10x10 - The Blob

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Narrator: Tonight on
the curse of oak island...

- We've never seen that before.
- No.

Oh, wow. Look at this.

It's looking like some sort of

Fairly large feature.

This could be important
for the whole story.

This object is from
medieval europe.

Wow. This adds
validity to zena's map.

Rick: We're trying to track
the gold back to a source.

Ian: The area in pink there

Would be exactly
where the gold is.

Wow. That is astounding.

-Yeah. -Let's go.

[laughter]

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.

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Marty: Okay, guys, let's
talk about the money pit area.

I thought maybe we
should get caught up again.

Yup.

Narrator: As a new day begins

On oak island for brothers

Rick and marty lagina,

They have gathered
in the research center

With their partner craig tester

And members of their
team to decide their next

Course of action in
the money pit area

In the hopes of finally solving

A 228-year-old mystery.

Steve: So, marty,

Our drill program this
year encompassed

All the areas that
we didn't drill before,

And it's given us information

In all the areas we
didn't have before.

That new information suggests

The garden shaft stands

A chance at being the money pit.

Narrator: The garden shaft
is an 80-foot-deep structure

Filled with water and debris

That may date to
the early 18th century.

Steve: There we go.

Narrator: It is
also a location

Where the team has obtained

High trace evidence of gold

During recent water testing.

Ian: We've sampled wells
within the money pit area,

And we found gold
in, uh, the garden shaft.

[laughter]

Narrator: Six weeks
ago, the team enlisted

A mining company named
dumas contracting ltd.

To begin reconstructing
the garden shaft

In order to find out just
what lies at the bottom.

But unfortunately,

The project is currently on hold

Due to permitting issues

That may not be resolved
for several more weeks.

Show me the garden shaft.

Steve: Okay.

There we go.

Rick: My thought on this is

We have to have
a short-term plan

Because once the garden
shaft project restarts,

We are not going to be
able to do any more work

In terms of drilling
assets in the area,

So we need to gain

As much information as we can

About this area
around the garden shaft.

Yeah.

I'm where I've
always been this year,

Which is, uh, follow the gold.

- Yeah.
- Marty: I'm focused on

Chasing that gold to
where it's coming from.

I want to chase it. I
want to chase it hard.

- Yes.
- Marty: Actually,

We're kind of overdue to get
another gold report, aren't we?

- Yeah.
- Scott: Yes.

When these wells were drilled,

They wanted to give those wells

Several weeks to settle before
taking another round of samples.

So, we have no new
data on the gold hunt

- In the garden shaft area.
- No.

So, we need to get
some science down there,

Meaning water samples.

Right.

Narrator: In addition, the
team has also obtained

Trace evidence of gold
in various concentrations

From a number of boreholes

In close proximity to
the garden shaft area.

So now, they must attempt
to determine just where

The ultimate source of
potential treasure may be hidden.

Rick: We did get
some high gold readings

In close proximity
to the garden shaft,

But we don't know where

These high gold
values are coming from.

So, I think we should be

Chasing the gold
back to a source.

"x" marks the spot.

So, what do you want to do next?

Um...

Ian wants to take
some water samples,

I believe, elevations
from the new wells

Up right by the garden shaft.

We'll go ahead and
pick some locations

And make sure
everybody's on board.

Okay.

We've got to follow up
all these potential leads.

- Right.
- Absolutely.

Marty: It's entirely possible

That the money pit

Is in or near the garden shaft.

We need to apply
a lot of science there.

We need some more sampling.
We need to chase the gold.

If we get a firm target
near the garden shaft

By tracing the
gold in the water,

We could recover this treasure.

Well, I think we're all
on the same page now.

- Yup.
- Yup.

Let's go get some
more data, all right?

- Craig: Yeah. -Steve: Yup.
- Rick: Absolutely.

Narrator: Following the
meeting in the research center...

Gary: I got high
hopes for today.

There is a sea
of flags in there.

How m... How many are in there?

There are 42 flags, mate.

- Really?
- Yeah.

Narrator: Rick
has joined up

With metal detection
expert gary drayton on lot 5,

Located near the
middle of oak island.

Rick: Those flags,
to me, say one thing:

Let's go find some stuff.

- Okay, mate.
- You lead.

Narrator: After purchasing
lot 5 just two weeks ago,

Rick, marty, craig and the team

Have already made a number
of incredible discoveries,

Including tools
and a musket ball

That may predate
the 16th century.

However, they also found
a hand-forged half coin

That could be one of the oldest
finds ever made on oak island.

My thoughts, and I think

I'm, you know, pretty
confident, that this is roman.

Roman, baby. [laughs] oh.

[laughter]

Okay, here's the
first flag, mate.

[metal detector beeping]

Rick: Look at this. Sounds good.

Well, we'll see what it is.

Just there, mate,
in that depression.

Narrator: Having already
flagged a number of metal targets

Earlier this morning,

Gary drayton has now
received permission

From archeologist laird niven

To dig them up.

I don't want to dig
too... Too aggressive.

Gary: That is crazy deep.

I'll try pinpointing it and
then grabbing it out, then.

[beeps]

That is a little
screamer of a signal.

There it is.

Here we go.

What the heck is that?

It's thick and heavy.

You know what that is?

- Nope.
- From the look of it,

This looks like some
kind of blade-like tool.

This has got all
the characteristics

Of being something really old.

Narrator: Another
potentially ancient tool?

Is it possible that gary
and rick have found

More evidence that people
were conducting an operation

On lot 5 long before the
discovery of the money pit?

Gary: Okay, we'll bag it.

Narrator: If so, who was it,

And what were they doing
in the middle of oak island?

If it's a tool, why
is it that deep?

- Yeah.
- That makes no sense.

- Exactly, yeah.
- Perfect candidate

- For an xrf.
- Yeah.

It's going to be exciting
finding out what it is.

Okay, mate. Let's
get to the next flag.

Okay.

[metal detector beeping]

- Rick: A little jumpy, but...
- Gary: Yeah.

Rick: Nice tone.

It's this side of this root.

Actually, it might
be actually be

- Under the root.
- Wow.

I'm hoping not.

Rick: Problem is,

There's more
than one root there.

Gary: At least I'll be able to
get my pin-pointer in there.

Enough for now.

Gary: Okay, mate.
Let's see if you moved it.

I think it's under this root.

- Where the heck is this? Oh.
- [beeping]

Is it that?

[beeping]

Yeah, it's this.

Some kind of old fastener, rick.

- Hey, marty.
- Guys.

What's this?

Gary: My guess, it
was an old fastener.

- Square shanked.
- Marty: Wow.

Gary: I ain't a
clue how old it is.

We're gonna bag it,

And I'll recheck the hole, mate.

Marty: Okay, good.

[metal detector beeping]

Now I'm getting another target.

Let me see if I
can pin-point it.

-[beeping] -no,
we're not far away.

It's somewhere in here.

It's in this little area here.

Yeah, deeper down.

Got it.

It's in my hand.

All right.

Rick: What is it?

It's in here somewhere.

Ooh.

Is that pottery?

Gary: I think it might be.

If it's pottery,

It's a... A weird design.

Rick: It's pottery. Glazed.

Brilliant.

[beeping]

Oh, my goodness.

We've never seen that before.

No. Way the hell down there.

- Yeah.
- Marty: Maybe you should look around

In there for more pottery?

I'll take a look.

- Rick: There actually is.
- All right.

Oh, my. Bigger pieces.

But look how degraded it is.

Gary: Yeah, it is, huh?

It's not the same
as that other piece.

There's more, too.

Marty: Keep digging, rick.

Actually, there's
quite a bit more.

Wow, that's some nice
pieces of pottery, isn't it?

And this looks like fine stuff.

Wow, this is beautiful.

Marty: I want to know,
right away, how old that is.

- Gary: Yeah.
- Yeah, I think we should stop.

Let's get laird over here.

Yup, that is a great idea.

Marty: Laird will have
a field day with that.

Gary: Yeah, you
got that right, mate.

Marty: Hey, and
there's the expert.

What an interesting spot.

Helen: Oh, my heavens.

Narrator: On lot 5,

Located on the western
side of oak island,

Archeologists laird niven

And helen sheldon,
along with craig tester

Join rick, marty
and gary drayton

To inspect a number

Of potentially
important discoveries.

Gary: We got a lot of iron,

But now we've got some
fantastic pottery out of there.

- Marty: Yeah, yeah.
- Gary: And I don't think

We've seen this
style of pottery before.

Marty: Let's see what
you come up with.

Helen: That looks
like pearl ware.

There's a series of
standard designs.

You can actually
date the designs.

These, definitely,
because of the decoration.

- Marty: Okay.
- That's called "press molded,"

And this sort of press
molding started in 1740.

Well, that's good.

Helen: Yeah.

The type of ceramic
itself is 1720.

Wow.

Early 1700s.

- That's pretty cool.
- Helen: Yeah.

- Yeah. It's english. Yes.
- Gary: Oh, it's english?

Gary: Would the british m*llitary

Have this type
of pottery as well?

Oh, yeah, sure. It was,
um, it was common. Yeah.

Narrator: 18th-century
english pottery

Dating back more
than 50 years prior

To the discovery
of the money pit?

Because the team has previously

Found evidence
of an 18th-century

British m*llitary operation

On oak island, could
it offer more evidence

That someone of english origin

Was connected to the


Or were they
looking for something

That had been buried
here centuries earlier?

Now, is this type of pottery
a sign of wealth or no?

It wasn't the cheapest
pottery around.

No, because of
the decoration on it.

Laird: Yeah, it was
highly decorated.

I mean, you're interested

In taking a further
look, aren't you?

- Yeah.
- Marty: That's what I thought.

We stopped in order to
allow you to do your work.

Laird: I think we
can find an edge.

With all those rocks, a small...

You need room to work.

A small unit's
not going to work.

Gary: There could be
actually anything down there...

- Helen: Yeah.
- Because I'm using a surface metal detector.

That's fairly deep.

Well, okay, we'll turn this
one over to the archeologists,

And we'll keep looking
for pieces of metal.

-How's that? -Gary: Yeah.

Narrator: As laird and helen

Begin their investigation

Of the mysterious
site on lot 5...

- Rick: This will be interesting.
- Matt: That's right.

Narrator: Rick lagina joins
geo-scientist dr. Ian spooner

And chemist dr. Matt lukeman

In the money pit area
to begin collecting

New water samples
from previously drilled

Boreholes near the garden shaft.

Water samples
that they will analyze

In order to track the
source of gold and silver

That has recently been
detected deep underground.

Rick: So, these
are the two wells

- We were speaking about.
- Ian: Yup.

It's intersected wood,

So very interested in that.

Narrator: L-16 and k-15.5,

Located some 60 feet
south of the garden shaft...

There's a timber right there.

Narrator: Are two
boreholes where the team

Has encountered a wooden tunnel

Some 103 feet deep
that may date back

As far as the 17th century.

Rick: This area
is highly disturbed.

- We hit wood...
- Ian: Right.

At an elevation
that is interesting.

So, what you intend to do here

Is to draw some samples

- For gold.
- Gold.

- Yeah.
- Ian: Yeah.

So, if wood's down there,
somebody was doing something,

And so, what we noticed

Last year with the gold
was we primarily found it

At sites that were
connected or disturbed.

We sampled it already once.

We want to continue to
sample to see if it changes

Hydraulic gradient.

If we can find

An isolated area with high gold,

Then it's very likely

There was some human
activity that was involved.

Any information we
get here, I would think

That you would both
also want to take samples

From the garden shaft, right?

Ian: Absolutely.
It has to be done.

So, this is k-15.5

Matt: So, we need
to weight it a little bit

To get it to drop
through the water.

- Good.
- Matt: Yeah.

Ian: So, we'll see
how this goes.

So, this hole goes to 115,

So, we'll try to
get down to 110.

Narrator: To collect their water
samples, the team is using

A biodegradable
single-valve bailer.

As the bailer
descends into the well,

It fills up through
an opening at the top.

Once it reaches a desired depth,

A ball sinks into place,

Sealing the water
sample inside the tube.

This will prevent
contamination from other depths

While the device is
brought back to the surface.

-We're about 110. This
is good because -yeah.

What we just hope is we
get a nice clear sample.

We'll just reel it in.

Rick: What we're trying to do

Is find the bullseye
on the dartboard,

I.E., the money pit.

Marty: We know there's
precious metals in the water,

And I think we can trace
those concentrations

Back to wherever
it's coming from.

And that somewhere
could easily be our treasure.

Ian: Here we go.

Oh, that's beautiful.
Nice and clear.

Yeah. That's great.

Ian: Ready?

Rick: Let's get the data
off. Get some results back.

Ian: There you go, matt.

There we go.

Rick: Wouldn't it
be amazing that,

After all this exhaustive
work that people have put in

For 200-some years,

And the answers come
from a bottle of water?

That's just remarkable.

Yeah. We just got to follow up

- And see where it leads us.
- Hundred percent.

Narrator: As dr. Ian
spooner and dr. Matt lukeman

Continue to collect
water samples

Throughout the money pit area,

Approximately


In the city of
halifax, nova scotia...

Peter: All right, here we are.

Peter fornetti,

Oak island historian
charles barkhouse,

And archaeometallurgist
emma culligan

Have arrived at
st. Mary's university.

Peter: We're bringing
some good artifacts,

So hopefully we can get
some good information.

Emma: Thank you.

Gary: Big old log on there.

And we got a
plank here, as well.

Narrator: One week ago,

The team unearthed
hand-worked wood

And a large iron
spike on lot 10,

Just north of the
triangle-shaped swamp.

It was here that the
late landowner fred nolan

Believed a wall had
been installed long ago

To artificially create the swamp

In order to hide
something of great value.

Incredibly, this location also
matched one labeled "the dam"

On a reported 14th-century
map of oak island

That the late researcher
zena halpern believed

Was created by members
of the knights templar.

Emma: Hi.

- Charles: Hi, dr. Brosseau.
- Christa: How are you guys?

Narrator: Now, peter,
emma and charles

Are meeting with chemist
dr. Christa brosseau

To have her analyze,
and hopefully date

Just how old the
iron spike could be.

How are things going?
Finding lots of things?

Yeah, we have one
that's very curious for us.

- Okay.
- We were digging

Right around the
three, four-feet level,

And we found an iron
spike, and we're hoping

That this iron artifact
may give us some context

To what we're
hoping to find there.

All right, awesome.

So, an object

Like this, it's too big

To go in the microscope
as a whole piece,

So I'll clean off a
bit of the surface,

And then I'll take a
very small sample,

And then, uh,

We will see what we find.

Sounds great.

Christa: We don't
need very much at all

For sem analysis.

Rick: I remain
consistent in my belief

That there are answers in
the swamp, and I'm hoping

This technology might
reveal some of those answers.

Christa: All right.

I think the anomaly, zena's map,

And the data to date
suggests something is there.

Hey, xiang.

- How are you doing today?
- Hello.

Narrator: Dr. Brosseau

And her colleague dr. Xiang yang

Will examine the iron sample

Under a high-powered

Scanning electron microscope,

Or sem,

That can not only
magnify objects

Up to 200,000 times
their actual size,

But also determine its
chemical composition.

We'll see what we find here.

So, with iron,
it's a bit tricky.

There are some
indicators of age.

One that we often
look at is manganese.

If we see manganese, uh,

It's often a flag
for a modern iron.

And here, we don't
see manganese.

So, that's a good indication
that you're looking at

Something that's likely older.

Okay.

Christa: We do see sulfur,

Which is quite large.

You typically see iron ores
with a high sulfur content

Between 1700 and 1750.

Of course, it can come from
a sulfur-rich environment.

Yeah, it's on the
edge of the swamp,

- Is where we found this.
- Christa: On the edge of the swamp.

Kind of deep, so there
might be sulfur in that.

There's a lot of
swamp... Actually, yeah.

I like to take soil samples

Anytime there's
an artifact extracted.

- Right.
- Emma: But yeah, the swamp,

I do remember high
contents of sulfur.

So, likely, it's from
a local environment.

- Yeah.
- Christa: Hmm.

Peter: So, if the
sulfur is in the soil

And it's not from
the metal itself,

It's potentially even
older than 1700?

Yes, it could be.

Peter: So, it's potentially
even older than 1700?

Yes, but I would do
a section to confirm.

Okay.

Narrator: At st.
Mary's university

In halifax, nova scotia,

Chemists dr. Christa
brosseau and dr. Xiang yang

Have just shared data

Suggesting that the iron
spike found one week ago

Where a man-made dam
is believed to lie buried

Just north of the swamp,

May predate the
discovery of the money pit

By more than a century.

Yeah. When we see
phosphorus in an iron ore,

It's called "phosphoric iron."

Typically, the phosphorus
is original to the ore,

And it hasn't been
removed in smelting.

Very common in,
um, medieval europe.

Very common in northern britain,

Because iron ore
from that region,

Historically, has been
rich in phosphorus, so...

It seems like a
lot of the artifacts

That we're finding on oak island

Are british

In design or manufacture.

You know, when
you mention England,

I was in royston cave.

There was physical evidence

That can support
the early, early activity

On the island, too.

Whoa.

Welcome to a templar
initiation chamber.

Charles: Wow.

Narrator: Earlier this year,

Charles, along with
marty and alex lagina,

Traveled to royston, England

Where author and
researcher gretchen cornwall

Gave them a tour
of royston cave,

A site that some believe
was used for secret rituals

By the knights templar

Between the 12th
and 14th centuries.

Although the cave walls
featured a number of carvings

That may be related to
the oak island mystery,

The most incredible
was the number 1347.

The exact date that was written

On zena halpern's believed


You know, not only does this
add validity to fred's theory,

But also validity to zena's map.

- Yeah.
- So, it's, uh, kind of like

- A double-pronged approach here.
- Peter: Yeah.

Maybe some of the pieces
are starting to come together

Of just what took
place on oak island, so...

Yeah. Awesome. I like it.

Peter: We have so
much good information

That we need to
bring back to the guys.

So, thank you again,

And we're going
to get out of here.

- You've got some work to do.
- Peter: Yes, we do.

- Thank you.
- Thank you.

Thanks for dropping by. See you.

- See you.
- Bye-bye.

Narrator: As a new day
begins on oak island...

Ian: Perfect.
We're all done here.

Matt: All set for the next hole?

Yup.

Narrator: While
dr. Ian spooner

And dr. Matt lukeman continue

To gather water samples
in the money pit area...

Laird: Hey, helen.

- Helen: Hey, how're you doing?
- Good, how are you?

- Good.
- Introducing miriam

- To lot 5.
- Cool.

On lot 5,

Archaeologists laird niven

And helen sheldon
welcome their colleague

Miriam amirault
back to the island.

Laird: So, how are things going?

Good.

Narrator: She has come
to assist the investigation

Of an area where a number
of 18th-century british artifacts,

Which predate the
discovery of the money pit

By half a century or more,

Were discovered
just one day ago.

So, it's looking like we have

A rock-filled excavation

- Of some sort.
- Laird: Yeah.

And all the artifacts
are being fairly early,

Like there's no mixing
of modern in with them.

- Laird: Yeah. So, that's good.
- Yeah.

- This is really interesting.
- Yeah.

Narrator: A
rock-filled feature?

One predating the
discovery of the money pit?

If so, what was its purpose,

And what else might it contain?

We're just getting
a hint right now

With the artifacts
and the rocks that,

Perhaps, we're
into something, um,

Substantial and important.

I'm still going down, we
haven't reached the bottom yet,

So maybe if miriam
could jump in there...

- Sure.
- And work from that side,

- And I'll keep going here?
- Laird: Okay.

And then, maybe laird

- Could screen for us?
- I will screen. Yeah.

Helen: We'll work like that.

Narrator: As miriam and helen

Carefully remove
soil from the feature,

Laird will sift the materials
for important clues

And possible valuables.

Well, it sifts nicely.

I think I may have
something here.

Just let me get it out.

Hmm.

We've never found this before.

I mean, it looks blue and white.

Tin-glazed.

- Old. -That's old.
- It is old.

That's delicate stuff.

We have to be really careful.

Wow.

It's called delftware.

I'm not sure what the
starting date for that...

Certainly mid-1700s.

So, it would be english.

Helen: Nice.

Yeah, so that's a
first for the island.

We've never found
tin-glazed before.

That's awesome.

Narrator: Delftware,
dating back

At least a half century before
the discovery of the money pit?

If so, could it be another clue

That lot 5 may
contain critical answers

Related to something
of great value

That lies hidden on oak island?

Laird: So, two ceramic
types have come out of here

That we've never seen
anywhere else on the island.

- Two early ceramic types.
- Yeah.

- Two early ceramic types.
- Helen: Nice.

- Really nice. Yeah.
- That's really awesome.

- Yeah. Put that in the bag.
- Yeah.

Laird: Gently. [chuckles]

The really bizarre thing to me

Is that this is a lot we
know nothing about.

We certainly know of no
occupation in the 1790s,

And all of a sudden
we're transported

Back to the middle of the 1700s.

So, it changes the
game completely

As far as I'm concerned.

Can I empty your
bucket there, miriam?

Miriam: Yeah, sure.

Laird: I love it

Because it's a mystery,

And it's through archeology,

I feel, that we can
solve that mystery.

Helen: Wow, look at this.

-Oh. -Oh, wow.

Laird: That's not
something we find every day.

Helen: No, it isn't.

Narrator: On lot 5,

Located on the western
side of oak island,

Archaeologists helen sheldon,

Miriam amirault

And laird niven have just found

Another potentially
important clue

In a mysterious
back-filled feature.

Helen: It's copper.
It's a copper nail.

Because of all the green, right?

Because iron nails go all rusty,

So you get the rust
deposit on them.

Laird: It's pretty heavy-duty,
and it's really squat.

Yeah. Feel it.

It's got heft to it, too, right?

Laird: Yeah. Might
get a rose head.

It'll be nice to clean that up.

It's hand-forged?

Helen: Uh, yeah.
Which kind of suggests

Boat building, doesn't
it, with copper nails?

Laird: Yeah, because
it's, uh, it resists corrosion.

Yeah, and salt water.

Narrator: A
rose-headed copper nail?

Dating back to as
early as 3500 bc,

Hand-forged copper
nails were first used

By the ancient
egyptians and romans

For the construction
of large sailing vessels

In order to ensure durability

While on long journeys at sea.

Over the past decade,
the oak island team

Has unearthed a number
of ship-related artifacts,

Such as wood fragments and
decking spikes in the swamp,

That have ranged from
as late as the 18th century

To as early as
the 3rd century ad.

Could this copper nail be
related to those discoveries,

As well as the evidence
of a possible dam?

And if so,

Might it also be connected
to the hammered coin

That was found on
lot 5 two weeks ago,

Which is believed
to be of roman origin?

That's a really cool find.

It is.

We're finding some
really, really cool stuff

Just in this one
little area, so, I think

- We need to keep going.
- Miriam: Yeah, for sure.

What's going on in lot 5?

Laird [chucking]: Right?

Marty: I'm convinced lot 5

Is something significant,

Either just historically,

Or maybe in our treasure hunt.

So, it makes this area

Extremely important
and extremely interesting

For us to figure out.

Laird: Wow.

You can almost see a clear line,

Right where your right foot is.

- Here. Yeah.
- Yeah.

Laird: I mean, it's turning out
to be really something else.

Helen: It's looking like some
sort of fairly large feature

That we have going on here.

- Laird: Yeah.
- Helen: Yeah.

So, our current thinking is that

There was something here

Pre-1770s?

Wow.

Laird: And then, it
was intentionally buried.

For whatever reason.

The fill is old, but
the feature could be

- Even older.
- Helen: Even older. Yeah.

Wow.

Narrator: If
archaeologist laird niven

Is correct that this structure,

Which predates the money
pit by several decades or more,

Was purposely buried,
then what was it used for

That compelled whoever
created it to hide its existence?

Any find on lot 5 at this point,

Especially anything that,
again, is pre-depositional,

Yes, it's exceedingly
interesting.

I think there are
some very good clues

As to what may have
happened on oak island

That are still
underground on lot 5,

And we're nowhere near done.

I think there's more
yet to be revealed.

Laird: This was, uh, not
just a cabin in the woods.

- Miriam: Yeah.
- This was something

A little more
substantial than that.

- Really cool.
- Helen: Nice.

- Really cool finds so far, huh?
- Laird: Yeah.

Keep it up.

Narrator: While
laird, helen and miriam

Continue their
investigation on lot 5...

- Rick: Hi, emma.
- Emma: Hi, hi.

- Doug: How was the road trip?
- Emma: It was good

And really instructive.

Got a lot of information.

Narrator: Emma
culligan joins

Rick lagina, tom nolan

And other members of the
team at the interpretive centre

To share the report
from her recent trip

To st. Mary's university.

Tom: This very well could be

A piece of what
we're looking for

In the swamp, so
I'm interested to see

What you can tell us about that.

Uh, yeah, so,

This iron pin, there is
some phosphorous in it.

- Wow.
- The phosphor content

Usually comes from England

And, kind of, northern
european areas.

And there is a content

Of sulfur, which makes it old.

- Mm-hmm.
- Like 1700s or earlier.

Doug: When you say, "earlier,"

Could that fit a
"1200" timeframe?

Yeah.

Emma: So, I did some research,

And the phosphorous
could come from bog iron.

So, bog iron is the earliest
forms of iron that you use.

- Doug: Right.
- Tom: Well, obviously

That's kind of the
date we like to see,

- You know?
- Yeah.

Because it predates
everything, you know?

- Emma: Mm-hmm.
- Settlement, searchers.

Then you're-you're going
back to whoever did this,

Which is what
we'd all like to know,

Rather we get back to


So I think it's a
really important item.

It was probably used to
put something together.

Yeah.

Uh, it's starting to really
look like there's something

- Along that beach.
- Yup.

To me the thing is,

When you look at zena's map,

It says "dam."

And fred is saying
there's a wall there.

Well, what is a dam?

Essentially, a barrier against
movement of water. A dam.

So, I'm-I'm excited

About the possibilities.

My belief would be, if
the structure is there,

It's original work, and that
would be a real "ah-ha" moment.

It might even meet the
criteria of "the one thing."

If zena's map is real,

It's the best lead we have.

- Correct.
- Rick: But the very first thing

Is target a zone
of interest, and then

We need a permit to dig further

Into the bog on lot 10

To investigate these targets.

And how ironic.

We went looking for a dam,

And we found a damn good find.

[laughter]

My dad wrote a book

About his exploration
work on the island,

And, you know, I think

I'm going to have
a look at the book

A little closer because

There could be information

Just like this, you
know, possible dam

We're looking at, that
may be helpful for us.

Rick: That'd be great, tom.

I think you're
spot-on about that.

I love the find, but
at the end of the day,

What do we always say?

The mystery won't
get solved here.

So, I think everybody has
something to do, let's go do it.

- Alex: Okay.
- Tom: Sounds good.

Narrator: As a new day of
exploration begins on oak island...

Miriam: Hello.

- Marty: Well, good morning.
- Miriam: Hi.

- Rick: Good morning.
- Gary: Wow, they've been busy.

Narrator: Rick,
marty and craig,

Along with metal detection
expert gary drayton,

And jack begley
join archaeologists

Helen sheldon
and miriam amirault

For an updated report

On the mysterious
man-made structure

Recently discovered on lot 5.

- Wow, that's deep.
- Yeah, it's very deep.

Narrator: A structure

Where the fellowship of the dig

Has recently unearthed
a number of artifacts

Believed to pre-date the
discovery of the money pit

By half a century or more.

What's going on here?

Helen: So, we have, um,

Some sort of in-filled
rock depression.

- Marty: Mm-hmm.
- As far as we can tell, this has been excavated out.

We're getting artifacts
going all the way down.

And what are those?

We've had a piece of
tin-glazed earthenware,

Which... The date range

On tin-glazed earthenware
is 1650 to 1750.

- Wow.
- Gary: Wow.

Helen: On this side, we had

A lovely little copper nail.

That's a ship sort
of thing, isn't it?

Yeah, it's normally
associated with boat building

Because they don't corrode
as much in salt water.

Right. Exactly.

Who knows how far it goes
in the other three directions?

We just have a
glimpse of it right now.

- Okay.
- Helen: Also, there's no modern stuff mixed in with it.

- Which is really cool for us.
- Helen: Yeah.

- Craig: Yeah.
- So, I always ask myself,

"how does this impact what
we are trying to do here?"

Which, you know, we're trying
to uncover a treasure mystery.

- Or some mystery.
- Yeah.

And in a lot that nobody ever...

There's no record of
habitation here, is that correct?

We haven't found
any records. No.

That's what's most
interesting for me,

It's we don't know what was
going on specifically here.

- Right. Nothing.
- Like, I think there's some mystery to that

And that's kind of exciting.

Right. Is this a
good landing place?

I mean, if somebody was
doing something here?

Yeah. It's pre-discovery
of the money pit.

- Yes, by a long ways.
- Helen: Yeah.

Problem is, it's quite a
ways from the money pit.

Yeah.

Yeah, but you know
what, if you're...

If you're trying to do
things clandestinely,

You don't want to camp
your guys over there.

No.

Marty: The more
we look into it,

The more lot 5 might mean.

I'd like to know
what that thing is.

It could have had something
to do with the original

Depositors on oak island.
It very well could have.

- Well, it's interesting as heck.
- Craig: Yeah.

It sounds typical
oak island to me.

[laughs] what the heck is it?

Okay, so we're going
to hop back in and dig.

Okay, sounds good.

Marty: Excellent job, guys.

Find some cool stuff.

Narrator: Two days later...

- Scott: Hey, guys.
- Rick: Hi, guys.

-Ian: Hello. -Marty: Good day.

This is the w*r room
I've been waiting for.

Narrator: Rick
and marty lagina

Have gathered members
of the team in the w*r room

For a meeting with
dr. Ian spooner,

Dr. Matt lukeman

And their colleague,
hydrogeologist dr. Fred michel.

I am all ears. I want
to know about the gold.

Narrator: After analyzing

The recent water samples that
were collected from boreholes

Near the garden shaft
in the money pit area,

Dr. Spooner,
dr. Lukeman and dr. Michel

Are ready to
present their findings

Regarding the possible location

Of the legendary
oak island treasure.

I'll turn it over to
you, dr. Spooner.

Ian: Thank you very much.

Yeah, so right
now, we're looking at

The money pit area,

But what we're
really interested in

Is in what's happening
in the garden shaft,

Because we're
trying to find a source

To where this gold
is coming from.

Right.

Ian: We sent in a few samples

From the monitoring wells,

And those have
been from two depths:

Around the 110,

- And then around the 150 intervals.
- Mm-hmm.

Next slide, please.

This is really fred's work,

So, fred, you're here.

Why don't you talk
a little bit about this?

Okay. Uh, well,

The dashed black
line that you see there

Is dividing two groups of water.

The ones to the east,

Those, for the most
part, we're not seeing

Any gold or silver.

-Okay. -Michel: But we also

Do have samples that go north

Of where the grid is
showing in the garden shaft,

And we're seeing gold
and silver in that area.

So, we believe from
looking at the chemistry,

That area is the area

That we'd be most interested in.

Ian: Yep.

The next slide, steve.

So, this is the last slide,

And perhaps the one
we should think about.

To cut to the chase,

The area in pink there

Would be exactly
where the gold is.

Marty: Wow.

Fantastic.

Ian: So, the area
in pink there,

Is the area that is
most of interest to us.

Now it's time to
chase down the gold.

Exactly.

That is just really
interesting and great.

Yeah.

Narrator: In the w*r room,

The oak island team

Has just been informed

By hydrogeologist
dr. Fred michel

That, according to
water sample testing,

The source of silver and gold

They have been trying to

Pinpoint in the money pit area

Appears to be in a location

Very close to the garden shaft.

Most of our gold
and silver values,

We're seeing in the shallow

Monitoring wells.

The 80 to 110 foot area

Is the area that
this is coming from.

That's right.

Marty: Can we
reach that conclusion,

That wherever this is
coming from, it's shallow?

That's certainly what we're
seeing in the data right now.

That is astoundingly good news

For our search at this point.

I mean, it's a lot
easier to chase it

-Shallow, too, right? -Yes.

That's kind of interesting

Because these are
levels that match

- The 90 foot stone.
- Yeah.

Narrator: In 1804,

When members of
the onslow company

Removed the
legendary 90 foot stone

From the ninth oak
platform in the money pit,

They probed the soil beneath it,

And struck a flat,

Wooden surface
some ten feet below.

The discovery made them certain

That they were about to recover

A vault packed
with untold riches.

But unfortunately,
their hopes were dashed

As the pit suddenly
filled with seawater

From the believed
man-made flood tunnel

Originating at
nearby smith's cove.

Is it possible that
the oak island team

Is narrowing in on
what those searchers

Could not reach more
than two centuries ago?

Rick: The findings of
the highest gold values

Between 80 and 110 feet,

It replicates the old
story of the money pit.

They were absolutely convinced

There was treasure
at that depth.

How do we find what they
thought they found long ago?

That's yet to come.

I mean, look, I'm all for
this. We should chase that.

Onward and into
that blob area we go.

Steve: So, just for reference,

We're 10, 15 feet just
west of the garden shaft.

I'm going to put my cursor
so everybody can see

What marty's
calling the "blob" area

Is essentially this area here.

It might go a
little farther west.

The blob is the likeliest spot
where the gold is coming from,

The origination of the gold.

I am extremely excited.

Everything that is
presented in the w*r room

Seems to indicate
that we're closing in

On where the treasure could be.

This is something
that absolutely

Has to be followed up.

Rick, unless there's something
I'm missing something,

Is there any other reason we
couldn't drill this right away?

No, we need to get on this asap

And get the best data possible.

- Yup.
- Rick: Marty, we'll, uh,

We'll get this project underway.

Good. Good.
Let's go, let's do it.

Onward and into the blob.

[laughter]

Rick: All righty, we'll see you.

- We'll let you know.
- Marty: Yeah.

- Thank you.
- Rick: See you, guys.

-Ian: See you. -Rick: Bye-bye.

Narrator: After more than a
decade of faithful searching,

And thanks to their
team of diverse experts,

Rick, marty, and craig

May now be closing in on

What the oak island money pit

Has kept secret for
more than two centuries.

But now, as they move forward

To reveal what lies
deep below ground,

Will it lead to the
ultimate reward?

Or will it lead

To their greatest challenge yet?

Next time on the
curse of oak island...

Marty: We are
drilling in the blob

Where the gold is coming from.

Terry: Ho. Look at this.

Oh, my god.

Rick, you've been looking
for this for a long time.

Jack: Oh, yeah.

Corjan: That is the
mark of the masons

- For the knights templar.
- Charles: Oh, wow.

Could be from a
medieval templar church.

The date I got was 1028 to 1172.

Jack: Oh, no way.

That is really cool.


- Even earlier.
- Doug: Yeah. -Yup.

Templars, baby.

[laughter]