09x19 - Shoal Me the Money

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NARRATOR: Tonight on
The Curse of Oak Island...

We've got gold in the water.

Let's hope we get
some gold in the mud.

There's anomalies
all over the island,

on land and in the water.

RICK: We have to
map the whole island.

COLIN:
She's gonna go out.

Whoa!

- Whoa, there's a big target!
- Holy, look at that.

- TONY: Big one?
- COLIN: It's big.

Is there a shipwreck
off the island?

Here we go. Come on.

- Wow!
- RICK: That's it!

GARY:
That's it!

- It's old.
- Yeah!

RICK:
It's possibly the Money Pit.

[laughs]

NARRATOR: There is an
island in the North Atlantic

where people have been looking
for an incredible treasure

for more than 200 years.

So far, they have found
a stone slab

with strange symbols
carved into it,

man-made workings that date
to medieval times,

and a lead cross

whose origin may be connected
to the Knights Templar.

To date, six men have d*ed
trying to solve the mystery.

And, according to legend,

one more will have to die

before the treasure
can be found.

CHARLES: I'm pretty
excited for this dig today.

RICK:
Oh, absolutely.

- Look who's here.
- Hey!

- Morning, chaps.
- So where are we?

We're at the Money Pit, mate.

I've reserved you a table.
Treasure for two.

NARRATOR:
Another exciting day

full of hope for
a historic discovery

has begun on Oak Island

for brothers Rick
and Marty Lagina

and their team.

Well, I hope Billy's got
the dump trucks ready

for the gold and the silver.

- [laughter]
- When we find it,

- we'll get the truck.
- Okay.

In the Money Pit area,

they are working
with representatives

from Irving Equipment Limited
and ROC Equipment

to excavate
a ten-foot-diameter shaft

known as DH-82.

So, where-whereabouts are we?

Uh, they haven't taken
a grab, uh, yet today.

They've pushed down
the-the teeth.

They're probably
at about 80 feet.

So tantalizingly close
to the area

where you've got
the water samples

- with the gold and silver.
- Yeah.

Yeah.
It'll be interesting

'cause we're catching
most of the Dunfield dig,

the center of it.

Yes.

NARRATOR:
DH-82 is located

at the epicenter
of the massive dig

that was conducted in 1965

by California geologist
Robert Dunfield,

who believed he was on course

to recover the fabled
Chappell Vault

at a depth of some 153 feet.

But due to disastrous
flooding and cave-ins,

he was forced to end his effort

just ten feet short
of his target.

PETER:
All right.

- I think we're airborne.
- That's good.

It was also at the center
of this location

where, earlier this year,

Rick, Marty and the team
detected precious metals

some 90 feet deep

by conducting water tests

in a six-inch borehole
known as F-4.

RICK: The gold and silver
signatures found in F-4

are right in the middle
of the Dunfield dig.

To me, that was
the most exciting thing.

A very tight,
concentrated circle

of these gold
and silver signatures.

But it's localized
and very tightly localized.

It's possibly the Money Pit.

NARRATOR:
Now it is the team's hope

to succeed where
Robert Dunfield fell short

and finally recover

the legendary
Oak Island treasure.

GARY:
Maybe next ten feet, mate,

we'll see what that water
was in contact.

TERRY:
Yeah.

Gold, silver.

I'd take both at this time.

Sounds good to me.

It'll be nice to find that.

It could be
Dunfield missed something,

and in his backfill,
there's something of gold

or silver there,
and so we're gonna be there.

And I know that thing
will pick it up.

You got that right, mate.
I got the magic wand.

- I got a shovel.
- You're gonna be digging up

- some treasure today.
- Hopefully.

Okay, well, I'm gonna go
see Andrew over there.

GARY:
Okay, mate.

MARTY: Dunfield
didn't have Gary Drayton.

He didn't have Rick Lagina.

He didn't have
the people we have here.

He didn't have all these people

looking at every thing
that we're looking at.

- Morning.
- Morning, Rick.

MARTY: And I come
to the conclusion that,

crazy as it sounds,

Mr. Dunfield might have
dug through the treasure

and never seen it.

I think it's eminently possible,

based on what I've observed
with my own eyes here.

I'm anticipating
we'll get to the 100, 110,

- later this afternoon.
- That'd be great.

Might find something beforehand,

we might not have
to go that deep.

You never know.
Might be something interesting.

That would be
a good thing, right?

That would be a very good thing.

Absolutely.

I have a feeling
it's gonna be a good day.

- We'll see what happens.
- ANDREW: Sounds good.

NARRATOR:
While Rick Lagina waits

for the excavation of DH-82

to begin reaching
critical depths

several hours from now...

- TONY: Hey, Colin, Taylor.
- There they are.

NARRATOR: he and other
members of the team

meet in the research center

with sub-surface and
underwater imaging experts

Colin Toole and Taylor Pierce
from CSR GeoSurveys Limited.

They are preparing
to scan the waters

bordering the island's
northern shore

with a magnetometer

which will emit magnetic pulses

that detect ferrous
or iron objects

as much as 30 feet
below the surface.

So, guys, we're always
trying to extrapolate

on information that we get.

So now the CSR guys are here.

They're gonna do this mag study,

following up on the work
that's been done

earlier this year
on Lot 4 and Lot 8.

It's right in through here.
I'll lead the way.

All right.

NARRATOR:
Earlier this year,

representatives from CSR

conducted a land-based
magnetometer survey

across the western end
of Oak Island.

They were looking for evidence

of the so-called
"Hole Under the Hatch,"

a feature noted on
a reported 14th-century map

that was given
to the team in 2017

by the late author Zena Halpern,

a map that Zena believed

had been created by members
of the Knights Templar.

Back by the main road
on the western side,

just up there on Lot 4.

JACK:
Yeah, the pink.

COLIN:
This is a decent-size anomaly.

Incredibly,
the investigation revealed

a large sub-surface
metallic anomaly on Lot 4

and another on Lot 8.

Although the Oak Island team

is still awaiting
the necessary permits

to excavate both locations
with heavy equipment,

they have found a number
of compelling clues

between those two areas

that could date back
three centuries or more.

These included a fragment
of a believed ship's cannon,

a cutting tool known as an adze

and a copper fragment
discovered on the beach,

which blacksmithing expert
Carmen Legge suspects

could have been part of a chest
designed to hold valuables.

It was also in this general area

where, one year ago,

Tony and Alex Lagina
utilized a metal detector

to discover possible evidence
of a ship's wharf

during a dive operation.

It's basically like
mowing a lawn, right?

So, we'll come down this way,
and then we'll come around,

and then we'll pick up
a line here

and, you know,
really just step our way in.

Because it may take them
several more weeks

to obtain the permits required

to excavate the mysterious
anomalies on Lots 4 and 8,

it is Rick, Marty
and Craig's hope

that CSR can find more clues
in the surrounding waters

to explain what may have
happened in this area long ago.

I think we should show them
our areas of interest.

You specifically are mystified
by the north side of the island.

Is that the most
intriguing thing

that you'd like to look at
with this mag study?

Yeah.
This channel in here

where I dove
with Alex last year.

- RICK: Right.
- That's where the metal detector

went nuts in there.

And that's also where we've had

all those other strange,

um, electronic anomalies.

So that would be a-a great spot,

as far as I'm concerned.

And then you've got

the Frog Island shoal up here.

NARRATOR: Located some


is the 54-acre land mass
known as Frog Island,

an island with a curious
history all its own.

In 1994, Rick and Marty's
late partner,

the legendary treasure
hunter Dan Blankenship,

formed the Mahone Bay
Exploration Company

in order to investigate
Frog Island,

as well as Apple Island
to the south.

Although Dan was unable

to find any definitive evidence
of valuables on Frog Island,

previous searchers reported
finding European artifacts,

suggesting a possible encampment

that predated the discovery
of the Money Pit.

This led to speculation

that perhaps Frog Island
may have been used as a camp

for some of those behind
the 227-year-old mystery.

When you go around the island
and you do the study,

are you going to say...

probably in your head...

If you see an anomalous
feature or spike,

are you gonna mentally say,
"Okay, that's dive-able,

that's dive-able,
that's dive-able"?

Is that gonna be your mindset?

Oh my God, yes. [laughs]

I'm just curious.
I am just curious.

If you're searching on land,

you're looking for
a needle in a haystack.

By doing this on the ocean,

we're looking
for the haystack first.

This is really
an extension of the work

that we've already done on land.

- RICK: Right.
- So, at the end of it,

we'll be able to essentially
combine the terrestrial data

- with the marine, right?
- Mm-hmm.

To essentially show

all the magnetic anomalies,

and then create one large map
with the whole island

and out to essentially
the extent of the marine.

You know,
this sounds very exciting.

The possibilities
that you'll find

something dive-able, a target,

is something
that we're hoping for.

And... but the mantra,

every time we go
out on the island,

whether it's on the water
or on the island... stay safe.

Wish you the best.

- And we look forward to the data.
- Yeah.

Come back with some targets.

- Yep.
- All right.

COLIN:
Sounds good.

RICK: Thanks,
guys. I appreciate it.

NARRATOR:
While Rick and the team

conclude their meeting
in the research center...

MARTY: Beautiful day
on Oak Island, Gary.

GARY:
Every day is.

Today is the day, right?

I hope so, mate.

NARRATOR: Marty
Lagina and Gary Drayton

are investigating Lot 8,

where CSR's land-based
magnetometry survey

identified a large metallic
anomaly earlier this year.

To aide in a more thorough
search for clues,

the team has recently
cleared the area

of large trees and foliage.

An interesting little area.

And I'm excited, mate, 'cause
I could never ever get in here.

I mean, they cleared it out.
Got some flags, mate.

And I think today's gonna be
a heck of a good day, mate.

Um, what did you find here?

The only thing that we
found on this lot

was that magnificent
garnet brooch.

- Oh, back up there.
- Yeah.

- Look at that.
- GARY: Oh, man.

NARRATOR: In addition
to the large metallic anomaly

that was detected on Lot 8
earlier this year...

GARY:
Rick, we just found a jewel.

- RICK: That's gorgeous.
- GARY: That is a bobby-dazzler!

It was in this very same
area that, four years ago,

Gary and Rick unearthed
a semiprecious garnet brooch,

a garnet brooch

that gemologist
Charles Lewton-Brain

believed could be more
than four centuries old.

Now, that is a super-ancient
way of making one.

MARTY: I want to go
back and search on Lot 8.

We've run magnetometers
on the island.

And there are various anomalies.

So, we're going to go
have another look

because there could
be other things there,

and yeah, I want to see.
And you never know

what's gonna come
out of that hole.

All right, well,
let's get after it.

Let's dig these things up.

All right, mate.
Let's go for it.

See what we got.

All right, mate. Here.

Let's see what this sounds like.

Just do it again
so I can hear it.

[beeping]

Good two-way repeatable signal.

- [beeping]
- Best estimate is...

- There.
- Just there. Yeah.

Oh, yeah.

- Geez.
- Weird.

A lot of tree roots.
A lot of forest stuff.

Mix that in with a few rocks.
Quite a thick layer.

I can't think of a single thing
that's easy on this island.

- Everything's difficult.
- Hey,

good things are worth
working hard for.

Now try it.

All right, let's see what it is.

Look at that!

MARTY:
Oh, man.

- GARY: Look at that.
- MARTY: Oh, man.

Ho-ho-ho!

Look at that.
That's a big chunk of iron.

Look at...

You know what that is, Gary?

That's an old chain, isn't it?

NARRATOR:
While investigating Lot 8

on the western side
of Oak Island,

Marty Lagina and Gary Drayton

have just made a potentially
significant discovery.

- It's a chain of sorts.
- Yeah.

But it's not just
a series of links.

This is one piece
with two brackets.

- That's unusual.
- That's very unusual.

I've never seen anything
quite like that.

I don't know what it means.

Can you shed some light on it?

Have you seen
anything like that?

That just...
Yeah, kind of reminds me

of that piece of chain

that comes down
to an horse's bit, maybe.

Um...

Piece off a bridle.

Well, it explains
the angle, too, actually.

- Yeah.
- Well,

and it's more significant
being here

because, like you observed,
this was not farmed.

- MARTY: It's not possible.
- GARY: No.

So why is a horse over here?

NARRATOR: A possible piece
of a horse's bridle?

Found on Lot 8?

Because the documented
history of Oak Island,

which dates back
to the mid-18th century,

only indicates that farmers
utilized beasts of burden

such as oxen to plow fields

mostly on the eastern
end of the island.

If this object really is
a horse's bridle,

then who could have
brought it here?

And could it possibly be
connected to the garnet brooch

that the team found
in this area four years ago?

Or perhaps the large
metallic anomaly

that they plan to excavate

as soon as they are
granted a permit?

That's a first.

I love it when we find
unusual artifacts like this.

We haven't found
a lot of horse stuff

on the island, have we?
All kinds of oxen.

I'm not quite sure
what that means,

but it makes it
a little bit more unique.

Yeah. That's why I went...

Oh, that's why
you think it's a...

towards maybe the bridle
bit, I think it's called.

Okay. I bet you're right.

- Maybe.
- Yeah. I mean,

horses are a little bit
more upper class,

you know, I guess, than oxen.

- And that-that's massive.
- Yeah.

I mean, it could have been one
of those great big horses.

Yeah. The conquistadors
didn't come ashore with...

- A little horse. Right.
- Horses. Yeah.

MARTY:
If it's for a big horse,

those were used for big reasons,

either w*r horses or horses
that pull big things.

The very fact that it's rare...

We haven't found
such things on the island...

Makes one think

that there's something
special about this area.

- Nice find, Gary.
- Yeah.

That is really, really cool.

- Now find something else.
- Yep.

NARRATOR:
While Marty and Gary continue

looking for
more clues on Lot 8...

RICK: Well, they're
making a lot of progress.

- Yep.
- And while Rick Lagina

and members of the team continue

monitoring the excavation
at the Money Pit...

CHARLES: Those sharks
are waiting for us out there.

JACK:
Oh, I'm ready!

Jack Begley
and Charles Barkhouse

arrive at Tom Nolan's boat dock,

located on the northern
shore of Oak Island.

- How you doing, guys?
- Long time no see.

- Hey, how's it going?
- How are you guys going?

They will assist professional
diver Tony Sampson

and Colin Toole
of CSR GeoSurveys Limited

to conduct the magnetometry
survey of the waters

just off the northern
coastline of Oak Island.

We're using a magnetometer
today, right?

Yeah, we'll be towing a
magnetometer behind the boat

and positioning
everything with GPS.

Hopefully we can get some hits.

Okay. Well, we have
a couple different places

around the island
that we do want to hit.

And we're hoping that
the mag might pick up

on some hits that are
worth investigating,

and maybe we'll be
able to prove that.

Hopefully we can find something.

- Yeah.
- Excellent.

Okay, shall we get on board?

Yeah. Let's get aboard.

RICK: We have some
very targeted areas

that we want to learn
as much about as possible.

And not just Oak Island,

but it's a known fact
that they were in the area,

i.e., the North Atlantic.

So, if we do a mag survey
around the entire island,

who knows what we'll learn?

The hope is
that there's something

out there on the waters

that has lain hidden
for hundreds of years,

and hopefully
it tells us something.

So we're in 14 feet constant

on a, uh, contour line
here, Colin.

Yeah, just keep it
straight into the wind.

Okay.

I'm gonna drop it
back to about two,

- three knots, mate.
- Okay.

NARRATOR:
In order to survey the waters

for any potential clues

such as the remains
of wharfs or shipwrecks

off the island's coast,

Colin will be utilizing
a SeaSPY marine magnetometer.

While being tethered
behind the boat,

the device works
by emitting focused,

low-power radio-frequency
energy waves

that can detect
ferrous or iron objects

as much as 30 feet
below the surface.

Potential targets
will be identified

by fluctuations or spikes

in the ocean's magnetic field,

which Colin can monitor
in real time.

How's Maggie looking?
Is she good?

I'm just getting her set up now.

There we go, boys.

I'm excited about searching
the waters off Oak Island

to try and look for clues
that help the onshore search.

I think there are some things
to be found out there

that might be the key to
figuring this whole thing out.

And that's what
the magnetometer data

should show.

NARRATOR: For their first
series of scans,

the team will focus

on the shorelines
off Lot 4, 5 and 6.

It is in this area

that they recently discovered
not only the copper sheathing

from a believed treasure chest

and fragments of a possible
Portuguese ship's cannon

but also a potentially
ancient wharf.

North side ten.
Here we go, boys.

- [beep]
- Check it out right here, guys.

We got a hit already.

- CHARLES: Wow.
- JACK: Oh, yeah.

COLIN:
See that? That's it.

No way. Decent?

Not bad.
So, you see this, guys?

Yep.

So, you got the background.

- JACK: The red line.
- COLIN: The red line.

And you see how this spike
spikes up?

JACK:
The blue line. Yep.

COLIN: That's what
we're talking about

when we talk about hits.

So, usually something

that has a high content of iron.

Things like an anchor,

a cannon, parts to a wharf.

Anything with ferrous
metals in it, right?

All of those
I think we'd like to find.

- COLIN: Yes.
- JACK: Yes.

Well, any hit in the water...

- Is that...
- gets me excited.

Well, I can't believe
that's like first run.

- That's awesome, buddy.
- That's like, uh, Lot 6, then.

- Yep.
- NARRATOR: Evidence

of a ferrous metallic object

in the waters just off Lot 6

on the island's northern shore?

One curious fact about this area

is that it once belonged

to the late 18th century
resident Samuel Ball,

a man who escaped
sl*very in America

to become one of Nova Scotia's
wealthiest landowners.

Is it possible that the team

has just marked a location

that could provide new insight

into Mr. Ball's
mysterious good fortune?

[beep]

Look at this.
We got another hit.

- JACK: Two.
- COLIN: I'm serious.

- TONY: Really?
- COLIN: Yeah. That's two.

It looked like one over by Lot 6

and then another by Lot 4.

- JACK: Wow.
- COLIN: Yep.

- That one's even bigger.
- It is.

NARRATOR: A second,
even larger metal object?

Could it be connected
to a large sailing vessel

just like the potentially
centuries-old

Portuguese ship's cannon
that was recovered nearby

on Lot 4 earlier this year?

It's interesting when you
have a supposed feature

that could be a wharf...

- There.
- Okay.

JACK:
and then you get a hard,

ferrous indication

right in the spot
where you were looking.

There's an anomaly here.

We need to figure out what it is

'cause it could lead
to something much larger.

That's what we're
out here for, right there.

Good. Good.

Mag hits indicate iron,

and iron indicates
possible man-made influence.

Yep.

JACK:
Let's go to the other side.

We already got all the data
we need from here.

TONY:
Okay.

All right. There's our first
grab of the afternoon.

NARRATOR: While the
investigations in the Money Pit area

and off the northern coast
of Oak Island continue...

GARY: All right,
next flag is just here.

MARTY:
All right.

NARRATOR:
on Lot 8,

Marty Lagina and Gary Drayton

proceed with
their search for clues

that they hope will help
them obtain a permit

to conduct a larger
excavation of an anomaly...

- Here we go.
- Detected

during a magnetometry
survey earlier this year.

[beeping]

Oh, a little bit jumpy.

[beeping continues]

Best estimate
is just there, mate.

There's rocks
all under here, Gary.

Yeah. And that's a good thing.
These rocks are gonna help us

'cause I can't imagine anything
sinking very deep here.

Well, not too far away.

Oh, it's still down there.

Can't be far away from it
if I'm... Look.

What the heck is that?

I don't know.
A big chunk of iron?

Well, see that it...
look at the end.

It's beveled.

I don't know if that's
on purpose or just corrosion.

What do you think?

Well, let me see
what type of metal it is.

If we get a rapid
vibration, it's iron.

- Yeah, that's iron.
- Yeah.

And that is chunky, isn't it?

Mm-hmm.

Some kind of tool?

Is that another bit of an adze?
I mean...

- It could be.
- If this whole bit is broken.

- Yeah.
- Here.

That looks more
like a broken end.

NARRATOR:
Another possible adze

found on Lot 8

and in the same area

where the team's recent
magnetometry survey

identified a large
metallic anomaly?

Since an adze is a kind
of ancient cutting tool

that was specifically designed

for shaping wooden parts
of ships or structures,

could it potentially
be connected

to the object or structure

that appears to be buried here?

Yeah, I think you
might be right, mate.

MARTY:
Could be an adze.

Could be a piece
of a tool of some sort.

It speaks of activity

in an area that was not habited.

There was no house
ever built that we know of.

Nobody ever lived on Lot 8.
But there's a lot of activity.

One next step in this area
will be to go for a permit

and go and start moving soil.

Will we investigate it?
Oh, yeah.

Let's bring it to the experts

- and see what they say.
- Yeah.

- It's a good find.
- Yeah, that is fantastic, mate.

I love it.
So we'll just put it down

- and mark it later, mate.
- Yes.

NARRATOR: As the
search operations continue

on Oak Island...

COLIN: It's a pretty choppy
day for Oak Island out here.

JACK: It's a perfect day
for a little cruise, though.

COLIN:
It is.

In the waters

off the northern shoreline.

We're heading towards
the Frog Island shoal, mate.

Perfect.

NARRATOR: Jack Begley,
Charles Barkhouse,

Tony Sampson and underwater
imaging expert Colin Toole...

Okay, she's gonna go out.

Are conducting the final phase

of their magnetometry survey

in the waters off the coast
of Frog Island

which sets approximately


- Coming onto the line, buddy.
- Okay.

Drop it down to maybe
two and a half knots.

TONY:
Copy that.

Okay, so we're about to go

straight over
the Frog Island shoal, guys.

This is a good speed,
if you can maintain this speed.

- Oh, gotcha, buddy.
- Okay.

NARRATOR:
Although today,

Nova Scotia law restricts

any metal detecting
or digging on Frog Island,

it has one ocean-based feature

that Colin and Tony hope
could yield important clues...

A large shoal
or geological ridge

rising up from the ocean floor

just off its shoreline.

Such features have long been
the causes of shipwrecks

dating back to the earliest days

of North American exploration

by European visitors
and colonists.

Typically, wrecks and shoals
go hand in hand,

so hopefully
we can get some hits.

RICK: There's always
been a suspicion

that whatever happened here
on the island,

obviously the seas were
the highway of the day.

Everything came by sea.

So there may be some
information out there

that may have something
to do with Oak Island

very intimately.

What depth do you got here? 30?

- Uh, we're 35, Colin.
- Okay.

COLIN: You see how they
have a little bit of wobble to them?

JACK:
Mm-hmm.

- Up, down, right? Data.
- What about that?

COLIN:
Whoa.

- JACK: Is that a hit?
- COLIN: That's a hit.

- Yeah! All right.
- TONY: You got something nice, buddy?

Yeah, we just got a hit.

We're gonna hit that,
target that.

JACK:
That's not natural, right?

- No. Nothing on.
- No. Not geologic.

Not geological, that one.

COLIN:
Frog Island shoal, I knew it.

- JACK: That's an obvious hit.
- COLIN: Holy!

That's the one teaser
about the magnetometer.

You get the hits on the screen,

but until someone goes down
there, it's still a mystery.

Yeah, I can't wait
to look at that one.

That would be
my number one, I think.

That's got me, uh, thinking,
"What could that be?"

Yeah.

I mean, where it's located

doesn't lead me to believe
it'd be a mooring.

Nobody would put
a mooring in there.

Lobster trap...

It's much too large
of an anomaly for that.

These are some great hits
for Tony to dive.

- They are.
- Fantastic!

COLIN:
You're gonna be busy.

I like busy.

Can't wait to see what they are.

TONY:
No, I can't, either.

I'm really excited.

You know, guys, we're
looking across the table

at two esteemed repeat
visitors, if you will,

to the w*r room, right?

NARRATOR:
After completing

a magnetometry survey

of the waters bordering

the northern and eastern
coastlines of Oak Island,

Tony Sampson and underwater
imaging expert Colin Toole

gather with Rick Lagina
and members of the team

in the w*r room

to present a report
on their collected data.

So, guys, uh, pay attention,

because I think we're
about to learn something.

We'll just dig into the marine
and show you guys what we found.

There's a few clusters

which are definitely
areas of high interest.

This one, for sure.

It's really close to shore,

within 50 meters of shoreline.

RICK:
That's interesting.

Definitely
an interesting feature

from a geological perspective.

So we can flip
to this next slide.

So this is the one
that gets me excited.

These are marine
mag anomalies M4 and M5,

right here on Frog Island shoal.

We call this a screamer
out on the boat.

That's when the mag just sh**t
right off the charts, right?

And that's when you know
you've got something big.

TONY: That one there just
lit up like a Christmas tree.

COLIN: It is most likely
something relatively large,

a large target with a lot
of ferrous material in it.

And this was the largest anomaly

we mapped during the survey.

RICK:
That's roughly the size

of that Frog Island shoal there?

- It's a huge area.
- COLIN: It is, yeah.

At the beginning of the survey

I was quite interested
in Frog Island shoal

because shoals
and shipwrecks, right,

they kinda go hand in hand.

And there's a hazard
on that shoal as well.

- Yeah.
- It's a great place

- to start a shipwreck.
- Yeah, absolutely.

NARRATOR:
Could Colin Toole's assessment

that the ferrous target

detected just off of Frog Island

is likely a massive object,

such as a possible wreck
of a large sea vessel,

be accurate?

If so, could the team be

on the cusp of a major discovery

that could shed new light
on the Oak Island mystery?

RICK: There's always
been this question

of is there a shipwreck
off the island

that may tell the story
of what happened here

or at least provide some clues.

And now we have a hit,
a mag hit,

a real, uh, data point
that needs to be investigated.

That's, uh, definitely
a dive-able target.

- When you're...
- Now you're a believer, huh?

Yeah, well I am,
now that I saw it. Yeah.

[laughter]

I mean, any one of these
could be a big find, right?

I can't sit here
and tell you what they are.

I can just tell you
that's where they are.

I mean, if you had the time,

I would recommend looking
at each one of them.

Yep.

RICK: There's no reason
not to investigate this.

That was the whole
point of the survey.

Colin suggests that more
than a few of these

are worth a dive.

Corroborative evidence
is something

that you need to follow up on.

You know, every time
data is presented

in the w*r room like this,

Colin, it's been
highly informative.

I love it when it's
actionable data.

Tony, you'll get suited up.

You're gonna dive
on some of these targets

and maybe come
to a better understanding

of what that feature is.

And who knows what we may find?

Data is always a good thing.

- Yeah.
- Thank you very much.

But it's time to get
back to work, so ready?

- Yep.
- Okay.

RICK: Thanks, guys.
Thanks for all the work.

NARRATOR:
Following their meeting

in the w*r room...

RICK:
Here you go, Gary.

- GARY: You seen the change now?
- RICK: Yep.

- We ripped through some timbers.
- Yep.

Rick joins metal detection
expert Gary Drayton,

geologist Terry Matheson

and heavy equipment operator
Billy Gerhardt

in the Money Pit area

to monitor the excavation
of the DH-82 shaft.

- That's clean, Billy.
- Yep.

After several days
of continuous digging

with the 22-ton
hammer grab tool,

the teams from ROC Equipment
and Irving Equipment Limited

are getting closer to the depth

where a high concentration
of gold was detected

during water sample tests
conducted earlier this year.

- Gentlemen.
- Absolutely.

- Hey, Terry.
- Ian, how ya doing?

Good. What depth are we at?

- We're down 85 feet.
- Excellent.

We're starting to get into
native material more in sit...

So we have the cone
of the Dunfield dig,

and then our...

we've taken out a lot of
material that was backfill.

Now we seem to be
moving over to the edge

of the Dunfield dig,
and we are now hitting some,

- some of the maroon till.
- Okay.

So we found the elevated gold
in soils down at around,

I think it was 95 to 98 feet.

Okay, so we're
coming up on that, yeah.

Yeah.

NARRATOR:
When Robert Dunfield

conducted his massive
dig in this area

more than half a century ago,

because he did not
thoroughly search his spoils

and only dug a crater-shaped
hole down to 143 feet,

it is the team's suspicion

that he may have
failed to notice

potential valuables
during the operation.

Hammer grab's in, and I'm gonna
get ready for the next pile,

which could include
some gold, mate.

'Cause these change.
It's definitely changed, mate?

- No it definitely has.
- We've got the timbers.

It's only a matter
of time, mate.

Gold in the water.
Let's hope we get some,

some gold in the mud.

Okay, mate. I'll shout
if I see anything interesting.

That's great.

RICK: Robert Dunfield,
as part of his big dig,

he didn't take a close look
at the material.

If we don't go through it,

then we commit the same
error, if you will.

The hope is

that something we find

may be a very significant clue

or it may be an "aha" moment.

GARY: We could find the
mother lode here, mate.

All right.
Let's get stuck in.

[beeping]

I've got a signal here, Rick.

[beeping]

Just there.

Anywhere you like, mate.

[beep]

[beeping]

You might have it out.

[beeping]

GARY:
Yep.

- GARY: Whoo! Look at that!
- RICK: Oh, baby!

GARY:
Whoo! Look at that!

A very interesting
little find here, mate.

- You see what I see?
- Oh, yeah.

And it gave
a good signal response.

NARRATOR:
At a depth of nearly 90 feet

in the DH-82 shaft,

the Oak Island team
has just found

a potentially important clue

in the area where they detected

high traces of gold
earlier this year.

Kind of like a cribbing spike

'cause it's pointed
at both ends,

unless it's broken off.

Normally when they've been
pointed at both ends,

I think cribbing spikes.

Yeah, that's a cribbing spike.
Interesting.

You think it could be
a shaft or a tunnel?

NARRATOR: A shaft or a tunnel?
Some 85 feet deep?

If so, could it be related
to the evidence of a tunnel

that was discovered
at the same approximate depth

in nearby borehole D-2,

a tunnel that was carbon dated

to as early as 1488?

RICK: What's a tunnel
doing at that location?

And there's no reference
to the Dunfield excavation

as having encountered a tunnel.

Well, if we find
additional wood,

it's exciting, right?

This could be very, very old.

What's the depth?

Right now we're down at 90 feet

with our excavation

and 104 with the caisson.

Well, 90-90 to 110

is certainly a significant
area of interest.

- Right.
- RICK: Yeah.

And you know what?



Long enough.
Let's find the treasure.

- [laughs]
- I like it. I like it.

- Sounds good to me.
- [laughter]

TERRY: All right,
well, thanks a lot, man.

Let's answer some more questions
here coming up with this grab.

All right, mate, let's go.

GARY:
Here we go!

Come on!

IAN:
Holy, that's a lot of wood.

GARY:
Oh, look at that.

GARY:
Hopefully this is the can.

GARY:
There is a piece of wood there.

TERRY:
Okay.

No metals.

TERRY:
Here you go.

GARY:
Excellent.

- Grab it.
- Oh.

- I'll grab it.
- Thank you.

It's clean, mate.

Might Dunfield
have hit something

that he was unaware of?

Yes, I think it's conceivable.

You have to remember

that there weren't enough
eyes and boots guys

to take a look
at every single thing.

The fellow operating
the crane couldn't see

if he was on, say,
a wooden structure.

Go for it.

Could they have struck something

that they were unaware of?

It's possible.

All I keep dreaming about
is that hammer grab opening up

and all just gold and silver
spilling out, mate.

I'd settle for either one.

GARY: Come on,
let's see what this is.

Yep, I'm ready, mate.

TERRY:
Wow.

GARY:
Big timbers.

All right, let's get stuck in.

- Wow, this...
- [beeping]

We got some signals here, mate.

[beeping]

Let's have this one out first.

This is fun, mate, isn't it?

- [laughs]
- In the mud!

Digging up artifacts!

[beeping]

Is that it?

- [beeping]
- Pinpointer time.

Just in case.

Oh, yeah. Right there.

That's it.

Is that it?

What the heck is that?

GARY:
Is that it?

That's it.

NARRATOR:
In the Money Pit area...

I wouldn't be surprised
if that ain't a tool.

The Oak Island team
has just made

a potentially important
discovery

at a depth of some 90 feet
in the DH-82 shaft.

I know what it resembles.

Maybe the end of a pickaxe?

- RICK: Maybe.
- It's got that look about it,

that look and feel.

It's probably
a pickaxe end, Billy.

Yeah.

CT scanner, that's for sure.

Yep. CT scanner will show
straight through that.

Outstanding, mate.

If the team can verify

that this pickaxe does
in fact predate

the discovery
of the original Money Pit,

could it offer more evidence

that they may be getting closer

to finally locating
the fabled Chappell Vault?

This is great. We're finding
tools. These are old tools.

RICK: This axe, it
raises a lot of questions.

We need to apply every
possible testing methodology

to try to understand

when this axe
may have been made.

Are there cultural
influences in the design?

How old is it? Is there
a specific use to it?

I'll get this to Terry,
and I'll jump back in.

Okay.

What this does say to me is

we need to keep our eyes
and wits about us

because surely
we'll find something else.

- How are you guys?
- RICK: Good, Andrew.

- How are you?
- Good, good, good.

We're starting
to see some older timber

- come out with this one as well.
- GARY: Yeah.

That's what it looks like.
Older timbers.

That's good. That means he was
potentially on to something.

Yep. The original works.

Good news... we're down
to 99 feet now with the dig.

Can's at 104.

So, we're sitting
real good for tomorrow,

pending that we don't find
what we're looking for today.

Another big day tomorrow.

Yeah.

NARRATOR: Although the team
is understandably eager

to continue excavating deeper,

as every scoop
of the hammer grab

now offers new promise
of a breakthrough discovery,

with darkness now
falling over Oak Island,

the team from
Irving Equipment Limited

will soon need to halt
operations until morning.

RICK:
Every day's a big day here.

There's always something,
some little clue.

Some little something
that hooks you,

and you think,
"Oh surely tomorrow."

[laughter]

There's something so addicting

and so catching about the place.

MARTY:
Mr. Dunfield

had a visual on all the shafts

that were in the area,
and he chose to dig there.

He had his reasons
for digging there,

reasons that we
can't see anymore,

so the obvious implication
is that he just missed

and the treasure itself

is probably
still there somewhere.

We're deep enough that we could
be in virgin ground even now.

- ANDREW: Exactly.
- And that makes it

all the more interesting, right?

RICK: Robert
Dunfield was never able

to get down deep enough,
not because

he didn't want to,

but because Mother Nature
conspired against him.

He lost the hole.

We know there is
something deeper

than where the excavations
have currently gone. And,

no pun intended, I don't think

we've gotten
to the bottom of it yet.

I'll grab some final numbers,

and we'll wrap up
and try again tomorrow.

- All right, thanks, Andrew.
- ANDREW: Thank you.

GARY:


NARRATOR:
At the close

of another productive
and exciting week,

Rick, Marty,
Craig and their team

may be closer than ever
to realizing the destiny

that so many before them
have dreamed of.

Having made new,
compelling discoveries

both on and just off the island,

the secrets that have
persisted for 227 years

may soon have
nowhere left to hide.

And though unforeseen
obstacles as well as dangers

may still await this fellowship,

one thing is certain...

Nothing can break their will

to solve the Oak Island mystery.

Next time on
The Curse of Oak Island...

Looks like we have one or two
shipwrecks right here.

DOUG:
Wow.

We hear you.

MARTY: We have found
several things on Lot 8.

It's very old.

- Age.
- 1,500.

MARTY:
Well, how about that?

PETER:
Another one coming in.

GARY:
It's gotta be bobby-dazzlers

and top pocket finds, mate.

Wow.

Doesn't get
any better than this.