10x03 - Bubbling Over

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Tonight on
The Curse of Oak Island

There's something
going on in the garden shaft.

- Oh, yeah, there we go.
- We got something right there.

- Oh, my god.
- Oh, wow, look.

- What do you make of that?
- That's very odd.

This is what
I'd class as treasure.

The roughness here.

It's 500 years old, at least.

-Phew -wow.

There's a canadian
mining company,

They could come in and
open up in the garden shaft.

Are we going to be able
to actually go underground

- In that shaft?
- Yep.

- That's fantastic.
- Brilliant.

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.

Guys.

- Hey, alex. -How's it going?
- How you doing?

An exciting new
day has begun on oak island

For brothers rick and
marty lagina and their team

As they continue
a quest to solve

A 227-year-old treasure mystery.

What's this one?

So, we're currently right here.

The borehole is
called a.5n-13.5.

- Okay.
- The water testing,

It is all pointing
us to this area.

Further to that,
we're looking to find

Tunnels in this area

As related to or associated with

- The garden shaft.
- Right.

What are we at here?

We are at above 18 feet.

Because we are
still relatively shallow.

Today, they
are drilling a new borehole

In the fabled money pit area,

Attempting to penetrate a
five-foot-tall wooden tunnel,

Some 103 feet deep, which they
first discovered two weeks ago.

Oh, wow. Whoa!

- That's a tunnel, all right.
- That's really cool.

This is a previously unknown
perhaps depositor... tunnel.

That is really exciting.

A subsequent
sonar operation revealed

That the tunnel is heading north

Toward a mysterious structure
known as the garden shaft.

A shaft that has been carbon-
dated to the early 18th century

And where recent water
testing has indicated

High-trace evidence of
gold deep underground.

We don't know what
the garden shaft is.

We have gold
showing up in the water.

So it has turned out to
be perhaps significant.

Whether it's gonna lead
us to the treasure or not,

We're going to have to see.

Of course, your mind
races to, you know,

This could be part of the
original depositional work.

I still want the "what
happened," I still want

Those last few
paragraphs, and I think

We're on the
cusp of writing that.

I'm looking forward to
seeing what this hole brings.

Okay, we'll try
and keep you up to date.

Cool, thanks, guys.

- Bye, now.
- See you, alex.

As the core-drilling
operation continues at the money pit...

There he is.

Rick lagina and billy gerhardt

Meet with renowned gemologist

And jewelry expert
peter schneirla

At the research center.

Welcome to oak
island, peter, I'm rick.

How do you do? Pete schneirla.

We have an
interesting object inside.

Come on in, we'd love for you

- To take a look at this.
- Great.

With peter's more than 40 years

Of experience working
with such organizations

As tiffany & company, de beers,

And the smithsonian institute...

Well, mate. Gary drayton, mate.

It is the team's hope

That he can identify the
piece of potential jewelry

That gary drayton and jack
begley found one week ago.

We have got an old
head-scratcher here.

I'm pretty sure it's old.

I don't know what the stone is,

But the setting looks old.

It's really unusual.

Just so out of place as
well, where we found it.

It was in the middle
of a wooded lot.

- Mm-hmm.
- And I'm hoping you can

Shed some light on it, mate.

- Right here, mate.
- Thank you.

Interesting.

There's a good start,
"interesting" on oak island.

What makes this artifact

So intriguing is that
it was found on lot 7,

Near the border of lot 8 on
the western side of the island.

It is in this area where
the team discovered

A semi-precious garnet
gemstone five years ago

That some believe
may be connected

To sacred treasures
of the knights templar.

And just this year, it is
where they also discovered

A bunk hook designed
for lifting heavy cargo,

As well as a possible coin

Potentially predating
the 16th century.

You know, the first
thing that strikes me

Is that it's a ferrous metal
around the adornment item.

And this lip coming over
the edge, that might indicate

A little hinged something
or cover to it, perhaps.

Yeah, that's what
piqued my interest as well,

Because that so reminds
me of an old-style setting.

Yeah, so, I would have to think

That it's some kind of a pin.

Yep.

The material is glass.

Hmm.

I don't know whether that's

On a metal backing, which
is known as a foil back,

Or there's actually

A colorant on the
back of the cab itself.

But, you know,

Glass has been used as
an imitation of gemstones

Since the roman times.

The other thing that
I will mention is that,

Having looked at a lot
of jewelry from all periods,

From all over the world, I've
never seen a mounting like that.

It's definitely not usa.

What you're telling us is
absolutely, bloody fantastic.

This has got an
old feel about it.

- Yeah.
- Yeah.

Using the fisherbrand
425 series microscope,

Peter will be able to
magnify the artifact

Up to 50 times its actual size.

Cool, that really
is a bobby-dazzler.

Yeah, I mean,
we're in blue heaven.

- I mean, this is gorgeous.
- Beautiful.

So, if you look at that
dark, round sphere

Up there in the
two o'clock position,

You can see that's an
air bubble, gas bubble.

Which does not occur
in any gem material,

Except for amber and
only on rare occasion.

So, that's another

Indicator that it's glass.

So, we come to the

Indelicate part of... Aging it.

Can you infer anything?

I can infer that the metal

Seems like it's a pretty

Non-evolved alloy,

- If you know what I'm saying.
- Yup.

That style of pin

Was common back
to the, you know,

1700s or earlier.

A potentially ancient cloak pin?

Oh, my gosh!

It's another
bobby-dazzler, look!

In 2018,

While searching on lot 21,
also located on the western side

Of the island,

Rick and gary found
a decorative brooch

Featuring a glass stone.

So, definitive glass but

Also definitive
hand-made, not modern.

And when
gemologist charles lewton-brain

Inspected it, the team was
stunned by his analysis.

When you say "not modern..."

Well, glass gems

Have been around
at least 500 years.

This is not your ordinary

Old brooch found in the ground.

That is a super ancient
way of making wire.

Could this
artifact found on lot 7

Be related to the other
pieces of ancient jewelry

That have been discovered on
the western side of the island?

If so, what else might be there

Just waiting to be unearthed?

Well, from that you can infer,

Why would someone
be wandering around with

An item such as this

On the western drumlin?
It makes no sense.

Unless...

There was a specific purpose

To be on the western drumlin.

It's a very,
very exciting piece,

And as an imitation-colored
gemstone, this is magnificent.

That's most unusual,

So, congratulations
on finding it.

There's got to be some
more gems there with it.

It's got to have friends.

And with a bit of luck we'll
have you on speed dial, mate.

Because we are going
to be finding some more.

I would love that.

- Pleasure to meet you.
- My pleasure.

Later that afternoon...

- Hey, guys.
- Hello, gents!

- Gentlemen.
- Here we are.

- Checking in again.
- Yeah.

Rick, marty, and
their business partner

Craig tester arrive
at the money pit

To check on the progress

Of the core-drilling operation.

How deep are we?

48's right there in front of us,

But nothing was expected.

- Undisturbed stuff, right?
- Yeah, stuff.

What will this core bring us to?

48 to 58, it should be.

- Another ten foot.
- Excuse me, gentlemen.

- How deep?
- Thank you.

That'd be a 55.

-55? -Yeah.

So, right at 55 is, like,

The bottom dropped
right out of her.

- Really?
- So you, so you stopped?

Super soft or
hollow, completely?

It felt hollow.

Definitely a void.

Yeah.

Oh, baby!

I really think
we're close to something.

Great!

Bottom dropped right out of it.

Might be a void down there.

The resistance
just dropped out of nowhere,

Then we pulled it out.

In the money pit area,

While attempting to once again
penetrate a man-made tunnel

Some 103 feet underground,

The oak island team has
just drilled into a large void

At a much shallower
depth of just 55 feet.

It felt hollow,
so I have to keep going.

Thanks, mike!

That's interesting.

The plot thickens,
but, of course,

The tale is going to be
told with what comes next.

We'll know something right here.

I find this
cavity most interesting,

Because it's well
above the bedrock.

All right!

It could have been created.

- Here we go.
- Got her?

So, we need to
explore this thing.

It's an anaconda for sure.

How deep are we?

Uh, stopped at 85.

- So, we cut 30 feet.
- Yep.

How much do you
think we're missing

Out of that last 30 feet?

I'd say approximately ten feet.

So, we've got a huge
open section, right?

Oh, yeah.

That doesn't just happen.

Something has
happened down there.

They have
encountered a ten-foot void

At an elevation that's shallower

Than previous
discoveries, so it obviously

Makes this area,
the garden shaft area,

That much more intriguing.

So, we're gonna try and get a
water sample out of this, craig?

- I think we should.
- Yeah.

The hope is
that we can determine

Whether it was
natural or man-made.

Last year, do
you remember we had

The air pocket hole in ab-13?

- Yeah.
- It happened at 60 feet.

We start at 55, that just
means there's potentially

Some connectivity in this range.

Whoa!

Holy cow!

We've never seen that before.

One year ago,
as the team drilled just

Three feet west
of this location,

At nearly the same depth,

Massive amounts of air
suddenly rushed to the surface,

As if the seal to a pressurized
cavern had been broken.

I'd say we're
close to something.

This could be the indication
of an offset chamber.

I mean, you know, I don't
know what else would be

At 55 feet.

You've always been
a proponent of that.

I have been, yeah.

It has long
been a suspicion of marty's

That whoever constructed
the booby-trapped money pit

May have also built a tunnel

That leads to a
chamber in dry ground,

Where the fabled
treasure is contained.

Is it possible

That the team has
just discovered

More evidence that
this could be true?

I think the offset
chamber theory is the only thing,

Really, that makes sense.

If somebody wanted
to hide something where

Nobody would get it,
they would've dug this deep

Illusion hole, for
lack of a better word.

But the real treasure
would be offset somewhere.

To my knowledge,

That's the shallowest
we've seen anything

That seems to be a void.

And that cavity could be
connected to the garden shaft.

You know,

It certainly continues

To provide a reason to be

Excited about finding
the tunnel and figuring out

What's going on down below.

We just have to
keep plugging away.

Later that afternoon...

Do I have to tell you
how great lot 8 has been to us?

There is a sea of flags in here.

Gary drayton and
jack begley return to lot 8

On the island's western drumlin.

That area where
we found the brooch

And the cloak pin.

Just over there, mate.

It might just be that lot
8 was some sort of area

Of activity for some reason.

So, let's get stuck in!

Yeah, let's go!

Following
peter schneirla's analysis

Of the potentially
ancient cloak pin

That was found nearby on lot 7,

Gary and jack are hoping
to uncover more clues

To help identify just who

May have visited
this area long ago

And if anything of great
value was left behind.

Nice one.

Just there, mate.

Thank you, sir.

Oh, still singing.

Oh!

So, it's in me hand.

Folded piece of copper, maybe?

Oh, it's definitely copper.

Very unusual,
obviously two parts

- Of the same thing.
- Mm-hmm.

What stands out, it's not really

Heavy-duty, is it?

But it's been used to crimp

Over a material.

I'm just trying to think
of what that material is

Inside there.

It's soft.

I feel like it's some
sort of a parchment

Or paper.

Very interesting, mate.

A possible
copper parchment scroll?

In 1897, treasure
hunters frederick blair

And william chappell drilled
into what they described

As a seven-foot-high vault

At a depth of 153
feet in the money pit.

Upon extracting their drill bit,

They were astonished
to find traces of gold

And a small piece of parchment

With the letters
"vi" written on it.

This discovery made some believe

That the oak island treasure

May consist of not
only precious metals

But also sacred
historical documents.

Could this believed
parchment scroll found on lot 8

Be related to the other
pre-16th century discoveries

The team has made in the area?

And if so, might it represent
another critical clue

That may help solve
the oak island mystery?

We haven't found
anything like this before.

No, I like different,
mate, and this is different.

This has got an old
feel about it, as well.

And the ct scanner

Will tell us the
story of this find.

It could be something
very important.

I'm going to be careful

With this, put it in the bag.

With all the finds that
we recovered on lot 8,

What that tells me is, this
far away from the money pit,

There was some
pretty interesting activity.

Let's keep moving.

Next flags are over here.

And this has given me hope

That this area would
have been used

To bury treasure.

All right, see
what this one says.

Here we go.

Oh, that's sexy.

Just there.

Right, this is gonna be
a good find, mate, I can feel it.

See if you got it out.

Yeah, all right!

It's out.

Come on!

Just there, oh!

Wow, look at this!

Is that iron?

It looks like iron,

But it might not be iron.

It might be something different.

On lot 8, on the
western side of oak island,

Gary drayton and jack
begley have just found

A potentially important clue.

It's got that curve on it.

Maybe a bell.

- I mean, bells were curved.
- Oh, I hadn't thought of that.

Yeah, the other bell metal.

That bell metal
that we found on lot 4.

We'll have to have it tested.

Even though it's bell metal,

It could be used
for other things.

Yep.

After the team
found a fragment of bell metal

One year ago on lot 4...

I would say it's older, yeah.

Scientific analysis performed

By dr. Christa brosseau
suggested it may be

An important clue
to help identify

Who may have visited
oak island prior to

The discovery of the money pit.

You'll see at the
last sentence there,

It says, "bell metal
was used to construct

Early cannons by the
spanish and portuguese."

Yeah.

Later in the year,

Rick, doug and
members of the team

Traveled to portugal
to investigate a number

Of locations that once served

As strongholds for
the portuguese sect

Of the knights templar

Between the 12th
and 16th centuries.

There, they were shown

A number of fascinating
clues possibly

Connecting the templars
to the oak island mystery.

- Oh, wow.
- That's impressive.

These included a carving

That matched one
reportedly found

On the legendary 90 foot stone,

A stone road that
was nearly identical

To the one the team
discovered in the swamp...

And a 15th century
cannon that matched

The caliber of a believed
portuguese stone sh*t

That was unearthed in the
money pit two years ago.

Oh, look at that.

How cool would that be?

If this is bell metal and
it matches that bell metal

That we found on lot 4?

It'd be a great
connection between lot 8

- And lot 4.
- Yeah.

Is it possible that
gary and jack have just found

More evidence that the origins

Of the oak island
mystery could be linked

To the portuguese sect
of the knights templar?

Okay, I'm going to bag it.

Maybe this is it.

- Yeah.
- And we'll put that there.

Okay, let's go.

The following day,

As the team continues

Drilling in the
money pit area...

This is that, kind of, a
destroyed, bedded clay,

Really, right here.

This looks good.

Perfect.

Jack begley arrives
on lot 32, west of the swamp

Along with geophysical
scanning experts robert seddon

And keith hollender of
phoenix aerial production.

In the wake of numerous
ancient artifacts,

As well as the stone road
and pathways that the team

Have unearthed over
the last two years...

So, we're on lot 32 right now.

Rick, marty and craig

Have commissioned
robert and keith to

Conduct an
island-wide lidar scan

To look for other features

That could help solve
the 227-year-old mystery.

Now, if there's a
structure or trail,

You guys should be
able to pick up on that

- With your lidar, right?
- Right, definitely.

So, the lidar will be
able to create the scan,

See if there's
any hidden trails,

Any cobblestone trails, that's
underneath all this foliage.

It'll pick up anomalies,
metal underneath the ground.

We'll be able to
tell if there's metal,

What types of metal they are,
and be able to map that out.

That seems like exactly
the type of technology

We need because
hopefully it can lead us

To a trail or area
that we can search

With the metal detector
and recover more artifacts.

- Great.
- Let's get started.

- Sounds good.
- Great.

Commonly used in
archaeological and geographical surveys,

Light detection
and ranging, or lidar,

Is a scanning technology
that emits rapid

Laser pulses, which
reflect off the ground.

The collected data is then
used to generate a 3d model

Of the area, revealing
potential man-made features

Not visible to the naked eye,

As well as objects
and structures

That lie buried
near the surface.

Okay, guys, I got the
map uploaded to the drone.

It's gonna create a grid.

We're ready to take
off and let it do its thing.

Okay, we'll stand back.

Stand back and we'll get going.

The objective
is that we can connect

A road-like feature to a...

"x" marks the spot location,
whether that be in the money pit

Or a currently unknown location.

It's about trying to understand
a very complex mystery,

And these unique features
might have something

To do with unraveling
the totality of the mystery.

It looks like you're
scanning not just one lot but

30, 31, and 32 right now.

- Correct.
- It's exactly right.

- Mm-hmm.
- The more data that we can get, the better.

So, it looks like it's
just about done, so

Now the drone's
going to come home.

Great.

So, now that we've landed,
can we look at the data?

Well, we have to take
it back and process it,

And then we can see the
full picture of what we have.

Why don't we go to
a couple other spots

And then we can
get some more data?

Yeah, let's go for it.

- Sounds great.
- Let's keep going.

As jack, robert, and keith

Continue scanning the
western side of the island,

Back at the money pit...

Could be an
interesting day on the island.

Geologist terry matheson,

Surveyor steve guptill,

And oak island
historian paul troutman

Continue monitoring
the core-drilling operation

In borehole a.5n-13.5.

Since encountering a
mysterious ten-foot void

At a depth of 55
feet just one day ago,

The team has decided

To keep drilling
below the 100-foot level

In the hopes of once
again encountering

The wooden tunnel
that may be heading

Toward the nearby garden shaft.

Hey, colten, what
do you got there?

This is gonna be 108.

108, okay.

Excuse me.

So, I'm just carving this up,

Carving the turkey up
here, see what we got.

It still looks
pretty loose, terry.

Yeah, well it's loose
right there, but then

It seems to stiffen up here.

I don't see any wood.

It's firm at the top...
And then loose.

Yeah, this is all really loose.

You know, it's been disturbed.

Yeah, it's somewhat disturbed.

Everything is loose,

And that's what happens when

You're close to a structure.

I wish I had
definitive evidence,

I wish I had a couple
chunks of wood in here.

- Yeah.
- Then you're gonna know.

The proof is in
the drilling, I'd say.

Hey, guys!

Check out the garden shaft!

Yeah, look at that.

Bubbles.

- Wow, look at that.
- Oh, wow, look.

It's bubbling really
good, actually.

Oh, my god.

Oh, wow, look.

Yes, we have air bubbles.

It's bubbling really
good, actually.

Yeah, it's a steady stream too.

In the money pit area,

While drilling at
a depth of some

108 feet, where they
have found evidence

Of a possible
structure, or tunnel,

The oak island
team has just noticed

Mysterious bubbling in the water

That fills the
nearby garden shaft.

So, terry, yes, there are indeed

Air bubbles in the garden.

- Okay.
- On the right-hand side.

Right next to where
a rock is, actually.

So, we're transmitting
pressure as they case forward

From the drill rig, along that

Tunnel over into
the garden shaft?

- Yes.
- Yep.

Is it possible that
the team has found evidence

That the tunnel, first
encountered two weeks ago,

Is, in fact, connected
to the garden shaft?

And perhaps also
the large source of gold

That they recently detected
deep underground in the area?

We know
there's a tunneling system

Under there that may connect

To the garden shaft.

And that's really
exciting for us

Because we could potentially
tunnel to the treasure.

Okay.

I sent the guys a
text, let them know

What's going on in this hole.

Super, that's perfect.

We should go get the samples

For the water and
the air bubbles in

The garden, steve, so
we have a collection here.

We'll take a look.

In the hopes of
obtaining more evidence

Of precious metals
from deep underground

Near the garden shaft,
paul and steve collect

A water sample
that will be analyzed

By geoscientist
dr. Ian spooner.

- Well?
- Hey, marty, hey, rick.

- How are you doing?
- What's up?

For right now, we've got really

Interesting outcomes,
very close to

The garden shaft.

Down as far as
108 is very loose.

No wood, but, I mean,
that level of disruption

Or disturbance tells
me that we might

Be close to a structure.

Yes, there was air
bubbles about 108 to 115.

We actually started
seeing air bubbles

In the front and
the back of this rock

That's on the right-hand
side of the garden.

So, interesting.

Bubbles in the pond over here?

- Bubbles in the garden.
- In the garden shaft.

- In the garden pond.
- Yeah.

- What do you make of that?
- I don't know, that's very odd.

We were surprised
to see the air escape from

The area of the garden shaft.

But excited about it
for one simple reason:

It means there's a void
or voids down there.

Possibly a tunnel
connected to the garden shaft,

And we need to devise
some sort of plan where

We can explore that area.

This area in particular,
probably more than any

Other area over
the last ten years,

This is probably
the most interesting.

- Agreed.
- Yeah.

Here's what I think.

You got to keep on keeping on.

All right, we'll keep at it.

Keep going, guys.

Thanks, everybody.

Take care now.

Later that afternoon...

As jack begley
continues to monitor

The lidar operation on the
western side of the island...

So, you can see the
idea of the smaller overlaps.

Yeah.

Always good to see you, sandy.

Thanks for coming out, mate.

Gary drayton
and charles barkhouse

Meet with sandy campbell,
a renowned numismatist

With over 40 years of experience

Identifying and analyzing

Rare and ancient coins.

Jack and I found a
really interesting artifact.

What looks like
a piece of copper.

And the metals came
back as, like, an older mix.

So, we're hoping you can
shed some light on this artifact,

And I'm hoping it's a coin.

- Okay, let's have a look.
- Okay.

Sandy has been
asked to inspect the mysterious

Copper artifact found
two weeks ago on lot 7,

Which archaeologist
emma culligan believes

Could date back to the
16th century or earlier.

It's not a traditional shape,

But anything is possible.

I'm not seeing
any detail at all.

And it's tapered.

Yeah.

Usually, a
tell-tale that it's, you know,

Probably not a coin.

It could be a barter
piece, it could be...

Do you mean like a, like
a trade token type thing?

Well, I mean, anything
made out of metal

Was used for barter, right?

- Yeah.
- And that's where coins

Derived from, you know,
producing, you know,

Something that was
easily transferred

That was made out of
copper, silver, or gold.

This would be no different.

Let's weigh it and see
where it fits in on a scale.

If it was some
kind of trade piece,

What would be the weight on it?

It'll be in increments
of grams, normally,

So...

And this piece is four
grams right on the button.

What's unusual is, you know,

It's sort of an exact
weight of four grams.

And it's very puzzling,

The way the edges
are done on this.

Someone took a lot of time,

Probably, making that
four grams, and it's...

Yeah, I mean, potentially,

It is, you know, potentially

A barter piece that would have

Value for that amount of
copper at the time, right?

So, it would have
monetary value.

How old is it?

It's 500 years old, at least.

Wow.

To date it more accurately
would be really tough,

But because of the
composition, it's definitely

That period or earlier.

It's absolutely
brilliant news, mate.

- I mean, this is fantastic.
- Yeah.

When you
mentioned, you know, the 1500s,

My mind immediately
went to the portuguese.

I mean, they were
incredible seafarers.

They went all over the world.

Oh, yeah, yeah.

A possible barter token

Dating back 500 years or more?

If so, could it be connected

To the other ancient
discoveries the team

Has made on the
western side of the island?

Such as the bunk hook

Designed for
hoisting heavy cargo?

Or the fragments of bell metal,

Which may also be
of portuguese origin?

It's very unusual, and I think,

You know, more
research is needed.

Definitely, and I'm going to
share this news with the guys.

They'll want to hear this.

- Thank you so much.
- All right.

- Great to see you, gary.
- And you, mate.

-See you again. -All right.

I think we need
to find a different way

To figure out what's happening
underground in the money pit.

There is a suspicion
that there is a tunnel

Underneath the
garden shaft... hey!

Hi, good, you're all here.

In the oak
island research center,

As rick, marty, craig, and
other members of the team

Meet regarding next steps
for potentially investigating

The garden shaft
in the money pit area,

They are joined by gary
drayton and charles barkhouse.

Gary, what's
with the grin, buddy?

Some great news
from sandy campbell,

The coin expert.

It was about this artifact

That jack and I
recovered on lot 7.

It's arsenical bronze.

I was adamant it
was some kind of coin.

Now, it isn't a coin,

But I'm definitely
not disappointed,

Because according to sandy,

It's a trade or a barter piece.

Pass that around, mate.

The weight on it is four grams,

So it'd have been
used like currency.

- It's a trade piece, though.
- Yep.

It's coin-like.

It's just not government
issued, right?

It would have been some
merchant or something.

Yep.

Arsenic, that's an older method.

That mixture went out
of style in the early 1500s.

The archaeological
record shows that it was

Used as far back as
the fifth millennium bc.

So, it's either old
or it's really old.

I'm, like, gobsmacked now.

But I like your comment, doug.

It's either old or
really, really old.

The question
is, what is it doing here?

- That's what we still have to find out.
- Yep.

I'm amazed at this date.

Could one infer that

Templars or some
other entity or persons

May have come long ago to
do some work on oak island?

It's possible.

Does the timeline allow
for that to have happened?

Certainly, it does.

The hope is that we can
find more of this type of item.

This is a really cool piece.

Concrete evidence of an
ancient artifact here on this island.

Well done... but
there is something

We want to tell you,
because it's a little bit

Romantic in a sense, about
what we might do this year.

- You'll like it.
- You'll like it a lot, charles.

Doug, why don't you
take this over here?

Yeah, there's a canadian mining
company by the name of dumas.

We've been in initial
discussions with them.

And they believe that
they could come in

And open up and repair
the garden shaft for us.

- Wow.
- Wow.

We're gonna re-crib
the garden shaft for all kinds

Of reasons... because
of the gold in the water,

Because of the air bubbles.

We don't know what
the garden shaft is.

It's just mysterious,
it's enigmatic.

It could be the location

Of the original money pit
lost to all the searchers.

So, it needs to be
understood better.

- How cool would that be?
- That's exciting.

You gave us a wow,
we just gave you a wow.

That was a big...
That's a big wow.

Well, we're not sure yet, right?

No, it's preliminary.

They're willing to meet with us

As early as tomorrow to discuss

Taking this project forward.

We're here.

- Okay, we'll set it up.
- Set it up.

That's good enough for
me for one day, let's go.

The following morning...

I think we're all really excited

About the garden shaft.

Craig, why the garden shaft?

What interests you about it?

The water sample had gold in it.

Yeah, let's not forget that.

Rick, marty, craig,
and other members of the team

Have gathered in the
w*r room for their highly

Anticipated meeting
regarding a new method

To search for answers
deep in the money pit area.

Doug reached out
to a company called dumas.

Well, today, their team
is going to meet with us.

Steve, if you can get them up.

Thank you to everyone

For the ability to present

Dumas's vision

And means and methods for

The garden shaft
rehabilitation project.

We're just very happy
to be here today.

Based in
timmons, ontario, canada,

Dumas contracting limited is
one of the leading mine shaft

Construction and engineering
companies in north america.

My name is cameron carter.

I'm the vice president
of engineering

And business development
for dumas contracting limited.

Joining me today
is mr. Tony linton.

Tony linton is our in-house,
shaft-sinking technical expert,

With our operational
team in timmons joining us.

I do have a
presentation that might

Help to illustrate
that methodology.

First, there is an existing

Ten-by-ten wood-grip
shaft to approximately

77 and a half feet depth.

The objective here is
to refurbish this shaft

And make it safe
for further exploration

Along the length of the shaft.

We are going to expose the shaft

Collar and build our foundation.

We will muck out
the backfill from

The existing floor of the shaft.

Our intention is

To re-line the shaft

As it currently exists

In order to preserve
what was there.

And then also, what
we're going to do is

Injecting grout into
the surrounding soils to

Slow down any water
infiltration into the shaft.

That will ensure the long-term

Stability of this
shaft excavation.

Brilliant.

We will continue to construct

The manway section

To make this shaft
accessible again for personnel.

Now, wait a minute.

Are we, the fellowship
members here,

Gonna be able to
actually go underground

In that shaft once
it's complete?

- Yep.
- Wow.

This is really cool.

Are we, the
fellowship members here,

Going to be able to
actually go underground

In that shaft once
it's complete?

- Yep.
- Brilliant.

That sounds perfect.

In the w*r room,

Rick, marty, craig, and
members of the team

Are meeting with
representatives of

Dumas contracting limited.

So, as we descend
into the garden shaft,

We can guide you and bring you

- Down into the excavation.
- Okay.

I think the chance
to come down and explore

That shaft is, is one of
the most important things.

Yep.

We've encountered
what we deem to be

Potential offset chambers

Or voids in the ground,
so we're starting to

Collect some data for you guys

And maybe give you some targets.

That's fantastic
because we are going

To be probe drilling,

As we descend into the shaft,

To recognize and quantify
where those voids exist.

Okay. All right.

Let's say we hit
something, a void, whatever.

Something at, say,
I don't know, 50 feet,

And we want to
tunnel out from there.

Would we be able to do that?

To answer your question, marty,

We can go in any
direction, at any elevation.

Okay, that's great.

Really cool.

In order to allow
members of the oak island team

To descend and
explore the garden shaft,

Representatives from
dumas will construct

A concrete foundation
around the existing structure,

Excavate it with a massive
crane and hammer grab,

And then reconstruct
it with new, waterproof,

Wooden timbers down
to a depth of at least

77 feet, the believed
total depth of the shaft.

The objective,
again, is to rehabilitate...

The garden shaft
rehab project will provide

Several unique opportunities.

You can either tunnel
or expand the shaft.

You can go deeper
with the shaft.

To me, it's always about

The eyes and boots approach.

And we will have a legitimate,

For the first time,
eyes and boots

Approach to the money pit.

From start to finish,
what's the estimated

Time to completion?

Right now, we're forecasting

Approximately 50
days of in-the-hole

Rehabilitation work to get us

- To 77 and a half feet.
- Perfect.

We've never been
able to go underground

In the money pit, and
yet everyone before us

For 200 and some years
have been underground.

But that's an aside.

We believe that the
garden shaft will supply us

With some greater
understanding of the money pit,

What has been done not
only in the previous 227 years

But perhaps what
was done originally,

What we call the
depositional phase.

The idea of rehabilitating
a shaft so we can get

Underground is exciting

Because actually being there,

Actually getting down
and seeing things

Is always the
best, the best data.

And I think we can trace
the gold in the water.

Then we can find
the treasure if it's here

And figure out what exactly
happened on this island.

I think that we need to
get down under the ground.

- That's where I'm at.
- Absolutely.

Perfect, guys.

I sense the enthusiasm,
you guys are eager

To get going, that's great...
Let's go find something.

- Right on.
- Yeah, well, look.

Come on out and
start making a shaft.

Let's go.

All right, thank you, guys.

- Thank you.
- Thank you all.

For rick,
marty, craig, and the team,

The clues continue to mount,

Suggesting the truth behind

The oak island mystery
is more profound

Than anyone thought possible.

Now, as they
prepare for their most

Ambitious excavation ever
attempted in the money pit,

Will the fabled riches
finally be within their reach?

Or will the mysterious forces

That are as legendary
as the treasure itself

Once again intervene?

There's only one
way to find out.

It is time to dig.

Next time on
the curse of oak island...

This is a lidar anomaly.

- That's incredible.
- Well, let's dig it up.

Ooh, look at that!

- Looks like a handle.
- To a treasure chest?

Ooh, that's fantastic!

Get us down there.

There's going to be some answers

At the bottom of that shaft.

Oh...

We clipped the edge of a beam.

This might be
completely unknown.

At 70 feet, it almost

Has to be an offset chamber.

That sample came out to be

Pre-searcher time period.