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

I found something.

-MARTY: This is special.

How old does this go back?

There are examples
back in medieval times.

ALEX: We are looking for
connections to Oak Island here in Italy.

-PETER: Oh, wow.
-DOUG: Templars built this castle?

RICK: Those are symbols
we have on Oak Island.

DOUG: So this is
connected with Nolan's Cross.

CORJAN: This would
have been an ideal hideout.

-JACQUO: There we are, guys.
-RICK: Wow. Look at that.

CORJAN: They took
their treasure here

on their way up to Oak Island.

Oh, wow. That is a lot.

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: All right, so,
the objective here is

find the treasure, to find where

the metals in the
water are coming from.

-Correct? Okay.
-Yeah.

NARRATOR: Another
chilly fall season

has descended upon Oak Island.

But for brothers Rick and
Marty Lagina and their team,

hope remains high that
they still have time this year

to make a discovery
in the Money Pit area

that could finally solve

a 229-year-old treasure mystery.

We have locations that
you and Fred have picked?

-Correct?
-Yeah. Fred and I have talked it over.

-Okay.
-Yeah.

And we do know as
well that this is where

we had some of the
highest metal results.

NARRATOR: Just two
weeks ago, the team believed

that they were close
to a major breakthrough

as representatives from
Dumas Contracting Limited

began a lateral
probe-drilling operation

to explore a seven-foot-high,
dilapidated tunnel

that was discovered
some 106 feet deep,

just below the Garden Shaft.

A tunnel that runs due
west towards an area dubbed

the "Baby Blob," where
geoscientist Dr. Ian Spooner

and his colleague,
Dr. Fred Michel,

detected high trace
evidence of gold and silver

during previous
groundwater tests.

NARRATOR: However, shortly after

the probe-drilling
operation began...

...the Garden Shaft suddenly
flooded with salt water,

forcing the team to
abandon the operation,

and speculate that
they had encountered

one of the legendary
flood tunnels

which have thwarted
treasure hunters

for more than two centuries.

So, we've got locations
based on the work

-from Dr. Spooner and Dr. Michel.
-Okay.

NARRATOR: Now, because the
team can no longer horizontally drill

at the bottom of
the Garden Shaft

to look for the precious
metals that have been detected

in the Baby Blob, Drs.
Spooner and Michel

have conducted new
groundwater tests

and identified potential
treasure targets

in the area between
depths of 80 and 120 feet,

which the team will investigate

by core-drilling
from the surface.

We're standing
where we should be

on top of the tunnel,
but we don't have any

information connecting
the tunnel through here.

MARTY: You know, Ian Spooner

and Fred Michel,

they don't take
positions lightly,

and they are
still of the opinion

that there is a substantial
mass of precious metal

very near the Baby Blob.

We're gonna go

where the science
tells us to go.

We need to find the
source of those metals.

I really feel like
the data suggests

-there is a big clump of metal here.
-IAN: Here.

-Right.
-We have some prep work to do here.

-Yep.
-SCOTT: And everything will be ready to go.

All right. Let's make it happen.

NARRATOR: While the search for
treasure continues on Oak Island...

...approximately


in Morimondo, Italy...

RICK: Here we are.
There's Emiliano.

-DOUG: I see some familiar faces.
-RICK: Yep.

-Hey, guys.
-RICK: Emiliano.

How are you? Good
to see you again.

Professor Gaspani.
Good to see you.

Hello, sir. Good
to see you again.

NARRATOR: ...Rick Lagina,
his nephews Alex Lagina

and Peter Fornetti,
along with Doug Crowell,

are beginning a
research trip to investigate

the possible origins of

the 229-year-old mystery.

EMILIANO: Welcome to Morimondo.

This is the Cistercian Abbey

of this little town.

NARRATOR: Today,
researcher Emiliano Sacchetti

and archeoastronomer
Professor Adriano Gaspani

have arranged for the team
to visit Morimondo Abbey,

the site of a monastery
that was established

by Cistercian monks
back in the 12th century.

We decided to start from
here because Cistercians

were among the greatest
builders of the Middle Ages.

And according to
Professor Gaspani's theory,

whoever built the Nolan's Cross

was close to some
monastic circles.

So, they knew the
sacred geometry.

-Oh. -Oh, wow.

NARRATOR:
According to the research

of Professor Gaspani,

three megalithic
stone formations

that have been discovered
on the surface of Oak Island,

known as Nolan's Cross,

the five pyramid-shaped
stone piles on Lot 15,

and the stone triangle that
once stood on the south shore

were constructed based
on alignments with stars

in the night sky back
in the 13th century

by members of the
Knights Templar,

the Christian m*llitary
order that some believe

smuggled priceless religious
treasures from Europe

to Oak Island as much
as eight centuries ago.

[speaking Italian]

I am convinced
that Nolan's Cross

may have been built by

a Knight Templar, or
by a Cistercian monk.

ALEX: Mm-hmm.

So we are looking for
connections to Oak Island.

We're looking for the
possibility of a connection

to the Knights Templar,
and we might see that here?

Right.

NARRATOR: The Order
of Cistercians was founded

in 1098 and constructed
numerous abbeys across Europe,

including the Morimondo
Abbey in the late 12th century.

Known for advancements
in the sciences,

including architecture,
engineering and astronomy,

the Cistercians recorded their
knowledge in decorated texts

known as illuminated
manuscripts.

The order was also
closely connected

to the Knights Templar,

whom Professor Gaspani believes

may have used abbeys
such as this one in Morimondo

to not only share
secretive knowledge,

but also smuggle their
sacred treasures across Europe

before transporting
them to North America.

Before we get into the church,

I would like to
show you something.

RICK: The breadth of knowledge
that Professor Gaspani has

is integral to this process.

And he said there
was indeed a very

profound connection between
Templars and Cistercian monks.

And the hope is
there'll be a connection

between that
knowledge and perhaps

a voyage to the New World.

And of course, to
the island in particular.

EMILIANO: So, on
top of the facade,

you can see some
ceramic vessels?

-Oh, yes.
-Yeah.

EMILIANO: And if you pay
attention, on the left side,

there is a group of five.

Two have

very specific symbolism.

I see it.

-I see a couple of four-dot crosses.
-EMILIANO: Yeah.

DOUG: We have the
four-dot cross carved

on the H+O Stone on Oak Island.

Oh. [laughs]

EMILIANO: There it is.

DOUG: I see a four-dot cross.

We have the four-dot
cross carved on a stone

on Oak Island along with a
circle with a dot in the center.

NARRATOR: At a 12th century
Cistercian abbey in Morimondo, Italy,

Rick Lagina and
members of the team

have just found a
symbol known to be

connected to the Knights Templar

that has also been
found on Oak Island.

ALEX: The H+O
stone, we've only seen

the photographs,
but it's carved deeply.

Right.

NARRATOR: Discovered
on the northern shore

of Oak Island back in the 1920s,

the so-called H+O Stone,

which featured a cross
surrounded by four dots,

was part of a larger boulder

that had been
detonated by searchers

who mistakenly believed

that it marked the
location of buried treasure.

Is it possible that
the team has found

an important clue outside
of Morimondo Abbey

that offers more evidence
connecting the Knights Templar

to the Oak Island mystery?

So what about getting into
the church and taking a look?

-ALEX: Yep. -Yeah, that'd be great.
-Love to. Yep.

RICK: The H+O stone, it's
an integral part of the story.

And if it was
meaningful to the people

who were here,
i.e., the Cistercians

and perhaps the Templars...

me, personally, I think it's
too ubiquitous a symbol for it

and too iconic to Oak
Island for us to ignore it.

-Wow.
-Oh, wow.

ALEX: Look at this.
I did not expect this.

-PETER: Yeah.
-ALEX: Wow. Yeah, it's...

It's stunning.

EMILIANO: So, this
is it. 60 meters by 13.

So, very long and narrow.

Eight massive
pillars on each side.

But, let-let's just spread out

and take a look.

ALEX: It's interesting
that we see this

four-dot cross on the
H+O Stone, which we

seem to see at a
lot of Templar sites,

which is very interesting.

The church there has several

really significant orientations

and markings, and I'm
excited to find out more.

You see the Templar cross?

DOUG: Oh, yeah.

ALEX: I'm hopeful that we will

be able to learn something,

or at least see
some symbols here

that could be really important

to help us figure out

what's going on on Oak Island.

Okay. I think it's time to go

-to the scriptorium.
-ALEX: Okay.

I'm really looking forward
to show it to you guys.

-Okay.
-You lead the way.

The scriptorium was a
place where the monks

used to study,

copy, illuminate

the manuscript
that were recording

the knowledge of the times.

So, this is the-the scriptorium,

and here in this place

there were at least ten monks

working, copying
manuscript, studying them.

And, as you can see,

it's beautifully decorated.

These paintings are actually

made by Cistercian monks.

It's not a later addition.

And we're talking around
the mid-13th century.

ALEX: Wow.

Right over your
shoulder there...

-EMILIANO: Y-You mean this one?
-ALEX: Yep.

We saw that in the
Templar prison in Domme.

We did.

-What it reminds you?
-Well, the tree of life.

Yeah?

NARRATOR: A painted depiction

of the tree of life?

The sacred religious symbol

believed by many to
represent a pathway to God?

JERRY: I think it's possible

that this might
have been inspired

by the Kabbalistic tree of life.

NARRATOR: In 2017, Rick,

Alex, and Peter visited

a 14th-century prison
in Domme, France,

where members
of the Templar order

had been incarcerated in 1307

by King Philip IV on
charges of heresy.

However, some believe that

the true reason for the
Templar persecution

was for the Catholic Church

to confiscate the
religious treasures

that they possessed,

which may have included
the Ark of the Covenant.

Much of the Templar
treasure has never been found.

NARRATOR: But, curiously,

Nolan's Cross on Oak Island,

which Professor Gaspani
believes was created

by Templar Knights
around 1200 AD,

has also been thought by some

to represent the tree of life.

And on the opposite
side of the pillar,

there is another four-dot cross.

What we learned last
year is that this cross

marks a special place.

The scriptorium, for a monk,

-it was a special place.
-ALEX: Mm-hmm.

RICK: I wonder if the
work that was done here

was meant to be
so secret and so...

precious that

only few were allowed

the actual information.

Yeah.

EMILIANO: The
Templars, they were

bringing back

the knowledge from the Holy Land

and put into practice

what they have learned through
the help of the Cistercians.

The only reason why
I ask that question,

Emiliano, is because, I mean,

when I look at the cross there,

I see oak leaves.

If you're bringing information
back from foreign lands,

part of that information
is gonna be knowledge

of, um, exotic plants.

DOUG: Are you envisioning

a 13th-century Cistercian scribe

copying information about
activities on Oak Island?

Yeah, I certainly believe that

what was done on Oak Island

would be preserved
within Templar hierarchy.

ALEX: Yeah. I think

if there was somebody with
knowledge of the New World,

this is a plausible way

for that information
to be disseminated.

But we're still looking
for the proof of that.

As this trip ensues,
we may find something

that is even more definitive.

We would certainly
love to-to go there

and learn more of
what we learned today.

RICK: Grazie. Grazie mille.

NARRATOR: The
following day, on Oak Island,

as preparations continue

for the new
core-drilling operation

near the Baby Blob,

in the northern region of Lot 5,

located on the western
side of the island...

LAIRD: I think it's gonna
be really important to

-carefully excavate in here.
-Yeah.

So, it means that
the edge of the feature

goes at least over here.

NARRATOR:
...archaeologists Laird Niven,

Helen Sheldon,

and Moya MacDonald

continue investigating two
mysterious stone foundations

that they believe were
both purposely buried

more than two centuries ago.

In the foundation
nearest to the shore,

the team has not only uncovered
a concrete-like substance

and blue clay,

which have also been found

deep underground
in the Money Pit area,

but also a


which may be related to
the possible Templar cross

that was uncovered
at Smith's Cove

back in 2017.

While in the feature located
several yards to the south,

an iron spike was
recently unearthed

that archaeometallurgist
Emma Culligan has found

to potentially date back
more than 800 years.

MOYA: What else
shall I find? [sighs]

NARRATOR: Now, the team
is looking for additional clues

at both sites

in the hopes of determining

when they originated

and just who created them.

Hmm.

Hmm...

Hey, Laird, Helen.

-What's up?
-I found something interesting

over by feature one.

-Near the stairs.
-LAIRD: Oh, yeah.

-It's a button.
-MOYA: Yeah.

I thought the pattern looked

kind of interesting.

-LAIRD: The pattern's strange, eh?
-MOYA: Mm-hmm.

LAIRD: It's not a
pattern I've seen before.

HELEN: Wow.

LAIRD: We don't find a
lot of white metal buttons.

But it's a strange pattern.

It's not a pattern
I've seen before.

NARRATOR: On Lot 5,
located on the western side

of Oak Island, archaeologist
Moya MacDonald

has just made a
curious discovery

while investigating the stone
foundation near the shoreline.

Yeah. It's a, it's
an odd pattern.

I've never seen it before.

It's almost like an
asymmetrical spiderweb.

And you can see, on the reverse,
where the shank was attached.

So, it's definitely a button.

-LAIRD: It sure looks old.
-HELEN: It does.

-MOYA: Yeah.
-Where was that?

It was in the northeast corner.

LAIRD: The artifacts that are
coming out are really surprising to me,

and the building is
completely unusual.

This may have been
an industrial structure,

something other than a house.

But the fact that
it's on Oak Island

adds to the mystery around it,

and, hopefully, the
button can tell us

who was doing what and when.

LAIRD: It's really
fragile for a button.

Yeah, I think we'll
get that to Emma.

-Have her take a look at it.
-MOYA: Yeah.

-Let's find out what sort of metal it actually is. Yeah.
-Yeah.

It's an oldy. Good job.

NARRATOR: While
the archaeologists

continue searching
for clues on Lot 5,

some 3,500 miles to the east

in Bianzano, Italy...

-Morning, guys.
-Morning

-Morning.
-Ciao.

-Buongiorno.
-Buongiorno.

Welcome to the Bianzano Castle.

NARRATOR: Rick
Lagina and members

of the team are
meeting once again

with archaeoastronomer

Professor Adriano
Gaspani, his interpreter

Marzia Sebastiani,

and researcher
Emiliano Sacchetti

at Bianzano Castle.

As you will see, there
are some very close links

to the Knights Templar
here in this castle.

Uh, there's also a close
link to Nolan's Cross.

-Huh. Oh.
-Oh.

NARRATOR: Dating
back to the 13th century,

Bianzano Castle is believed
by many religious scholars

to have once served as
the Italian headquarters

for the order of the
Knights Templar.

It is also believed by some

to have been one of the places

where the Templars may
have safeguarded their treasures

as they worked to transport them

across Europe and,
finally, to North America.

-Mm.
-And the Templars built this castle?

Mm-hmm.

Hmm.

So, this is a structure
built about the same time

as Nolan's Cross?

MARZIA: Nolan's Cross
has a similar alignment

to the Cygnus constellation.

And, in this case as well,

the external walls have

a configuration, which
is perfectly aligned

with the rise and the set

of the Cygnus constellation.

-I see.
-MARZIA: And we have

the external walls
pointing in the direction

of the Arcturus star,

which is the case with
Nolan's Cross as well.

So, basically, we have
the same configuration

that you have
with Nolan's Cross.

It's the same stars that are
being used as a reference.

NARRATOR: One of the key
reasons that Professor Gaspani

chose to show this
site to Rick and the team

is that, according
to his research,

the castle was constructed
based on alignments

with specific stars
in the constellation

known as Cygnus,
just like the design

for Nolan's Cross on Oak Island.

-That's what we struggle with.
-ALEX: Yes.

As Gaspani said, uh,
Templars were here,

and we can infer that,

also, from the symbolism
that is inside the castle.

And then, once we're
in, we will take a look at it.

-RICK: Great.
-DOUG: Absolutely. Lead the way.

RICK: Three things align, right?

The date of Bianzano
Castle construction

and Nolan's Cross construction

and also, that, that
timeline aligns perfectly

with the-the rise of what
we'll call Templarism.

If there was a reason to
safeguard some treasure,

a case is being built that,
partly through these alignments,

that, perhaps, something
was done, uh, in North America.

So, this is the main
entrance, and, as you can see,

it's full of different symbols.

-ALEX: Yeah.
-RICK: Look at this.

EMILIANO: This symbolism refers,

in some parts, to the Templars.

DOUG: I actually see something

in that fresco that I recognize
from Nova Scotia, I think.

-EMILIANO: What is it?
-Right here.

-DOUG: See this eight-pointed star here?
-Yeah. Yeah.

ALEX: Is there a significance

to that symbol, that shape?

That's like the Bedford
Barren petroglyph.

Yes.

NARRATOR: In 2014,

Rick, Marty and Craig Tester

saw a mysterious
eight-pointed star

carved into a rock in
the Bedford Barrens,

located some 40 miles
northeast of Oak Island.

The symbol holds
spiritual significance

to the indigenous Mi'kmaw
people of Nova Scotia

and it is believed by some

that the Mi'kmaw adopted
it from the Templar order

after the two
cultures made contact

back in the 14th century.

DOUG: So, we find it
here in Northern Italy

and we find it in Nova Scotia?

RICK: That, maybe,
was Old-World information

that had come to Nova Scotia.

NARRATOR: Is it
possible that Doug Crowell

has found additional
evidence at Bianzano Castle

that supports the theory

that members of
the Knights Templar

brought their symbology
to North America?

If so, could it have been
connected to a secret mission

to hide their sacred
treasures on Oak Island?

RICK: Well, when you
start to look, it's everywhere.

-PETER: Yeah.
-EMILIANO: Yeah.

DOUG: It does. Look, it
just repeats everywhere.

EMILIANO: But the
best is yet to come,

because Professor Gaspani has
something he wants to show you.

-Look, why don't we take a seat?
-DOUG: Sounds great.

NARRATOR: In Bianzano, Italy,

Rick Lagina and other
members of the Oak Island team

are meeting with
researcher Emiliano Sacchetti

and Professor Adriano Gaspani

at a 13th-century
fortress that once served

as a headquarters for
the Knights Templar.

This might be very revealing.

So, I look forward

to what Professor
Gaspani has to show us.

EMILIANO: I shared
with Professor Gaspani

the Cremona Document.

I asked him to think
about the devices

described in the
Cremona Document,

with a specific
focus on the Abetor.

NARRATOR: In 2016,

Rick's friend, the late author
and researcher Zena Halpern,

gave him and Doug Crowell a
copy of the "Cremona Document,"

which had reportedly been
discovered in a medieval church

in the town of Cremona,
Italy, back in the 1970s.

Believed to have been coauthored
by a 12th-century Templar knight

named Ralph de Sudeley,

the Cremona Document contained
reported first-hand testimony

that the Templars did, in fact,

recover priceless
religious treasures

beneath the Temple of
King Solomon in Jerusalem.

Also described in the
document was a device

believed to be known as an
Abetor, which was designed

to track the positions
of stars in the night sky

for the purpose of not
only constructing buildings

but also for navigation
on the high seas.

So, Professor Gaspani did
his homeworks... [chuckles]

...and he decided to
build his own Abetor.

Oh, really?

Wow.

DOUG: Wow. Nice work.

Beautiful.

MARZIA: So, with such a tool,

you can cross the
Atlantic and stick,

uh, to the
prescribed, uh, route.

RICK: We have
found, on the island,

constructs from
the period of 1200.

So, you would need
a device such as this

in order to make certain

that you were secure
in the knowledge

that you could
sail back and forth.

DOUG: A navigational device

may have brought
them across the Atlantic,

and utilizing the science

and the technology
they had with them--

say, this device--
to build a construct

-on Oak Island...
-Mm-hmm.

...then something like this
could have accomplished that.

It al-- it almost
certainly could have.

NARRATOR: Could Rick Lagina
and members of the team actually

be looking at a type of device

that not only helped
in the transport

of a vast treasure from
Europe to Oak Island,

but also in the construction
of Nolan's Cross?

I believe it has something to
do with solving the mystery.

I can only say,
"Thank you," prego.

We thank you
greatly for your insight

and perspective again,
in our search for truth.

DOUG: We have a flight to catch.

We're following this trail from
east to west and our next stop

is, uh, in the Netherlands
to meet with Corjan Mol.

Thank you for your time.

Thank you.

NARRATOR: The following
morning on Oak Island...

TERRY: Very, very interesting
hole up ahead of us, Charles.

-CHARLES: Yep.
-Avanti-1.

CHARLES: Avanti-1.

Zero to eight, just as expected.

And that's gonna be
eight to eight-- uh, 18.

NARRATOR: ...while Terry
Matheson and Charles Barkhouse

supervise the new
core-drilling operation

that has just begun
near the Baby Blob...

-Let's slice and dice.
-Okay.

NARRATOR: ...where they hope to
locate the source of gold and silver

that has been detected
some 120 feet below ground...

TERRY: Onward and downward.

-LAIRD: Hey, Jack.
-JACK: Hey, Laird. Hey, Emma.

-MARTY: Science team.
-NARRATOR: ...in the Oak Island laboratory,

Marty Lagina and
Jack Begley join

archaeologist Laird Niven

and archaeometallurgist
Emma Culligan.

My understanding is that
this is something special,

-that you're gonna tell us about.
-It is.

NARRATOR: They are
eager to hear the analysis

of the ornate metal
button that was found

in the large stone foundation
on Lot 5 just one day ago.

So, I did a couple of map scans.

And so, this layer right
here is highlighted in yellow,

which is the lead.

And then, the base
metal is the tin content.

NARRATOR: Earlier this morning,

Emma scanned the button using
the SkyScan 1273 CT scanner,

a device which
emits X-ray radiation

to produce a three-dimensional
image of its finer details.

She also examined it

using the X-ray fluorescence
spectrometer, or XRF,

which uses gamma rays
to determine the elements

that make up the
object's composition.

Now we understand it to be

-a lead-coated tin button.
-MARTY: Hmm.

Very few made of lead.

EMMA: Which makes it...

-Unique.
-Yeah. [laughs softly]

LAIRD: It's a cast button,

so it's been cast in place.

It's a sunburst design.

MARTY: What about status?

Who would wear such a thing?

-Well, I mean, it-it's decorated.
-Mm-hmm.

LAIRD: That elevates
the status of a button...

-Right.
-...right away.

But how-how old
does this style go back?

LAIRD: The only equivalents

I can find to it...

...date from, like,


And that's the latest.

-[laughs]: No way.
-Mm-hmm.

MARTY: Really?
What's the earliest?

LAIRD: The earliest,

there are examples
back in medieval times.

MARTY: Well, how about that?

LAIRD: It's a design
that dates from medieval

into the 1700s.

JACK: You-you said
some of these buttons

go back to medieval times?



-Well, how about that, Laird?
-Yeah.

NARRATOR: In the
Oak Island laboratory,

archaeologist Laird Niven

and archaeometallurgist Emma
Culligan have just informed

Marty Lagina and Jack Begley

that a button
featuring a star design,

which was discovered one
day ago in the stone foundation

near the shoreline of Lot 5,

could date back more
than four centuries prior

to the discovery
of the Money Pit.

Isn't this sort of a game
changer for that, for that site?

-That's, that's what I feel.
-Wow.

Well, if this does go
back to medieval periods,

the guys are in Europe
right now, investigating

Professor Gaspani's
work on Nolan's Cross.

And he seems to think that
that dated back to the 1200s.

So this might be more data

showing us that
people were here.

Lot 5 is still a mystery.

And it seems like things

don't fit real well for
one period of occupation.

I would like to get
to the very bottom

of that structure.
I want to know

when that thing
was first constructed.

Jack's right. There
are other dates

-that have to be verified, that go into the 1200s.
-Mm-hmm.

There's still a lot of
excavation to do, so...

Okay. Excellent find.

-Go find some more.
-Yes.

-JACK: Great job. See you Laird.
-MARTY: Yeah. See you guys. Thank you.

NARRATOR: While the
search for treasures and clues

continues on Oak Island...

...some 3,200 miles to the east,

just outside the
city of Maastricht

near the border between
Belgium and the Netherlands...

Behind those trees,
there is the river, um...

They call it the River
Meuse in French.

...Rick Lagina and
members of the team

are meeting with cultural
historian Jacquo Silvertant

and author Corjan Mol,

who, along with his research
partner Chris Morford,

recently published
The Jerusalem Files--

a book describing how
members of the Knights Templar

may have transported
their sacred treasures,

including the Golden Menorah
from King Solomon's Temple,

to Oak Island more
than 700 years ago.

At the end of the 12th
century, people started to dig

these quarries underground.

Vast labyrinths.

The people who-who
made these quarries,

they might have had connections
with the Templar order.

Wow.

NARRATOR: Corjan has arranged

for the team to explore

the 12th-century
Caestert stone quarry.

It is one of the locations
where he believes

the Templar order may
have hidden their valuables

as they made their
way across Europe

before ultimately transporting
them to Oak Island.

This would've been an ideal
hideout if you were on the run.

Just 15 meter,
literally under our feet,

we have what we believe are, uh,

drawings by the Knights Templar

with a lot of symbols

that you are going to
recognize from Oak Island.

-BOTH: Great.
-That's awesome.

I think I'm gonna
go to the archives.

-So, have fun, guys.
-ALEX: Okay. -PETER: Yeah.

-This way. -ALEX: Okay.
-Thank you. See you, gentlemen.

NARRATOR: Excavated
beneath Sint Pietersberg Hill

between the 12th
and 16th centuries,

the Caestert stone quarry

was used to mine
limestone for the construction

of Catholic churches and
abbeys throughout the region.

CORJAN: Uh, we do have
an entrance or call it a hole.

So, go all the way down.

ALEX: Okay. That
should be no problem.

-Can I have you take that, buddy?
-Wow.

NARRATOR: Today,
the quarry consists

of several thousand
hand-carved tunnels,

totaling 15 miles of
underground passageways

between the
Netherlands and Belgium.

CORJAN: Okay. This way.

ALEX: Wow.

Wow. Look at that.

-Looks like the inside of a pyramid, doesn't it?
-ALEX: Yeah.

RICK: Looks... It almost
looks otherworldly.

-Doesn't it?
-ALEX: Yeah.

JACQUO: And we're
going down now here, uh...

-It's a bit steep.
-Okay.

There we are, guys.

CORJAN: And then I
would invite you to look up.

ALEX: Oh, wow.

That's extensive.

We have a four-dot cross there.

-In the corner.
-ALEX: Oh, yeah.

CORJAN: Which we've
seen in Italy, in Portugal.

Here now and, of
course, on Oak Island.

Look, you can't deny
where we have found it,

from place to place to place

that's associated almost
irrefutably with Templars.

If we walk up here, there's some

very interesting stuff
on the side of the wall.

-So...
-JACQUO: Follow me.

RICK: When you
know of a safe place,

you're gonna utilize it.

Not only to keep
themselves safe,

but more importantly,
to keep their beliefs safe.

And then you see represented
high in this cave system

some of the important
representations

of those beliefs.

Oh. Look at that.

I-I became almost
childlike in that moment.

I-I think it, it's impactful.

Here we are.

ALEX: Oh, wow.

That is a lot.

We have a cross,
uh, gallery here.

And this is the only,
uh, cross-shaped gallery

in this part of the system.

So I like to think that
they picked this place

because of the cross shape.

CORJAN: So, this symbol here

looks suspiciously
like a menorah.

It does.

On the other side
here, circle and dot.

ALEX: Yep.

Over here, four-dot cross.

RICK: That's remarkable.

CORJAN: Perhaps they
left their breadcrumbs

on the ceiling.

Mm-hmm.

CORJAN: Maybe they
took their treasure here

on their way up north.

PETER: Incredible.

CORJAN: Maybe, you know,
they took their treasure here.

Let's not forget we have,
you know, the circle and dot,

the four-dot cross that you have

-on the H+O stone on Oak Island.
-Mm-hmm.

CORJAN: So, perhaps,
you know, that's also, uh,

an indication... [stammers]
...of the destination.

NARRATOR: At the
Caestert stone quarry--

a 12th-century tunnel
system in the Netherlands,

where members of
the Knights Templar

are believed to have once
kept their sacred treasures

before transporting
them to North America--

Rick Lagina and
members of the team

have just been shown carved
symbols that also appear

on the so-called H+O stone,

which was discovered on
Oak Island back in the 1920s.

RICK: If they put these up
there, they're saying something.

Then their beliefs are
encapsulated within...

the context of a treasure.

Something that was
incredibly important to them.

I think you're
seeing that up there.

My belief is that whatever
happened on Oak Island

is an Old World treasure wrapped
up in an Old World mystery.

I think what we're seeing is

a possible route
to the New World.

You flee suppression in France,

you find your way to the ocean

and you make your
way to the New World.

Along the way you seek
shelter with a group of people

who could easily
hide you in here.

Yeah. Yeah.

NARRATOR: Is it possible,
as Corjan Mol believes,

that members of
the Knights Templar

once stored their
priceless treasures

in the Caestert stone quarry
before ultimately taking them

across the Atlantic
Ocean to Oak Island?

If you see same symbols
here in the Old World

that you see in the New
World, specifically on Oak Island

and in close proximity
to Oak Island,

is it possible it's just random?

I personally think not.

Hopefully, that will be
impactful in the near future.

They weren't just
running for their freedom.

They were running
to protect something.

And what they were
running to protect

perhaps was with them,

i.e. a treasure.

There's a message within
each of these symbols

and we need to understand
what they're trying to tell us.

Maybe part of that
answer is in Valkenburg,

where we have a,
uh, Templar catacomb.

I think we should
take a look there, too.

That would be great.

So, why don't we leave?

-CORJA: Let's go.
-PETER: Okay.

NARRATOR: As
their quest for answers

to a 229-year-old
mystery continues,

can the Laginas and
their team find proof

more than 3,000 miles away

that Oak Island is
home to a treasure

that could re-write
history as we know it?

It is certain that they
will follow the trail of clues

wherever it leads

and keep searching for valuables

where the evidence directs them.

But perhaps the greatest unknown
that remains to be answered

is, as they dig
closer to the truth,

will a deadly curse
stand in their way?

Next time on The
Curse of Oak Island...

We are definitely
drilling in the right spot.

There's a big, whopping
bunch of metal. I want to hit it.

JACQUO: Under this
castle is a dungeon

where we found
Templar symbolism.

Perhaps there are
answers down below.

CORJAN: This symbol here,

I've seen in Templar
prisons before.

It's a Viking symbol.

GARY: When this
cone is rolled over,

we should be finding
something medieval.

JACK: I'm just
trying to figure out

how this made its way
underneath the boulder.

That doesn't happen naturally.

This is astounding.