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00:01Tonight, on the Curse of Oak Island.
00:03We have a cord, gentlemen.
00:05This must be the solution channel.
00:07That has the ability to hide treasure.
00:08I got something right in here.
00:10Oh, there it is.
00:10Yeah, it's there.
00:12Ooh.
00:14Hoo-hoo!
00:15We got you!
00:16Well done, Mike.
00:18Oh, my gosh.
00:20Laird.
00:20Can you tell him this is a jewel?
00:22It is high grade.
00:24Made in the old world?
00:25Yep.
00:26That takes us to a whole new level.
00:31There is an island in the North Atlantic where people have been looking for an incredible treasure for more than
00:39200 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.
01:22Just firing up here.
01:25I'm pretty hopeful about this.
01:26I think it could be a good borehole.
01:28The thing I like about this one in particular, we're going to hit the western side of the solution channel.
01:33Another area where the treasure might have dropped.
01:37A fresh morning on Oak Island brings renewed hope for brothers Rick and Marty Lagina that they will soon hold
01:45in their hands the answers to a 230-year-old mystery.
01:50Let's face it, guys, it's very exciting, right?
01:53The reason we're drilling this is because of the collapse.
01:55That's where it could have gone.
01:57Yeah.
01:57The team is drilling a new borehole known as H9.25, located in an area where new water testing showed
02:06more evidence that suggests the treasure may lie some 200 feet deep in the solution channel.
02:13It is also in this region that soil samples are currently being tested to confirm those results.
02:21Tell me how close we are to the Key Wells, RF1, H8.
02:26So we're five feet south of H8.
02:28That's very close to the chapel shaft then?
02:30We are in the southwest corner of the chapel shaft, so we're in an area I like.
02:33Okay.
02:36I see lots of wood.
02:39In 2017, the team dug the five-foot diameter H8 shaft.
02:44We're rotating down, but every now and then we have to come up and paint our teeth out because of
02:47the wood, right?
02:48And at 170 feet, it hit a large object that may have been the legendary chapel vault.
02:56A seven-foot-high wooden box that treasure hunters Frederick Blair and William Chappell reportedly drilled into back in 1897
03:05and extracted gold shavings, along with a piece of parchment bearing the letters VI.
03:14But unfortunately, the H8 case arm may have pushed the possible vault somewhere deeper and potentially into the solution channel.
03:24Could it be possible that the precious metals the team detected in this area came from the damaged vault?
03:31I think the chapels had the money pick correct.
03:34They just didn't go deep enough, as we've learned.
03:37Yeah, because of the collapse.
03:38So I'm pretty hopeful about this.
03:40I think it could be a good borehole.
03:42If I had to pick the most likely hole to actually encounter some of this deeply fallen treasure, I would
03:51think it's this.
03:53Is he slipping or...?
03:54The biggest thing to me is that the H8 canister started going down on its own.
03:59Right about the point where we were pretty excited that we might be finding the vault, the plug just fell.
04:04We lost all the material.
04:06Well, that sure sounds to me like the solution channel being able to swallow things up, including treasure.
04:12So we're going to see if we can find it.
04:15You know what I'm looking for.
04:16I want you to find an actual bit of treasure.
04:18That's what I want to find.
04:20Exactly.
04:20And then put the big boy down on it.
04:22Yep.
04:23Yeah.
04:23Yeah.
04:23All right, guys.
04:24Seriously, I think my work here is done.
04:26Okay.
04:27Just find me some data and a coin would be nice.
04:29Okay.
04:30Sounds good, Marty.
04:31All good?
04:31Sounds great.
04:33See you guys.
04:33Okay.
04:34As H9.25 descends deeper towards the solution channel.
04:40Today's the day, Gary.
04:42Yeah.
04:42We're on Oak Island.
04:44Yeah.
04:44The possibilities are endless.
04:46That's right.
04:47Alex Lagina and members of the team continue to expose a stone feature in the southwest corner of the swamp.
04:55One that may be connected to a road-like structure several yards to the north, where they found part of
05:02a European hand cannon that could be as much as 800 years old.
05:07We're just going to comb through this and work our way closer into the swamp.
05:11Got it.
05:12Hopefully find some artifacts.
05:13And keep our eyes open.
05:15You never know.
05:16We might find some old wooden stakes.
05:18I mean, one of the most important artifacts we found in this area was the ship's railing, which was just
05:23over there.
05:24Yeah.
05:24I think that dated to the 600s.
05:26Right.
05:27Okay.
05:28Well, if you dig, we'll metal detect and keep our eyes peeled and see what we find.
05:33Yeah.
05:33Let's find some artifacts.
05:36I couldn't enumerate the number of finds that have been made in the bog to date.
05:42They've been expensive and extensive and important in the search for answers here on the island.
05:48What?
05:48There's a lot of information missing.
05:58What do you got?
05:59This is interesting.
06:01It's a piece of shaped wood.
06:03Kind of reminds me of when we were digging in this area and we found that ship's rail.
06:08Oh, yeah.
06:10Over the years, the team has found numerous ship-related artifacts all across the swamp
06:15that have been dated to between the 1600s and the 7th century.
06:21It's great condition, but it's been buried in the swamp for a long time.
06:26Could Gary be correct that they have found another piece of ship's railing in the southwest corner?
06:32If so, might it be related to the stone structures in this area and help them learn more about their
06:39origins?
06:41It's kind of plankish.
06:43Mm-hmm.
06:44It looks like it's curved and beveled.
06:46Maybe I'm seeing things, but it kind of looks shaped like that.
06:51This face really does.
06:53I mean, that's cut.
06:56And here as well.
06:59Yeah, at first I thought it was like a piece of railing.
07:02Yeah.
07:02No, it looks...
07:03At first glance, it looks like it's shaped that way deliberately.
07:06Yeah.
07:07Yeah.
07:07We might be able to show that to a shipwright, somebody who knows the older techniques of making a ship.
07:14Yeah.
07:14I wonder if it's big enough for C-14.
07:17I like the fact that this wood's got beveled edges.
07:21Now, that always looks like planking to me.
07:25And that's important because it's well out of place buried in the swamp.
07:29It's definitely big enough for C-14.
07:32Yeah.
07:32So we can figure out how old it is.
07:34Yeah.
07:35Definitely an interesting piece.
07:36I'll put that to one side.
07:39I still believe we're just scratching the surface.
07:42As the dig continues in the swamp, several hundred yards to the west on Lot 5.
07:50Found a small shirt of creamware.
07:52Oh, nice.
07:53It's really, really small though.
07:55Yeah.
07:56Perfect.
07:57Laird Niven and the archaeology team search for more clues in the round feature near the shoreline.
08:04After recently finding a sixth Venetian bead in this feature, which could be related to the Knights of Malta,
08:11and unearthing a sixth Roman coin nearby that may be linked to the Knights Templar,
08:17the team is working to prove that numerous groups may have occupied Lot 5 at different times long before the
08:24discovery of the money pit.
08:32Oh, wow.
08:34Got some pearlware.
08:36Oh, nice.
08:37Yeah.
08:38Been small, but...
08:40Yeah.
08:40We'll have to do more analysis on this, I guess.
08:43Yeah.
08:44Uh, what are the dates on creamware again?
08:46Uh, creamware starts around 1762.
08:49Okay.
08:50And then the pearlware would start around, uh, 1775.
08:54Okay.
08:54I have long believed that this is a multi-generational attempt, uh, over decades, perhaps even centuries, to hide or
09:04safeguard something.
09:05I can't prove it yet, but the finds associated with the Lot 5 feature are very interesting and thought-provoking
09:13and intriguing.
09:17Oh, nice.
09:19What did you find?
09:22Looks like...
09:23red earthenware.
09:25Oh, it's got a really nice design on it.
09:28Wow.
09:29That's a great piece.
09:30It's a big piece.
09:31Yeah, it's got a really nice floral design.
09:34The coarse earthenwares are hard to date.
09:37It can be anywhere from 1750 to 1830, so...
09:41Okay.
09:42Right in our time range.
09:43Yeah.
09:44Great find.
09:45Oh, thank you.
09:45You're welcome.
09:46I'll bag it up, see if there's any more in there.
09:48Yeah.
09:59Oh my gosh.
10:01Laird.
10:02I think I just found something really cool.
10:11Oh my gosh.
10:13Laird.
10:14I think I just found something really cool.
10:16Okay.
10:18While digging in the rounded stone foundation on Lot 5, Isabel Whittier has just uncovered
10:25a potentially important clue.
10:27Check this out.
10:29Oh, nice.
10:34Can you tell if this is a jewel?
10:36It's meant to look like a jewel.
10:38It's meant to look like a jewel.
10:38An imitation of a jewel.
10:40Okay.
10:40We found a larger one, but clear just over here.
10:44It looked like costume jewelry.
10:46Then we found a kind of a technique that was developed in the 1740s in France.
10:51That's so cool.
10:52Imitation jewelry became very popular with the French royal family.
10:56Oh, that's awesome.
10:57Yeah.
10:57Yeah.
10:58In the early 18th century, French jeweler George Friedrich Strauss invented simulated gemstones.
11:07By mixing elements such as bismuth, thallium, and lead with glass powder.
11:13A paste-like substance was formed.
11:16It was then heated and molded to create artificial stones, nearly matching the brilliance of actual gems.
11:25One year ago, the team found a simulated diamond just outside of the round feature.
11:31Would this be valuable?
11:33I think back in the mid-1700s, it probably was.
11:38If Laird is correct that this is a similar artifact, could it be another clue to help identify one of
11:45the groups that occupied the Stone Foundation prior to 1795?
11:50Emma can actually XRF the side and tell you what kind of metal it was sitting in.
11:56So we know that it was set into something and displayed on someone's clothes.
12:01If she finds out that it's set in silver or gold, that just takes us to a whole new level,
12:07right?
12:07Yeah.
12:07It just adds a lot of significance to this little tiny artifact.
12:12Yeah.
12:13Adding to the intrigue.
12:15Yeah, that's really exciting.
12:17Yeah.
12:18I can't wait to get that back to the lab and see what Emma says about it.
12:21Me too.
12:21That's cool.
12:22We're finding some neat stuff here.
12:24Yeah.
12:30The following morning...
12:33Back again?
12:34It's good to see you.
12:35Good to be back.
12:36You know I love the swamp?
12:37Yeah.
12:38Let's get started.
12:39All right.
12:40Katya Drayton and Derek Couch join Billy to search for more artifacts near the stone feature in the southwest corner
12:48of the swamp.
12:57Something shiny on top there might be a piece of glass or something, right?
13:01Oh yeah.
13:05Right there.
13:11Big old piece of glass.
13:13Yeah.
13:14So a really great way to tell if glass is old or not is any imperfections.
13:20Glass nowadays is made, manufactured.
13:24There's hardly any imperfections.
13:28Bubbles, seams, anything that may give you an idea if it's hand blown is a great way to identify if
13:34glass is old or not.
13:36This is probably from a bottle.
13:38This would be like an older, maybe like a medicine bottle or something.
13:44It's square on the edge, so that's how you know it's like has some date to it and it's small
13:49as well.
13:49So this is an older piece, which is good.
13:54Oh yeah.
13:55By learning what type of glass this is and what it was used for, we can see who was here
14:00and what they were doing.
14:02We'll keep this.
14:04Yeah.
14:14That's some wood.
14:15Here we go.
14:16A little round piece, Katya.
14:18Let me see.
14:22That's cut there, isn't it?
14:24That's cut.
14:25Yeah, that's cut.
14:26Wow.
14:27Good eye, Billy.
14:28Yeah, that's a great one.
14:29It's really deep for wood.
14:30Three and a half, four feet probably.
14:32That's way below that sand.
14:35Dr. Spruner would say that's the topsoil before the swamp was formed.
14:38That's down in the depth of the ship's rail.
14:40That's a find right there, I would say.
14:44How close are we to where the other ship's railing was found?
14:47Uh, less than a hundred feet.
14:49It's one of the deepest finds that we've had in the swamp of a piece of cut wood.
14:53This could mean something.
14:54Right.
14:56In 2020, the team found a piece of ship's railing while digging near the southern border of the swamp.
15:04Incredibly, it was carbon dated to as early as the seventh century.
15:10There's been a lot of people that thought that there had been ships in the swamp, so I think it
15:15could be very significant.
15:16Is it possible that the team has found a related discovery in the southwest corner of the swamp?
15:22If there's a ship of some sort out there, it would fit really, really well to any of the theories
15:28that somebody came here and buried old world treasure.
15:32We have so many ship-like artifacts at this point, but extraordinary theories take extraordinary data.
15:39I don't think we quite have that yet, but here's another piece.
15:43If this is a piece of a ship, I bet you there's more pieces of ship.
15:46I'd rather find what the ship is carrying, Derek, so let's look for that, right?
15:49That's true. That's true. That's why Cotty is here.
15:53Right.
15:54Well, let's try and find some more.
15:56Yeah.
15:58Keep the lookers peeled.
16:00As the search in the swamp continues...
16:04So, thank you everybody for coming.
16:06We have a really interesting artifact from Lot 5.
16:10In the lab, Emma Culligan is about to share her analysis of the artificial gemstone found one day ago on
16:18Lot 5.
16:19This looks like the paste jewelry gem.
16:23It's exactly what it is.
16:25So, this one's obviously dark.
16:27And the one we found last year was white, was clear.
16:31Mm-hmm.
16:32And I guess you can explain the composition.
16:35Well, it's pretty much the same thing as last year, but this one is black, and it's black due to
16:40the addition of manganese and calcium.
16:43And it has less lead in it, which is why it's not as brilliant.
16:47So, it's not as shiny or sparkly.
16:49They're called diamantes.
16:51Like, this is the official term.
16:52The purpose of it is to be dark and matte.
16:56But it's the same era, similar composition.
17:01And the fastener, there's a trace of tin around the edges, which we also found in the composition or last
17:09year's jewel as well.
17:10And something like that would have been made in the old world?
17:14Yep.
17:15Not here?
17:15No.
17:16Early to mid-1700s in France.
17:19And from the composition, I can tell you that it is, like, high grade.
17:24And it was for people of the upper class.
17:26Mm.
17:27Yeah.
17:28Because it would have the same amount of shine or even more shine than the diamonds.
17:32So, these are not trade items, per se.
17:35I think what makes it not a trade item is the fact that it was mounted.
17:39If it was a trade item, they'd be loose.
17:42I see.
17:43Just reading your report there, no earlier than 1734 or no later?
17:49Well, the oldest possible days, 1734, because that's when it was really being invented and introduced.
17:56Mm.
17:56So, after 1734?
17:58Yeah.
17:59Fashion travels quickly.
18:01Especially with the upper class and the new shiny thing.
18:05When did it go out of style?
18:07It went right into the Victorian era.
18:10If this is high quality, it represents probably the initial phase before it percolates down and the cheaper copies are
18:17made for less affluent people.
18:20Mm-hmm.
18:20What's it telling you about what was going on in Lot 5?
18:24Yeah.
18:24Well, I think it makes a statement about stature.
18:27Mm-hmm.
18:28I think this was a higher class of people.
18:32So, with the black paste rule, I have seen references to military uniform.
18:40Timeline-wise, it does fit the Duke d'Anville's expedition here.
18:43Mid-1700s, French.
18:47Very interesting.
18:53Timeline-wise, it does fit the Duke d'Anville's expedition here.
18:56In the Oak Island lab, Emma has just confirmed that the simulated glass gem found in the round feature on
19:04Lot 5 is French in origin and dates back to the mid-18th century.
19:10You know, the Duke d'Anville's expedition was mid-1700s, French, something to keep in mind.
19:22In 1746, France launched an armada to reclaim Nova Scotia from Great Britain.
19:28It was led by an admiral known as the Duke d'Anville, a nobleman from a family with connections to
19:35the Knights Templar dating back to the 12th century.
19:40Unfortunately, due to severe storms and a wave of disease, the mission ultimately failed.
19:48I found eight pages of what looks like a ship's log.
19:51But curiously, in 2017, Doug Kroll discovered an 18th century ship's log in the provincial archives, stating that one of
20:02D'Anville's ships carried a large cache of treasure to a wooded island in the vicinity of Oak Island, where
20:09the crew buried it in a deep pit.
20:12This is a very strong indicator that somebody of high status was on Lot 5.
20:17We know that the Duke d'Anville did come here to Nova Scotia.
20:21And indeed, the d'Anville family has a connection to the Knights Templar.
20:25If there was some incredible treasure out of history that made its way here to North America, it could have
20:32been done as part of the Duke d'Anville's expedition.
20:35Finding these things that belonged to somebody in a military position.
20:40I wonder why were they on the island? What were they doing?
20:45Is it possible that the two simulated French gemstones found on Lot 5 could be connected to the treasure reportedly
20:53buried by the crew of the Duke d'Anville?
20:56The dots are very far apart right now, right?
20:59But we're accumulating them.
21:01But you're accumulating them.
21:02Yeah.
21:02Exactly.
21:03You know, there's always been the idea that there might be an association here with Duke d'Anville.
21:10The archaeological efforts are strongly hinting at multiple occupations on Lot 5 from the 1200s right up through 1750.
21:20I believe this was a multi-generational attempt to hide something.
21:26And perhaps the Duke d'Anville wasn't part of that endeavor.
21:30This is step by step, clue by clue, and every clue is important.
21:36Because at some point they will connect up. At some point they will tell a story.
21:40Mm-hmm.
21:41So, thank you for bringing us down. It's an interesting find, but I hope we can learn more about it.
21:47All right. Yeah. Excellent.
21:49Great.
21:50As the team concludes their meeting in the lab.
21:56We got to keep looking.
21:57Let's do it.
21:59Billy, Katya, and Derek continue to search in the southwest corner of the swamp.
22:06Ooh.
22:08Wow.
22:09I mean, look at that.
22:12That's excellent.
22:14That is a cut steak, if I've ever seen one.
22:18Yeah.
22:18And so close to the last find we just had.
22:22Oh, my God.
22:23That's pretty cool.
22:25That's definitely cut.
22:27Here.
22:31Just need a bigger bag to put the stuff in.
22:35Definitely.
22:36I know it's soaked, but it's a really heavy piece, too.
22:39Mm-hmm.
22:41Yeah, well, it's soaked because we're below the level of the ocean here, right?
22:43Mm-hmm.
22:44It's so preserved and basically clean, right?
22:47Mm-hmm.
22:47Because it's in a perfect environment to store wood.
22:50Yeah.
22:51A hand-cut wooden steak.
22:55There's another one.
22:55I mean, what in the world is happening?
22:58Because the team has found a number of survey stakes lining stone features,
23:03such as the structure that was recently uncovered several yards to the north,
23:09is it possible that they have just discovered more evidence
23:12that the two features may have been built by the same people?
23:16If so, just who was it?
23:20We can get a lot of information off that.
23:22I think so, yeah.
23:23I'm sure there's a purpose for that.
23:25Just, that is definitely cut.
23:27And so is the other one.
23:28Yeah, that's a bigger piece.
23:30Right.
23:31Bigger cut.
23:32Right.
23:33This gives Dr. Spooner more information.
23:35Yeah.
23:36We've got some potential here.
23:37I'm excited to keep going.
23:39We'll work to keep the lab busy.
23:41Yeah.
23:46As another day dawns on Oak Island, while drilling continues in the Money Pit area.
23:53Hey, Gary.
23:54Hey, Ian.
23:54Derek.
23:55Hey, Dr. Spooner.
23:56How are you doing?
23:57Good.
23:57Dr. Ian Spooner joins other members of the team in the swamp to examine the area where
24:03the wooden survey stakes were found next to the newly uncovered stone structure one day ago.
24:09The stakes, they were 100% not in the sand.
24:13They were in that peat layer.
24:14Yep.
24:15Which is quite deep and just below the sands.
24:17To be in that peat layer, period, under that much sand, we absolutely know people were
24:21here a long, long time ago.
24:22So if I can leave with one suggestion.
24:24What I'd like you guys to do, if you can fit it in, is get me a sample of the
24:29peat.
24:29If I can date the peat here and it's old too, then I know that the stick, if it's younger,
24:34was put there by people.
24:36And if that stick dates into one of our bins of 1200, you know, 1700, then it tells
24:46us there was activity in this area at that time, which is totally new.
24:50Right.
24:52Peat is composed of decaying plant matter that forms when it is submerged under brackish
24:57water for long periods of time.
25:01Because the wooden stake the team found was embedded in the peat layer just beneath the
25:06stone structure.
25:07If Dr. Spooner can date the peat, he may be able to determine just when the stone feature
25:13was created.
25:15We've had these sort of three age sort of categories here.
25:20One that's 600 to like 1200, you know, that, that era.
25:24And then we have the 1600s, you know, to the 1700s.
25:28Yeah.
25:29And then we have the more sort of, I'd call post depositor kind of era.
25:34So we got three kind of categories of potential human activity here.
25:42And I want to see where that fits.
25:44Right.
25:45By dating organic materials associated with the manmade structures in the swamp, Dr.
25:51Spooner has determined that the paved area near the center could be as much as 800 years
25:57old.
25:58The possible Portuguese stone road in the southeastern corner may be 500 years old.
26:04And the so-called eye of the swamp may have been built as early as 1680.
26:10And there's been some nice big clumps of peat coming up in the digs, especially over there,
26:16where there is sand as well.
26:18So I'll save you a big clump of peat with all the wood in it.
26:22That, that's perfect.
26:24That's what I need.
26:25Yeah.
26:25I think that the carbon dating of the wood in the swamp, the work that was done, the
26:30discoveries that have been made, can only lead to one conclusion, that the work was long,
26:36involved, and purposeful.
26:38To me, what it says is this was a multi-generational endeavor here.
26:43And there's possibly more than one treasure hidden across the island.
26:48Okay.
26:48So I'm off lab.
26:49Thanks, guys.
26:50We can't wait to hear your results.
26:52Yep.
26:53Thanks.
26:55See you later.
26:56As the dig continues in the swamp.
26:59We did hit the bedrock plateau.
27:01Hopefully it will go right down into the solution channel.
27:04Could be in the next run.
27:06We have a core, gentlemen.
27:08Over in the money pit area, the drilling operation in borehole H9.25 has nearly reached
27:15a depth of 200 feet.
27:17H9.25's still got a few things to tell us.
27:21Hopefully we'll find that open area that could have taken the treasure.
27:24Yep.
27:25Given its proximity to H8, there's every reason to believe that we are in the area of the
27:30original money pit.
27:32Remember, we are in the area where something significant happened.
27:36That's some very loose material right there.
27:39This must be the solution channel.
27:41We lost the so-called vault in H8.
27:44Where did it go?
27:45And we believe it went to the solution channel.
27:49It's the perfect targeted zone.
27:50The hope is that there'll be something in the core.
27:53A man-made something.
27:56Adam, what do you got?
27:582...
27:58212.
27:59212?
28:00Yeah.
28:01This is promising looking stuff, really.
28:03Yeah, it's gooey.
28:03Very gooey and loose.
28:05Bring her in.
28:07Yeah, this is the loose material we're looking for right here, guys.
28:11There's the conditions we need right there.
28:12Yep.
28:13That has the ability to hide treasure.
28:16It's a little messy.
28:20All right.
28:21Now we're starting to get a look at it.
28:24198 down to 215 in front of us, guys.
28:28This loose material looks like it starts at the 198 mark.
28:33And it goes down to...
28:34It's going to be a 202, would you Charles?
28:36202.
28:37It may have got a little bit less recovery going down through the slurry as well.
28:41Yeah.
28:42Well, less recovery means it was literally a void.
28:45It was mostly water, I guess.
28:46That's the good thing.
28:47Now this is cakey and less likely to accept a treasure down into it.
28:51This stuff up here is, of course, much looser.
28:55And then this is the stuff that really should be set aside.
28:59And we send some out to the lab, hopefully.
29:02There you go, Charles.
29:03See what you see.
29:16This is the good stuff right here.
29:18As we move up along this one.
29:22Got to find the one thing.
29:33I got something right in here.
29:35Here, this thing.
29:37Want to pull some of that out, Terry?
29:44Oh, that's okay.
29:53Yep.
29:54I'm getting a hit right there.
29:56Okay.
29:57Yep.
29:58Right in there.
29:58Tough stuff to work with, let me tell you.
30:00Come over here so you don't lose it.
30:01Yep.
30:02Yeah.
30:02All right.
30:02There you go.
30:03Yep.
30:03Fresh area here.
30:04Not there.
30:05Not there?
30:06Nope.
30:10There we go.
30:10There we go.
30:10Oh, there it is.
30:11Here it is, right there.
30:16Here it is, right there.
30:19I'm getting chirps right here.
30:21It's right in there.
30:22You know, you get fooled sometimes by the screws in the table.
30:25Okay, we're going to have to bring this over the...
30:28Yeah, it's there.
30:29It's in there.
30:29I'm going to put it right on the table.
30:30In the Money Pit area, the team is detecting traces of metal in a drilling core.
30:36Recovered from more than 200 feet deep in the solution channel.
30:40Oh, it's in here.
30:45Okay, they've dumped that over in a different pile.
30:47Yeah.
30:54That's weird.
30:57Oh.
30:58What's that?
31:00It's on your...
31:01Oh, it's on you.
31:02Yeah, it's on me right there.
31:11I wonder if this is the same thing that we're getting before.
31:15Yeah.
31:15You know?
31:16The little flex?
31:17Yeah.
31:18Yeah, this is a real conundrum here.
31:20The team is frustrated to once again detect signs of metal in their drill core,
31:25but then recover no objects.
31:28However, could these hits also mean that they are once again detecting metal flex in the soil,
31:34and are getting even closer to a long lost treasure that now lies somewhere nearby in the solution channel?
31:42I know Marty was really interested in this last time when this occurred, so we probably should get him involved
31:46here.
31:47Sounds good.
31:52Hello?
31:53Hey Marty, how are you?
31:54Talk to me.
31:55I'm here in the money pit with Charles and Terry, and we have another interesting core.
31:59Right around 198 all the way down to 208, we had some very, very soupy material, and we had ambiguous
32:05hits with the metal detector.
32:07Sort of scattered stuff?
32:09It would beep and go off and seem to be detected, and then we couldn't find it in the mud.
32:15All right.
32:15Well, this is right where we want it to be, correct?
32:18It's in the right area, the right depth, the right conditions.
32:22You know, there's no coin staring at us, but who knows what to expect, right?
32:25I mean, at least we'll get some indication we're finally on the right path, so that's what Ian Spooner has
32:31been on about for a long time, but that's how he explains the metals in the water.
32:35The pinpointer hits, the preliminary indication of metals at the base of the solution channel could be an indicator that
32:43we are in the right spot.
32:44We're hoping that this is something that eroded from a treasure that's very close by.
32:50Maybe it's coming from the chapel vault, if it's really there.
32:54We're going to take all of this and set it aside, Marty, and we're going to be sure we do
32:57a good analysis of all of it.
33:00Maybe the whole thing, not samples, the whole thing.
33:03Yeah, I'd like you to take that entire 10-foot of core.
33:06Yeah.
33:06The entire thing.
33:07It needs to go to the lab.
33:09The sediments carefully analyzed could yield bits of precious metals.
33:15Silver, gold perhaps.
33:16Look, this is what we're looking for.
33:19Something from the scientific reconnaissance data to tell us where to go to actually find the treasure.
33:25We're bagging the whole thing for short, Marty, no question.
33:27We'll keep you informed as we go.
33:29Talk to you soon.
33:31Good deal, guys.
33:37Okay, mate.
33:39I'm hoping we can find something to help the archaeologists understand what the heck went on in that round feature
33:47and the rectangular feature.
33:49Works for me.
33:51After the discovery of the 18th century simulated gemstone.
33:56Right.
33:57Let's find some artifacts.
33:58Cool.
34:00Rick and Gary search through spoils that were removed from the round feature on Lot 5.
34:07Come on.
34:07Here's a signal.
34:14Here we go, mate.
34:15We're in business.
34:17Non-ferrous artifact.
34:19I don't think we've got to dig very deep.
34:21It's going to be in those surface layers.
34:27That sounds really good.
34:29Let's see what we've got here.
34:42This is my favourite part.
34:47Ooh, bit of roundness.
34:50Look how little that is.
34:51Oh, yeah.
34:52That's a tiny little cuff button.
34:55Look at how little that is, mate.
34:56Tiny?
34:57Yeah.
34:57But you can definitely see it's got a tiny little loop.
35:01It'll be a little on the back.
35:02Could this small button be related to the artificial gemstones found in and near the round feature?
35:09If so, might it help identify one of the groups who occupied Lot 5 before the discovery of the money
35:16pit?
35:17It could be like a little, kind of like a decorative button, say off the lapel or something like this.
35:24Definitely copper alloy by the sound of it.
35:28Another nice little artifact, cool.
35:31For Emma to hopefully shine some light on.
35:34I think at this point we always talk about grouping artifacts.
35:37The archaeologists should group the buttons.
35:40Yeah.
35:41And then maybe catalog them and give them to a button expert, say.
35:45Who can say, this stylistically, this represents this error.
35:50Stylistically, this represents this error.
35:51It's not just a button anymore.
35:53No.
35:54It's a piece of data.
35:55It's a piece of history, I should say.
35:56Yeah, it is.
35:58Okay, I'll put it in the bag.
36:01And we'll keep gridding.
36:14Yeah, we've got a good hit here, Rick.
36:17A really good hit.
36:19All right.
36:24Shoveler.
36:24Hurry.
36:25I'll try pinpointing it first.
36:29That sounds like a great hit.
36:30That's non-Ferris, mate.
36:32That is not a nail.
36:45I've heard this in my hand.
36:47Oh.
36:48Hoo-hoo, what have we got here?
36:54Hoo-hoo, what have we got here?
36:58I know what that is.
36:59While searching spoils removed from the round feature,
37:02on lot five.
37:04What is it?
37:04It looks like a stone.
37:06No, it's not a stone, mate.
37:08Rick and Gary have found another potentially important clue.
37:13I think what we have found, Rick, is something really, really special and unique.
37:18That is a folded over coin.
37:23Really?
37:24That's a copper coin that's been folded over.
37:27Look, you can see the shape of it.
37:29Never heard of such a thing.
37:31I have, but not in North America.
37:34Because I have found these type of artifacts in Europe before, metal detecting.
37:39Really?
37:40Yeah.
37:40Normally when you find something made of copper, silver and gold and it's completely folded over,
37:45I believe this is a talisman to ward off bad things.
37:51Somebody would fold this piece of metal over and they would put it in the ground to ward off bad
37:58luck.
37:59When would that kind of ritual be prevalent?
38:05Three or four hundred years ago.
38:06Really?
38:07Yeah.
38:08The ritual of folding coins as symbols of good luck or an appeal for God's protection dates as far back
38:15as the times of ancient Rome.
38:18However, this practice was prevalent throughout Europe between the 12th and 18th centuries.
38:26It's more than likely 1700s, 1600s.
38:30That would be the right time frame for lot five.
38:34Yeah, yeah.
38:35Is it possible that this folded coin was left in the rounded feature on lot five by someone who wanted
38:42spiritual protection for themselves?
38:44Or perhaps for something they brought to Oak Island?
38:49If so, could it be related to the artifacts found here that have been linked to the religious orders of
38:55the Knights of Malta and the Knights Templar?
39:00The real story here is why a folded coin?
39:04What was truly happening on lot five?
39:07If that is a coin, you just don't throw money away, right?
39:10No.
39:11You just don't do that.
39:12You do it for a reason.
39:13That's intentional, right?
39:15Yeah.
39:15If you think about it, back even in the 1600s, 1700s and way beyond there, those people had a different
39:23understanding of the world.
39:25And so they did things like this.
39:28I have always believed, as have many others, that the work that was done on Oak Island was meant to
39:34protect something outside of temporal wealth.
39:38I think what was put here was meant to advance something, an idea, a belief, a concept, something of either
39:48significant historical value or religious value.
39:50You know, this island has resisted efforts to find the treasure for 230 years.
39:56There's something on this island.
39:58And I believe whatever was here is still here.
40:02Look at that.
40:03Well done, mate.
40:04This is absolutely fantastic, mate.
40:06A thirst for Oak Island.
40:09Absolutely.
40:10Never seen anything like it.
40:11Didn't know the tradition.
40:13That is a clue as to what may have happened over there, at least part of the story of what
40:17happened over there.
40:18Yeah.
40:19I am sure it will find a safe home.
40:21Oh, yeah.
40:22I know where this little view is going.
40:24And I'm going to bypass the bag.
40:26But this is going straight in the top pocket.
40:29That's absolutely fantastic.
40:31And we're going to show it to our favorite lady at the lab, Emma.
40:37And we'll find out what this is.
40:40I want to know, mate.
40:41Let's get back to the lab.
40:43Okay.
40:43Cool.
40:46After uncovering new evidence of man-made workings in the swamp and traces of metal in the money pit,
40:52and artifact surfaces that may be related to the struggles many have faced in trying to solve this mystery for
41:01more than 200 years.
41:03Was a treasure a profound religious value really brought to Oak Island over the course of centuries
41:10by people who are all deeply devoted to ensuring that it would never be found?
41:16And could it actually be protected by supernatural forces?
41:21The Laginas and their team won't stop digging until they know the truth.
41:27But just what must they endure to find it?
41:35Next time on The Curse of Oak Island.
41:38Oh, wow.
41:39What is that?
41:40That's exactly like the sticks we found near the vault.
41:43I truly believe there's still another vault there.
41:46Whoa, whoa, whoa.
41:47There it is.
41:47Without a void.
41:48Okay.
41:48Is that natural or is that an open cavern?
41:51Only a sonar could tell you that, really.
41:52All right.
41:53Well, that's what we'll do.
41:53Hopefully we'll find the one thing.
41:55Cross your fingers.
41:55We're in the cavity.
41:57Yeah, you're in.
41:57We'd love nothing better than to see a man-made cavern or vault.
42:01We've got an opening.
42:01Okay.
42:02This is not natural.
42:02This is not natural.
42:03This is not natural.
42:06Okay.
42:07Thanks, my essence.
42:07Two lower thumbs up.
42:07God, do you understand?
42:08Have I ever experienced a queen of wood then?
42:08Tell me what you have a producer.
42:08They try.
42:08That's natural.
42:08There are pinks.
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