07x14 - Burnt Offering

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Tonight, on the Curse
of Oak Island...

I'd like to know who did it,
why they did it.

Watch yourself.
‐Oh, baby.

Oh, no, no!

Hey!
‐Oh! Oh!

I see a big timber down there.

Oh, yeah. And I think
this is a notch right here.

‐Yeah. It's a big structure.
Yeah. It's huge.

‐We got a signal
over here, Jack.

We got it. All right.
Look!

Wow. What is that
doing in the swamp?

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,

mysterious fragments
of human bone,

and a lead cross
whose origin may stretch back

to the days
of 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.

Those dates
are bloody fantastic.

Yeah, those are good.
Yeah.

It is an exciting moment

in the Oak Island w*r room,

as brothers
Rick and Marty Lagina,

along with members
of their team,

have just received
an important scientific report.

A wood sample obtained during
a recent drilling operation

some 106 feet deep
in the Money Pit area

has been dated
to as early as 1626,

more than 150 years before

the original treasure shaft's
discovery in 1795.

Could the Oak Island team,
at long last,

have located the original spot
where Daniel McGinnis

and his friends discovered
what they believed to be

the entrance to a vast
underground treasure vault?

Okay. So,
real interesting numbers.

What would be the next step
with regard to this data?

Well, I mean, it's so old,
it's‐it's definitely,

in my eyes,
a‐a good area to, uh,

look at for putting
a big can down.

That's kind of crying out

for one of the caissons,
then, perhaps.

Yeah. That's
it's an outlier date.

That's for certain, but...

this certainly begs
for further investigation.

Oh, I never have a problem

with that, Rick. Yeah.

Okay. I'll reach out
to‐to Irving

and to Vanessa, to ROC
and see if we can't

line out some gear and‐and put
some large cans down.

Perfect.

Come on, baby.
Let's make a hole!

Over the past three years,

the Laginas and their partners
have attempted to locate

the original Money Pit shaft

by drilling dozens of
deep exploratory boreholes...

...most as small
as six inches wide

and some as large
as 60 inches in diameter.

The most promising shaft, known
as H‐8, was dug two years ago

and produced
astonishing discoveries,

including pieces of pottery,

shards of parchment
and leather book binding

and even 17th‐century
human bones.

Now, with the recent
drilling of borehole FG‐12,

which is located
just 25 feet from H‐8,

the team believes
they may have finally found

the original Money Pit shaft,

which has been lost
for nearly 100 years.

We're gonna talk about
the logistics and timing

and possibility and feasibility
of putting down

one or more big caissons
in the Money Pit area.

I want to be able
to have the equipment

so we can eliminate that spot
or find what's there.

Okay. Once again,
it's time to dig.

‐Got to follow the clues,
see where they lead. ‐Yep.

‐We go get them.
‐Let's do this.

Let's go kick
some Oak Island butt.

Later that afternoon...

Hey, guys.
Hey, Laird.

‐Let's go talk with Rick.
‐Okay.

...as members of the
team begin researching options

for a new excavation
in the Money Pit...

Hey, Rick.

...Craig Tester, Jack Begley

and archeologist Laird Niven

join Rick Lagina
at Smith's Cove.

Well, Laird,
just looking for guidance

on how we proceed from here

to dig in front
of that box structure.

Right.
‐So, uh,

is it a concern from
an archaeological standpoint?

‐No, probably not.
‐Okay.

Now that the recent hurricane
damage to the cofferdam

has been repaired,
they are eager to resume

their examination
of a large wooden structure

that is located
near the remains

of what was determined to be
an ancient slipway.

It has recently been suggested
that the structure

may have been built
by a previous search team

in their attempt to shut off
the flow of ocean water

to the Money Pit and to make
digging in that area possible.

Every structure we found in
Smith's Cove, we've surmised

that it might have been used
to stop the flood tunnel.

The people who built
those probably saw more

than we can see now.

Maybe they found
the flood tunnel.

I mean for me, the curiosity,

right, is how deep does it go?

Well, I know. Exactly.

‐Yeah.
‐So...

It'd be a big step to telling us
why they were there at all.

Uh, could he dig a corner?

Try to take it down
to see how deep it goes?

Oh, yeah. I think he should take
the soil from the whole front.

‐Okay.
‐I mean, leave about that much

in front of it and we can
hand dig, you know what I mean?

‐Push it down.
‐Mm‐hmm.

‐All right.
‐ Surprisingly,

there is no nails
or anything.

‐No fasteners, no nothing.
Yeah.

As long as he stands off,
you know, far enough

where he's not putting side
pressure on it from the machine.

‐Yeah. ‐I think just digging it out
will be fine.

Yep.

Because the wooden structure
was made without the use

of any metal nails
or fasteners, there is a chance

that it may have been built
not by searchers,

but by the original builders
of the Money Pit.

If so, is it possible that
it was done not to shut off

the booby‐trapped flood tunnel
system but to maintain it?

In order to explore it furthe,

without it being damaged
or falling apart,

the team will need
to exercise the utmost caution.

So, Billy, my thought is just
clean off the front,

and hope the majority of it
stays together.

And then just backfill the front
of that so it doesn't collapse.

And just leave it alone.

‐Yeah.
‐If all the flood tunnel work

was done out here, then
it's down in the cultural area.

Yeah.

‐All right? Let's go.
‐Okay.

As Billy Gerhardt clears

the heavy earth and debris
blocking the structure...

‐We're gonna knock
part of that wall down? ‐Yeah.

...Rick, Craig and Jack
will carefully try

to expose it by hand.

Oh, look at the bottom here.

Is that is that chunky peat?

Ooh, that stinks.

Is that the bottom
right where you're at?

I think it might be.

Okay, let's step away.

We'll see if it goes
any more for a minute.

Are you good?

Yeah! Just peachy.

All right. That's probably good
for now, right?

Yeah.

Okay. Just want
to clean it up a little.

Yeah.

All those beams in there,
they've got cross beams

in the center
that are hooked like this.

Okay. ‐So, I'm just looking at,
a safety standpoint,

you've got all the ones cutting
across that are holding the ones

that are sticking out
on this side so...

‐It could collapse.
‐Yeah.

Especially if we fully
expose it.

Yeah.

Everything we've found
in Smith's Cove indicate

that laborious work
was done to‐to some end.

Well, you have this rock feature
outside of the boxes.

Was it possibly a way
to shut off the water?

Oh, hey, Gary.

How you doing, mate?

‐We're ready again, Billy.
‐All right.

Obviously, this thing
was built at low tide

without the aid
of any cofferdam, too.

Mm‐hmm.
‐Having to wait

till that moment when it's low
tide and slowly rolling down

these logs to put them in place.

I'm wondering how long
it would take.

How many men did they have?

Be careful, Rick.

‐Watch yourself.
‐ Whoa! Whoa!

Why don't you jump
over here, Jack?

‐ Billy! Wait,
wait, wait, wait, wait!

Yeah, that's gone.

As Rick Lagina and
members of the Oak Island team

were excavating a mysterious
log structure at Smith's Cove

in search of one
of the stone box drains,

it suddenly collapsed.

Well, it's...

it's not staying now.

All right, unfortunately,

that's probably not repairable,

but we need to get some dirt
back here to save this one.

It's starting to separate
a bit, too.

Problem is, you dig much deeper,

that wall's gonna go,
then the front wall's gonna go.

If you're gonna save that one,
you got to do something.

‐We're not gonna dig
anymore here. ‐Yeah.

There's one thing
I'm not seeing.

‐Mm‐hmm.
‐Box drains.

Yeah. Over here? Yeah.

Just miscellaneous rocks,
but not

nothing, like,
was in through here.

Although the collapse

of the mysterious wooden
structure is unfortunate,

the team's careful
examination of the site

has led to
an important conclusion:

the wooden structure
did not appear to be connected

in any way
to the stone box drains

that fed
the flood tunnel system.

We didn't find what
we had hoped to find.

Well, we now have
huge confidence

that‐that what
we didn't find here,

might be there in the Upland.
Let's get this done.

Get it sealed back up.

There's only one thing to do,
move forward.

The next day...

It's a swamp. You can
find anything anywhere in here.

Exactly.

...Rick Lagina and members

of the team have returned
to the Oak Island swamp,

where they are hoping
to find answers

concerning their
recent discovery

of a mysterious
stone‐paved area.

All those spoils that Billy said
they'd raked over

came from the paved area,
didn't they?

Yes, they did.

One week ago,

the team came to
the stunning realization

that the paved road,
or possible ship's wharf,

appeared to continue
further out

into the triangle‐shaped swam,

towards the
northern‐most point.

It was here that
the team discovered

a mysterious
circular stone feature,

which they have dubbed
"the Eye of the Swamp."

I think the swamp is much more
complex than we believe.

I've always thought that there
were some answers in there.

Because the paved stone area is
of such significant interest,

the hope is that
somehow we connect

this strange formation
to another strange formation,

the so‐called Eye.

The hope is that,
if there is a connection,

that will help us
understand both.

So it just kind of laid out
a little grid here

because it's impossible
to walk, right?

‐Yeah. ‐ So, metal detect
wherever the plywood is,

and then we'll leapfrog
them ahead.

‐Okay, mate.

Can't go too far in there

'cause it is
really, really sloppy.

Yeah, we got a hit
in here, mate.

See if we've got it.

All right, positive force, guys.

See what we've got.

‐Just a nail.
‐Yeah, a nail.

You think it's old?

Not by the weight of it.

‐It's really lightweight.
‐Yeah.

That looks modern to me.

Got a signal over here, Jack.

Does it sound good, Gary?

Yeah, it's tough to tell.
It's not very deep, though.

Oh, you're on it.

Oh, look.

What is that?

We just pulled out a big piece
of iron, Rick. Look.

‐Looks like an old bracket.
Looks like a strap.

Yeah, a strap or a bracket.

That's an old piece,
and I know it's in not

very good condition,
but who knows how old it is

and how long
it's been in that hole?

I'm thinking the hinge,
the other hinge from the beach.

That's a really
good point, Rick.

Same looking metal,
the same striations;

same dimensions, as well.

Here we go!

That looks like a hinge.

Last year, while excavating
near the 18th‐century slipway

at Smith's Cove,
the team discovered

a similar metal object.

One that blacksmithing expert
Carmen Legg later identified

as a hand‐forged iron hinge,

which could be as much
as 400 years old.

Could the iron strap
the team has just found

be related in some way
to the object found last year

at Smith's Cove?

And could it also be connected
to the 200‐foot‐long anomaly

identified by seismic scanning
in this same area;

and which appears to resemble
a large treasure ship,

or galleon?

This is cool.
We know the old iron

always has that
wood grain effect.

If there's an old ship
in this area,

we're finding old iron...
It's a good sign, mate.

Let's give Laird a call
and see if he can't come out

and at least take a look at it.

Hello?
‐ Hi, Laird.

‐Hey, Rick. How are you?
‐Good. Um,

we made a find out here
in the swamp.

We'd like you
to come take a look at it.

‐Okay.
When I

first see this piece of iron,

it‐it's got that old look
about it.

It looks like an hinge,
but it could also be,

like, an iron strap

that went around a chest
or a box.

And we all know
what implications

finding a chest
on Oak Island could be.

I mean, this could be part
of a treasure chest.

Hey, guys.

‐Hey, Laird. ‐Hey, Laird.
Always nice

‐to meet you in the swamp.

Wait till you see what we found.

Big ole piece of iron
for you to inspect.

It is old, isn't it?

To me, it looks like a piece
of strapping or...

‐Like reinforcing strap.
Yeah.

This didn't go into the wood.

It‐it went around the wood
and held it

‐like that.
‐Like a chest.

What about the breaks?

Does it look like it was

broken, stressed?

That looks broken to me.

That is pretty cool.

It's for something substantial.

To me,
I can see it being reinforcing

for a big timber, which is...

‐no less intriguing, right?
‐Yeah.

Yeah. But still,
what would it be doing

‐in the middle of a swamp?
‐No, I know. That's... Yeah.

That's‐that's
the intriguing part.

This came from deep in that hole

where Billy was digging.

Where it should not have been.

Wow. That's amazing.

I think Carmen might have a lot
to say about it.

I mean, he would be the guy,
I would think,

‐to‐to do that.
‐Mm‐hmm.

It's cool.

It's certainly intriguing.

You can't just find these items

and then not seek information
about them.

You have to apply science
to these finds.

You need to seek out sources

that may tell us the purpose.

Maybe come to an understanding
of when these items

were constructed,
who they were used by.

We need someone's counsel.

I know, but one thing.
That didn't float in.

‐No. No.
‐No. Too heavy.

As another day begins
on Oak Island...

All right. Here we go, Alex.
Time to dig.

Marty Lagina and his son Alex,

along with metal detection
expert Gary Drayton,

have traveled to the area

between Smith's Cove
and the Money Pit site

known as the Uplands.

It is here
they hope to find a way

to shut off the flow
of ocean water

to the infamous flood tunnels
once and for all.

So, here's the plan.

‐You see the sand
in the side there? Yeah.

We want to get that exposed
all through here.

You know, we're looking
for evidence of the flood tunnel

or anything else we can find.

It was while drilling

in this same area
earlier this year...

Nice.

Good grab.

Are you ready
for this one, boys?

...that Rick Lagina

and members
of the Oak Island team

obtained evidence
of a possible wooden structure

some 50 feet deep underground.

Look at that.

These are pieces,
probably, of beams.

Incredibly,

these wooden samples
were later determined

to date as far back
as the 1730s,

which led the team to believe
that they may have come

within inches
of the main flood tunnel

that connects Smith's Cove
to the Money Pit.

Gary, here's the deal.
I'm gonna start

over there. I don't have
too much to pull off there.

I don't know where
I'm gonna put the spoils.

Probably wherever you guys
can work and then

dig my way back through this way

‐is what I'm thinking.
I know

we should find a few coins
and artifacts.

‐I see all those layers.
Yeah.

They're all high tide lines.

‐There should be
something in here. Mm.

So, let's get going.

Maybe we'll hit something
in line

with the U‐shaped structure

‐and the flood tunnel.
‐Yeah.

My great hope

for the Upland dig
coming out of Smith's Cove

is to find proof positive
of the flood tunnel.

We have a couple of core holes

that seem to have encountered
the flood tunnel.

Plan for the Upland area is,

uh, deeper and bigger.

Hey!

That sounded like wood,
didn't it?

Yeah, it did.

When you was taking

that last bucket out, I heard
something creak like wood,

‐and I see a big timber
down there. Really?

Yeah, a big, square timber.

A large, square timber?

Have Marty, Alex and Gary
encountered part

of the same wooden structure
that the team

drilled into earlier this year

some 50 feet deep
in the Uplands area?

That big timber.

Probably about that big.

It's in situ
about three feet down.

Okay. We'll get it.

It's underneath that cr*ck.

It's not that one, is it?

That's not it, no.
It's still in situ.

It's deeper.

It should be out
with this bucket.

‐There it is.

There it is.

Hey!

It's right there.

Couple pieces.

Here?

Ooh! Look!
‐ There it is.

Yeah, there's
a lot of wood down there.

Yep.

Now we're cookin'.

I see another timber there
going that way.

Hey!

This has been unexcavated
before?

Yep.

This is totally in situ.

Look at the different
color here.

‐Let me
I'm gonna jump down in here. Mm.

Right here.

This is all wood.

Down here
maybe the flood tunnel?

But it looks like
it's not just tossed

in there
it's placed in there.

‐Take another chunk out.
‐Where?

Right there.

Definitely one there
and one here.

And this was perpendicular
to that one.

‐Is it?
‐Pretty sure that's a cut end.

Right?

Yeah, I mean, this is cut.

Right here.

So somebody put this here.

Yeah, I wouldn't
be surprised if that's a shaft

or a tunnel.

Some kind of structure
down there.

A shaft or tunnel?

Found some 15 feet deep?

Could it have been built here
by previous treasure hunters

in an attempt to intercept
a flood tunnel?

Or could this structure
actually be part

of the flooding system itself?

What I'm hoping is...

that we find
the flood tunnel itself.

But the earlier searchers had
more information than we had.

They knew
where the finger drains

converged,
at least in a general sense.

So whether it's searcher
or original works,

we need to excavate

and see what they found.

All right, guys,
what do you think?

These guys are telling me that's
a big structure down there.

I'm gonna climb down
in there and sh**t it.

You should check

‐that timber out, Scott.
It's impressive. ‐Yeah.

I'm gonna go down
and have a look.

It looks very disturbed in here.

I mean, this looks
like backfill to me.

Not natural material.

‐You seeing the edge
of a wall there, Scott? ‐Yeah.

There is other timber here.
We'll come out

of the hole, take some more
out of the bank right here

and see how far
it continues to go.

We'll find out soon enough.

Hey, Alex?

‐Yes?
‐Well, yeah,

‐I'll do it if you want.
‐Yeah. Just go real slow.

Yep, that's wood.

This is probably a shaft.

This is very similar
to the shafts last year.

Wow.

Looks pretty big.

Yeah, it's huge.

That's definitely
a structure now.

‐It all is a clue, so...
‐That's right.

One more piece of the puzzle.

Let's get Laird here,
let's get Rick here,

and, uh,
we'll see what this means.

This is exciting.

We started digging,

and damned
if we didn't hit a tunnel.

One day after finding
a possible tunnel

in the Uplands area
of Smith's Cove,

Marty Lagina is eager to show
his brother Rick

and archaeologist Laird Niven
what he believes might be

a breakthrough discovery.

‐Where is it?
Uh, kind of in line

with the wall we found
last year and...

a little bit askew
of the Cave‐In Pit.

It looks like
it's well constructed.

‐But no record of it.
‐No.

You'll have to take a look.

It's right over there.

Hey, guys.

Hey, Marty.
‐How's it going?

It's good.
We're having a good day.

We've got a big timber
across there

and a big round timber
coming there.

There's one
main beam there, Laird.

A big... a big thing.

A notched piece
came out of here.

Kind of in there.

That notched one came

when we took the last scoop out.

Interesting, for sure.
‐ Yeah.

Gary, you said you saw
a cross member back here.

Yeah, and it's a different
kind it's more like a log.

Kind of similar
to the U‐shaped structure logs.

A log?

Similar to the ones used

to build the massive
U‐shaped structure

uncovered at Smith's Cove
last year?

And which was
scientifically proven

to have been built in 1769...

over two decades before
the discovery of the Money Pit?

Those logs
and the construction method...

could be original.

But... why speculate?

I think we need
to keep digging.

Let's go.

There's so much
undocumented stuff going on,

‐especially in this area.
‐Yeah. Yeah.

‐Yeah. Pretty disturbed
on both sides of it.

There's a big piece there.

Whoa!

Yeah, see, there‐there it is.

‐Look at this, right here.
‐Yeah, I see that. Yeah.

Just buckled the timber.

You'd expect that
from an abandoned shaft, right?

‐ Mm‐hmm.
Yeah.

Yeah.

That is parallel.

I thought the whole thing
was kittywampus, but it's not.

That's parallel to that beam.

‐Right?
‐ Yeah.

Square‐cut nail.

Show that to Gary.

Yeah.

‐Oh.
‐That's interesting.

Oh, yeah. Yeah,
that is a nice oldie, isn't it?

‐Yeah.
Round nails came in

in, like, 1880
or something like that.

Yeah. Looks handmade, Rick.

Oh, really?

Precursor to a cut nail.

Cut nail would have
two flat sides...

be wider.

Hey, guys.

Hey, everybody's here.

‐Want to see a cool spike, mate?
‐Yeah.

There you go.

‐Wow.
‐More than likely early 1800s.

Like an early cut nail,
isn't it?

Who would have been here
early 1800s?

1800 to, say, 1850.

Well, that's easy. 1849,
you have the Truro Company here.

‐Mm.
‐They put a cofferdam in 1850.

They may have come back here
and tried to, you know,

backtrack, trying to find
where the flood tunnel is,

and‐and did some type
of a structure back here.

Because it is Gary's assessment

that the square‐cut nail dates
back to the early 19th century,

the structure
the team has uncovered

was most likely built
by searchers

sometime after 1795.

But is it possible
that these searchers

could have successfully found
the main flood tunnel?

And, if so, could
further excavation of the shaft

finally lead the team
to their target?

The timbers are interesting,
for sure.

It is suspicious that there's

so many massive pieces
right here.

‐I mean...
Yeah.

‐Where did they come from?
‐Where'd they come from?

Whoa! Whoa!
‐ Billy!

Hold!

You got a big chunk of it.

‐ Yeah, you got a chunk
of it right there, Bill. ‐Yeah.

‐ That's a big log.
‐ Yeah. That is.

There you go.
‐ Yeah, that's good.

Just come out.

This thing is gigantic.

Hey, Billy?

You can get rid
of that stuff there.

This stuff here?

There you go.

Smith's Cove has offered up

a whole bunch of stuff
that we didn't expect.

Structures all over the place.

We're finding out
about all kinds of things

that we didn't know were ther.

That is big.

That must be the biggest piece

‐of wood we've seen down here.
Oh, yeah.

Other than the U‐shape.

And I think
this is a notch, right here.

There's a lot of data

adding up to support that
a flood tunnel really exists,

and did exist,
here on Oak Island.

And it's gonna be well worth
digging in and around those

to see what we can find.

There's no doubt about this
this is a massive project.

We'll dig that big one out
and see what happens.

Later that day,
as Rick and the team

continue their excavation
in the Uplands area...

It's just up here on the right.

Okay.

...Marty, Alex and Gary
have traveled

some 20 miles north
of Oak Island

to the Ross Farm Museum,

located in the nearby town
of New Ross, Nova Scotia.

We're about to get some
answers on these mystery items.

They've arranged

for blacksmithing expert
Carmen Legge

to inspect a number
of mysterious iron objects

recently found during
the excavation in the swamp.

In addition
to the old iron strap

discovered one day ago...

‐That is a really old pick!
‐they are also eager

for Carmen to examine

two possible
17th‐century digging tools

found last week

near the northern point,

also known
as the Eye of the Swamp.

Carmen!

We're here to see you again.

Brought my buddies.

How are you, sir?

‐G‐Good.
‐Carmen, good to see you again.

Hello, mate.

‐We got some stuff.
‐Oh, wonderful.

All of these came
from the back of the swamp.

We found a big chunk of iron,
and we kept digging.

We'd like you to tell us
how old this stuff is.

We were thinking

it's a shovel... spade.

‐Mm. ‐Oh.
‐Um...

‐Mm‐hmm.
‐Mm‐hmm.

‐Mm‐hmm.
Show him the stuff

‐you found with it. Might help.
‐Yeah. ‐Yeah.

Here's the next one.

‐That's a tool.
‐Yup.

Would you say it's kind of
like a tunneling pick?

Mm.

‐Yeah.
‐Yeah.

Yup. Yup.

There you go.

Wow. That's cool.

At the Ross Farm Museum

in New Ross, Nova Scotia,

blacksmithing expert
Carmen Legge

has just shared
his incredible assessment

that the hand‐forged
iron pickax recently found

in the Oak Island swamp
could date back

as early
as the mid‐18th century.

Could the team
have found evidence

that tunneling took place in
the area prior to the discovery

of the Money Pit in 1795?

But if so, by who,
and for what purpose?

Is that a local style, or

could that have come
from Europe?

Mm‐hmm.
Well, the amazing thing,

I mean, these were found
at the back of the swamp.

Mm.

‐Yeah. Mm‐hmm.
‐Yeah.

Carmen Legge opines
that the pick could've been used

for tunneling,
but let's face it.

We know that searchers did
a lot of tunneling,

but there's also conjecture

that original depositors did
a lot of tunneling.

There's evidence perhaps
of tunneling under the swamp,

tunneling up by the Money Pit,

and our almost impossible task

is to sort out
who did what tunnels.

‐What's next?
‐All right.

We saved the best
'till the last, we hope.

And this came out of the spoils.

We knew
he'd be interested in that!

Gary.

We looked at this,
and we thought

this was similar
to that strap that you found

was interesting that
we recovered in Smith's Cove.

Here we go.

‐Yes!
Really? Seriously?

That's what we're looking for
in the swamp an old ship!

The iron strap
from an old ship?

And found near the mysterious
stone‐paved area in the swamp?

What would it have been used
for exactly?

To hold timber to timber?

‐Wow.
‐Wow.

‐Yeah, it's fantastic.
‐Um...

Could this iron strap
be evidence

of a ship visiting Oak Island

as much as 85 years before
the discovery of the Money Pit?

And if so, could it also
support the theory

that a large sailing vessel
was

as the late Fred Nolan believd

and as recent seismic data
suggested

buried beneath the muck
and sludge centuries ago?

You know what?
He had a hunch about this.

Yeah. I love those dates.
I mean, that really is...

That's the golden age of piracy,
right there.

How do you know that?

‐Wow.
‐Hmm.

‐Yeah.
‐A burnt a burnt ship

in the swamp, Gary.

‐That is fantastic. Yup.
‐Yeah, that is.

What is that doing in the swamp?

‐Yeah. ‐What's a ship doing
in the swamp?

‐Well, a bit of a ship.
‐Well... Wow.

You burn it.
‐Yeah.

‐Hmm. Boy.
‐Wow.

Could Carmen Legge's
notion be correct?

Might the charring

on the eighteenth century
ship's strap be evidence

that a galleon ship
was not just

buried in the possibly manmade
Oak Island swamp

but intentionally b*rned

in an effort
to conceal any trace of it?

But if so, by whom?

And just what were they trying
to hide

that made such an ingenious

and incredibly engineered
hiding place so necessary?

Wow. Uh, what is going on
in this swamp?

Was I surprised? Yes.

These dates of 1710 to 1790
that Carmen Legge gave us

for this strap on a ship is
actually scary to me, because,

as I sit here right now,
I'm more or less certain

that something significant
happened here

mid‐1700s on this island.

Well, that is really cool.

I got to think about what that
means, but it's definitely cool.

So, we brought you in a box
full of scrap from the swamp,

and we're leaving with a box

full of shipwreck
and mining stuff.

Thank you for analyzing it.

I appreciate it,
and we'll‐well be back.

We're gonna find
some more stuff.

Thanks for the great news.

Oh, sure.
We catch you drinking, huh?

‐We're out working, and
we catch you guys drinking. ‐Hey, guys.

‐ Hey, guys. ‐There they are.
‐What's the deal?

‐You've got good news for us?
‐We do.

Following their meeting

with blacksmithing expert
Carmen Legge,

Marty and Alex Lagina,
along with Gary Drayton,

arrive at the Mug and Anchor
Pub in nearby Mahone Bay,

where they are eager
to share his report

with Rick Lagina
and other members of the team.

Any time you go show stuff
to Carmen, you get a surprise.

‐ Mm‐hmm.
Yeah.

What did you end up showing him
this time?

I kind of knew
he would be excited about this.

And he turned it over
and over and over.

According to Carmen,

this is a brace
from a typical nine‐inch

diameter ship's timber.

And it's broken, and it would've
been all the way around.

And he was really excited
about this.

‐And then he measured it,
which was interesting. ‐Yeah.

He measured the distance, and
he went like this, and he said,

"This is off a sailing ship."

‐Yup. ‐ Wow.
‐That's what he said.

An old ship, as well.

So you know what I'm gonna
ask you, Gary. How old was it?

He said this was typical
1710 to 1790.

Wow.
‐Hey.

What's a ship part doing there?

Well, we have got that ship
anomaly in that area.

‐ That's true.
‐This seems to have come under

significant stress.

He didn't say anything
about that?

‐It was b*rned, as well.
‐ Yup.

‐It's signs of being b*rned.
Oh, that's right, yeah.

He was certain
it had been b*rned.

And he said in a fierce fire.

What if it just ran aground?

What if it's carrying a bunch of
treasure, and it runs aground,

and you need to offload it
and hide it,

‐because you can't get it off?
And then... Yeah.

And what better way to hide it
set fire to it?

One of the theories
about the swamp is that

the‐the treasure ship is brought
in, offloaded of treasure,

and it either became grounded
or they... for some reason,

they couldn't get the ship out,

and either burnt the ship
or blew it up.

Say they needed the paved area,
a working platform, to offload.

Well, you're not gonna
get it precise, right?

It just needed
to be a working platform.

So, they don't fashion it
perfectly.

They're in a haste to get
whatever's on the ship off.

‐Mm‐hmm.
‐They lay down a bunch of rocks,

it doesn't have to be smooth.

Look, the swamp to me was always
interesting, right?

There's certainly
something there.

There's some work yet
to be done.

Maybe we find something
that is highly definitive.

Agreed. Well, Jack, I'll bet

you're anxious to quit sitting
around and get back to digging.

Oh, there's got to be more
pieces of the ship in the swamp.

‐That sounds like an end
to this meeting to me. ‐Yeah.

‐Cheers! Cheers!
Salud!

For the Laginas
and their partners,

another week
of hard work has ended.

But unlike most, this time,

they not only believe
they might

have found the location
of the original Money Pit.

They have also obtained
physical evidence

that a ship,
possibly filled with treasure,

could have been deliberately
sunk, and then hidden,

in the triangle‐shaped swamp.

Could Rick, Marty
and their team

finally be on the verge of
solving a 225‐year‐old mystery?

Or will they find

that they've only just
scratched the surface

of a much larger
and more profound history?

One that will challenge
everything they think they know

about a small 140‐acre island

off the coast of Nova Scotia?

Next time on
The Curse of Oak Island...

We have got a target here, Jack.

Oh, look at that.

What the heck is that?

Does it look old to you?

That's what we're
looking for in the swamp.

Very cool.

What is that, mate?
That looks like a tunnel!

There's a massive structure
going on here.

What have you found now, Jack?