10x13 - All's Well

[bunniefuu]

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

JACK: We're gonna drain the well

to search the bottom.

Oh. Look at that. It
looks hand-wrought.

This is one of the older
objects you've found.

- Wow.
- PHAROAH: You have four lines measured

from Nolan's Cross
perfectly intersecting

at the Garden Shaft.

Wow. Let's get the answers

- at the bottom of that shaft.
- Absolutely, absolutely.

GARY: That is a
stairway to treasure.

- Let's go for the gold.
- Yes.

- ALEX: That's what we want.
- JACK: Yeah. Let's go.

That is awesome.

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.

♪ ♪

ALEX: First day
of the shaft rehab.

DOUG: Yep.

It's nice to see Dumas
back on the island

- and ready to go.
- Yeah.

NARRATOR: A
highly anticipated day

has finally dawned on
Oak Island for brothers

Rick and Marty Lagina,

and the entire
Fellowship of the Dig.

This is so unique

and so different from
everything we've done

- for ten years.
- Mm-hmm.

It's-it's an opportunity that,

you know, rare indeed.

Yeah.

NARRATOR: After
a six-week delay,

representatives from
a mining company

named Dumas Contracting Limited

have returned in order
to continue refurbishing

the so-called Garden Shaft.

The Garden Shaft was a
big, unanswered question.

I mean, it's good to see
everything in place now.

Right.

NARRATOR: The Garden
Shaft is a dilapidated,

80-foot-deep wooden structure

that the team initially
believed was built

and then abandoned
in the 19th century

by previous treasure hunters.

But earlier this year,

after wood from the feature
was scientifically dated

to as early as 1735...

There we go.

NARRATOR: and
high-trace evidence of gold

was found in the water

inside the structure,

Rick, Marty and their
partner Craig Tester

commissioned
Dumas to reconstruct it

down to a depth
of at least 80 feet...

An operation that will also
allow for lateral tunneling

should evidence of
treasure be located

outside of the
vertical structure.

RICK: Wow. Look at
everybody. Waiting to get started.

NARRATOR: Although
Dumas was able to complete

a steel and concrete
frame at the surface

and began reconstructing
the first 16 feet of the shaft,

the project was shut down

due to a safety review conducted

by the provincial government.

Wow, everybody's here. Woo-hoo.

NARRATOR: Now, with all
of those concerns satisfied,

Dumas has been given
clearance to continue their work

and hopefully
provide a breakthrough

that will help the team
solve the Oak Island mystery.

So, uh, look, it's a really
big day today. I mean, this is

the project for the year.

We're glad you're here.

This mystery has endured,
you know, for 228 years.

Far too long.

And we find ourselves now

on the precipice of getting

underground in the Money Pit

for the first time

during our stewardship
of the mystery.

Well, I'm gonna

give you the keys,
and I'd like you

to give us the honor of opening

- this lock for me.
- RICK: All right.

Point me in the right
direction. I'll turn the key.

- DOUG: Let's go for the gold.
- Yes.

ROGER: That's-that's
what we want.

- And answers. And answers.
- The answers, yeah.

RICK: Oak Island is 228 years of

dedication, passion, mystery.

So, to be the person

who unlocks it,

it's-it's quite humbling.

Rick, you've got the keys to
the treasure chest right there.

I hope you're right, Gary.

RICK: When I turn the key,

it's not just for me or even
for the guys standing around.

It's for all of us.

Anyone who wants answers
to the Oak Island mystery,

that key may have opened the
door to getting those answers.

All right, guys, here you go.

Maybe this is the doorway

to everything we've
sought to uncover.

Wow.

Really? I can't go
down there right now?

[laughter]

MARTY: Dumas is back, and
you can feel the camaraderie.

You can feel the
Fellowship come together

and get excited and think,
"We're close. Maybe this is it."

ROGER: This is where we start.

MARTY: Maybe the
Garden Shaft connects

with the original Money Pit.

Okay. Here we go.

It's actually like opening
a door to a treasure chest.

[laughter]

ALEX: Any treasure chest you need
to open with a crane is a good one.

- Yeah.
- [laughter]

NARRATOR: In the coming days,

Dumas will complete

the first two levels

down to a depth of 16 feet.

Come on, guys,
let's take a look.

NARRATOR: From
there, they will continue

excavating and reconstructing

the remaining eight-foot levels,

all the way to the bottom

and to whatever may be
waiting to be uncovered.

- Wow.
- GARY: That is the stairway to treasure.

ALEX: Pretty cool.

RICK: Let's back up
and let them get to work.

- JACK: Yeah, let's go.
- RICK: All right. Let's do it.

NARRATOR: As the team
from Dumas Contracting Limited

continues their work
in the Garden shaft...

So, here we are with
our Blob drill holes

and monitoring wells.

NARRATOR: approximately


Oak Island historian
Paul Troutman

and geoscientist Dr. Ian Spooner

are preparing to
collect water samples

from recently drilled boreholes

in a 25 by 70 square foot area

that the team has
affectionately named the Blob.

It is within this zone

where, after testing the water

in previously drilled
boreholes three weeks ago,

the team determined
that a large source of gold

is buried between 80 and


I'll get set up and, uh,

- yeah, we'll go.
- Okay. Sounds good.

NARRATOR: Now, it
is Dr. Spooner's hope

that additional water
testing inside the Blob area

will help the team
to further pinpoint

the possible location of the
fabled Money Pit treasure vault.

PAUL: Whatever we find
here will lead us one step closer

to finding the source
of this gold in the water.

IAN: Yep.

NARRATOR: To collect
the water samples,

Dr. Spooner is using
a single valve bailer.

As the device descends
in the borehole,

an open valve allows
water to flow through it.

Once the desired
depth is reached,

a metal ball drops into place,

securing the sample.

- There we go.
- Okay.

- We good?
- Yeah, we're good.

PAUL: Okay, right up to the top.

And that's what we
need. We're good to go.

Well, I'll get that to
the lab right away.

Okay. What's the time frame,

are you thinking,
to get all this data?

- A week or two.
- A week or two?

Yeah. We'll-we'll put in a rush.

Yeah. This would
be nice to find out

if this holds the truth
right here in our hand.

Well, let's get it
back to the lab.

- Let's-let's get going.
- Okay. All right.

NARRATOR: As the operations

in the Money Pit
area continue...

PETER: All right, let's
go find the first flag.

GARY: Okay, mate.

NARRATOR: metal
detection expert

Gary Drayton and Peter
Fornetti return to Lot 5,

located on the western
side of the island.

This one's good, I can feel it.

Okay, we'll see if it is or not.

[beeping]

Yeah, nice little faint signal.

My best guesstimate
is just there.

- This is a lot of roots.
- PETER: Mm-hmm.

NARRATOR: Since
acquiring Lot 5 earlier this year,

the team has unearthed some
of the most incredible finds

ever made on Oak Island.

These include a deliberately
buried stone feature

believed to date
back to the mid-1700s,

metal tools and pipe
stems that may be

as much as four centuries old,

and a nearly


that has been
scientifically determined

to have originated
in Spain or Portugal.

I'm quite confident this is
going to be a coin or a button.

I just want that one tag on it.

- [beeping] -There it is.
- There it is.

I think it's in me hand, mate.

Oh, ho!

- See that nice round shape there, mate.
- Round and copper alloy.

You do the honors.
Is it a coin or a button?

- It's a button.
- Oh!

Now it is a button
and it's an oldie.

And our hope is
that this has some,

- got some kind of design on it.
- Mm-hmm.

GARY: If there's some
kind of m*llitary insignia,

some regimental
numbers, we're in business.

- Oh, yeah.
- Because that would really help track it down.

Put a date and
a nationality on it.

I'm thinking maybe m*llitary.

Easy 1700s.

NARRATOR: A possible


Could it be related to
the mysterious rock-filled

feature that was
discovered nearby?

If so, might there be
more clues in the area

to explain who created it?

And what its purpose
may have been?

- PETER: Next one's here?
- GARY: Yep.

GARY: See what
we've got in store for us.

[beeping]

Great-sounding signal.

- PETER: Okay.
- Just there, mate.

- Could be something good.
- Yeah.

Sounds like it could be here.

You know what?

- Look at that.
- PETER: Interesting.

- GARY: Look at that.
- NARRATOR: On Lot 5,

located on the western
side of Oak Island,

Gary Drayton and Peter
Fornetti have just made

another potentially
important discovery.

PETER: A little bit
of curvature to it?

- Yep.
- What does that tell ya?

GARY: This kind of
reminds me of those pieces

of metal we found on Lot 26,

- down by the old well.
- Mm-hmm.

And they turned out to be

bush scythes.

- Mm-hmm.
- And I believe Carmen

- dated those to go way back.
- Yeah.

NARRATOR: One week
ago, while searching for clues

near a mysterious
stone well on Lot 26,

which has been determined
to contain trace evidence

of silver and may date back
more than nine centuries,

Gary and Peter found

two similar bush scythes
that blacksmithing expert

Carmen Legge believed
were made in the 1600s.

Because these cutting
tools were typically used

by European explorers
between the 16th

and 18th centuries,

could this bush scythe offer

more evidence of human
activity on Oak Island

more than a century prior

to the discovery
of the Money Pit?

If so, might it have
been someone

who came here looking for
something of great value?

Or perhaps someone
who made a deposit?

If we're finding
an artifact on Lot 5

that matches with
something that's on Lot 26,

that's interesting, 'cause we
want to get context to this lot.

So we're finding bush scythes

on Lot 5 now and Lot 26.

And it could suggest
multiple people being here,

maybe at the same
time or at different times.

So it's important
to keep scouring

the land for more information.

Sweet, mate. So
we'll bag this up, mate.

- Okay, next one is this way?
- Yep.

All right. Let's go
get those artifacts.

Okay, mate.

NARRATOR: As
Gary and Peter search

for more clues on Lot 5...

JACK: The well
looks rather full.

- LAIRD: Looks clean, though.
- Mm-hmm.

Jack Begley, along
with archeologists

Laird Niven and
Helen Sheldon, arrive

on Lot 26 to continue searching

the 900-hundred-year-old
stone well

for clues that might explain

who built it, as well as
evidence that it contains

something of value.

- JACK: What's our plan today?
- LAIRD: We're gonna pump it out.

And then I was thinking
if you wouldn't mind

scooping out the debris...

But we're going
to save it on a tarp,

as best we can.

And hopefully find an artifact.

LAIRD: Yeah, if
we find something

that's datable down there,

even better.

All right, well,
let's get started.

All right. We're going
to need the, uh...

- The genie turned on.
- The genie turned on.

- I'll do that.
- Okay.

NARRATOR: The team is
especially interested in the well,

not only because it is one

of the oldest man-made
features ever discovered

- on Oak Island...
- [generator revving]

but also because
a recent water test

conducted inside
it by Dr. Spooner

revealed high trace
evidence of silver.

Here we go.

RICK: The well on
Lot 26 is interesting

because we've got an
elevated level of silver

in the water. How
do you explain that?

HELEN: Actually, that
pump works really quickly.

RICK: It's been speculated
before, there are constructs

across the width and breadth
of the island that possibly

could be used as a "bank."

And you have to remember that
Oak Island is somewhat remote.

So where would you
put something that you,

you fancied or that you
thought was precious to you?

Well, you might
hide it in an old well.

Jack will do the... when we
get down there... the scooping.

- I mean, I can already start to scoop it, right?
- Yep.

NARRATOR: While Laird works
to keep the pump clear of debris,

Jack will scoop the
muck and detritus

out of the well onto a tarp,

which Helen will carefully
sift through for clues

once it all dries out.

JACK: I feel like I'm
getting to a more gravely,

- rocky layer right now.
- LAIRD: Oh, yeah? Okay, yeah.

There, now you can see it.

It's actually beautifully
rounded here.

It's a nice, round well

to a certain point, then
all the angular rocks

- start coming in.
- JACK: Yeah.

Like these, up here, seem quite

- out of place, those big ones.
- Yeah.

MARTY: Lot 26 has
become very interesting.

The well is as old
as 11th century.

What do I do with that?

But it does fit a couple
other outliers on the island.

We have the paved
area in the swamp.

We have the
so-called ship's railing.

So it's, it's astounding.

[laughing]: I can't explain it.

JACK: Oh, yeah, there's
still a lot of muck down there.

- LAIRD: There's a lot of debris.
- Yeah.

JACK: It's gonna kind
of be a process over days

-to be able to clean up
the water, -LAIRD: Yeah.

And to pump it effectively.

But it might have

the answers we, we
need at the bottom.

I must say, I've never
excavated like this before.

JACK: Well, there's a first
time for everything, right?

- LAIRD: Yeah.
- [Jack laughs]

NARRATOR: Later
that afternoon...

HELEN: Which bucket do
you want to do first, that one?

- Sure.
- NARRATOR: outside the Oak Island Interpretive Centre,

Helen Sheldon

and archaeometallurgist
Emma Culligan

begin carefully
sifting the dried spoils

that were collected earlier
from the stone well on Lot 26.

HELEN: Nice and misty.

EMMA: It's just
a little organic.

RICK: Emma and Helen
have taken the initiative

to create a sifting
station, if you will.

Then if for sure
there's nothing in it,

just flick it over the side.

RICK: Hopefully, there will be

an artifact or two
within that material.

I just think there's
something uniquely strange

about this well,

and I hope, no pun intended,

that we get to the bottom of it.

- Want to give it a soaking?
- Uh-huh.

HELEN: Oh, here's something.

Look at that.

Hmm.

It's definitely,
definitely iron.

HELEN: It looks handwrought.

The shape is really weird.

Maybe a file.

EMMA: Yeah, 'cause it
looks broken or torn off here.

HELEN: Yeah, it does.

Which is weird, unless
that's the tip that's...

Would you say that's
a nail? 'Cause I don't...

EMMA: I wouldn't
say it's a nail.

HELEN: 'Cause nah,
it doesn't look right.

EMMA: So this right here is
rounded and it seems intentional.

- HELEN: Mm-hmm.
- While down here, it...

- it seems like it could been longer.
- It's broken, yeah.

Yeah. [sniffing]

Really sulfuric, actually.

Which makes it old.

We're finding more
and more sulfur content

in iron this year.

It just means it was
made within a furnace

of lower temperatures.

So that is an indicator
that it is an older iron.

So just from that alone,
I'm thinking around 1700s.

HELEN: So maybe we
should give Rick a text and see

- if he wants to come and see it.
- EMMA: All right.

EMMA: Okay, sent.

HELEN: Okay.

RICK: You young ladies are

to your ankles in mud and water.

- Yes, sir.
- We are, yes.

So what have you found?

So we found a piece of metal

- that we think is not a nail.
- Where is that?

It's actually right over
there. I can go grab it.

- Sure.
- All right.

NARRATOR: Outside the
Oak Island Interpretive Centre,

Rick Lagina and Dr. Ian Spooner

have arrived to inspect a
possibly important artifact

that Helen Sheldon
and Emma Culligan

just found in the spoils
that have been excavated

from the mysterious
well on Lot 26.

EMMA: So this is the piece.

It's nail-like, but we're
pretty sure it's not a nail.

What do you mean it
was a nail, but not a nail?

So... it kind of
does look like a nail.

But the tip right
here is rounded,

and it seems intentional,
while down here it bends

and the fact that the tip is
torn off here, so it's actually

- probably longer around here.
- IAN: Right.

- So a cut nail, maybe?
- EMMA: I don't know.

I can't be for certain because
I haven't CT scanned it.

Right. So one question.

I heard that in the old days,

when they used
nails on shipbuilding,

they'd hammer them
in, but they'd bend...

- Clench them.
- Clench them.

- Could that be a clench?
- Oh, possibly.

- EMMA: Yeah.
- HELEN: And to me, it looks handwrought.

- Yeah, so it is a pretty old metal.
- Oh.

EMMA: Age-wise, it
could be from the 1700s.

Great.

NARRATOR: A possible
handwrought nail?

Potentially related to
a large sailing vessel?

Because machines came into use

for nail production
beginning around 1800,

could archaeometallurgist
Emma Culligan

be correct that this artifact

may predate the
discovery of the Money Pit

in 1795?

If so, just when was it made?

And how might it be related
to the 900-year-old well

that it was found in on Lot 26?

EMMA: And the material
itself, it's, like, pretty heavy.

- Right.
- You can see from the patina

that it is rust, that's the
main-main ingredient.

But it's also pretty... in
pretty good condition.

Like, the rust itself, there's
not much buildup of it.

Right. Doesn't really
surprise me much.

Metal should last almost
forever in that muck.

- EMMA: Yeah.
- RICK: You'll have to finish

going through this, I
would assume, then put it

in the CT scanner and
see what it says, right?

- EMMA: Yeah.
- RICK: That's interesting.

IAN: At least there's stuff
to date that's human-made.

Yep. We'll wait and see
what, what the machine says

- about that iron.
- EMMA: Yeah. -Mm-hmm.

RICK: This certainly
would be a candidate

for further investigation

to allow that little item
to possibly tell us a story.

Okay.

Well, we'll let you
continue with your work.

- We have another bucket to go, so, yep.
- IAN: Good.

- Okey doke. Well, thank you very much.
- Thank you.

- Appreciate it.
- EMMA: All right. See ya.

IAN: Yep.

NARRATOR: The following day...

ROGER: All right.
Blow pipe coming down.

While the team from
Dumas Contracting Limited

continues their reconstruction
of the Garden Shaft

- in the Money Pit area...
- Perfect.

RICK: Gentlemen, today is
going to be a very informative

"information" hunt.

- We welcome Brian Pharoah to the w*r room.
- Thank you.

Thanks for the opportunity,
guys, to present to you today.

Rick Lagina has invited

architect and
author Brian Pharoah

to share research with
members of the team,

along with fellow Oak
Island landowner Tom Nolan.

I think of all the theories
we've entertained, this one

is quite... stimulating,
I would say.

NARRATOR: It is Brian's belief
that he has uncovered critical clues

between the megalithic
formation of six boulders

that Tom's late father, Fred
Nolan, discovered in 1981,

known as Nolan's Cross,

and the precise location of
the fabled Oak Island treasure.

RICK: I hope
today that we will all

come to a little greater
understanding of the who,

what, when, where, why
and how of Oak Island.

So, Brian, over to you.

So, I believe that
there is an ancient,

ancient treasure hidden
deep below Oak Island.

And Nolan's Cross
is the key to finding it.

And today, I'll reveal
some of the secrets

hidden in Nolan's Cross.

So let's just jump right into it

and kind of get started.

So Nolan's Cross is a megalithic

and mathematical
phenomenon created by design,

just as Fred Nolan believed.

Curiously, also...

Nolan's Cross is encoding
sacred numbers and geometry.

So I really believe
that Nolan's Cross

may lead us to a
Money Pit location

and where the treasure might be.

That's great.

NARRATOR: Sacred
geometry is a concept

that assigns symbolic
meaning to certain shapes

and numbers which are
also considered to be sacred

and can be found in the
designs and measurements

of many ancient houses of
worship all across the globe.

PHAROAH: So we're gonna look
at some of these sacred numbers.

Now, there are many
sacred numbers,

but we're gonna focus
on the following numbers.

We got the number 144, 288,





So these numbers are
encoded in Nolan's Cross.

Next slide.

The numbers of Nolan's
Cross are encoded in many,

many sacred sites
all around the world.

Encoded in Chartes Cathedral.

Encoded in Rosslyn Chapel.

They're encoded in Temple Mount.

If you look at the measurements
of these sacred sites,

you will find these same numbers

repeated again and again

and again around the world.

Next slide.

So, when you see these numbers,

you're gonna start
to see a pattern form,

and these numbers will be a key

to understanding the
treasure of Oak Island.

So how does this work
with Nolan's Cross?

Well, let's go to the next
slide and I'll show you.

So these are my
measurements of Nolan's Cross.

The short axes had
a length of 720 feet.



into two 360-foot lengths.

The long axes was
measured at 864 feet.

I looked at the head
of the cross and it was

extremely close to
the 144 sacred number.

And then from the center,

we got 432 feet.

And at the bottom,
we have 288 feet.

All of our sacred
numbers now appear

in Nolan's Cross.

Wow.

It's quite amazing.

So let's take a look at
some of the hidden geometry

in Nolan's Cross.

Next slide.

If we look at Nolan's
Cross, at the bottom of it,

we can see a square.



Now the square
would have a perimeter

of 2,880 feet,

which recalls the


that we've seen before.

We could inscribe a
circle in this square

and the circle would
have a diameter

of 720 feet,
converted to inches,



Also, we have a 360-foot radius,



Again, repeating,

repeating, repeating
these numbers endlessly.

All of this cannot
be happenstance.

It has to be planned.

So how's Nolan's Cross gonna
give us a Money Pit solution?

Let's take a look
at the next slide.

Well, if you take Nolan's Cross

and you go to Cone A,

and we create a circle,

which has a radius of 864 feet

matching the long
axes of Nolan's Cross...

Recall that one of our
sacred numbers is the 864.

Next, we're going to
draw a point from Cone C

through Cone A and we're
going to extend that purple line

all the way out
to the green circle.

Next, we're going to draw a line

from the long axes

of Nolan's Cross,
the yellow line,

all the way up to the circle.

If you then draw
a line due south,

again intersects perfectly
with the purple line

from Cone C through Cone A.

Next, recall we have
a square at the bottom

of Nolan's Cross,


If we go to the
center of that square,

and we draw a line
from that square,

through Cone B, all the way out

to the green circle.

Finally, if you take
a line from Cone E

through the large
boulder in Smith's Cove,

again perfectly
intersecting at that point.

Now you have four lines

perfectly intersecting
at the Money Pit.

So this is...

my Money Pit location.

It's just west of
the Garden Shaft.

RICK: Wow. X marks the spot.

PHAROAH: So, my Money
Pit location, as you can see,

it's just near the Garden Shaft.

- Wow.
- NARRATOR: In the w*r room,

architect and
author Brian Pharoah

has just presented Rick, Craig,

and members of the
team with his theory

that the megalithic
boulder formation

known as Nolan's Cross

contains encoded sacred geometry

that points to the true location
of the original Money Pit...

A location that just happens
to be near the Garden Shaft.

That's an interesting spot.

I was gonna say, we
should've had him here

- a few years ago.
- [laughter]

Would have saved
us a little time.

- Yeah, yeah.
- Yeah.

We went over and Dr. Spooner

collected samples of the water.

And he had it
tested and it came up

one of the highest
levels of gold,

- right in the water we had.
- Wow.

- Right in that area.
- Yeah.

Now I've used his calcs, um,

with Nolan's Cross
as it sits as we know it,

and it's even closer
to the Garden Shaft.

You're north of the
Garden Shaft, within feet.

- Perfectly.
- That's amazing.

NARRATOR: Although
it is exciting for the team

to receive an exact location

where the fabled
treasure may be buried,

unfortunately, while
Dumas Contracting Limited

is reconstructing
the Garden Shaft,

the Oak Island
team will be unable

to investigate the
area to find out for sure.

RICK: I was hoping that
Brian's X marks the spot

would be a very easy
location to access.

And thus we
could put a drill on it

and-and drill it immediately.

It's that intriguing.

But once we get to the
bottom of the Garden Shaft,

there might be an opportunity
to tunnel across and investigate.

I've always been about the who,
what, when, where, why and how.

- Who?
- Templars.

Well, that's quite interesting.

Pretty interesting, yeah.

The Templars built in stone.

They knew that stone
would last forever.

They also knew sacred geometry.

The Templars had the knowledge
and the means to execute this.

NARRATOR: Although
many religious faiths

around the globe

have incorporated
sacred geometry

into the designs for
their houses of worship,

the medieval Christian
order of the Knights Templar...

Who some believe buried
priceless religious artifacts

on Oak Island...

Also utilized sacred geometry

to build cathedrals
throughout Europe

from the 12th to
the 14th centuries.

- Welcome to Portugal.
- RICK: Thank you.

In recent years, the team

has made a number
of potential connections

between known European
Templar strongholds

and discoveries they've
made on Oak Island.

- This symbol is definitely on the 90 Foot Stone.
- RICK: It's perfect.

NARRATOR: These include
the 14th-century lead cross,

the 12th-century paved
area in the swamp,

and a number of
artifacts that were found

deep in the Money Pit area.

Is it possible that Brian
Pharoah has uncovered

more critical clues
with Nolan's Cross

that may not only prove
that the Knights Templar

were behind the
Oak Island mystery,

but that also point to
where their sacred treasures

lie hidden in the Money Pit?

First of all, Brian, I
want to say thank you.

This has been
incredibly informative.

And I think we'll
stay awake tonight,

all of us, thinking about
it. So, again, I think

we should all say
thank you to Brian.

- Thank you.
- Thank you. -Thank you.

PHAROAH: I appreciate that.

NARRATOR: Later that afternoon,

approximately 50 miles
northeast of Oak Island

in Halifax, Nova Scotia...

- CHRISTA: Hi, how's it going?
- CHARLES: Hi, Dr. Brosseau.

Peter Fornetti, Oak Island
historian Charles Barkhouse,

and archaeometallurgist
Emma Culligan

arrive at St. Mary's University.

So what are you
bringing in today?

We have a couple
interesting finds.

NARRATOR: They have
arranged to have chemist

Dr. Christa Brosseau
analyze the mysterious

iron artifact found one day ago

in the stone well on Lot 26,

and the two bush scythes found

in the nearby area last week.

So this was off the
top layer of the well.

So, yeah, obviously iron.

- It could be some form of file. Yeah.
- Right.

You know, one thing you'll
notice is it has a sort of

rectangular shape, which
is quite characteristic

of handwrought nails.

So I'll take a small
sample of this one,

and then we can
look at the next artifact.

- PETER: Okay. Sounds great.
- All right.

PETER: Lot 26 is one of the
most unique lots on this island.

So I'm always
hopeful that we get

that pre-1840s,

no manganese result.

That sample is set, then?

Yep.

This next artifact,

we brought it to...

- Carmen Legge to take a look at it.
- All right.

And he told us that he
believes it's a bush scythe.

CHRISTA: All right, so we'll
see what we can do here.

PETER: I'm excited because

these two artifacts could prove

that people were on this island

before the Money
Pit was discovered.

CHRISTA: All right.
We're ready to have a look

at these samples and see
what Lot 26 has to tell us today.

- All right.
- Let's go downstairs.

RICK: You can find all
the artifacts you want,

but at the end of the day
they have to tell a story.

We need to try to
figure out a timeline.

How old is it?

There's potential here
to uncover a mystery.

- Hey, Xiang, how are you today?
- XIANG: Hello.

- Hi. We've got some visitors here.
- Okay.

NARRATOR: Assisting
Dr. Brosseau is her colleague,

Dr. Xiang Yang.

- Xiang, we've got two samples to look at today.
- Okay.

NARRATOR: In order to
analyze the artifact samples...

CHRISTA: The first one we'll
look at is that bush scythe.

Doctors Brosseau
and Yang will use

a scanning electron microscope

or S.E.M.

By magnifying objects
up to 200,000 times

their actual size, the
S.E.M. can identify

not only the chemical
composition of the items,

but also help
determine their age

and geographic
regions of origin.

So there we have
a nice piece of iron.

No manganese, so, again,

we-we do use that as a marker

that it's, uh,

pre-1840, most likely.

It does look like an older iron.

PETER: That pre-1840

is good for us, because
we have Carmen

who kind of gave us the
general idea that it's 1650.

I would say that's consistent.

XIANG: Are we
set for the next one?

- Yes. We're ready for the next one. So...
- Okay.

CHRISTA: This object
was the iron piece.

It looks like a
handwrought nail.

We got a nice, uh,
sample here, it looks like.

- XIANG: No manganese.
- Right. So, no manganese.

Oh, you see phosphorus.

CHRISTA: We see phosphorus.

Uh, fairly high content.

About 0.7%,

which is fairly significant.

If your iron ore is
rich in phosphorus,

you're probably looking
at a fairly early date.

So I-I think, everything
taken together, this is

one of... one of the older
objects you've probably found.

Looking at the fact
that it-it is headless,

it's very much a
hallmark of nails

that were used from the


CHARLES: Wow.

CHRISTA: Looking at the
fact that it-it is headless,

it's very much a
hallmark of nails

that were used from the


- Wow.
- It's quite old.

NARRATOR: At
St. Mary's University

in Halifax, Nova Scotia,

chemists Dr. Xiang Yang
and Dr. Christa Brosseau

have just determined
that the wrought iron nail

recently found inside the
mysterious stone well on Lot 26

may be a significant clue

that could help solve
the Oak Island mystery.

- CHARLES: With these artifacts that we're finding...
- CHRISTA: Mm-hmm.

I think it just... it
just speaks to itself

that there's activity
that happened on this lot

prior to-to any inhabitants
being on Oak Island.

- Mm-hmm.
- It's nowhere near the Money Pit.

Question is,

what were they doing there?

A-And, you know, were
they depositing something?

Was that an access point
or was it an exit point?

PETER: Yeah.

NARRATOR: Because the
bush scythes and the iron nail

are all believed to date
back to the same time period

in the 17th century,

is it possible that
they were left behind

by someone who repurposed
the 900-year-old well

to hide something
of great value?

If so, could that explain

why the team has detected
traces of silver in the water?

I think Lot 26 still has a
lot of secrets for you guys.

Yeah. We have some
really good information

to share with the guys
back on the island.

So, thank you. And hopefully
we'll be back in the future.

- There you go. You're welcome. Take care.
- Thank you.

- CHRISTA: Thanks a lot for coming in.
- CHARLES: Bye now.

- EMMA: Yeah.
- CHRISTA: Bye-bye.

NARRATOR: Later
that afternoon...

ROGER: That should be good.

As preparations to
resume reconstruction

of the Garden Shaft continue
in the Money Pit area...

Oh, look at that. That was easy.

- ALEX: Here they are.
- CHARLES: Hey.

- Hey, hey. -ALEX and RICK: Hey.
- Hey, guys.

Emma Culligan and
Charles Barkhouse join

Rick Lagina, Craig Tester

and other members of the team

at the Interpretive Centre

to share their report
from St. Mary's University.

So, which one do you
want to go first with?

Uh...

Why don't we do a bush scythe?

Or part of a bush scythe.

So, Carmen made
that... You know, he's...

He made the suggestion
that it was a bush scythe.

Dr. Brosseau, she agrees

with Carmen's dating with 1650.

We do have another artifact,

which originally was
thought to be a file.

But turns out it is not.

EMMA: So, it is a nail.

- This piece right here, I'm gonna carefully...
- RICK: Yeah.

- I remember it.
- Yeah.

So it is, um, wrought iron.

But this one does have a


which is high.

CRAIG: Okay. So it's very old,

- most likely.
- Mm-hmm.

When we find artifacts

that have phosphorus in iron,

it indicates an
older, earlier date

because of how it was made.

The thing is, though,

we've found phosphorous
metal in areas

that have been
h-highly manipulated.

Right? The Money Pit.

Edges of the swamp.

And now the well. That area.

I find that quite interesting.

One could infer

that that work was always
contemporaneous, right?

We have found
high-phosphorous iron in areas

that might be of significance

in terms of furthering our
understanding of the mystery.

Might this prove
Brian's Templar theory?

It's possible, and
thus the reason

to continue to investigate.

CRAIG: So, I will quote Marty.

Okay, Gary, uh, get out there
and find us something else.

- I will do that.
- CRAIG: Okay! Let's go. -[chuckling]

RICK: Thanks, guys.

I really, really appreciate it.

NARRATOR: As a new
day begins on Oak Island...

- ROGER: Hey! Morning, Rick.
- Morning, Roger.

ROGER: How's it going?

Rick Lagina arrives

in the Money Pit area,

where the team from
Dumas Contracting Limited

has completed their
excavation of the first two

eight-foot levels of
the Garden Shaft.

- Want to come in and have a look, Rick?
- You betcha.

- Yeah, let's go see what it looks like.
- Well, what I'd like to do

- is go down.
- Oh! Absolutely. -[laughter]

- That won't be long!
- I know I can't. I know I can't yet.

It won't be long.

- Come on in. Have a look.
- Won't be long.

Actually, good. You can see
how tight our clam is, and...

RICK: Wow.

I mean, it's
just... It's exciting.

- Oh, yeah.
- I mean, we're gonna go down

underground in the Money
Pit because of your efforts

for the first time.

It's exciting for us.

- Yeah!
- [chuckles]

MARTY: It feels great
that the Fellowship

of the Dig is actually
gonna go underground.

Being able to actually get
underground at this location

could be very, very meaningful.

Who knows what could be found
at the base of the Garden Shaft?

Could be anything.

But, yeah, she's, uh... she's
going down good and, uh,

we're ready to hammer grab now.

If, uh... Whenever
you guys are ready,

- I'm gonna...
- I-I'm ready. I-I want to see it come up and out of the hole.

Let's start hammer grabbing.

- ROGER: Sounds good. -Right on.
- You got some work to do

- for this. -Yeah.
- I'll escort you guys out,

and you guys can have a look

- as we, uh...
- Okey doke.

As we pull some
muck out of there.

All right, guys!
We're good to go!

♪ ♪

RICK: The project
is now starting.

And we can begin
the process of getting

to the bottom of
that shaft and what

the bottom of that
shaft may tell us.

AL: Here we go.

Yeah, there it is.

First bucket.

RICK: Every bucket

might yield
something... an artifact

or something that demands
further investigation.

You never know what
you're about to encounter.

I'm ready.

- Let's go down.
- [laughter]

Keep going.

AL: All right. Sounds good.

NARRATOR: After
more than a decade

of working to complete
the Oak Island puzzle,

Rick, Marty, Craig
and their team

may finally have a clear picture

of where the ultimate answers
to the 228-year-old mystery

lie hidden.

But as they dig deeper
into the Garden Shaft,

just what awaits them?

Priceless sacred objects?

A vault filled with
gold and silver?

Or will they find that the
puzzle they are trying to solve

is more complex and dangerous...

than they ever bargained for?

Next time on The
Curse of Oak Island...

- [rapid beeping]
- [gasps]

- No way!
- Look what we found! Look at that!

- [laughs]
- Yes!

- GARY: This is magnificent.
- RICK: It's incredible.

- We found a piece of treasure.
- It's amazing.

IAN: Gold and silver, copper,

zinc, tin, lead... they're
all now metals of interest.

There is still a treasure
to be found here.

ALEX: This is as
close as we've gotten

- to an "X marks the spot."
- RICK: We've got to go down.

SCOTT: We've waited a
long time for a moment like this.

RICK: This is astounding.