05x11 - Moving Targets

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Previously
on The Curse of Oak Island...

We're . We're definitely
sitting on something.

RICK: The oscillator
is on a flat, hard surface.

Could this be the vault?

I found a ship's log.

"It has been agreed
that a deep pit be dug,

"and treasure securely buried.

"The pit to have
a secret entrance

by a tunnel from the shore."

There is a trail now to follow.

It fits in every aspect.

GARY:
Whoa, whoa, whoa!

Holy...

I've seen that shape before.

In the Templar prison in France.

NARRATOR: There is an island
in the North Atlantic

where people have been looking
for an incredible treasure

for more than years.

So far, they have found
a stone slab

with strange symbols carved
into it,

th century coins,

even bits of human bone.

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.

It is a moment
of great anticipation

in the Oak Island w*r room,

as Rick and Alex Lagina,

along with Jack Begley,
Charles Barkhouse

and metal detection expert
Gary Drayton,

meet with archeologist
Laird Niven on the heels

of what might be their greatest
breakthrough to date.

One that may hold the key

to solving
a -year-old mystery.

Laird, we've got something
to show you.

And I think you're gonna be--
I think Gary would say--

-you're gonna be blown away.
-(soft laughter)

We need to get your dad
and Craig on the phone.

-All right, I'll get them up.
-Okay.

-Hey, guys.
-Guys.

-How you doing, guys?
-Hey, guys.

NARRATOR: Also joining them
via video conference

is Rick's brother Marty and
their partner Craig Tester,

who have called in
from their offices

in Traverse City, Michigan.

So, we've invited Laird back.

I think we all understand why,
because of Gary's unique find.

I don't know what words
to put on it.

Gary, why don't you show him
this item?

Yeah, this, um, interesting find

was found in Smith's Cove...

-Okay.
-Mid-beach.

Right.

We think it's gonna
knock your socks off.

There you go, Laird.

-What do you think of that?
-(soft laughter)

LAIRD:
Well, it's lead.

That's a cross.

Holy...

Holy schmoly, all right.

NARRATOR:
Earlier today,

while exploring the shore
along Smith's Cove,

Rick Lagina and metal detection
expert Gary Drayton discovered

something incredible.

GARY:
That's really old.

How old?

GARY:
I would say that is somewhere

between and .

I've seen that shape before.

I saw a carving like that
in the Templar prison in Domme.

NARRATOR: Even more astonishing
was the fact

that the cross was an almost
exact match to Templar carvings

that Rick Lagina and two
of his nephews had seen

on the walls of a th century
prison in Domme, France,

just one week ago.

If it can be determined,
with a high degree of certainty,

that it's a Templar-associated
figurine,

there's a piece of history
missing-- our history--

and I think that is what really
captivates people

about Oak Island.

"What could this mystery be
all about?"

I haven't seen anything
like that before.

-That's a good thing for an
archaeologist to say. -Yeah.

LAIRD: It's a little
asymmetrical, right?

It's quite crude.

-Pierced by a square nail.
-Yup.

I think this is a really
unique find.

There's certainly nothing
that I can see

that would contradict that.

-RICK: There's a story there.
-Yup. Yeah.

-Seems like it wants to speak.
-Mm-hmm.

And I think you're surprised
to see this, aren't you?

LAIRD:
Oh, yeah. Absolutely, yeah.

-Didn't expect that.
-No.

It's certainly quite remarkable,
when Laird gives us his opinion

that he's not seen anything
like this.

Here you have an archeologist

who's intimately involved

with activities throughout

the province of Nova Scotia,
and he's saying that...

not seen anything
like this before.

Is there any way
to estimate how long it was...

-in the environment that you
found it in? -(clears throat)

I don't think too long
because of the condition.

Lead is a soft metal,

-and you can see plenty
of detail on this. -Yeah.

-Yeah.
-Usually there's a white patina

if it's been exposed to air.

-Yeah. -Mm-hmm. -Yeah.
-GARY: The detail on it.

-There doesn't seem to be
much wear. Yeah. -Yeah.

MARTY:
Well, the conjecture,

Laird, is that... that we've
kicked around anyway, is that

we might have unearthed it
when we did our dig with you...

-Right. Mm-hmm.
-...last year.

And then it got washed
to the shore, you know,

-in that big storm.
-Yeah, no, absolutely.

NARRATOR:
Last year,

while working with Laird
to uncover evidence of possible

box drains at Smith's Cove,

the Oak Island team unearthed
a curious rock formation

known as a French drain.

Laird, I'm going
to put you on the spot now.

Man-made?

It's definitely
what we'd call cultural, yeah.

-Okay.
-Um...

MARTY:
You mean, you're saying with...

based on your expertise, with
certainty, this is placed here?

-It's a man-made something?
-I believe so, yeah.

-Wow.
-Yeah.

NARRATOR:
Could the mysterious lead cross

be somehow connected

to the construction
of the French drain,

perhaps being accidentally lost

at some point
during its construction?

Smith's Cove has come
roaring back into the top tier

of, um, places
that need more investigation.

You know, in the funny way
that Oak Island seems to work,

perhaps all that excavating
we tried to do

maybe unearthed that...
what is...

could be highly significant--
that medieval lead cross.

MARTY: I mean, we don't know,
Laird. We don't know

how old or anything,
but, you know,

preliminary research indicates

that Gary, you know...
many hundreds of years.

-Mm-hmm. Yeah. -MARTY: Uh,
is that not correct, gentlemen?

Yes, from preliminary,
very preliminary research,

-and that's really...
-MARTY: Right.

-...where this discussion needs
to go is... -Yeah. -Yeah.

...what steps do we take next?

Where do we go? Art historians?
Religious antiquities experts?

-Can we go out of province
for some expertise? -LAIRD: Oh.

No, absolutely.
Yeah, yeah.

There's no issue with taking it

out of the province,
out of the country.

-Oh, really?
-Well, yeah, because, I mean,

it could have come from Europe,
for example, so,

approaching European
archaeologists makes sense.

-Hopefully. -Right.
-MARTY: I think

we should find a religious...

ancient religious artifacts
expert.

-Mm-hmm.
-And try and get this thing

-pinned down-- where it
came from, how old is it. -Yes.

Yeah, it could be...
I'd be very interested

-to see the results of this one.
Yeah. -MARTY: Good!

-Let's find out.
-Yup.

RICK:
We need to get to work.

LAIRD:
Yeah.

NARRATOR: Two days after
their incredible discovery

at Smith's Cove...

-Morning, guys. How are we doing
this morning? -Good, good...

NARRATOR: ...Rick and Marty
Lagina arrive at the Money Pit,

eager to resume
their massive excavation

of the H- drill site,
a site

which they believe
is on the same spot

where an elusive
seven-foot-tall wooden vault

was first discovered

by treasure hunter
William Chappell back in .

So, our game plan right now is,

we're gonna oscillate down
five feet.

-RICK: Pressures are staying
steady? -VANESSA: Yeah.

So this is a fresh new cut, and
you can see we're at about .

Oh, now we've creeped up
to about .

So yeah, we'll get the can down
about five more feet,

and then
we'll let Michel start grabbing.

(whirring, clangs)

NARRATOR: Three days ago,
while excavating H-

with a -inch-wide
drilling caisson,

the process came
to an abrupt halt when the team

came upon what they believed
to be a large,

flat, wooden platform
at a depth of feet.

So, uh, he says his pressures
right now are up to ,

-and he feels like he's sitting
on something. -Really?

We're hopeful
that we're close to answers.

We've spent an awful lot
of effort to bring in

this massive equipment
and dig in this one spot,

following a well that produced
all kinds of tantalizing clues.

So, yeah, we're hopeful.

We're getting to the depth
where there should be answers.

NARRATOR: As the team
from Irving Equipment Limited

now resumes drilling

by using a slightly smaller,
permanent caisson,

Marty Lagina joins Jack Begley
and Charles Barkhouse

as they continue
their careful examination

of the spoils recently
retrieved from the H- shaft.

-Oh, a bit of pottery! Look!
-Really?

-Wow.
-No way.

-Look at that. -Oh, my gosh!
-CHARLES: That's a nice piece.

-That's a really nice piece.
-That really is, isn't it?

That might be one
of the best pieces

of pottery we found so far.

NARRATOR: Pottery? At an
approximate depth of feet?

Could this piece be connected

to the other intriguing
artifacts found in H- ,

like parchment,

fragments
of leather bookbinding

and pieces of human bone?

Is there a design on it, too?

-Yeah, there is.
-Yeah, it's like a leaf.

-It's all so thin. -It's raised,
too, like you can see.

-JACK: Oh, yeah.
-CHARLES: Yeah. Wow. That's...

MARTY:
It's hard to picture

workers down there

with such a fine piece of China
eating their...

Oh, yeah,
we have found some nice pieces.

I'm hoping that maybe the
original depositors used this,

and when we get
to the lower level of it,

we might find
some ancient stuff.

That's the hope. Clues.

NARRATOR: As the -inch-wide
drilling caisson

makes its way down
the H- shaft...

(clacks)

...it seems to encounter
no resistance,

as if it is sinking
under its own weight.

So, our shaft's excavating
without us.

-Okay.
-Uh, starting, we're at ,

and our shaft elevation

without us even digging
is now at .

-So...
-Oh, wow.

From a driller's perspective,

we would say
that's about a ten-foot void.

But we dropped,
and we're filling up.

NARRATOR:
A ten-foot void?

Located at a depth of feet?

Could Rick, Marty
and the Oak Island team

have finally penetrated

the mysterious Chappell Vault?

NARRATOR:
At the Oak Island Money Pit...

The casing falling
was one thing,

but what this is doing now?
Unbelievable.

:
...Craig Tester and Rick Lagina

have just heard
the shocking news

that the H- caisson has
encountered a mysterious void

at a depth of some feet,

the same depth
where they were resting

on what they believed
to be a large wooden object

just three days ago.

Okay, so,
the can is below the level

of the solution channel.

Um, or that's where
the teeth are, anyway.

NARRATOR:
It is Terry's assessment

that the team is now into
some kind of cavern or tunnel.

But if so, what has become
of the wooden obstruction?

Has the team from Irving
drilled into it,

or could they
have drilled past it?

You know,
is there a void there now,

and is it pushing something
ahead of it?

There's all these issues,
if you will, with H- .

And there's no question
about it,

it's an emotional
roller coaster.

Hey, Marty.

How's it going, Rick?

It's confusing right now.

-We're all confused.
-Why? Why?

Craig, tell him.

The, uh... so, the can's
down to, like, .

-Yeah.
-But the plug inside

has moved down five or six feet.

-That's great news.
-It bodes well.

It's in-- it's certainly
interesting.

-We'll see.
-What it means, I don't know.

I'll tell you what it means.
It means we're in the Money Pit.

We're in the collapse
of the Money Pit,

and we're gonna find
what was ever in there.

That's what it means.

NARRATOR:
The collapse of the Money Pit?

In ,
treasure hunters attempted

to reach
the original treasure vault

by digging a shaft
adjacent to it.

However, when they reached
a depth of feet,

the shaft, known as Shaft ,

began to flood and cave in.

Shortly thereafter, they heard
a loud series of crashes,

leading to speculation
that the Money Pit collapsed,

taking whatever
possible treasure down with it.

Could this mysterious void

really be a part
of the Money Pit's collapse?

MARTY:
Any void

before bedrock
is very exciting to me.

Because my pet theory is
that the Money Pit collapsed,

that all those dimensions

that were given years ago
are all inaccurate now

because everything
sloughed down the hole,

and we're looking
for where it could have landed.

Well, if there is sort of a void
it all fell into,

now we're approaching it.

NARRATOR: While waiting
for the team from Irving

to drill down
into the mysterious chamber

at the Money Pit,

metal detection expert
Gary Drayton and Rick Lagina

return to Smith's Cove

to continue their search
of the same area

where they found a mysterious
lead cross just days ago.

RICK: Where do you want
to start first?

GARY: We'll pick up
where we found the cross.

We'll do the areas
around the rock pools,

and then I think
we should get in the rock pools.

RICK: That cross
can't be a singular item.

No, I really don't think so.

RICK: There's no question
that today at Smith's Cove,

you know, holds high promise...

simply for one fact.

The cross intrigues all of us.

It's an interesting object.

Whenever I hear Gary say
"that's very old,"

then it's very important
to get back in that area.

Yeah, I like
this little corridor,

-so I think we'll go up
and down, up and down. -Okay.

(metal detector beeps)

Iron.

No, that's definitely iron.

-I know you know
what you're doing. -Yeah.

And that's why I was
so impressed with the cross,

because you believe
it's that old.

Yup. For sure.

RICK: If anyone could ever
be given the moniker

"treasure hunter,"
it's Gary Drayton.

(metal detector beeping)

There we go.

That sounded good.
I found that by accident,

slipping on the rock.

(beeping continues)

That's a great sounding target.

Pull tab.

No. This is gonna be
something good.

Let me just see
if I can pinpoint it,

which will be a bad sign.

You never know, though.

-(detector beeping)
-Okay.

So, that means it's close.

(beeping)

Ooh!

Oh! That looks like the arm
of something.

-That's interesting shape.
-It's lead.

That's an interesting
piece of lead, though.

-Oh!
-A spoon, isn't it?

Or a handle?

GARY:
It could well be a spoon handle.

It's like an "O" shape.

NARRATOR:
A lead spoon?

Found in the same area
as a mysterious medieval cross?

Could these artifacts
be in some way connected?

They would've cut the shape
of it out of a piece of wood

and poured the lead
into the mold.

That looks like it was made
in the mold.

Oh, man, I thought
that was something else,

-when I first heard it.
-Yeah, I know. You were jumping.

Yeah, I've got crosses
on the mind now.

It's definitely
interesting find.

Mm-hmm.

-Perhaps Laird can look at it.
-Yeah.

We respect Laird's opinion.
It's-it's why he's...

we've welcomed him as part
of the team, if you will,

and-and I think
we should reach out to him

and see if he can't assist us
in some way

and perhaps date it.

GARY:
That was it.

All right, let's see
if there's anything else,

'cause the rest of it
might be around here.

(metal detector beeping)

Yeah, I don't think
that's too far under the water.

(beeping continues)

Straight in the middle, mate.

I like it when you turn
your shovel over

and you can see what it is
just sticking out the top,

especially when it's a piece
of silver or gold.

-(metal detector beeping)
-RICK: Oh.

There it is. Looks like
the fastenings were here.

Some kind of decorative
brass piece.

Maybe off the side of a boat.

NARRATOR:
While metal detecting

in the area
known as Smith's Cove...

There it is.

...Rick Lagina and Gary Drayton

have just made
a potentially significant find.

Looks like some kind
of decorative brass piece.

Maybe off the side of a boat.

NARRATOR:
A brass piece from a boat?

Could this have been part
of an ancient ship,

one of many theorized
to have visited Oak Island?

Yeah, we're getting
some big pieces of metal

-off this beach.
-Right.

And I've been over
this beach before,

obviously previous years.

So it's either
the storms bringing stuff in

or pushing stuff off the banks.

Yeah, you would never
have missed

-two big targets like that.
-No.

Yeah, these are too big to miss.

RICK: The interest
in Smith's Cove is that fact

that these are
significant finds, definitely.

We need to pursue it further.

NARRATOR:
Later that day,

Rick Lagina and Gary Drayton

rejoin the rest
of the Oak Island team

at the Money Pit drill site.

Our casing is at ,

and our depth in the hole
is at .

Plug is . ?

- . , yup.
-Sweet.

NARRATOR:
Now that the oscillator

has begun drilling deeper
into the mysterious void,

it is the team's hope

that the spoils
brought to the surface

might contain artifacts

or evidence
of possible treasure.

GARY:
I'm not seeing anything.

JACK:
Yeah.

You guys ready to call it?

-JACK: Yup.
-GARY: Yeah, I think.

Is that leather?

I think I got
a bit of leather here.

Is that leather or bark?

That's probably leather.
That's...

I'd say that, yeah. I think

-there's a good possibility
that's leather. -Leather?

-Yeah. Good eye.
-Yeah.

NARRATOR:
Leather?

Could this be another piece
of possible bookbinding

similar to the sample
recovered from H-

just a few weeks ago?

Well, from such a big pile,

I mean, we're down
to, like, nothing now.

I put a lot on this table,
but there's...

-there's not much left, is it?
-No.

GARY:
Uh, check this out.

-Oh, wow.
-Wow.

Look at that. That's a bone.

No mistaking that.

-Excellent find, Gary.
-GARY: Isn't it weird

how all this good stuff's
coming from...?

JACK:
, right?

-Yeah. At .
-Yeah, this is .

NARRATOR:
A piece of bone?

Found in spoils taken
from a depth

of some feet underground?

Oh, what's that
jumping up at us?

NARRATOR:
Nearly the same depth

where the team recovered
human bones earlier this year?

What was the depth
at which this was found?

That was between and .

NARRATOR: But if this new bone
is also found to be human,

to whom does it belong?

Could it be related
to one of the two individuals

whose bones were dated

to sometime
in the th century?

Or could it be evidence
of a third

and, as yet, unidentified
visitor to the island?

Anything, guys?

-CHARLES: Yeah.
-GARY: Yeah! -JACK: Yeah!

-We got lucky.
-What do you got?

GARY:
A bone.

MARTY:
Oh, yes.

-What kind of bone is that?
-I have no idea.

Looks like a kind of
knuckle bone, would you say?

The end of a... end of a joint.

-A joint. There's a joint,
like... -Yeah.

That'd be, like, an elbow.

RICK:
It sounds macabre, but...

we're thinking a skeleton will
come out of there. Literally.

I mean, is it possible

that we only find
one little piece

and-and not skeletal remains?

GARY: Yeah, I mean, it just
caught my eye straight away.

-This is more of the stuff?
-Yeah, .

RICK:
The hope continues to be

that we will find
things of substance,

things that will definitively
tell a story.

MARTY:
That's great.

-Bag it and tag it!
-Yeah.

-You...
-I'm on it.

We're only a skeleton crew,

but we're finding bones.

(laughter)

RICK:
That's fantastic.

NARRATOR: It is the start
of another day on Oak Island,

as brothers Rick
and Marty Lagina

join members of their team
at the H- drill site.

-MARTY: Good morning!
-Gentlemen.

MARTY:
How deep are we?

CRAIG:
, . Something like that.

We're only about four feet
from where we found the pottery.

That's where I thought
it all fell to.

Yup.

Come on, baby!

Good day
to find Templar treasure.

NARRATOR:
But despite early evidence

that the original
six-inch-wide H- shaft

had located
the Oak Island Money Pit...

-RICK: Glazed pottery.
-DAVE: Pottery?

How are we getting pottery
at feet?

...there is now a growing sense
of frustration

that, except for a piece of
bone and some minor artifacts,

the much larger,
-inch-wide hole

is not turning up
more conclusive results.

RICK: The hopes and expectations
for H- were sky-high.

There's no question about that.

We had found
bookbinding material,

parchment, pottery
at below searcher depth,

uh, bones.

I mean, expectations
were off the charts.

But as the day progresses,
we're not finding

anything of interest.

And so, you know,

it gets to be a bit tedious.

You guys are making
some expensive gravel.

-No metal in it, Gary?
-No.

Three small pieces of iron.
Real...

Those little tiny
welding scraps.

CRAIG: I'm just concerned
we lost the material

in the zone
we're most interested in.

I'm gonna go check on this one.

JACK: I feel confident
we've explored this already.

-Do you want to call it?
-Yeah,

-I think we should call it.
-Okay.

MARTY:
I can't explain, in H- ,

how we got

so many significant artifacts

out of a small borehole,
six-inch borehole,

and then we run a great big,
giant six-foot caisson

down there, and we get,
really, marginally more.

I don't know why.

Numbers.

We have a -foot plug
right now.

But we're stuck.

-Oh, really?
-Yeah.

CRAIG: So, we think
it's just sitting on gypsum

and seems to be
some pretty big anhydrite.

Digging-wise, it's going slow.

NARRATOR: It is
the Irving team's assessment

that the casing has once again
encountered bedrock,

indicating that
there is likely nowhere else

for the H- shaft to go.

It also means
that their current efforts

to locate the Money Pit
must be abandoned

in favor of yet another plan.

How you feeling though, Craig?

I mean, I-I have to say
I'm disappointed. I mean...

But I thought we'd find stuff

-all the way through here.
-Me, too.

Me, too. We really have...
This hole has-has come up

-with less
than the itty-bitty hole. -Yeah.

How is that possible?

I'm just surprised that
we didn't all of a sudden go

through ten, feet of mud,
at least, you know?

And it's...
None of it's been digging easy.

It's like it doesn't make sense.

On Oak Island?

Something doesn't make sense?

Unless it did... You know,

something was in front
of the can,

and we-we were pushing it
for a while

and it was pushing all the clay
out of the way.

Till it hit something hard,

and that's when the drilling
got tough.

Oh, it's still in there then.

-That what you're saying?
-Just pushed to the side.

So, the hatch we dug through
has been pushed to the side?

Exactly.

NARRATOR: The failure to find
the Chappell Vault

has forced Rick, Marty,
and the Oak Island team

to face a bitter reality:

either the drilling caisson
has brushed past it,

or it was pushed even deeper
down and out of its path.

MARTY: The roller coaster
of digging where H- ,

where we found all this stuff,

it's being pushed ahead somehow.

It's so classic Oak Island.

RICK:
It just mystifies me.

We find these intriguing clues,

which seem to indicate

there's something of substance
down there.

And yet, we come up empty.

Well, I shouldn't say empty.

A few tantalizing clues--

more bone, perhaps,
more bookbinding,

leather, um,
but not what we expected.

I'm severely disappointed,
to be honest.

All right, well,
are we sort of done for the day?

Okay. Sounds good.

(wind whistling)

NARRATOR: After
the disappointing realization

that the operation
at the H- drill site

has reached a dead end,

brothers Rick and Marty Lagina

have called members
of their team together

for an important meeting
in the w*r room.

Joining them is geophysicist
Mike West of GEMTEC Limited,

who has come
with what he believes

is important information
that could help the team

plan their next move.

So, we are kind of on pins
and needles here.

-Show us what you got.
-Well, we have something.

If it's, if it's good,
that's up-up to you.

Okay, just run her down.

NARRATOR:
Several weeks ago,

Mike ran
a dual induction device down

each of the team's
six-inch-wide

exploratory boreholes
drilled as a part

of their Geotech grid system.

Emitting an electromagnetic
field two feet in diameter,

the dual induction probe
scanned the earth

surrounding each borehole for
evidence of conductive objects.

So, this is just a plan view
of the grid

that we set out to investigate.

NARRATOR:
Now, Mike has created a -D map

representing each
of the boreholes,

which shows the direction
and deviation of each shaft.

He has also incorporated
the dual induction data

to show the exact depth
and position

of each metal object
they detected.

The colors are gonna represent
the amplitude response.

It's gonna go from dark blue
to-to red.

Red's obviously gonna be
your-your strongest responses.

-Okay. -You know,
that-that would be your metals

or your... you know,
when you pass by casing.

They're diamond shapes because,

as you went down,
wherever your amplitude started

to rise and fall, basically,

the longer
the-the diamond shape,

kind of the longer the response.

I assume the silver things are
the casings, the big casings.

-MIKE W.: Yeah,
they're the big caissons. -Yeah.

So, I know
what you're interested in,

like, you know, when we were
logging these holes, was H- .

Picking something else up
right here.

NARRATOR: When the team first
ran the dual induction device

down H- ,
they detected the presence

of a large metal object
at a depth of some feet.

Well, it is the Chappell Vault.

NARRATOR:
Now, the team is eager to see

what the -D model may reveal
about the anomaly,

which they believe to be
the so-called Chappell Vault.

I was really thinking
I was gonna come in here

and stick a fork in this thing,
but we do have, uh,

a couple fairly significant
responses down here

that certainly stand out.

Once this -D model
really came together

and all these anomalies
started to line up.

-'Cause that's a cluster
of responses? -Yeah.

What's the depth right there?

MIKE W.:
You're in the to range.

If you say H- happens to be
the center of the Money Pit,

which I think it is,

and then you drew a seven-foot
radius circle around it,

which is what the Money Pit
would have been,

you will, effectively,
get all those anomalies.

-Right?
-Yeah.

If you say H- happens to be
the center of the Money Pit,

you will, effectively,
get all those anomalies.

-Right?
-Yeah.

NARRATOR: During a meeting
in the Oak Island w*r room,

geophysicist Mike West
is sharing

some incredible information
as to why the team failed

to turn up solid evidence
of the Chappell Vault

during their excavation
of Borehole H- .

The data supports that there's
some very interesting things

going on in a very defined area.

I think we keep finding out
that this is the Money Pit.

Right where it should be,
really.

The results of
the dual induction log testing

in-in, uh, H- indicate

that there is a significant
anomaly about feet.

Well, that's exactly,

exactly where the Chappell Vault
should be.

So it's highly significant.
It's exciting.

You know, what's interesting is,
we get to depth,

look how, look how little
we really did.

-Yeah. -Because, you know,
we're falling out,

hitting bedrock, stopping.
But look at that.

By the time we get to feet,
we got four holes.

Which shows where the gaps are,
for one thing.

Like it says right there,
there's big gaps

right in there
where there's nothing.

-MARTY: Right here
and right here. -Yeah.

NARRATOR: Although the team
completed a total

of carefully plotted
boreholes,

several of them deviated
in the course of drilling,

meaning some areas remain
unexplored in the Money Pit,

particularly around a depth
of feet.

RICK: We have come to learn,
because of the...

gyro data
and the dual induction system,

that there are
undiscovered areas,

or areas that
were not penetrated

by the pattern drilling program.

I mean, we have to investigate
these areas that are

of significant size-- something
could be hiding there.

JACK: The big positive
we should have out of this

is that there is a target
in the Money Pit

where it's supposed to be.
Right?

-Yes, I think so.
-Otherwise-- yeah.

Despite all of the open area

that we missed,

we still got a hit

where we
were looking for it at.

Yeah, the bad news is
it's not in a five-foot circle.

-CRAIG: No.
-Yeah.

MARTY: It's good news.
I mean, there's all

these theories about where
the Money Pit itself is.

You know,
the original excavation.

I think we found it.

I'm convinced we found it.

So yeah, it's a very...
that's a huge bit of news,

and it's probably...
I mean, to me, I think it means

we're nearing the end
of the hunt.

This is good, this is exactly
what we wanted you to do.

Thank you very much.

Here's what I read
from your body language

and your presentation
and everything

that's gone on here today,
said and unsaid.

There's no way
you'd quit on this.

-No. No, I still want
to know, too. -Yeah.

Okay. Well, we're gonna put
all the data we can to it,

and then, you know, the fates'll
do what the fates want to do.

So, let's call this one...
wrapped.

♪ ♪

NARRATOR: One day after
receiving important information

indicating that the
-inch-wide drilling caisson

may have literally pushed
evidence of the Chappell Vault

farther down
and then out of its way...

-MARTY: Hey, guys.
-CRAIG: Hey.

-Grab seats.
-...Rick, Marty,

Craig and members
of their Oak Island team

meet once again
in the w*r room to discuss

their next course of action.

They have also invited
geologist Terry Matheson

and area historian Doug Crowell

to offer their guidance
and expertise.

Okay, guys,
this is a crucial meeting,

and it's got to happen quick,

and we have to make
some decisions.

As everyone's aware,

we're finishing up, uh, H- .

We have a little bit
of money left,

but the contractor wants
a decision, needs a decision.

It's either up or down,
spend the money,

dig one more hole,
or give over for this year.

We have to make
the decision tonight.

♪ ♪

Terry, what's your input?

Stop and review.
Stop and review.

Spoken like a true scientist.

Do you think there's
something here to find?

I think there's possibly
something buried there.

A buried treasure, yes.

MARTY:
What I'm still saying,

you know, against all hope,
against all odds, I mean,

that that Chappell Vault
is actually there.

-You think it's there,
don't you? -Of course.

-Yeah, it's there.
-Do you?

-I think... I think it is.
-Well, we didn't find it,

and there's not...
it's not hiding this way.

We have too much data that way.

So, where do you
approximate it to be, then?

Well, if we had to move the "X"
away from the caisson,

what direction should we...?

So, H- 's sitting
right about here, right?

It's the penciled-in circle.

-That's the big caisson
right now. -DOUG: To me...

you got to look up to feet
in this direction.

MARTY:
Somewhere right in here.

Am I reading this right, Craig?

There is quite a lot
of missing data

-right there, right? -Yeah.
I mean, we put a well here,

we put a well here,
we put a well here.

It's unexplored area
at the depth

-that the chamber's
thought to be. -Mm-hmm.

NARRATOR: It is Doug's
assessment that the chamber

they are looking for--
and along with it, the vault--

could lie in a nearly
ten-by- -foot area

to the south of the Chappell
and H- shafts,

where the team
has not yet drilled.

MARTY:
You know, when you amalgamated

all the data
and put fresh eyes on it,

there's room for
that Chappell Vault, possibly.

It's an unsearched area.

We had, as part
of our pattern drilling program,

had a pretty good understanding
of the underground geology

and the underground,
uh, searcher work.

I mean, it's worth pursuing.

I make a motion we dig one more
well yet this year right here.

Do I have a second?

GARY:
I'm biased.

The more drilling you do,
the more stuff you bring up,

-the more chance I've got
to find something. -(laughter)

-Dig. You're in the dig camp.
-Yeah. Yeah.

Hmm. Charles, speak.

I'm abstaining.
It's your decision.

You three.

Not us.

MARTY: Craig,
what do you say at this point?

Um, you know, well,
it's up to you guy--

it's up to you, Rick, more,

'cause-- and the other guys
around this table--

because I'm...
when I'm headed out of here,

I'm probably...

(choked up):
...not coming back this year.

...when I'm headed out of here,
I'm probably...

(choked up):
...not coming back this year.

♪ ♪

NARRATOR:
While meeting in the w*r room,

Rick, Marty
and the Oak Island team

have just heard the shocking
news that their partner,

Craig Tester,
will be leaving the island.

CRAIG:
It's up to you, Rick, more,

'cause-- and the other guys
around this table--

because, um...

you know, I don't want to say,
"Hey, drill here,"

and then not be here
to support you guys.

♪ ♪

Earlier this year,
Craig and his family

suffered the loss of Craig's
-year-old son, Drake,

who d*ed of complications
following an epileptic seizure.

CRAIG:
Oak Island, for me, has helped.

Um, it takes my focus
off losing Drake.

Um...

I think of him every day.

I think I'm always out here.

I wish he could be here
helping us.

So, um, it's been a tough year.

Um, time for me to head on home

and... uh, help my wife, who's
struggling through this, too.

Ad, um, so, I'm appreciative
for all the guys,

and I'm appreciate for...
for Oak Island,

for everything it's done for me.

You'll always be here
whether you're here or not.

MARTY:
Yeah, that's okay, Craig.

-Yeah. Yeah. -Everybody
understands that. -For sure.

You won't be able
to kick Jack out of here

-with a ten-foot pole,
so he'll be here. -Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah.

MARTY: It's got to be
bittersweet for Craig out here.

I don't know what's
going on inside him.

I can only guess.

I mean, this is painful stuff.

So Craig's suffering a lot
and he's grieving.

Look, whatever he wants.

Whatever Craig wants, whatever
Craig feels is best for him,

and I... I'm not
going to do anything

but say, "I'll support
whatever decision you make."

I kind of want
to finish this now.

Especially 'cause you said
you're not coming back.

And this is a chance
to finish it.

You know...

I don't know
how to say it exactly,

-but...
-(tapping table)

I kind of want to try
and finish this for Drake.

There, I said it.

I don't know,

I'm-I'm...

♪ ♪

(Rick sighs)

Well...

I said it from the start:
one in, all in,

once in, forever in.

I've given it
everything I've got

for-for the last ten years.

You know me, I'm not a quitter.

I was just about to say,
so now you're gonna quit?

(laughter)

No. So...

let's find it.

For everyone.

RICK:
What's the point of being here

if we're not going to try

everything
within our means to...

get an answer?

We're here, in the now,
you know?

Why would we... why would we
not aggressively do this

as best we can?

And so, what does that mean?

It means...
put another caisson down.

There's no...
no question in my mind

we need to continue.

We dig another well

approximately here
to be fine-tuned

between Rick and Doug
and Charles.

What? What were you
gonna say, Jack?

Can we name it
after my brother, too?

Of course you can.

-Thank you.
-Yeah.

JACK: We asked to name the hole
after Drake, and so...

we decided to just use
his initials, uh, DMT.

And...
(sighs)

it-it meant a lot

to me.

Maybe this is the hole
that finds it all.

But it's good to know that...

my brother's a part
of this island forever now.

Okay, good.
Let's dig one more hole

while we're in on this, okay?

Enough of this.

In, in.

-TERRY: Charles, Charles.
-CRAIG: The brothers.

-Let's do it!
-All right!

Good.

NARRATOR:
For Rick, Marty and the team,

it has been a week
of both incredible discovery

and heartbreaking
disappointment.

But as one door closes

on what began
as a promising investigation

at the H- shaft,

another... may have opened

in the form
of a mysterious medieval cross.

A cross that could be not only
the first tangible evidence

that the Oak Island
treasure exists,

but that finding it
could mean riches

that are measured
in something more substantial

than mere dollars and cents,

a treasure that could be worth
all the years

of blood and sweat
that went into finding it.

(wind whistling)

Next time, on
The Curse of Oak Island...

-This is "X" marks the spot.
-Yup.

Let's get that can down hole
and find this thing.

We're good to go, guys!

TOM: It was one of the things
Fred found on the island.

Is this the key
to unlock the mystery?

Is this the key
to Nolan's Cross?