11x09 - Filling Cavities

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

MARTY: Time to drain the swamp.

RICK: Do it.

The swamp holds
secrets to the mystery.

- Oh, ho, ho! Look.
- Oh.

JAMIE: That's interesting.

- MOYA: What do you got?
- JAMIE: Holy crap.

It seems like jewelry.

CLARKE: A symbol
found on Templar churches

pointing directly to Oak Island
and is believed to represent

- the Holy Grail.
- Oh.

RICK: If there's
gold in that void,

that'd be huge.

There's something there.

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.

♪ ♪

- MARTY: Hey, Roger.
- ROGER: How's it going, guys?

What have you got for us today?

Ah. The guys are
down there right now.

So we identified a water
source. It looks like it's

- confined to one space.
- Okay.

NARRATOR: An
especially anxious morning

has begun on Oak Island

for brothers Rick and
Marty Lagina and their team

as they work to solve
a 229-year-old mystery.

So quite a bit of water.

We're looking at about


and I think that's our
biggest problem down there.

Right.

- We want to look.
- ROGER: Absolutely.

That's... Absolutely.

- I'm ready.
- Sounds good.

- Let's go.
- All right.

NARRATOR: In the Money Pit area,

representatives from
Dumas Contracting Limited

believe they have finally
identified the location

where a mysterious
inflow of water

has been flooding
the 87-foot-deep

mid-18th-century Garden
Shaft for nearly two weeks.

What remains unknown
is if it may be related

to a legendary
man-made flood tunnel

that was reportedly
triggered during an excavation

of the original Money
Pit back in 1804,

and which has
thwarted the efforts

of treasure hunters ever since.

MARTY: A long, bloody way down.

- ROGER: Yeah. [chuckles]
- MARTY: You know?

NARRATOR: Now, Rick
and Marty are descending

the Garden Shaft themselves
to inspect the cavern

and the mysterious
inflow of water

in order to help Dumas

not only identify what
each feature may be,

but also decide how to achieve

their ultimate goal of
extending the Garden Shaft

down to a depth of some 95 feet,

where they hope to breach
a seven-foot-high tunnel.

A tunnel which runs westward
towards an area known

as the Baby Blob,
where high traces of gold,

silver and other metals
have been detected

between 80 and 120 feet deep.

Okay, here we be.

Do you think it
is all right here?

Without all this
water coming in.

Yeah.

NARRATOR: Now that the team
from Dumas Contracting Limited has

identified the
source of the water,

over the coming days,
they will attempt to seal it

using an industrial-grade
compound known as multiurethane

that expands when wet.

♪ ♪

In there, there's a,

it's like a little cavern.

NARRATOR: One week ago,

while Dumas was searching

for the water source at
a depth of nearly 65 feet,

their team also
discovered a strange cavity

just outside the shaft
containing wooden timbers

and in the same general
area where, last year,

a sample of wood
from the Garden Shaft

was found to contain
high trace evidence of gold.

RICK: I think that we
were all quite interested

in what this cavity
void represents.

We have spent a lot of time

to try to follow the
gold and the silver.

If there's gold in that
void, that'd be huge.

That cavity might prove
to be very interesting.

What about the wood
that we heard was in there?

Some of it's still
there, and some of it's

at the bottom of
the void, I guess.

Oh, yeah, I do see it.

RICK: How far in is it?

Uh, here, take a look.

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RICK: Just looks
like a little grotto.

MARTY: Right about
three feet back there?

Four feet, maybe?

RICK: Yeah. It goes back and up.

[indistinct chatter]

There's a board right there.

MARTY: You got it.

- [Roger laughs]
- Come here, you.

What's that, then?

That's from the original shaft.

RICK: I don't see enough wood

to represent some
other construct.

I think, at this point,
it's probably associated

with the original
shaft construct.

There are some
pieces of wood in there.

They don't look ancient to me.

I think whoever dug the
original Garden Shaft,

as they were going down,

might have needed a
little bit of work room.

That's what I think
we're looking at.

So, more importantly, we
have metals in the water

by the Garden Shaft.

And the metals are
inclusive of gold and silver.

So the next thing that has to
be done in the Garden Shaft is

we have to get
control of this water.

Okay. We've sort of got
two issues going here, right?

- We've got this water...
- Yeah.

MARTY: and then we've
got this issue over here,

but we know on the
outside of the Old Shaft,

- we found traces of gold.
- Okay.

Yeah. We've got some
good samples here.

We've got a piece of
wood from the cavity.

Our job here is done.

NARRATOR: As representatives
from Dumas continue their work

in the Garden Shaft...

later that morning...

MARTY: Billy!

- I was hoping you'd leave some work for us.
- [chuckles]

NARRATOR: Rick and
Marty join Billy Gerhardt

on the south shore road

bordering the
triangle-shaped swamp.

It's that time of
year again, isn't it?

- Time to drain the swamp.
- Yeah.

NARRATOR: Having just
acquired a government permit,

the team is ready to drain

the brackish water
from the swamp

to search for clues
that may be critical

to solving the Oak
Island mystery.

So, what's the plan, Rick?

You know, I... I avoid all
things swamp. [chuckles]

Well, I think the swamp
holds secrets and I...

But I don't know where they
are, to be honest with you.

Yeah, I think I'm more
excited about the swamp

probably than I
have been to date.

- Really?
- Yeah.

Because we have the ship's rail,

you know, we got the road,
we got the path, a ton of stuff,

and we've-we've only
done one of the three sides.

Yeah.

NARRATOR: In
addition to ancient coins,

ship pieces and
fragments of cargo barrels,

in recent years, Rick, Marty
and the team have uncovered

a number of stone structures
such as a road, or ship's wharf,

near the south shore road.

BILLY: I'm most interested in what
lies at the end of the stone road.

If it's a slipway,
that's important.

If it's a wharf, it's important.

So, if I started
anywhere, it would be...

- MARTY: The stone road.
- The stone road.

Mm-hmm.

NARRATOR: Once
the area is drained,

Billy will help the team
excavate the south shore road

in the hopes of finding
definitive answers

of who built the
massive stone feature

and if any evidence of
valuables remains hidden nearby.

When're you going to
start that bad boy up?

Well, I think I
did lots of times,

so one of you guys
should have the honor.

- So... -Big brother?
- Let's get going.

NARRATOR: In accordance
with environmental regulations,

rather than pumping
the water into the ocean,

it will be diverted several
hundred yards away

to the center of the island.

- Time to drain the swamp.
- Let's do it. Do it.

Drain the swamp!

NARRATOR: As the
swamp begins to drain,

on Lot 5, located on the
western side of the island...

- I just want to get this level done.
- Okay.

NARRATOR: Alex Lagina
and members of the team are

carefully excavating
a circular stone feature

that has been
determined to set atop

a much larger foundation.

JAMIE: Oh.

Huh? That's cool.

FIONA: That's really cool.

JAMIE: It's a little, tiny ring.

FIONA: Wow.

Hey, guys, do you want
to come take a look at this?

LINDY: Sure.

- Sure.
- JAMIE: It seems like jewelry,

- but very tiny jewelry.
- MOYA: Yeah.

- What do you got there?
- Check that out.

- Oh, yeah.
- Mm.

So, there's no way to
determine a time period on this

as we sit here right now?

-No. -ALEX: This is a good find.

NARRATOR: Since
they began investigating

this feature one year ago,

the team has been perplexed
by the number of potentially

important clues
they have found...

It's really cool.

NARRATOR: which
span a number of eras

prior to the discovery
of the Money Pit.

NARRATOR: These include
mid-17th-century pottery,

a believed 14th-century
lead barter token...

Which may be related
to the lead cross

that was unearthed at
Smith's Cove in 2017...

And a number of metal tools

that have been
directly connected

to the 17th-century
privateer Sir William Phips,

an English nobleman
who some believe

buried a vast cache
of silver and gold

in the Money Pit back in 1687.

Oh.

That's interesting.

MOYA: What do you got?

JAMIE: Holy crap!

MOYA: What do you got?

I think it's actually like a
decorative piece of metal.

I don't think
it's, like, a nail.

NARRATOR: On
Lot 5 of Oak Island...

Mind if I take a look?

NARRATOR:
archaeologist Jamie Kouba

has just discovered
a possible clue

in the mysterious
foundation that was found

beneath the circular
stone depression.

ALEX: Interesting.

Any idea what this
might have been used for,

if it is decorative?

I would think maybe on, like,
a wooden door or something?

Maybe a chest?

ALEX: That'd be exciting.

Oh, yeah, that
would be exciting.

- LINDY: Yeah, it's very cool.
- ALEX: We've got this building

that's a little too big
to be just a residence.

I'm just gonna throw this
out there... Um, privateering?

Yeah.

It's not out of the
realm of possibility at all.

There was a lot of
privateering in this area

during that time frame.

There's so much evidence
of that already here.

So, why would this island not
be a part of that to some degree?

ALEX: Yeah.

We need way more
evidence of any kind

- to say anything for sure.
- Yeah.

Well, one of the metal pieces
that came out of this unit

actually was metallurgically
connected to Phips' birthplace.

Right.

And of course, you know,

Phips, we know,
found the Concepción.

Mm-hmm.

NARRATOR: In 1687,

the English politician turned
privateer and treasure hunter

Sir William Phips was
ordered by the King of England

to conduct two
salvage operations

of the famed Spanish galleon
wreck known as the Concepción,

which sank off the coast
of the Dominican Republic

in 1641.

Curiously, during the
second recovery mission,

which was carried
out with the help

of a high-ranking
Freemason from Nova Scotia

named Andrew Belcher,

Phips delivered less than 10%
of what remained on the wreck,

according to its manifest.

We know that Phips found
silver on the Concepción.

NARRATOR: This documented fact

led Scott Clarke, a


and the author of Oak Island
Odyssey: A Masonic Quest

to share his theory
with the team in 2021

regarding the whereabouts
of the missing valuables.

I believe some of the
treasure from the Concepción

was secreted to Oak Island.

- That is remarkable.
- Yeah.

So Phips may not have sent
all of the silver back to England.

So there is that theory

- that maybe he hid some of it here.
- Right.

NARRATOR: Because the team
has already found several metal tools

that have been
scientifically connected

to Sir William Phips
in this feature on Lot 5,

could Jamie be
correct that they,

as well as this
decorative metal piece,

offer compelling evidence
that Sir William Phips

could really be connected
to the Oak Island mystery?

Look, they're great finds,

but I think they're
enough to get us started,

but they're not enough
to get us there, right?

- So... [chuckles]
- Yeah.

FIONA: We're
finding cool things.

- So I'm sure there's gonna be more.
- ALEX: Yeah.

NARRATOR: The
following morning...

MARTY: Okay, Ray, so...

we should be able to keep an
eye on them down there, right?

RAY: Yeah. Man,
look at that water.

NARRATOR: Marty Lagina
arrives in the Money Pit area

to monitor the ongoing effort

to stop the flooding
in the Garden Shaft,

using a sealant
known as multiurethane

nearly 65 feet belowground.

ROGER: We'll get the
urethane mixed and ready to go.

SCOTT: I just want
to just try and get

as much pumped in there

- as fast as we can.
- ROGER: Okay.

SCOTT: The hope is

that we're gonna pump
this foam into there...

Yep.

It's going to expand
up to 20 times its size

and it's gonna fill that
void and seal the water up.

MacKENZIE [over
radio]: We are good to go.

Okay, here we go.

- SCOTT: Start pumping.
- MacKENZIE: Coming on.

[soft whirring]

MARTY: Just like surgery.

Scalpel.

RAY: Come on
guys, you can do this.

NARRATOR: While the work
continues in the Garden Shaft...

later that morning...

RICK: Gentlemen, I don't think

our guest needs any sort
of introduction because

we all know Scott Clarke.

NARRATOR: Marty
joins his brother Rick

and other members of the team

to welcome author and 32nd
degree Freemason Scott Clarke

back to the w*r room.

In light of the recent
discoveries made on Lot 5

that have been connected
to Sir William Phips,

Scott has asked to
share more information

about Phips' personal
assistant, Andrew Belcher,

that may further help
prove his incredible theory.

CLARKE: Andrew Belcher has been
a person of interest for a long time.

He's very likely one
of the very earliest

Freemasons in North America.

I believe that the
Belcher family knew

about Oak Island

from connections
through Freemasonry.

NARRATOR: Based on stunning
discoveries that have been made

in recent years on Oak
Island, including structures

such as the paved area and
the stone road in the swamp

along with the tunnel running
below the Garden Shaft

and artifacts like
the lead cross

and a red garnet stone,
which have all been

scientifically dated to between
the 12th and 17th centuries...

Welcome to the Templar City.

NARRATOR: Rick, Marty and
their team have been carefully

investigating the theory

that the medieval order
of the Knights Templar

and their believed
descendants... the Freemasons...

Carried out a
generational conspiracy

to hide not only
vast amounts of gold,

silver and jewels in
the Money Pit area

but also priceless
religious objects.

CLARKE: So I'll get
into my presentation.

- MARTY: Great.
- CLARKE: My current research

involves a really
important map that I found

in the archives of
Canada from 1762,

which I believe has

Masonic cyphers
encoded in the map.

And, uh, I found evidence

that they could strongly tie
with the Knights Templars.

MARTY: Really?

Yep.

So the map that I've
been referring to, uh,

was created in 1762 by
Nova Scotia's chief surveyor

and early Freemason,
Charles Morris.

So that's actually
the whole map itself.

♪ ♪

So this is the
very earliest map,

I believe of Mahone Bay
that shows Oak Island.

So when Morris actually
surveyed Mahone Bay back in 1762,

he would have been asked to
do so by his boss at the time,

Nova Scotia's Lt. Governor
Jonathan Belcher Jr.,

the grandson of
Captain Andrew Belcher

who worked directly
with Sir William Phips.

Jonathan Belcher Jr. was also

the Masonic Grandmaster

of the Provincial Grand
Lodge of Nova Scotia.

No kidding. Quite
remarkable, right?

So Morris, in 1762,
surveyed Mahone Bay,

which is the same year

that the island was
divided into lots?

- Yeah, by him.
- ALEX: By Morris.

Yes. Yeah.

So the map was made by the guy

that divided the
island into lots.

Definitely. Yes. Yeah.

NARRATOR: Of the more than


Oak Island was the only
one chosen to be divided up

into four-acres lots in 1762.

Is it possible that
Charles Morris was

directed to do this by
Johnathan Belcher Jr.

Because of Belcher's
secret knowledge

of what was hidden there?

So as I was studying this map,

it occurred to me
that the "A" in Mahone

had this V-shaped crossbar,

which was different
from the "A" in Bay

with a much more
normal, straight crossbar.

So that's, the "A" with
the V-shaped cross bar.

And according to Templar
researchers in Portugal,

the "A" with a V-shaped crossbar

is believed by a
number of people

to represent the Holy Grail.

Is that right,
Charles? Is that true?

Yes.

Researchers have suggested

that these "A" symbols
with the V-shaped crossbar

look very similar to
the Masonic compass

and square logo,

which was later
adopted by Freemasons.

And knowing that Morris
was a Freemason, um,

my first thought was
that he was encompassing

a Masonic compass and square.

So I quickly realized
that the Masonic script "A"

was pointing directly
up to Oak Island


discovery of the Money Pit.

And you think
that he had an idea

that treasure was
already on the island?

For sure. Yeah. Yes.

RICK: Wow.

MARTY: That is amazing.

JACK: And you think that
when this map was made,

since it was before the
discovery of the Money Pit,

that he had an idea

that treasure was
already on the island?

For sure. Yeah. Yes.

NARRATOR: In the w*r room,


Freemason Scott Clarke

has just presented a
map of Mahone Bay

that was created in


The high-ranking Freemason
who divided Oak Island

into four-acre lots
that very same year.

And, curiously, Scott believes
the map contains secret symbols

indicating that sacred
religious treasures

of the Knights Templar
are buried on Oak Island.

So at first, I thought
this Masonic script "A"

in Mahone was the only one,

but as I kept looking

I discovered three more in
the name St. Margaret's Bay

on the far right of the map.

By utilizing those
three small A's

in the name St. Margaret's Bay,

if you created a
circle on the map

using the exact arc created
by the three Masonic script A's,

the circle will not only pass

directly through the
compass rose of the map

but also directly
over Oak Island.

It seems clear that Morris
actually knew the secret

before anyone outside
of the depositors knew

that Oak Island was special.

ALEX: Did Morris
do any other maps?

I mean, is that the only
map that he has those A's?

He did other maps

and I've never seen
that same "A" from him.

And those same symbols,

I found on Templar
chapels and churches.

So within the Church
of Santa Maria do Olival

in Tomar, Portugal,

we find the tombstone
of Gualdim Pais,

who was the fourth grand master

of the Knights
Templar in Portugal.

And on his tombstone,

there is an "A" symbol
with a V-shaped crossbar,

which I've highlighted in red.

A very similar symbol,

"A" symbol with a V-shaped
crossbar, can be found

carved into the Convento de
Cristo, or Convent of Christ,

that belonged to the Knights
of Christ, also in Tomar.

There is also an "A" symbol
with a V-shaped crossbar

- carved into a pillar...
- ALEX: Yep.

Within the Santa Maria
Nuova church in Viterbo, Italy.

Mm-hmm.

You saw it, right?

- Seen all this so far.
- MARTY: Yeah.

NARRATOR: Over
the past two years...

ALEX: Hey, guys.

This symbol is definitely
on the 90 Foot Stone.

- Right there.
- RICK: It's perfect.

ALEX: Yep.

NARRATOR: Rick, Alex,

and other members of the team

have visited
numerous sites in both

Portugal and Italy that
were known strongholds

for the Templar order

between the 12th
and 16th centuries.

ALEX: Wow. That's incredible.

When you think
speechless, you see this.

NARRATOR: And in
all of these locations...

RICK: H-I-C.

Which in Latin means "here."

NARRATOR: including
those just noted by Scott Clarke,

they have seen
symbols, artifacts

and even structures
matching others

that have been found over
the years on Oak Island.

ALEX: The stone path
looks exactly like this.

Yeah. It looks
the spitting image.

ALEX: Yeah.

CLARK: Well, just to recap...

It seems clear that
Morris actually knew

from his Masonic connections
that there was already

some sort of deposit
on Oak Island.

This certainly provides
some tantalizing clues.

Yeah. For sure.

RICK: All theories are unique,

but with Scott's, he
actually has a document...

The Charles Morris map.

Through his research
into Masonic symbolism,

he has made some
connections there.

I mean, we've always
been confounded

that Charles Morris,
surveyor general,

surveys Oak Island and yet,

there were, at the time,


and they weren't surveyed.

And we know the history
of the Masonic association

with the island
and that there was

some sort of interest or
some sort of knowledge

about the importance
of the island.

It's an incredibly
interesting theory

of the story of what might
have happened here long ago.

Scott, thank you.

I am always amazed
at how many things

can possibly be related to
Oak Island through history.

And yet, it's plausible.

- Yeah.
- MARTY: So we thank you for coming here.

And don't be a stranger.

CLARKE: Thanks, guys.

NARRATOR: The following day...

I hope we can get
the water to stop.

NARRATOR: as
members of the team

continue their work to stop

the mysterious flooding
inside the Garden Shaft...

- ALEX: Hey, Billy.
- GARY: Billy.

- RICK: Hey.
- BILLY: Good day.

NARRATOR: Rick
and Alex Lagina,

along with metal detection
expert Gary Drayton,

join Billy Gerhardt at the
south shore of the swamp.

We're gonna do a dig

past the stone road
to see the extent of it.

- It's something you've always wanted to do.
- Yeah.

NARRATOR: Now that
some three million gallons

of brackish water have
been pumped out of the bog,

they are eager to once again
investigate the stone road.

I'm hopeful we'll be finding
all kinds of good stuff.

And where are you going
to put all the artifacts?

- In the back of my car.
- [laughing]

I'll start scraping
some gravel off.

NARRATOR: As
Billy carefully digs,

- Gary Drayton...
- Do you want this one? -Yeah.

NARRATOR: will scan the
spoils for any important clues

or evidence of valuables.

RICK: We may find
a feature or features

under the swamp road

that may indicate why the
stone road was constructed.

I'd like to know every
last bit of information

that the swamp can give us
and hopefully that information

goes towards the greater
goal of solving the mystery.

RICK: Wait a minute.

What is that?

See it? Right there.

There it is.

- I see it, Billy.
- Yep.

GARY: Wow! Look at this.

Wow! Look at this.

- Let's show your Uncle Rick.
- Sure.

NARRATOR: While
excavating the swamp...

Hey, Rick!

NARRATOR:
near the potentially



- This it?
- Yeah. That's it.

NARRATOR: Rick Lagina

and members of the
team have just made

a curious discovery.

- It looks like a dowel.
- Yep.

RICK: When I saw it,

you know what it reminded me of?

The dowels in the
U-shaped structure.

- ALEX: Yeah.
- It's just about how big they were.

- Yeah, they were huge.
- Yeah.

There's a log right there.

Here's a peg right here.

- Is it?
- RICK: I think.

NARRATOR: In 2018,

Rick, Marty and the team

unearthed a mysterious
feature at Smith's Cove that was

originally discovered
by Dan Blankenship

in 1971...

You got a Roman numeral?

CRAIG: Yeah.

GARY: If it is,
it's a seven, V-I-I.

NARRATOR: a nearly 65-foot-long,
U-shaped wooden structure

that was believed
to be associated

with the flood tunnels
connected to the Money Pit.

It not only featured
large wooden dowels,

but was also engraved

with a unique style
of Roman numerals.

LAIRD: It looks like V-I-I-I-I.

NARRATOR: Roman numerals
that also match those found

on an ancient musket
artifact that was discovered

six weeks ago in the
circular depression on Lot 5.

RICK: Here, there is
some... like it was cut.

- Yeah.
- RICK: Just put it aside.

- We'll wash it.
- ALEX and GARY: Okay.

NARRATOR: Is it possible

the Oak Island team
has found evidence

of a related wooden structure

near the stone
road in the swamp?

If so, could it be a
critical piece of evidence

that might help complete
the Oak Island puzzle?

Hopefully, there's more.

- ALEX: We'll bag this up.
- GARY: Yeah.

The U-shaped structure is one
of the most mysterious things

we've found on the island.

Finding another
wooden construction

using the same technique
here in the swamp,

speaks to the extent of
the works on Oak Island.

Nope. Not getting any hits.

- ALEX: Nothing?
- How much deeper

before we get to the
level of the stone road?

I'd say it's another foot.

- Yeah.
- BILLY: Well, we're certainly

coming into zone that we
start to look for more and more.

- Mm-hmm.
- RICK: Yeah. Okay.

- Let's keep digging.
- BILLY: All right.

- Okay. I'll get out of the way.
- Yeah.

NARRATOR: As the investigation
of the swamp continues...

SCOTT: I'd like to
see it stop completely.

- Obviously, you'd like it, too.
- COTE: Yeah.

Do you feel the flow
has slowed down any?

It seems that way.

NARRATOR: in the
Money Pit area, Scott Barlow

along with Paul Cote of
Dumas Contracting Limited,

have descended some 87 feet

to the bottom of
the Garden Shaft

in order to assess the
progress of their efforts

to stop the mysterious
inflow of water

currently flooding
the structure.

SCOTT: Yes.

MARTY: It has
been quite some time

and we really haven't made
any progress in that shaft.

This was one of the main
focuses of our efforts this summer,

so I'm a little concerned.

On the other hand,

I am still very confident

that Dumas can stop the
water or at least control it.

- We just need to control the water as much as we can.
- Yeah.

MARTY: We're gonna continue
to fill these massive voids

with this urethane foam.

We need to get to the
bottom of the Garden Shaft

and find the treasure
that's supposedly here.

Then let's see what happens.

And we'll just try to keep
moving forward, I guess.

- Let's go up and make some calls.
- COTE: Okay.

NARRATOR: Meanwhile...

JAMIE: Wow.

Holy cow, that's huge.

NARRATOR: across
the island on Lot 5...

It's massive!

The structure is massive.



NARRATOR: Jack Begley
joins other members of the team,

who have just made
a surface outline

of the buried foundation
that was identified

beneath the circular depression

during a recent
magnetometry survey.

This is way bigger than any
other foundation on the island.

- Mm-hmm.
- And-and who knows

what other things are going
to lie just in between the rocks

- to really tell us...
- Yeah.

You know, is this Phips-related?

- We don't know yet.
- Yeah.

But I find it to
be really hopeful,

- but it's gonna take a long time.
- MOYA: It is.

It would have been a
lot of work just to fill it in.

- MOYA: Mm-hmm.
- JAMIE: Yeah.

But it's gonna be a lot of
work just to dig it back out.

Yeah. And we know at least
it was not surveyed in 1762,

which makes me believe
that it was not visible in 1762.

But had already been
previously constructed

- and then torn down.
- Yeah.

- Yeah, pre-Morris.
- Yeah.

- I really think it was intentionally hidden.
- Yeah.

And it's for that
reason that I think

it's tied directly
to the Money Pit.

Wow.

Yeah, when you
said 30 by 45 feet...

Yeah.

I knew how big that was,

but to see it taped out,
it's a whole different story.

- JAMIE: Yeah.
- MOYA: Absolutely.

All right. Well, um, I
guess let's get back to work

'cause we've got a lot to do.

Yeah. Let's get back to work.

The fact that someone came

and filled this area
in with boulders

and tried to cover it up
makes you really wonder,

like, "Was it Phips, and why has
it remained hidden for so long?"

- JAMIE: Well, that's weird.
- LINDY: What's up?

JAMIE: Mm. I mean,
there's a line on it,

but that's-that's
natural, right?

Like, that's rock,
that's not pottery.

LINDY: It's
definitely not natural.

- There's more on this side.
- JAMIE: Oh.

- So, definitely, that was engraved.
- JAMIE: Oh!

Why would they
decorate both sides?

What is it?

It's man-made, but it's a rock.

And there's lines on both sides.

That's a carved stone.

That is not like anything
we've found here before.

- JACK: That's really cool.
- LINDY: Yeah.

- JACK: Hey, Rick.
- RICK: Hey, Jack.

We found something amazing.

Really?

Yeah. I'd like you
to have a look at it

and give me your opinion.

NARRATOR: After being alerted

to the discovery

of a mysterious stone artifact

in the foundation

beneath the circular
feature on Lot 5...

This is nothing like anything
we've been finding here at all.

NARRATOR: Rick Lagina
arrives to personally examine it.

- This is man-made.
- JAMIE: Absolutely.

And the strange thing for me
is that it's carved on both sides.

And the edges are clearly,

you know, rounded
to that figuration.

FIONA: Yeah.

We're still scratching
our heads on that.

Yeah. Absolutely.

NARRATOR: A carved stone found
in the buried foundation on Lot 5?

Could it be related to
the numerous metal tools

that have been directly
linked to Sir William Phips?

And if so, might it
be an important clue

that will help explain
how this buried structure

may be connected to
the Oak Island mystery?

So just catch me up.

This outline you have,

this is the magnetometer
work that was done?

JAMIE: Yes.

We've marked the corners

of what looks like the large,

rectangular structure.

And so, it doesn't look like

you would expect a
stacked wall to look like.

So, what we think is
that whoever built it,

they decided to hide it

and collapsed it in on
itself and then buried it.

- Really?
- JAMIE: Yeah.

I think that we
can definitely say

that this feature and the small,
rectangular feature up there

were both intentionally buried.

Wow.

And the artifacts
that we've found

from just digging
down to this depth,

they speak to when
this entire structure was

- buried and covered over.
- Yes.

- And that's still pre-Money Pit discovery.
- Yes.

And we're not even
to the base floor yet.

RICK: There's been
some interesting

hypotheticals associated
with the construct

that might help explain it.

I think the connection
of Sir William Phips

to the Lot 5 feature
certainly is possible

if this is a
privateer's location.

But it does not
say, definitively,

"Here's your answer."

I don't think we have that yet.

JACK: Everyone's excited

to get down to that final depth

where we can get
a real good idea

on when this
structure was in use.

RICK: Well, congratulations
for what you've done.

This is quite impressive.

You may turn history on
its ear, and that's pretty cool.

- Yeah.
- JACK: Yeah.

Okay. Congrats.

- Good luck.
- JACK: Thanks, see you, Rick.

NARRATOR: While
operations continue on Lot 5

and in the Money Pit area...

BILLY: We're getting down there.

ALEX: Hey.

Hey. Anything?

ALEX: Just finishing up the, uh,

the first dig area.

NARRATOR: Rick Lagina
joins his nephew Alex,

metal detection
expert Gary Drayton,

and Billy Gerhardt as
they continue excavating

near the stone road

in the southeast
corner of the swamp.

RICK: Billy!

When you poke with your teeth,

it seems like there's
rocks underneath,

so I'm not really sure.

We might want to do a
little hand-digging there.

Well, Alex and I can do
that. Gary needs a digger.

- Yeah. -BILLY: Right.
- RICK: One of us can hop up.

- Okay. That's the plan.
- We'll do that then,

- but keep this guy busy.
- BILLY: I'm trying.

♪ ♪

I think anywhere's
right in there.

Yeah, even where your feet are.

RICK: It'd have to be in here.

It is definitely rockier there.

You might want to give
Steve a call and just...

give me an idea
of the relationship

between that depth and
the stone road right there.

I'll dig it down to
see what happens.

BILLY: Yep.

Keep digging, I'll let you know.

GARY: All right.
Let's get stuck in.

[beeping]

I've got a signal.

I've got a signal, Billy.

Let me see if I can pinpoint it.

- Sounds pretty close.
- Yep.

- [beeping]
- Here we go.

Yep.

Yep.

What have we got here?

Oh-ho-ho! Look.

GARY: What the heck is this?

- What have we got here?
- Oh.

NARRATOR: While uncovering
what may be a new section

of the mysterious stone road
in the triangle-shaped swamp...

What is that?

That is some kind of chain.

ALEX: Yeah.

NARRATOR: Rick
Lagina and members

of the Oak Island
team have just made

a potentially
important discovery.

That has potential
to be old, I think.

- Yeah.
- Yep.

GARY: It looks old.

You can see it's...

it looks like it's hand-forged.

ALEX: Yeah.

GARY: My guess is pre-1840s.

Oh, wow.

What's the big piece on the end?

- ALEX: Could be a hook.
- GARY: Yeah.

Either a hook
or just a big link.

ALEX: Yeah.

And you'd need a chain like this

- for, hopefully, unloading.
- ALEX: Right.

I'm not gonna say
"loading." Unloading.

Because we are
looking for treasure.

ALEX: I like it.

NARRATOR: A
hand-forged iron chain?

Found near the potentially


Could Gary be correct
that it may have been used

to unload valuable
cargo from a ship

and onto Oak Island long ago?

Okay, mate, I'll
recheck the pile,

- see if we get any more finds.
- Okay.

[intermittent beeping]

We have got
something else in here.

- Ooh! Look at that hook!
- Oh, yeah.

We got a hook.

[laughs]

That looks like an oldie.
That's like a crude hook.

- I hope that Emma can say how old that is.
- BILLY: Yeah. That's right.

GARY: Yep. And so,

this might be a sign
of great things to come

because whatever they
was hauling, this chain broke,

and it might
still be in the dig.

Let's keep our fingers
crossed and keep looking.

GARY: Okay, mate.

ALEX: We found some

really good artifacts
that speaks to

moving some very
heavy things in this area.

And it also speaks
to the amount of work

that was being
done on the island.

Of course, I would hope
that maybe this is related

to the Oak Island mystery.

Little blippy blop
but nothing big.

- I'll put this to one side.
- Yeah. -RICK: Okey doke.

So, anyway... So,
I think you're right.

If it extends, it's got
to come through here.

- Hey, Steve.
- Hey, Rick.

We're trying to figure out

if the road pushes
out further, right?

Yep.

RICK: But in order to figure out

where we lay in
relationship to that...

Mm-hmm.

You need to tell me where we are

at the top of that stone.

I can do that.

NARRATOR: In
order to help determine

if they have, indeed,

found a new section
of the stone road,

surveyor Steve Guptill is using

his Topcon HiPer II GPS receiver

to measure and
compare the elevation

of the newly
uncovered stone feature

with that of the stone road.

All right. So the elevation
here actually works, Rick.

So we have a two percent slope,

the highest point
being closest to land.

- RICK: Yeah.
- Sloping southward,

decreasing towards the ocean.

So the slope would work here.

If that has anything to do

- with the stone road.
- That's right.

But is it related? We'd
have to dig some more.

- RICK: Yeah.
- Right.

RICK: Well, the
other thing, too,

is, you can see this flare?

- STEVE: Yep.
- Why the flare?

- STEVE: I don't know.
- RICK: My thought is,

you have a wagon or
an oxen come down there

- and this is a turnaround.
- Yep.

RICK: If oxen were used to
offload a ship or pull heavy loads,

they would have to turn around.

Thus, the need for
the flare in the road.

This shows that there was

a tremendous amount of
work done on the island.

Perhaps to conceal
and hide something.

So, Bill, pull that back
a little bit if you would.

- See if we see anything else.
- Right.

-And then keep Gary busy.
[chuckles] -BILLY: All right.

RICK: There are no
answers until you start digging.

BILLY: That's right.

NARRATOR: It has been an
especially challenging week

for Rick, Marty and their team.

However, their determined
efforts to keep finding answers

all across Oak Island
is showing promise

that the ultimate reward

may lie buried deep
in the Money Pit.

Because as they keep digging,

they are not only
revealing evidence

that people went to
great lengths long ago

to keep an immense secret

but to also hide something
of potentially priceless value.

Next time on The
Curse of Oak Island...

- Look at this.
- Oh.

- JACK: Wow.
- JAMIE: Oh, that's so cool.

- This is an important artifact.
- JACK: Yeah.

- [beeping]
- Oh, is that it?

Oh...

That's gorgeous.

Here is the cave.

You could see
some sort of opening.

MARTY: That's a
pretty clean, right angle.

That's not natural then, right?