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00:01Tonight, on the Curse of Oak Island.
00:03We're in a sweet area right here.
00:05There's metals in the water, high metals.
00:07We're looking for the one thing.
00:08This could be where it's coming from.
00:10Yeah, exactly.
00:11What are you seeing, Peter?
00:12Definitely a void that goes on for a long ways.
00:16We're gonna get to the bottom of this.
00:17There's a heck of a lot of bricks up here.
00:19Maybe it'll lead to a wall.
00:22We have evidence the Knights of Malta brought relics
00:25from the Holy Land to Oak Island.
00:27Wow.
00:31There is an island in the North Atlantic
00:35where people have been looking for an incredible treasure
00:38for more than 200 years.
00:41So far, they have found a stone slab
00:44with strange symbols carved into it.
00:47Man-made workings that date to medieval times.
00:51And a lead cross whose origin may be connected
00:54to the Knights Templar.
00:56To date, six men have died trying to solve the mystery.
01:02And according to legend, one more will have to die
01:07before the treasure can be found.
01:24The BM-14, we're down to 108.
01:27It's not really that soft yet, Steve.
01:28That's right.
01:29At the top of a new morning on Oak Island,
01:33brothers Rick and Marty Lagina and their team
01:35hope to finally pinpoint a legendary treasure
01:39at the bottom of the money pit.
01:41We're in an area of the Peacock where we've had an open void,
01:44and hopefully we're gonna be able to find it again.
01:47We're in a sweet area right here, so if it's there, we'll find it.
01:51Exactly.
01:52Today, the team is drilling borehole BN-14
01:56in the so-called Peacock,
01:58an area where they have discovered loose soils
02:01between 50 and 150 feet underground
02:04that sets nearly 10 feet above the solution channel.
02:09Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
02:12Two weeks ago, while drilling just three feet west
02:15of their current location,
02:17the team found a possible man-made cavity
02:20measuring 10 feet high.
02:22So we're into the hole, okay?
02:23And when an underwater camera was placed in the cavity,
02:27they captured images that suggested
02:29it could be an offset treasure chamber.
02:32The shapes, the tapering, the alignment
02:35appears of human origin rather than the natural environment.
02:42Now, the team has two goals.
02:45First, they hope to drill into the mysterious void again
02:49and determine just what is in there.
02:51And second, penetrate the solution channel
02:54several feet deeper,
02:56where high traces of precious metals
02:58have been repeatedly detected in the water.
03:01Who knows what the next core is gonna bring us?
03:03From a scientific standpoint, I am very curious
03:06as to what in the heck the peacock is
03:09and hope to get some data on that.
03:11Is it an offset treasure chamber
03:13right above the solution channel?
03:15You have a core, gentlemen?
03:16Knowing what's in these strange areas
03:18that are associated with the solution channel
03:20could point us to where the treasure is.
03:23So, I think we're on the right track.
03:25What do you got, Adam?
03:27118.
03:27118.
03:28Yep.
03:30PM 14, 108 to 118.
03:33Looks like it's getting a little soft.
03:35Let's have a look.
03:41Firming up down here,
03:42but we're getting quite loose up above.
03:44Where are we ever.
03:48Yeah, wow.
03:49So, this is really coming apart.
03:51Yep.
03:51So, I would say,
03:52there's a little too much sediment.
03:54It's not completely washed out.
03:56It's not a void.
03:57No, not yet.
03:58We're getting close to the void.
04:00Yeah.
04:00So, hopefully, we're gonna climb to the offset chamber.
04:02Yep.
04:03Get some evidence of that treasure.
04:04Yeah.
04:05From here on out, it gets interesting.
04:07As the drilling continues in the Money Pit area,
04:12Rick and members of the team arrive on Lot 8,
04:15located on the western side of the island.
04:19You got a lot more work done.
04:20Yeah.
04:21But I have to ask, Laird.
04:23What do you think?
04:24It's weird.
04:26Where members of the team are investigating
04:29a massive boulder that Laird found one week ago,
04:32and which appears to have been placed above
04:35evenly spaced stones?
04:38Because you can see defined edges.
04:40Right.
04:42You can see it coming up here.
04:44Mm-hmm.
04:44Which is odd.
04:46My curiosity was instigated by the placement
04:49of those stones on the outside.
04:52They're almost regularly placed.
04:54Yeah.
04:54Right.
04:55Yes.
04:55And there's some evidence of a void,
04:58a space of some sort under there.
05:00Yes.
05:01You know, the more this shapes up to be something made,
05:04made rather than natural.
05:06The more curious I become of the December Triangle
05:08on Zena's map.
05:09Mm-hmm.
05:11The December Triangle?
05:14In 2016, the late author and researcher,
05:18Zena Halpern, presented the team with a map of Oak Island
05:22that she believed had been created by the Knights Templar
05:25in the 14th century.
05:27Curiously, it marked a number of locations in French
05:31that, when translated to English,
05:33corresponded with known sites such as the Money Pit,
05:37the Stone Triangle, and the Swamp.
05:39Could Doug be correct that this bolder feature
05:43might align with another site on the map known as
05:46the December Triangle?
05:49If this is one point on that triangle,
05:52there could be a couple more out there.
05:54Well, we might be able to help you solve a part of the mystery.
05:57Peter has a camera.
05:59Yeah.
05:59Okay.
06:01Now, after Laird and the archaeology team
06:03have begun to excavate a possible artificial void
06:07under the boulder,
06:08the team will use an inspection camera
06:10to look for important clues beneath it.
06:13Peter, put the camera on.
06:15Let's see what we see.
06:15Where do I go?
06:16Yeah.
06:16Right over this way.
06:18Okay.
06:18It has been manipulated.
06:20We don't know of any efforts in any of this historical
06:24narrative associated to this work on Lot 8,
06:27but I think the thing that's in everyone's mind
06:30is what could possibly be underneath it.
06:34What are you seeing, Peter?
06:37Definitely a void that I'm following.
06:39It certainly goes on for a long ways.
06:46I think it's very soft underneath the rock,
06:50which is odd.
06:57Okay.
06:58I hit some compact soil.
07:01Is it at the very bottom, Peter?
07:03Yeah.
07:04I'm able to follow it down,
07:06but this material is much more compact.
07:09It's firm enough that four feet away,
07:12I can't push through it.
07:13Four feet's a long ways down.
07:14Yeah.
07:15If something was buried there,
07:17you'd almost expect them to backfill it.
07:19Mm-hmm.
07:20Can you do a test pit right where Peter is?
07:23Yeah, that's exactly what I was thinking.
07:24That way, it's two purposes.
07:25What's down and what's in.
07:27Yeah.
07:29Both Fiona and Laird are of a like mindset,
07:31and that is that we're making progress
07:33in a very archeologically disciplined way,
07:36and they would be resistant
07:38to a drastic change in the approach,
07:41i.e. a large excavation.
07:43And I currently agree with him.
07:46I think we got everything we can from the camera.
07:48Okay.
07:49Let's clear it off and see what we get.
07:52Well, I know one thing.
07:54No pun intended,
07:55but we're gonna get to the bottom of this.
07:58Okay, well, I think we'll let you continue to do your work.
08:01Okay.
08:03Okey-doke.
08:03Good luck.
08:04See you later.
08:06As the work on Lottie continues...
08:10It's gonna be interesting to see if we find more stakes,
08:14if there is a line that's gonna take us right across,
08:17into the south end of the swamp.
08:19Craig Tester, Tom Nolan, and other members of the team
08:23continue searching for clues in the northern region of the swamp.
08:28It looks like it's heading towards that vault that we found.
08:31Mm-hmm.
08:33I'd love to find another one.
08:34Yeah.
08:36They are hoping to uncover more sections of a cobblestone path
08:40found one year ago in this area
08:43that was lined by eight-sided survey stakes
08:46and lit to an empty brick-and-slate vault.
08:50The vault-like feature on the map
08:52is outlined exactly like the vault-like feature
08:55found in the swamp to a T.
08:57A vault which appeared to be drawn in a 19th-century book
09:01containing Masonic codes and a map of Oak Island
09:05that researcher John Edwards believes may be connected
09:09to missing treasures of the Knights Templar
09:12and a related order known as the Knights of Malta.
09:24Well, there puts that right there.
09:28Is that a stake right there?
09:30Maybe.
09:34I think it is.
09:36It's all in a minute.
09:45There we go again.
09:51Eight sides on this.
09:53Yep.
09:56That's amazing.
09:56Very consistent.
10:01There.
10:04It kind of goes to the center area towards the vault.
10:07Yeah.
10:09It's moving in that direction.
10:11Al, wouldn't mind scraping in that area a little bit more.
10:14You see those rocks that are at the very bottom there?
10:17Yes.
10:17Want to see if it's any kind of platform or not?
10:20Perfect.
10:20Yep.
10:22Okay.
10:24As we're uncovering some of the material, you know, we're starting to uncover rocks.
10:29I don't know what it's telling us yet, but it's a starting point.
10:33If it's a road, then we can follow it.
10:35Maybe it'll lead to another vault.
10:39It looks like they're kind of placed in there, but I don't know.
10:42Yeah.
10:43It seems like it's an awful lot of swamp material underneath it.
10:47Yeah.
10:49Well, sort of like the stone path on the other side.
10:51Same idea.
10:53Yeah.
10:55So why is the rock sitting on swamp material?
10:58Yeah.
10:59And why is the wood in there mixed with it?
11:01Yeah.
11:02Yeah, I think I'll text Dr. Spooner, see if he can come out here.
11:05Yep.
11:06I'd be interested to know what he'd say about it.
11:12Tom?
11:13Greg?
11:14Dr. Spooner.
11:15How are you?
11:16Good.
11:17Good.
11:17We have some questions.
11:19Hard to believe.
11:20Yep.
11:21In the northern region of the Oak Island Swamp, Dr. Ian Spooner arrives to inspect a possible stone
11:28structure that was just uncovered by the team and marked with an eight-sided wooden stake.
11:35We're finding, right in through here at least, a number of rocks, okay?
11:38And it seems to still have peat underneath it, like it wasn't sitting on sea level.
11:43Right.
11:43Yep.
11:43It just seems so crude and yet thought through.
11:47And so I wonder if somehow that ties into some of the other structures that we're seeing,
11:51the stakes and the ground.
11:52Yeah.
11:53So I'll just take a look.
11:54Okay.
11:55As Tom and I were looking at the stones underneath the sand, we felt it was a road or path
12:01or something.
12:01It's different from what we see further into the swamp.
12:06So our thought is let's get in there and see if we can find something of significance that may help
12:13date when this structure happened.
12:16I see theirs.
12:19Is that a cut piece?
12:20Yeah.
12:20It's what we want.
12:22And it was down deep?
12:23Yeah.
12:23It's down here in the piece.
12:25Good.
12:26I can test this to try to date the structure.
12:29Okay.
12:31Whew.
12:33So what I know for sure is this is at least three rocks thick where I was digging.
12:37Mm-hmm.
12:38Same with the stone road.
12:39I find it amazing.
12:40It was built on the swamp.
12:41A lot of swamp.
12:42Okay.
12:43Okay.
12:44Well, I'll take that back.
12:45Okay.
12:46Thank you very much.
12:48Thank you, Dr. Spooner.
12:49We have come to learn that every time you dig in the swamp, you're going to be surprised.
12:54We have found artifacts.
12:56We have found constructions, all of which imply the swamp is very complex, probably as complex or maybe even more
13:05so than the money pit.
13:16Wow.
13:17There's a heck of a lot of bricks up here.
13:22This load was full of bricks.
13:27At least four of them.
13:29Those bricks do remind me of the bricks that were associated with that.
13:33Oh, yeah.
13:35We're getting more and more bricks.
13:37I'll toss them over.
13:40Bricks found near the newly uncovered stone feature?
13:43Could Craig be correct that perhaps they are related to another vault in this area?
13:50All the things in the swamp, the vault, the stone road, the stone path, all these stakes that are going
13:55throughout the area, it was all there for a purpose.
13:59Man put it there.
13:59It means man was doing something very significant here.
14:04We've got to figure out what.
14:06Between what looks like a stone road and a lot of bricks we found, you know, I think we're finding
14:12something significant here.
14:14Maybe we get to follow it that way and see if we can come up with another vault.
14:17I mean, it's definitely moving to that side of the swamp, so it'll be interesting to see just where they
14:24take us from here.
14:26Okay.
14:27Good day.
14:28Thanks, Al.
14:29Excellent.
14:30Thank you, guys.
14:32See you, Mike.
14:37The next day.
14:40So, ladies and gentlemen, we find ourselves in another war room, and today Emiliano has kindly offered to come and
14:48give us an update on his research.
14:50Thank you, sir.
14:51Rick and members of the team meet with Emiliano Sicchetti.
14:55With what we found on the island, and especially the known historical connection between the Knights of Malta and Nova
15:01Scotia,
15:01I was excited to see what we could find in the historical record.
15:06In light of discoveries made on Lot 5, such as two 17th century buttons, a number of Venetian trade beats,
15:15and a 17th century folded coin that all may be connected to the Knights of Malta.
15:21What I'm presenting today is almost a year of work.
15:26Emiliano has uncovered new research that he is eager to share with the team.
15:31I conducted this research in Rome, in the Vatican archives, in Ottawa, at Library and Archive Canada, to research the
15:40presence of the Knights of Malta here in Nova Scotia.
15:43Today, I'm presenting some new information about Isaac Derazighi, who was the governor of Acadia.
15:52In 1632, a wealthy French naval captain and knight of Malta named Isaac Derazighi led a battalion of approximately 300
16:02men to establish the colony of Acadia, which is now modern-day Nova Scotia.
16:09And curiously, he built his headquarters, known today as Fort Point, on the Le Havre River, just 15 miles south
16:17of Oak Island.
16:19So, what we know is that this guy sailed from the west coast of France, and in two months arrived
16:26here in Nova Scotia.
16:28He landed in La Havre, where Asili built his fort.
16:32He was travelling with Nicolas Denis, a businessman.
16:35We know that from a journal that Nicolas Denis kept during his time in Acadia.
16:42And there's a passage, a notation, that is really interesting and revealing to me.
16:48And it says, setting out from La Havre, we went clear to the head of this bay, where we found
16:54some other island with big oaks.
16:57Is it possible that the island of oaks, described in the journal connected to Isaac Derazighi, was referring to Oak
17:05Island?
17:06If so, was Derazighi simply exploring?
17:10Or was it because he had knowledge of something of great value hidden there, based on his high-ranking position
17:17in the Knights of Malta?
17:19Among the other things in Ottawa, what I found very interesting is two documents.
17:27The inventories of Isaac Derazighi's belongings that were drawn up after his death in the summer of 1636.
17:35Furniture, clothes, fabric, silverware, everything that was in his process.
17:40It's very detailed.
17:43One of these two inventories was written here in Nova Scotia, La Havre.
17:48The other inventory, a year later, in France, where Rasili's family was residing.
17:55If you compare the two inventories, some items that were listed here in La Havre are not present in the
18:03inventory a year later.
18:05Between Nova Scotia and France, we have missing items.
18:12In July of 1636, Isaac Derazighi died suddenly of unknown causes.
18:19His belongings were inventoried in Acadia before being shipped back to his family in France.
18:26However, when a second inventory was taken of what was actually delivered, several items were not included.
18:36So what are the missing items?
18:39We have a copper astrolabe.
18:42We have two flintlock muskets and two leather-covered chests.
18:48What did those leather-covered chests contain?
18:52Maybe they've been used to move out of La Havre, Rasili's reaches.
18:57For now, we know that it never reached France.
19:01And I think I also have some interesting information about his potential presence here on Oak Island.
19:13Is it possible that Rasili's missing items have been hidden here on Oak Island?
19:20Quite interesting.
19:21Yeah.
19:22In the war room, Emiliano Sicchetti has revealed documented evidence that two chests of valuables belonging to Isaac Derazighi, a
19:31Knight of Malta who was headquartered near Oak Island, went missing after his death in 1636.
19:38We know that the Knights of Malta did own, or have in their possession, some relics.
19:44The Order brought relics from the Holy Land, so maybe one of the mission Rasili's men undertook was to move
19:53things to Oak Island.
19:56I've always objected to the idea that what was done here was to protect temporal wealth, meaning money. There's something
20:04else.
20:04Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.
20:06If you're going to go through the effort of engineering a system like we believe happened here, it's going to
20:12be more than just your chest of coins, probably, that you put down there.
20:15Yeah.
20:17And two more of the missing Derazili items are two flintlock musket.
20:22That reminded me of what you guys found in Lot 8, and this is this artifact.
20:28You guys know it, and it's an amazing piece.
20:31This is a flintlock plate coming from a firearm.
20:37In 2021, while metal detecting on Lot 8, just yards from where the team is currently investigating the massive boulder
20:46feature,
20:47Gary and Marty discovered an iron flintlock plate from a musket that could date as far back as the 17th
20:54century.
20:55So we can't rule out the possibility that this was part of one of the missing muskets of Dr. Derazili.
21:03Mm-hmm.
21:03What you're saying is we potentially have some circumstantial evidence that they had a presence here on the island.
21:08Yeah. Well, you said it better, but...
21:12Is it possible that Emiliano has found a key piece of evidence supporting the theory that Isaac Derazili and the
21:21Knights of Malta brought Templar-related treasures to Nova Scotia that were eventually hidden on Oak Island?
21:29A folded coin, the Venetian beads, the buttons.
21:33The majority of the artifacts are 1600s, so maybe it's connected with the Knights of Malta.
21:40Isaac Derazili was here in Nova Scotia.
21:43There are two missing leather bone chests.
21:45Might they be associated with a treasure here?
21:48It's possible.
21:50Emiliano, we've had many talks how important research is, and this just reaffirms that fact.
21:56Ultimately, it will be responsible or partially responsible for understanding what happened here on Oak Island.
22:04So I applaud you for doing it.
22:05I thank you for doing it.
22:07Doug and Judy as well.
22:08But there is a search component.
22:11It's starting to look like we have to go to Fort Point.
22:15And I think everyone sitting there on this table, we all agree.
22:18So we can arrange that.
22:20Could be the important component of finding the answers here.
22:24Yeah.
22:24And we need to go do it.
22:25Okay.
22:26Sounds good.
22:31Later that day, while members of the team carefully dig beneath the boulder on Lot 8.
22:39All right.
22:41Here's the next one, Scott.
22:43Several yards to the south, Gary and Scott search for more clues where Gary has already detected and flagged buried
22:50metal objects close to where the team found the musket flintlock.
22:56All right.
22:56Let's go.
23:00Let's check it out.
23:01Yep.
23:08I'd like to find something connected to that feature behind us, mate.
23:16Let me see if I can pinpoint it.
23:25Got it.
23:27There you go.
23:28Got it.
23:29Oh, shotgun shell.
23:31Oh.
23:31You can't win them all.
23:33You can't win them all.
23:33But like I always tell the guys, you've got to dig through the trash to get to the treasure.
23:38All right, mate.
23:39Put it in the pouch and we'll move to the next flag, which is just over there.
23:42We have to keep digging in the area and hopefully recovering artifacts because one of the great things about metal
23:50detecting on Oak Island is you never know what's going to come out the hole next.
23:55Right.
23:56Here's the next one, Scott.
24:01Good hit.
24:02Yep.
24:03Good.
24:03Non-ferrous hit.
24:05Should be just there.
24:20Nice one.
24:22Sounds a lot better now.
24:27Come on.
24:28Be something good.
24:31Got it out.
24:33Ooh.
24:35Quite finding.
24:36Oh.
24:38The lead.
24:38It's a lead splash.
24:40Oh.
24:42Makes you wonder how it gets here.
24:44Yeah, because in the middle of nowhere, it's just one random piece of lead.
24:46Yeah, and you know what you had to go through to dig that out.
24:50Now, I know Catcher found a really nice bale seal just over the wall there.
24:58There's a chance it could be folded over a piece of bale seal.
25:01It's possible.
25:02Could Gary be correct that he and Scott may have found another piece of a bag seal,
25:08like the one recently found in this area that could date back as much as seven centuries?
25:14Well, I'll put it in the bag, mate, and we'll put the flag in there.
25:17Sounds good.
25:19Because the team has recently created a so-called heat map to help them organize their discoveries across the island
25:26according to their potential age,
25:28Scott is marking the site of this find with a flag.
25:33Nice one, mate.
25:34A little bit of mystery lead.
25:36Moving on.
25:37And the next flag is over here.
25:40All right.
25:40Let's see what this one sounds like.
25:45Great strong signal just there.
25:51Yeah, we are a stone's throw away from that feature now, Scott.
25:55Certainly a rocky lot.
25:56Yeah, it is.
25:58I like the rocks, mate.
26:00Helps trap targets from sinking deeper.
26:09What have we got here?
26:10I know what it feels like and I'm hoping it is.
26:14We have got some big chunks here.
26:17I believe this is it.
26:19I think this is a big piece of iron.
26:20Look.
26:21See that, mate?
26:22There's a big, big chunk of iron right there.
26:28You can chunk around that because if this is an old piece of iron, it would really help us try
26:35and explain this feature behind us on lot eight.
26:38I agree.
26:39We need an artifact or something to tie this to man.
26:41Yeah.
26:51It's out.
26:52Oh, what have we got here?
26:54Woo-hoo!
26:55Amazing.
27:01A couple of links of chain.
27:03Oh, yeah, it is.
27:05Older style chain as well.
27:07It's oval links.
27:09Yeah.
27:09On lot eight, Gary and Scott have uncovered what could be another important clue.
27:15It's obviously and forged by the look of it.
27:18You can feel it has some weight to it, like older iron.
27:20Yeah.
27:21I know these oval links are old and I mean chains go back all the way to Roman days and
27:26beyond.
27:27I'd be curious to see the scan of that when the x-ray it, see how collapsed these links are
27:32from the load it may have been pulling.
27:33Yeah, that's a good point.
27:35Just recently, we found some really big ox shoes in a line heading towards this feature.
27:42We have a large boulder right there that we're suspecting may have moved into place.
27:45If you're going to move that boulder, you need chains or some really big oxen?
27:48Yeah.
27:49Oh, yeah.
27:49These could be the missing links.
27:53Could Scott be correct?
27:55Is it possible that this iron chain might be related to the massive boulder, where the team has found evidence
28:01suggesting that it was lifted and placed above a ring of smaller stones?
28:06When you're looking for connections to this mysterious stone boulder, it doesn't get any better than this piece of chain.
28:13Chains are used for pulling and awling.
28:16This could be the missing link we've been searching for to find a treasure.
28:22I like the sound of that.
28:25Well, we know where we've got to go to get the results on this one.
28:28It's back to the lab.
28:30Perfect.
28:31Right.
28:32I'm that sweet flag of victory.
28:35We'll see what Emma has to say about a fine.
28:38Good.
28:39Good digging, Scotty.
28:40Good finding, Gary.
28:42As Gary and Scott conclude their search on Lot 8.
28:46I think we missed a void at 148 feet.
28:49But we should hit the bottom of the solution channel in this hole.
28:52Yeah.
28:53Rick and Dr. Spooner arrive in the Money Pit area, where borehole BN14 has reached a depth below 150 feet.
29:02But unfortunately, encountered no evidence of the potentially man-made void.
29:08I mean, I'm still interested because we're at a depth that is right verging on the solution channel, right?
29:14Yeah.
29:15And we're close to your favorite borehole, C.5N-13.5.
29:19Yep.
29:19Every time you tested that borehole, it returned metals.
29:22It's connected to the solution channel.
29:24Yeah.
29:25The team is hopeful that a major discovery could still be made once the drill reaches the solution channel.
29:32Because it was just eight feet away, in borehole C.5N-13.5, where water tests conducted in 2024, revealed
29:44some of the highest traces for gold and silver that have ever been obtained.
29:49We have a core, gentlemen.
29:56It would be interesting to see what it is.
29:58Yep.
30:00We didn't find the void.
30:03So, again, my mantra is stick to the plan, cover the area, use all the data we obtained to dial
30:14in on where the treasure might be located.
30:16It's that simple.
30:19What do you got here?
30:21198.
30:22198?
30:23Yeah.
30:23Okay.
30:24Okay.
30:25We're probably now into the solution channel.
30:28Okey-doke.
30:28Let's cut it open and see what we got.
30:41So, is this sand generally seen at this level?
30:45It is a little odd at that depth to have it.
30:48It's pretty good sand, isn't it?
30:49Yeah.
30:50It's a clear path of water moving.
30:51Absolutely.
30:53Like, this would move water very, very nicely.
30:57This could be what you'd expect in a void that got washed.
31:02There's metals in the water, high metals.
31:04But where's it coming from?
31:06Yeah.
31:07If you have a till that has gold and it gets washed, at least behind the precious metals that are
31:12in the till.
31:12But what we will for sure take is a sample, a large sample of this.
31:18There.
31:20We'll take that section and bag it.
31:22Yeah.
31:23Several weeks ago, Dr. Spooner began a new kind of testing procedure to look for precious metals in soils that
31:31the team recovered from the solution channel nearly 50 feet to the southwest.
31:37Those results are still pending, but could be much more accurate than water tests in locating the possible treasure.
31:45We've spent a great amount of time and energy doing soil samples because that's where the signature, if you will,
31:53of metals in the water would be held.
31:56All good?
31:57A little more.
31:57So we will continue the soil and water sampling from these depths to try to ascertain whether or not there
32:05are precious metals in the area.
32:07That's good.
32:09It's unfortunate that we didn't find the one thing here, but we have to remember the point of this exercise
32:14was to define the solution channel to a greater extent.
32:18That really was the goal here.
32:20There's always the one chance that there's actually something there.
32:25So that's the way you have to look at it.
32:27Every time, in every way, you have to remain positive.
32:30Yes.
32:31So I'll do the next one, gentlemen.
32:33You bet.
32:36With another golden sunrise on Oak Island.
32:40We've uncovered this weird area.
32:43These rocks are super flat and they're not in situ.
32:48They're on top of what looks like subsoil, but that's also loose.
32:53Rick and Gary arrive on Lot 8, where members of the team have just found more evidence of man-made
33:00workings next to the massive boulder.
33:03There's no flat rocks in this whole feature here.
33:06They look like stepping stones from here.
33:08They kind of do look like pavers, huh?
33:10They are very unusual.
33:12Hmm.
33:13You should ask Terry where these types of stones might have come from.
33:17Yeah.
33:17I think it's a great idea.
33:18We've never seen them before.
33:20No.
33:21I think the archaeologists are actually quite excited about the flat stones around the Lot 8 boulder,
33:28because they look for anything that is out of place.
33:32Something you might not expect to find.
33:34Hi, guys.
33:35Hey, Terry.
33:36Ethan has uncovered some thin, flat stones that just don't look like anything else around here.
33:42Okay.
33:42So, we asked Terry to come down because he's a geologist, and he can give us his opinion about what
33:49the future might be.
33:50Is it natural?
33:51Is it man-made?
33:53Okay, that's interesting.
33:56That's granite.
33:57This almost looked like flag stones, which would show that somebody was trying to flatten their pavement area.
34:03Yeah.
34:03Which is curious in itself.
34:05Sure.
34:06Let's have a look at them here.
34:11Those types of flattened granite sheets, it wouldn't happen naturally, I wouldn't think.
34:16And have you seen it anywhere else on the island?
34:18No, I haven't seen anything quite like that.
34:21It's very, very odd.
34:22Putting a name like flag stones to that is reminiscent of the description of the money pit.
34:29As they started digging, they came across flag stones laid out in a pattern like a floor.
34:38In 1795, when Daniel McGinnis and his two friends, Anthony Vaughn and John Smith,
34:45began digging in a strange 13-foot diameter depression on the eastern end of Oak Island,
34:52they found a uniform layer of flag stones, two feet deep,
34:56that were packed together as forming a seal for something buried below.
35:02They would soon realize that they had discovered the original money pit.
35:08Is it possible that these granite flag stones were buried next to this massive boulder
35:13for a similar reason as those found at the top of the money pit?
35:17If so, just what might the team find buried beneath them?
35:22This is getting weirder and weirder.
35:23Oh, yeah.
35:25To me, the importance of this structure, we'll call it the Lot 8 mystery.
35:30It's singularly unique.
35:32I think everyone is now firmly committed to the idea that it was manipulated by people.
35:38I don't know what to make of it.
35:40I hope as the process continues, and it will continue,
35:44that there will be some answers forthcoming.
35:47It would be interesting what's in your ear.
35:50Mm-hmm. Yeah.
35:51And in order to do that, I guess we'll leave you to your efforts.
35:54Okay.
35:54Terry and I will go back to work.
35:56Good luck.
35:57Thanks, Terry.
36:01Later that afternoon.
36:05You know, we find ourselves in the lab again.
36:07I know this is a chain from Lot 8.
36:10That's all I know about it.
36:11Rick has gathered with other members of the team in the lab,
36:15where Emma has just completed her analysis of the iron chain found one day ago on Lot 8.
36:23So, you two were instrumental in the find and the recovery.
36:26Why don't you tell us about the item in front of us?
36:28Yep.
36:29This piece of chain was 20 yards west of the big boulder, and it's an older-shaped link.
36:39And I'm hoping that this is an old piece because of the artifacts we've recovered on Lot 8 already.
36:44Yeah.
36:45So what have you found out about it?
36:47So first I'll just bring up the CT scan, just get a clearer view of the original shape.
36:53That looks really well made.
36:56Yeah, so it's forged.
36:57The seams, there's no buttons, there's no welding, obvious welding signs.
37:02All these point towards a non-modern length.
37:06So we'll just move on to the composition.
37:08It's very pure iron.
37:10It's averaging at 99%.
37:13And I'm just gonna say off the bat, good signs for pre-1800s date range.
37:19Brilliant.
37:20Yeah.
37:20What date are you putting on this?
37:22Okay, so I'd say comfortably 1600s, based on the composition.
37:27But technically, it could go back to the 1500s.
37:30Wow.
37:38So I'd say comfortably 1600s, and could technically go into 1500s.
37:43Brilliant.
37:43Yeah.
37:44In the Oak Island Lab, Emma has determined that the pieces of iron chain found on Lot 8,
37:50and near the massive boulder feature, could date back well over a century before the discovery of the Money Pit.
37:58Especially because you do still see some traces of phosphorus.
38:02So that, in there, it's aligning with the iron industry during that time period.
38:07You can see from the image, though, it's had a hard life, a rough life,
38:09because you can see on the corners how it's thin on the curve.
38:12Oh, the wear pattern.
38:13Yeah, the wear pattern.
38:14It went through some heavy workload.
38:17Well, if you were moving a 50,000-pound boulder.
38:19Exactly.
38:20You know, it's 20, 25 yards away from that big boulder on Lot 8 that we're really curious.
38:24So if it was placed there, this may have been the chain that hauled it there.
38:28Mm-hmm.
38:28The chain's hanging around for a long, long time.
38:31Those dates certainly align with the Knights of Malta.
38:34Yeah.
38:35That timeline fits.
38:36Yeah.
38:37We know that, right?
38:38We know we're in Fort Point, I-60 Resilie, right?
38:42Yeah.
38:43Could Rick be correct that the team has found another piece of evidence
38:48that may tie the Knights of Malta to the Oak Island mystery?
38:51If so, could this chain also be related to the flintlock that was found on Lot 8?
38:59The massive boulder feature?
39:00And perhaps, the two missing treasure chests that once belonged to Isaac de Rosalie.
39:07Here we have something that we all probably walked past 20 times.
39:12I'm talking about this big boulder.
39:14Well, this says several things, doesn't it?
39:16First thing you think is, if this is really that significant, and the archaeologists seem
39:20to think it is, how many other things like it are all over the island?
39:25The other thing we also have is a metal chain, found by Scott and Gary.
39:30Probably wouldn't be so significant, except it's found very near the big boulder.
39:34So, I am very curious as to what this might be.
39:38We don't know what's underneath that boulder.
39:40Can you imagine when that boulder's moved?
39:42Maybe this chain was used to lower something down there.
39:46There might be some other chain under there, but a different color.
39:48Maybe gold?
39:49Oh, that would be sweet.
39:51There's all kinds of possibilities about what this boulder represents.
39:56Sure, it could be covering a shaft.
39:59There could be an interment of something precious or significant underneath it.
40:04I think everyone is now firmly committed to the idea that it was manipulated.
40:09We found multiple artifacts in the area.
40:13I think it's an important facet to helping solve the Oak Island mystery.
40:19Well, it's a pretty cool find.
40:20It's an interesting possible connection.
40:25You have this intriguing boulder on lot eight, right?
40:29We have interesting finds in close proximity that we have yet to explain, which is very interesting.
40:36It begs for more data.
40:40But in order to do that, we've got to get out back and find some more.
40:43Yeah.
40:43It's good to work.
40:44Yeah, hopefully there's some more answers there.
40:46Okie doke.
40:47Thank you both.
40:48See you later.
40:49See ya.
40:50Despite the frustration that Rick, Marty and the team face in locating a vast cache of gold and silver that
40:58has been detected deep in the money pit,
41:01they have now discovered another man-made feature near the surface that may also contain something of great value and
41:09historical importance.
41:11Could both of these sites on Oak Island prove that a generational conspiracy took place to hide sacred riches from
41:19the Holy Land in North America?
41:22The evidence suggests that the team's tireless efforts to find out will be well worth the reward.
41:33Next time on The Curse of Oak Island.
41:37Welcome to Fort Point Museum.
41:39We brought a few artifacts.
41:40Do you think that the Knights of Malta would have used beads like that?
41:43Yes.
41:44They may well have visited Oak Island.
41:46This is the kind of loose slurry of mud that we were looking for.
41:50That speaks to a chamber.
41:51Or the offset chamber.
41:53That's where treasure can hide.
41:54We're all extremely interested in the lot aid feature.
41:57We need to see what's under that rock.
41:59Wait, you see that?
42:00Oh my god, there's a pearl.
42:06We need to see that at the back of the eye.
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