in.
22:32Definitely.
22:32I know it's soaked,
22:34but it's a really heavy piece, too.
22:36Mm-hmm.
22:37Yeah,
22:38it's soaked
22:38because we're below
22:39the level of the ocean here,
22:40right?
22:40Mm-hmm.
22:41It's so preserved
22:42and basically clean, right?
22:43Mm-hmm.
22:43Because it's
22:44in a perfect environment
22:46to store wood.
22:46Yeah.
22:47A hand-cut wooden stake?
22:51There's another one.
22:52What in the world
22:54is happening?
22:55Because the team
22:56has found a number
22:56of survey stakes
22:57lining stone features,
22:59such as the structure
23:01that was recently uncovered
23:03several yards to the north.
23:05Is it possible
23:06that they have just
23:07discovered more evidence
23:08that the two features
23:10may have been built
23:11by the same people?
23:13If so,
23:14just who was it?
23:15We can get a lot
23:17of information off that.
23:18I think so, yeah.
23:19I'm sure there's
23:20a 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. Spoon
23:30more 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.
23:41As another day
23:42dawns on Oak Island,
23:44while drilling continues
23:46in the Money Pit area.
23:48Hey, Gary.
23:49Hey, Ian.
23:50Derek.
23:51Hey, Dr. Spooner.
23:51How are you doing?
23:52Good.
23:53Dr. Ian Spooner
23:54joins other members
23:55of the team in the swamp
23:57to examine the area
23:58where the wooden survey stakes
24:00were found next to
24:01the newly uncovered
24:02stone structure
24:03one day ago.
24:05That stake,
24:06they were 100%
24:07not in the sand.
24:08They were in that peat layer.
24:09Yep.
24:10Which is quite deep
24:11and just below the sands.
24:12To be in that peat layer period
24:14under that much sand,
24:16we absolutely know
24:16people were here
24:17a long, long time ago.
24:18So if I can leave
24:19with one suggestion,
24:20what I'd like you guys to do
24:21if you can fit it in
24:22is get me a sample
24:23of the peat.
24:25If I can date the peat here
24:26and it's old too,
24:27then I know that the stick,
24:29if it's younger,
24:30was put there by people.
24:32And if that stick dates
24:34into one of our bins
24:35of 1,200,
24:38you know,
24:381,700,
24:40then it tells us
24:42there was activity
24:43in this area
24:43at that time,
24:45which is totally new.
24:46Right.
24:47Peat is composed
24:49of decaying plant matter
24:50that forms
24:51when it is submerged
24:52under brackish water
24:53for long periods of time.
24:56Because the wooden stake
24:58the team found
24:58was embedded
24:59in the peat layer
25:00just beneath the stone structure.
25:03If Dr. Spooner
25:04can date the peat,
25:05he may be able
25:06to determine
25:07just when the stone feature
25:08was created.
25:11We've had these
25:12sort of three age
25:13sort of categories here.
25:15One that's 600
25:16to like 1,200,
25:17you know,
25:18that era.
25:19And then we have
25:20the 1,600s,
25:22you know,
25:22to the 1,700s.
25:23Yeah.
25:24And then we have
25:25the more sort of,
25:27I'd call post-depositor
25:29kind of era.
25:30So we've got
25:32three kind of categories
25:34of potential
25:36human activity here.
25:37And I want to see
25:38where that fits.
25:39Right.
25:41By dating organic materials
25:43associated with
25:44the man-made structures
25:45in the swamp,
25:46Dr. Spooner
25:47has determined
25:48that the paved area
25:49near the center
25:50could be as much
25:51as 800 years old.
25:53The possible
25:54Portuguese stone road
25:56in the southeastern corner
25:57may be 500 years old.
25:59And the so-called
26:01Eye of the Swamp
26:02may have been built
26:03as early as 1680.
26:06And there's been
26:06some nice
26:07big clumps of peat
26:09coming up in the digs,
26:10especially over there,
26:12where there is sand as well.
26:14So I'll save you
26:15a big clump of peat
26:17with all the wood in it.
26:18That's perfect.
26:19That's what I need.
26:20I think that
26:21the carbon dating
26:22of the wood
26:23in the swamp,
26:24the work that was done,
26:26the discoveries
26:26that have been made
26:27can only lead
26:28to one conclusion,
26:29that the work
26:30was long,
26:31involved,
26:32and purposeful.
26:34To me,
26:35what it says is
26:36this was a
26:37multi-generational
26:38endeavor here,
26:39and there's possibly
26:40more than one treasure
26:41hidden across the island.
26:43So I'm off the lab.
26:45Thanks, guys.
26:45We can't wait
26:47to hear your results.
26:47Yep.
26:49Thanks.
26:50See you later.
26:51As the dig continues
26:52in the swamp...
26:54We did hit
26:55the bedrock plateau.
26:57Hopefully,
26:57it will go right down
26:58into the solution channel.
26:59Could be in the next run.
27:02We have a core, gentlemen.
27:03Over in the Money Pit area,
27:05the drilling operation
27:06in borehole H9.25
27:09has nearly reached
27:10a depth of 200 feet.
27:13H9.25's
27:14still got a few things
27:15to tell us.
27:16Hopefully,
27:17we'll be able to find
27:17that open area
27:18that could have taken
27:19the treasure.
27:20Yep.
27:21Given its proximity
27:22to H8,
27:23there's every reason
27:23to believe that
27:24we are in the area
27:26of the original Money Pit.
27:27Remember,
27:28we are in the area
27:29where something
27:30significant happened.
27:32That's some very
27:33loose material right there.
27:34This must be
27:35the solution channel.
27:37We've lost the
27:38so-called vault in H8.
27:40Where did it go?
27:41And we believe
27:42it went to
27:42the solution channel.
27:44It's the perfect
27:45targeted zone.
27:46The hope is
27:47that there'll be
27:48something in the core.
27:49A man-made something.
27:52Adam, what do you got?
27:532...
27:542.12.
27:552.12?
27:56Yeah.
27:56This is promising
27:57looking stuff.
27:58Yeah, it's gooey.
27:59Very gooey and loose.
28:01Bring her in.
28:03Yeah, this is the loose
28:04material we're looking
28:05for right here, guys.
28:06There's the conditions
28:07we need right there.
28:08Yep.
28:08That has the ability
28:09to hide treasure.
28:12It's a little messy.
28:15All right.
28:16Now we're starting
28:17to get a look at it.
28:20198 down to 215
28:22in front of us, guys.
28:23This loose material
28:24looks like it starts
28:25at the 198 mark
28:28and it goes down to...
28:30What are you doing?
28:30202, would you say, Charles?
28:32202.
28:33It may have got a little bit
28:34less recovery
28:34going down
28:35through the slurry
28:36as well.
28:36Sure.
28:37Yeah, well,
28:38less recovery means
28:38it was literally a void.
28:40It was mostly water,
28:41I guess.
28:41That's the good thing.
28:43Now this is cakey
28:44and less likely
28:44to accept a treasure
28:46down into it.
28:47This stuff up here
28:48is, of course,
28:48much looser.
28:51And then this is
28:52the stuff that really
28:53should be set aside
28:55and we send some
28:55off to the lab, hopefully.
28:58There you go, Charles.
28:59See what you see.
29:04This is the good stuff
29:13right here.
29:14As we move up
29:15along this one.
29:18You've got to find
29:19the one thing.
29:28I've got something
29:29right in here.
29:30This thing.
29:32You want to pull
29:33some of that out, Terry?
29:39No, that's okay.
29:49Yeah.
29:50I'm getting a hit
29:51right there.
29:52Okay.
29:53Yeah, right in there.
29:54Tough stuff to work with,
29:55let me tell you.
29:56Come over here
29:56so 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.
30:03There we go.
30:06Oh, there it is.
30:07There it is, right there.
30:11There it is, right there.
30:13I'm getting trips
30:14right here.
30:15It's right in there.
30:16You know, you get
30:17fooled sometimes
30:17by the screws
30:18in the table.
30:20Okay, we're going
30:21to have to bring
30:21this over the...
30:22Yeah, it's there.
30:23It's in there.
30:23I'm going to put it
30:24right on the table.
30:24In the Money Pit area,
30:27the team is detecting
30:28traces of metal
30:29in a drilling core,
30:30recovered from more
30:31than 200 feet deep
30:33in the solution channel.
30:35Oh, it's in here.
30:40Okay, they've dumped
30:41that over in a different
30:41pile.
30:42Yeah.
30:42That's weird.
30:51Oh, what's that?
30:54It's on your...
30:55Oh, it's on you.
30:56Yeah, it's on me
30:57right there.
30:58I wonder if this is
31:07the same thing
31:07that we're getting
31:08before.
31:09Yeah.
31:10You know, the little
31:11flex.
31:12Yeah.
31:12Yeah, this is a real
31:13conundrum here.
31:15The team is frustrated
31:16to once again detect
31:17signs of metal
31:18in their drill core,
31:19but then recover
31:21no objects.
31:22However, could these
31:24hits also mean
31:25that they are once again
31:27detecting metal flex
31:28in the soil
31:28and are getting
31:29even closer
31:30to a long-lost treasure
31:32that now lies somewhere
31:33nearby in the solution
31:35channel?
31:36I know Marty was
31:37really interested
31:38in this last time
31:39when this occurred,
31:40so we probably
31:40should get him
31:41involved here.
31:42Sounds good.
31:47Hello?
31:48Hey, Marty.
31:48How are you?
31:49Talk to me.
31:50I'm here in the money pit
31:51with Charles and Terry,
31:52and we have another
31:53interesting core.
31:54Right around 198
31:55all the way down
31:55to 208,
31:57we had some very,
31:57very soupy material
31:58and we had
31:59ambiguous hits
32:00with the metal detector.
32:02Sort of scattered stuff?
32:04It would beep
32:05and go off
32:06and seem to be detected
32:07and then we couldn't
32:08find it in the mud.
32:09All right.
32:10Well, this is right
32:11where we want it to be.
32:12Correct?
32:13It's in the right area,
32:14the right depth,
32:15the right conditions.
32:16You know,
32:16there's no coin
32:17staring at us,
32:18but who knows
32:19what to expect, right?
32:20I mean,
32:21at least we'll get
32:21some indication
32:22we're finally
32:23on the right path,
32:23so that's what Ian Spooner
32:25has been on about
32:26for a long time,
32:27but that's how he explains
32:27the metals in the water.
32:30The pinpointer hits,
32:32the preliminary indication
32:33of metals
32:33at the base
32:34of the solution channel
32:35could be an indicator
32:37that we are
32:37in the right spot.
32:39We're hoping
32:39that this is something
32:40that eroded
32:42from a treasure
32:43that's very close by.
32:44Maybe it's coming
32:45from the chapel vault
32:47if it's really there.
32:49We're going to take
32:49all of this
32:50and set it aside, Marty,
32:51and we're going to be sure
32:52we do a good analysis
32:53of all of it.
32:54Yeah, but the whole thing,
32:55not samples,
32:56the whole thing.
32:57Yeah, I'd like you
32:58to take that entire
32:5910-foot of core.
33:00Yeah.
33:00The entire thing.
33:02Then it needs
33:03to go to the lab.
33:04These sediments,
33:05carefully analyzed,
33:07could yield bits
33:08of precious metals,
33:09silver, gold perhaps.
33:11Look, this is what
33:12we're looking for.
33:13Something from
33:14the scientific
33:15reconnaissance data
33:16to tell us
33:17where to go
33:18to actually find
33:19the treasure.
33:20We're bagging
33:20the whole thing
33:21for sure, Marty,
33:21no question.
33:22We'll keep you
33:23informed as we go.
33:24Talk to you soon.
33:25Good deal, guys.
33:29Later that day...
33:32Okay, man,
33:34I'm hoping
33:35we can find something
33:36to help the archaeologists
33:37understand
33:38what the heck
33:39went on
33:40in that round feature
33:42and the rectangular feature.
33:44Works for me.
33:45After the discovery
33:47of the 18th century
33:48simulated gemstone...
33:50All right,
33:51let's find some artifacts.
33:53Cool.
33:54Rick and Gary
33:55search through spoils
33:57that were removed
33:57from the round feature
33:58on lot five.
34:01Come on,
34:02here's a signal.
34:03Here we go, mate.
34:10We're in business.
34:11Non-ferrous
34:12artifact.
34:13I don't think
34:14we've got to dig
34:15very deep.
34:16It's going to be
34:17enough surface layers.
34:21That sounds really good.
34:24Let's see
34:25what we've got here.
34:26This is my favourite part.
34:41Oh,
34:42a bit of roundness.
34:45Look how little that is.
34:46Oh, yeah.
34:47That's a tiny little
34:48cuff button.
34:49Look at how little
34:50that is, mate.
34:51Tiny?
34:51Yeah.
34:52But you can definitely
34:53see it's got a tiny
34:54little loop
34:55on the back.
34:57Could this small button
34:58be related
34:59to the artificial gemstones
35:01found in
35:02and near the round feature?
35:03If so,
35:05might it help identify
35:06one of the groups
35:07who occupied
35:08lot five
35:09before the discovery
35:10of the money pit?
35:11It could be like
35:13a little
35:14kind of like
35:15a decorative button
35:16to say off the lapel
35:17or something like this.
35:19Definitely copper alloy
35:20by the sound of it.
35:23Another nice
35:24little artifact,
35:25cool,
35:25for a hammer
35:26to hopefully
35:27shine some light on.
35:28I think at this point
35:29we always talk
35:30about grouping artifacts.
35:32The archaeologists
35:33should group the buttons
35:34and then maybe
35:36catalogue them
35:37and give them
35:38to a button expert,
35:39say,
35:40who can say
35:41this stylistically,
35:43this represents
35:43this error.
35:44Stylistically,
35:45this represents
35:45this error.
35:46It's not just
35:47a button anymore.
35:48No,
35:48it's a piece of data.
35:50It's a piece of history,
35:50I should say.
35:51Yeah, it is.
35:53Okay,
35:53I'll put it in the bag
35:54and we'll keep gridding.
36:09Yeah,
36:09we've got a good hit here,
36:10Rick.
36:12Really good hit.
36:14All right.
36:17Shovel it.
36:18I'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,
36:43what have we got here?
36:48Oh,
36:49what have we got here?
36:51I know what that is.
36:53While searching spoils
36:54removed from the round feature
36:56on Lot 5.
36:57What is it?
36:58It looks like a stone.
36:59No,
37:00it's not a stone, mate.
37:02Rick and Gary
37:03have found another
37:04potentially important clue.
37:06I think what we have found,
37:08Rick,
37:08is something really,
37:10really special
37:10and unique.
37:12That is a folded over
37:14coin.
37:17Really?
37:18That's a copper coin
37:19that's been folded over.
37:21Look,
37:21you can see the shape of it.
37:23Never heard of such a thing.
37:24I have,
37:25but not in North America
37:27because I have found
37:29these type of artifacts
37:30in Europe before,
37:32metal detecting.
37:33Really?
37:33Yeah.
37:33Normally when you find
37:35something made
37:36of copper,
37:36silver,
37:36or gold
37:37and it's completely
37:38folded over,
37:39I believe this is
37:40a talisman
37:41to ward off
37:43bad things.
37:44Somebody would
37:45fold this
37:46piece of metal over
37:48and they would
37:49put it in the ground
37:50to ward off
37:51bad luck.
37:53When would that
37:54kind of ritual
37:57be prevalent?
37:58Three,
37:59four hundred years ago.
38:00Really?
38:00Yeah.
38:02The ritual
38:03of folding coins
38:04as symbols
38:04of good luck
38:05or an appeal
38:06for God's protection
38:08dates as far back
38:09as the times
38:10of ancient Rome.
38:12However,
38:13this practice
38:13was prevalent
38:14throughout Europe
38:15between the 12th
38:16and 18th centuries.
38:19It's more than likely
38:211700s,
38:221600s.
38:23That would be
38:25the right time frame
38:26for Lot 5.
38:28Yeah, yeah.
38:29Is it possible
38:30that this folded coin
38:31was left in the rounded
38:33feature on Lot 5
38:34by someone
38:35who wanted
38:36spiritual protection
38:37for themselves
38:38or perhaps
38:39for something
38:40they brought
38:41to Oak Island?
38:42If so,
38:44could it be related
38:45to the artifacts
38:45found here
38:46that have been linked
38:47to the religious orders
38:48of the Knights of Malta
38:50and the Knights Templar?
38:53The real story here
38:55is why a folded coin?
38:58What was truly happening
38:59on Lot 5?
39:01If that is a coin,
39:02you just don't throw
39:03money 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,
39:11back even in the 16th,
39:131700s
39:14and way beyond there,
39:15those people
39:16had a different
39:17understanding of the world
39:18and so they did
39:20things like this.
39:21I have always believed,
39:23as have many others,
39:24that the work
39:25that was done
39:26on Oak Island
39:26was meant to protect
39:28something outside
39:29of temporal wealth.
39:31I think what was put here
39:34was meant to advance
39:36something,
39:37an idea,
39:38a belief,
39:38a concept,
39:39something of
39:40either significant
39:42historical value
39:43or religious value.
39:44You know,
39:45this island has resisted
39:46efforts to find
39:47the treasure
39:48for 230 years.
39:50There's something
39:50on this island
39:51and I believe
39:52whatever was here
39:54is still here.
39:54Look at that.
39:57Well done, mate.
39:58This is absolutely
39:59fantastic, 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
40:07as to what may have
40:09happened over there,
40:10at least part of the story
40:11of what happened over there.
40:12Yeah.
40:12I'm sure I will find
40:13a safe home.
40:15Oh, yeah.
40:15I know where this
40:16little view is going
40:18and I'm going to
40:19bypass the bag
40:20but this is going
40:21straight in the top pocket.
40:22That's absolutely fantastic.
40:25And we're going
40:26to show it
40:27to our favorite lady
40:29at the lab,
40:30Emma,
40:31and we'll find out
40:32what this is.
40:34I want to know, mate.
40:35Let's get back
40:36to the lab.
40:36Okay.
40:37Okay.
40:37Cool.
40:39After uncovering
40:40new evidence
40:41of man-made workings
40:42in the swamp
40:43and traces of metal
40:45in the money pit
40:46and artifact surfaces
40:49that may be related
40:50to the struggles
40:51many have faced
40:52in trying to solve
40:53this mystery
40:54for more than
40:55200 years.
40:57Was a treasure
40:58of profound
40:59religious value
41:00really brought
41:01to Oak Island
41:02over the course
41:03of centuries
41:04by people
41:05who are all
41:06deeply devoted
41:06to ensuring
41:07that it would
41:08never be found?
41:10And could it
41:11actually be protected
41:12by supernatural forces?
41:15The Laginas
41:16and their team
41:17won't stop digging
41:18until they know
41:20the truth
41:20but just what
41:22must they endure
41:23to find it?
41:29Next time
41:30on The Curse
41:30of Oak Island.
41:32Oh, wow.
41:33What is that?
41:33That's exactly
41:34like the sticks
41:35we found near the vault.
41:36I truly believe
41:37there's still
41:38another vault there.
41:39Whoa, whoa, whoa.
41:40There it is.
41:41Without a void.
41:41Right.
41:42Is that natural
41:43or is that an open cavern?
41:44Only a sonar
41:45could tell you that, really.
41:46All right.
41:46Well, that's what we'll do.
41:47Hopefully we'll find
41:48the one thing.
41:48Cross your fingers.
41:49We're in the cavity.
41:50Yeah, you're in.
41:51We'd love nothing better
41:52than to see a man-made cavern
41:53or vault.
41:54We've got an opening.
41:55This is not natural.
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