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00:01Tonight, on The Curse of Oak Island.
00:03Welcome to Fort Point Museum.
00:05We brought a few artifacts.
00:07Do you think that the Knights of Malta would have used beads like that?
00:10Yes, they may well have visited Oak Island.
00:13This is the kind of loose slurry of mud that we were looking for.
00:16That speaks to a chamber, for the offset chamber.
00:19That's where treasure can hide.
00:21We're all extremely interested in the lot aid feature.
00:24We need to see what's under that rock.
00:26Wait, you see that?
00:27Oh my God, there's a pearl.
00:31There is an island in the North Atlantic.
00:34Where people have been looking for an incredible treasure for more than 200 years.
00:41So far, they have found a stone slab with strange symbols carved into it.
00:47Man-made workings that date to medieval times.
00:51And a lead cross whose origin may be connected to the Knights Templar.
00:56To date, six men have died trying to solve the mystery.
01:02And according to legend, one more will have to die before the treasure can be found.
01:24As Rick Lagina and members of the team begin a new day of investigation on Oak Island.
01:31They have gathered in the war room regarding a recent and potentially game-changing discovery.
01:38I think it's an understatement to say that we're all extremely interested in what the lot aid feature might represent.
01:45Right now, none of us can say definitively what this is.
01:50And thus, my thought is that it absolutely was built by the hand of man.
01:53And there is a huge human interface factor here.
01:57It's unquestionable.
01:58It's definitely been altered by humans and not by any humans that we're aware of.
02:04I agree.
02:06So this is what I wanted to show you.
02:08Two weeks ago, Laird Niven noticed a massive boulder on Lot 8 near several partially buried rocks that looked like
02:16someone may have set them in place.
02:19As the team dug, they uncovered more buried rocks in front of the boulder.
02:24I find that strange.
02:26But then Rick noticed it was being held in place by a series of evenly spaced stones.
02:33Whoa, you're going deep.
02:34Yeah.
02:35You've got a big void down there.
02:37Fiona Steele then began to remove disturbed soil, exposing a tight but open void beneath it.
02:44There's definitely a void that I'm following.
02:47The team inserted a snake camera under the boulder, but were unable to tell if something was hidden below.
02:55We tried the camera. Laird now has the footage.
02:59All right.
03:00Yeah, let's watch some shiny gold things.
03:03Here we go.
03:06That's a nice shot.
03:08Yeah, that's a lot of different materials under there.
03:16What is that linear thing right above the rock?
03:21That, right there, yeah.
03:22Yeah, that.
03:24It's right up against the rock.
03:26Yeah.
03:30Just the top of the screw.
03:31Yeah.
03:31On the center.
03:32There.
03:32Right there.
03:33Huh.
03:33Can you stop it there?
03:38Whoa.
03:39It's linear, that's for sure.
03:41Yeah.
03:43Does that not look like an iron spike?
03:45Yeah.
03:47Yeah, it could be an iron fastener of some kind.
03:50Yeah.
03:52It's blue, but they can oxidize blue sometimes, can't they?
03:56Mm-hmm.
03:56Yeah, they can.
03:58And that's consistent with being low oxygen under a boulder.
04:02Is there enough oxygen in there for wood to decay?
04:05You know, I'm thinking what if there was a wood structure under there and the spike is all that remains.
04:09I mean, Nova Scotia soils are very acidic.
04:12That's just not great for preserving wood.
04:15Right, so it could be that the wood is gone and that's all that's left.
04:18Yeah.
04:18That's how that spike could get there.
04:20Yeah.
04:21It's one way.
04:21Could be.
04:23If the team is actually seeing an iron spike beneath the massive boulder, could Alex be correct that it was
04:30once a part of a wooden structure?
04:33If so, what kind of structure was it and what else might be down there?
04:39What are the chances that we lift this boulder and move it?
04:43I think it's worth doing if we can.
04:45The question is if we can.
04:47Yeah.
04:48I'm on the fence with that one.
04:49I'm just worried because if this is a really special, special place or it ends up being a really special
04:55find, we just have to watch the integrity of it all.
04:58What kind of special site would we be talking about, potentially?
05:04We are searching for treasure on an island famous for treasure.
05:08How about some treasure underneath it?
05:10I agree.
05:10I agree.
05:12The Lotte boulder feature is one of the most perplexing archaeological sites I've worked on.
05:17We have to take our time.
05:19We have to do things correctly before we can get down there and see exactly what's under it.
05:25This boulder is so unusual that I have no expectations about what's under there.
05:31I am prepared for nothing and I'm prepared for something spectacular.
05:38My takeaway here is we need to see what's under that rock one way or another.
05:42I'd be a proponent of lifting it if we can think of a way to do it.
05:45We didn't come out here to find the most interesting site on the island and then not investigate it.
05:49And so if we can't think of a way to get the material out from under it that gives us
05:53all the information of raising it, then I think we need to raise it.
05:56But I'm totally fine and I completely understand wanting to try every alternative first because you don't want to destroy
06:02something that's potentially very significant.
06:04Exactly.
06:05Yeah.
06:05I think we can get underneath it without lifting this boulder.
06:09I mean, I've been working down low.
06:11I can see where the rocks are.
06:12I can see where the soil is settled in front.
06:14I know we have to be safe about it.
06:16I was going to say, you're not going onto the boulder.
06:19Right now, is there a part of me that says, come on, let's just go lift it.
06:23Let's all grab shovels and dig it up.
06:25100%.
06:26Of course we want answers.
06:27Of course we want to find something under probably one of the most singularly unique finds on the island to
06:33date.
06:34Right?
06:35We don't want a, oh, if only we hadn't done that moment.
06:39Yeah.
06:39At least not yet.
06:40Right.
06:41We have to do it safely.
06:43100%.
06:44I think I understand where my brother's coming from.
06:46I look at it and I say, this rock is very important.
06:49We need to see what's under it.
06:50And I don't want to wait to do that.
06:53I want to lift this rock tomorrow.
06:55Rick looks at it and says, this rock is very important.
06:58Same conclusion, but it's so important, I want to be careful about moving it.
07:04It's just the difference of approach, but it stems from the same realization.
07:09This is an important feature.
07:11I'd say likely there's something interesting under that rock.
07:15Perhaps even treasure.
07:17So we can move forward to try to further understand what this discovery represents.
07:22Perfect.
07:23We've got a good plan.
07:24I think we're on the right track.
07:26Yeah.
07:27Okay, so to that end, I think we've all got work to do.
07:29So let's go try to find something else mysterious about this place.
07:33Yeah.
07:33All right.
07:34See you Craig.
07:35See you Jack.
07:36See you guys.
07:36While the meeting concludes in the war room.
07:40CN 12.5 Charles.
07:41Here we are trying to put another hole in the Peacock, trying to nail this down.
07:45No, I like the location.
07:47In the Money Pit area.
07:48There's a big opening down there, and we're going to see if we can find it.
07:51Yeah.
07:52The team is drilling borehole CN 12.5 in the Peacock, 8 feet northwest of borehole BN 13.5.
08:03Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
08:04It was there, three weeks ago, that while targeting the solution channel some 170 feet deep, the drill entered a
08:1410-foot void at just 148 feet.
08:17We've got an opening.
08:19One that yielded sonar images of a possible opening to a much larger chamber.
08:25And underwater camera images of potential metallic objects.
08:31I've always believed in the offset chamber because it makes sense engineering-wise.
08:35Right.
08:36This has made the team speculate that they may have hit an offset treasure chamber connected by a tunnel to
08:43the original Money Pit.
08:46Now, they hope to find out for sure in borehole CN 12.5.
08:52I mean, the core of the Peacock is a slushy slurry of mud and water.
08:57You get that as you get further down into the solution channel.
09:00That's a lot of open, loose material.
09:02You know what it tells me, Terry?
09:04That's where a coin or a jewel or something can hide.
09:08Sounds good to me.
09:09Hopefully, we'll come up with a few pieces of it today.
09:12Wouldn't that be sweet?
09:13As drilling continues in the Money Pit area.
09:18And while the investigation beneath the boulder proceeds on Lot 8.
09:24Another bucket of opportunities.
09:25You know what that is?
09:26Yep.
09:27Rick, Craig, and other members of the team dig on Tom Nolan's property in the northernmost region of the swamp.
09:36All right, that's good. Still good.
09:38They are continuing to search for more sections of a cobblestone pathway that might be connected to other stone features
09:46recently uncovered on the western side of the swamp, as well as an empty brick and slate vault that was
09:54found nearby in 2024.
10:20Oh, yeah. It's right there.
10:27Oh, wow.
10:30This has got a nice pattern on it, both sides.
10:33See that pattern, mate?
10:35Yeah.
10:36What I like about this is this piece has come out of a darker layer, meaning it's from a deeper
10:42depth.
10:43So it's a potential beholder.
10:46Look.
10:47I'll put this in a separate bag because this is a nicer piece.
10:51Okay, okay.
11:02Oh, check this out.
11:04Woo-hoo!
11:06Now that's pottery.
11:08That's pottery, yeah.
11:08Good eye, mate.
11:10That's a piece of earthenware.
11:12Yeah.
11:12Good eye, Rick.
11:23Oh.
11:24Wow.
11:25Look at this, Gary.
11:26Gary, what is it?
11:29Oh, yeah, a lot of pottery in that one.
11:34All this.
11:35All that.
11:36All this.
11:37Yeah, there's a lot of pottery here, mate.
11:39A lot of pottery.
11:41Look at this.
11:42Just everywhere.
11:44Man, this is the mother load when it comes to pottery shards.
11:50We have found bags and bags of pottery in this dig.
11:53If we can get a date on it, you've got a chance to track down who was working in the
12:00area.
12:02Hey, Gary and Rick.
12:04I'm finding a lot of pottery.
12:06What are we?
12:07It almost looks like three different types.
12:10We're probably dealing with the same situation here.
12:13That last bucket, a heck of a lot of pottery in it.
12:16Okay.
12:17So we're in a good area.
12:19We should get laid down here.
12:20Good luck.
12:25That's a big pile of dirt.
12:26Heck of a lot of pottery.
12:28Really?
12:28Unbelievable amount of pottery.
12:30We'll show you.
12:31In the northern region of the swamp.
12:34Hey, Craig, Tom.
12:35Can you call over?
12:36Yep.
12:37Okay.
12:38Laird joins the team to examine their large collection of new discoveries.
12:43That's a lot of, a lot of ceramics.
12:45Yeah, I sure had the pottery expert, mate.
12:47We figured you would be able to tell us if we've got any older pieces.
12:50In these bags.
12:52Yeah.
12:53A piece of transfer printed, uh, pearl ware or refiners and ware.
12:591840s kind of era.
13:02And we did get some nice pieces of Irvine ware.
13:05They're in the second bag.
13:07Oh, of course Irvine ware.
13:07Yeah.
13:08The red ware.
13:09Mm-hmm.
13:09The red ware is what we're really interested in.
13:12Yeah.
13:12This is unusual.
13:13It's got a glaze on one side and nothing on the other.
13:18More crudered.
13:19Doesn't that normally mean an older piece when it's cruder?
13:23Yes.
13:24I mean, this could be the North Devon gravel ware, which is old.
13:29Wow.
13:30And the gravel's referring to a lot of grit in there, which could be a good marker.
13:34How old is that?
13:36Oh.
13:361600s to 1700s.
13:38Wow.
13:39Amazing.
13:40The littlest pieces always are the most intriguing.
13:42Yeah.
13:42Right?
13:431600s.
13:43I love those dates because that makes me think about Isaac de Razzoli and the Knights of Malta.
13:49So that connection I'd love to make stronger.
13:52That'd be pretty significant.
13:57After finding several buttons, a folded coin, and Venetian trade beads on Lot 5, that may
14:06be connected to the 17th century Templar-related order known as the Knights of Malta, Rick, Marty,
14:13and the team have been researching Isaac de Razzoli, a prominent member of the order who
14:19in 1632 built a stronghold in Le Havre just 15 miles south of Oak Island, which is now known
14:27as Fort Point.
14:30What I found very interesting is two documents.
14:34And just one week ago, Emiliano Sicchetti provided the team with a 17th century inventory
14:41of de Razzoli's personal property that went missing after his death in 1636.
14:47We have a copper astrolabe.
14:49We have two flintlock muskets and two leather-covered chests.
14:55That's the piece with the best hope of being older.
14:58Could Gary be correct that the team has possibly found important clues that may help identify
15:04who was connected to the Oak Island mystery?
15:08You know, the thing for me is we always talk about how we need to have corroborative evidence.
15:14Yeah.
15:15You know, or complementary evidence, if you will.
15:18If we can reach out to Fort Point, which is where Isaac de Razzoli was, whatever we think
15:23we can get complementary evidence to, we should bring.
15:27Yeah.
15:28I think you're instinctive.
15:29Can we use the artifacts we have found to possibly connect de Razzoli to some efforts here?
15:37I can take all that stuff back if you like.
15:39Okay.
15:40Yeah, please.
15:41Start the cleaning process.
15:43Or the fact that he may have known of some efforts here prior to coming to Nova Scotia.
15:47Take these.
15:48I think we need to redouble our efforts looking into that possibility further.
15:53Okie doke.
15:54And we will continue the work here.
15:55Yep.
15:56Sounds good.
15:57Thanks, Larry.
15:58Let it rip out.
16:00Here we go.
16:26I got a signal, Rick.
16:28I got a signal.
16:29And it's right there.
16:47The larger signal, here we go.
16:50What have we got here?
16:52Oh, ain't the foggiest what that is?
16:54No.
16:55That's what I love about our little trips to the lab, mate.
16:59Let's see if we can get any crud off it.
17:02That's something.
17:04This has got a curve to it.
17:06It's iron and really heavy.
17:08And that's got an old feel about it to me.
17:12There's a stomach well-constructed.
17:14Yep, I think it's some sort of lifting device.
17:17And I think there was a ring here.
17:20And this is where your attachment point is.
17:23We're both on the same page, mate.
17:26We both think this is something to do with lifting or all-in.
17:29It could be a shackle or it could be a hook.
17:32Mm-hmm.
17:32We did find that mystery vault a few yards that way, mate.
17:37Mm-hmm.
17:37You never know.
17:38This could have been used for lifting and placing something in another vault.
17:43Right, yeah.
17:43Not too far away from us.
17:44Yep.
17:45We know that path.
17:46We've discovered it's leading this way towards the vault.
17:49If it is any sort of lifting device, it means that something heavy was lifted in this area.
17:54Yeah.
17:54We have pottery that might suggest dates as early as the 1600s.
18:00And now we have this tool that could have been used for lifting something heavy.
18:06Well, this area is interesting for all kinds of reasons.
18:11There is some story being written here, but I would love to see other artifacts found.
18:18Perhaps even another vault.
18:20The hope is that it resides here.
18:23Well, we'll find answers about this back of the lab.
18:26Yep.
18:26I'll put it in the back.
18:27Yep.
18:28Okay.
18:28Game on.
18:29Me.
18:30As the investigation in the swamp continues.
18:33You guys need a hand?
18:34Hold on.
18:36Whoa.
18:38In the money pit area, borehole CN 12.5 has reached a depth of nearly 140 feet in the
18:46peacock great stuff this material right from here to there is a 138 to 168 30
18:54feet of drilling we only got it with 12 feet of core back but that we've seen in
18:59the past in the in the peacock you drill at 20 feet and maybe you get five maybe
19:02you get six feet of of core very interesting very interesting stuff let's
19:06have a look this is the kind of loose slurry of mud that we were looking for
19:11yeah this is the cakey material that stayed in the core barrel we got a
19:17whole 15 feet that didn't even come up because it washed out slushy slurry down
19:21below that's where treasure can hide that's exactly right Charles 30 feet of
19:27drilling we've got 12 feet of recovery that speaks to an opening somewhere in
19:32that area perhaps a chamber or the offset chain it's down there Terry
19:40Charles that material there all the way from about 145 to here to about 160
19:48that's an interesting depth yeah and that speaks to a offset chain yeah in the
19:54money pit area the drilling operation in borehole CN 12.5 has encountered evidence
20:00of a nearly 20-foot void approximately 145 feet underground let's just carve the
20:09rest of this up Charles and you're gonna go over it I'm gonna go over with the
20:11pinpointer you curve it up first you open it up for you a little bit yep is it
20:16possible that the team has discovered a larger cavern that could be connected to
20:21the potentially man-made void they encountered three weeks ago if so just
20:27what might it contain this is getting really blocky went down below you get
20:32that as you get further down to the solution channel and I think this is the
20:35kind of information that we're looking for that says there is a connection
20:39between the peacock and the solution channel yeah now we just have to follow
20:44that void to the bottom of the solution channel and hope we encounter the
20:46artifact or the treasure it's gonna change everything it's clear Terry no
20:51better on this one all right I'll write it out there move on so that's the 168
20:56let's see what they give us from 168 down it's down there Charles it's down
21:01there Terry we just haven't found yet yeah the following day as work continues
21:07on Oak Island well guys I'm excited to go see four point today because we have a
21:14lot of questions about Isaac Durasley and if he did go to Oak Island at any point
21:18Alex Peter Judy Rudabush and Emiliano Cicchetti are traveling some 15 miles
21:26south to La Have Nova Scotia I think Joan is a perfect person to answer some of
21:31those questions for us I'm hoping that she can give us some really good input yep
21:36they have arranged to visit the historic site known as Fort Point which was
21:42originally established as a French stronghold in 1632 by Isaac Durasley a
21:48high-ranking member of the Knights of Malta Wow beautiful location you can see why
21:55they chose it
21:58hello welcome to Fort Point Museum thank you nice to see you hi there my name is Alex
22:03very nice to meet you Joan right Joan yes Joan Dawson he's a local historian and
22:08author who has written several books on both the founding of Nova Scotia and Isaac
22:14Durasley we brought a few artifacts would there be a place to look at these at all
22:19um yeah there's a table in there okay you'd like to set them up there great yeah so
22:24we have in this room some of the early information about is actor as II so if
22:29you'd like to have a look around in this room and then I'll meet you in the other
22:32room and we can take it from there thank you so much thank you Rick always talks
22:37about connective tissue and tying Oak Island to the potential treasure
22:41depositors that we're investigating these are items right from the family in this
22:47case we have Isaac Durasley who could be the connective tissue between Oak Island
22:52and the Knights of Malta so this would have been the kind of clothes he would have
22:56worn possibly as a member of the Knights of Malta in the 1600s like this says it looks
23:01like it may have been red because of his stature oh because he was higher ranking I wish we'd
23:07find something similar to that on the island yeah the Maltese cross so that symbol was in use in the
23:141600s so if we find that symbol on Oak Island then that's the dead giveaway oh yeah probably a good
23:20place to start would be what is known about Isaac Durasley during the time that he was here well we
23:27know that he had written the documents before coming here talking about colonization and how
23:33important it was and how it enhanced the prestige of France and the French King the King certainly
23:39sanctioned the expedition so he came over in 1632 he organized the community here he had a fault built
23:48um on the site where we are now so he was obviously in charge is it fair to say he
23:54was a wealthy man
23:55well he was an aristocrat and his family were landowners he would have been fairly well off yes good
24:02lifestyle which he obviously intended to set up here right he was very happy to come here and to
24:09set up this place but um unfortunately his actor as he died and we don't know quite of what causes
24:16but
24:17it was unexpected and he died in July of 1636 okay so Joan we're just trying to figure out the
24:24connections Isaac Durasley had you know to the Oak Island mystery and the other orders and powers that he
24:30was associated with like France the the Knights of Malta you know he was an enthusiastic Knight of
24:35Malta yes he wrote a letter to the leader of the Knights of Malta suggesting that they should really set
24:43up
24:43something like a monastery in them in Nova Scotia well it perhaps there's a connection to a a settlement
24:50on Oak Island we have an archaeological site there on lot five that appears to have had about two periods
24:59of occupancy there's some suggestion that there was an occupation in the 1600s that's interesting so
25:06here's an artifact from the lot five feature that I'm just curious if you came across any sort of beads
25:14that are similar to this here on this location good heavens no but I would say it was bead for
25:22trading with the Mi'kmaq the indigenous people yes do you think it's possible that Isaac Durasley would
25:30have used beads like that for the purposes of trading yes and you get that from the French certainly they
25:37had traded with the indigenous people so yes I'm sure as he was doing it too well that's interesting
25:43because we were wondering if that could be a potential connection between if not Durasley then the group that
25:49he was associated with being involved with some work on Oak Island and I'm sure you are aware of it
25:55but
25:55we know that from the journal that Isaac Durasley yes he used to sail from the Have up towards Mahon
26:05Bay
26:06but certainly when they went on this expedition with two local priests along with them exactly and they
26:12went some into Mahon Bay yes and they also described island filled with oaks yes well certainly I mean
26:20they didn't say which of the islands in Mahon Bay they visited but they may well have visited Oak Island
26:28there you go
26:33while he was here they may well have visited Oak Island so I'm sure there's a connection at Fort Point
26:40some 15 miles south of Oak Island in La Have Nova Scotia historian Joan Dawson has confirmed that the
26:48Venetian beads discovered on lot five are the same type that Isaac Durasley and other members of the
26:55Knights of Malta would have used as currency in this area back in the 17th century so we have all
27:04these
27:04other European artifacts on this site on lot five which to me indicates the potential connection to the
27:08Knights of Malta yes so one of the things that are actually really interesting is this one
27:21this is a flintlock plate coming from a musket yes we found in lot eight and as we know this
27:30kind of
27:31mechanism was French yes that's nice and that's interesting because we found two inventories of
27:38the resilience below yes yes and according to the documents we have listed mm-hmm two flintlock
27:46muskets yes that never arrived to tool yes that's interesting they go to France did they stay here
27:53exactly and also now you read that exact that as elite came here with 300 men yes and they were
28:02in
28:02course so they were obviously well trained and and so the question is could this be um something that
28:12exactly as Lee lost there could be it is strange there are several things that didn't get back to France
28:19yes yes also some chests you went missing it's interesting comparing those documents uh we can call
28:28it coincidence mm-hmm but that is another interesting um you know possibility that they eventually ended up in a
28:37place like Oak Island that's a mystery yes indeed that's very interesting yes what really strikes me about
28:46this guy is how little we know about his time here in Nova Scotia we know he came here we
28:51know he came
28:52here with a significant amount of resources because he was trying to establish a trading post at least
28:58that's the official story and then we don't know what he did we've established that he had the opportunity to
29:03do
29:03something on Oak Island we've established that he had the means to do something on Oak Island now we need
29:09to look for his motive okay we brought one more thing along and it's a book oh yes and it
29:16was the
29:17book that led us to our idea to go to Malta I have acquired two ancient books publication date was
29:251812
29:26and then the second book has a publication date of 1763 in 2023 researcher John Edwards presented the
29:34team with two books that he believes are part of a five-volume series they contain Masonic codes passages
29:43of ancient Hebrew writings and references to sacred religious treasures that many believe the Knights
29:50Templar and the Knights of Malta may have hidden on Oak Island and curiously one of the books in the
29:57series also featured a hand-drawn map of the island along with a possible depiction of the vault
30:04that was uncovered in the swamp now there's the Maltese cross yes and it beside that it even says
30:13that take a look at that it just says Malta yes we don't know much about this book I mean
30:20we have
30:20the the Maltese cross so so we're thinking perhaps there's a connection to a a settlement that was founded
30:27by a member of the order of Malta oh it's Josephus okay you're familiar with Josephus and what he wrote
30:34about yes I know he wrote a history at the time of Christ oh okay Flavius Josephus was a first
30:42century
30:43Jewish military leader and scholar who documented many historical events of ancient Israel he's also
30:51credited with being one of the first historians to author a non-biblical account about Jesus of
30:57Nazareth and his crucifixion under Pontius Pilate we believe there's a code in there somewhere well I'm
31:05just looking at this margin here which seems to be a code of some sort I think is actually if
31:13he had
31:14a library of any sort this is the kind of thing that might well have been in it okay has
31:20Joan possibly
31:21helped the team uncover new clues in the books related to the beliefs and priceless religious
31:27treasures that some believe the Knights Templar and the Knights of Malta buried on Oak Island the fact
31:35that Joan not only recognizes possible clues in this book and its author but also that she says it's
31:41uh the kind of thing that a Knight of Malta would have in his library I think is very significant
31:47because this book has drawings and codes and messages that we think pertain and relate to Oak
31:54Island so that right there is our connection between the Knights of Malta and Oak Island well Joan thank you
32:00very much for your time we really appreciate it well thank you very much it's been very interesting for
32:05me I did this research a long time ago and it's nice to remember it all lovely to meet you
32:10all thank you
32:10it was nice to meet you as a new morning dawns on Oak Island so terror 188 to 208 so
32:22you got 10 feet of
32:23material 208 okay great members of the team hope to make a breakthrough discovery at the bottom of the
32:31Peacock in borehole CN 12.5 more loose stuff here's the bedrock at about 204 yep after encountering a
32:40nearly 20-foot void some 140 feet underground one day ago that may be connected to a possible offset
32:47chamber I mean we got exactly what we were looking for all of this material very very loose things could
32:53have fallen down through the team is now examining core samples from the bottom of the solution channel
32:59an area where any potential treasure might have fallen we expected to see slushy slurry washed out
33:08areas that things could fall into we're looking at a whole great big bunch of it now Charles you
33:13hand me a cutter Terry scalpel okay do it let's operate if you're looking for evidence of a washed
33:24out void or a muddy spot this is it so I'm gonna separate this out a little bit and you're
33:31gonna run
33:31the pinpointer over I think Charles I'm gonna do we're looking for a metal right now and I'm afraid
33:38there's no metal in that all right less disappointing but again we've been hitting loose water material all
33:44the way from 138 all the way down to here we are at 204 we're still in this material here
33:50this is perfect
33:50to hide the one thing gold will pass down through that like a hot knife through butter I mean this
33:55is
33:55tailor-made for exactly what we're talking about this material is getting sampled unfortunately no
34:02artifacts or solid evidence of treasure have been found in the core however the team may still be
34:09able to find valuable clues in the muddy soils let's get a representative sample of this loose material to
34:15see if we can take it back to the lab see if they'll detect any precious metals and that should
34:20do it for
34:21that the peacock it's singularly unique according to Terry it's highly unconsolidated soils it seems to be
34:31almost floating in space okay here we go it checks all the boxes for a offset chamber that has collapsed
34:39down at the solution channel and thus every reason to grab samples of that send them off to the lab
34:45and
34:46hopefully find something we got to keep coming back to this hot area because it's so tempting we need more
34:52information there right there's a lots of places down there for a treasure to hide on to the next sounds
34:57good to me as Terry and Charles prepare soil samples for testing hey guys hey how are you
35:06might look a little different now it's a little you can kind of peek in there Rick and members of
35:13the team
35:13arrive on lot 8 where more soil has been removed from beneath the massive boulder feature any fines yet no
35:22we
35:22haven't yet but we are screening all of the soil that's coming out of here when you see the rock
35:27pinned like this it's looking at this point like somebody has excavated out an area of this to get
35:34underneath the boulder when's the last time you put the camera down not since we've moved those rocks we
35:40really only just got to the point that we've exposed that underbelly of the large boulder we have all
35:47these stones around that really are tightly placed and there's a bit of a pathway clearance underneath it
35:52right now so we've had to just scoop out a lot of dirt first but I'd love to see what
35:57that camera can
35:57show us we'll get the camera operator right there Peter how about it let's do it archaeology is a slow
36:04paced science it's just the nature of the work stay focused please okay look at this point I want to
36:13dig it up I want answers but I think everyone that is currently endeavoring to uncover what this boulder
36:20might represent is recommending that very thing let's do this slow let's do it right let's make
36:26certain that we don't make mistakes I'll show you there's a really good spot all right okay now I'm in
36:35underneath okay let's see what we can find you see anything there okay let me see if I can go
36:46farther
36:46all right what do you see Peter there's definitely room how deep do you think we're in probably in
36:57about a couple of a couple of feet I mean to try and go down a little further absolutely
37:08so go ahead but slow slowly
37:14what's that bright blue thing I'll go back a little bit you know go forward just slow
37:25slow slow slow
37:34what do you see that pull forward a little bit just a touch yeah whatever that is I have no
37:43idea
37:44doesn't look like a rock but if you go forward into it it feels like a rock
37:50come take a look at this am I in the right spot
37:53mm-hmm here that's what it is doesn't look like a rock go towards it a little bit more
38:05certainly looks different than everything else yes it does that's probably the most interesting
38:09thing yet you want to pull it back just a little bit sure
38:14oh my god that looks like there's a pearl
38:21didn't that look like a pearl yeah certainly looks different than everything else yes it does
38:26show a feeling of that after reinserting a camera beneath the massive boulder on lot 8 that's very very
38:34circular piece like almost too perfect yeah Rick and members of the team believe they see new evidence of
38:42possible hidden treasure it's a pearl I see why you were saying that now I'm not saying it is but
38:49that's that's where your mind goes immediately yeah Gary take a look of course
38:55you don't have scale yep but you have the big rock all you're thinking
39:02I think pirates and pearls it does look like a pearl yeah it's hard to believe that it's a stone
39:10it's
39:10perfect it's almost luminescent okay so now I'm gonna go back and in again slowly mm-hmm but I can't
39:20quite tell where it's gonna go okay so stop yep just black yeah just black okay it might be covered
39:30yeah okay
39:32we couldn't maneuver the camera any closer but now we have a potential target for further investigation
39:38that makes me more excited and I wonder what else might be down there there's nothing as of yet says
39:46that we should cease activities here and if anything it says speaks eloquently to we've got to continue
39:52right yeah it's a bloody mystery that is for sure what about a shot back I was thinking exactly that
40:00I
40:01think it'd be a great idea yep yep I think that could mean that all would be a great next
40:06step yeah one
40:08you would collect whatever might be there and two it will open that up further so you can get the
40:13camera
40:14down yeah I agree and now detecting and hopefully pinpointing if I can get my arm in there and we
40:19can
40:20it's a metal we're in business mm-hmm yeah we shall leave no stone unturned it's not supposed to be
40:26turned but there is reason here that people went to some effort to create a lot a feature and the
40:35only
40:35reason I can think of is that human beings wanted to put something under this stone you know we should
40:41apply whatever assets we have to try to understand what's under that boulder I think we are all mystified
40:47by it certainly but the only way to find out is to proceed you have a path forward yep let's
40:53see
40:54what we can do as Rick Marty and their team strive to solve a mystery that has defied generations of
41:02faithful searchers one important lesson has become crystal clear they must look deeper than ever before
41:10to find the answers deeper in the money pit deeper below features that have gone unnoticed by others
41:19and deeper into history because what they may ultimately uncover could have a value that is beyond earthly
41:34calculation next time on the curse of oak island it's designed to hide something I want to pick it up
41:53it may be the thing we process these deep samples from the money pit area and found something
41:58interesting we could be closer than we've ever been amen
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