NARRATOR: Tonight on
The Curse of Oak Island...
JAMIE: Look at this.
- FIONA: Oh.
- JACK: Wow.
- JAMIE: Oh, that's so cool.
- This is an important artifact.
Yeah.
Ooh, is that it? Oh!
- That's gorgeous.
- Oh.
Whoa.
Here is the cave.
You can see some
sort of opening.
MARTY: That's a
pretty clean right angle.
And that's not
natural, then, right?
NARRATOR: There is an
island in the North Atlantic
where people have
been looking for
an incredible treasure
for more than 200 years.
So far, they have
found a stone slab
with strange symbols
carved into it...
man-made workings
that date to medieval times,
and a lead cross whose
origin may be connected
to the Knights Templar.
To date, six men have d*ed
trying to solve the mystery.
And according to legend,
one more will have to die
before the treasure
can be found.
♪ ♪
RICK: So, here's
the thing, guys.
You know, the Dumas
people have sent us an email
regarding the agenda
moving forward.
The timeline they proposed
for the completion
of the Garden Shaft,
I think we were, uh,
- surprised by it.
- Right.
- Yep.
- NARRATOR: As a new morning
begins on Oak Island,
brothers Rick and Marty Lagina,
along with their
partner Craig Tester,
have called an urgent
meeting in the w*r room
regarding the
ongoing difficulties
of deepening the Garden
Shaft in the Money Pit area.
The new timeline is,
of course, part of it,
is the issue with the weather.
There's a lot of
voids behind the shaft.
There's all kinds
of ancillary issues.
- It's a bit troubling.
- Yeah.
Yeah, this is a disconcerting
piece of news, Rick, Craig,
because, uh, I mean,
the Garden Shaft
was probably one of
the big things this year
that we wanted to get
done, but the bottom line is,
the date they now have for
completion of just the deepening
has moved way off into the fall.
NARRATOR: For
the past three weeks,
representatives from
Dumas Contracting Limited
have been working
tirelessly to halt
a mysterious inflow of
water into the structure
which has a current
depth of 87 feet.
While the team is uncertain
whether or not the water flow
is associated with the
legendary flood traps
that have plagued treasure
hunters in the Money Pit area
for more than two centuries,
it has delayed their efforts
to extend the Garden Shaft
down to a final
depth of some 95 feet.
It is here where the
team is on course
to breach a seven-foot-high
wooden tunnel.
A tunnel that leads due west
into the so-called "Baby Blob,"
where high-trace evidence
of gold, silver and other metals
have been detected
through water testing
between depths
of 80 and 120 feet.
Now, Rick, Marty,
Craig and the team
must find another way
to reach the valuables
that they have all but
proven to be buried deep
in the Money Pit area.
Let's call up our partners
and let's talk to them.
- Hello, guys. Welcome back to the w*r room.
- RICK: Hey, guys.
- Hello.
- Hello, Marty.
Well, w-we're in receipt of
your email, Cameron, Tony,
you know, about the-the
anticipated completion
of the Garden Shaft,
and, you know, clearly,
we're disappointed, but
we have to deal with it.
And so, we want to
do damage control.
So that's point one.
CAMERON: Yeah,
understood, Marty.
You know, we have tried
to-to mitigate, you know,
that-that water ingress
as much as possible,
but it has delayed
us from, uh, achieving
where we had hoped
to be at this point.
- Right.
- So, you know, our focus has been on
making sure that that
shaft is sustainable
moving forward.
RICK: We would like to continue
the work extending the shaft.
We would like to go to 95 feet,
so we can absolutely
determine whether or not
it's original depositional work.
As of right now, we're not
gonna deviate from that.
- MARTY: Yeah.
- CRAIG: We want to go deep enough
to be able to put
that drill downhole
and go horizontal
at those depths.
And I guess the other
question is, though,
will the equipment
that's gonna be here
be able to plug those
wells after we're drilling
without water issues continuing?
Yeah, so, we've got the
Minova fellas coming in
and-and they're
gonna give us a hand
with Geofoam filling,
and that will fill the voids
in behind the shaft
and stabilize it again.
- That will be another week from now.
- Okay.
NARRATOR: If Dumas
can safely extend
the Garden Shaft
into the tunnel below,
the team can use a probe
drill capable of reaching
up to 40 feet outside
of the structure
to potentially
pinpoint the location
of the precious metals
that have been detected.
But first, representatives
from Dumas
will utilize Geofoam, an
industrial-grade material
that can expand up
to 40 times its size
to fill voids in the
walls of the structure
which will stabilize the shaft
and, hopefully, stop
the current flooding.
MARTY: It remains extremely
important to be able to utilize
the Garden Shaft
for horizontal drilling.
We want to find this
treasure if it exists,
and the Garden Shaft
remains highly valuable
in that exercise.
If we can get the
uh, we can find out
what's outside in an
CAMERON: Yeah, and we
are going to work together
to solve the challenges, always.
- Fair enough.
- Love to hear it.
MARTY: Okay.
Gentlemen, appreciate it.
Let's make a shaft. Thank you.
- CRAIG: Thanks, guys.
- Take care guys. Thank you.
Take care. Bye-bye.
Okay.
All right, well, we are on the
same page with those guys.
- So, that's good.
- Yeah, I think, at this point,
the possibility of
doing caisson work
- is looming large, but where?
- Where?
I would like to
pump Aladdin's cave,
and if the metals hold
up, I'd vote for that.
You could maybe
put a can over it.
Yeah.
NARRATOR: Nearly
of the Garden Shaft
and the Baby Blob,
the Oak Island team has
also been investigating
another spot in
the Money Pit area
where something of
great value could be buried:
a large cavern located
some 150 feet deep
that Marty has dubbed
"Aladdin's cave,"
due to the evidence of
wooden structures and gold
that have been detected there
through water sample testing.
CHARLES: What's that sitting
right on the end
of it, right there?
STEVE: It looks like a bolt.
NARRATOR: In addition,
the team has obtained
compelling sonar and
underwater images
inside of Aladdin's cave,
suggesting that it could
be a man-made chamber.
If they can recover
definitive evidence
that it contains treasure...
the team has the option to dig
a large diameter steel caisson,
as they have done in the
past, in the hopes of retrieving it.
MARTY: I've been a proponent
of Aladdin's cave
ever since we found it.
I'm saying, "This needs
to be investigated."
What is clear is we need to get
a better image
of the whole thing.
So we need to
drill another hole.
And we need to think
about putting a caisson
down into this thing.
Well, I mean, I'm-I'm game
for looking into caissons,
I think it's a great idea.
There's a lot of
work to do there, so...
- let's head on out.
- All right, okay.
MARTY: Well said.
NARRATOR: Later
that afternoon...
RICK: So, Bill, pull
that back a little bit,
- if you would.
- BILLY: Yep.
NARRATOR: in the
southeast corner of the swamp,
Rick Lagina, along
with his nephew Alex,
Gary Drayton and Billy Gerhardt
continue searching
for important clues
near the potentially
Keep Gary busy. [chuckles]
NARRATOR: Since first uncovering
this massive feature in 2020,
the team has found
critical clues nearby,
such as ancient pieces
of wooden barrels
and a stone pathway,
suggesting that it may
have been used long ago
to unload valuable
cargo onto Oak Island.
Now the team hopes to
find more of the stone road,
and any valuable clues
that may help solve
the 229-year-old mystery.
ALEX: There's more chain.
GARY: Oh, look
at that chain, yeah?
More chain.
Good eye.
Yep. Look, that's all connected.
- And this looks old.
- That does, yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah, this is definitely not
factory-made. This is crude.
Hey, Uncle Rick!
You might want to
come look at this.
Seems like the larger one
would be maybe to anchor that,
and then the smaller ones
would be for whatever you're doing.
GARY: Yep.
- It's hard to tell because of all the crusty stuff.
- Yeah.
- Hi, Gary.
- There you go, mate.
If we're looking for signs
of loading and unloading,
you'd need some
chains like this.
RICK: Wow.
Yeah, that's very cool.
You know what that
reminds me of is a multipoint.
- BILLY: Yeah.
- You know what I mean?
You have this ring
and then you have
your three points off,
and there are four points.
- That's what that is.
- BILLY: Yeah. -Yeah.
RICK: You have
a three-point hitch,
it's gonna be
able to pull across
even something like a beach.
- Right?
- Yeah.
It's gonna keep it level.
That's a great find,
but there is more
here to be found, so...
- Yep.
- Yeah.
RICK: I've got a few
other things to check in on.
- You know, good luck...
- ALEX: Okay.
And, uh, good hunting.
- We'll take it from here.
- Okay, mate.
- See you soon.
- See you.
See you, mate.
- Okay.
- ALEX: Okay, let's go through some more.
[detector beeping]
GARY: I got a hit.
I think that could
be in that wood.
On it. It's in there.
- That's it?
- It's on top.
GARY: Look at
that. That's gorgeous.
- GARY: Look at that. That's gorgeous.
- ALEX: Yeah?
- It's a piece of wood.
- NARRATOR: While excavating
near the stone road
in the southeast
corner of the swamp,
metal detection
expert Gary Drayton,
Alex Lagina and Billy Gerhardt
have just found a
potentially important clue.
GARY: Yep, there's
definitely some iron here.
You can see it.
- Iron oxide.
- ALEX: Yeah.
Might be the top of the spike.
- I'll set this aside, too.
- Yeah, please.
- ALEX: Well, let's see what else we can get out.
- Yeah.
[detector beeping]
Yeah, we still got
another hit in here.
Thought there might be.
See if it's there.
[detector beeping]
Let's see.
[pinpointer beeping]
Oh, we got some...
Oh, ho, ho, ho. Look.
ALEX: Oh.
GARY: That's the
pointy end of the spike.
Look at the black
spike in the wood.
This is one of those
old rosehead spikes,
by the look of the
top, that bevel on it.
ALEX: And that would
make it pretty old, right?
GARY: Oh, yeah,
yeah. This is old.
Yeah, a spike like
that looks like it's from
- the 1700s or older.
- Great.
GARY: This actually might
be a smaller ship spike
- or wharf pin.
- BILLY: This corner of the swamp,
- it's the one that just keeps on giving.
- Yeah.
It might indicate that it
was part of a structure.
- Yeah, it's... it'll help us with our database.
- Yeah.
NARRATOR: An iron
spike embedded in wood?
Could Billy Gerhardt be correct
that they offer evidence
of a buried structure?
Before his passing in 2016,
legendary Oak Island
treasure hunter Fred Nolan
reported to Rick Lagina that
he had once found evidence
of a dam feature
in this same area.
A dam that may have been used
to artificially
create the swamp.
Could the team have
just found evidence
of what Fred believed is hidden
beneath the south shore road?
ALEX: This is gonna
mean a lot to my Uncle Rick.
So, I want to see what
we keep digging up.
Well, that was a
heck of a dig, mate.
- We got a shipload of finds.
- [laughs]
We're gonna be taking a
lot of artifacts back to the lab.
- ALEX: Absolutely.
- BILLY: Yeah.
GARY: All right, mate,
ready for the next scoop.
ALEX: Okay.
NARRATOR: As operations
continue in the swamp
and in the Money Pit area...
MARTY: As we're
all keenly aware,
this structure on
Lot 5 has turned into
into a much bigger
rectangular structure.
Yeah.
NARRATOR: Rick has
joined his brother Marty,
Jack Begley,
archaeologist Laird Niven
and archaeometallurgist
Emma Culligan
in the Interpretive Centre.
If it's literally as big
as we think it is,
then, it's a big deal.
- Yeah. And...
- It's a large structure.
And we're starting
to find more artifacts.
- LAIRD: Mm-hmm.
- NARRATOR: Emma and Laird
have conducted scientific
analysis on an iron artifact
as well as a carved stone
that were found one week
ago in the large foundation
that was recently discovered
below the circular stone
depression on Lot 5,
located on the western
side of the island.
LAIRD: This is what Jamie
called the "carved stone."
- Mm-hmm.
- I have an idea of what it is.
- So, what is this?
- It's a whetstone.
- MARTY: Oh, is it a whetstone?
- Oh, there you go.
LAIRD: For sharpening tools.
I would expect knives.
- JACK: Yeah?
- You can see the grooves.
- LAIRD: Right? Yeah.
- RICK: Yeah.
That's a technique that
hasn't changed in forever.
LAIRD: No, exactly.
NARRATOR: Although the
practice of sharpening tools
dates back thousands of years,
whetstones, commonly
made from sandstone or slate,
have been used since
the first century AD.
LAIRD: I'd say that
is the working side.
But the real tell...
I got Emma to XRF it.
Okay, so we get to
know composition?
Uh, even better than that.
NARRATOR: Earlier this morning,
Emma analyzed the artifacts
using two devices: an X-ray
fluorescence spectrometer
that uses X-rays to
identify the elements
that make up an
object's composition,
and the SkyScan 1273 CT scanner
which emits
nondestructive radiation
to penetrate built-up corrosion,
revealing finer
physical details.
EMMA: With the XRF,
we can actually see
the iron content where...
- RICK: To know where...
- they sharpened the... yeah...
They sharpened
their tools or knives.
MARTY: That makes
it basically definitive.
- Yeah.
- This was a sharpening tool.
Exactly.
Okay, well, I am curious
about the next one.
LAIRD: Jamie called this
a decorative piece of iron.
JACK: And she thought it was
ornately decorating a box.
- And there might have been a design on it, too.
- LAIRD: Yeah.
MARTY: Looks
like a crochet hook.
The CT scan does show us
- it used to be straight.
- Oh, okay.
EMMA: So, that's with
its current iron state.
So the red is the
oxidized irons.
And the original iron remaining
is actually this blue color.
There's not a lot left.
- No.
- I don't see any decoration.
We have singularly unique pieces
found in association
with that feature.
And we should compare
that metallurgical analysis
with others found at the site.
Let me just run a
comparison, real quick.
If it matches, that
would be meaningful.
EMMA: Its
aluminum-to-silicon ratio
matches 17th-century English.
Just looking at the
spectrum, the composition,
I'd say it's similar to
Phips, it's just not 100%.
I like that.
NARRATOR: So far this year,
the team has unearthed
several metal artifacts
in the mysterious
foundation on Lot 5
that have been
scientifically connected
to the 17th-century
English politician
and privateer Sir William Phips.
A man who is believed by
some to have buried up to 50 tons
of Spanish silver and gold
in the Money Pit back in 1687.
LAIRD: You can see
the two, uh,
structural failures.
NARRATOR: Could
the team have found
another critical
clue to identify
who constructed the
mysterious feature on Lot 5?
If so, might that also explain
the high-trace evidence
of precious metals
that have been
detected in the Baby Blob
or in Aladdin's cave?
RICK: We have a match
between metallurgy of items
found on the Lot 5 feature
with artifacts from the
Phips residence in Maine.
You can't throw out
this Sir William Phips
connection to Oak Island.
I think it was
buried for a reason.
LAIRD: I think the key lies
beneath the rocks
at the very bottom.
- Yeah.
- RICK: These things
in front of us indicate
it's important to keep going
on, but in order to do that,
- we got to get out back.
- Let's do it.
So, Laird, thank you.
Emma, thank you.
- Okay. Take care.
- See you.
- MARTY: Let's do it.
- RICK: Let's go.
NARRATOR: The
following morning...
TERRY: 15-ish more
feet to go, gentlemen,
- and we're away to the races.
- ALEX: All right.
In the Money Pit
area, Alex Lagina
and other members of
the team are overseeing
the drilling of Borehole KL-15.
A borehole where they hope
to breach a mysterious cavern
known as Aladdin's cave,
located some 150
feet below ground.
MARTY: This is the
most unique feature
we've found underground
in the Money Pit area.
If we see something in
there worth recovering,
we'll get in it.
COLTEN: This is gonna be 148.
- 148? Okay.
- Yep. 20 per run.
Well, I don't know.
Let's carve it up
and have a look.
CHARLES: Yeah.
ALEX: That is bizarre.
TERRY: We seem to have a line
of demarcation right here
between this very,
very fine material
and that relatively
coarse material.
But we should've went
into the open cavern.
Yeah.
TERRY: Hey, Mike. How you doing?
- Not too good of news.
- ALEX: Uh-oh.
- Really?
- TEDFORD: Yeah.
- So, we didn't hit it, eh?
- Ah, we did.
- Oh, You did hit it?
- Yeah. Probably about 147.
- What?
- Yeah, and if you look at this stuff, it's...
like, this is what's getting
pulled into my casing,
- ALEX: Yeah.
- That sandy...
- It's full of slush.
- I think so, yeah.
Our worst-case scenario
here is things have collapsed
- from above.
- Yeah.
So, I'm a little
worried that we had
a collapse down there.
Is that what you think?
Yeah.
ALEX: I think I'd
better give Rick a call
- and explain the situation to him.
- Sure.
- RICK: Hey, guys.
- ALEX: Hey.
MARTY: Hey.
So, we don't have real good news
- regarding the cave.
- Yeah.
NARRATOR: After being
alerted of a potentially devastating
development in the large
cavern known as Aladdin's cave
in the Money Pit area...
I guess the short
explanation is,
there is reason to
believe that the cavity
- may have collapsed.
- What?
NARRATOR: Rick Lagina has
gathered members of the team
in the w*r room to
discuss the situation
with Marty Lagina
and Craig Tester,
who join them via
video conference.
So, here's what happened.
We drilled down to
about 146-ish feet.
And we got some infill.
Obviously, if it collapsed,
the material had to
come from somewhere.
MARTY: I think that
cave is important.
So, I'd be disappointed
if the whole roof fell in.
- Yep.
- Yep.
MARTY: A plausible
location for some sort
of treasure would
be in Aladdin's cave
because of the fact that
there are high concentrations
of precious metals,
dissolved in the water,
and high amounts
of organic material,
which indicate, perhaps,
wood in the water.
We're not gonna give
up on Aladdin's cave.
ALEX: It's possible it wasn't,
like, a total collapse of the feature.
Maybe one of the walls gave
way and there was a bit of a slump.
RICK: Having said that,
we have a lot of data
and I think we need to
find a way to assimilate it all.
Between the camera, the sonar,
let's get a very
competent understanding
of what we have currently
and then decide
how to move forward.
MARTY: I agree with Rick.
Let's get, I don't know,
maybe Paul and maybe Steve
to just look at all the
data and see what we got.
RICK: Given what our current
understanding of the cave is,
if a collapse has happened
or a partial collapse,
then we need to
understand it completely
and figure out, you know,
what we can do moving forward.
So it's imperative to gather
all the information we have
about Aladdin's
cave, and from there,
we may be able to try
to learn more about it.
There's a bit of a bright
spot actually which is that
the other hole was one where
we got another vantage point
in the cave for
the, uh, 3D sonar.
And when we put the data
together maybe we'll be able
- to say exactly what's down there.
- MARTY: We'll see.
All right, guys,
thanks for the update.
Let's just see what
the data suggests.
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
RICK: All right. See ya.
- ALEX: Talk to you later.
- RICK and CRAIG: Bye.
NARRATOR: Later
that afternoon...
LAIRD: We're gonna
remove these stones.
- Ideally, we want to see a nice wall.
- Yeah.
NARRATOR: Jack
Begley has joined
archaeologist Laird Niven
and other members of the team
as they continue investigating
the mysterious
foundation located on Lot 5
for not only more clues
that might explain
why it was built
but also to determine
if it contains
something of value.
We still don't know
exactly what this is.
One way to find out.
Let's keep digging and
figure out what it is. Yeah.
NARRATOR: While
Laird, Jack, Fiona,
Moya and Lindy
clear soil and debris
away from the stones to expose
more of the structure,
Jamie and Helen will sift
the collected spoils
for artifacts and clues.
Hey, so Laird, we've got this
piece of ceramic from up there.
There's no glaze on it.
It could be white salt
glazed. I think it's stoneware.
Which is mid-16s to mid-1700s.
[chuckling] I like that.
- Find the rest of it, please. Thanks.
- Yeah, will do. Okay.
LAIRD: We're finding
a lot of evidence
that this feature,
it could well be
related to William Phips.
But why was it there?
And the obvious connection
would be with the Money Pit.
If you, uh, accept
the assumption that
that was a
large-scale operation.
I'm hoping as we get deeper,
we're gonna find even
more evidence to who built it.
Hey, Jamie.
So, as I'm in here,
I'm noticing that I'm not
finding any more rocks
out here, so it almost
looks like the wall,
maybe it's ending here.
JAMIE: Hey, Laird.
Kind of getting
interesting over here.
FIONA: If you look at the angle,
perpendicular to the
possible wall there.
It... could it be the
entrance to a cellar?
- Maybe?
- LAIRD: It could.
Could be a staircase?
LAIRD: That's interesting.
NARRATOR: A possible staircase?
If it really does lead
to yet another buried level
of the mysterious structure,
then just what might it contain?
It's starting to look
like something.
- I'll jump back in there.
- JAMIE: All righty.
JAMIE: Stone structures
and features like that are
really interesting for us
because they can tell us
a-a bigger picture story.
We have some indications
that there's actually
more below-ground features
that we haven't seen yet.
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Holy cow!
JACK: What is that?
JAMIE: Look at this!
JACK: Oh, wow.
JAMIE: Look at this!
- Oh, wow.
- You have got to see this.
- FIONA: Oh, my goodness.
- JAMIE: Isn't that gorgeous? -LAIRD: How nice.
NARRATOR: While
investigating a possible staircase
that may lead to
another hidden level
of the stone
structure on Lot 5...
FIONA: Oh, wow.
That's really neat.
NARRATOR: archaeologist
Jamie Kouba has just made
a potentially
important discovery.
It's a gorgeous, decorated bead.
Oh, wow. What would
that be made out of?
- Glass.
- JAMIE: That's what it looks like.
- You think it's Venetian glass?
- LAIRD: I don't know yet.
JACK: What would
be the tell-tale sign
that it is Venetian?
Size, technique,
uh, the chemistry.
- It's actually relatively rare.
- JACK: Whoa.
NARRATOR: Decorative glass
beads have been traded among cultures
dating back thousands of years
to the times of Ancient Egypt.
However, in 1470 AD,
glassmakers in Venice, Italy
developed a new technique
for mass-producing glass beads
that became renowned
throughout Europe and Asia
as they were not only used
to adorn clothing
and religious relics
but were also exchanged as
a high-valued form of currency.
So we can get a rather
definitive date off of this?
LAIRD: That's what we're hoping.
This is an important artifact.
And I think it's gonna
pull the date back a bit.
NARRATOR: Is it
possible that the team
has found a potentially
in the stone
foundation on Lot 5?
If so, could it offer
evidence that the feature is
even older than the team
previously thought possible?
JACK: The surprising thing is
the amount of different
types of artifacts
that are popping up.
It means that this was
a heavily occupied area
for quite some time.
So, why has it remained
hidden for so long?
This is the first
bead we've found.
JACK: I hope we find more.
JAMIE: Yeah. Absolutely.
NARRATOR: Later
that afternoon...
GARY: I like the
look of this material.
NARRATOR: in the
southeast corner of the swamp...
That's good stuff.
NARRATOR: Jack
Begley has joined
metal detection
expert Gary Drayton
and Billy Gerhardt
to continue searching
for additional clues
and evidence of
buried structures
near the massive stone road.
That is worth digging.
[detector beeping]
I think it's out.
It's a little bit of
some scrappy signal
but see what we've got.
[pinpointer beeping]
It's coming out.
- There it is.
- Oh, wow!
And we've got something
really, really cool.
- Yeah.
- Look at the size of that.
I believe that that is
some kind of fastener.
- Yeah!
- And that looks like it's wrought iron.
You know, we're talking
Brilliant.
NARRATOR: A potentially
ancient iron fastener?
Could it be related
to the stone road,
which may have once
been part of a ship's wharf?
Or could it be more evidence
of the buried dam feature
that Fred Nolan claimed
to have found in this area
more than three decades ago?
I can't wait until it's
cleaned up in the lab...
- GARY: Yeah.
- And we can see what it really is.
That is a beauty. Come
here, my little beauty.
Oh.
All right, we'll bag it
and keep scanning.
JACK: Sweet find, Gary.
NARRATOR: The
following morning...
MARTY: Hey, Carmen.
CARMEN: Good day.
Good day. How are you?
NARRATOR: Rick, Craig
and members of the team
meet with blacksmithing expert
Carmen Legge in
the Interpretive Centre
to get his assessment
of several artifacts
that have been
recovered this week
near the stone
road in the swamp.
Where would you like to start?
JACK: This fastener
that's inside the wood.
CARMEN: I'm looking at it
and I see one, two
handmade nails inserted along
- inside the bigger item.
- JACK: Any idea on what
it might have been used
for, just based on that?
A lot of times, uh,
things were driven
into walls where you needed
to hang lanterns for
light in tight spaces,
like underground, to
illuminate the space.
NARRATOR: Could Carmen
Legge be correct that this fastener
may have been used to aid
in the building of a structure
in the southeast
corner of the swamp?
If so, could it be more
evidence that the brackish bog
was artificially made,
as Fred Nolan believed?
JACK: It makes the next
finds we're gonna show you
even more interesting.
This is a big piece of iron.
Okay.
This is not a-a
spike. It's a tool.
- CRAIG: Oh.
- RICK: So, is it a chisel?
- What is it?
- No. Its-it's...
Yep. Yep.
Might set planking
in a ship, perhaps.
In the timber
construction of a ship.
- Yes.
- What date would you give
- something like this?
- Oh.
Um...
I'm gonna say
RICK: There's always
been the speculation
that a ship foundered
in the swamp
and that it was covered up.
So, why were they there?
And are there any
artifacts at a greater depth?
Maybe Craig, you can help
me sort of straighten this out.
Oh, okay.
This hook is very old.
And why is that?
Because the hooks made
in the later time periods
had a curve in the shank.
This has a straight shaft
coming down and, um,
a heavy curl on the end here.
So I would say that is
definitely not past 1650.
Whoa.
RICK: Wow.
CARMEN: That is
definitely not past 1650.
And I would even go
back to the 1500s on that.
- Whoa.
- RICK: Wow.
NARRATOR: In the Oak
Island Interpretive Centre,
blacksmithing
expert Carmen Legge
has just given
his expert opinion
that the large hook found one
day ago in the southeast corner
of the swamp could be
more than 500 years old.
The design or
the... stylistically?
The design and the weight of it.
The chain itself...
from here to the ring is also
the same time
period as the hook.
Wow.
Now, each one of these
links are handmade.
However, the three
chains on the end here
- are all machine-made.
- Mm-hmm.
RICK: Really? So...
basically what you are saying
then, this was, you know,
cannibalized
together, if you will.
And an older piece was
attached to a modern piece.
What would...? Let's
forget this chain.
What would that
have been used for?
A setup like this with
three chains fastened
to a central link was
used to lift or drag things.
A lot of times they would
hang from a boom to load
a cargo onto a harbor.
Like, a chest or a trunk.
NARRATOR: Is it possible
that the original use of this hook,
and at least part of the
chain connected to it,
were used to move valuable cargo
from a ship onto the stone road
and then to somewhere
on Oak Island
as much as five centuries ago?
If so, who modified
the chain at a later time?
And was it repurposed
in order to hide
something else of
value here, as well?
I think at this point, given
the amount of artifacts
that have been recovered
at the swamp's edge,
that might be related
to ship activities,
there is reason to believe that
there was an old wharf there.
So if you found such
a structure, it had to be
closely associated
with the original work.
We may find more, and
we may find something
that helps us connect the dots.
Carmen, we thank you
very much for your insight.
- You haven't heard the last of us.
- Well, very good.
- RICK: Thank you. -CRAIG: Take care.
- JACK: See you, Carmen.
- RICK: That's interesting.
- CRAIG: Yeah, it is.
NARRATOR: Later
that afternoon...
MARTY: Guys, this is
going to be really interesting.
We're gonna talk about
the fabled Aladdin's cave.
NARRATOR: in the
w*r room, Rick, Marty
and Craig have gathered
members of the team
for a follow-up
meeting regarding
the mysterious cavern
located some 150 feet deep
in the Money Pit area
known as Aladdin's cave.
These gentlemen have
done a deep dive into it.
And we eagerly
await your findings.
Okay, so we did
several sonar scans
and video scans for
this cave anomaly.
We tagged into it in a
couple different boreholes.
NARRATOR: Because the
team fears that part of the cave
may have collapsed
earlier this week,
Paul Troutman,
surveyor Steve Guptill
and geoscientist Dr. Ian Spooner
have further processed
all of the visual
and water sampling data that
was previously collected inside
the feature in order
to determine not only
if it could be
man-made, but, also,
if it might contain
something of great value.
So I think I'm gonna
jump into the videos.
On the left is what we recorded.
On the right is
Pro-Hawk's version.
Geez.
NARRATOR: The video
files, which were originally
recorded earlier this
year, have been refined
by Pro-Hawk Technology Group,
a company that specializes
in the enhancement of images
that were originally captured
in harsh or low-lit environments.
STEVE: Yeah, so this is
what everybody noticed.
- MARTY: The bolt.
- STEVE: Yeah.
It's something that
looked completely different
from anything else we'd seen.
MARTY: There is a little
flat area around it, too,
- which is different than the rest.
- JACK: Oh.
Does that make more
sense that it's human-made?
Why would a bolt be there?
MARTY: Well, it could be stuck
in a piece of wood like we find.
So let's keep going.
STEVE: I think there is a
feature that you want to see.
There.
You were looking
for right angles,
there's a right
angle we could find.
CRAIG: Hmm.
That's a pretty
clean right angle.
JACK: Yeah. That's pretty clean.
MARTY: What is this?
You wouldn't get that
right angle naturally.
It's been dug out before.
I wonder if this is the opening
that we're looking for.
That we're looking for.
MARTY: Wow.
- STEVE: You wouldn't get that right angle naturally.
- Right.
I wonder if this is the
opening that we're looking for.
MARTY: Wow.
CRAIG: The flat
surface and the corner.
To me, could be
potentially man-made.
That might be.
NARRATOR: In the
Oak Island w*r room,
Rick, Marty, Craig
and members of the
team have just seen
enhanced video
evidence of a potentially
man-made entrance connected
to the large cavern
known as Aladdin's cave,
located approximately
in the Money Pit area.
MARTY: We do see
some right angles.
Right angles generally
don't exist in nature.
But it could be
partially collapsed.
The magnitude of it is
yet to be determined.
- There's more. Right?
- There is.
There you go.
So this here is what we deem
to be a possible opening
heading westward.
And so I will show you the sonar
- and it sort of confirms that.
- Okay.
STEVE: So what
you're looking at here
is a bird's-eye
view of the cave.
- North is up, just for reference. Okay.
- MARTY: Mm-hmm.
So, when we were westward,
- and you can see that opening.
- CRAIG: Yeah.
STEVE: I'm gonna change some
color here, too, and jump down.
So the opening is right here.
Okay.
The sonar images
are quite beautiful and
it certainly suggested
a possible way in.
That's important.
If you can't get in,
nothing can be in there.
STEVE: So, when we
look down at the cavity,
we've got a few
different things to show.
So from this point to
this point is about 25 feet.
North/south is about 15.
And the deepest
portion of the cavity,
- right here, is about ten feet deep.
- Okay.
And you can see that the
cave sits nicely at 150 feet.
And you can see somewhat
of an opening heading east,
somewhat of an
opening heading west.
- MARTY: Right.
- Perfect.
Okay, so, Ian, what
does that tell you?
To me, I see this connected
to some man-made features.
But the bottom line
is, it's collecting gold
and silver values
in that cavity.
- And the wood.
- Yeah.
- So either the wood's in there.
- MARTY: Right.
Or is it connected
to a structure
- where wood is?
- Right.
And is that where the
metals are coming from, too?
Right. Yep.
And when you guys are
ready, we've got one more video.
Okey doke.
- Go for it.
- So last video.
We're looking
into the cave here.
So we're just
coming down into it.
So, this is in the
southern edge of the cave.
And there's a look at the floor.
Looks like it might
be sort of collapsed
around the debris
that's all fallen in.
MARTY: I'd say this thing
has collapsed over time.
- Yeah.
- Maybe...
it hides the evidence of
what you're looking for.
- Right? If they...
- Mm-hmm.
JACK: I'd really
like to put a caisson
in that because I want to
bring some of that material up
and wash through it.
'Cause if there is bits of wood,
or anything in there,
you know, then it could
lead on to more discoveries.
MARTY: Yeah. I agree with that.
- Yeah, let's do that.
- CRAIG: Right.
- I would say so. Yeah.
- MARTY: You would?
Okay.
RICK: Aladdin's cave
continues to provide
tantalizing clues.
The levels of metals
and the levels of organics
suggest strongly the
presence of something there.
The clues strongly
suggest there's a reason
to put a caisson in that area.
MARTY: We don't see
what we hoped to see,
that being man-made objects.
But a collapse would hide
what could've been on the floor.
I don't know when
we're going to get
back to it, but it is
certainly on the list.
I think everybody in
this room still believes
that there's a very intriguing,
compelling mystery here.
And that is a good thing.
MARTY: All right, I think
we're done here for today.
- Good job, gentlemen.
- Thank you.
Thank you very much.
- Okay. Let's go.
- Fair enough.
NARRATOR: At the end of
another week on Oak Island,
Rick, Marty, Craig and
their team are facing
the most daunting challenges
they have ever encountered
in their quest to solve
a 229-year-old mystery.
However, the clues
and evidence of hidden valuables
that they continue to
unearth all across the island
suggest that the
answers they seek
are well worth the pursuit.
And perhaps it's
just a matter of time
before the ultimate reward,
which could rewrite
North American history,
will finally be theirs.
Next time on The
Curse of Oak Island...
- GARY: Can you go deeper, Billy?
- Definitely.
GARY: Whoa!
JACK: There's a structure.
These are massive.
A piece of Oak Island history.
Whoa!
I hit the void at 183.
That's what we want.
Do you think we hit the anomaly?
What we have here is
a void that encapsulates
- the Chappell structure.
- Yeah!
That's the treasure
of the Money Pit
that was never recovered.
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