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00:00Oh, there we go.
00:02There we go.
00:03Fits in with the time period of 1600s.
00:05It's probably the coolest thing that I've looked at.
00:07Really?
00:08Valuation, sky's the limit.
00:10Oh my gosh.
00:11Yeah.
00:14There is an island in the North Atlantic
00:16where people have been looking for an incredible treasure
00:20for more than 200 years.
00:23So far, they have found a stone slab
00:26with strange symbols carved into it.
00:28Man-made workings that date to medieval times
00:32and a lead cross whose origin may be connected to the Knights Templar.
00:38To date, six men have died trying to solve the mystery.
00:43And according to legend,
00:45one more will have to die
00:47before the treasure can be found.
00:58We came in with a purpose this year,
01:05and the purpose was to put every borehole in the bottom of the solution channel.
01:08Yeah, absolutely.
01:09As a new day begins on Oak Island,
01:12brothers Rick and Marty Lagina and their team
01:15are energized by the belief
01:17that they could finally be on track
01:19to solve a 230-year-old treasure mystery.
01:22Everything that we dug up led us to this area being the money pit.
01:27We just needed to find the right spot of depth beneath 150 feet.
01:31Yeah.
01:32Whatever was put in the money pit fell to where it could fall no more.
01:36I need a solution check.
01:38So, if it's there, we should find it.
01:40Yeah.
01:41Time's going to tell.
01:43The team is currently drilling a borehole
01:46in the fabled money pit area known as J-9.
01:50A borehole located where they believe the original treasure shaft,
01:55first discovered in 1795,
01:58has collapsed after more than two centuries of repeated excavations
02:02and fallen into a massive natural cavity in the bedrock
02:06known as the solution channel
02:08between 150 and 220 feet underground.
02:13We're looking for what, hopefully,
02:15Pit Blado found in 1849.
02:18After the collapse, I think it's all down there.
02:20The whole thing is down.
02:21Exactly.
02:22Yeah.
02:23This was a coin that was given to me
02:25that, from my own research,
02:27I believe is from about 1367.
02:30Wow.
02:30One week ago,
02:32the team was presented with a 14th century silver Portuguese coin
02:36believed to be related to the Portuguese sects of the Knights Templar
02:40known as the Knights of Christ.
02:43According to the coin's current owner, Steve Solomon,
02:46it was recovered during a drilling operation in 1849
02:51from nearly 100 feet deep in the money pit by James Pit Blado,
02:55a drilling foreman who kept the discovery a secret.
02:58Now, having already detected high-trace evidence of precious metals
03:09in water deep underground,
03:11they are hoping to prove that the coin is genuine
03:14by finding many more in the solution channel.
03:17158.
03:18158?
03:19Yeah.
03:20See what they got.
03:21None of the previous work got to the bottom of the solution channel,
03:24where a treasure fall into those depths could hide.
03:27And what do we got here?
03:28There could be a lot more coins hiding in there.
03:31I think there are ample opportunities here to find out.
03:35These are chunks of limestone.
03:37Nothing yet, Charles.
03:39Nothing yet.
03:40What's your suspected depth of the bottom of the solution channel here?
03:45In this area, it's in between 210, 215.
03:47So the key would be to find any evidence of treasure.
03:51If that's your target, turn immediately to recovery,
03:55and that would probably mean a big day.
03:57Let's find it.
03:58We're still a ways away, so call me if you find anything.
04:01Oh, absolutely.
04:01You're my first call.
04:02We're going to keep our eyes peeled.
04:04As the core drilling operation continues in the money pit area,
04:08nearly half a mile away on lot 5.
04:13All right, guys.
04:14We're going to go from the ferns down to the beach.
04:16Marty Lagina, his nephew Peter Fernetti,
04:20and metal detection expert Katya Drayton
04:22search for clues between a mysterious rectangular feature
04:26and a rounded stone foundation near the shoreline.
04:31Proceed.
04:32After the surprising discovery of these two buried features back in 2022,
04:38the team has made astonishing finds that suggest
04:41both may have been used as campsites by different groups
04:45over a number of centuries prior to the discovery of the money pit.
04:50These finds include a lead barter token
04:53that just like the 14th century lead cross discovered at Smith's Cove
04:57may be related to the Knights Templar.
05:02Another curious clue is a mortar-like material
05:05that has been found in both features,
05:07which has been scientifically matched to soil samples
05:10collected from more than 100 feet deep in the money pit area.
05:15All right, there we go.
05:22It's a two-way signal.
05:24Sounds good.
05:25Pete?
05:26This occupation we know occurred potentially through several time periods.
05:31Amongst other things,
05:32we have direct connection between lot 5 and the money pit already.
05:36Lot 5 could give us clues as to when
05:38and by who the treasure itself might have been deposited.
05:41So that could be very meaningful.
05:44That's a rock.
05:45That's a rock.
05:45How big is it?
05:48Ah, that's a big rock.
05:51Oh, that's a big falda.
05:53You know what?
05:54There is a pry bar left from an earlier job right over here.
05:57Let's see if we can move this bad boy.
06:03This guy.
06:04Which one?
06:05Put it long ways right there.
06:07This is vaguely reminiscent of being 10 years old again.
06:10Here we are, with the lowest of low-tech possible.
06:13We've got a great big boulder.
06:15We have no hydraulic equipment.
06:17We have a pry bar.
06:19We're going to try and move this boulder out of the way.
06:20It needs to get out of the way.
06:21We need to know what's under it.
06:22I'm going to fall on my face is what I'm going to do.
06:26Wish me luck.
06:27Come on, you big bugger.
06:31There's this rock here that refuses to be moved.
06:34There have been a lot of great finds around Lot 5.
06:38And so it's very important to get it.
06:39It could be, I mean, it could be a gold coin.
06:41It could be a coin with a date on it.
06:43We can't just let that go.
06:45I don't think we have the right equipment.
06:47I think the skid steer will fit in here.
06:49Pete?
06:49Yes?
06:49Yeah.
06:50Okay, well, I will go get the machine
06:52and we'll roll it out of there.
06:53Awesome.
06:53Okay.
06:54Let's move on.
06:55While Marty retrieves a small excavator
06:58to move the boulder on Lot 5.
07:01Whenever I see iron on the table,
07:03I'm excited, obviously.
07:05This could be an important find.
07:07Rick Lagina and other members of the team
07:09meet with Laird Niven and Emma Culligan in the lab.
07:14It came out of 8.5-8.5,
07:16which is 174 to 178 feet deep.
07:19It looked very much like somebody's drill casing,
07:22something from before us.
07:23They are about to hear a scientific report
07:26on pieces of a believed drill rod
07:28that was recovered over one week ago,
07:31just feet away from where they are currently exploring
07:34in the Money Pit area.
07:36If it was somebody's old drill seal
07:39that tells us that somebody else was interested in this area
07:41for reasons we don't know.
07:43And Emma, that's where you come in.
07:45Earlier this morning,
07:49Emma scanned the metal pieces
07:50using the X-ray Fluorescent Spectrometer, or XRF,
07:54a device that can identify the elements
07:56in an object's composition
07:58to help determine when it was created.
08:01So the two metals are exactly the same thing,
08:05which you kind of see just from the look of it
08:08that they belong to the same piece.
08:10Based on the list of impurities,
08:12it's Manganese content.
08:15I would put this around mid-1800s to late-1800s.
08:19The dates that Emma is relating to us
08:22indicate searcher.
08:24The Truro Company, in 1849,
08:26when they were doing their drilling,
08:27and they brought up the coin
08:29that put a blade up in his pocket.
08:30In 1849, members of the Truro Company
08:35excavated the original money pit
08:37down to a depth of nearly 90 feet.
08:41After building a wooden platform
08:43at a depth of 30 feet in the pit,
08:46they began a drilling operation.
08:49At approximately 100 feet,
08:51they reportedly struck two stacked chests,
08:54which they failed to recover
08:55due to catastrophic flooding.
08:56However, the company's foreman,
09:00named James Pitt Leto,
09:01is believed to have recovered
09:03the 14th century silver Portuguese coin
09:05from the end of the drill bit.
09:08They were drilling when they knew
09:09where the money pit was.
09:11So my hope is,
09:12we're going to find more of those
09:13Portuguese coins in this area.
09:15That'd be pretty cool.
09:16Yeah, and we know the Truro Company
09:18didn't get below any more than 117 feet
09:21with their drilling.
09:22So the Great Collapse
09:23could have carried this metal down
09:25deeper than any known work at the time.
09:27And that area of the solution channel
09:28could prove really interesting.
09:31If this deal correlates to the efforts
09:34by the Truro Company
09:35to try to find treasure,
09:37that's important
09:37because it would mean
09:39that we are in the same area
09:40that they were in
09:42when they were looking for the vault.
09:44And we have a coin
09:46that we suspect might be associated with that,
09:49and it is in this area.
09:52Bottom line, we have an area
09:54that we've designated
09:55an area of significant interest,
09:57and this supports that.
09:59Given the evidence on the table,
10:01we should redouble our efforts.
10:03Let's go do it.
10:04Okay.
10:07This could turn into loose,
10:09watery material
10:10within a foot or two, right?
10:12Yeah.
10:13While the drilling operation proceeds
10:15in the money pit...
10:17I'm just going to try
10:18and get right in there
10:19and pluck it out.
10:20And we're done with that rock.
10:21Mm-hmm.
10:23Yeah.
10:24Marty Lagina arrives back on Lot 5
10:26with a small excavator
10:28known as a skid steer
10:29to move the boulder
10:32that is covering what may be
10:34an important clue.
10:36plan to move the rock initially
10:38was to try and move it
10:39with levers.
10:41It didn't work.
10:42So then it's time
10:43to bring in the power
10:44of the skid steer.
10:47No!
10:48And nothing I like better.
10:50It's kind of hard
10:51to move a rock
10:52that's in a hole.
10:53There we go.
10:54But we want to get this out
10:56because it could be
10:56super significant.
10:57And it could be
10:58very, very old.
11:02Kat?
11:02The rock has moved.
11:04It is.
11:05Finally!
11:05Accomplished.
11:07Well, is there anything in there?
11:09Yeah.
11:10Please do something in there.
11:19It's so low of a signal
11:21and it's reading
11:22very low content.
11:24I believe there was
11:24something here,
11:25but not anymore.
11:27It disintegrated.
11:28Yeah.
11:28Yeah.
11:28It seems that it's
11:31a bit of a ghost
11:33who we were chasing.
11:34Probably there was
11:35something in there
11:35that corroded
11:36a long time ago.
11:37So it's still
11:38a bit of a mystery.
11:39We had to do this.
11:40There was a clue
11:40potentially under that rock
11:42and it would have driven
11:42all of us crazy
11:43if we didn't find out.
11:44But we're not going
11:45to let the island beat us,
11:46so let's get on
11:46to the next task.
11:47Let's do it.
11:48Lot 5 has been
11:50a better place to look
11:51than just anywhere.
11:52I'm still hoping
11:53to find something interesting,
11:54something valuable,
11:55a clue.
11:56Actually, Katya,
11:57you know where I brought
11:57the skid steer in
11:58and disturbed all the soil here?
12:00Yeah.
12:00Why don't you scan this?
12:01What the heck?
12:01I'd love to do it.
12:02That'd be great.
12:11There's definitely
12:11some over here, too.
12:13Yeah, that's a good signal.
12:14That's a great signal.
12:19That's pretty deep.
12:22Oh, yeah, that's out.
12:23That's a good point.
12:29Ooh.
12:30There we go.
12:31There you go.
12:32Oh.
12:34Can I clean it up
12:34a little bit?
12:36That's not just
12:37a shard of metal
12:37because it's got something
12:38going on right there.
12:40There is some sort
12:41of attachment here.
12:42Yeah, it looks like
12:42it has a fastener on it.
12:44I'll tell you what it is.
12:45It's lab-worthy.
12:46That's right.
12:47So that's good.
12:49Okay.
12:49All right, so all this
12:50rigmarole to get that rock
12:51might have been worth it
12:52if this means something.
12:53Mm-hmm.
12:54I mean, look at the proximity
12:55to the rectangular feature.
12:56Mm-hmm.
12:57Just an inch or two
12:59outside of where
13:00they were digging.
13:01And so if this could be
13:02a clue to figure out
13:04what the heck
13:04was going on here
13:05and how it associates
13:06to the money pit,
13:07yeah, I think
13:08there's something here.
13:09There's certainly
13:09a possibility.
13:11This thing might
13:12mean something.
13:13It might tell us
13:14who was there and when,
13:15and that would be
13:16a big deal.
13:17It could very well
13:18be significant,
13:19so bag it, please,
13:20and we'll analyze it.
13:21Sounds great.
13:22Let's go on
13:23to something else.
13:23Perfect.
13:25Way to go, you guys.
13:26As Marty and the team
13:28finish their investigation
13:29on Lot 5
13:30in the research center.
13:34So, Sandy,
13:35I'd like you
13:35to introduce you
13:36to Steve Solomon.
13:37At the request
13:38of Rick Lagina,
13:39Steve Solomon
13:40has agreed
13:41to have coin expert
13:42Sandy Campbell
13:43examine the 14th century
13:45Portuguese coin
13:46that was reportedly
13:47extracted from
13:48the original money pit
13:49back in 1849.
13:53So, this is it.
13:54There you go.
13:58Interesting.
13:59With his extensive experience,
14:01it is the team's hope
14:02that Sandy
14:03will be able
14:04to confirm
14:05the origin of the coin
14:06as well
14:07as its potential value.
14:10It's quite cool.
14:13Probably the coolest thing
14:14that I've looked at.
14:15Really?
14:15in my time
14:16on the island.
14:17So, you know,
14:18we've had
14:19some cool things,
14:20but this goes
14:22to a different level.
14:24It's a torne de scoto,
14:26which means
14:27a decorative shield.
14:30It's Portuguese,
14:3214th century.
14:33There's clearly
14:34a connection
14:35to the Templars
14:36because of the design
14:37of this coin.
14:38You have the cross.
14:40Here it is, here.
14:41And that's basically
14:42the religious
14:43Templar
14:44connotation
14:45on the back
14:45and the celebration
14:47of the king
14:47on the upper side.
14:49This would be
14:50after the Knights Templar
14:51were technically
14:52disband,
14:53but there was still
14:54a lot of involvement
14:55with the monarch
14:56and the Templar.
14:58You know,
14:58secretly, obviously.
14:59And this was
15:01an ode
15:01to the Templar.
15:03It's a fairly
15:03unique item
15:05because it was
15:05only minted
15:06from 1367
15:07to probably 83.
15:10That's very curious.
15:12Interesting.
15:13Although the Order
15:14of the Knights Templar
15:15were disbanded
15:16in 1307,
15:18their rumored
15:19treasures
15:19were never found
15:20and many fled
15:22to nations
15:22that offered
15:23them safe harbor,
15:24including Portugal.
15:27Is it possible
15:28that this coin
15:29suggests
15:29that their missing
15:30valuables
15:31were hidden
15:32on Oak Island?
15:34This is exceptional
15:35because
15:36this coin,
15:37whenever it was buried,
15:38was brand spanking new.
15:40This was not
15:40circulated at all.
15:42And you say
15:42when it was buried,
15:43it was buried
15:44for a long time?
15:44Oh, this was
15:45definitely buried.
15:46Why do you say that?
15:47If this wasn't buried,
15:49it couldn't look like this.
15:50It would get very dark.
15:53If this was sitting
15:54in a chest
15:55and protected down there,
15:56it's going to be
15:57very slow
15:58at 100 feet deep
15:59for the deterioration.
16:01So this coin here
16:03will have silver,
16:04zinc, copper,
16:05and a touch of nickel
16:06when it was made.
16:07We have seen
16:08those elements
16:08in the water testing,
16:09though,
16:10that's been done, right?
16:11That's true.
16:11Silver, nickel, zinc.
16:13Yeah.
16:14Yeah.
16:14Okay, I got to go back
16:15and do my due diligence
16:16here for my dad.
16:17What do you think
16:18it would fetch?
16:18Oh, this?
16:21There's a Marty Lagina question.
16:22There you go,
16:23right there.
16:24Valuation,
16:26you would be shocked.
16:26This would be
16:27$25,000,
16:28$30,000.
16:29If you find some
16:30that aren't deteriorated
16:32like this,
16:34you know,
16:34sky's the limit.
16:36That's amazing.
16:38Let's give my dad a call.
16:42Hey.
16:43Hey, Alex.
16:44What's up?
16:44So, just a quick question
16:45for you.
16:46I need your help
16:46with some math here.
16:47Okay.
16:48In the Oak Island
16:49Research Center,
16:50members of the team
16:51called Marty Lagina
16:52to inform him
16:53that the 14th century
16:55Portuguese coin
16:56reportedly found
16:57in the original money pit
16:58back in 1849
17:00may be worth
17:01more than $20,000
17:03in today's value.
17:05So, if we have a coin
17:08on the table
17:09that's worth, say,
17:10$20,000,
17:11perhaps more.
17:12All right.
17:13What would be
17:14the approximate value
17:15of an entire chest
17:16full of those?
17:16Oh, man, Alex.
17:18Seriously?
17:19Yeah.
17:20According to Sandy,
17:21that it could fetch
17:22quite a bit.
17:23Yeah.
17:23That's amazing.
17:25Let's just call it
17:26$20,000 for one.
17:27That's $2 million
17:28for $100.
17:29That's $20 million
17:31for $1,000.
17:32Yep.
17:33And that's $200 million
17:34or $0.2 billion
17:36for $10,000.
17:37A chest of coins
17:38such as that
17:39could easily be
17:40a billion dollars.
17:41Yeah, that's amazing.
17:44Boy, all it does
17:45is speak to the value
17:46of what might lie below.
17:47Yeah.
17:48All right.
17:49Really, if Mr. Pitblado
17:50found that coin,
17:51then where are
17:51the rest of them?
17:52Yeah.
17:53There should be
17:54more of them.
17:55Look, we found
17:55all kinds of really
17:56interesting things
17:57and intriguing clues
17:58and things that make
18:00you wonder
18:01what in the heck
18:01happened on the
18:02island.
18:03It looks quite likely
18:04to me that this coin
18:06is a piece of treasure
18:07that was extracted
18:07from deep in the money pit.
18:09And that means
18:10that there's a lot more
18:11down deep in the
18:11solution channel.
18:13Now you can stop
18:14asking me if there's
18:15a treasure in the
18:16money pit.
18:18Show me where to dig.
18:20I'll find them.
18:21I'm on board with that.
18:23All right.
18:24Well, guys,
18:24thanks for the call.
18:25Good job all.
18:26Keep me posted.
18:28Yeah, we'll keep you posted.
18:29Thanks, Marty.
18:30Thank you very much.
18:31Take care.
18:31The focus here
18:34for me is,
18:35you know,
18:36why was it put there?
18:37You don't cross
18:38the oceans with money
18:39and put it in
18:40a hundred foot shaft
18:41protected by a
18:42flooding system.
18:43Too much work.
18:43It's just, it's something
18:45else, some intent,
18:46some purpose.
18:47Truthfully, if the numbers
18:49reached a billion dollars
18:50or even more,
18:52I'm not surprised by that.
18:55But I think there's
18:57something far more valuable.
18:59There's a real treasure here,
19:00a monetary treasure
19:01and something else.
19:02Secret information,
19:03secret knowledge
19:04has allowed this treasure
19:06mystery to endure
19:07for 230 years.
19:08And I've always believed it
19:10since I was a little boy.
19:11I believe it yet today
19:12as I sit here.
19:13We just have to find it.
19:15Sandy, Steve,
19:16thank you both very much.
19:18The raising of the level
19:19of excitement
19:19wouldn't have happened
19:20without the both of you.
19:21The Oak Island story
19:22is alive and well.
19:24And at this point,
19:25all that remains to be said
19:26is we need to find it.
19:28Let's go.
19:28Let's do it.
19:28All right.
19:30As Rick and other members
19:31of the team
19:32conclude their meeting
19:33in the Oak Island
19:34Research Center.
19:37We'll take that corner
19:38down too.
19:38Yep.
19:39And I'll probably work
19:40with you over here.
19:41Yes, please.
19:42Over on Lot 5,
19:44archaeologist Fiona Steele
19:45and other members
19:47of the team
19:47continue to search
19:49for clues
19:49in the rounded stone
19:50foundation
19:51near the shoreline.
19:56Fiona?
19:58Yeah.
19:59I think this is red
20:00with glaze on it.
20:05Okay, you know what?
20:06I think that looks like
20:07black Anglo-American ware.
20:09Yeah.
20:10The Anglo-American ware
20:11is of course earthenware.
20:12It could be anywhere
20:13from 1600s to 1800s.
20:16There's a body of evidence
20:17from the Lot 5 feature
20:18that literally spans centuries.
20:20How do you explain that?
20:21Good eyes.
20:23The archaeologists
20:24are intrigued by the feature.
20:26And more and more information
20:28continues to come
20:29out of the ground.
20:30So you have to go
20:32where the information
20:32takes you.
20:40I found a button.
20:42Well, hallelujah.
20:43My first button.
20:44Wow.
20:45That's good eyes
20:46because they're hard to see
20:47when you're with the rocks.
20:48Yeah, you totally found a button.
20:49It's around.
20:50Well, and you can see
20:51the shank there.
20:52It's kind of flattened down.
20:53Butts are falling off
20:54all the time
20:55and we have found so many
20:56here on Lot 5.
20:57Some of the buttons
20:58have even had military
20:59signs on them.
21:00We have found
21:01the starburst button.
21:02That one is really, really old.
21:03That could even possibly
21:04go back to medieval times.
21:06Another mysterious button
21:08and found close
21:10to where the team
21:10unearthed the so-called
21:12starburst button,
21:13which may be related
21:14to the Knights of Malta?
21:16Could the team
21:17have possibly found
21:18another piece of evidence
21:20that may help identify
21:21one of the groups
21:22who used this feature
21:24prior to the discovery
21:25of the money pit?
21:27And if so,
21:28what their purpose there was?
21:30Every button that we find
21:31adds to our picture
21:33of what we think
21:33might be happening here.
21:35I do think that this structure
21:36is connected to the money pit
21:38and the story
21:38of Oak Island itself.
21:40There's so much evidence
21:42in relation to the artifacts
21:43that give us the timelines,
21:44and these timelines
21:45really all predate
21:46the money pit discovery.
21:47So that's why we never
21:48let anything go unexplored.
21:51Yay!
21:53Best find of the day so far.
21:55Well done.
21:57That's exciting.
21:59While the investigation
22:00on Lot 5 continues...
22:02Back in business, Rick.
22:05...several hundred yards
22:06to the east at Smith's Cove...
22:08Oh, no.
22:10Not that type of pesky nail.
22:12Rick, Gary, and Billy
22:14are continuing to search
22:15through the spoils
22:16that were extracted
22:17during the large-scale digs
22:19in the money pit area
22:20one year ago.
22:24Oh, this doesn't sound bad.
22:25I'll pin pull it, mate.
22:27Let's see if there's
22:28anything in there.
22:30After finding a tunneling tool
22:32one week ago
22:33that may date back
22:34to the 1600s
22:36and possibly connected
22:37to a deposit of treasure,
22:39now they are hoping
22:40to recover a piece
22:41of those potential valuables.
22:43Oh.
22:46Nice.
22:48Chain?
22:49No, I don't believe so.
22:50No, it's not.
22:51Some kind of oak.
22:52Yeah.
22:54My thought is
22:54the curve looks
22:56like it's not damaged,
22:57so you could hang something
22:59off it.
22:59That went into the wall
23:00with a sharpened end.
23:02You hang something
23:03right in there.
23:04Yeah.
23:04I mean, it makes sense.
23:06Yeah, it looks like
23:07kind of a refashioned
23:09square-shanked fastener,
23:12the oldest type
23:13square-shanked fastener
23:14to hang stuff.
23:16Yeah, I think this is old, mate.
23:17I think this could go back
23:19to the same period
23:20all the rest
23:21of those iron fasteners
23:23and tools
23:24that were finding
23:25in these money pit spoils,
23:26which would be 1600s
23:28or older.
23:28That'd be fantastic.
23:30No, mate,
23:30I'll put this in the pouch.
23:32Yep.
23:33I don't think any of us
23:34would want to quit
23:35on this attempt
23:36to find whatever we can
23:37in the spoils,
23:38but I think there's more
23:38to be found.
23:39It's exciting.
23:41The money pit spoils
23:42piles are huge
23:43because they accumulate.
23:45There could be anything
23:46in them.
23:47The hope is that
23:47we will find
23:48some serious clues
23:50associated with
23:51the treasure
23:52in the money pit area.
23:56There we go.
23:58Just in there.
24:05Oh, is that it?
24:08Oh, this is beautiful.
24:15That's really nice.
24:16Oh, beautiful square nail.
24:18It's beautiful.
24:19While searching
24:19through last year's
24:20money pit spoils,
24:22Rick, Gary, and Billy
24:23have just made
24:24an exciting discovery.
24:26And that looks
24:27suspiciously like
24:29our old friend.
24:30Rose head.
24:31Yep.
24:31You got that right, mate.
24:32That's a rosy.
24:34There's a whole lot
24:35of rosy going on here.
24:36Yeah, it's cool.
24:38It's definitely
24:38an old fastener.
24:39There's no mistaking
24:41when you see that
24:41beveled edge
24:42going around there.
24:44It made the shaft
24:44and then did
24:45the edge separate.
24:47And when this
24:47was hammered
24:48into wood,
24:49that's when
24:50all these facets
24:51were made.
24:52They resemble
24:53those rose head
24:54petals.
24:55Is it broken off?
24:56Oh, yeah.
24:58Yeah, that would have
24:58been twice as long.
25:01And if you look
25:01at the size of it,
25:02it wouldn't have been
25:02a lot bigger.
25:04We're on a treasure hunt,
25:04mate.
25:04That could have been
25:05out of a treasure chest.
25:07Really could.
25:08You've got a big chest.
25:10You've seen
25:11the silver coins.
25:13I mean,
25:13they would have been
25:14heavy.
25:14They would have
25:14needed a big chest.
25:16To your point,
25:17it's not like
25:18they're only
25:19for creating shafts.
25:20No.
25:21You can look
25:22at old doors
25:23and chests
25:24and you see
25:24rose head spikes
25:25all the time.
25:26Will it connect
25:27in some way
25:29to the efforts
25:30done long ago
25:31in the money pit
25:31in Smith's Cove?
25:33That's the hope.
25:34Okay, mate.
25:35That's a really
25:36great find, mate.
25:36Do you want to do
25:37the honors and put it
25:38in the bag of goodies?
25:39Sure.
25:39It's got to go to Emma,
25:40obviously.
25:41It's a cool find.
25:42Yeah.
25:43Stock up the coffee
25:44because you're
25:44going to be busy, Emma.
25:46As the search
25:47for evidence of treasure
25:48continues at Smith's Cove...
25:51Hey, Steve.
25:52How you doing?
25:52Hey, guys.
25:53Got to the bottom
25:53of the J9?
25:54Yep.
25:55In the money pit area,
25:57Terry Matheson,
25:58Charles Barkhouse,
25:59and Steve Guptill
26:00are about to examine
26:02the final two core samples
26:03that were recovered
26:04in borehole J9
26:06that reached the bottom
26:08of the solution channel
26:09at a depth of 216 feet.
26:13Hit the bottom
26:14of the solution channel
26:14at 216.
26:16That's 26 feet of recovery.
26:18That's pretty good.
26:18Got some loose material here.
26:20It looks kind of intriguing
26:21and interesting.
26:22That's potentially
26:22the kind of stuff
26:23we're looking for.
26:24Something that might indicate
26:25there was a treasure chest
26:26in the immediate vicinity.
26:28There's some treasure
26:29broke up in the area.
26:30Yeah, I haven't run
26:31my pinpointer over it yet,
26:32so I'll do that.
26:35Every single one
26:36of these cores
26:36needs to be metal detected
26:37because this is the heart
26:38of the solution channel
26:39and this is the depth
26:40where we're looking
26:40for treasure.
26:41Anytime we see
26:42that loose material
26:43in the solution channel,
26:44that means that treasure
26:45can fall to the bottom
26:45when we see that.
26:55Clean, gentlemen.
26:56It's not going to be in this.
26:58You know what, though?
26:59We've got good information.
27:00This is one of the deepest hits
27:01we've ever had
27:02in the solution channel,
27:03so we know it's a deep canal
27:04or channel in here, at least.
27:06Yeah.
27:06I think Emma should look
27:07for precious metals in this.
27:09I think you're right.
27:10I would say this area
27:11between 208 and 211
27:12is the loosest
27:13and potentially there could
27:14be something in there.
27:15Something that might indicate
27:16there's some treasure
27:17in the area.
27:18Yeah.
27:19Back in 2024,
27:21the team conducted
27:22new water tests here
27:23that confirmed
27:24high traces of gold and silver
27:26more than 100 feet
27:28underground.
27:29Two weeks later...
27:32Stop.
27:33It's caving.
27:34It's caving all the way back.
27:36The ground in this area
27:37collapsed
27:37as the team conducted
27:39a major excavation,
27:41which led them to believe
27:42that the possible treasure
27:44now lies
27:45more than 200 feet deep
27:46in the solution channel.
27:50Now,
27:51the team is collecting
27:52soil samples
27:52to have them tested
27:54for more trace evidence
27:55of precious metals.
27:56Look how loose that is.
27:59Yeah.
27:59Here we go.
28:00That does it.
28:01Yep.
28:01If those tests
28:02yield positive results,
28:04it will help the team
28:05plan their most ambitious
28:06excavation yet
28:07in the hopes
28:08of finally recovering
28:09the long-lost treasure.
28:11The next hole,
28:12we're not going to go far
28:13from this hole.
28:14All right,
28:14I'm going to go drop the gyro.
28:15We'll get that information
28:16and we'll move on.
28:18Yep.
28:18Absolutely.
28:18As a new day dawns
28:24and while members
28:26of the team
28:26begin drilling
28:27a new borehole
28:28in the money pit area.
28:32On lot five,
28:33there's a mystery there
28:34wrapped in an enigma.
28:36Rick Lagina
28:36and members of the team
28:38have joined
28:39Laird Niven
28:39and Emma Culligan
28:41in the Oak Island Laboratory.
28:43I mean,
28:44it really is confusing,
28:45but in its confusion,
28:47and artifacts come up
28:48to the surface, right?
28:49We have one here.
28:51Katya and Peter
28:52and Marty found it.
28:54Laird and Emma
28:54have just completed
28:55their preliminary
28:56scientific analysis
28:58on the metal artifact
28:59that was unearthed
29:00one day ago
29:01on lot five.
29:03What I think is really cool
29:04about where we found this
29:05is it was really near
29:07the rectangular feature.
29:08Then Katya came through
29:10and was metal detecting
29:11on the tracks
29:12and this is where
29:13we found that.
29:14So it was kind of
29:15the skid steer
29:16turning up a little bit
29:17of the material
29:18that brought this to life.
29:21Emma,
29:22what can you tell us
29:22about that?
29:23So it is a cast iron pot.
29:25There is a slight
29:27phosphorus content,
29:28but this would not
29:29affect the quality
29:30of the iron whatsoever
29:31because it is cookware.
29:33And you're certain
29:34that that's what that is
29:35based on the curvature?
29:36That's what we think.
29:38Yeah.
29:38The high phosphorus content
29:40that's present
29:40throughout an iron
29:41creates an iron
29:43that is brittle
29:43during colder climates
29:45and it's prone
29:46to breaking,
29:47which suggests
29:48that being pre-1800s.
29:50I find that industrial revolution
29:52is when they really started
29:53to stray away
29:54from cast iron pots.
29:56So it fits in
29:57with the time period
29:58of 1700s.
30:00It could go into
30:01the 1600s.
30:02Oh my gosh.
30:11So this cast iron pot
30:13fits in with
30:14the time period
30:15of 1700s.
30:16It could go into
30:17the 1600s.
30:18Oh my gosh.
30:19In the Oak Island
30:20Laboratory,
30:21Emma Culligan
30:22has just informed
30:23Rick Lagina
30:24and other members
30:25of the team
30:26that the remains
30:27of a cooking pot
30:28found by Marty,
30:29Katya,
30:29and Peter
30:30one day ago
30:31on Lot 5.
30:33Could date as far back
30:34as the 17th century.
30:36So this was probably
30:37used by someone
30:38who was associated
30:40with the features.
30:41Mm-hmm.
30:42Yeah.
30:42I think that's
30:43a reasonable assumption.
30:44And the neat thing
30:45about cast iron pots
30:46is I don't believe
30:47in the 1700s
30:48they had the ability
30:48to cast anything
30:49in Nova Scotia.
30:51No, they didn't.
30:51So it was made
30:52in Europe
30:53and then brought
30:54here whole.
30:55Could Laird
30:55be correct
30:56that this piece
30:57of a possible
30:5817th century
30:59cooking pot
31:00was likely brought
31:01to Oak Island
31:02by someone
31:02of European origin?
31:04If so,
31:05who was it?
31:06And what were they
31:07doing on Lot 5?
31:09We've all broken things,
31:11right?
31:11If you don't pick it up,
31:13the whole thing's there.
31:15Yeah.
31:15Is this island
31:16just strange
31:17with all of these
31:18one-offs?
31:19So between
31:20the round feature
31:21and the rectangular feature,
31:22we have hundreds
31:24of pieces,
31:25but nothing whole.
31:27We certainly haven't
31:28found a whole pot,
31:28now.
31:29And that's
31:30what's troubling
31:31to me is,
31:32is this an attempt
31:34by whomever
31:34to police the site
31:36to hide something?
31:37So I don't know
31:38if they just
31:39picked up the larger
31:39pieces and threw
31:41them in the ocean
31:42or took them
31:43with them.
31:44The foundation
31:44itself,
31:45before it was
31:45discovered,
31:46was under
31:46several feet
31:47of soil,
31:48was it not?
31:48Yeah.
31:49And rocks.
31:49So everything's
31:49well covered.
31:50It's a possibility
31:51that they were
31:52hiding something there.
31:53Everything that
31:54comes from
31:55Lot 5
31:55hopefully can
31:56help solve
31:58that mystery.
31:59Because if you
31:59can put this
32:00back in the 1600s,
32:02then the who
32:03becomes maybe
32:04attainable.
32:05Right?
32:05Yeah, I agree.
32:06Right around
32:07that area
32:08we had found
32:08trade weights,
32:10buttons that
32:10connect with
32:11the Knights of Malta,
32:12some other
32:13very old
32:14artifacts,
32:15but we get
32:16something different
32:16here.
32:17Yeah.
32:18That could be
32:19important.
32:19That cast iron
32:20may give us a clue
32:21to who else
32:22was active
32:22in that area.
32:24Could Rick
32:24and Doug
32:25be correct
32:25that this
32:26fragment of
32:27a cooking pot
32:28offers more
32:29evidence
32:29that someone
32:30deliberately
32:31covered up
32:31the two
32:32foundations
32:32as well
32:33as all
32:34traces of
32:35their activity
32:35on Lot 5
32:36back in
32:37the 1600s?
32:39If so,
32:40could other
32:40potentially
32:4117th century
32:42artifacts
32:43that have been
32:44uncovered nearby
32:45help identify
32:45just who it was?
32:48Truthfully,
32:48I wish I could
32:49say Lot 5
32:50was done by
32:51this group
32:52of people.
32:53Could it be
32:54the Knights of Malta
32:54or something
32:55associated with
32:56the Templars?
32:57Sure,
32:57it could.
32:58But some
32:59of the artifacts
32:59go back
33:00into medieval
33:01times,
33:02you know,
33:0314,
33:0315,
33:041600.
33:06But for right
33:06now,
33:07I think we're
33:07done.
33:08We need to
33:08get back to
33:09work.
33:09All right.
33:10See you later.
33:10See y'all.
33:11As Rick,
33:12Peter,
33:13and Doug
33:13conclude their
33:14meeting in
33:15the lab.
33:17Okay,
33:17gotcha.
33:18We're on.
33:19We're on Lot 5.
33:20And this thing
33:22has given up
33:22a lot,
33:23but today
33:23it's going
33:23to give up
33:24more,
33:24right?
33:24I'm hoping.
33:26On Lot 5,
33:27Marty and Katya
33:28are expanding
33:29their search
33:29south of the
33:30rounded feature
33:31to look for
33:32new clues.
33:34Sir.
33:34That sounds
33:45pretty good.
33:46It does.
33:46It's registering
33:47pretty good.
33:48It looks
33:49non-ferrous.
33:50Let's have a go
33:51right under
33:52that rock.
33:59Come on,
33:59be something
34:00good.
34:00Come on.
34:05All right.
34:05Maybe that
34:06might loosen
34:06things up.
34:09Ooh,
34:10that sounds a lot
34:10better out.
34:13Let's see.
34:16There you go.
34:17There we are.
34:21Ooh,
34:21buttons?
34:22Or is that
34:28a coin?
34:29I don't think
34:30that's a button.
34:32Wowzer.
34:34Does it look
34:35like a coin?
34:35I think that's
34:36a coin.
34:37I think that's
34:38a really old coin.
34:39All right.
34:40Way to go.
34:41Gotcha.
34:43That looks like
34:44a very old coin
34:44to me.
34:45Oh,
34:45my gosh.
34:46It does.
34:47It almost looks
34:48like there's a cross
34:49on it.
34:49Really?
34:51Oh,
34:52yeah.
34:53Right there
34:53and right there.
34:54I think it might
34:54be copper
34:55because it's...
34:56Yeah,
34:56I think it's
34:56copper.
34:57It's tinted
34:58green and only
34:59copper does that.
35:01The coin is
35:01really exciting.
35:02Katja and I
35:03look at each
35:03other and,
35:04you know,
35:05I know what she's
35:06thinking and I
35:07know what I'm
35:07thinking.
35:08This is the
35:08Roman coin area
35:09and that is,
35:10you know,
35:11hugely exciting.
35:12Hey,
35:12you nailed it.
35:13You said it was
35:13non-ferrous right
35:14off the bat.
35:15Good on you.
35:16I'm impressed.
35:17I'm so excited
35:18about this.
35:18This is amazing.
35:19I feel pretty
35:19good about this.
35:21Okay,
35:21Katja,
35:21let me call
35:22Big Brother.
35:24Honestly,
35:25he'll want
35:25to see this.
35:29Okay,
35:30all the smiles.
35:32Proud dad
35:32coming in.
35:33Yeah,
35:34dad coming in.
35:35On lot five,
35:36Rick,
35:37Gary and
35:37Billy
35:37arrive after
35:39hearing that
35:39Marty and
35:40Katja have
35:41found a
35:41potentially
35:42important clue.
35:44Come on
35:44over here.
35:45We think
35:46this is good.
35:48When Marty
35:49calls,
35:49it's got to be
35:50good.
35:50Gary,
35:51come here.
35:51Yeah.
35:52I'm coming.
35:53Telling you this,
35:54your daughter
35:54was pretty excited.
35:56Marty.
35:59Oh,
35:59that is,
36:01oh,
36:02that's nice.
36:05Oh,
36:05that's old.
36:06Is it?
36:07Yeah.
36:08It might be
36:09identifiable
36:09because there's
36:10writing around the
36:11edge that's partly
36:11corroded away.
36:12definitely not a
36:13button,
36:13that's a coin.
36:15This,
36:15this is pre-1600s.
36:19Yeah,
36:20this is an old one.
36:22Wow.
36:22Did me proud,
36:23Katja.
36:25Could Gary be
36:26correct that this
36:27copper coin may be
36:28more than 400
36:29years old?
36:31If so,
36:32might it be related
36:33to the Portuguese
36:34silver coin
36:35and help identify
36:36just who was behind
36:38the Oak Island
36:38mystery?
36:39The more you look
36:41at it,
36:42the more stuff
36:42you can see on it,
36:43so the lab's
36:44going to see stuff
36:44there.
36:44Yeah.
36:45Yeah,
36:45CT scanner will.
36:47Yeah,
36:48it's an irregular
36:49shape.
36:50It's nice and thick.
36:52But it's also not,
36:53it's not deteriorated.
36:56I like,
36:56you know,
36:56I think it just was
36:57that sort of
36:58like a crude shape.
36:59Older metals also
37:00have pure compositions.
37:02You know,
37:02the metals are just,
37:03they're better.
37:04They don't rot like,
37:05you know,
37:05the nails I've been
37:06finding.
37:07This would be
37:08a hammer coin.
37:09Yeah,
37:09it would have been
37:09an hammered coin.
37:13Oh my God,
37:14that is absolutely
37:15gorgeous.
37:18That just
37:18over tells a tale.
37:19I hold the coin
37:20and I can see
37:22things on the face.
37:24So,
37:24at that point,
37:25it's really become
37:26quite exciting.
37:27I mean,
37:28we've already
37:28found five coins,
37:30Roman era coins,
37:31on lot five
37:33that have been
37:33authenticated
37:34metallurgically.
37:35The coin will
37:36tell you what it is.
37:37And that
37:38provides immense
37:41hope amongst
37:42all of us.
37:43That's the top
37:44pocket filling.
37:45You ain't got any
37:45top pockets,
37:46Catcher.
37:46I know.
37:46That's what dad's for.
37:48Well done,
37:48Catcher.
37:49That is brilliant.
37:51Thanks be proud.
37:51That's fantastic.
37:52That means the world
37:53to me.
37:53Yeah.
37:54Let's get back to work,
37:55Catcher.
37:55Great find.
37:56That's cool.
37:57The new discovery
37:59on lot five
38:00and
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