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00:01Tonight, on The Curse of Oak Island.
00:04Welcome to Fort Point Museum.
00:06We brought a few artifacts.
00:07Do you think that the Knights of Malta would have used beads like that?
00:10Yes, they may well have visited Oak Island.
00:13This is the kind of loose slurry of mud that we were looking for.
00:17That speaks to a chamber, for the offset chamber.
00:20That's where treasure can hide.
00:21We're all extremely interested in the lot aid feature.
00:24We need to see what's under that rock.
00:26Wait, you see that?
00:27Oh my God, there's a pearl.
00:30There is an island in the North Atlantic.
00:35Where people have been looking for an incredible treasure for more than 200 years.
00:41So far, they have found a stone slab with strange symbols carved into it.
00:47Man-made workings that date to medieval times.
00:51And a lead cross whose origin may be connected to the Knights Templar.
00:57To date, six men have died trying to solve the mystery.
01:02And according to legend, one more will have to die before the treasure can be found.
01:10As Rick Lagina and members of the team begin a new day of investigation on Oak Island.
01:31They have gathered in the war room regarding a recent and potentially game-changing discovery.
01:38I think it's an understatement to say that we're all extremely interested in what the lot aid feature might represent.
01:44Right now, none of us can say definitively what this is.
01:49And thus, my thought is that it absolutely was built by the hand of man.
01:54There is a huge human interface factor here.
01:57It's unquestionable.
01:59It's definitely been altered by humans and not by any humans that we're aware of.
02:04I agree.
02:06So this is what I wanted to show you.
02:09Two weeks ago, Laird Niven noticed a massive boulder on Lot 8 near several partially buried rocks that looked like someone may have set them in place.
02:19As the team dug, they uncovered more buried rocks in front of the boulder.
02:24I find that strange.
02:26But then Rick noticed it was being held in place by a series of evenly spaced stones.
02:33Whoa, you're going deep.
02:34Yeah.
02:35You've got a big void down there.
02:37Fiona Steele then began to remove disturbed soil, exposing a tight but open void beneath it.
02:44There's definitely a void that I'm following.
02:47The team inserted a snake camera under the boulder, but were unable to tell if something was hidden below.
02:56We tried the camera.
02:58Laird now has the footage.
02:59All right.
03:00Yeah, let's watch.
03:01There's some shiny gold things.
03:03Here we go.
03:07That's a nice shot.
03:08Yeah, that's a lot of different materials under there.
03:16What is that linear thing right above the rock?
03:19This?
03:22That, right there, yeah.
03:23Yeah, that.
03:24It's right up against the rock.
03:26Yeah.
03:30Just the top of the screw.
03:31Yeah, on the center there.
03:32Right there.
03:33Huh.
03:34Can you stop it there?
03:38Whoa.
03:39It's linear, that's for sure.
03:41Yeah.
03:43Does that not look like an iron spike?
03:45Yeah.
03:46Yeah, it could be an iron fastener of some kind.
03:50Yeah.
03:52It's blue, but they can oxidize blue sometimes, can't they?
03:55Mm-hmm.
03:56Yeah, they can.
03:58And that's consistent with being low oxygen under a boulder.
04:02Is there enough oxygen in there for wood to decay?
04:05You know, I'm thinking what if there was a wood structure under there and the spike is all that remains.
04:09I mean, Nova Scotia soils are very acidic.
04:12That's just not great for preserving wood.
04:15Right, so it could be that the wood is gone and that's all that's left.
04:18Yeah.
04:19That's how that spike could get there.
04:20Yeah.
04:21It's one way.
04:22Could be.
04:23If the team is actually seeing an iron spike beneath the massive boulder, could Alex be correct that it was once a part of a wooden structure?
04:33If so, what kind of structure was it? And what else might be down there?
04:39What are the chances that we lift this boulder and move it?
04:43I think it's worth doing if we can. The question is if we can.
04:47Yeah.
04:48I'm on the fence with that one. I'm just worried because if this is a really special, special place or if it ends up being a really special find, we just have to watch the integrity of it all.
04:58What kind of special site would we be talking about, potentially?
05:04We are searching for treasure on an island famous for treasure. How about some treasure underneath it?
05:10I agree. I agree.
05:12The Lotte boulder feature is one of the most perplexing archeological sites I've worked on.
05:17We have to take our time. We have to do things correctly before we can get down there and see exactly what's under it.
05:25This boulder is so unusual that I have no expectations about what's under there.
05:31I am prepared for nothing and I'm prepared for something spectacular.
05:38My takeaway here is we need to see what's under that rock one way or another.
05:41I'd be a proponent of lifting it if we can think of a way to do it.
05:44We didn't come out here to find the most interesting site on the island and then not investigate it.
05:49And so if we can't think of a way to get the material out from under it that gives us all the information of raising it, then I think we need to raise it.
05:56But I'm totally fine and I completely understand wanting to try every alternative first because you don't want to destroy something that's potentially very significant.
06:03Exactly. Correct. Yeah.
06:05I think we can get underneath it without lifting this boulder.
06:09I mean, I've been working down low. I can see where the rocks are. I can see where the soil is settled in front.
06:14I know we have to be safe about it.
06:16I was going to say, you're not going onto the boulder.
06:18Right now, is there a part of me that says, come on, let's just go lift it.
06:23Let's all grab shovels and dig it up.
06:25100%. Of course we want answers.
06:27Of course we want to find something under probably one of the most singularly unique finds on the island to date.
06:34Right?
06:35We don't want a, oh, if only we hadn't done that moment.
06:39At least not yet.
06:40Right.
06:41We have to do it safely.
06:43100%.
06:44I think I understand where my brother's coming from.
06:46I look at it and I say, this rock is very important.
06:49We need to see what's under it.
06:50And I don't want to wait to do that.
06:52I want to lift this rock tomorrow.
06:55Rick looks at it and says, this rock is very important.
06:58Same conclusion, but it's so important.
07:01I want to be careful about moving it.
07:04It's just the difference of approach, but it stems from the same realization.
07:09This is an important feature.
07:11I'd say likely there's something interesting under that rock.
07:15Perhaps even treasure.
07:17So we can move forward to try to further understand what this discovery represents.
07:22Perfect.
07:23We've got a good plan.
07:24I think we're on the right track.
07:26Yeah.
07:27Okay.
07:28So to that end, I think we've all got work to do.
07:30So let's go try to find something else mysterious about this place.
07:33Okay.
07:34All right.
07:35See you Craig.
07:36See you Jack.
07:37While the meeting concludes in the war room.
07:40CN 12.5 Charles.
07:42Here we are trying to put another hole in the peacock, trying to nail this down.
07:45No, I like the location.
07:47In the money pit area.
07:49There's a big opening down there.
07:50We're going to see if we can find it.
07:51Yeah.
07:52The team is drilling borehole CN 12.5 in the peacock, 8 feet northwest of borehole BN 13.5.
08:05Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
08:06It was there three weeks ago that while targeting the solution channel some 170 feet deep, the drill entered a 10 foot void at just 148 feet.
08:18We've got an opening.
08:19One that yielded sonar images of a possible opening to a much larger chamber.
08:25And underwater camera images of potential metallic objects.
08:31I've always believed in the offset chamber because it makes sense engineering wise.
08:35Right.
08:36This has made the team speculate that they may have hit an offset treasure chamber connected by a tunnel to the original money pit.
08:46Now, they hope to find out for sure in borehole CN 12.5.
08:53I mean the core of the peacock is a slushy slurry of mud and water.
08:57You get that as you get further down to the solution channel.
09:00That's a lot of open loose material.
09:02You know what it tells me, Thierry?
09:04That's where a coin or a jewel or something can hide.
09:07Sounds good to me.
09:09Hopefully we'll come up with a few pieces of it today.
09:11Wouldn't that be sweet?
09:13As drilling continues in the money pit area.
09:18And while the investigation beneath the boulder proceeds on lot eight.
09:24Another bucket of opportunities.
09:26Yep.
09:28Rick, Craig and other members of the team dig on Tom Nolan's property in the northernmost region of the swamp.
09:35They are continuing to search for more sections of a cobblestone pathway that might be connected to other stone features recently uncovered on the western side of the swamp.
09:50As well as an empty brick and slate vault that was found nearby in 2024.
09:57Oh, yeah.
09:58It's right there.
09:59Oh, yeah.
10:00It's right there.
10:01Oh, wow.
10:02This is great.
10:03Oh, yeah.
10:04It's right there.
10:05Oh, wow.
10:06This has got a nice pattern on it.
10:32Both sides.
10:34See that pattern, mate?
10:35Yeah.
10:36What I like about this is this piece has come out of the darker layer, meaning it's from a deeper depth.
10:43So it's a potential beholder.
10:45Look.
10:46I'll put this in a separate bag because this is a nicer piece.
10:51Okay, donk.
11:02Oh, check this out.
11:04Whoo-hoo!
11:05Now that's pottery.
11:06Yeah.
11:07That's pottery, yeah.
11:08Good eye, mate.
11:09That's a piece of earthenware.
11:11Yeah.
11:12Good eye, Rick.
11:13Good eye, Rick.
11:14Oh.
11:15Wow.
11:16Look at this, Gary.
11:17Gary.
11:18What is it?
11:19Oh, yeah.
11:20A lot of pottery in that one.
11:21All this.
11:22All this.
11:23All that.
11:24All this.
11:25Yeah, there's a lot of pottery here, mate.
11:26A lot of pottery.
11:27Look at this.
11:28Just everywhere.
11:29Oh, yeah.
11:30Man, this is the mother load when it comes to pottery shards.
11:31We have found bags and bags of pottery in this dig.
11:33If we can get a date on it, you've got a chance to track down who was working in the area.
11:34Hey, Gary and Rick.
11:35Hey, Gary and Rick.
11:36How are you doing?
11:37I'm doing my job.
11:38All this.
11:39All this.
11:40All that.
11:41All this.
11:42All that.
11:43All this.
11:44All this.
11:45Yeah, there's a lot of pottery here, mate.
11:46All this.
11:47There's a lot of pottery here, mate.
11:48A lot of pottery.
11:49We have found bags and bags of pottery in this dig.
11:53If we can get a date on it,
11:55you've got a chance to track down
11:58who was working in the area.
12:02Hey, Gary and Rick.
12:04Finding a lot of pottery.
12:07Who are we?
12:08It almost looks like three different types.
12:10We're probably dealing with the same situation here.
12:13That last bucket, a heck of a lot of pottery in it.
12:16OK.
12:17So we're in a good area.
12:19We should get Laird down here.
12:21Look it up.
12:25That's a big pile of dirt.
12:27Heck of a lot of pottery.
12:28Really?
12:28Unbelievable amount of pottery.
12:30We'll show you.
12:31In the northern region of the swamp...
12:34Hey, Craig, Tom, can you come over?
12:36Yep.
12:37OK.
12:38Laird joins the team
12:39to examine their large collection of new discoveries.
12:43That's a lot of ceramics.
12:45Yep, I sure had the pottery expert, mate.
12:47We figured you would be able to tell us
12:49if we've got any older pieces in these bags.
12:52Yeah.
12:52A piece of transfer-printed, uh...
12:56pearlware or refined earthenware.
12:591840s kind of...
13:01Yeah.
13:02...era.
13:02And we did get some nice pieces of earthenware.
13:05They're in the second bag.
13:06Oh, of course earthenware.
13:07Yeah.
13:08The redware.
13:09Mm-hmm.
13:09The redware is what we're really interested in.
13:12Yeah.
13:12This is unusual.
13:13So it's got a glaze on one side
13:15and nothing on the other.
13:18More crudered.
13:19Doesn't that normally mean an older piece
13:21when it's cruder?
13:23Yes.
13:24I mean, this could be
13:25the North Devon gravelware,
13:28which is old.
13:29And the gravel's referring to a lot of grit in there,
13:32which could be a good marker.
13:34How old is that?
13:361600s to 1700s.
13:38Wow.
13:39Amazing.
13:40The littlest pieces always are the most intriguing.
13:42Right?
13:431600s, I love those dates
13:44because that makes me think about
13:47Isaac de Razzoli and the Knights of Malta.
13:50So that connection, I'd love to make stronger.
13:53That'd be pretty significant.
13:57After finding several buttons,
14:00a folded coin,
14:02and Venetian trade beats on Lot 5,
14:04that may be connected
14:07to the 17th century Templar-related order
14:09known as the Knights of Malta,
14:12Rick, Marty, and the team
14:14have been researching Isaac de Razzoli,
14:16a prominent member of the order
14:18who in 1632
14:20built a stronghold in Le Havre
14:23just 15 miles south of Oak Island,
14:26which is now known as Fort Point.
14:30What I found very interesting
14:32is two documents.
14:34And just one week ago,
14:37Emiliano Cicchetti
14:38provided the team
14:39with a 17th century inventory
14:41of de Razzoli's personal property
14:43that went missing after his death
14:45in 1636.
14:47We have a copper astrolabe.
14:50We have two flintlock muskets
14:51and two leather-covered chests.
14:53That's the piece with the best hope
14:57of being older.
14:58Could Gary be correct
15:00that the team has possibly found
15:02important clues
15:03that may help identify
15:04who was connected
15:06to the Oak Island mystery?
15:07You know, the thing for me is
15:09we always talk about
15:11how we need to have corroborative evidence.
15:14Yeah.
15:15You know, or complementary evidence,
15:17if you will.
15:18If we can reach out to Fort Point,
15:20which is where Isaac de Razzoli was,
15:22whatever we think
15:23we can get complementary evidence to,
15:26we should bring.
15:27Can we use the artifacts
15:31we have found
15:32to possibly connect
15:34de Razzoli
15:35to some efforts here?
15:37I can take all that stuff back
15:39if you like.
15:40Yeah, please.
15:41Start the cleaning process.
15:43Or the fact that he may have known
15:44of some efforts here
15:45prior to coming to Nova Scotia.
15:47Take these.
15:48I think we need to redouble our efforts
15:50looking into that possibility further.
15:53Okey-doke.
15:54And we will continue the work here.
15:56Okay.
15:56Sounds good.
15:57Thanks, Lert.
15:58Lert-a-rip-o.
16:27I've got a signal, Rick.
16:29And it's right there.
16:31Oh, the larger signal.
16:48There we go.
16:50What have we got here?
16:53Oh, ain't the foggiest,
16:54what that is.
16:54No.
16:55That's what I love about our little trips
16:57to the lab, mate.
16:59Let's see if we can get any crud off it.
17:02That's something.
17:04This has got a curve to it.
17:06It's iron and really heavy.
17:08And that's got an old feel about it to me.
17:12It's just so much well-constructed.
17:14Yep, I think it's some sort of lifting device.
17:17And I think there was a ring here.
17:20And this is where your attachment point is.
17:23We're both on the same page, mate.
17:26We both think this is something to do with lifting or all-in.
17:29It could be a shackle or it could be a hook.
17:32We did find that mystery vault a few yards that way, mate.
17:37You never know.
17:38This could have been used for lifting and placing something in another vault
17:42not too far away from us.
17:44We know that path.
17:46We've discovered it's leading this way towards the vault.
17:49If it is any sort of lifting device,
17:51it means that something heavy was lifted in this area.
17:54Yeah.
17:55We have pottery that might suggest dates as early as the 1600s.
18:00And now we have this tool.
18:03It could have been used for lifting something heavy.
18:06Well, this area is interesting for all kinds of reasons.
18:11There is some story being written here,
18:15but I would love to see other artifacts found,
18:18perhaps even another vault.
18:20The hope is that it resides here.
18:23Well, we'll find answers about this back of the lab.
18:26Yeah.
18:26I'll put it in the back.
18:27Yeah.
18:28Okay, game on.
18:30As the investigation in the swamp continues...
18:33You guys need a hand?
18:34Hold on.
18:36Whoa!
18:38In the Money Pit area,
18:39Bohr Hall CN 12.5 has reached a depth
18:43of nearly 140 feet in the Peacock.
18:47Great stuff.
18:48This material right from here to there
18:51is a 138 to 168, 30 feet of drilling.
18:55We only got it with 12 feet of core back.
18:58But that we've seen in the past in the Peacock.
19:00You drill it 20 feet and maybe you get five,
19:02maybe you get six feet of core.
19:04Very interesting.
19:05Very interesting stuff.
19:06Let's have a look.
19:07This is the kind of loose slurry of mud
19:10that we were looking for.
19:12Yeah.
19:12This is the cakey material
19:14that stayed in the core barrel.
19:17We got a whole 15 feet that didn't even come up
19:19because there's a washed-out slushy slurry down below.
19:22That's where treasure can hide.
19:24That's exactly right.
19:25Charles, 30 feet of drilling,
19:27we've got 12 feet of recovery.
19:29That speaks to an opening somewhere in that area,
19:33perhaps a chamber, or the offset chamber.
19:36It's down there, Terry.
19:40So Charles, that material there,
19:43all the way from about 145 to here,
19:47to about 160.
19:48That's an interesting depth.
19:50Yeah.
19:50And that speaks to an offset chamber.
19:52Yeah.
19:53In the Money Pit area,
19:55the drilling operation in borehole CN 12.5
19:59has encountered evidence of a nearly 20-foot void,
20:03approximately 145 feet underground.
20:06Let's just carve the rest of this up, Charles,
20:10and are you going to go over it?
20:11I'm going to go over it with the pinpointer
20:12to carve it up first.
20:13Let me open it up for you a little bit.
20:15Yep.
20:16Is it possible that the team
20:18has discovered a larger cavern
20:20that could be connected
20:21to the potentially man-made void
20:23they encountered three weeks ago?
20:25If so, just what might it contain?
20:29See, this is getting really blocky.
20:30It went down below.
20:32You get that as you get further down
20:33into the solution channel.
20:34And I think this is the kind of information
20:36that we're looking for that says
20:38there is a connection between the peacock
20:40and the solution channel.
20:42Yeah.
20:43Now we just have to follow that void
20:44to the bottom of the solution channel
20:45and hope we encounter the artifact
20:47or the treasure.
20:48It's going to change everything.
20:50It's clear, Terry.
20:51No metal in this one.
20:52Right on.
20:53All right, we'll write it up and move on.
20:55So that's the 168.
20:56Let's see what they give us from 168 down.
20:59It's down there, Charles.
21:00It's down there, Terry.
21:01We just haven't found it yet.
21:02Yeah.
21:04The following day,
21:06as work continues on Oak Island.
21:10Well, guys, I'm excited to go see Port Point today
21:12because we have a lot of questions about Isaac Durasley
21:16and if he did go to Oak Island at any point.
21:19Alex, Peter, Judy Rudabush,
21:22and Emiliano Cicchetti
21:23are traveling some 15 miles south
21:26to Le Havre, Nova Scotia.
21:28I think Joan is a perfect person
21:30to answer some of those questions for us.
21:32I'm hoping that she can give us some really good input.
21:35Yep.
21:36They have arranged to visit the historic site
21:39known as Fort Point,
21:41which was originally established
21:43as a French stronghold in 1632
21:46by Isaac Durasley,
21:48a high-ranking member of the Knights of Malta.
21:51Wow.
21:54Beautiful location.
21:55You can see why they chose it.
21:58Hello.
21:59Welcome to Fort Point Museum.
22:01Nice to see you.
22:02Hi there.
22:02My name's Alex.
22:03Very nice to meet you.
22:04Joan, right?
22:05Joan, yes.
22:06Joan Dawson is a local historian and author
22:09who has written several books
22:11on both the founding of Nova Scotia
22:13and Isaac Durasley.
22:15We brought a few artifacts.
22:17Would there be a place to look at these at all?
22:19Yeah, well, there's a table in there.
22:20Okay.
22:21If you'd like to set them up there.
22:23That would be great.
22:23Yeah.
22:24So we have in this room
22:25some of the early information
22:27about Isaac Durasley.
22:29So if you'd like to have a look around in this room
22:31and then I'll meet you in the other room
22:33and we can take it from there.
22:34Thank you so much.
22:36Rick always talks about connective tissue
22:38and tying Oak Island
22:40to the potential treasure depositors
22:42that we're investigating.
22:44These are items right from the family.
22:47In this case, we have Isaac Durasley
22:49who could be the connective tissue
22:51between Oak Island and the Knights of Malta.
22:54So this would have been the kind of clothes
22:56he would have worn possibly as a member
22:58of the Knights of Malta in the 1600s,
23:00like this says.
23:01It looks like it may have been red
23:03because of his stature.
23:04Oh, because he was higher ranking?
23:05Mm-hmm.
23:05I wish we'd find something similar to that
23:09on the island.
23:10Yeah.
23:10The Maltese cross.
23:12So that symbol was in use in the 1600s.
23:15Mm-hmm.
23:15So if we find that symbol on Oak Island,
23:16then that's the dead giveaway.
23:18Oh, yeah.
23:20Probably a good place to start would be
23:22what is known about Isaac Durasley
23:25during the time that he was here?
23:26Well, we know that he had written the documents
23:29before coming here talking about colonization
23:32and how important it was
23:34and how it enhanced the prestige of France
23:37and the French king.
23:39The king certainly sanctioned the expedition.
23:41So he came over in 1632.
23:44He organized the community here.
23:46He had a fort built on the site where we are now.
23:50So he was obviously in charge.
23:53Is it fair to say he was a wealthy man?
23:55Well, he was an aristocrat.
23:58His family were landowners.
24:00He would have been fairly well off, yes.
24:02Good lifestyle,
24:03which he obviously intended to set up here.
24:06Right.
24:07He was very happy to come here
24:09and to set up this place.
24:11But unfortunately, his actor, as he died,
24:15and we don't know quite of what caused this,
24:17but it was unexpected,
24:18and he died in July of 1636.
24:22Okay.
24:22So, Joan, we're just trying to figure out
24:24the connections Isaac Durasley had,
24:26you know, to the Oak Island mystery
24:28and the other orders and powers
24:30that he was associated with,
24:31like France, the Knights of Malta.
24:33You know, he was an enthusiastic Knight of Malta, yes.
24:36He wrote a letter to the leader of the Knights of Malta
24:40suggesting that they should really set up
24:43something like a monastery in Nova Scotia.
24:47Well, perhaps there's a connection
24:49to a settlement on Oak Island.
24:52We have an archaeological site there on Lot 5
24:55that appears to have had
24:58about two periods of occupancy.
25:00There's some suggestion
25:01that there was an occupation in the 1600s.
25:04That's interesting.
25:05So, here's an artifact
25:07from the Lot 5 feature.
25:10I'm just curious if you came across
25:12any sort of beads
25:13that are similar to this here
25:16on this location.
25:18Good heavens, no.
25:20But I would say it was beads
25:22for trading with the Mi'kmaq,
25:24the indigenous people, yes.
25:26Do you think it's possible
25:28that Isaac Durasley would have used beads like that
25:31for the purposes of trading?
25:33Yes.
25:34And you get that from the French.
25:37Certainly they had traded
25:38with the indigenous people.
25:39So, yes, I'm sure Durasley was doing it too.
25:43Well, that's interesting
25:43because we were wondering
25:44if that could be a potential connection
25:46between, if not Durasley,
25:48then the group that he was associated with
25:50being involved with some work on Oak Island.
25:52And I'm sure you are aware of it,
25:55but we know that from the journal
25:58that Isaac Durasley,
26:00Yes.
26:00that he used to sail from La Have
26:03up towards Mahon Bay.
26:06Well, certainly they went on this expedition
26:08with two local priests along with them.
26:11Exactly.
26:12And they went into Mahon Bay, yes.
26:14And they also describe an island filled with oaks.
26:19Yes, well, certainly.
26:20I mean, they didn't say
26:21which of the islands in Mahon Bay they visited,
26:23but they may well have visited Oak Island.
26:28Here you go.
26:33While he was here,
26:34they may well have visited Oak Island.
26:36So I'm sure there's a connection.
26:39At Fort Point,
26:40some 15 miles south of Oak Island
26:42in La Have, Nova Scotia,
26:45historian Joan Dawson
26:46has confirmed
26:47that the Venetian beads
26:49discovered on Lot 5
26:51are the same type
26:52that Isaac Durasley
26:53and other members
26:55of the Knights of Malta
26:56would have used as currency
26:58in this area
26:59back in the 17th century.
27:02So we have all these
27:04other European artifacts
27:05on this site on Lot 5,
27:06which to me indicates
27:07a potential connection
27:08to the Knights of Malta.
27:09Yes.
27:10So one of the things
27:12that are actually really interesting
27:16is this one.
27:18This is a flintlock plate
27:24coming from a musket.
27:26Yes.
27:27We found in Lot 8
27:28and as we know,
27:30this kind of mechanism
27:31was French.
27:33Yes, that's right.
27:34And that's interesting
27:36because we found two inventories
27:38of the Razzillis' belongings.
27:40Yes, yes.
27:41And according to the documents,
27:43we have listed
27:44two flintlock muskets
27:47Yes.
27:47that never arrived to Tours.
27:49Yes, that's interesting.
27:51Did they go to France?
27:52Did they stay here?
27:54Exactly.
27:55And also,
27:56I read that
27:57Isaac Durasley
27:58came here with 300 men.
28:01Yes.
28:01And they were an elite corps.
28:03Yes, so they were
28:03obviously well trained
28:04and well armed.
28:06So the question is
28:07could this be
28:09something
28:10that Isaac Durasley
28:13lost?
28:15It could be.
28:16It is strange.
28:17There were several things
28:18that didn't get back to France.
28:20Yes.
28:20Also,
28:21some chests
28:22went missing.
28:24It's interesting
28:24comparing those documents.
28:27We can call it
28:28a coincidence.
28:29Mm-hmm.
28:30But that is
28:31another interesting
28:32possibility
28:34that they
28:35eventually ended up
28:37in a place
28:38like Oak Island.
28:39That's a mystery.
28:41Yes, indeed.
28:42That is very interesting.
28:43Yes.
28:45What really strikes me
28:46about this guy
28:47is how little we know
28:48about his time
28:48here in Nova Scotia.
28:50We know he came here.
28:51We know he came here
28:52with a significant amount
28:53of resources
28:54because he was trying
28:55to establish
28:55a trading post.
28:57At least that's
28:58the official story.
28:59And then we don't
29:00know what he did.
29:01We've established
29:02that he had the opportunity
29:03to do something
29:04on Oak Island.
29:05We've established
29:05that he had the means
29:06to do something
29:07on Oak Island.
29:08Now we need to look
29:09for his motive.
29:12Okay, we brought
29:13one more thing along
29:14and it's a book.
29:15Oh, yes.
29:16And it was the book
29:17that led us
29:18to our idea
29:19to go to Malta.
29:21I've acquired
29:22two ancient books.
29:24Publication date
29:24was 1812.
29:26And then the second book
29:27has a publication date
29:28of 1763.
29:29In 2023,
29:32researcher John Edwards
29:33presented the team
29:35with two books
29:36that he believes
29:37are part of a five-volume series.
29:40They contained Masonic codes,
29:43passages of ancient
29:44Hebrew writings,
29:45and references
29:46to sacred religious treasures
29:48that many believe
29:50the Knights Templar
29:51and the Knights of Malta
29:52may have hidden
29:53on Oak Island.
29:55And curiously,
29:56one of the books
29:57in the series
29:57also featured
29:58a hand-drawn map
30:00of the island
30:00along with a possible
30:03depiction of the vault
30:04that was uncovered
30:05in the swamp.
30:06Oh, there's the Maltese cross.
30:10Yes.
30:10And beside that,
30:12it even says that.
30:14Take a look at that.
30:14It just says Malta, yes.
30:18We don't know much
30:19about this book.
30:20I mean,
30:20we have the Maltese cross,
30:21so we're thinking
30:23perhaps there's a connection
30:25to a settlement
30:26that was founded
30:27by a member
30:28of the Order of Malta.
30:30Oh, it's Josephus.
30:31Okay.
30:32You're familiar with Josephus
30:33and what he wrote about?
30:34Yes, I know he wrote
30:35a history
30:36of the time of Christ.
30:38Oh, okay.
30:40Flavius Josephus
30:41was a first-century
30:43Jewish military leader
30:44and scholar
30:45who documented
30:46many historical events
30:48of ancient Israel.
30:49He's also credited
30:51with being one
30:52of the first historians
30:53to author
30:55a non-biblical account
30:56about Jesus of Nazareth
30:58and his crucifixion
30:59under Pontius Pilate.
31:02We believe there's a code
31:04in there somewhere.
31:05Well, I'm just looking
31:05at this margin here
31:07which seems to be
31:08a code of some sort.
31:11I think it's actually
31:13as if he had
31:14a library of any sort.
31:16This is the kind of thing
31:17that might well
31:17have been in it.
31:18Okay.
31:19Has Joan
31:20possibly helped the team
31:22uncover new clues
31:23in the books
31:24related to the beliefs
31:26and priceless
31:27religious treasures
31:28that some believe
31:29the Knights Templar
31:30and Knights of Malta
31:32buried on Oak Island?
31:34The fact that Joan
31:35not only recognizes
31:36possible clues
31:37in this book
31:38and its author
31:39but also that she says
31:41it's the kind of thing
31:43that a Knight of Malta
31:44would have in his library
31:45I think is very significant
31:47because this book
31:48has drawings
31:50and codes
31:50and messages
31:51that we think
31:52pertain and relate
31:54to Oak Island.
31:55So that right there
31:56is our connection
31:57between the Knights of Malta
31:58and Oak Island.
31:59Well, Joan,
32:00thank you very much
32:01for your time.
32:01We really appreciate it.
32:02Well, thank you very much.
32:03It's been very interesting
32:04for me.
32:05I did this research
32:06a long time ago
32:07and it's nice to remember it all.
32:09Lovely to meet you all.
32:10Thank you as well.
32:11It was nice to meet you.
32:15As a new morning
32:16dawns on Oak Island.
32:18So, Ter,
32:19188 to 208.
32:21So you got 10 feet
32:23of material,
32:24208.
32:25Okay, great.
32:26Members of the team
32:27hope to make
32:28a breakthrough discovery
32:29at the bottom
32:30of the Peacock
32:31in borehole CN 12.5.
32:34More loose stuff.
32:36Here's the bedrock
32:36at about 204.
32:38Yep.
32:38After encountering
32:39a nearly 20-foot void
32:41some 140 feet underground
32:44one day ago
32:45that may be connected
32:46to a possible
32:47offset chamber.
32:48I mean,
32:49we got exactly
32:49what we were looking for.
32:51All of this material
32:51is very, very loose.
32:53Things could have
32:54fallen down through.
32:55The team
32:56is now examining
32:57core samples
32:58from the bottom
32:58of the solution channel,
33:00an area
33:01where any potential treasure
33:02might have fallen.
33:04We expected to see
33:06slushy, slurry,
33:08washed-out areas
33:09that things could fall into.
33:10We're looking at
33:11a whole great big bunch
33:12of it now, Charles.
33:13You're gonna hand me
33:13a cutter, Terry?
33:16Scalpel.
33:18Let's do it.
33:19Let's operate.
33:22If you're looking
33:22for evidence
33:23of a washed-out void
33:25or a muddy spot,
33:26this is it.
33:28So,
33:29I'm gonna separate
33:30this out a little bit
33:30and you're gonna run
33:31the pinpointer over it,
33:32I think, Charles.
33:33That's what I'm gonna do.
33:34We're looking for metal
33:34right now.
33:36And I'm afraid
33:37there's no metal in that.
33:40Right.
33:40Less disappointing,
33:41but again,
33:42we've been hitting
33:42loose water material
33:44all the way from 138
33:45all the way down to,
33:47here we are at 204.
33:48We're still in this material here.
33:50This is perfect
33:50to hide the one thing.
33:52Gold will pass down
33:53through that
33:53like a hot knife
33:54through butter.
33:55I mean,
33:55this is tailor-made
33:56for exactly
33:57what we're talking about.
33:58This material
33:59is getting sampled.
34:01Unfortunately,
34:02no artifacts
34:03or solid evidence
34:04of treasure
34:04have been found
34:05in the core.
34:07However,
34:08the team
34:08may still be able
34:09to find valuable clues
34:11in the muddy soils.
34:12Let's get a representative
34:13sample of this loose material
34:15to see if we can
34:16take it back to the lab,
34:17see if they'll detect
34:18any precious metals,
34:20and that should do it
34:20for that.
34:22The peacock,
34:23it's singularly unique
34:25according to Terry.
34:26It's highly
34:27unconsolidated soils.
34:30It seems to be
34:31almost floating
34:32in space.
34:33Okay,
34:34here we go.
34:35It checks all the boxes
34:37for an offset chamber
34:38that has collapsed
34:39down into the solution
34:40channel,
34:41and thus every reason
34:42to grab samples of that,
34:44send them off to the lab,
34:46and hopefully find something.
34:47We've got to keep
34:48coming back
34:49to this hot area
34:50because it's so tempting.
34:51We need more information
34:52there, right?
34:53There's lots of places
34:54down there
34:54for a treasure to hide.
34:56On to the next.
34:57Sounds good to me.
34:58As Terry and Charles
35:00prepare soil samples
35:01for testing.
35:03Hey, guys.
35:04Hey.
35:05Hi.
35:05How are you?
35:06Might look a little
35:07different now.
35:07It's a little.
35:08We can kind of
35:10peek in there.
35:11Rick and members
35:12of the team
35:13arrive on Lot 8,
35:15where more soil
35:16has been removed
35:17from beneath
35:18the massive boulder feature.
35:20Any fines yet?
35:21No, we haven't yet,
35:23but we are screening
35:24all of the soil
35:24that's coming out of here.
35:26When you see the rock
35:27pinned like this,
35:28it's looking at this point
35:30like somebody
35:31has excavated out
35:32an area of this
35:33to get underneath
35:34the boulder.
35:36When's the last time
35:36you put the camera down?
35:38Not since we've moved
35:39those rocks.
35:40We really only just
35:41got to the point
35:41that we've exposed
35:42that underbelly
35:43of the large boulder.
35:46We have all these
35:47stones around
35:48that really are
35:49tightly placed,
35:50and there's a bit
35:50of a pathway clearance
35:52underneath it right now.
35:53So we've had to just
35:54scoop out a lot
35:55of dirt first.
35:55But I'd love to see
35:56what that camera
35:57can show us.
35:58We've got the camera
35:59operator right there.
36:00Peter, how about it?
36:01Let's do it.
36:03Archaeology is a
36:04slow-paced science.
36:06It's just the nature
36:07of the work.
36:08Stay focused, Pete.
36:09Okay.
36:10Look, at this point,
36:11I want to dig it up.
36:13I want answers.
36:15But I think everyone
36:16that is currently
36:17endeavoring to uncover
36:19what this boulder
36:20might represent
36:20is recommending
36:22that very thing.
36:23Let's do this slow.
36:24Let's do it right.
36:25Let's make certain
36:26that we don't make
36:27mistakes.
36:28I'll show you
36:29there's a really
36:30good spot.
36:31All right.
36:33Okay, now I'm in
36:34underneath.
36:36Okay.
36:37Let's see what
36:38we can find.
36:41Do you see anything
36:44there?
36:45Okay.
36:45Let me see if I can
36:46go farther.
36:46All right.
36:52What do you see,
36:52Peter?
36:53There's definitely
36:54room.
36:55How deep do you
36:56think we're in?
36:57Probably in about
36:57a couple of feet.
36:59Do you want me to
37:01try and go down
37:02a little further?
37:02Absolutely.
37:08Go ahead,
37:10but slow,
37:10slowly.
37:14What's that
37:14bright blue thing?
37:17I'll go back
37:18a little bit.
37:20No,
37:21go forward,
37:22just slow.
37:25Slow,
37:26slow.
37:26Slow.
37:26Wait,
37:35do you see
37:35that?
37:37Pull forward
37:38a little bit,
37:39just a touch.
37:40Yeah.
37:41Whatever that is.
37:42I have no idea.
37:44It doesn't look
37:45like a rock.
37:45Mm-mm.
37:47But if you go
37:47forward into it,
37:48it feels like a rock?
37:49I did,
37:50but I'm past it.
37:50Come take a look
37:51at this.
37:52Am I in the
37:52right spot?
37:53Mm-hmm.
37:54Here,
37:55that's what it is.
37:57Doesn't look like
37:58a rock.
37:59Go towards it
38:00a little bit more.
38:03Huh.
38:05Certainly looks
38:06different than
38:06everything else.
38:07Yes, it does.
38:08That's probably
38:09the most interesting
38:09thing yet.
38:11You want to pull it
38:11back just a little bit?
38:12Sure.
38:15Oh, my God.
38:15It looks like
38:16there's a pearl.
38:16didn't it look like a pearl?
38:22Yeah.
38:23Certainly looks
38:24different than
38:24everything else.
38:25Yes, it does.
38:26Show a feeling of that.
38:28After reinserting a camera
38:30beneath the massive
38:31boulder on lot 8...
38:33That's very,
38:33very circular piece.
38:36Like, almost
38:37too perfect.
38:38Yeah.
38:38...Rick and members
38:39of the team
38:40believe they see
38:41new evidence
38:42of possible
38:43hidden treasure.
38:44It's a pearl.
38:45I see why
38:46you were saying that now.
38:47I'm not saying it is,
38:48but that's where
38:49your mind goes
38:50immediately.
38:51Yeah.
38:52Gary, take a look.
38:55Of course,
38:55you don't have scale.
38:57Yep.
38:57But you have
38:58the big rock.
38:59Oh, you're thinking.
39:02I think pirates
39:03and pearls.
39:05It does look like a pearl.
39:06Yeah, it does look
39:06like a pearl, yeah.
39:08It's hard to believe
39:09that it's a stone.
39:11It's perfect.
39:12It's almost luminescent.
39:15Okay, so now
39:16I'm going to go back
39:17and in again slowly.
39:18Mm-hmm.
39:20But I can't quite tell.
39:21Where it's going to go.
39:22Okay.
39:24So, stop.
39:25Yep.
39:26Just black.
39:27Yeah, just black.
39:29Okay.
39:29It might be covered.
39:30Yeah, okay.
39:32We couldn't maneuver
39:33the camera any closer,
39:34but now we have
39:36a potential target
39:37for further investigation.
39:39That makes me more excited,
39:40and I wonder
39:42what else might be down there.
39:44There's nothing as of yet
39:45that says that we should
39:46cease activities here.
39:49And if anything,
39:50it says,
39:50speaks eloquently,
39:51too,
39:51we've got to continue.
39:52Right?
39:53Yeah.
39:54It's a bloody mystery,
39:55that is for sure.
39:57What about a shot back?
39:58I was thinking exactly that.
40:01I think it'd be a great idea.
40:02Yep.
40:03Yep.
40:03I think vacuuming that out
40:05would be a good thing.
40:06A great next step.
40:07Yep.
40:07One, you would collect
40:09whatever might be there,
40:10and two,
40:11it will open that up further
40:12so you can get the camera down.
40:14Yep.
40:15I agree.
40:16I'm metal detecting
40:16and hopefully pinpointing.
40:18If I can get my arm in there
40:19and we can hit some metal,
40:20we're in business.
40:21Mm-hmm.
40:22Yeah.
40:23We shall leave no stone unturned
40:25that's not supposed to be turned.
40:26Except that one.
40:26Yeah.
40:27There is reason here
40:30that people went to some effort
40:32to create a lot of a feature,
40:34and the only reason I can think of
40:37is that human beings
40:38wanted to put something
40:39under this stone.
40:41You know,
40:41we should apply
40:42whatever assets we have
40:43to try to understand
40:44what's under that boulder.
40:45I think we are all mystified by it,
40:47certainly.
40:49But the only way to find out
40:50is to proceed.
40:51Yeah.
40:51You have a path forward.
40:52Yep.
40:53Let's see what we can do.
40:56As Rick,
40:57Marty and their team
40:58strive to solve a mystery
41:00that has defied generations
41:02of faithful searchers.
41:04One important lesson
41:05has become crystal clear.
41:08They must look deeper
41:09than ever before
41:10to find the answers.
41:13Deeper in the money pit.
41:15Deeper below features
41:17that have gone unnoticed by others.
41:20And deeper into history.
41:23Because what they may ultimately uncover
41:26could have a value
41:28that is beyond
41:29earthly
41:30calculation.
41:35Next time,
41:36on The Curse of Oak Island.
41:38It's designed to hide something.
41:39I want to pick it up
41:40and see what's under there.
41:42Oh, this could get interesting.
41:43Oh, yeah, that's great.
41:45Somebody was in here doing this.
41:46It looks like a road
41:47towards where the vault is.
41:48Yeah.
41:49You got something in here.
41:51Look, it's all through it.
41:51This is very, very important.
41:53It may be the thing.
41:54We processed these deep samples
41:56from the money pit area
41:57and found something interesting.
41:59We could be closer
42:00than we've ever been.
42:02Amen.
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