12x02 - Whistle While You Work

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

This is the first hole
in the southern edge

of the Golden Egg.

You could definitely hide
a treasure chest in there.

Whoa. I think we're on wood.

LAIRD:
We have this hollow area.

FIONA:
This is nothing

like anything else
you've seen on the island.

How bizarre.

- Oh!
- Oh, wow.

SANDY:
This is a pretty cool item.

You're pre-1650.

MARTY [over phone]:
So, the plot thickens.

Again.

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 died

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: Guys, I've asked us
to come here

because this is
kind of the crew that is

planning the well drilling.

And I would just like

to make sure we're all
on the same page.

NARRATOR: As a new
day in the quest to solve

a 229-year-old treasure mystery
begins on Oak Island...

Let's get these
next holes decided.

NARRATOR: brothers
Rick and Marty Lagina,

along with their partner,
Craig Tester, are meeting

with members of their team
in the Research Center

to discuss their current
search operations

in the legendary Money Pit area.

What have we drilled so far?

Right here.

Here's what we've done.

We've done 20 boreholes
this year.

- They're all on that board.
- MARTY: Okay.

And we haven't found
any indication

of spendables?

- STEVE: No.
- SCOTT: Correct.

Okay.

STEVE:
So, in and around the Baby Blob

and the pie area
we have four left.

SCOTT:
So, from here

we'll probably move up
into the-the golden circle,

whatever you want to call that.

MARTY:
I've been focused very much

on these metals in the water.

After our recent go-around
with the scientists,

they seem to say that
that had the most potential

to be where the metals
are coming from, wasn't it?

Yeah.

We put together in blue there,
an area we call the pie.

NARRATOR:
Over the past three years,

geoscientist Dr. Ian Spooner

and his colleagues,
chemist Dr. Matt Lukeman

and hydrogeologist
Dr. Fred Michel

have conducted numerous
groundwater tests

in previously drilled boreholes
all across the Money Pit area

and have come
to a stunning conclusion:

a massive source of gold,
silver and other metals

is buried somewhere between


IAN: The yellow, that's
Fred's sort of special

area of interest,

mainly because
that's where we got

persistent high copper,
lead, zinc and tin.

NARRATOR: And while their
most recent tests have suggested

that the treasure lies buried

inside of a 2,500-square-foot
region known as the Pie,

Dr. Michel believes that
it is most likely hidden

within a mere 30 by


We need a name
for this golden circle,

golden oval, golden ellipse.

All of those are too difficult.

Let's call it the Golden
Egg from here on out, okay?

- Yep.
- And let's hope that that name is prophetic.

RICK: Dr. Michel thinks

this is an appropriate
place to find something.

So, all I'm saying is

let's put in a grid,

cover it as
extensively as we can

while safeguarding any
monitoring wells in the area.

Yes. Okay.

MARTY: You know,
Marty, the offset chamber

that you have long believed in?

It's very possible
that it could be

- within the Golden Egg.
- Yep.

Now we are talking the
same language, Rick.

I want to see bits
of metal come up.

Gold-colored metal.

NARRATOR: While
the team has recently

conducted large-scale
excavations in an attempt

to locate the
original Money Pit,

which has been lost

for more than a century due to
previous searcher operations,

Marty has suspected
that no one has found

the elusive treasure
because it lies at the end

of a secret underground tunnel

in an offset chamber.

Could Rick be correct...

that the so-called Golden Egg

is where the legendary
riches are hidden?

MARTY: I have
felt for a long time

that if something
was concealed here,

it wouldn't have been at
the bottom of the Money Pit.

But to drill an offset
chamber or chambers...

that has always
made sense to me.

I'd like to go
here first, though.

And then kind
of follow this line

and put the wells on side
to stay away from the others

until we cover the thing.

- Okay.
- MARTY: We have the Golden Egg,

where most likely the
metals are coming from.

So, we have to drill a
bunch of wells in there,

sufficient to evaluate it.

So, our first well, by the
sound of it, is gonna be EN-13.

So, 13 is covering

- the Baby Blob and the Golden Egg.
- MARTY: Yep.

- Seems like a good idea.
- SCOTT: Yep.

This is what we need to do.

MARTY: Okay. This is the year.

Let's go back. We're
looking for treasure.

SCOTT: We're not
gonna find it in here.

MARTY: [laughs]
That's a good point, Scott.

We're not.

NARRATOR: Later that morning...

- CHARLES: Morning, Rick. Morning, Alex.
- RICK: Good morning.

Well, I'm hoping that
you guys are gonna be

very successful today, right?

We got our fingers
crossed, yeah.

NARRATOR: Rick Lagina
and his nephew Alex arrive

in the Money Pit area

where geologist Terry Matheson

and Oak Island historian
Charles Barkhouse

are supervising the drilling

of the team's first
potential target

inside the Golden Egg.

A borehole known as EN-13.

TERRY: This is hole EN-13.

First hole, in the southern edge

of the southern
portion of the Egg.

You could definitely hide
a treasure chest in there.

RICK: Look, this
Golden Egg is novel.

This is new.

It's a large area,

and there's no record of it
in the historical narrative.

That's quite exciting,

but it's important to be
very disciplined in how

we explore, so
that, when you leave,

you know it's either
there or it cannot be there.

We're gonna leave no ground,
no place where a treasure chest

- can duck away and hide.
- RICK: Right.

'Cause that's what this...
what we're endeavoring

to do with the sonic
drill program, right?

- We're trying to come up with a caisson location.
- Yes.

NARRATOR: Over
the following weeks,

if the team's
core-drilling operation

encounters compelling
evidence of the believed treasure

that has eluded
searchers since 1795,

Rick, Marty, and
Craig will commission

a number of seven-foot-diameter
steel caissons to be installed

in the hopes of finally
retrieving the fabled riches.

We got a ways to
go. Target horizon's

- about 80 feet away, gentlemen.
- Yep.

Well, hopefully, we'll
find something here.

NARRATOR: While the
core-drilling operation continues

in the Money Pit area,

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

- LAIRD: You ready?
- JACK: Let's see what we got.

NARRATOR: Jack Begley
and archeologist Laird Niven

are also searching for answers

between two mysterious
stone features.

These are two nonferrous hits,

which just means
they're not iron.

- Yeah.
- And they're so close to the rectangular feature.

If we can tie these two features
together, that's just a bonus.

Yeah.

NARRATOR: Although they sit

nearly half a mile away
from the Money Pit,

these two stone
features have yielded

some of the most compelling
and confounding discoveries

that are potentially related
to the Oak Island mystery,

including a cut
British silver coin

and Venetian trade beads
dating to the 16th century,

a 14th century barter token,
which, like the lead cross

that was unearthed at
Smith's Cove in 2017,

may be connected
to the medieval order

of the Knights Templar,

and an iron spike
that is possibly

more than 800 years old.

There you go.

NARRATOR: These
discoveries suggest

that both features
may have been used

by different unknown
groups of people

over a number of centuries

and have compelled
the provincial government

to designate them as culturally
significant "special places."

In light of that, Laird is
supervising Jack Begley

as he methodically
searches for metal targets

that were detected
and flagged earlier today

by Gary Drayton.

One can say that, you know,
with some assurance, that

whatever the
structures are on Lot 5

were utilized for
quite some time,

earlier than the original
discovery of the Money Pit.

So, I would like a complete
and clear understanding

of what the
relationship might be

between Lot 5 and
the Oak Island mystery.

There you go.

Try that.

Oh!

LAIRD: Oh, wow.

JACK: Oh, look at that.

It's a coin.

Oh, wow.

NARRATOR: On
Lot 5 of Oak Island,

while searching for clues

between two mysterious
stone foundations,

Jack Begley and
archeologist Laird Niven

have just made a
potentially valuable discovery.

Do you know what
type of coin that is?

LAIRD: The edges
are really worn.

I'm seeing...

not letters, but markings.

Yeah, I see that.

LAIRD: The edges are what

really kind of

make me think it's older.

My initial impression of
the coin was that the patina

makes it look very
old and very worn.

So, that may give
us a good idea about

the function of the feature
and perhaps some idea

whether it dates
earlier than we thought.

We have found a
lot of coins scattered

- around this area.
- Yeah.

And thinking about it,
some of the oldest ones

were those Roman coins.

Do you think it goes that old?

Uh, it could.

NARRATOR: Incredibly, between



the team unearthed
four coins on Lot 5

that have been verified by
numismatist Sandy Campbell

to be Roman in origin

and dated to between


And while numerous

coin experts have
advised the team

that such coins may
have been in circulation

as late as the medieval period

of the 14th century in Europe,

who may have brought
them to Oak Island

remains a tantalizing mystery.

It'll be interesting to see
if it's something exotic.

JACK: Exotic coins are
no stranger on Oak Island.

I mean, that's got to have

some specific story of its own

in order for it to get here.

That's why I think it's so
important to identify this.

It may give us a better
idea of who was here

and what they were doing.

Mm.

Maybe we should have

Sandy Campbell
take a look at it.

We might be able to figure out

- Yeah.
- Exactly what type of coin it is.

I think that should get back
to the lab as soon as possible.

JACK: I can't wait
to show the guys this.

LAIRD: Should be interesting.

NARRATOR: Later
that afternoon...

TEDFORD: All
right, let's go get it.

That's good.

NARRATOR: while the
core-drilling operation proceeds

in the Money Pit area,

back on Lot 5...

ALEX: You know, the
feature's grown a lot.

Alex Lagina joins Laird Niven

and other members of
the team as they investigate

the rounded stone
foundation near the shoreline.

Is this the edge of it,

- do you think?
- LAIRD: We think so.

We have this odd

- outer perimeter.
- ALEX: Mm-hmm.

The cut coin came
from this area.

FIONA: That's where all

the maroon till was,
too, that matched

the Money Pit soils.

That's why I think it's so
important to open this area up.

NARRATOR: In
addition to discoveries

such as the


that the team has
uncovered at this feature,

they also discovered
an artificial,

mortar-like soil
several feet deep

that, when analyzed by team
geology expert Moya MacDonald,

was found to match
other soils discovered

not only more than 100 feet
deep in the Money Pit area

but also beneath the bottom
boulder of Nolan's Cross,

the megalithic formation
that may date back

to as early as 1200 AD.

We are about to expand

the archeological
grid over here anyway.

Yeah. Exactly.

ALEX: As we go down,

we should have a
good chance of finding

- more artifacts.
- LAIRD: He'll shovel,

you'll bucket, I'll screen?

Okay. Let's do it.

NARRATOR: These discoveries

have led the team to speculate

that whoever
created the Money Pit

and Nolan's Cross may have used

both of the features on Lot 5

as a base of operations,

and then deliberately
buried them.

What I find so fascinating

is how did they

make the structure this big

in such a crude
manner and have it last?

- Right.
- You know, maybe that was

part of the reason it was
buried, or was it buried

for some other
mysterious reason?

What was it for, right?

ALEX: Yeah.

Plus, we're finding
all kinds of artifacts,

which is saying that
people were here a lot.

I mean, this is obviously
part of what was intended

- to be covered up.
- Yeah.

- ALEX: So, we'll keep at it.
- FIONA: Yeah.

So, I'm starting
to hit rocks here.

FIONA: Oh, more.

ALEX: Yeah.

So, I'm hitting rocks.

- Yeah.
- I think that I'm coming down

more of the structure.

- FIONA: Yeah.
- This structure

- keeps getting bigger.
- Absolutely.

NARRATOR: Another
possible section

of the stone foundation? If so,

just how much more extensive

could this buried feature be?

And what else might
the team discover

once they uncover it?

One of the most
incredible discoveries

we've made on Lot 5 so far

is this connection between

these archeological
features and the Money Pit.

It's starting to suggest

that maybe they were part of
the Oak Island treasure deposit,

and then were hidden.

So, uh, somewhere under
us could be more structure,

and we're gonna have
to do this to get there.

This means we've got
a lot more work to do.

ALEX: Yeah.

NARRATOR: The
following morning...

LAIRD: Hopefully,
there's something

to find in this area as well.

NARRATOR: as Laird

and the archeology
team carefully work

to expose more of the
rounded stone feature on Lot 5...

- ALEX: Hey.
- CHARLES: Morning, Alex.

ALEX: How are we doing?

Got another core coming.

NARRATOR: in
the Money Pit area,

Alex Lagina joins his Uncle Rick

and other members of the team

at the core-drilling operation

in borehole EN-13

within the so-called
Golden Egg...

- TERRY: Adam, what do you got?
- Eighty-nine.

Eighty-nine.

The region where
the team has detected

high trace levels
of silver and gold

between 80 and


TERRY: Yeah, this is some
pretty solid interface here.

The next run will hopefully
give us something better.

- We may hit the mother lode.
- Bravo Tango.

There's every reason

to believe that within the area

there lies some

source of these
metals, i.e. treasure.

Every time the steel
goes down the hole,

you're hoping it'll
find treasure or a void

or a vault or a offset
chamber or a tunnel.

We'll just have to be
patient and see what we find.

TERRY: Here it comes.

That's a lot of core, Adam.

- It got really loose at the bottom.
- Okay.

That's some good
news. Thank you.

That seems to change, right?

TERRY: It got soft
right at the bottom.

Sounds like soft ground beneath.

That bodes well for
our potential target.

That's a good sign.

Absolutely.

Whoa.

Solid.

Hey, Mike.

I think we're on wood.

It got real stiff.

- Really?
- Yeah.

I should actually get this out,

though, in case
something happens.

- You go for it.
- [laughs]

He thinks that they
might be on wood.

- Wow.
- If Mike thinks he hit wood,

- he's not often wrong.
- No.

CHARLES: There's nothing
that, from the historical record

that we know, actually
occurred in this area.

- Yeah.
- CHARLES: To me, that says "depositor."

Yep.

Time's gonna tell as
to whether we're into

a treasure vault, I hope.

ALEX: This could be the one.

CHARLES: There's nothing
that, from the historical record

that we know, actually
occurred in this area.

To me, that says "depositor."

ALEX: This could be the one.

TERRY: Let's hope
he pulls up some wood

and we've got a structure.

Maybe we'll get
a doubloon today.

NARRATOR: It is
an intense moment

in the Money Pit
area for Rick Lagina

and members of
the Oak Island team.

We'll have a good look here now.

NARRATOR: While
drilling borehole EN-13

in the possible treasure zone,

dubbed the Golden Egg...

What do you got, Adam?

- Ninety-nine.
- Ninety-nine feet. Thank you.

Evidence of a possible
structure has been encountered

at a depth of nearly 100 feet.

- How you doing?
- Good.

You felt like you just
caught something?

Well, it was really
soft at the top here.

Felt like it, anyway.

And then, got super stiff.

It is a little soft.
Let's carve it up.

Most of the
intersections at about

this level get soft.

But it gets
relatively firm here.

But no wood.

And this is... this is
relatively soft material.

We're in fertile territory.
This looks pretty good, Mike.

So, we could be
close to something.

NARRATOR: Because
underground structures

cause the soil and sediment
immediately around them

to be less compacted than
natural, undisturbed earth,

could geologist Terry
Matheson be correct

that the drill may
have just missed

some kind of man-made
object or construct?

If so, might it be something

that contains the large
source of precious metals

that have been
detected in this area?

We're through that
zone of interest,

but that is suggesting
something...

something might be close.

We could go back.

I'd just move over here.

- TERRY: No problem.
- RICK: Right, and the next hole,

we're five feet away.

- Yeah.
- So, if there's

something there,
we should be able

to find it in that hole.

ALEX: Any utility in

grabbing a sample of the water

for metal testing?

RICK: I'd like to see

Dr. Spooner take a sample.

All right. Good luck, guys.

- We'll see you later, all right?
- TERRY: You bet.

NARRATOR: The following morning,

as geoscientist

Dr. Ian Spooner collects

a water sample
from borehole EN-13

in the Money Pit area...

- CHARLES: Hey, Sandy.
- CRAIG: Hey, Sandy.

- CHARLES: Good to have you back.
- JACK: Welcome back.

Thank you. Good to be back.

NARRATOR: Craig Tester

and members of the team

meet with numismatist

Sandy Campbell in the
Oak Island laboratory.

They are eager for
him to examine the coin

that was discovered between
the two stone foundations

on Lot 5 just one day ago.

Let's have a look.

So, this is, obviously,

a pretty cool item.

So, right off the bat,

the shape... it's irregular,

which speaks to it

being hammered
rather than struck.

So, you're pre-1650

- to start.
- Oh, no way.

SANDY: And then, you
know, it comes down to

what we may be
able to pull off the coin

from a design point of view.

You know, we're-we're seeing

an animal here, I think, maybe.

What kind of animal?

SANDY: It kind of
looks like a horse.

But in all likelihood, I...

I think it's Roman.

- Wow.
- Wow.

Giddyup.

So, Emma, maybe you
can shine a little light

on what the, uh, alloy
would be on this piece?

EMMA: Sure, can do.

NARRATOR: Prior
to their meeting,

archaeometallurgist Emma
Culligan scanned the coin

using an X-ray fluorescence
spectrometer, or XRF.

A device which emits
non-destructive radiation

that can identify an object's
chemical composition.

EMMA: It is copper based.

And it's 70% copper,
um, 16% lead,

so there's a high lead content

that we do not see
in modern coins.

And it definitely, yeah, it
puts it medieval and pre.

And high contents of,
um, arsenic and then sulfur.

So, yeah, a composition that
we do see in Roman coins.

It ain't the first Roman
coin that we found on Lot 5.

I'll send Rick a text.

Two words.

"Roman, baby."

- Exactly.
- [laughing]

GARY: Another
Roman coin off Lot 5.

Those are the words I
love to hear on Oak Island.

This is turning into
a pretty special lot.

Wow, what a impressive
group of smiling faces.

- Mm-hmm. -Good reason for it.
- What's up?

CRAIG: Let me call Marty first.

- Okay.
- CRAIG: Let's get him involved, too.

- What do you got?
- CRAIG: We're getting closer.

We found a coin on Lot 5

and, uh, Sandy's here.

And we thought we'd
bring you up to date.

We've done some
investigating with Emma

in terms of metal content.

You know, all the
evidence, to me,

points to it being late Roman.

When you say late Roman,
can you put a time frame on that?

Two to 300 AD.

It's a copper coin
that traded as currency

for a long period of time.

SANDY: You know, the
Vikings were great to repurpose.

So, when they would come
across w*r chests of Roman coins,

they would repurpose
it into their own coinage.

Well, when we were
in Reykjavik, in Iceland,

we went to the museum there

and there were Roman coins.

We know for a fact,

artifacts such as those
crossed the North Atlantic.

NARRATOR: In 2023, Rick
and members of the team

traveled to Europe
in order to investigate

an incredible theory:

that approximately


members of the Knights Templar

transported priceless
religious treasures to Oak Island

with the help of sailors who
were descendants of Vikings.

And during their
travels through Italy...

- Oh, wow.
- Wow.

- NARRATOR: the Netherlands...
- Oh, is this it?

NARRATOR:
Denmark and Iceland,

they were astonished to see
Templar and Viking symbols

and artifacts that
are strikingly similar

to others that have
been found on Oak Island.

EMLILIANO: This museum
hosts some Roman coins.

Perfect.

NARRATOR: And at the
National Museum of Iceland,

they also saw a
number of Roman coins.

Is it possible that
the Roman coins

the team has found on Lot 5

offer further proof
of a connection

between the Knights Templar
and the descendants of Vikings?

Well, remember, we went
to Europe and to Scandinavia

to track east to west.

How would an old-world
treasure and an old-world mystery

come from maybe
even the Middle East,

across the continent of Europe

and possibly vis-à-vis
the Templars connection

or association with the
descendants of the Vikings?

We know the Norse traveled

t-the North Atlantic
long, long ago.

I think we need some
solid artifactual evidence

that says descendants
of Vikings on Oak Island.

But I wouldn't rule it out.

This find will make five
Roman coins we've found.

It must have something to do
with at least, at the minimum,

what happened on Lot 5.

But what is it saying about
the people that inhabited Lot 5?

Or the people
that visited Lot 5?

I don't know what it's saying.

At least not yet.

I think it's
incredibly important.

Because there has been
strong suggestions or hints

based on the
current work to date

that there is a tie
to the Money Pit.

There ya have it. Marty, you...

Exactly. That's what
you were gonna say.

Let's all get out there, there's
a lot of work to do, right?

CHARLES: Absolutely.

ALEX: Do you feel that there's
more features to be found?

Or do you think we're actually
moving away from it now?

- I think it's too early to tell.
- Right.

We have this much fill on
top of the original surface.

NARRATOR: Following
the incredible revelation

that a fifth Roman coin
has been discovered

on Lot 5 of Oak Island,

Alex Lagina helps Laird Niven

and members of
the archeology team

expose another possible section

of the mysterious
rounded stone foundation

that sits near the shoreline.

FIONA: This is really weird.

I'm getting some rock patterns.

ALEX: Yeah, that kinda
looks placed, doesn't it?

FIONA: You can
almost see them in a line.

LAIRD: I'm getting
rocks here, too.

Which could relate to yours.

What it looks like is these
rocks were placed here,

and then this, we have this...

- Yeah, that... That's weird.
- Hollow area.

- You hear that?
- FIONA: I do.

LAIRD: That's like one of the
weirdest things I've ever seen.

I mean, I can feel it
in my feet right here.

FIONA: I was gonna
say that. That's vibrational.

How bizarre.

NARRATOR: A
potentially hollow area

in the rounded stone foundation?

Given the fact that Laird
Niven believes this entire feature

was deliberately hidden
by someone long ago,

is it possible that the
team has just discovered

an additional
buried compartment?

If so, just what might they find
as they carefully excavate it?

ALEX: Archeology is really the only
way we're gonna get any answers.

But the north half of Lot 5

is now what's called
a special place,

which means the
rules have changed.

So, it's a tedious process.

Um, it takes a lot of time.

You have to be very careful
about what you're doing

and very meticulous
about how you record it.

And this is a huge feature.

It's exciting because there's
much more to this structure

than we believed at first.

We're already
looking at a feature

that's much bigger
than what you'd expect.

And it seems to keep going here.

I mean, it will be something.

Uh, maybe it's an
extension of this feature.

Maybe it's a new feature.

[chuckling]: I don't
know the answers.

Never had this happen before.

FIONA: And this construction is
nothing like anything else you've seen

on the island in
regards to structures.

It's so crudely built,
and I find that strange,

that it would be this large.

It's built for a purpose

and we don't even know
what that end looks like.

FIONA: Mm-hmm.

ALEX: So, the feature continues.

It doesn't make any sense,

but I know we've
got to keep digging.

LAIRD: Yeah.

See what we can find.

NARRATOR: As Alex and the
archaeology team continue uncovering more

of the mysterious
foundation on Lot 5...

RICK: What's going on?

There's a lot
happening right here.

It's kind of, for me, a
first-time experience.

NARRATOR: Rick Lagina
has arrived in the Money Pit area

after being alerted to a
potentially major development

near the recently drilled
borehole known as EN-13

in the so-called Golden Egg.

A borehole where, one
day ago, the team believes

that they nearly drilled into a
possible man-made structure

approximately 100
feet underground.

IAN: Right there, that's
the drill hole EN-13.

And I just sampled FN-13,

in the yellow cone there,

- right under the yellow cone.
- RICK: Yep.

And I was bailing it, and I
thought there was thunder.

Boom, boom, boom.

And, uh, it was coming
out of the-the well.

RICK: Really?

You've never heard
that underground before?

No! No, honest to God.

It was really quite
extraordinary.

It went on for about 30 seconds.

RICK: What do you make of that?

My thought is that when
they were drilling EN-13 there,

we know they
were in soft ground,

- that they're near something.
- Mm-hmm.

And now it's moving
around air within it.

The implication being there's
something open down there?

Yes. This thing's collapsing.

So, to collapse, it means
there has to be a void.

- RICK: 100%.
- IAN: Yep.

IAN: This thing's
collapsing there.

RICK: That's quite interesting.

NARRATOR: In the Money Pit
area, geoscientist Dr. Ian Spooner

has alerted Rick Lagina
that, just minutes ago,

a structure of some
kind may have collapsed

deep underground
while he was collecting

water samples from
borehole EN-13.

A borehole located in
the so-called Golden Egg

where Dr. Spooner also believes

the legendary
Oak Island treasure

may be buried between a
depth of 80 and 120 feet.

We know we've drilled
a million holes here,

and we've had
monitoring wells nearby

and I've never heard that.

If things are moving around

down there, there's an opening.

Dr. Spooner revealed

he heard some sort of
collapse underground.

I never heard anyone
talk of that before, so,

might there be a chance here

to-to discover the treasure
once and for all? Sure.

There's all of these
clues that strongly suggest

this area holds
significant interest.

So, I think something's
going on here.

- Something's going on here.
- All the chemistry has

- kind of pointed to that.
- Yeah.

So, you know, here's...
here's one example.

If you hold it up to the sun,
you can see the discoloration

in it, the yellow color.

- Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
- Yeah, that wasn't there beforehand.

- You just took a sample?
- Yeah.

- After that?
- Yes.

The darker water can indicate

- we're closer to, uh, wood, a source of wood.
- Oh.

So, I'm very interested
'cause we have not seen this

- at this well before.
- Hmm.

And if that's the case, then
we've moved something around.

There's some, almost a direct
connection from something.

Yes.

IAN: I think the
underground collapse

probably means that we're in
and around an open chamber.

So, what we think is that
this event moved water

from a tunnel or a shaft,

and all of this is critical

to understanding where
the metals are coming from.

So, it's a good place to have
a very strange event occur.

Well, that next hole
will be very interesting.

IAN: Yes. Hopefully
we'll just... we'll drill there,

we'll hit it, and we'll
actually hit something

that can help us
explain the metals.

Okay. Well, thank
you for the update.

- Yup.
- We need to keep our wits about us.

IAN: Yup.

NARRATOR: The next morning...

DOUG: Well,
gentlemen, as you know,

last year, we ended off our
east-to-west journey in Iceland.

And it-it was an
incredible experience.

NARRATOR: Rick
and Marty Lagina

are meeting in
the research center

with Oak Island
historian Doug Crowell

and researcher
Emiliano Sacchetti.

Following the discovery
of another a Roman coin...

which the team believes
may be connected

to descendants of Vikings...

Doug and Emiliano have a new

and potentially important
development to discuss.

We learned that by 875 AD,

the Norse had reached Iceland,

and by 985 AD, they
had reached Greenland.

But what's more intriguing is,

the only known Viking settlement

on the North American continent,

the L'Anse aux Meadows
site in Newfoundland,

was, uh, active in 1021 AD.

Seems like that's
our next destination.

So, what I'm hearing is
that what you want to do

is continue the
trip. Follow the trail.

- Right.
- [laughs] Yeah.

NARRATOR: Located in
modern-day Newfoundland, Canada,

approximately 625 miles
northeast of Oak Island,

L'Anse aux Meadows
is a Viking settlement

that was established
more than 1,000 years ago,

and has been designated
by the Canadian government

as a National Historic Site.

Today, it is the only
officially-recognized

Viking settlement
in North America.

However, according to
the 13th-century writings

known as "the Viking sagas,"

members of the Viking culture

and their descendants
may have actually traveled

and explored much
further to the south.

RICK: The descendants of
Vikings are very important

to understanding how
an old-world treasure

might have come to Oak Island.

I believe they were integral

to the ability of
someone or someones

to come across
the North Atlantic

to the Maritimes and do
this work on Oak Island.

Well, you guys put
together that if the Templars

had anything to do with this,
the logical way to get here,

at that period of time,

was through the
Vikings' descendants.

Right? I mean,
they were good at it.

- Absolutely.
- MARTY: Yeah.

Plus, we know that the Vikings

and their descendants
were active

in Greenland and,
um, in Newfoundland

between 1021 and 1347 at least.

I mean, we got from
Europe to the North Atlantic.

Now you need to get
from Newfoundland

somewhere down
around these shores.

Are we going to bring the
things that we suspect possibly

could be related to the
Vikings' descendants?

We-we can certainly
get permission to do that.

- What about the arrowhead?
- Absolutely.

- ANE: Good morning!
- Hi.

NARRATOR: In 2023,

Rick, Doug, Emiliano

and other members of the team

visited the Ladby Viking Museum

in Kerteminde, Denmark.

And there, they showed
curator Ane Jepsen Nyborg...

Wow!

NARRATOR: a photo
of an iron arrowhead

that was reportedly
discovered on Oak Island

by geologist and treasure hunter
Robert Dunfield in the 1960s.

ANE: It is very
interesting to me

because this is
the type of artifact

that I could find tomorrow

in an archaeological
dig around here.

- Perfect.
- Wow.

Now, there... there is something

that I don't think
you're aware of yet.

- Uh-oh.
- It just came to our attention.

So, uh, around 1885,

a very unique and
ornate whistle was found

on Oak Island near Smith's Cove.

- Hmm.
- And let me show you this artifact.

Now, what's interesting
about this whistle

is that it came
into the possession

of Mary B. Steward.

She was a wealthy New Yorker

who helped finance the 1932
expedition here on the island.

She had this whistle examined
by museums in New York.

And at the American
Museum of Natural History,

they reported to her

that this was most likely
of Scandinavian origin,

and made out of
walrus tusk ivory.

And this is important,
because that is what

the descendants of the Vikings
were collecting and trading

in Greenland in the 1200s.

So, here we have
another artifact

found on Oak Island
that could be related

to that group of people.

Okay, that's-that's
very interesting.

Absolutely.

- MARTY: That's very interesting.
- DOUG: Absolutely.

This piece here was
supposedly found on Oak Island?

DOUG: Yes, and it
could potentially be

a Viking-related artifact.

NARRATOR: In the Oak
Island Research Center,

Doug Crowell and
Emiliano Sacchetti

have just revealed to
Rick and Marty Lagina

an archival image
of an artifact,

possibly of Scandinavian origin,

that was reportedly discovered

on Oak Island in
the late 19th century.

EMILIANO: Well,
I kind of disagree

with what the archeologists
say about L'Anse aux Meadows,

because I don't
think it's the only

Norse site in Canada.

Think about it. 400
years, only one camp?

I think there are
other sites in Canada,

and maybe one is here.

MARTY: Right. So,

when did they discover
L'Anse aux Meadows?

- In the 1960s.
- MARTY: Yeah. Okay.

So, if that one was
hidden until 1960,

- why would it be the only one?
- EMILIANO: Yeah.

- Yeah.
- DOUG: Well, this is another mystery, and this is why

I think maybe, since we have
found other things on the island

of possible Scandinavian origin,

this could be indications
of prolonged activity

- by descendants of the Vikings or the Templars.
- Yeah.

DOUG: Maybe they came
down from L'Anse aux Meadows

in Newfoundland
to hide something,

- and I think that's what brought 'em to Oak Island.
- Yeah.

NARRATOR: In addition
to the five Roman coins

that were discovered on Lot 5

and the potentially


like Nolan's Cross

and the paved
area in the swamp...

in recent years,

the team has also
unearthed a pickaxe

in the Money Pit area,

as well as a decorative
lead artifact on Lot 13,

which have both been
scientifically traced

to Scandinavia.

Could Doug Crowell be correct

that these finds offer evidence

that Norse descendants
of the Vikings

helped members of
the Knights Templar

hide a vast treasure
on Oak Island?

And if so,

might the team
find further evidence

at L'Anse aux Meadows
that will help them prove it?

MARTY: If something
happened in the 1200s here,

it almost has to
have a component

of the Vikings' descendants.

Based on everything we
know right now, it almost has to.

Um, there weren't
a lot of other people

who knew about this place then.

It's entirely possible

that they could have
brought the Knights Templar

or anybody else to Oak Island

for purposes of
depositing something.

So, I want to just chase that.

I think we should
mount an expedition.

- I-I...
- I really do. I want to go this time.

I totally agree. There's...

There's always
something to learn.

- Yes.
- MARTY: Yeah.

You know, we just found
another Roman coin on Lot 5.

My suggestion would be,
go to L'Anse aux Meadows

and see what you can find.

- Absolutely.
- RICK: I can stay,

hold down the fort here. I mean,

we'll get a full lowdown
of what happens there,

and new perspective, new
insight is always a-a big thing.

- Yeah, I'm in.
- MARTY: I'm in!

We will give you a full report.

- Right, guys?
- EMILIANO: Yeah.

- Yeah. -Yes. Okay. Let's go.
- Yeah? I'm good.

- MARTY: Let's make it happen.
- DOUG: See you, gentlemen.

RICK: Bon voyage.

NARRATOR: For
more than two centuries,

the Oak Island mystery
has confounded historians,

scientists
and faithful adventurers.

Who could have engineered such
complex underground workings

in the Money Pit area?

Where did they come from?

And just what
did they leave behind?

After more than a decade,

Rick, Marty, Craig

and their team have gathered
incredible evidence

suggesting that the answers
to those questions

could rewrite the history
of North America.

As they keep digging

and following
the trail of clues,

will all soon be

revealed?