The Curse of Oak Island - Season 13 Episode 08-Into The Fold
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00:00This must be the solution channel.
00:02That has the ability to hide treasure.
00:04I got something right here.
00:05Oh, there it is.
00:05Yeah, It's there.
00:08Ooo
00:10Ohooolah!
00:11Oh my gosh!
00:15Laird, can you tell if this is a jewel?
00:18It is high grade.
00:19Made in the old world?
00:20Yep.
00:21That takes us to a whole new level.
00:23İzlediğiniz için teşekkür ederim.
00:53Six men have died trying to solve the mystery, and according to legend, one more will have to die, before the treasure can be found.
01:17I'm just firing up here.
01:19I'm pretty hopeful about this. I think it could be a good borehole.
01:23The thing I like about this one in particular, we're going to hit the western side of the Solution Channel, another area where the treasure might have dropped.
01:31A fresh morning on Oak Island brings renewed hope for brothers Rick and Marty Lagina.
01:38That they will soon hold in their hands, the answers to a 230-year-old mystery.
01:45Let's face it guys, it's very exciting, right?
01:48The reason we're drilling this is because of the collapse.
01:50That's where it could have gone.
01:52Yeah.
01:52The 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.
02:07It is also in this region that soil samples are currently being tested to confirm those results.
02:16Tell me how close we are to the Key Wells RF1 H8.
02:21So we're five feet south of H8.
02:23That's very close to the chapel shaft then?
02:25We are in the southwest corner of the chapel shaft, so we're in an area I like.
02:28Okay.
02:31I see lots of wood.
02:33In 2017, the team dug the five-foot diameter H8 shaft.
02:39We're rotating down, but every now and then we have to come up and clean our teeth out because of the wood, right?
02:43And at 170 feet, it hit a large object that may have been the legendary chapel vault.
02:50A 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.
03:09But unfortunately, the H8 caisson may have pushed the possible vault somewhere deeper and potentially into the Solution Channel.
03:20Could it be possible that the precious metals the team detected in this area came from the damaged vault?
03:26I think the chapels had the money pick correct.
03:30They just didn't go deep enough, as we've learned.
03:32Yeah, because of the collapse.
03:33So I'm pretty hopeful about this.
03:35I think it could be a good borehole.
03:38If I had to pick the most likely hole to actually encounter some of this deeply fallen treasure, I would think it's this.
03:48Is he slipping or?
03:50The biggest thing to me is that the H8 canister started going down on its own, right about the point where we were pretty excited that we might be finding the vault.
03:58The plug just fell.
04:00We lost all the material.
04:01Well, it sure sounds to me like the Solution Channel being able to swallow things up, including treasure.
04:07So we're going to see if we can find it.
04:10You know what I'm listening for.
04:11I want you to find an actual bit of treasure.
04:14That's what I want to find.
04:15Exactly.
04:15And then put the big boy down on it.
04:17Yeah.
04:18Yeah, all right, guys.
04:19Seriously, I think my work here is done.
04:21Just find me some data and a coin would be nice.
04:24Okay.
04:25Sounds good, Marty.
04:26Sounds good?
04:27Sounds good.
04:28See you guys.
04:28Okay.
04:28As H9.25 descends deeper towards the Solution Channel.
04:36Today's the day, Gary.
04:37Yeah.
04:38We're on Oak Island.
04:39Yeah.
04:39The possibilities are endless.
04:41That's right.
04:41Alex Lagina and members of the team continue to expose a stone feature in the southwest corner
04:48of the swamp, one that may be connected to a road-like structure several yards to the
04:54north, where they found part of a European hand cannon that could be as much as 800 years
05:01old.
05:02We're just going to comb through this and work our way closer into the swamp.
05:07Got it.
05:07We'll really find some artifacts.
05:08And keep our eyes open, you never know, we might find some old wooden stakes.
05:13I mean, one of the most important artifacts we found in this area was the ship's railing,
05:18which was just over there.
05:19Yeah.
05:19I think that dated to the 600s.
05:21Right.
05:23Okay.
05:23Well, if you dig, we'll metal detect and keep our eyes peeled and see what we find.
05:28Yeah.
05:28Let's find some artifacts.
05:31I couldn't enumerate the number of finds that have been made in the bog to date.
05:36They've been expensive and extensive and important in the search for answers here
05:41on the island.
05:43What?
05:44There's a lot of information missing.
05:45What do we got?
05:54This is interesting.
05:56It's a piece of shaped wood.
05:58Kind of reminds me of when we were digging in this area and we found that ship's rail.
06:03Oh, yeah.
06:03Over the years, the team has found numerous ship-related artifacts all across the swamp
06:10that have been dated to between the 1600s and the 7th century.
06:16It's great conditions.
06:18It's been buried in the swamp for a long time.
06:20Could Gary be correct that they found another piece of ship's railing in the southwest corner?
06:27If so, might it be related to the stone structures in this area and help them learn more about their origins?
06:36It's kind of plank-ish.
06:38Mm-hmm.
06:39It looks like it's curved and beveled.
06:41Maybe I'm seeing things, but it kind of looks shaped like that.
06:46This face really does.
06:49I mean, that's cut.
06:51And here as well.
06:54Yeah, at first I thought it was like a piece of railing.
06:57Yeah.
06:57No, it looks...
06:59At first glance, it looks like it's shaped that way deliberately.
07:01Yeah.
07:02We might be able to show that to a shipwright.
07:05Somebody who knows the older techniques of making a ship.
07:09Yeah.
07:09I wonder if it's big enough for C-14.
07:12I like the fact that this wood's got beveled edges.
07:16Now, that always looks like planking to me.
07:20And that's important because it's well out of place buried in the swamp.
07:25It's definitely big enough for C-14.
07:27Yeah.
07:27So we can figure out how old it is.
07:29Yeah.
07:29Definitely an interesting piece.
07:31I'll put that to one side.
07:34I still believe we're just scratching the surface.
07:37As the dig continues in the swamp, several hundred yards to the west on Lot 5.
07:45Found a small shard of creamware.
07:47Oh, nice.
07:48It's really, really small, though.
07:50Yeah.
07:51Perfect.
07:51Laird Niven and the archaeology team search for more clues in the round feature near the shoreline.
07:58After recently finding a sixth Venetian bead in this feature, which could be related to the Knights of Malta,
08:06and unearthing a sixth Roman coin nearby that may be linked to the Knights Templar,
08:12the team is working to prove that numerous groups may have occupied Lot 5 at different times long before the discovery of the money pit.
08:21Oh, wow.
08:29Got some pearlware.
08:31Oh, nice.
08:32Yeah.
08:33Been small, but...
08:35Yeah.
08:35We'll have to do more analysis on this, I guess.
08:38Yeah.
08:39What are the dates on the creamware again?
08:41Creamware starts around 1762.
08:44Okay.
08:44And then the pearlware would start around 1775.
08:49Okay.
08:50I have long believed that this is a multi-generational attempt over decades, perhaps even centuries, to hide or safeguard something.
09:00I 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?
09:17Looks like red earthenware.
09:20Oh, it's got a really nice design on it.
09:23Wow.
09:24That's a great piece.
09:25It's a big piece.
09:26Yeah, it's got a really nice floral design.
09:29The coarse earthenwares are hard to date.
09:32It can be anywhere from 1750 to 1830, so...
09:36Okay.
09:37Right in our time range.
09:38Yeah.
09:39Great find.
09:40Oh, thank you.
09:41You're welcome.
09:41I'll bag it up, see if there's any more in there.
09:43Yeah.
09:43Oh my gosh.
09:56Laird, I think I just found something really cool.
09:59While digging in the rounded stone foundation on Lot 5, Isabel Whittier has just uncovered a potentially important clue.
10:22Check this out.
10:23Oh, nice.
10:25Can you tell if this is a jewel?
10:31It's meant to look like a jewel.
10:33An imitation of a jewel.
10:35Okay.
10:35We found a larger one, but clear just over here.
10:40It looked like costume jewelry.
10:42Then we found a kind of a technique that was developed in the 1740s in France.
10:46That's so cool.
10:47Imitation jewelry became very popular with the French royal family.
10:51Oh, that's awesome.
10:52Yeah.
10:54In the early 18th century, French jeweler George Friedrich Strauss invented simulated gemstones.
11:02By mixing elements such as bismuth, thallium, and lead with glass powder, a paste-like substance was formed.
11:11It was then heated and molded to create artificial stones, nearly matching the brilliance of actual gems.
11:19One year ago, the team found a simulated diamond just outside of the round feature.
11:26Would this be valuable?
11:28I think back in the mid-1700s, it probably was.
11:32If Laird is correct that this is a similar artifact, could it be another clue to help identify one of the groups that occupied the Stone Foundation prior to 1795?
11:45Emma can actually XRF the side and tell you what kind of metal it was sitting in.
11:51So we know that it was set into something and displayed on someone's clothes.
11:56If she finds out that it's set in silver or gold, that just takes us to a whole new level, right?
12:02It just adds a lot of significance to this little tiny artifact.
12:07Yeah.
12:08Adding to the intrigue.
12:10Yeah, that's really exciting.
12:13I can't wait to get that back to the lab and see what Emma says about it.
12:16Me too.
12:16That's cool.
12:18We're finding some neat stuff here.
12:19Yeah.
12:25The following morning...
12:27Back again?
12:29It's good to see you. Good to be back.
12:31You know I love the swamp?
12:32Yeah.
12:33Let's get started.
12:34All right.
12:35Katya Drayton and Derek Couch join Billy to search for more artifacts near the stone feature in the southwest corner of the swamp.
12:53Something shiny on top. There might be a piece of glass or something, right?
12:56Oh, yeah.
12:56Yeah.
12:56Yeah.
12:56Yeah.
12:57Big old piece of glass.
13:08Yeah.
13:08So, a really great way to tell if glass is old or not is any imperfections. Glass nowadays is made manufactured. There's hardly any imperfections. Bubbles, 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.
13:30This is probably from a bottle. This would be like an older, maybe like a medicine bottle or something.
13:39It'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.
13:44So, this is an older piece, which is good.
13:49Oh, yeah.
13:50By learning what type of glass this is and what it was used for, we can see who was here and what they were doing.
13:57We'll keep this.
13:59Yeah.
13:59Yeah.
14:00Oh, that's some wood.
14:10Here we go.
14:11A little round piece got you.
14:13Let me see.
14:17That's cut there, isn't it?
14:19That's cut.
14:20Yeah, that's cut.
14:21Wow.
14:22Good eye, Billy.
14:23Yeah, that's a great one.
14:23It's really deep for wood.
14:25Three and a half, four feet, probably.
14:27That's way below that sand.
14:30Dr. Spruner would say that's the topsoil before the swamp was formed.
14:33That's down in the depth of the ship's rail.
14:36That's a find right there, I would say.
14:38How close are we to where the other ship's railing was found?
14:43Less than 100 feet.
14:44It's one of the deepest finds that we've had in the swamp of a piece of cut wood.
14:48This could mean something.
14:49Right.
14:50In 2020, the team found a piece of ship's railing while digging near the southern border of the swamp.
14:59Incredibly, it was carbon dated to as early as the 7th century.
15:05There's been a lot of people that thought that there had been ships in the swamp,
15:09so I think it could be very significant.
15:11Is it possible that the team has found a related discovery in the southwest corner of the swamp?
15:17If there's a ship of some sort out there, it would fit really, really well to any of the theories
15:23that somebody came here and buried old-world treasure.
15:27We have so many ship-like artifacts at this point,
15:31but extraordinary theories take extraordinary data.
15:34I don't think we quite have that yet, but here's another piece.
15:37If this is a piece of a ship, I bet you there's more pieces of ship.
15:41I'd rather find what the ship is carrying, Derek, so let's look for that, right?
15:45That's true, that's true.
15:47That's why Cotty is here.
15:48Right.
15:49Well, let's try and find some more.
15:51Yeah.
15:53Keep the lookers peeled.
15:55Yeah.
15:55As the search in the swamp continues...
15:58So, thank you, everybody, for coming.
16:01We have a really interesting artifact from Lot 5.
16:05In the lab, Emma Culligan is about to share her analysis of the artificial gemstone found one day ago on Lot 5.
16:14This looks like the paste jewelry gem.
16:18It's exactly what it is.
16:19So, this one's obviously dark.
16:23And the one we found last year was white, was clear.
16:27And I guess you can explain the composition.
16:30Well, it's pretty much the same thing as last year, but this one is black,
16:34and it's black due to the addition of manganese and calcium.
16:38And it has less lead in it, which is why it's not as brilliant.
16:42So, it's not as shiny or sparkly.
16:44They're called diamantes.
16:45It's like the official term.
16:47And the purpose of it is to be dark and matte.
16:51But it's the same era, similar composition.
16:56And the fastener, there's a trace of tin around the edges,
17:02which we also found in the composition or last year's jewel as well.
17:06And something like that would have been made in the old world?
17:09Yep.
17:10Not here?
17:10No.
17:11Early to mid-1700s in France.
17:14And from the composition, I can tell you that it is, like, high grade.
17:19And it was for people of the upper class.
17:22Hmm.
17:22Yeah.
17:23Because it would have the same amount of shine or even more shine than the diamonds.
17:27So, these are not trade items, per se.
17:30I think what makes it not a trade item is the fact that it was mounted.
17:34If it was a trade item, they'd be loose.
17:37I see.
17:38Just reading your report there, no earlier than 1734 or no later?
17:44Well, the oldest possible days, 1734.
17:46Because that's when it was really being invented and introduced.
17:51Hmm.
17:51So, after 1734.
17:53Yeah.
17:54Fashion travels quickly.
17:56Especially with the upper class and the new shiny thing.
18:01When did it go out of style?
18:02It went right into the Victorian era.
18:05This is high quality.
18:07It represents probably the initial phase before it percolates down and the cheaper copies are made for less affluent people.
18:14Mm-hmm.
18:15Mm-hmm.
18:15What's it telling you about what was going on in Lot 5?
18:19Yeah.
18:19Well, I think it makes a statement about stature.
18:22Hmm.
18:22I think this was a higher class of people.
18:27So, 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.
18:39Mid-1700s, French.
18:42Very interesting.
18:43Timeline-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.
19:04You know, the Duke d'Anville's expedition was mid-1700s, French, um, something to keep in mind.
19:13In 1746, France launched an armada to reclaim Nova Scotia from Great Britain.
19:23It 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.
19:33Unfortunately, due to severe storms and a wave of disease, the mission ultimately failed.
19:43I found eight pages of what looks like a ship's log.
19:46But 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.
20:06This is a very strong indicator that somebody of high status was on Lot 5.
20:12We know that the Duke d'Anville did come here to Nova Scotia, and indeed, the d'Anville family, as a connection to the Knights Templar.
20:20If 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.
20:30Finding these things that belonged to somebody in a military position, I wonder why were they on the island? What were they doing?
20:40Is it possible that the two simulated French gemstones found on Lot 5 could be connected to the treasure reportedly buried by the crew of the Duke d'Anville?
20:51The dots are very far apart right now, right?
20:55But we're accumulating them.
20:56But you're accumulating them.
20:57Yeah, exactly.
20:58You know, there's always been the idea that there might be an association here with Duke d'Anville.
21:05The archaeological efforts are strongly hinting at multiple occupations on Lot 5, from the 1200s right up through 1750.
21:15I believe this was a multi-generational attempt to hide something.
21:21And perhaps the Duke d'Anville wasn't part of that endeavor.
21:25This is step by step, clue by clue, and every clue is important.
21:32Because at some point, they will connect up.
21:34At some point, they will tell a story.
21:35So, thank you for bringing us down.
21:38It's an interesting find, but I hope we can learn more about it.
21:42All right.
21:43Excellent.
21:43Thank you.
21:44Thank you.
21:46As the team concludes their meeting in the lab...
21:49We're going to keep looking.
21:52Let's do it.
21:53Billy, Katya, and Derek continue to search in the southwest corner of the swamp.
22:01Ooh.
22:03Wow.
22:05I mean, look at that.
22:07That's excellent.
22:09That is a cut stake, if I've ever seen one.
22:12Yeah, and so close to the last find we just had.
22:17Oh, my God.
22:18That's pretty cool.
22:20That's definitely cut.
22:22Here.
22:26I still need a bigger bag to put the stuff in.
22:30Definitely.
22:31I know it's soaked, but it's a really heavy piece, too.
22:34Mm-hmm.
22:35Yeah, well, it's soaked because we're below the level of the ocean here, right?
22:39Mm-hmm.
22:39It's so preserved and basically clean, right, because it's in a perfect environment to store wood.
22:45Yeah.
22:46A hand-cut wooden stake?
22:50There's another one.
22:51I mean, what in the world is happening?
22:53Because the team has found a number of survey stakes lining stone features,
22:58such as the structure that was recently uncovered several yards to the north,
23:03is it possible that they have just discovered more evidence
23:07that the two features may have been built by the same people?
23:11If so, just who was it?
23:15We can get a lot of information off that.
23:17I think so, yeah.
23:18I'm sure there's a purpose for that.
23:20Just, that is definitely cut.
23:22And so is the other one.
23:23Yeah, that's a bigger piece.
23:25Right.
23:26Bigger cut.
23:27Right.
23:27This gives Dr. Spooner more information.
23:30Yeah.
23:31We've got some potential here.
23:32I'm excited to keep going.
23:34We'll work to keep the lab busy.
23:36Yeah.
23:36As another day dawns on Oak Island,
23:44while drilling continues in the Money Pit area.
23:48Hey, Gary.
23:49Hey, Ian.
23:49Derek.
23:50Hey, Dr. Spooner.
23:51How are you doing?
23:52Good.
23:52Dr. Ian Spooner joins other members of the team in the swamp
23:56to examine the area where the wooden survey stakes
23:59were found next to the newly uncovered stone structure one day ago.
24:04The stakes, 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.
24:12To be in that peat layer, period, under that much sand,
24:15we absolutely know people were here a long, long time ago.
24:17So if I can leave with one suggestion,
24:19what I'd like you guys to do, if you can fit it in,
24:22is get me a sample of the peat.
24:24If I can date the peat here and it's old too,
24:27then I know that the stick, if it's younger,
24:29was put there by people.
24:31And if that stick dates into one of our bins of 1,200, you know, 1,700,
24:39then it tells us there was activity in this area at that time,
24:44which is totally new.
24:45Right.
24:47Peat is composed of decaying plant matter
24:49that forms when it is submerged under brackish water
24:53for long periods of time.
24:54Because the wooden stake the team found
24:58was embedded in the peat layer just beneath the stone structure,
25:02if Dr. Spooner can date the peat,
25:05he may be able to determine just when the stone feature was created.
25:09We've had these sort of three age sort of categories here,
25:15one that's 600 to like 1,200, you know, that era.
25:19And then we have the 1600s, you know, to the 1700s.
25:23Yeah.
25:24And then we have the more sort of, I'd call post-depositor kind of era.
25:29So we've got three kind of categories
25:33of potential human activity here,
25:37and I want to see where that fits.
25:39All right.
25:40By dating organic materials
25:42associated with the man-made structures in the swamp,
25:46Dr. Spooner has determined
25:47that the paved area near the center
25:49could be as much as 800 years old.
25:53The possible Portuguese stone road in the southeastern corner
25:57may be 500 years old.
25:59And the so-called Eye of the Swamp
26:01may have been built as early as 1680.
26:05And there's been some nice big clumps of peat
26:08coming up in the digs, especially over there,
26:11where there is sand as well.
26:13So I'll save you a big clump of peat
26:16with 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,
26:24the work that was done, the discoveries that have been made,
26:27can only lead to one conclusion,
26:29that the work was long, involved, and purposeful.
26:34To me, what it says is,
26:35this was a multi-generational endeavor here,
26:38and there's possibly more than one treasure
26:41hidden across the island.
26:43Okay, come up, lab.
26:44Thanks, guys.
26:46We can't wait to hear your results.
26:47Yep.
26:47Thank you.
26:48Thanks.
26:50See you later.
26:50As the dig continues in the swamp...
26:53We did hit the bedrock plateau.
26:56Hopefully, it will go right down into the solution channel.
26:59Could be in the next run.
27:01We have a core, gentlemen.
27:03Over in the Money Pit area,
27:05the drilling operation in borehole H9.25
27:08has nearly reached a depth of 200 feet.
27:12H9.25's still got a few things to tell us.
27:16Hopefully, we'll be able to find that open area
27:18that could have taken the treasure.
27:19Yep.
27:20Given its proximity to H8,
27:22there's every reason to believe
27:23that we are in the area of the original Money Pit.
27:26Remember, we are in the area
27:29where something significant happened.
27:31That's some very loose material right there.
27:34This must be the solution channel.
27:36We lost the so-called vault in H8.
27:39Where did it go?
27:41And we believe it went to the solution channel.
27:44That'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?
27:54212.
27:54212?
27:55Yeah.
27:55This is promising-looking stuff, really.
27:57Yeah, it's gooey.
27:58Very gooey and loose.
28:00Bring her in.
28:02Yeah, this is the loose material
28:04we're looking for right here, guys.
28:06There's the conditions we need right there.
28:07Yep.
28:08That has the ability to hide treasure.
28:11It's a little messy.
28:15All right.
28:16Now we're starting to get a look at it.
28:19198 down to 215 in front of us, guys.
28:23This loose material looks like it starts
28:25at the 198 mark.
28:27And it goes down to...
28:29It's going to be a 202, would you, Charles?
28:31202.
28:32It may have got a little bit less recovery
28:34going down through the slurry as well.
28:36Sure.
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
28:44a treasure down into it.
28:46This stuff up here is, of course, much looser.
28:49And then this is the stuff that really should be set aside.
28:54And we send some out to the lab, hopefully.
28:57There you go, Charles.
28:58See what you see.
28:59This is the good stuff right here as we move up along this one.
29:15I've got to find the one thing.
29:28I've got something right in here.
29:30100%.
29:31I'm going to pull some of that out, Terry.
29:39Well, that's okay.
29:49Yep.
29:49I'm getting a hit right there.
29:51Okay.
29:52Yep.
29:53Right in there.
29:54Tough stuff to work with, let me tell you.
29:55Come over here so you don't lose it.
29:56Yep.
29:57Yeah, all right.
29:57There you go.
29:58Yep.
29:58Fresh area here.
29:59Not there.
30:00Not there?
30:01Nope.
30:05There we go.
30:05Oh, there it is.
30:06Here it is right there.
30:12Here it is right there.
30:14I'm getting trips right here.
30:16It's right in there.
30:17You know, you get fooled sometimes by the screws in the table.
30:20Okay, we're going to have to bring this over the...
30:23Yeah, it's there.
30:24It's in there.
30:24I'm going to put it right on the table.
30:25In the Money Pit area, the team is detecting traces of metal
30:29in a drilling core, recovered from more than 200 feet deep
30:33in the solution channel.
30:35Oh, it's in here.
30:41Okay, now dump that over in a different pile.
30:42Yeah.
30:43That's weird.
30:52Oh, what's that?
30:55It's on your...
30:56Oh, it's on you.
30:57Yeah, it's on me right there.
30:58I wonder if this is the same thing that we're getting before.
31:10Yeah.
31:10You know, the little flex.
31:12Yeah.
31:13Yeah, this is a real conundrum here.
31:15The team is frustrated to once again detect signs of metal
31:19in their drill core, but then recover no objects.
31:23However, could these hits also mean that they are once again
31:27detecting metal flex in the soil and are getting even closer
31:31to a long-lost treasure that now lies somewhere nearby
31:34in the solution channel?
31:37I know Marty was really interested in this last time
31:39when this occurred, so we probably shouldn't get him involved here.
31:42Sounds good.
31:47Hello?
31:48Hey, Marty, how are you?
31:49Talk to me.
31:50I'm here in the money pit with Charles and Terry,
31:52and we have another interesting core.
31:54Right around 198 all the way down to 208,
31:57we had some very, very soupy material,
31:59and we had ambiguous hits with the metal detector.
32:03Sort of scattered stuff?
32:05It would beep and go off and seem to be detected,
32:08and then we couldn't find it in the mud.
32:09All right, well, this is right where we want it to be, correct?
32:13It's in the right area, the right depth, the right conditions.
32:17You know, there's no coin staring at us,
32:18but who knows what to expect, right?
32:21I mean, at least we'll get some indication
32:22we're finally on the right path,
32:24so that's what Ian Spooner has been on about for a long time,
32:27but that's how he explains the metals in the water.
32:30The pinpointer hits, the preliminary indication of metals
32:34at 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
32:42from a treasure that's very close by.
32:45Maybe it's coming from the Chapel vault, if it's really there.
32:49We're going to take all of this and set it aside, Marty,
32:51and we're going to be sure we do a good analysis of all of it.
32:54Yeah, but the whole thing, not samples, the whole thing.
32:58Yeah, I'd like you to take that entire 10-foot-a-core.
33:01Yeah.
33:01The entire thing.
33:02It needs to go to the lab.
33:04The sediments carefully analyzed
33:07could yield bits of precious metals,
33:10silver, gold perhaps.
33:12Look, this is what we're looking for.
33:14Something from the scientific reconnaissance data
33:17to tell us where to go to actually find the treasure.
33:20We're bagging the whole thing for sure, Marty, no question.
33:23We'll keep you informed as we go.
33:24Talk to you soon.
33:26Good deal, guys.
33:27Later that day...
33:31Okay, mate, I'm hoping we can find something
33:36to help the archaeologists understand
33:38what the heck went on
33:40in that round feature and the rectangular feature.
33:44Works for me.
33:45After the discovery of the 18th-century simulated gemstone...
33:51All right, let's find some artifacts.
33:53Cool.
33:55...Rick and Gary searched through spoils
33:57that were removed from the round feature on Lot 5.
34:00Come on, here's a signal.
34:09Here we go, mate.
34:10We're in business.
34:12Non-ferrous artifact.
34:14I don't think we've got to dig very deep.
34:17There's going to be enough surface layers.
34:22That sounds really good.
34:24Let's see what we've got here.
34:30This is my favorite part.
34:42Ooh, a bit of roundness.
34:45Look how little that is.
34:46Oh, yeah.
34:47That's a tiny little cuff button.
34:50Look how little that is, mate.
34:51Tiny?
34:52Yeah.
34:52But you can definitely see it's got a tiny little loop...
34:56A little loop.
34:56...on the back.
34:57Could this small button be related to the artificial gemstones...
35:02...found in and near the round feature?
35:04If so, might it help identify one of the groups...
35:07...who occupied Lot 5...
35:09...before the discovery of the money pit?
35:12It could be like a little...
35:14...kind of like a decorative button...
35:16...say off a lapel or something like this.
35:20Definitely copper alloy by the sound of it.
35:22Another nice little artifact, cool.
35:26For Emma to hopefully shine some light on.
35:29I think at this point we always talk about grouping artifacts.
35:32The archaeologists should group the buttons.
35:35Yeah.
35:36And then maybe catalog them and give them to a button expert, say.
35:40Who can say, this stylistically, this represents this era.
35:44Stylistically, this represents this era.
35:47It's not just a button anymore.
35:48No, it's a piece of data.
35:50It's a piece of history, I should say.
35:51Yeah, it is.
35:53Okay, I'll put it in the bag.
35:56And we'll keep gridding.
36:09Yeah, we got a good hit here, Rick.
36:13Really good hit.
36:14I'll try pinpoint it first.
36:24That sounds like a great hit.
36:26That's non-Ferris, mate.
36:27That is not a nail.
36:40I've heard of this in my hand.
36:42Oh.
36:42Oh-hoo, what have we got here?
36:50Oh-hoo, what have we got here?
36:53I know what that is.
36:54While searching spoils removed from the round feature on Lot 5.
36:59What is it?
37:00It looks like a stone.
37:01No, it's not a stone, mate.
37:04Rick and Gary have found another potentially important clue.
37:07I think what we have found, Rick, is something really, really special and unique.
37:14That is a folded over coin.
37:18Really?
37:19That's a copper coin that's been folded over.
37:22Look, you can see the shape of it.
37:24Never heard of such a thing.
37:26I have, but not in North America, because I have found these type of artifacts in Europe before, metal detecting.
37:34Really?
37:35Yeah.
37:35Normally when you find something made of copper, silver, and gold, and it's completely folded over, I believe this is a talisman to ward off bad things.
37:46Somebody would fold this piece of metal over, and they would put it in the ground to ward off bad luck.
37:54When would that kind of ritual be prevalent?
38:00Three or four hundred years ago.
38:01Really?
38:02Yeah.
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.
38:21It's more than likely 1700s, 1600s.
38:25That would be the right time frame for Lot 5.
38:29Yeah, 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?
38:44If 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?
38:59What was truly happening on Lot 5?
39:02If that is a coin, you just don't throw money away, right?
39:05No.
39:06You just don't do that.
39:07You do it for a reason.
39:08That's intentional, right?
39:10Yeah.
39:10If you 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.
39:22I 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.
39:34I 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.
39:45You know, this island has resisted efforts to find the treasure for 230 years.
39:51There's something on this island, and I believe whatever was here is still here.
39:57Look at that.
39:58Well done, mate.
39:59This is absolutely fantastic, mate.
40:02A thirst for Oak Island.
40:04Absolutely.
40:05Never seen anything like it.
40:06Didn't know the tradition.
40:08That is a clue as to what may have happened over there, at least part of the story of what happened over there.
40:13Yeah.
40:13I am sure I will find a safe home.
40:16Oh, yeah.
40:17I know where this little view is going, and I'm going to bypass the bag, but this is going straight in the top pocket.
40:24That's absolutely fantastic.
40:27And we're going to show it to our favorite lady at the lab, Emma, and we'll find out what this is.
40:35I want to know, mate.
40:36Let's get back to the lab.
40:38Okay.
40:38Okay.
40:38Cool.
40:39After uncovering new evidence of man-made workings in the swamp and traces of metal in the money pit,
40:49and artifact surfaces that may be related to the struggles many have faced in trying to solve this mystery for more than 200 years.
40:58Was a treasure a profound religious value, really brought to Oak Island over the course of centuries by people who are all deeply devoted to ensuring that it would never be found?
41:11And could it actually be protected by supernatural forces?
41:16The Laginas and their team won't stop digging until they know the truth.
41:22But just what must they endure to find it?
41:27Next time on The Curse of Oak Island.
41:33Oh, wow.
41:34What is that?
41:35That's exactly like the sticks we found near the vault.
41:38I truly believe there's still another vault there.
41:41Whoa, whoa, whoa.
41:42There it is.
41:42The void.
41:43Thanks.
41:43Is that natural or is that an open cavern?
41:46Only a sonar could tell you that, really.
41:47All right.
41:48Well, that's what we'll do.
41:48Hopefully we'll find the one thing.
41:50Cross your fingers.
41:50We're in the cavity.
41:52Yeah, you're in.
41:52We'd love nothing better than to see a man-made cavern or a vault.
41:56We've got an opening.
41:57This is not natural.
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