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00:00:01Tonight, on The Curse of Oak Island...

00:00:03Here we go.

00:00:04The strategy is to figure out where that treasure went way deep.

00:00:09A special two-hour premiere.

00:00:11Oh, looks like we broke through the ledge into the solution channel.

00:00:14Oh yeah, that's it for sure.

00:00:15If we're gonna hit, this is the one that should pay.

00:00:18Woo-hoo!

00:00:18What's that?

00:00:19It could be a gold or a silver coin.

00:00:21In the original money pit.

00:00:22Found this item on the drill bit.

00:00:23In 1849.

00:00:25I believe this is your one thing, Rick.

00:00:26This may be what lies below.

00:00:29That's a game changer.

00:00:30Fiona just found this.

00:00:32No way.

00:00:32Early stuff.

00:00:33We're changing Nova Scotian history, really.

00:00:35Hit something hard, so I'm gonna pull it up.

00:00:37Please do.

00:00:38Could we hit a vault?

00:00:39We're hoping to find a coin, something.

00:00:41What is that?

00:00:41That's a chunk of metal.

00:00:42It's very thick.

00:00:43No, we may be onto something.

00:00:44See how shiny that is?

00:00:45Oh my God.

00:00:46I can confirm that it is silver, likely from 1367 to 1383.

00:00:50Does that look like a Templar cross?

00:00:52Yeah, it does.

00:00:53Yeah.

00:00:53It's real.

00:00:57There is an island in the North Atlantic where people have been looking for an incredible

00:01:03treasure for more than 200 years.

00:01:06So far, they have found a stone slab with strange symbols carved into it.

00:01:13Man-made workings that date to medieval times.

00:01:17And a lead cross whose origin may be connected to the Knights Templar.

00:01:23To date, six men have died trying to solve the mystery.

00:01:28And, according to legend, one more will have to die before the treasure can be found.

00:01:48So, here we are again, on our way to Oak Island.

00:01:51How are y'all feeling?

00:01:54Well, it's exciting because I'm basically satisfied that something happened on Oak Island

00:01:59that's outside of recorded history.

00:02:02Yup.

00:02:02We're finding more things that say that the legend is true.

00:02:06Absolutely.

00:02:07For brothers Rick and Marty Lagina, their partner Craig Tester, and the members of their

00:02:12team, a new chapter in the world's longest-running treasure hunt is about to begin on Oak Island.

00:02:19For me, I just want it solved.

00:02:23And I do believe there'll be success this year.

00:02:27Yeah.

00:02:28Beginning in 1795, when three young men first discovered an ingeniously designed shaft

00:02:35that reached more than 90 feet deep, known as the Money Pit.

00:02:41Generations of treasure hunters have tried and failed to uncover a legendary fortune.

00:02:49And now, after spending more than a decade finding clues that suggest a vast treasure is indeed

00:02:56hiding deep below ground, Rick, Marty, Craig, and their team are determined to write the definitive

00:03:03chapter of the Oak Island mystery.

00:03:06And away we go.

00:03:10We begin a new year with this mission statement.

00:03:14Let's solve it.

00:03:15Let's find the answers.

00:03:17We're here.

00:03:18Our hopes are as high as they've ever been.

00:03:21And I'm really and truthfully pretty excited about it.

00:03:24Hey, everybody.

00:03:26Hey.

00:03:27We're back.

00:03:28Hey, chaps.

00:03:31When you walk into the museum, everyone is smiling.

00:03:34There's a certain energy in the room.

00:03:36There's a sense of commitment.

00:03:38Hey, partner.

00:03:39Yeah.

00:03:40And I draw inspiration from them.

00:03:43Welcome, everybody.

00:03:45Back to the quest, right?

00:03:47Yep.

00:03:47So let's start with this.

00:03:49If you try and make sense out of everything other people have done and what we've done

00:03:54the last 12 years, what makes sense is that the treasure has gone even deeper than the

00:03:59money pit and is now in the solution channel.

00:04:02That's right.

00:04:04In 1804, a large stone bearing strange carved symbols was discovered in the center

00:04:10of an oak platform exactly 90 feet deep in the money pit.

00:04:15Upon its removal, the shaft flooded with seawater that was fed from a reported cobblestone tunnel

00:04:22that originated 500 feet away at Smith's Cove.

00:04:27Over the next two centuries, numerous companies of treasure hunters dug more than a dozen adjacent

00:04:34shafts and tunnels, all in the hopes of bypassing the believed booby trap and recovering

00:04:40whatever had been so skillfully buried at the bottom of the money pit.

00:04:46Each one fell victim to flooding and cave-ins.

00:04:50This resulted in the ground across the money pit area becoming unstable and prone to collapse.

00:04:58One year ago, Rick, Marty, Craig and the team believed that their efforts to solve the mystery would

00:05:06finally pay off.

00:05:08After groundwater testing pinpointed a large source of precious metals more than 100 feet underground.

00:05:15They began digging a series of seven-foot diameter steel shafts.

00:05:20What is that?

00:05:22But while recovering numerous artifacts, including digging tools that predated 1795.

00:05:29We found this concrete.

00:05:30And also obtaining possible evidence of a treasure vault nearly 160 feet deep.

00:05:38Stop!

00:05:40It's caving.

00:05:41It's caving all the way back.

00:05:44The earth beneath two of the shafts, known as TB1 and TOT1, suddenly collapsed.

00:05:52This has led the team to suspect that the treasure has now fallen to more than 200 feet deep and

00:05:58now lies in a natural feature in the bedrock known as a solution channel.

00:06:03A geological term for a large cavity that forms over time due to limestone dissolving in groundwater.

00:06:12I am just really, really enthusiastic that it resides deeper.

00:06:16And with that, Scott, you've been doing a ton of work on that.

00:06:19Why don't you tell us the thoughts on that?

00:06:21So, as you know, we want to look in the solution channel to try to find the treasure.

00:06:25Yeah.

00:06:26So, Steve and I sat with Rick and we've came up with a drill program this year.

00:06:30So, Steve, you want to bring up the map there and we'll talk about the holes that we want to

00:06:33do?

00:06:33Okay.

00:06:35So, now we're looking at a map of the solution channel.

00:06:38The green is the solution channel.

00:06:40Yes.

00:06:41So, my understanding of the solution channel is between anywhere between 150 and 220 feet

00:06:46is a moving mud river with different depths.

00:06:50Yes.

00:06:51So, it's not a mud river, it's a gold river down there.

00:06:56Now, the total area in the solution channel is less than 5% that we've actually explored.

00:07:01So, Scott and I and Rick sat and discussed this.

00:07:04And this is what that map looks like.

00:07:08So, we're going to start the boreholes this year in around top one.

00:07:12Okay.

00:07:13Well, if these are the holes, Rick, you want to drill the green things?

00:07:16Yep.

00:07:16What I want to do is systematic drilling.

00:07:19We're going to drive the casing down around 210 feet because we want to explore the solution channel at depth.

00:07:27So, if we found something with the drilling program, we would then turn over to this gleeful planning of a

00:07:36recovery effort.

00:07:37That would be fabulous.

00:07:38Okay.

00:07:39So, that wraps up the first part of this discussion about the money pit.

00:07:42Now, I think that is the focus of treasure.

00:07:46But Fiona and Laird would say, wait a minute, there's a lot more to this story as far as what

00:07:52actually happened on this island.

00:07:54So, Laird, I'll kick it over to you and why don't you pick up and summarize all that.

00:07:59Yeah, we're really excited about getting back to lot 5 given all of the artifacts we found.

00:08:04And we're starting to see that story on lot 5 expand within itself.

00:08:09Yep.

00:08:09The soils from the round feature and feature 2, the rectangular feature, that matched the soils from the area of

00:08:18the money pit at depth.

00:08:20And to me, that's huge.

00:08:23Absolutely.

00:08:25After acquiring lot 5 from the estate of Robert Young in 2022, the Oak Island team discovered a rounded stone

00:08:34foundation near the shoreline

00:08:36and another rectangular feature several yards to the south.

00:08:41Both had been deliberately buried and have produced astonishing clues that suggest they were related to the money pit

00:08:49and were used by multiple groups as base camps between the 14th and the 18th centuries.

00:08:56These finds include a mortar-like substance matching soil samples unearthed from more than 100 feet deep in the money

00:09:05pit area.

00:09:06A lead barter token, which just like the 14th century lead cross that was recovered at Smith's Cove in 2017,

00:09:15may be connected to the medieval order of the Knights Templar.

00:09:21Several Venetian trade beads as well as two garment buttons that have been matched to the kinds worn by members

00:09:28of the Knights of Malta.

00:09:30A group who descended from the Templar order and who are known to have inhabited parts of Nova Scotia as

00:09:37early as the 1630s.

00:09:40We haven't been able to find another feature in Nova Scotia that matches what's happening on lot 5.

00:09:47Yeah.

00:09:48So this year we're hoping to expand our excavations around the round feature

00:09:54that will give us even more insights into the who, what, where and why on lot 5.

00:10:00Right.

00:10:02Look, everybody knows that I think the research is an important facet of our work.

00:10:08So we have been actively engaged in following the clues we have come to learn of to date.

00:10:14That includes possible Templar connections, certainly the Knights of Malta connection.

00:10:20Yep.

00:10:21Ever since the Laginas and Craig Tester began their quest to solve the Oak Island mystery in 2006.

00:10:30They have been investigating the incredible theory that the order of the Knights Templar

00:10:35and related groups began transporting priceless religious treasures from Europe to Oak Island as much as 800 years ago.

00:10:45Oh, wow.

00:10:47And during the past several years, they have visited numerous former Templar strongholds in countries such as France, Scotland,

00:10:57Portugal, Italy, and Malta, where they have seen amazing evidence that it could be true.

00:11:05There's something there that you might recognize.

00:11:09Four dot cross.

00:11:10Evidence such as symbols meant to represent religious artifacts that have also been found over the years on Oak Island.

00:11:19It's just absolutely incredible.

00:11:22Tunnels that match the reported design of those found deep underground in the Money Pit area.

00:11:29The stone path looks exactly like this.

00:11:31And even a stone road in Portugal that is nearly identical to one they themselves unearthed in the Oak Island

00:11:38swamp back in 2020.

00:11:42So, the research continues to evolve and I think there's a real chance that it will be highly enlightening.

00:11:50I love it.

00:11:52I'm very enthused because I think there is potentially an answer this year as to why we haven't found this

00:11:59treasure, at least in the Money Pit.

00:12:01I want to get to the bottom of that. So, we got a lot to do. We got the team

00:12:05to do it.

00:12:06Yeah.

00:12:06Yep. So, I'm eager to get started. Jack's eager to get started. He's got some stuff at home he's finishing

00:12:12up on.

00:12:12I see a lot of eager faces.

00:12:14Yeah.

00:12:15For me, it's always about you guys. About the people. We can throw science at this. We can throw technology

00:12:22at this.

00:12:23But look at each other and realize that within each of us, that's where the real importance lies.

00:12:29Let's figure out who, what, when, where, why and how. Let's really commit ourselves to doing that.

00:12:34Well said.

00:12:35Yep.

00:12:36I do know one thing. The answers aren't in this room. Let's get going.

00:12:41You're here. All right. Let's do it.

00:12:43Let's make it so.

00:12:49Hola. I see we're drilling.

00:12:53Following the team's meeting in the Interpretive Center, Rick Lagina and Craig Tester join other members of the team in

00:13:01the Money Pit area.

00:13:02As their first core drilling operation of the summer has begun in borehole J6.

00:13:09A borehole located just five feet south of the seven-foot diameter TOT-1 shaft, which was dug one year

00:13:17ago.

00:13:18It was at that location where the team recovered a pickaxe more than 160 feet deep that was dated to

00:13:27as early as the 16th century.

00:13:28And it was also where a massive cabin occurred at nearly 180 feet that caused tons of earth and possible

00:13:38valuables to fall into the solution channel more than 200 feet underground.

00:13:45We're down only about eight feet. Just the very first run. It's the beginning. But I mean, I think this

00:13:50is a really good bet that we're going to find some treasure in this solution channel.

00:13:53All you got to do is find one thing. One thing.

00:13:57The strategy this year for the Money Pit is to figure out where that treasure went way deep. Where did

00:14:05it fall into the so-called solution channel?

00:14:07And what is also different from the other years is we are absolutely going deep with every one of them.

00:14:13200 feet. Maybe even more.

00:14:15If everything works out, we got a good chance of finding something here.

00:14:18We're about to find artifacts and be searching at a level well below where any seeker has gone.

00:14:24All the more reason to keep a really close eye on these cores because the slightest thing might be the

00:14:29most important thing.

00:14:33Time's going to tell as we get a little deeper.

00:14:35As the core drilling operation continues in the Money Pit area.

00:14:40Later that afternoon.

00:14:43Hey.

00:14:44Hey. How are you?

00:14:46All right.

00:14:47Rick Lagina, his nephew Peter Fernetti, and metal detection expert Katya Drayden arrive on Lot 5.

00:14:56Where archaeologist Laird Niven and Alex Lagina are investigating the mysterious rounded feature near the shoreline.

00:15:05We thought we'd come over and see if we can help.

00:15:09Yeah. The artifacts we found there are all concentrated on the west side between the rectangular feature and the round

00:15:16feature.

00:15:17So, I'd be really interested in having you go carefully over the east side.

00:15:22I'm excited to see what we can find here. Thank you, Laird.

00:15:25You're welcome.

00:15:26Appreciate it.

00:15:27There's always the hope that you will find some piece of the puzzle that will tell you the whole story

00:15:33of what happened as to when this occupation occurred, who was here and what were they doing.

00:15:43I would say that's one.

00:15:47I would say right in there.

00:16:05Let's try it with the pin pointer now that we're deeper.

00:16:09Come out, come out.

00:16:13There it is.

00:16:14I found it.

00:16:20Make sure that's the last of it.

00:16:22Yeah.

00:16:27Heavy.

00:16:29What do you think? Heavy?

00:16:33It's got some weight to it.

00:16:34Yeah.

00:16:34It's not light.

00:16:36Some sort of fastener?

00:16:37Not modern.

00:16:38No.

00:16:39No.

00:16:39It's interesting to be that far away, right?

00:16:41Yeah.

00:16:42Because they're looking for clues as to what else might be here.

00:16:46Lot five is certainly interesting.

00:16:49This fastener.

00:16:51Is it possible that it's evidence of a structure or structures?

00:16:56Sure.

00:16:58The story of lot five continues to expand.

00:17:01I don't know that we're even close to having an answer yet.

00:17:05A possible iron fastener?

00:17:08Because the team has made similar discoveries in both of the nearby foundations, could Rick's notion that this may be

00:17:16evidence of another potential structure be correct?

00:17:20So that's a bag and tag for sure. And that's a CT scan object. Emma will tell us what that

00:17:26is. No question about it.

00:17:28Sounds great.

00:17:28Good finding?

00:17:29Good digging.

00:17:32We can go see if there's anything else in there.

00:17:35As the investigation on lot five continues.

00:17:39Here we go.

00:17:40Down into the solution channel.

00:17:42And while the core drilling operation proceeds deeper in the Money Pit area.

00:17:48Over on the eastern end of the island at Smith's Cove.

00:17:52Let's go find something, guys.

00:17:54Billy.

00:17:55Billy's here.

00:17:56Marty Lagina, Craig Tester, and metal detection expert Gary Drayton join Billy Gerhardt to further investigate the massive collection of

00:18:06spoils from last year's excavations in the Money Pit area.

00:18:11Hey, Billy, this whole pile came out of the caissons.

00:18:15What we know is, though, it came from deep in the Money Pit area.

00:18:18Yeah.

00:18:18And we found that old iron.

00:18:20I mean, that old iron went back to the 1600s.

00:18:23Yeah.

00:18:23What is that?

00:18:25This looks like it's part of a tool.

00:18:28After finding the potentially 16th century pickaxe during the excavation of TOT1 at the end of last year's search.

00:18:36That could be a really old tool, mate.

00:18:38Yeah.

00:18:38The team began scouring through the Money Pit spoils that were deposited here at Smith's Cove.

00:18:44And incredibly, they found an iron chisel that was dated to the same approximate era.

00:18:52Whenever there's a lot of iron, there's a possibility of iron masking.

00:18:55There could be a gold or a silver coin waiting for us, mate.

00:18:58All right, well, let's get going.

00:19:00Yeah.

00:19:02Now, the team is continuing to search the remaining spoils in the hopes of recovering more artifacts or evidence of

00:19:10treasure.

00:19:11There.

00:19:12This might be something.

00:19:20I can see it.

00:19:22Just tap, pull it out.

00:19:23Try and get over there.

00:19:24Yeah, you can see it sticking out the hole.

00:19:27Where is it?

00:19:27Right there?

00:19:28Yep.

00:19:29There it is.

00:19:37What you got, Marty?

00:19:39What is it?

00:19:41What's that?

00:19:42Woo-hoo!

00:19:44Well, that's interesting.

00:19:49What you got, Marty?

00:19:51A pin.

00:19:53I don't know if it's old or a...

00:19:55Yeah, Craigor.

00:19:56That looks old.

00:19:57Yeah.

00:19:58That's Smith's Cove.

00:19:59While searching spoils excavated for more than 180 feet deep in the Money Pit area last year, Marty Lagina and

00:20:08other members of the team have just uncovered another potentially important clue.

00:20:14Yeah, that's wrought iron, I think.

00:20:17Yeah.

00:20:18It's old.

00:20:19I don't know.

00:20:20I wonder if it's a possible cribbing spike.

00:20:23No, I think it is.

00:20:24Unlike when you're building cribbing, like cribbing for a shaft or something.

00:20:28Yeah.

00:20:29A possible cribbing spike?

00:20:32Potentially used to connect large beams of wood together?

00:20:36Because no previous searchers were known to have built shafts that deep underground, could the team have found more evidence

00:20:44of the original Money Pit?

00:20:46If so, what else is still waiting to be discovered in these spoils?

00:20:52So this should be good.

00:20:54Yeah, I'll probably need this digging out.

00:20:56It might be on edge.

00:20:58We're all on edge.

00:21:00Right?

00:21:02Where is it?

00:21:03Right there.

00:21:06See that area there?

00:21:08Try pinpointing.

00:21:12It's there.

00:21:13That was a little bit off.

00:21:14Oh, here we go.

00:21:15That's more like it.

00:21:17Hm.

00:21:17That is a tool of some kind.

00:21:20Look at that.

00:21:22Yeah.

00:21:23Wow.

00:21:24That is unusual.

00:21:27That's got the look of being old as well.

00:21:30Yeah, it is.

00:21:31No question.

00:21:32It's not new.

00:21:33Definitely had some heft to it.

00:21:35I thought it was like a chisel when I first picked it up.

00:21:38It could be.

00:21:39Yeah, chiseling through the tunnels.

00:21:41Yeah.

00:21:42I'm not surprised at all at what came out of that spoils pile that could be very significant.

00:21:47Once again, possible proof that somebody other than searchers were way deep in the money pit.

00:21:53Still, we have to keep going through the spoils carefully because anything here could be something that could be very

00:21:58significant.

00:22:00And we picked up where we left off last year.

00:22:03We were finding great old tools, artifacts in these spoils.

00:22:07And we have just pulled up another one, which could potentially go back to 1600s or older.

00:22:13Yeah.

00:22:14Okay.

00:22:14I'll bag it.

00:22:15Nice one, Billy.

00:22:16Another good artifact.

00:22:18Good.

00:22:19Finally a decent pipe.

00:22:22Not bad.

00:22:22Yeah.

00:22:23Not bad.

00:22:23Not bad at all.

00:22:25Good digging, guys.

00:22:27Yeah.

00:22:28I mean, the gold's still in there, right?

00:22:30Oh, yeah.

00:22:31It is.

00:22:32That's the hope.

00:22:37The following day, while the drilling operation continues in the money pit area.

00:22:45There are moments around this table that have been really quite impactful in terms of our understanding of this mystery.

00:22:52And today is one of those days.

00:22:54In the war room, Doug Kroll has arranged for the Laginas and members of the team to meet with a

00:23:01man he has been corresponding with for several months, named Steve Solomon.

00:23:06Oh, I'm really excited to say we have a really special guest with us today, Steve Solomon.

00:23:11Steve is prepared to present what Doug believes could be a major breakthrough in the 230-year-old treasure mystery.

00:23:21Well, Steve's got something to reveal to us today about the gentleman by the name of James Piblado and a

00:23:27really prominent Oak Island family, the Archibald family.

00:23:30Well, Steve is a member of that Archibald family.

00:23:34Interesting.

00:23:35Charles, you and I have talked about the so-called Piblado incident forever.

00:23:40Right.

00:23:40So tell everyone what the Piblado incident is about.

00:23:45Well, James Piblado was a foreman with the Truro Company, and they were here from about 1849 to 1851.

00:23:53And there was an incident that happened in the original money pit.

00:23:59In the summer of 1849, members of the Truro Company conducted the first major excavation of the money pit since

00:24:08it had flooded after the removal of the 90-foot stone back in 1804.

00:24:14After constructing a platform nearly 30 feet deep in the shaft, which was still flooded below, company foreman James Piblado

00:24:23oversaw a drilling operation to find out what might be buried below the 90-foot level.

00:24:31Incredibly, at 98 feet, a hard wooden surface was penetrated before the auger bit passed through what was described as

00:24:39nearly two feet of loose metal pieces, another hard wooden surface, and then another two feet of loose metal.

00:24:48The workers excitedly suspected the two stacked treasure chests were buried some 100 feet deep in the money pit.

00:24:57Upon extracting the auger bit, James Piblado was seen removing a reported shiny object from its tip.

00:25:05But when confronted, he would not reveal what it was to anyone on the island.

00:25:12So Piblado approached a gentleman by the name of Charles Archibald, and they attempted to buy the eastern end of

00:25:20the island.

00:25:20So whatever was found on that auger enticed him to leave his job and attempt to purchase the eastern end

00:25:29of the island.

00:25:29So it had to be something really significant.

00:25:32Wow.

00:25:33Charles Dixon Archibald was a businessman from Londonderry, Nova Scotia, who served as the manager of a mining company named

00:25:42Acadian Ironworks.

00:25:44Curiously, members of his family had helped to finance an earlier search for treasure on Oak Island in 1804.

00:25:52After meeting with James Piblado, the two approached landowner John Smith, one of the three young men who originally discovered

00:26:00the money pit in 1795,

00:26:03and offered him a considerable sum to acquire the eastern end of Oak Island.

00:26:09The proposal was refused, and no one has ever confirmed what was found by James Piblado.

00:26:18After that incident, they went to the town of Lunenburg and put in an application.

00:26:22And this is an excerpt out of that application to dig on Oak Island.

00:26:27Having been represented to me that certain persons have discovered the situation of certain hidden treasure beneath the surface of

00:26:34the earth on Oak Island.

00:26:36And then it goes on with the legal stuff for the town person to sign it, and it's on this

00:26:40particular day, Charles Archibald.

00:26:42This was from 1849.

00:26:44Interesting.

00:26:46So I want to talk a little bit more about the family.

00:26:48But first, I would like to show you what contributed to this application.

00:26:52And I believe this is your one thing, Rick.

00:26:55I know you've been looking for this for years.

00:26:56Wow.

00:26:57I am on the edge of my seat.

00:27:01Hold it up so Marty can see it.

00:27:11This is a coin.

00:27:13This is a silver Portuguese coin.

00:27:15That's what came out of the hole?

00:27:17Yes.

00:27:18This was a coin that was passed on from the Archibald family.

00:27:22My mother-in-law was given this by great nana, Edith Archibald.

00:27:26And it was given to me from my own research.

00:27:28I believe it's from about 1367.

00:27:33I mean, that's incredible, right?

00:27:35Like in every sense of the word.

00:27:37Yes.

00:27:38In the war room, Steve Solomon, a man with historic family ties to the Oak Island treasure hunt, has just

00:27:46presented Rick, Marty and the team with a potentially 14th century silver Portuguese coin.

00:27:52A coin that he believes was retrieved from some 100 feet deep in the money pit back in 1849.

00:28:01How big is that?

00:28:02What's the diameter say?

00:28:04A little bigger than a quarter.

00:28:06I mean, I was just wondering how such a thing would be carried out by the auger, but that easily

00:28:09could be.

00:28:11Yeah.

00:28:12Over the winter, Marty, we researched what a pod auger looked like.

00:28:16And its dimensions are more than enough to allow a coin to settle into the mouth of the bed.

00:28:22The coin is spectacular.

00:28:24It's quite beautiful, artfully made, hand struck.

00:28:29Well, that certainly raises an eyebrow, doesn't it?

00:28:32It's a very smallish coin.

00:28:34It's the kind of thing that would get stuck in a drill bed.

00:28:39We want to confirm what type of coin it is, of course, but the condition of that coin is quite

00:28:44remarkable for something that's been around since the late 1300s.

00:28:48Yeah.

00:28:50Thinking about the treasure being deposited way back, it's also, if it was in circulation, it would be all worn

00:28:54off, right?

00:28:55It just looks to be in really good shape.

00:28:58Yeah.

00:28:58The fact that it is in such good condition might represent that it came up out of, say, one of

00:29:03the sealed cases where it's been sealed for many years and has not been subject to any of the water,

00:29:09dirt, elements.

00:29:11I mean, what caught my imagination was that this coin was Portuguese, right?

00:29:15And what theories have we been looking at that might involve the Portuguese?

00:29:20We're, of course, we're looking at the Templars finding sanctuary in Portugal.

00:29:25Knights of Christ.

00:29:26And involving into the Knights of Christ, yeah.

00:29:28Of course.

00:29:30The Catholic military order known as the Knights Templar were formed in the early 12th century to fight for Christian

00:29:38interests in the Holy Land during the Crusades.

00:29:42They amassed great wealth by establishing an elaborate banking system, but were also rumored to have discovered priceless religious artifacts,

00:29:52including the Holy Grail and the Ark of the Covenant.

00:29:55In 1307, they were disbanded and persecuted by King Philip IV of France and Pope Clement V on charges of

00:30:05heresy.

00:30:06Many were arrested and executed, but much of their treasures were never found.

00:30:12The order rebranded themselves where they could find refuge in countries such as Portugal, where they were known as the

00:30:20Knights of Christ.

00:30:21In 2021, when Rick Lagina and other members of the team visited former Templar-related strongholds across Portugal.

00:30:30The circle and the dot in the center of the cross.

00:30:33That's one of our symbols on Lee Joe's stone.

00:30:35They were stunned to see numerous stone carvings matching symbols that had been found on Oak Island.

00:30:42Is it possible that after nearly two decades into their quest for answers, the team is finally looking at a

00:30:51genuine piece of the treasure that people have been seeking for 230 years?

00:30:57So, I think what happened was Pip Blado found this item on the drill bit, and he goes to Charles

00:31:04Dixon Archibald, who had the Acadian Mining Company at the time, and he says,

00:31:09Listen, there's treasure on that island, and here's the proof.

00:31:14And then we know by the paperwork that Steve has that it is Charles Dixon Archibald that was approached by

00:31:22Pip Blado.

00:31:23Pip Blado went to him and he showed him something so convincing that he took these steps to try and

00:31:29take over the treasure hunt on the island.

00:31:31Yep.

00:31:32And the only thing that got in their way was they were given the right to hunt for treasure on

00:31:37Oak Island on unoccupied lands.

00:31:39Well, we know the Truro Company maintained their license on the Money Pit.

00:31:43So, while they gained right to hunt on the island, they didn't gain right to hunt in the Money Pit.

00:31:48This is a really thrilling and exciting thing that's happened on Oak Island.

00:31:53And the story all makes sense. It really does.

00:31:56It's difficult to make up a story like the Pip Blado story itself.

00:32:02This coin is singularly unique in terms of its importance for one simple reason.

00:32:07There is a narrative associated with the coin.

00:32:10We have an artifact and we have a possible association with that famed incident, the Pip Blado incident.

00:32:19That's quite convincing.

00:32:21To give him obviously more credibility.

00:32:23The way this coin ended up in my possession is the direct line from the Archibald family.

00:32:29So, when Steve approached us, we wanted to see if the framework was truly there for this coin to have

00:32:35been passed down from Pip Blado to Steve's branch of the family.

00:32:39What you see in this chart, Charles Dixon maybe was left with that coin because he had to go to

00:32:47the government and secure a treasure trove license and all of that.

00:32:53Charles Dixon Archibald was related to Thomas Archibald.

00:32:56And when Charles Dixon Archibald kind of left the province pretty much for good in the 1850s and then he

00:33:03died in 1868, if he had left that coin behind with the members of the family that were still here

00:33:08in the province, then it's very plausible that it came down through Steve's family.

00:33:14And the Pip Blado family, members of that family were actually married into the Archibalds over time.

00:33:19They were, yeah.

00:33:20This is quite something.

00:33:23This coin has been with the family for three years.

00:33:27I think it came up in 1849.

00:33:29I do.

00:33:34And it's bent too.

00:33:36Yeah, it is slightly bent.

00:33:38My question is, can the heat that's generated by that auger, could this have been picked up and by a

00:33:43slight amount of heat potentially have curled?

00:33:46Having drilled a lot of stuff, anything powerful enough to drill through oak and a cask is powerful enough to

00:33:54bend the coin.

00:33:55Yeah.

00:33:56It adds credence to the story.

00:33:58Yeah.

00:33:59I think this all makes sense and it has a high likelihood of being the object that was found.

00:34:05If anybody's head isn't reeling like mine as to what theory this fits.

00:34:11Yeah.

00:34:12I mean, come on.

00:34:13Yup.

00:34:14If it's true about the loose metal, there could be a coin in there from 1307, right after the Knights

00:34:21Templar disband.

00:34:22Or even earlier, the Crusade times, right?

00:34:24Yeah.

00:34:24Because there's nothing that precludes them from adding to their treasure cache over time.

00:34:29Correct.

00:34:29We know the work, the carbon dates here on the island, we call it a multi-generational attempt, but there

00:34:36might have been a series of operations needed to set this in motion.

00:34:42Mm-hmm.

00:34:43This could be part of a generational event.

00:34:45Correct.

00:34:46Yeah.

00:34:47Our modern minds think we can traverse half the globe in an afternoon.

00:34:51Back then, if there was a plan initiated to save or protect something, they understood that it was a transatlantic

00:35:01voyage, months just in the sailing, months again if not years in the final completion of the task.

00:35:10My biggest problem with it is I wish I had seen it come out of the drill bit.

00:35:14Of course.

00:35:15My favorite thing about it is that everything, if we just assume that all of it is true, then that

00:35:19really focuses our dig.

00:35:21We believe the area we're investigating this year.

00:35:24Mm-hmm.

00:35:25Could we bring it to the lab and have Emma do some metallurgy, look at it, and render an opinion?

00:35:31Of course.

00:35:32Is that coin 51% likely or better that that's the coin that Pit Blado has found?

00:35:39I, on a jury, would vote yes.

00:35:41I think the data is compelling.

00:35:44Let's go aggressively look for this treasure down deep, because that's where it must have gone.

00:35:49I agree.

00:35:51Yep.

00:35:52If this coin were 100% known to be what came out of the money pit, it's the strongest thing

00:35:57we've ever found.

00:35:58And I think we're looking at, with a high degree of probability, the coin that was found that day so

00:36:05many years ago.

00:36:06To me, it's proof that something is at the bottom of the money pit.

00:36:12There's nothing like that moment.

00:36:15You see it.

00:36:17You hold it in your hand.

00:36:19You know how close you are to the one thing.

00:36:22It's a real reason to be hopeful.

00:36:26This, even though there's some blanks that have to be filled in, this very possibly is what lies at the

00:36:35depth of the money pit.

00:36:36And how many years have we spent talking about what lies below?

00:36:42This may be what lies below.

00:36:44Yeah.

00:36:46We can't say thank you enough.

00:36:48Big time.

00:36:49Yes.

00:36:49Very much so.

00:36:51Appreciate it.

00:36:51Yeah.

00:36:53Let's move forward.

00:36:57We hit the bedrock plateau in J6.

00:37:00We're down to 178 right now.

00:37:02We're still in bedrock.

00:37:04We haven't popped out into the open solution channel.

00:37:06Let's hope we're going to pop out shortly.

00:37:08Yeah.

00:37:09Yeah.

00:37:11Yeah.

00:37:11After the incredible revelation of the 14th century Portuguese coin, in the money pit area, operations manager Scott Barlow, Charles

00:37:21Barkhouse, geologist Terry Matheson, and surveyor Steve Copptill eagerly monitor the progress of borehole J6.

00:37:29So we've hit the ledge.

00:37:31We're going to hopefully get down through the ledge.

00:37:34We're going to get back down into the solution channel and look for that treasure.

00:37:38Hopefully we find something down below.

00:37:39Because as we saw with DOT 1, we found material made by man, deeper, absolutely.

00:37:45Because the drill has passed through the ground soil and is currently cutting through rock, it is Terry's belief that

00:37:54they're drilling through an outcropping, or ledge, of bedrock, and that the solution channel will hopefully be encountered several feet

00:38:02deeper below.

00:38:04We came into this year not so much looking today to collect anymore, but treasure hunting.

00:38:09Absolutely.

00:38:11Yeah.

00:38:11You know, Steve Solomon brought a Portuguese coin to the island, right?

00:38:16Yeah.

00:38:16I'm excited about that coin.

00:38:17I mean, if we find a coin deep in the solution channel, predating searchers, that's huge, right?

00:38:23Yeah.

00:38:24Absolutely.

00:38:25If there's something down there, this is where we're going to find it.

00:38:27Yeah.

00:38:27We've got to cross our fingers.

00:38:33Oh.

00:38:34Did we break through?

00:38:35I don't know.

00:38:40Looks like we broke through the ledge into the solution channel.

00:38:43The rods just started going down pretty quick there.

00:38:45Oh, yeah.

00:38:45That's it for sure.

00:38:47That's it.

00:38:49As the drill comes down and encounters the bedrock ledge, it really pushed through there.

00:38:53It fell down deeper, so we know the solution channel has got some hidden cavities in it on our ledges.

00:38:59We're waiting for that next core to come up, hopefully containing some treasure.

00:39:03So the rest of this should be very interesting.

00:39:05We'll see if there's any of that debris field that we're looking for, the falling treasure.

00:39:08Yeah.

00:39:09Okay, guys.

00:39:10I've got some other things I've got to go check on.

00:39:12So please keep me informed what's going to happen.

00:39:14I'm really excited about what may be down here.

00:39:16Of course.

00:39:17I think we're only in the infancy of trying to understand the solution channel.

00:39:21I don't know what's in there.

00:39:23I know what we found to date, and it is quite compelling.

00:39:27We have to have patience because we believe whatever was above fell to those depths.

00:39:35From 178.

00:39:37178.

00:39:44So here's the bedrock from 168 down to 178.

00:39:51And here's the little bit of mud where we opened up into the solution channel where we popped out.

00:39:56Let me go, Scott.

00:40:01Every hole is a little mini treasure hunt in and of itself.

00:40:05What I would like to do is to find something, the one thing, and then immediately turn our resources to

00:40:13a large-scale recovery effort.

00:40:15Clear.

00:40:16Anyway, we're going to go another 20 feet now from 178 to probably finish at 198.

00:40:23And we'll see what we've got.

00:40:24Then we'll have an artifact of three.

00:40:26It could be the one thing Charles, you never know.

00:40:28Yeah.

00:40:30What we're really looking for is treasure that could be sitting in a pocket at the bottom of the solution

00:40:35channel in around 210 feet.

00:40:37So every sloppy mess we see in those cores becomes exciting.

00:40:44Wait.

00:40:51So...

00:40:51Yeah.

00:40:52It's soft, then I hit something hard.

00:40:54Yeah, this is the pay zone.

00:40:56We're really very hopeful about very good recovery in this zone.

00:40:59Okay.

00:40:59That's good.

00:41:00How deep?

00:41:00What's your depth?

00:41:02Kyle?

00:41:03188.

00:41:04188.

00:41:05Excellent.

00:41:12He's hung up right now on something hard at that 188 level.

00:41:15I mean, that's the whole reason we're drilling right here.

00:41:18Absolutely.

00:41:20The next core sample is going to tell the tale.

00:41:22It will.

00:41:24What I'd really like to see is a coin or an artifact that says treasure.

00:41:28That's what we need.

00:41:29Your mind goes to all kinds of possibilities that as we're drilling down in the money pit area, going to

00:41:36the solution channel, could we hit a vault?

00:41:38We're hoping to find a jewel, a coin, something that changes a ball game here completely.

00:41:44We have a core, gentlemen.

00:41:46Hopefully we get something here.

00:41:48Here's hoping.

00:41:51What do we got, Kyle?

00:41:52188.

00:41:53188.

00:41:56See what we got.

00:41:59As the drill goes down, if it hits something hard, the hope is that we will find the man-made

00:42:05obstruction, the actual vault or treasure.

00:42:08I mean, that's always the hope every single time.

00:42:11And I hope at some point it comes to fruition.

00:42:15Gypsum boulder here at about 185.

00:42:19It's pretty tight.

00:42:21Not likely what we might have run into.

00:42:24Gypsum is a naturally occurring rocky mineral that is often used in the production of plaster and cement.

00:42:32However, due to its relatively soft composition, it is geologist Terry Matheson's opinion that it would not explain the obstruction

00:42:40that the drill encountered.

00:42:47Now's the time we can find an artifact or two.

00:42:49Absolutely.

00:42:55Very loose material.

00:42:59We're going to find an artifact that's going to be in something like that.

00:43:02Absolutely.

00:43:03It's a little cakey, but anyway, okay.

00:43:06Thank you, fellas.

00:43:08Thanks a lot.

00:43:13Slush right there.

00:43:16So there's some debris that fell off of the wall.

00:43:19This is actually bedding, so that's not what we really want.

00:43:22He had something that was a little harder.

00:43:25It's hard to say what we might have run into.

00:43:27Perhaps the bit pushed it deeper.

00:43:30Because the team is not finding evidence of the obstruction, is it possible that the drill bit made contact with

00:43:37a hard object and perhaps pushed it deeper into the sludge and water-filled solution channel?

00:43:43If so, what was it?

00:43:46And might they encounter it again at a greater depth?

00:43:49And we're only at 194, so we'll see what happens.

00:43:52We're planning on going at least to 210.

00:43:54Yeah, at least 210.

00:43:56Yeah.

00:43:56All right, guys.

00:43:57I'll get into your wake.

00:43:59Normally, when we're drilling, if you hit something, you can still deflect off.

00:44:04But hopefully, the drill rod was able to keep its verticality.

00:44:08We're trying to go deep to the bottom of the solution channel.

00:44:11And if we can find something, then it's a whole different ballgame.

00:44:18Hey, guys.

00:44:19What are you doing?

00:44:20Charles, Terry.

00:44:21Welcome.

00:44:23Anything so far?

00:44:24No.

00:44:25Okay.

00:44:26We hit something solid at 190 feet down that may have pushed into the solution channel.

00:44:33We have a core.

00:44:35What's going on?

00:44:37How far did you get?

00:44:38213.

00:44:39213.

00:44:40Did you hit bedrock?

00:44:41Yes, sir.

00:44:41Wow.

00:44:42Okay, this is the whole enchilada, then.

00:44:46Okay.

00:44:50Okay.

00:44:52Okay, let's cut this right about here.

00:44:59It's a little firm.

00:45:02Yeah.

00:45:03More than I'd like.

00:45:10Just a little too dense.

00:45:12Yeah.

00:45:14That's nothing.

00:45:16I hope we don't have to drill every inch of that solution channel.

00:45:19I hope we find the one thing here shortly.

00:45:21But you have to cover the solution channel in its entirety.

00:45:26You just got to get after it.

00:45:28It's disappointing, but we're going to keep mapping out the bottom of that solution channel until we find what we

00:45:33hope we're going to find.

00:45:34Yep.

00:45:34And we'll move on to the next hole.

00:45:37That's right.

00:45:38Yeah.

00:45:49Next.

00:45:57I'll be right back.

00:45:59I'll be right back.

00:46:00see what we can find here. Metal detection expert Gary Drayton and Peter

00:46:05Fernetti join the archaeology team as they continue to investigate the large

00:46:11stone foundation near the shoreline. They're using sifters but sometimes some

00:46:17stuff can go through that quarter inch screen. Oh, give it one last shot. Today

00:46:24Gary and Peter have been directed to search through a pile of spoils that

00:46:29were removed last year from the mysterious round feature for any clues

00:46:34that could help determine who occupied it and most importantly why.

00:46:42Yeah this could be something Pete. This sounds like it's non-ferrous. Well I know

00:46:52the rules is we have to stand down for the archaeologists to dig these targets

00:46:56because we're in this special area. Let me call Fiona. Fiona, we got a target. Oh, great.

00:47:05Yay. Because the round feature was designated by the government of Nova Scotia as a special place in

00:47:132024. Gary and Peter must obtain permission from one of the team's accredited

00:47:20archaeologists before digging up any targets in this area.

00:47:26Yeah, we've got a target here, Fiona. You think it's non-ferrous? Hmm. Yeah, a little piece of non-ferrous

00:47:33there. It's ringing up loud and clear.

00:47:36Yeah. Just there, please. I'm out.

00:47:45You know what? This, you can tell, this is in between the spoils piles, so this would be something probably

00:47:50more in situ. Well it's looking like it so far.

00:47:53I see. An in situ target? Meaning that it is not in the previously removed spoils, but rather in the

00:48:00ground near them?

00:48:03No. All right. I'll try to pinpoint it. See what we got.

00:48:09If so, could Gary have identified a new area outside of the rounded feature that contains potential clues or evidence

00:48:18of treasure?

00:48:23Oh, look at this. Yeah, I had a feeling it was going to be a little bit of lead. Tiny

00:48:27little bit of squash lead shot.

00:48:29A lead shot or bullet? Ever since acquiring Lot 5 three years ago, the Oak Island team has unearthed a

00:48:39number of gun-related artifacts, such as musket balls and a ramrod guide from a rifle that could all date

00:48:47as far back as the 17th century, more than 100 years before the discovery of the money pit.

00:48:58Could the team have just found more evidence of people who may have used this site as a camp while

00:49:06possibly hiding valuables in the money pit? If so, who were they?

00:49:12If that had been a gold nugget now, we'd all be dancing. Should we flag this little area as well?

00:49:17Yeah. I mean, that was on the ground, so that's great.

00:49:21Do we allow search this?

00:49:23Yeah. No, absolutely. I think we're just going to try and stay away from any of the perimeter of the

00:49:27feature because we're going to still dig there.

00:49:29But I think it really would be good to detect on this side because realistically, most of the artifacts have

00:49:33all been kind of on the west side of the feature.

00:49:36I find it very strange that we're not finding as many artifacts right here.

00:49:40Let's find some treasure in this area.

00:49:42Go for it. This is perfect, so I'm going to get back over here.

00:49:46Anything we can do to help you guys.

00:49:47Awesome.

00:49:48Cheers.

00:49:56Got something?

00:49:57Yeah.

00:49:59It's iron.

00:50:01Let's take this out and see what we've got.

00:50:03Okay.

00:50:04Just there, please.

00:50:11Hopefully, it's a chunky old thing.

00:50:14I like me chunky old things, especially on lot five.

00:50:18Lot five is the lot that keeps on giving.

00:50:21We're finding artifacts that were here well before the discovery of the money pit.

00:50:27So we want to work together with the archaeologists to metal detect.

00:50:30And my number one objective for lot five is to get some answers to help the archaeologists tell the story

00:50:37about what's happening in the future.

00:50:38And how that relates to the money pit.

00:50:47What was making all that noise?

00:50:52Oh, here it is.

00:50:53Oh, what the heck is that?

00:50:58That is something.

00:50:59I mean, look at the shape of it.

00:51:01Yeah.

00:51:02Yeah, look.

00:51:03You see it's got these bumps on it.

00:51:04I don't know if these are corrosion and it's just encrustation on it or not.

00:51:12Yeah.

00:51:12It looks like it has some sort of shape to it.

00:51:16Yeah.

00:51:16Like a design of sorts.

00:51:18My first thought was like door hinge almost, like the locking mechanism.

00:51:23A piece of a possible door hinge, if so, could it be related to the nearby rounded feature?

00:51:31This could still tell a story and help solve the mystery.

00:51:35Yeah.

00:51:35We're not too far from the round feature.

00:51:37The people on lot five would have had locks of some kind.

00:51:43They could have had chests and doors that needed locking.

00:51:47And I'm looking forward to seeing what the archaeologists dig up about this find.

00:52:01Got something?

00:52:03Yeah.

00:52:05Bigger piece of iron.

00:52:07Fiona, when you get a chance, can you come over here?

00:52:09Sure.

00:52:10Yeah, we're close to the round feature.

00:52:13I like your location over here.

00:52:15We haven't found a lot over at this side of this round feature.

00:52:18Well, I'm hoping this is something interesting.

00:52:21It's an iron it, but it's substantial.

00:52:27Go for it.

00:52:35Oh, that's going to be tricky.

00:52:46Oh, well done.

00:52:47Wow.

00:52:48That's really deep.

00:52:49I wonder if I should grab my trowel just in case.

00:52:51I was thinking that.

00:52:52Yeah, okay.

00:52:52I'll be right back.

00:52:53Maybe it would be a good idea to trowel it out.

00:52:54Just to be safe.

00:52:55I mean, we're in worm tickler territory now.

00:53:00Okay.

00:53:00I'll pinpoint it for you, Fiona.

00:53:02Okay.

00:53:04Oh, it's a streamer right there.

00:53:08It's really deep.

00:53:09Yeah, it is.

00:53:10That's about 10 inches.

00:53:14Yeah, I can see it right here.

00:53:16And it is a substantial size.

00:53:19I just don't want to break it, right?

00:53:21Here's a piece.

00:53:27If that looks like glass, that's glass.

00:53:30That's the older stuff.

00:53:33Then look at the color of it.

00:53:34And that's pretty green.

00:53:36That's looking like older glass.

00:53:45You know what?

00:53:45There's all sorts of things down here.

00:53:47To be honest, I'm seeing some coarse earthenware now, too.

00:53:51So the fact that we've got coarse earthenware,

00:53:55you've got glass and a big piece of iron,

00:53:57I think we need to not dig this up right now.

00:54:01Yeah.

00:54:02I want to take out just a bit of the roots.

00:54:03I think we'll just make it a little bit bigger.

00:54:05This may just be a pile of something that got thrown here,

00:54:09but what if it's something else?

00:54:12Yeah.

00:54:12What if this is another part of a foundation?

00:54:15We are not that far away from this feature

00:54:17because we found the Starburst button right over here,

00:54:19which is literally four feet away from us.

00:54:22We found the spiral button right over here,

00:54:25and that's really, really close to this.

00:54:27Oh, wow.

00:54:28This could potentially be part of whatever's going on over at this feature.

00:54:33Another potential section of the mysterious round feature on Lot 5?

00:54:38And mere feet from where the team uncovered two ornate buttons

00:54:42that may be connected to the 17th century order known as the Knights of Malta,

00:54:48a religious order who, just like the Portuguese Knights of Christ,

00:54:52descended from the Knights Templar.

00:54:56We're in total agreement,

00:54:58and Anu knows what else is standing.

00:55:00Well, that's what I'm thinking, too.

00:55:01So we'll hold this for now,

00:55:03and if you're okay to keep going with the rest of it?

00:55:06For sure.

00:55:08Due to provincial regulations,

00:55:10because Fiona believes that Gary and Peter

00:55:12may have found another part of the rounded feature,

00:55:15she and the archaeology team

00:55:18must now perform further excavations of this site

00:55:21to locate the large metal object

00:55:23and whatever else may be buried here.

00:55:26Now we've found this.

00:55:27Who knows what else is waiting for us over here?

00:55:31This is really encouraging.

00:55:36It's treasure time.

00:55:38Yep.

00:55:38As the investigations continue in the Money Pit area...

00:55:42This is just starting to hit gravel.

00:55:44...and on Lot 5.

00:55:46Okay, everybody.

00:55:47This is the first of what are going to be,

00:55:50hopefully, a whole bunch of sessions in the lab.

00:55:53Yeah.

00:55:54Rick and Marty Lagina,

00:55:55along with other members of the team,

00:55:58meet with archaeologist Laird Niven

00:56:00and archaeometallurgist Emma Culligan

00:56:02in the Oak Island Laboratory.

00:56:05While Emma is still conducting scientific analysis

00:56:08of the 14th century silver coin,

00:56:12she has prepared a report on the chisel

00:56:14that was recently found in the Money Pit spoils

00:56:17from last year's large-scale excavations.

00:56:22What did you find out, Emma?

00:56:23All right, so the chisel

00:56:24did get a good strip of bare metal

00:56:27from this area right here.

00:56:29So I have the compositions up here.

00:56:31Earlier today,

00:56:33Emma scanned the iron artifact

00:56:35using an X-ray fluorescence,

00:56:37or XRF device,

00:56:40a device that emits non-destructive radiation

00:56:43to identify an object's chemical composition,

00:56:46which can help determine

00:56:47when it may have been created.

00:56:51It lacks any modern alloying element

00:56:54like manganese

00:56:55or any other element that I would normally find,

00:56:57which indicate older.

00:57:00Brilliant.

00:57:01This is definitively not modern.

00:57:04So we would comfortably put it in the 1700s.

00:57:08Sweet.

00:57:08Yeah.

00:57:09And it could potentially be older.

00:57:11Wow, look those days.

00:57:13Yeah.

00:57:14The chisel is actually very exciting.

00:57:16That's before the story

00:57:18of the first treasure hunt efforts on Oak Island.

00:57:21So it could be part of an original deposit.

00:57:23I think it's interesting.

00:57:25It's a great find.

00:57:27To start off the year like this,

00:57:29you have an old tool

00:57:31found at depth in the money pit.

00:57:34This is not the one thing,

00:57:35but we're getting there.

00:57:37All right.

00:57:38I'm satisfied.

00:57:40Well done.

00:57:41We'll get you some more.

00:57:42There's going to be some more finds coming.

00:57:44And I'm hoping it's made of gold and silver.

00:57:47Well, as Rick always says,

00:57:48we got to go find it.

00:57:49Yep.

00:57:50See you later.

00:58:00Hey, Terry.

00:58:01Charles.

00:58:02Hey, Alex.

00:58:03In the money pit area,

00:58:05Alex Lagina joins geologist Terry Matheson

00:58:08and Oak Island historian Charles Barkhouse

00:58:11as they continue monitoring the drilling operation

00:58:14in borehole H.5 8.5.

00:58:20What depth are we at?

00:58:21What they're going to bring up in a second here

00:58:23is from 168 to 170.

00:58:25Okay.

00:58:25And anything so far?

00:58:26What's coming up right now

00:58:27should be a good clean run.

00:58:29There.

00:58:30Oh, here we go.

00:58:31Come here.

00:58:32Could be something in the barrel there.

00:58:33Something's sticking out.

00:58:34It looks like.

00:58:36What you got, Adam?

00:58:39What is that?

00:58:41That looks like some steel to me.

00:58:43Yeah, it does.

00:58:44That's a chunk of metal.

00:58:46Yeah.

00:58:49A large metal object

00:58:51extracted from nearly 180 feet deep

00:58:55in the solution channel?

00:58:57You know, finding this piece of metal,

00:58:59I mean, it's very exciting

00:59:00because we're not sure what it is.

00:59:02Anything below 150

00:59:04is a really interesting level for us to search

00:59:07because we don't know the exact location

00:59:10of the original money pit.

00:59:12I don't know.

00:59:14I don't know what that is.

00:59:15Pretty interesting.

00:59:16Hey, Scott.

00:59:17Check that out.

00:59:23Very thick.

00:59:24I agree.

00:59:25It's really substantial.

00:59:27You know, we may be on to something.

00:59:29Yeah.

00:59:30Let's spit it out.

00:59:31Spit it out?

00:59:32Yep.

00:59:34We're drilling down pretty deep here.

00:59:36At this point in the solution channel,

00:59:38the first thing we need to do

00:59:39is get it out of there

00:59:40and have a look and see what it is.

00:59:45It's still sitting right there.

00:59:50That's another piece.

00:59:51That's another piece.

00:59:56See what it is.

00:59:57We can take a look on the table.

00:59:59Yeah.

01:00:03A second metal object

01:00:05found in the solution channel?

01:00:08The questions that now arise

01:00:10are just what could they be

01:00:12and who may have left them

01:00:13buried in the money pit area.

01:00:18What's the depth, Kyle?

01:00:19178.

01:00:21So let's have a look here.

01:00:23This is the bottom.

01:00:24This is where the chunk

01:00:26was sticking right out.

01:00:32That looks like a chunk

01:00:34of old drilled rod.

01:00:35Yeah, it does.

01:00:36That was projecting out the bottom.

01:00:38That was what we were looking at.

01:00:39It's twisted up there pretty tight.

01:00:40Yeah.

01:00:42Yeah, look at that.

01:00:43Another chunk.

01:00:45Yeah.

01:00:45I'd say you're maybe looking

01:00:47at the whole piece right there, though.

01:00:50The whole enchilada,

01:00:51the whole chunk.

01:00:52You know what I mean?

01:00:52Like, it was very small to handle.

01:00:53It's buckled a couple of ways, yeah.

01:00:55This is good.

01:00:56Somebody else was here in this area.

01:00:58We know other treasure hunters

01:01:00throughout the search

01:01:01have come really, really close

01:01:02to the point that they got

01:01:04indications that they had hit something.

01:01:05And I love finding old drill steel,

01:01:07especially here in the money pit,

01:01:08because, like I said,

01:01:10they didn't get the recovery

01:01:10back from that,

01:01:11so they never got to check

01:01:12what's below that.

01:01:13Yeah.

01:01:14Interesting.

01:01:14It's about the right size

01:01:16to be a two-inch diameter casing,

01:01:18which could have been the casing

01:01:19for that pot auger.

01:01:21Potentially brought back

01:01:21that silver coin we saw.

01:01:23Yeah.

01:01:23Yeah, so actually,

01:01:25James Pippledo,

01:01:26he was seen taking something

01:01:28out of the pot auger.

01:01:29He put it in his pocket.

01:01:30He didn't show up the next day.

01:01:32Hey, and you know another reason

01:01:33for casing to still be in the ground?

01:01:35Is if your driller quits

01:01:36and walks off the site.

01:01:37Because he found something

01:01:39in the iron.

01:01:41Look, I think Emma's going

01:01:42to be able to test this

01:01:43and tell us whether this dates

01:01:45to the 1840s.

01:01:46Right on.

01:01:46If it does,

01:01:47and it means we're in the same vicinity

01:01:49if that dates to 1849.

01:01:51Yeah.

01:01:52Yeah.

01:01:53The fact that the team

01:01:54has found pieces

01:01:55of what appear to be drilling rods

01:01:57from previous searcher activity

01:01:59may actually be a critical clue

01:02:01that they are now drilling down

01:02:03through the original money pit.

01:02:06We might be able to determine

01:02:07which company it came from.

01:02:08If it's 1850 and earlier,

01:02:10earliest searchers knew

01:02:12where the money pit was.

01:02:13That means we could be

01:02:13onto something.

01:02:14There could be something below it.

01:02:15There could be the remains

01:02:17of the vault.

01:02:18And then, of course,

01:02:20178 feet,

01:02:21we still have, you know,

01:02:2230-plus feet to drill,

01:02:24and we really don't know

01:02:25what's at the bottom

01:02:26of the solution channel

01:02:27in this area yet.

01:02:28Well, let's keep our fingers crossed.

01:02:29All right.

01:02:31Exciting.

01:02:31Great day.

01:02:37While the drilling operation

01:02:39continues in the money pit area...

01:02:41This is 1880.

01:02:44...later that afternoon...

01:02:48What do you think, Kenzie?

01:02:50Have you found anything?

01:02:52Not much over here.

01:02:53Rick and Alex Lagina

01:02:55arrive on Lot 5

01:02:57as members of the team

01:02:59continue investigating

01:03:01the mysterious round feature.

01:03:03You still have iron louse, don't you?

01:03:05Yep.

01:03:06...and a possible new section of it

01:03:09where a large metal object

01:03:11was detected just one day ago.

01:03:13There's definitely more in here.

01:03:18That's it.

01:03:20It almost looks like an iron bar.

01:03:23What a weird-looking artifact.

01:03:26Would they just have, like,

01:03:27metal around

01:03:28that they could use

01:03:29to fashion tools with?

01:03:30A blacksmith would have a stock.

01:03:35It is an odd-looking piece,

01:03:36so I think we keep it dirty

01:03:39and take it to ammo.

01:03:41Oh, it's still pretty cool.

01:03:42I'm excited to see

01:03:43what else might be in here.

01:03:44Good stuff.

01:03:46I think Lot 5 continues

01:03:48to evolve.

01:03:49We're all quite puzzled

01:03:51by the uniqueness

01:03:52of the structure,

01:03:53and it continues

01:03:54to grow larger.

01:03:55So all of these artifacts

01:03:57could be highly relevant.

01:03:59We have to bring them

01:04:00to the lab.

01:04:00We need more of these finds

01:04:02to hopefully fill in those gaps

01:04:04and give us those answers.

01:04:09Oh, what's this?

01:04:12Hey, look at this.

01:04:14Oh, that looks good.

01:04:16I don't think I've seen

01:04:18anything like this before.

01:04:21I can tell you what it is.

01:04:23Really?

01:04:23Yeah.

01:04:25Staffordshire slipware.

01:04:27Oh, I've heard of that.

01:04:28Yep, yep.

01:04:29And this is one

01:04:30of the earliest pieces.

01:04:31We haven't found

01:04:32any more of this before.

01:04:34So when you say early,

01:04:35how early are you talking?

01:04:37Staffordshire slipware

01:04:37is like 1675 to 1770.

01:04:41Well, that's a game changer.

01:04:44Alex, Rick.

01:04:45Yep.

01:04:46We've got something

01:04:46to show you.

01:04:47All right.

01:04:50So Fiona just found this.

01:04:53This is what we call

01:04:54Staffordshire slipware.

01:04:56It dates 1675 to 1770.

01:05:00That's pretty good.

01:05:02That's really exciting, actually.

01:05:04So early stuff.

01:05:06We know we're not done

01:05:07here on Lot 5

01:05:08by a long shot.

01:05:09We're finding

01:05:10these earlier artifacts

01:05:11that are hinting

01:05:13at an occupation

01:05:13in the 1600s

01:05:14in this whole new test pit,

01:05:16all of which seem

01:05:17to predate

01:05:19the treasure hunt

01:05:20in the money pit.

01:05:20We're going to expand

01:05:22the pit,

01:05:22dig down deeper,

01:05:23and hopefully

01:05:24we can find more artifacts

01:05:25like that or better.

01:05:27Who knows

01:05:28what we're going to learn?

01:05:29Well, you can tell

01:05:30our work here

01:05:30is definitely not done

01:05:31on Lot 5.

01:05:32I mean, this is starting

01:05:33to intrigue me.

01:05:34When you're looking

01:05:34at these date ranges,

01:05:35that's really encouraging to me.

01:05:37I have to remember

01:05:38this feature

01:05:39is completely undocumented.

01:05:41Yeah.

01:05:41We're changing

01:05:41Nova Scotian history, really.

01:05:43Oh, absolutely.

01:05:44I have long believed

01:05:45that the 1750

01:05:47and onward date

01:05:48is searcher error

01:05:49because of the

01:05:50preponderance of fines.

01:05:52If you're a searcher,

01:05:53you don't care

01:05:54that people make note

01:05:55of your activity.

01:05:57We have the earliest dates,

01:05:59around 1200,

01:06:00and then we have

01:06:01that middle ground,

01:06:03right,

01:06:03the 14, 15,

01:06:05early 1600s.

01:06:07When you think of it,

01:06:09long ago,

01:06:10they viewed time

01:06:11differently than we do.

01:06:13Oh, yeah.

01:06:13All the big projects

01:06:14like castles, cathedrals,

01:06:16and all that stuff,

01:06:16if you look,

01:06:17it's 200 years.

01:06:19And so that's what

01:06:20I think happened here.

01:06:21Could Rick's notion

01:06:23be correct?

01:06:24Is it possible

01:06:25that this potentially

01:06:2617th century pottery

01:06:28was left by one

01:06:29of several groups

01:06:30who may have

01:06:31occupied Lot 5

01:06:32while also hiding

01:06:34something of great value

01:06:35in the money pit?

01:06:37If so,

01:06:38what else

01:06:38might those mysterious

01:06:40people have left here

01:06:41for the team

01:06:42to uncover?

01:06:44That's really cool.

01:06:45I hope I can find

01:06:46one of those.

01:06:47Yeah.

01:06:47Find a big piece.

01:06:48I'll work on it.

01:06:49Believe me,

01:06:49I've been trying.

01:06:50Hopefully,

01:06:51we'll find more.

01:07:12Alex?

01:07:13Yeah?

01:07:14I think I found a...

01:07:17No way.

01:07:18How in the heck

01:07:19did you find that?

01:07:25That's a bead.

01:07:27Hey, Laird.

01:07:28Tansy found a bead.

01:07:30Oh, really?

01:07:31Yeah.

01:07:31Oh-ho-ho!

01:07:33While excavating

01:07:34the round feature

01:07:35on Lot 5,

01:07:37archaeology assistant

01:07:38Tansy Rudnicki

01:07:39has just uncovered

01:07:41another potentially

01:07:42important clue.

01:07:44Honestly,

01:07:45I can't believe

01:07:45she even found it.

01:07:46It's tiny.

01:07:47Excellent.

01:07:48Wow.

01:07:48You want me to hand it to him?

01:07:49Yeah.

01:07:50Don't drop it.

01:07:54There you go.

01:07:56Oh, look at that.

01:07:57Tansy,

01:07:57you found it

01:07:58pretty deep, right?

01:07:59I mean,

01:07:59you're getting close

01:08:00to sterile soil there,

01:08:01it looks like.

01:08:02Yeah.

01:08:03Moya had found

01:08:03a similar bead,

01:08:04almost at the similar

01:08:05depth that you're going to,

01:08:06and she found it

01:08:07right over here

01:08:08in what we call

01:08:09the yard.

01:08:09but we've also found

01:08:11two other Venetian beads

01:08:12which were

01:08:12the striped ones.

01:08:14It had blue and red stripes

01:08:15on it,

01:08:15the white ones.

01:08:15Two Venetian beads.

01:08:16those were Venetians,

01:08:17but the other one

01:08:18that to me

01:08:19is the most interesting

01:08:20is the green

01:08:21wound bead

01:08:22that we found

01:08:23over in the test bit

01:08:24over there.

01:08:24Who found that?

01:08:25I found that one,

01:08:26yeah.

01:08:26That was exciting

01:08:27because that was one

01:08:28that you said

01:08:29had a really old

01:08:30age range

01:08:31or date range on it.

01:08:32It's walled glass,

01:08:34which means forest glass,

01:08:36and it was produced

01:08:37in forests

01:08:37in northern Europe.

01:08:38It was like

01:08:391,200 to 1,500.

01:08:42I mean,

01:08:42it was old.

01:08:45Believe it or not,

01:08:46this is what we call

01:08:47a seed bead.

01:08:48I can see why.

01:08:49Is it so small?

01:08:50For that very reason,

01:08:51yeah.

01:08:53Probably not worn

01:08:54as you would think

01:08:55beads are.

01:08:55It's probably embroidered,

01:08:57which is pretty cool.

01:08:59Is there a way

01:08:59to get like an age

01:09:00or a date on it?

01:09:02We can probably find

01:09:04if it's most likely Venetian,

01:09:06but the Venetians

01:09:07just kept that tradition

01:09:08up over hundreds of years.

01:09:10Probably on the earlier

01:09:10side of what we're

01:09:11finding here.

01:09:14In 1291,

01:09:16artisans in Venice,

01:09:17Italy began producing

01:09:19decorative glass beads

01:09:20that soon became

01:09:21a highly sought form

01:09:23of currency,

01:09:23as well as

01:09:25status symbols

01:09:26used to adorn

01:09:27ceremonial garments,

01:09:29jewelry,

01:09:29and religious artifacts.

01:09:32Over the past

01:09:33two years,

01:09:34the Oak Island team

01:09:35has found

01:09:36four Venetian trade beads

01:09:37in and around

01:09:38this stone foundation

01:09:40on Lot 5

01:09:41that could date back

01:09:43to between the 16th

01:09:44and 17th centuries,

01:09:46two of which

01:09:47may even be connected

01:09:48to the Knights of Malta.

01:09:51However,

01:09:52they have also recovered

01:09:54a so-called

01:09:55forest glass bead

01:09:56in this location,

01:09:58which scientific analysis

01:09:59determined

01:10:00could date as far back

01:10:02as the 10th century.

01:10:05Is it getting to the point

01:10:07that it's an unusual

01:10:08amount of beads

01:10:08for a site like this?

01:10:09The number of beads

01:10:10and the variety we have

01:10:11seems to be unusual.

01:10:12Well, and they're scattered.

01:10:13Yeah.

01:10:14Everywhere.

01:10:14I know.

01:10:15I know.

01:10:16Given the number

01:10:18of potentially ancient

01:10:19and valuable trade beads,

01:10:21as well as the 14th century

01:10:24barter token

01:10:24that the team has found

01:10:26in this feature,

01:10:28is it possible

01:10:29that it may have been used

01:10:31not only as a base camp

01:10:32long ago

01:10:33by different groups

01:10:34of people,

01:10:35but also as a place

01:10:37to hide valuables?

01:10:39If so,

01:10:40what else

01:10:41might the team find

01:10:42as they continue

01:10:43to excavate it?

01:10:45Hey, Rick.

01:10:46Hey.

01:10:47I know one thing.

01:10:48When people are standing

01:10:49here talking,

01:10:50something's been found.

01:10:51Take a look.

01:10:53Oh, my gosh.

01:10:54It's a little

01:10:55seed bead clasp.

01:10:58Well, congratulations.

01:11:00Well done.

01:11:00Yeah.

01:11:01One thing that's curious

01:11:02when you speak

01:11:03about going back in time,

01:11:05we now have

01:11:06this possible connection

01:11:07to a 1360,

01:11:101380 Portuguese coin.

01:11:13can the date of that

01:11:15go back to that time?

01:11:16It could.

01:11:18Before,

01:11:19I think we've investigated

01:11:19who could have come here.

01:11:21Now we have

01:11:22what appears to be

01:11:24pretty good hints

01:11:25of connected tissue

01:11:26in the form of the coin,

01:11:27and we're looking

01:11:27for other things

01:11:29that might help

01:11:30that connection.

01:11:31So, like,

01:11:31the beads would be one.

01:11:32If we can trace

01:11:32these beads back

01:11:33to a Portuguese merchant,

01:11:35then that helps us

01:11:36have more confidence

01:11:37in what the coin

01:11:38might be telling us.

01:11:39You can see how

01:11:40finding that little thing

01:11:41is kind of the tip

01:11:41of the iceberg.

01:11:42Yeah.

01:11:43Really, the bottom line

01:11:43is there's probably

01:11:44more here.

01:11:45Yeah.

01:11:46And that's cool.

01:11:46Cool.

01:11:48All right.

01:11:48You guys can go back

01:11:49to work.

01:11:49I'm going to take

01:11:50this back to Emma.

01:11:51Okay.

01:11:51See what we can find out.

01:11:52Fair enough.

01:11:53We'll try to find more.

01:11:54Everybody get ready

01:11:55to pull out the gold coins.

01:11:56As the investigation

01:11:58on Lot 5 continues.

01:12:01All right.

01:12:02Here we go.

01:12:03H.5, 8.5, 178 to 188.

01:12:07We're going at it

01:12:08right now, guys.

01:12:09Here we go.

01:12:10Over in the Money Pit area,

01:12:12other members of the team

01:12:14closely monitor

01:12:15the core drilling operation

01:12:17in borehole H.5, 8.5

01:12:20as it reaches deeper

01:12:22into the mysterious

01:12:23solution channel.

01:12:24This is a very hot spot

01:12:26for drilling.

01:12:27186 is deeper than

01:12:28any searcher that we

01:12:29know of has been.

01:12:31Exactly.

01:12:32That's why we're going

01:12:33to look at these areas

01:12:33in much more detail.

01:12:41That's a dark water.

01:12:42Looks like we've got

01:12:42a sample.

01:12:46Here comes the core.

01:12:48Here it comes.

01:12:49See what's in store.

01:12:53What do you got, Adam?

01:12:55188.

01:13:03It's somewhat bedded

01:13:04and firm, unfortunately.

01:13:05Look at that.

01:13:08Come here to the top.

01:13:11Very tight, clay-rich material.

01:13:13Slightly looser here.

01:13:16Look at that.

01:13:17Now this material

01:13:19is different.

01:13:20That is loose material.

01:13:22Although much of the core

01:13:24is made up of hard,

01:13:25clay-like material,

01:13:27which Terry believes

01:13:28is undisturbed,

01:13:30the looser soils

01:13:31in the core

01:13:32could suggest evidence

01:13:33of the solution channel,

01:13:35which means they could

01:13:37potentially contain

01:13:38something of value.

01:13:40I'm going to run over

01:13:41with the metal detector.

01:13:42Go ahead, Charles.

01:13:48Thanks, Steve.

01:13:51Oh, you have something.

01:13:53There's something in here,

01:13:54right here.

01:13:55Okay.

01:13:58I got a hit right here, guys.

01:13:59It's in here somewhere.

01:14:04Look at it.

01:14:05It's all shiny.

01:14:06What is all that stuff?

01:14:07You see how shiny that is?

01:14:09Okay.

01:14:09That's shiny.

01:14:11What is that?

01:14:16That's it right there.

01:14:17Yeah, it looks like steel.

01:14:19Is it?

01:14:20We'll bag it anyway.

01:14:22It looks like it.

01:14:22Yeah, bag it.

01:14:23Yep.

01:14:24Yep.

01:14:25Upon drilling to a depth

01:14:26of some 190 feet

01:14:28in the Money Pit area,

01:14:30members of the Oak Island team

01:14:32have just unearthed

01:14:33another potentially significant clue

01:14:36from the mysterious

01:14:37solution channel.

01:14:38Okay, let's start

01:14:39breaking her down.

01:14:40Okay.

01:14:41This will be a broken

01:14:42piece of metal.

01:14:44From what air?

01:14:44I don't know.

01:14:47Something in here

01:14:48and there.

01:14:49Okay.

01:14:51That's it.

01:14:52That's it.

01:14:52That's it right there.

01:14:54More pieces of metal?

01:14:56Could the team

01:14:57have found additional evidence

01:14:58of previous searcher activity?

01:15:01Or could this be a clue

01:15:03connected to someone

01:15:04who buried valuables

01:15:06in the original Money Pit

01:15:08centuries ago?

01:15:09So we'll be sure

01:15:10we'll get every little fragment.

01:15:11We're going to bag it all

01:15:12and take it back

01:15:13from the left.

01:15:15Okay, guys,

01:15:15I'm going to go check

01:15:16on a couple of things

01:15:16here around the island.

01:15:17I'll be back.

01:15:18If something comes up

01:15:19in that last core,

01:15:19give me a call,

01:15:20would you please?

01:15:21We'll do.

01:15:21Take care.

01:15:22Right now,

01:15:23we've got another core

01:15:23coming up.

01:15:25Here it comes, guys.

01:15:28You know,

01:15:29over the years,

01:15:29we've looked at a lot of cores.

01:15:31We've run the pinpointer

01:15:32over a lot of cores.

01:15:33Full-on anaconda here.

01:15:35But after seeing the coin

01:15:36that Steve Solomon has...

01:15:38214 right there.

01:15:40I mean,

01:15:41your mind just kind of

01:15:42goes to the possibility

01:15:43that are we going to get

01:15:44another one of those?

01:15:45And that would be amazing

01:15:47to find the one thing

01:15:48to put in Rick's hand.

01:15:50Okay.

01:15:51There we are.

01:15:52There's the bedrock interface

01:15:53right there

01:15:54where we go into solid bedrock

01:15:55at 212.

01:15:57But from 201 down

01:15:59to about 208,

01:16:01I think we've got

01:16:02a lot of slushy material.

01:16:04Yeah.

01:16:09Okay.

01:16:10That's clear.

01:16:11This material is not

01:16:12what we're looking for.

01:16:13Yeah.

01:16:13Not what we're hoping to find.

01:16:15Let's get a sample

01:16:16of those loose materials

01:16:17back to the lab

01:16:18so that Emma can tell us

01:16:19exactly what's in there.

01:16:21Although the team

01:16:22did not recover

01:16:23clear evidence of treasure

01:16:24in this borehole,

01:16:25they will collect samples

01:16:27of the soil

01:16:28from the bottom

01:16:28of the solution channel

01:16:30so that they can be tested

01:16:31for traces of precious metals

01:16:33back in the lab.

01:16:35Finding those metals

01:16:36at great depth

01:16:37beyond which searchers,

01:16:39at least recorded searchers,

01:16:41have been to,

01:16:42it proves that

01:16:44the collapse is real.

01:16:45And that's the enterprise

01:16:46this year,

01:16:47to explore those depths

01:16:49to hopefully find

01:16:51what we believe

01:16:52has fallen.

01:16:54Okay, I'll get some pictures

01:16:55and write this up

01:16:56and we'll move on, Charles.

01:16:57Okay.

01:16:58More information

01:16:59from the bottom

01:16:59of the solution channel.

01:17:03The following morning,

01:17:06while the drilling

01:17:07of a new borehole

01:17:08begins in the Money Pit area

01:17:10and the archaeological dig

01:17:12proceeds on Lot 5.

01:17:16You know, as everyone knows,

01:17:18Steve Solomon

01:17:19was kind enough

01:17:20to bring this coin

01:17:21to the war room meeting

01:17:23the other day.

01:17:24Rick Lagina

01:17:25and other members

01:17:26of the team

01:17:27meet with archaeometallurgist

01:17:29Emma Culligan

01:17:29and Steve Solomon

01:17:31in the lab.

01:17:32We turn to Emma,

01:17:33as we always do,

01:17:34to see what the coin

01:17:36is saying to us.

01:17:37Emma has just completed

01:17:39her scientific analysis

01:17:40of the believed

01:17:4114th century Portuguese coin

01:17:44that was reportedly recovered

01:17:45from the original Money Pit

01:17:47back in 1849.

01:17:50Okay, so I've done

01:17:51a full report

01:17:52on the coin.

01:17:55It's made of 0.375 silver.

01:17:58It's got a high copper,

01:17:59high silver content.

01:18:00It's got a slight bend.

01:18:02Mm-hmm.

01:18:03Right.

01:18:04But other than that,

01:18:05it's in perfect condition.

01:18:07Beautiful coin.

01:18:09Yeah.

01:18:09So I can confirm

01:18:11that it is a real

01:18:12Portuguese coin.

01:18:14It is consistent

01:18:15with every coin

01:18:17that I've compared it to

01:18:18that is confirmed.

01:18:19Oh, okay.

01:18:21It's a torne de escudo

01:18:22of Ferdinand I

01:18:24from Portugal,

01:18:25most likely from 1367

01:18:27to 1383.

01:18:28It's real.

01:18:29That's cool.

01:18:30Yeah.

01:18:32Ferdinand I,

01:18:33also known

01:18:34as the handsome,

01:18:36reigned as the king

01:18:37of Portugal

01:18:37from 1367

01:18:39to 1383.

01:18:42It was a period

01:18:43when the Knights of Christ,

01:18:45a rebranded order

01:18:46of the Knights Templar,

01:18:48maintained numerous strongholds

01:18:50across the country

01:18:51and had meaningful influence

01:18:53on the crown

01:18:54due to their economic power

01:18:56and military might.

01:19:00Is it possible

01:19:02that this coin

01:19:03reportedly found deep

01:19:04in the original money pit

01:19:06back in 1849

01:19:08could be another clue

01:19:09linking a vast Templar treasure

01:19:11to the Oak Island mystery?

01:19:16Emma, would you

01:19:18get it larger

01:19:19the bottom

01:19:20of the coin

01:19:21a little bit

01:19:22to the left?

01:19:24Ooh.

01:19:25That looks like

01:19:26a Templar cross.

01:19:27Does it to you guys?

01:19:28Ooh.

01:19:29Yeah, it looks.

01:19:29Yeah.

01:19:30Good catch.

01:19:30That's an interesting catch, Judy,

01:19:32because if that's a Templar cross,

01:19:33the Knights of Christ,

01:19:34they're, of course,

01:19:35one of our suspects

01:19:36for deposition

01:19:37here on the island.

01:19:38A possible Templar cross?

01:19:41Has Judy Ruderbush

01:19:42just made a critical observation

01:19:44that offers more evidence

01:19:46to suggest

01:19:47that the Knights of Christ

01:19:49may have been one

01:19:50of the Templar-related groups

01:19:52who buried something

01:19:53of great value

01:19:54on Oak Island

01:19:55between the 12th

01:19:56and 17th centuries?

01:20:00There's a lot of

01:20:02interesting things

01:20:03about that coin

01:20:04that I think we can

01:20:05push further.

01:20:07What do you make

01:20:08of a six-pointed star

01:20:10on the sides?

01:20:12Fonte Arcada?

01:20:13Fonte Arcada, yeah.

01:20:14Over top of the doorway.

01:20:15Fonte Arcada

01:20:16over the doorway.

01:20:17We might be looking

01:20:18at what I think

01:20:19is the oldest

01:20:20Templar commandery

01:20:21or place

01:20:22in Portugal,

01:20:24maybe in Europe.

01:20:24Wow.

01:20:25During the team's

01:20:26visit to Portugal

01:20:27in 2021,

01:20:29Oh, wow.

01:20:30one of the most

01:20:30profound sites

01:20:31they toured

01:20:32was a 12th-century church

01:20:34in the town

01:20:35of Fonte Arcada

01:20:36that once served

01:20:37as a house of worship

01:20:38for the Knights Templar

01:20:39and later

01:20:40the Knights of Christ.

01:20:42We will find

01:20:43symbolism

01:20:44in some details

01:20:46of the church.

01:20:48There,

01:20:48they not only saw

01:20:49a carving of a star

01:20:50that matches the one

01:20:52on the 14th century coin.

01:20:54This symbol

01:20:55is definitely

01:20:55on an 80-foot stone.

01:20:57But also,

01:20:58a symbol

01:20:58inside the church

01:20:59that was reportedly

01:21:01etched

01:21:01into the legendary

01:21:0290-foot stone.

01:21:05Haven't we learned

01:21:06over these many years

01:21:07that the smallest clue

01:21:09relays

01:21:10some really important

01:21:11information?

01:21:12There is something

01:21:13that that coin

01:21:14is saying.

01:21:15This is incredibly

01:21:16interesting,

01:21:17fascinating, really.

01:21:18This coin

01:21:19strongly hints

01:21:21to me

01:21:21supporting the idea

01:21:22of a multi-generational

01:21:24attempt

01:21:24because,

01:21:25for one simple reason,

01:21:26we have dates

01:21:28that precede

01:21:29this 1367 date.

01:21:31supported by

01:21:32hard science.

01:21:33That's quite

01:21:34significant to me.

01:21:36The likely presence

01:21:38of this coin

01:21:38at depth

01:21:39years ago

01:21:40means that there's

01:21:40a lot more like it

01:21:41down there.

01:21:42And if there's

01:21:43a lot more like it,

01:21:44it's quite likely

01:21:46to be deep.

01:21:47And I think

01:21:47we're on to

01:21:48a very rational effort

01:21:49this year

01:21:49to get down

01:21:50into the solution chain.

01:21:51So we're not

01:21:52going home

01:21:53without doing that.

01:21:55Yeah, look,

01:21:55we're all quite

01:21:56fascinated with it.

01:21:57Well, I don't know

01:21:58about all of you,

01:21:59but it'd be nice

01:21:59to talk to a coin expert.

01:22:01Absolutely.

01:22:02That's for sure.

01:22:02And you know what?

01:22:03Steve Solomon,

01:22:04we owe you

01:22:04a debt of gratitude.

01:22:05We're very grateful

01:22:06that you're now,

01:22:07unfortunately for you,

01:22:08you're part of the family.

01:22:09Yeah.

01:22:12I appreciate being here.

01:22:13There are probably

01:22:15a lot more ancient coins

01:22:16to be found,

01:22:17so let's get going.

01:22:19The 230th year

01:22:21in the search

01:22:22in the search

01:22:22for a vast treasure

01:22:23on Oak Island

01:22:24has just begun.

01:22:26And thanks to

01:22:27the efforts of Rick,

01:22:28Marty,

01:22:29Craig,

01:22:30and their team,

01:22:31it has already

01:22:32produced a discovery

01:22:33that may validate

01:22:35the tireless efforts

01:22:37of all the faithful believers

01:22:39who came before them.

01:22:42Now,

01:22:43as the team

01:22:44digs deeper than ever

01:22:45in the money pit area

01:22:47and across the island,

01:22:49what else

01:22:50might they bring

01:22:51to the surface?

01:22:53Chests

01:22:53full of 14th century

01:22:55silver coins?

01:22:56Or

01:22:57could there be

01:22:58even more

01:22:59profound

01:23:00and priceless secrets

01:23:02that have waited

01:23:03centuries

01:23:05to be revealed?

01:23:09This season

01:23:10on the curse

01:23:10of Oak Island.

01:23:12Ready?

01:23:12Let's get going.

01:23:14If it's there,

01:23:14we should find it.

01:23:15We just need to find

01:23:16the right spot.

01:23:16We have to figure out

01:23:18where that treasure

01:23:19fell into the solution channel.

01:23:21Whoa!

01:23:22We're probably

01:23:22into the void.

01:23:23Who was here?

01:23:25Here it is right there.

01:23:26It's got some sort

01:23:26of design on it.

01:23:27Why were they here?

01:23:29This is clearly Roman.

01:23:30Like 250,

01:23:32270,

01:23:3280.

01:23:33What do you think

01:23:33it would fetch?

01:23:34Sky's the limit.

01:23:35A chest of coins

01:23:36such as that

01:23:36could easily be

01:23:37a billion dollars.

01:23:40Find some treasure,

01:23:41boys!

01:23:41It's a treasure island,

01:23:42a treasure story.

01:23:43Whoa, whoa, whoa!

01:23:44Another feature

01:23:45in the swamp.

01:23:46What?

01:23:46What in the world

01:23:47is happening?

01:23:47This feature

01:23:48could help us

01:23:49unwrap the whole mystery.

01:23:50Oh!

01:23:51Is this a jewel?

01:23:52A jeweled crown.

01:23:52Hell no, yeah!

01:23:53It's a megalith.

01:23:54A huge boulder.

01:23:55Look at this tunnel.

01:23:56See if there's

01:23:56anything in here.

01:23:57What do you think of that?

01:23:58It looks like gold.

01:23:59Yeah!

01:24:00Lift that boulder up

01:24:01and see what's underneath it.

01:24:03Roll our dice

01:24:04and see if sevens come up.

01:24:05You've got it.

01:24:06It's what I'm looking for!

01:24:09Wowzer.

01:24:09There!

01:24:11Oh, my God!

01:24:15There!

The Curse of Oak Island - Season 13 - Episode 01: The Comeback

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