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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 that's what you found.
10:47In imitation jewelry.
10:48Then we found out it's kind of a technique that was developed in the 1740s in France.
10:49That'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 invented simulated gemstones.
11:04By 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.
11:21One year ago, the team found a simulated diamond just outside of the round feature.
11:28Would this be valuable?
11:30I 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 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.
12:13Yeah, that's really exciting.
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.
12:22Yeah.
12:28The following morning.
12:31Back again?
12:32It's good to see you.
12:33Good to be back.
12:34You know I love the swamp?
12:35Yeah.
12:36Let's get started.
12:37All right.
12:38Katja Drayton and Derek Couch join Billy to search for more artifacts near the stone feature
12:44in the southwest corner of the swamp.
12:51Something shiny on top there might be a piece of glass or something, right?
12:58Oh yeah.
12:59Right there?
13:04Big old piece of glass.
13:09Yeah.
13:11So a really great way to tell if glass is old or not is any imperfections.
13:18Glass nowadays is made, manufactured.
13:21There's hardly any imperfections.
13:24Bubbles, seams, anything that may give you an idea if it's hand blown is a great way to
13:31identify if glass is old or not.
13:33This is probably from a bottle.
13:35This would be like an older, maybe like a medicine bottle or something.
13:40It's square on the edge, so that's how you know it's like has some date to it and it's
13:46small as well.
13:47So 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
13:57and what they were doing.
13:59We'll keep this.
14:00Yeah.
14:01Yeah.
14:02That's some wood.
14:03Here we go.
14:04A little round piece got you.
14:05Let 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.
14:15Three 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.
14:21That's down in the depth of the ship's rail.
14:22That's a find right there, I would say.
14:23How close are we to where the other ship's railing was found?
14:24Uh, less than a hundred feet.
14:25It's one of the deepest finds that we've had in the swamp of a piece of cut wood.
14:26This could mean something.
14:27Right.
14:28Yeah.
14:29Yeah, that's cut.
14:30That's cut.
14:31That's cut.
14:32Wow.
14:33Good eye, Billy.
14:34Yeah, that's a great one.
14:35It's really deep for wood.
14:36Three and a half, four feet probably.
14:37That's way below that sand.
14:38Dr. Spooner would say that's the top saw before the swamp was formed.
14:40That's down in the depth of the ship's rail.
14:41That's a find right there, I would say.
14:42How close are we to where the other ship's railing was found?
14:45Uh, less than a hundred feet.
14:48The deepest finds that we've had in the swamp of a piece of cut wood.
14:51This could mean something.
14:52Right.
14:53In 2020, the team found a piece of ship's railing while digging near the southern border of the swamp.
15:02Incredibly, it was carbon dated to as early as the seventh century.
15:07There's been a lot of people that thought that there had been ships in the swamp, so 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 that 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.
15:57Yeah.
15:58As the search in the swamp continues.
16:01So, thank you everybody for coming.
16:04We have a really interesting artifact from lot five.
16:07In the lab, Emma Culligan is about to share her analysis of the artificial gemstone found one day ago on lot five.
16:17This 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.
16:29Mm-hmm.
16:30And I guess you can explain the composition.
16:33Well, it's pretty much the same thing as last year, but this one is black.
16:37And it's black due to the addition of manganese and calcium.
16:41And it has less lead in it, which is why it's not as brilliant.
16:45So, it's not as shiny or sparkly.
16:47They're called diamantes.
16:48It's like 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.
17:04Which 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.
17:26Because 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.
17:37If 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 days, 1734.
17:49Because that's when it was really being invented and introduced.
17:54Hmm.
17:55So, 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?
18:05It 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.
18:18Mm-hmm.
18:19What's it telling you about what was going on in Lot 5?
18:21Yeah.
18:22Well, I think it makes a statement about stature.
18:24Mm-hmm.
18:25I think this was a higher class of people.
18:29So, with the black paste jewel, I have seen references to military uniform.
18:35Timeline-wise, it does fit the Duke d'Anville's expedition here.
18:40Mid-1700s, French.
18:42Very interesting.
18:45Timeline-wise, it does fit the Duke d'Anville's expedition here.
18:52In 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.
19:25It 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.
19:35Unfortunately, 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.
19:48But 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.
20:14We know that the Duke d'Anville did come here to Nova Scotia.
20:18And indeed, the d'Anville family has 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?
20:41Is 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?
20:52The dots are very far apart right now, right?
20:56But we're accumulating them.
20:58But you're accumulating them.
20:59Yeah.
21:00Exactly.
21:01You 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.
21:17I believe this was a multi-generational attempt to hide something.
21:22And 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.
21:33Because at some point, they will connect up. At some point, they will tell a story.
21:37So, thank you for bringing us down. It's an interesting find, but I hope we can learn more about it.
21:43All right. Excellent.
21:46Great. Thank you.
21:48As the team concludes their meeting in the lab...
21:53We gotta 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.
22:07I 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.
22:22That's definitely cut.
22:24Here.
22:28I still need a bigger bag.
22:29Put the stuff in.
22:31Definitely.
22:33I know it's soaked, but it's a really heavy piece, too.
22:36Mm-hmm.
22:37Yeah, 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.
22:48A hand-cut wooden steak?
22:52There's another one.
22:53What in the world is happening?
22:55Because the team has found a number of survey stakes lining stone features, such as the structure that 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?
23:16We can get a lot of information off that.
23:18I think so, yeah.
23:20I'm sure there's a purpose for that.
23:22Just that is definitely cut.
23:24And so is the other one.
23:25Yeah, that's a bigger piece.
23:27Right.
23:28Bigger cut.
23:29Right.
23:30This gives Dr. Spooner more information.
23:32Yeah.
23:33We've got some potential here.
23:34I'm excited to keep going.
23:36We'll work to keep the lab busy.
23:37Yeah.
23:38Yeah.
23:42As another day dawns on Oak Island, while drilling continues in the Money Pit area.
23:49Hey, Gary.
23:50Hey, Ian.
23:51Derek.
23:52Hey, Dr. Spooner.
23:53How are you doing?
23:54Good.
23:55Dr. 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.
24:05That 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.
24:47Peat 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, if 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.
25:20And then we have the 1600s, you know, to the 1700s.
25:24Yeah.
25:25And then we have the more sort of I'd call post-depositor kind of era.
25:31So we've got three kind of categories of potential human activity here, and I want to see where that fits.
25:40Right.
25:41By 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.
25:54The 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.
26:19That'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, can 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.
26:43Okay.
26:44So I'm off the lab.
26:45Thanks, guys.
26:46Bye, mate.
26:47We can't wait to hear your results.
26:48Yep.
26:50Thanks.
26:51See you later.
26:52As the dig continues in the swamp...
26:55We did hit the bedrock plateau.
26:57Hopefully, it will go right down into the solution channel.
27:00Could be in the next run.
27:02We have a core, gentlemen.
27:04Over in the Money Pit area, the drilling operation in borehole H 9.25 has nearly reached a depth of 200 feet.
27:13H 9.25's still got a few things to tell us.
27:16Hopefully, we'll find that open area that could have taken the treasure.
27:20Yep.
27:21Given its proximity to H 8, 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.
27:37We've lost the so-called vault in H 8.
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?
27:532...212.
27:54212?
27:55Yeah.
27:56This is promising-looking stuff, really.
27:58Yeah, it's gooey.
27:59Very gooey and loose.
28:00Bring her in.
28:02Yeah, this is the loose material we're looking for right here, guys.
28:05There's the conditions we need right there.
28:07Yep.
28:08That has the ability to hide treasure.
28:10It's a little messy.
28:13All right.
28:14Now we're starting to get a look at it.
28:18198 down to 215 in front of us, guys.
28:22This loose material looks like it starts at the 198 mark.
28:27And it goes down to, what have you, 202?
28:29202.
28:30It may have got a little bit less recovery going down through the slurry as well.
28:35Sure.
28:36Yeah.
28:37Well, less recovery means it was literally a void.
28:40It was mostly water, I guess.
28:41That's the good thing.
28:42Now this is cakey and less likely to accept a treasure down into it.
28:47This stuff up here is, of course, much looser.
28:50And then this is the stuff that really should be set aside.
28:55We send some off to the lab, hopefully.
28:57There you go, Charles.
28:59See what you see.
29:00This is the good stuff right here.
29:14As we move up along this one.
29:18Got to find the one thing.
29:21I got something right in here.
29:30Here, this thing.
29:32You want to pull some of that out, Terry?
29:39Oh, that's okay.
29:41Yeah, 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.
29:58Yeah, all right.
29:59There you go, yeah.
30:00Fresh area here.
30:01Not there.
30:02Not there?
30:03Nope.
30:06There we go.
30:07Oh, there it is.
30:08There it is, right there.
30:11I'm getting chirps right here.
30:12It's right in there.
30:13You know, you get fooled some of the times by the screws in the table.
30:16Okay, we're going to have to bring this over the...
30:17Yeah, it's there.
30:18It's in there.
30:19I'm going to put it right on the table.
30:20In 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.
30:34Nope, it's in here.
30:36Okay, then dump that over in a different pile.
30:37Yeah.
30:38That's weird.
30:39Oh.
30:40What's that?
30:41It's on your...
30:42Oh!
30:43It's on you.
30:44Yep, it's on me right there.
30:57I wonder if this is the same thing that we're getting before.
31:09Yeah.
31:10You know, the little flex.
31:11Yeah.
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.
31:23However, 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
31:34in the solution channel?
31:36I know Marty was really interested in this last time when this occurred, so we probably
31:40should get him involved here.
31:41Sounds good.
31:42Hello?
31:43Hey Marty, how are you?
31:45Talk to me.
31:46I'm here in the Money Pit with Charles and Terry and we have another interesting
31:52core.
31:53Right around 198 all the way down to 208, we had some very, very soupy material and we
31:59had 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?
32:12Yeah.
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 get some indication we're finally on the right path, so that's what Ian
32:25Spooner has been on about for a long time, but that's how he explains the metals in the
32:29water.
32:30The pinpointer hits, the preliminary indication of metals at the base of the solution channel
32:35could be an indicator that 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.
32:58I'd like you to take that entire 10-foot of core.
33:00Yeah.
33:01The entire thing.
33:02It needs to go to the lab.
33:04The sediments carefully analyzed could yield bits of precious metals, silver, gold perhaps.
33:11Look, this is what we're looking for.
33:14Something 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.
33:26Later that day.
33:27Okay, man, I'm hoping we can find something to help the archaeologists understand what the
33:39heck went on in that round feature and the rectangular feature.
33:44Works for me.
33:45After the discovery of the 18th century simulated gemstone.
33:50Right, let's find some artifacts.
33:53Cool.
33:54Rick and Gary search through spoils that were removed from the round feature on Lot 5.
34:00Come on, here's a signal.
34:05Here we go, mate.
34:10We're in business.
34:11Non-ferrous artifacts.
34:13I don't think we've got to dig very deep.
34:16It's going to be enough surface layers.
34:18That sounds really good.
34:23Let's see what we've got here.
34:26This is my favourite part.
34:39Oh, a bit of roundness.
34:44Look 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?
34:52Yeah.
34:53But you can definitely see it's got a tiny little loop on 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 the lapel or something like this.
35:19Definitely copper alloy by the sound of it.
35:22And another nice little artifact cool for a hammer to hopefully shine some light on it.
35:28I think at this point we always talk about grouping artifacts.
35:32The archaeologists should group the buttons.
35:34Yeah.
35:35And then maybe catalogue 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.
35:49It's a piece of data.
35:50It's a piece of history, I should say.
35:51Yeah, it is.
35:53OK, I'll put it in the bag.
35:55And we'll keep gridding.
36:09Yeah, we got a good hit here, Rick.
36:12A really good hit.
36:14All right.
36:18Shovel it.
36:19All right.
36:20I'll try pinpointing it first.
36:24That sounds like a great hit.
36:25That's non-Ferris, mate.
36:26That is not a nail.
36:40I've heard this in my hand.
36:42Oh.
36:43Hoo-hoo!
36:44What have we got here?
36:49Hoo-hoo!
36:50What have we got here?
36:52I know what that is.
36:53While searching spoils removed from the round feature on Lot 5.
36:58What is it?
36:59Looks like a stone.
37:00No, it's not a stone, mate.
37:03Rick and Gary have found another potentially important clue.
37:07I think what we have found, Rick, is something really, really special and unique.
37:12That is a folded over coin.
37:17Really?
37:18That's a copper coin that's been folded over.
37:21Look, 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.
37:32Really?
37:33Yeah.
37:34Normally when you find something made of copper, silver or gold and it's completely folded over.
37:39I believe this is a talisman to ward off bad things.
37:45Somebody would fold this piece of metal over and they would put it in the ground to ward off bad luck.
37:52When would that kind of ritual be prevalent?
37:59Three, four hundred years ago.
38:00Really?
38:01Yeah.
38:03The ritual of folding coins as symbols of good luck or an appeal for God's protection dates as far back as the times of ancient Rome.
38:12However, this practice was prevalent throughout Europe between the 12th and 18th centuries.
38:18It's more than likely 1700s, 1600s.
38:24That would be the right time frame for Lot 5.
38:28Yeah, yeah.
38:30Is it possible that this folded coin was left in the rounded feature on Lot 5 by someone who wanted spiritual protection for themselves?
38:39Or perhaps for something they brought to Oak Island?
38:42If 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?
38:53The real story here is why a folded coin?
38:58What was truly happening on Lot 5?
39:01If that is a coin, you just don't throw money away, right?
39:04No. Yeah.
39:05You just don't do that. You do it for a reason. That's intentional, right?
39:09Yeah.
39:10You think about it. Back even in the 1600s, 1700s and way beyond there, those people had a different understanding of the world and so they did things like this.
39:21I 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.
39:32I 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.
39:44You know, this island has resisted efforts to find the treasure for 230 years.
39:50There's something on this island and I believe whatever was here is still here.
39:55Look at that. Well done, mate.
39:58This is absolutely fantastic, mate. A thirst for Oak Island.
40:02Absolutely. Never seen anything like it. Didn't know the tradition.
40:06That is a clue as to what may have happened over there, at least part of the story of what happened over there.
40:11Yep.
40:12I am sure it will find a safe home.
40:14Oh, yeah. I know where this little view is going and I'm going to bypass the bag.
40:20But this is going straight in the top pocket. That's absolutely fantastic.
40:25And we're going to show it to our favorite lady at the lab, Emma, and we'll find out what this is.
40:34I want to know, mate. Let's get back to the lab.
40:36Okay. Cool.
40:37After uncovering new evidence of man-made workings in the swamp and traces of metal in the money pit.
40:47And artifact surfaces that may be related to the struggles many have faced in trying to solve this mystery for more than 200 years.
40:56Was a treasure of profound religious value, really brought to Oak Island over the course of centuries by people who are all deeply devoted to ensuring that it would never be found?
41:10And could it actually be protected by supernatural forces?
41:14The Laginas and their team won't stop digging until they know the truth. But just what must they endure to find it?
41:29Next time on The Curse of Oak Island.
41:32Oh, wow.
41:33What is that?
41:34That'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.
41:41Without a void.
41:42Right.
41:43Is that natural or is that an open cavern?
41:44Only a sonar could tell you that, really.
41:46All right. Well, 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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