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[Narrator] Tonight on
The Curse of Oak Island...

[Peter] I want to find something

- that we can date.
- [Gary] Exactly.

- There you go, mate! Wow.
- Oh.

Oh, what's under there?

Wow. I want to see
what's underneath here.

[Ian] Some of the highest
silver and gold values

- show up right in there.
- [Jared] Hold on! Guys, hold on.

-[Rick] Whoa! -[Jared] We're
definitely into some hard stuff.

- Wow! Check that one out.
- That's a great find.

That all adds up to a possible

human presence here
in the 1400s.

- That's really rare.
- It's amazing. -Yeah.

[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] Hello, gentlemen.
- [Alex] Hey, guys.

[Marty] Welcome back
to the w*r room.

Well, we're all
assembled here again

for probably
the most important job we can do

this year, which is
to try and get these caissons

in the right spot.

[Narrator] As another fall day
begins on Oak Island,

Rick, Marty, Craig

and other members of their team
meet in the w*r room

regarding the search for
treasure in the Money Pit area.

Last time we got together

to talk about canisters,
we placed them,

and the canisters, so far,

haven't brought up what we want.

So, I think
it's entirely appropriate

to readdress everything
at this juncture.

Right.

- [Alex] Here comes the bucket.
- [Terry] Another bucket,

-another chance, guys.
Here it comes. -Yup.

[Narrator] Over the past
several weeks,

the team has excavated three
eight-foot-diameter steel shafts

more than 200 feet deep
in the solution channel.

They are trying to locate
the source of precious metals

that have been detected
across the Money Pit area

through underground
water and soil testing

conducted by Dr. Ian Spooner
and Dr. Fred Michel.

Incredibly,
the evidence of silver

they have found matched
the composition

of a 14th-century
Portuguese coin

that was reportedly discovered

in the original
Money Pit back in 1849.

The caissons we've put into
the ground this year have been

certainly what I would call
a technical success.

The cumulative data
thus far indicates

that our theory
about the solution channel

being the repository
of the collapse

of the Money Pit, including...

hopefully...
the treasure, is true.

But it is frustrating,
because we were hoping

that these caissons
would bring up

some sliver of gold or something

that would say,
"Ah, there it is."

Ian, you will no doubt recall,

I had asked you and Dr. Fred

to weigh in on where
you would like to put a canister

to find this treasure.

[Ian] You know, funny thing.

We've kind of transitioned

from being scientists

to people just like you,
trying to figure out

- where the treasure is.
- Right.

[Ian] Bottom line is,
there's metal down there

that isn't natural.

So, Fred and I
put our heads together, and

this is where Fred and I
are interested, in this area.

So, we picked this location
because

some of the highest
silver and gold values

show up right in here.

And I would say this is a space

that we haven't explored
adequately.

[Marty] Okay, and

your required total depth
would be?

[Fred M.] Well, the bedrock is

about 160 feet.

So, there is an extension
of the solution channel there.

- That is sort of a shelf.
- Okay.

[Narrator] During the team's
previous drilling operations,

they have found
that the solution channel

generally has a bottom depth
of some 215 feet.

However,
in this new target area,

where surprisingly
high concentrations

of gold and silver
have also been detected,

the flooded natural cavity
reaches bedrock

at a much shallower depth
of nearly 160 feet.

[Rick] Dr. Michel
and Dr. Spooner

have exhaustively done
the study of the science,

and they believe
that something is in this area.

I think there's every reason
to believe

that this location
holds great promise.

So, Dr. Fred and Ian,

I think you've convinced
the fellowship that

- this is a very good location.
- [Ian] Yeah.

We think
it's a good place to go.

So, well done, guys.
You've carried the day.

Let's dig that one

- for sure.
- [Rick] Yup, I agree.

[Marty] All right.
Thank you, guys.

- [Rick] Thank you.
- [Ian] Thanks, Fred.

[Narrator] Later that morning...

- [Rick] Good morning.
- [overlapping chatter]

[Terry] Hey, Rick,
how you doing?

You tell me.

[Narrator] ...Rick arrives
in the Money Pit area

as the dig in the caisson dubbed
"Michel-Spooner," or "MS-1,"

is already underway.

So, we've already pushed
about 40 feet.

-We got a good head start
on the day. -[Rick] Good.

Boy, you are making progress.

[Gary] Now, I like this pick...

- Yeah.
- Because of those tests

that came back
for gold, silver, copper.

Well, they're all
the ingredients of coins.

- [chuckles]
- So, high amounts

means there could be
a big treasure down there.

Well, that's what
we're hoping, right?

[Terry] Absolutely.

[Rick] I just think
this is a magical place.

People from long ago came here
to do something extraordinary.

I'm positive,
I'm upbeat, I'm excited

about the possibility
of this hole, MS-1.

It is an exciting location.
The potential is sky high.

- Yeah.
- So, you know, let's

just keep going,
see what we find.

We're going
to find some stuff on this hole.

- Yeah.
- [Terry] Hear, hear.

Here's hoping.

[Narrator] Later that day...

- [Peter] Hey, Billy.
- [Billy] Hello.

I'm pretty excited because

this sand road's
very intriguing.

-I don't know what
to make of it. -Right.

[Narrator] ...Peter and Gary
join Billy

in the western region
of the swamp

to continue investigating
the mysterious sand road.

I want to find something
that we can date this.

[Gary] Exactly.

And that is going to be today.

- Yup.
- All right.

[Narrator] Over the past
two weeks,

the team has exposed
several more sections

of this sand-covered,
cobblestone feature

that is lined with eight-sided
wooden survey stakes.

And curiously,
while the road appears

to be coming from somewhere
further inland on the island,

the team has noticed
that it may also be in line

with the stone road in the
southeast corner of the swamp.

A feature which may be more
than 500 years old

and of Portuguese origin.

[Rick] As we continue
following the sand road,

it seems
to turn towards the corner

where the stone road is,
the southeast corner.

And as everyone knows,
the Money Pit is

uphill from there, but

I think it's too early
to project that line.

I think we need to just do

a much more comprehensive
exposure of the sand layer.

That's pretty much
the edge there, right?

I think this is the edge.
Yeah.

Look at that.

[Gary] Yup.
Looks like we just found

another stake.

- How many sides is that, Pete?
- Not a clue.

It's pretty decayed.
Might have been eight?

[Narrator] Another possible
eight-sided wooden survey stake

found along the edge
of the sand road?

[Narrator] Recently,
archeoastronomy expert

Professor Adriano Gaspani

analyzed a line
of eight-sided stakes

that the team found in
the northern end of the swamp.

Based on their alignments with
specific stars in the night sky,

he concluded that
they were placed on Oak Island

back in the early 13th century.

And because of those
purposeful alignments,

Professor Gaspani also believes
they could be connected

to the Knights Templar.

Nope, no metal.
Not at the moment.

[Narrator] Is it possible

that the numerous
eight-sided stakes

the team has found
along the sand road

are directly related to those
in the northern region,

and offer key clues as to
the origin of this feature?

[Billy] You want
to take a quick check, Gary,

- before I take another scoop?
- [Gary] Oh, yeah.

- [beeping]
- We have got some iron

- around here.
- [Peter] Got to dig that up!

- [Gary] Yeah.
- [loud beeping]

- Seems to be in that area there.
- [Peter] Okay.

[Gary] It's going to be deep,
maxed-out depth reading.

[Peter] That's good.

-Well, I hope it's from
whoever built it. -Yup.

- There you go, mate.
- Oh.

[Gary] Wow. Look at this!

[Gary] There you go, mate.

- Oh! Little ox shoe.
- Yeah.

[Narrator] On the western side
of the Oak Island swamp,

Gary and Peter have found
another curious clue

along the sand
and cobblestone road.

You know what?
That is a really old ox shoe.

I can tell
by the condition of it.

It's been down there a while.

-Yeah. -[Peter] It was deep
within the sand road.

That was a good...

- foot down.
- Yup.

If the road was rougher
and less finished early on,

then that's probably why
it lost a shoe, right?

- Yeah.
- [Gary] They might have been,

back in the day, taking

the small oxen to the Money Pit.

- Maybe.
- And this is where

it shed a shoe.
Great little artifact.

- That's great.
- I'll recheck the hole.

[Gary] Ox shoes

mean signs of activity,
people traveling over this area.

It's got to be hauling,
maybe treasure.

One thing for sure...
the sand road looks

like it's heading directly

to that Portuguese-style
stone road,

which is near the Money Pit.

Our friend Carmen Legge
will tell us more

- about this ox shoe.
- Yeah.

-Yeah. -[Peter] Great find.
I'm hoping to find

something with a date.

Yeah. Same here.

I know there has to be more.

[Peter] Yeah.

[Narrator] As a new day breaks
on Oak Island...

[Marty] Good morning,
Dr. Raeside.

- Good morning.
- Welcome to the w*r room.

Thank you.

[Narrator] ...in the w*r room,
members of the team meet

via video conference
with Dr. Robert Raeside,

a professor of geology
and earth science

at Acadia University
in Wolfville, Nova Scotia.

We have in front of us one of
the big surprises of this year.

What we think is a stoneshot.

The reason it's cut in half
is because

we already sent this
to Dr. Raeside.

He cut it in half
so he could analyze it,

and then sent
the sample back to us.

Yes.

[Narrator] The team has asked
Dr. Raeside

to analyze an artifact
found last week

in the spoils
of the Peacock-1 shaft.

A stoneshot, which is a type
of medieval cannonball,

that was replaced
by cast iron munitions

in the late 15th century.

[Narrator] In recent years,
Dr. Raeside has also examined

two other pieces of stoneshot
that were found on the island,

one which also came
from more than 100 feet deep

in the Money Pit area.

And incredibly, he believes

that both of them
may have originated

in the Portuguese islands
known as the Azores.

[Marty] Uh, yeah.
That's excellent.

I mean, these, apparently,
were phased out

- in the 1400s...
- Yeah.

As actual munitions.
So, it looks like

it's way beyond the
preponderance of the evidence.

I'm going to call it


a projectile used in the 1300s
and maybe early 1400s.

Yeah. Exactly.

[Jack] What's it doing
north of the Money Pit?

This is definitely
not a searcher rock.

This is a depositor.

Unless they were Rick searchers
from the 14th century.

- Yeah.
- But I can't come up with

a non-exciting way
this got here.

[Doug] Yeah. You know,

especially in the Money Pit,
were they protecting something?

As work was going on,
they had a g*n up there.

So, I just think
it's... it's amazing.

[Marty] Yeah.

Okay, that all adds up
to a possible

human presence here
in the 1400s,

which I have been a skeptic of.

But I'm staring
at it right here.

[laughter]

[Alex] Is it... Compositionally,
is it similar, I assume?

You're right.
We've never heard of it.

You're right about that part.

What does that mean?
Where might that come from?

-Hmm. -[Scott] To me,
it's exciting because

obviously, we're looking
for somebody who traveled here.

- Mm-hmm.
- [Doug] If it comes from

Labrador, the north coast
of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence,

the Portuguese...

that was one of the first areas
they were in, exploring.

Labrador itself is named
after a Portuguese explorer

in the 1400s
by the last name of Labrador.

- Hmm.
- Right? So, if

they're looking for source
material for stoneshot,

they could acquire it there
as anywhere.

[Narrator] In the late
15th century,

Portuguese mariner
João Fernandes Lavrador

helped survey
the North Atlantic region,

known today as Newfoundland
and Labrador.

The area was then explored
and claimed

as a Portuguese settlement

by brothers Miguel
and Gaspar Corte-Real

of the Azores Islands.

Both were members
of the Knights of Christ,

the Templar-related order
connected

to the so-called Pitblado coin.

Curiously, both men are rumored

to have then led
undocumented expeditions

as far south as Nova Scotia.

It sounds like we now have
stone shots that could have

easily been sourced
by the Portuguese.

- Mm-hmm.
- The first, we believe,

may have come from the Azores,
and now,

another one from a region
that the Portuguese

were in at a very early time
here in North America.

[Narrator] Is it possible
that the three stone shots

offer critical clues
that could help identify

who created
the original Money Pit?

And that fits perfectly
with the idea

that there's an old-world,
new-world connection.

We're building a timeline

of Europeans being

in North America...
here, specifically...

well before conventionally
accepted wisdom suggests.

I think it's fabulous.

[Alex] So, we have now three

almost perfectly
spherical rocks, and

it becomes more
and more unlikely

that it was just random.

And two deep in the Money Pit.

Keep in mind,
all the same size, as well.

Mm-hmm.

[Rick] Here we have an artifact,
found in the Money Pit,

which the Pitblado coin
supposedly was.

Now we have two items
that distinctly align

in terms of the timeline
associated with each.

The hope is that, you know,
we find something else,

uh, but right now, this is

significant.

[Marty] Okay, well,
thank you very much.

I mean, this is excellent,
just absolute excellent data.

[Marty] I hope
we find even more than that.

I want to keep
sending you samples

- of things that are interesting.
- Yup.

And I know I speak
for everybody here. Thanks.

- Thank you.
- Thank you.

[Raeside] You're welcome.

[Narrator] As excavation
continues on the MS-1 shaft

in the Money Pit area...

[Fiona] I want to see
what's underneath here.

-It feels like rocks, rocks
and more rocks. -[Laird] Yeah.

It's turning out to be more
interesting than we anticipated.

[Narrator] ...on Lot 8, members
of the team carefully dig deeper

into the cradle-shaped
stone feature.

[Craig] When you're done
with that, why don't you

hand me the bucket?

Thank you.

[Narrator] After recently
discovering a mortar-like

material between the stones
that could date as far back

as the 13th century,

and detecting traces of silver

in the soils
within the feature...

It's showing silver.

- Yeah.
- Yeah!

[Narrator] ...the team is
looking for more clues

to reveal what might be buried
deeper below.

[Laird] Why someone
would create a basin,

line it with rocks and then
putting the rock back on...

it kind of defies explanation
right now.

It's a monumental effort.

We don't have answers yet, but

we have a mystery
that still needs

to be explored much deeper.

[scraping dirt]

Oh, what's under there?

The soil color there
is different.

-Like, you kind of get back
into the browns again. -Yeah.

Yeah, that's a lot
of really dark,

organic-looking soil underneath
the orange layer.

- [Craig] Yup.
- One of the open questions is

if we really are
at the bottom, correct?

-Yeah. -It's sounding like
we're getting

down through the bottom of the
feature into undisturbed soil.

But that doesn't look like what
I expect C horizon to look like.

It's still mottled.

So, what would it take
to be certain?

- Keep going a little bit and...?
- [Laird] Yeah.

- We want to be absolutely sure.
- Mm-hmm.

Love to hear it. Let's do that.

[Laird] All right.

[Fiona] A term you hear
archaeologists referring to

- a lot is "C horizon."
- Wow.

And what that's
referring to is one

of the bottom layers
of the soil.

And that should be sterile soil

that is void of any
cultural artifacts whatsoever.

[Alex] Seeing that, it looks

pretty uniform.

- That's pretty deep.
- [Alex] Hmm.

Texture-wise, do you still think

it's kind of acting
like C horizon?

[Laird] Yeah, I think that looks
like the bottom to me.

[Alex] Right.

We've been fooled before,
so, I think we should confirm...

-[Laird] Yeah. -...that that
is the bottom of the feature,

- at least in this area.
- [Fiona] Absolutely.

How far does it extend?
We don't know.

- What's it for? We don't know.
- Yeah.

[Fiona] I think the fact that
we've excavated to what Laird

and I both felt
was natural bottom,

but we still haven't
hit bedrock or slate

means that we really
do have to explore

a little bit deeper
just to make sure.

[Alex] You know,
I think my dad's been

kind of chomping at the bit
to dig under this with

- a faster approach.
- Yeah.

But I think
he's going to want to know

the extent of it,
the bounds of it.

With a backhoe or an excavator,
we would get

as close as we can, as close as
you guys are comfortable with...

[Fiona] I would say
not within an area

that that material
could fall in.

Whatever distance
you guys prescribe.

And then,
quickly get more answers

-without disrupting anything.
Yeah. -[Laird] Exactly.

[Alex] We have been tricked

by the very unique
soil characteristics

of the island before,

and we have thought
that we'd reached the bottom

of the feature when, in fact,
there was a lot more yet to go.

So, I think

that's a test
we need to run here, as well.

I mean, I know we were kind of
hoping there was something

underneath it,
but that doesn't mean

there isn't something
somewhere else

- off to the side.
- [Laird] Yeah. Oh, for sure.

[Alex] We're running out of time
on the year.

If we can dig nearby
and get an answer

and find something man-made

without destroying anything,
without disturbing the dig,

we want to do it.

I think one simple thing
we can do is clean up that area.

We can continue your search

- for the sides.
- Yeah. Yup.

Level it off
and get a good profile.

-Yeah. -And he can
take a look at that.

[Alex] That would be great. So,

I'm gonna go and get in touch
with him and see what he thinks.

All right. Perfect.

- [Alex] Thanks, guys.
- [Laird] All right.

- [Craig] Talk to you later.
- [Laird] See you later. -Yup.

[Narrator] Later that day

on the western side
of the swamp...

[Peter] Still sandy.

[Billy] It's definitely
still sandy, the dirt.

[Narrator] ...Peter,
Gary and Billy

are uncovering more
of the mysterious sand road

near the edge
of their permitted dig area.

It is their hope to determine

if the road originates
in this area

or continues
somewhere further inland.

I mean, I think the interesting
thing is we have sand

- here in this general area.
- [Billy] Yeah.

I'm curious. You want to take
a scoop maybe out of here?

Yup.

[Peter] We've uncovered
a lot of the sand road,

and the style or construction
of it is peculiar.

This is a unique structure,

but it's also a very

involved effort.

[Gary] Is there still
sand there, Pete?

Yeah, here. Yeah.

'Cause this is

- the line, kind of.
- [Billy] Yeah.

Any sand is a sign
that it was going that way.

Mm-hmm.

[Gary] What have we got here?

Stake.

[Gary] Yeah. Nice one.

My guess is it continues.

Yeah. You're holding the proof
in your hand, Pete.

[Peter] Yup.

[Gary] This isn't
some random stakes

plonked in the swamp.

There's a pattern going on here.

And the next set of stakes
should be just

in front of us,
following this line.

- Hey, Craig. How's it going?
- Hello.

You find the end?

- Oh, a stake.
- I found a stake right here.

And there's a little bit

of sand in this general area...

- Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
- Which fits the line.

You know, to me, it looks like
it ties up to the Center Road.

- Right.
- [Gary] Yeah.

The sand road is a continuation
of Center Road.

[Craig] Was this road here,

and they came in
to survey the island,

split up the lots and said,
"Let's use this line"?

Hmm.

This sand road might
predate 1762, the survey.

And that's mind-boggling to me.

[Narrator] Center Road cuts
through the middle of Oak Island

and runs along
the property boundaries

that were drawn by
Surveyor General Charles Morris,

a high-ranking Freemason
who divided the island

into 32 four-acre lots
back in 1762.

It is generally thought
that Center Road was created

in the early 1800s
by treasure hunters

after Charles Morris
conducted his survey.

But has the team just
found evidence that it was built

on top of a much older
sand-covered cobblestone road?

If so, who created it,
and for what purpose?

[Craig] Maybe
the survey was based

on the road as opposed
to the other way around.

There's clay in here.

[Craig] You know,
it's seeming very old and

now we need to find out

if it's pre or post-survey.

We'll see where it takes us.

Unfortunately, we've come to
the end of the permitted area.

- [Craig] Okay. -Yup.
- [Peter] I think

everything that we found today
has been really interesting.

[Craig] Absolutely.

[Peter] I'm gonna text my uncle
Rick and have him come down.

[Craig] Okay.

- [Peter] Hey, Uncle Rick.
- [Craig] Hey, Rick.

- [Rick] Hey.
- [Gary] Hi, mate.

That's the corner of our permit.

And we've dug to it,
so we are done digging here.

But the one thing
that was obvious...

it's going towards Center Road.

Hmm.

What do you make of it?

[Craig] Well, was this
the original road, and it...

it was just built up
over the years?

- Right.
- People just

build the road on top
of the road, on top of the road.

[Peter] We do have

hard evidence that Lot 5
and the Money Pit are connected.

- Hmm.
- And we've been puzzled about

how did they get
from Lot 5 to the Money Pit?

Well, if there's a road
that goes throughout the island,

that would explain it
at some level.

Maybe.

[Narrator] Is it possible

that this sand and cobblestone
road may actually run beneath

what is now Center Road
all the way to Lot 5?

Since 2022,

when the team began
investigating

the rounded stone foundation
near the shore on Lot 5,

they have not only found
a mortar-like material

that matches soils from deep
in the Money Pit area,

but also artifacts
and valuables,

some of which have been dated
to as early as the 14th century.

This has led them to speculate

that Lot 5 once served
as the base camp

for whoever created
the Money Pit.

Have they found the road
that may have been used

to move treasure
across the island

to that legendary location?

I think the work
to get that treasure up there

involved this road, and I think

we have to follow the clues.

[Craig] I think
we should go ahead and

-dig a cross section along
Center Road. -[Rick] Mm-hmm.

And hopefully, we find an old
path underneath there that says

people were here
a long time ago.

Okay. Well, let's dig it
just a little bit further.

- Yup.
- [Rick] Billy, you've got

- a lot of work to do.
- Mm-hmm.

- We've got our homework.
- Yup. -Yup.

So, thanks for a long, hard day.

- Okay. -[Rick] Appreciate it.
- [Peter] All right.

- See you, Billy.
- [Gary] See you, mate.

- [Billy] Yup.
- [Rick] Thank you.

[Narrator] The next morning...

[Rick] How deep are we?

About 140.5,
so, we still got a ways to go.

[Narrator] ...Rick and members
of the team

oversee the dig
in the MS-1 shaft.

You pushed that can down
as far as you can.

[Narrator] The excavation is now

just ten feet
from reaching target depth.

That means that all spoils
removed from the shaft

as it proceeds deeper
will be scanned by Gary on-site

and meticulously searched
by hand at the wash plant.

[Rick] You cannot
deny the science

that has been applied to this
location. They are showing

extremely high values of silver

and other associated metals.

We're looking
to hopefully be on target

and recover the treasure here.

-[Peter] All right.
Let's go take a look. -Yup.

♪ ♪

Gary, is this wood new?

[Gary] Eh? I don't know.

[Peter] I'll bring it back
to the table.

What do we make
of this wood here?

[Scott] Looks like we've got an
outside edge of a timber here.

It's a pretty clean cut.

You know,
there's a mark right there

that almost looks like
it was struck with something.

Maybe adze-cut.

[Narrator] Adze-cut wood?

An adze is a tool
for cutting and shaping wood,

dating back to ancient Egypt

and used prior to the invention
of mechanized saws

in the late 18th century.

[Scott] Hopefully,
something else comes up

in that next scoop,
and we'll see something there.

Give us a better indication.

[Narrator] If the team
has indeed

found adze-cut wood,
is it possible

they are near an old structure
deep in the Money Pit area?

[metal clanking]

[Jared] Hold on, Josh! Hold on!

That's about as high
as I'm going!

[Josh] I'm chewing at something.

Come on, girl.

[Terry] They seem to be hung up
on very solid material.

Not going to be able to drive
that can much farther.

[Jared] Yeah. We're definitely

- into some hard stuff.
- [Josh] Not making

any headway right now.

[Narrator] An obstruction
between 140 and 150 feet deep?

The question now is whether
it's something natural,

such as a large boulder,

or perhaps something
that is man-made.

I can just keep
working away at it here

and see if I can get it, but...

Just dig her out
and take us home, buddy.

[Narrator] As the team from
SB Canada and ROC Equipment

work to break through
the obstruction in MS-1...

[Derek] Going to find it,
whatever it is.

[Narrator] ...some 500 feet
to the east near Smith's Cove,

Charles and Derek
carefully sift through

the spoils at the wash plant.

I thought it was concrete.

It's just granite.

Wow!

Charles, check that one out.

That's pretty cool.

That's a great find.

Wow! That doesn't look
like a regular rock.

No.

[Narrator] At the wash plant,
Derek has just found

another intriguing artifact

in the MS-1 spoils.

[Charles] You know what?
When it's round like that,

that may be another stoneshot.

- Kind of looks like one.
- Yeah.

Pretty round.

[Charles] Yeah.
I think you may have one.

That's really cool,
to find that.

[Narrator] Another possible
stoneshot,

discovered more
than 100 feet deep,

and in an area where high traces

of silver and gold
have been detected?

It may tie in with
the other ones that we have.

Great find, man.

Good eye.

You're two for two now.

- I know.
- [laughs]

I'm gonna text Alex, have him

come down
and take a look at that.

All right.

[Charles] This stoneshot
that was found years ago,

which comes from the Azores,
has influenced a lot

of the research
going forward on Oak Island.

In addition, we have the coin
which is Portuguese,

from the late 1300s.

I mean,
that's really intriguing.

- [Alex] Charles.
- [Charles] Hey, Alex.

- [Alex] What did you find?
- Well, take a look at that.

Is that another stoneshot?

It could be.

This looks like it was
deliberately made, doesn't it?

It does. I mean,
Mother Nature's good.

I don't think she's that good.
The other stone shots

came from the Azores,
so, maybe that one did, too.

If we can also trace this back
to the Azores,

and with the Portuguese coin

that we think might have
come out of the Money Pit,

we've got just
further substantiation

of this kind of, uh,

-Portuguese, if not Templar,
connection. -Yeah.

I love it. I'm going to get this

back to the lab
as soon as I can.

-[Charles] Thanks, Alex.
See you. -[Alex] See you.

[Narrator] While the search
continues for more clues

at the wash plant...

- [Scott] He's on rock there now.
- [Terry] Yup.

Look at the can.

[Terry] All right, guys,
here it goes.

[Narrator] ...over
in the Money Pit area...

Here we go.

[Narrator] ...the team has
broken through hard materials

in the MS-1 shaft,

and are removing
the final spoils from some

150 feet deep.

[Rick] Keep your fingers
crossed.

Now we got a really good chance

at finding whatever there is
to be found.

-Whoa. -[Terry] Oh, man,
that's a full bucket.

[Peter] Ready?

- Yup.
- Let's go take a look.

- Nothing?
- No.

All right,
those are limestone boulders.

Well, it's...

Bottom line is,
there's no artifact.

[Terry] Not even the wood
we were hoping for.

[Rick] We've gone
as far as we can,

with this excavation,
and we had high hopes.

We all wanted it
to be there, but it's not.

[Peter] At the end of the day,

it's hard not to be disappointed
with what we had.

[Rick] I agree, Peter.

It-it is a little bit hard.

But you know what?

- I'm not about to give up.
- Yeah.

- [Scott] Nobody's walking away.
- Yup.

We've just got
to cover the solution channel

- till we find it.
- [Peter] Yeah.

[Rick] Before digging
this location,

Marty and I decided,
if this caisson

did not find the one thing,

we need to move back,
if you will,

to Top Pocket Find location.

The silver signature
in that area is undeniable,

and you can't dispute
the Portuguese silver coin.

It's suggesting
that you're in the area

of the original deposition.

And so, there's great excitement

and great anticipation here.

But we're gonna be dealing
with backfill issues.

What is your time frame?

You've seen him there. He was
crunching and grinding, so,

there's some welding repair
to do.

We've got to reset the pad.
It's gonna be likely

- several days.
- [Terry] Oh, wow.

[Marty] SB Canada has
some repair work to do.

And they're gonna be
working on the pad

to make sure it's exactly right.

So, we're gonna have
a little downtime here.

It's frustrating,
but we're gonna use the time

as best we can.

Maybe we don't have
the one thing in our hand,

but it doesn't mean
we won't find it tomorrow.

We still have
a lot of work to do.

- Oh, yeah. -Oh, yeah.
- [Rick] You know? The next hole

- could be the location.
- [Scott] That's right.

- [Rick] We've got to move on.
- Yeah.

Let's just keep going.

- Sempre avanti.
- [Gary] I love it.

- We got one more chance.
- That's right.

- Okey doke. Thank you.
- All right, guys.

- [Terry] Onward and downward.
- [Rick] There you go.

[Narrator] The
following morning...

- [Peter] Hey, Uncle Marty.
- [Others] Hey, Marty.

Fellow treasure hunters,
good day.

[Narrator] ...Rick, Marty, Craig

and other members of the team
meet in the w*r room

at the request of Doug Crowell,
Emiliano Sacchetti

and Judi Rudebusch.

We have in front of us
on the table

some of the artifacts
that have been found.

There was some inclination
to look into

a possible association
with Portugal.

But specifically, the Azores.

And that is indeed what Doug
and Emiliano and Judi have done.

Doug, if you want
to take the lead here

and let us know what
you found out. -[Doug] Will do.

The Pitblado coin,
alongside the stoneshot

that, having been associated
with the Azores,

lend to a real possibility
of how treasure

- may have got here.
- Mm-hmm.

[Doug] The coin,
we know was minted in Portugal

between 1367 and 1383.

And King Ferdinand is the one
that produced this coin.

So, when he died in 1383,

the country went into a kind
of a civil w*r over succession.

And it looked like
Portugal basically ceased

to exist at that time.

[Narrator] Following the death
of King Ferdinand I in 1383,

Portugal was thrust into
a bloody two-year civil w*r

over who should succeed him.

This has made
some researchers believe

that the chaos
inspired the Order of Christ,

who descended
from the Knights Templar,

to move priceless religious
treasures to a new safe haven.

[Doug] If they were guarding

something that the Templars
had brought

to the country in 1307,

there was the motivation

to find a new sanctuary for it.

And I believe it was the Azores.

[Emiliano] What history
tell us is that

the Azores were
officially discovered

by the Portuguese in 1427.

[Doug] It was actually

Prince Henry the Navigator,
probably the most famous member

of the Order of Christ,

that the Azores were settled
and developed.

But there are clues
that the Azores

were well-known
before this time.

[Emiliano] There are
excellent maps

from the 1300s...

- Hmm.
- That position

the Azores
exactly where they are now,

off the coast of Portugal
in the middle of the ocean.

We found maps

starting from 1339

up until 1385

that features the Azores.

- And that is mind-blowing.
- Mm-hmm.

[Doug] They could well
have moved

the treasure to the Azores.

The coin is attached to Portugal

and the stoneshot
is attached to the Azores.

We see a real, tangible,
historical scenario

that explains why both these
items came from the Money Pit.

So, from the Azores,

the treasure
made its way to Oak Island.

And I think it's worth
putting boots on the ground

in the Azores,
because that is likely

a stepping stone to the treasure
arriving here on Oak Island.

I think there could be
answers there to be found.

[Rick] Quite interesting.

[Doug] The Order of Christ
could well have moved

the treasure to the Azores.

I think it's worth putting boots
on the ground in the Azores

because that is likely

a stepping stone to the treasure
arriving here on Oak Island.

I think there could be
answers there to be found.

[Rick] Quite interesting.

[Narrator] In the w*r room,

Doug and Emiliano
have presented new research

suggesting that clues
to the Oak Island mystery

may be some 2,000 miles away

in the Azores islands
of Portugal.

[Alex] If you are right,

it adds to the intrigue here,
I think.

[Rick] Absolutely.

Emiliano has already been there
doing some scouting,

and he's identified
some really good experts

for us to talk to.

[Emiliano] There are experts
and also,

artifacts to, uh...

to compare
to what we've found here.

[Doug] We have a chance
to possibly explain

this idea that Templar treasure
found its way to Oak Island.

So, I think it's well worth it
to go there

and see what we can discover.

It sounds like
a worthy expedition.

I think there's enough here
to do this.

I understand we do have a little
time right now between caissons.

Let's put together
a group and go.

[Rick] Yeah, Marty,
you're right.

We have a gap in time

between the search agenda
out back and-and this trip.

If we can support the data
we have in front of us

with more data, all the better.

Yeah.

[Rick] I-I think
it holds real promise.

We may come back with some
pretty remarkable connections.

And they have left a trail

- for us to follow.
- Absolutely.

- Well, I'm in.
- I'd love to go.

I can hold down the fort.

These expeditions,
they've all been valuable.

Each one of those expeditions
has come back with data.

Data that we can act upon,

knowledge that we were
previously unaware of.

So, I'm fully in support of it.

A great treasure that was moved,

with connections
to the Knights Templar,

that would explain
these very old things

that we have found
on Oak Island.

And they think that they might
find better evidence of that

in the islands themselves.

That makes the trip worthwhile.

[Rick] So, we'll figure out

what we need to do and, uh...

we'll keep everyone informed.

Excellent. Bring back
some really good stuff.

[Rick] All right.

See you. Thank you.

- [Alex] See you.
- [Craig] See you, Marty.

- [Marty] Nice job.
- [Rick] Okay. Let's go.

[Narrator] Although
another massive dig

in the Money Pit

was unable to recover
a vast cache of riches,

it produced a tantalizing clue

that has inspired the team
to go further

for the ultimate answers.

Now, as winter approaches,

where all others have failed,

they will stop at nothing
to succeed.

No matter how deep they must dig

and no matter how far
they must journey...

to find the truth.

Next time on
The Curse of Oak Island...

- [Tiago] Welcome to Azores.
- [Rick] There's a number

of questions that can be
answered in the Azores.

[Corjan] Something's here
related to our search.

We have this on Oak Island.

It's time to dig.

[Gary] We need
to get to the treasure.

- [detector beeping]
- Ah, what have we got here?

Wow. You might have
some evidence

to a 14th-century Portuguese
presence in Oak Island.

[Alex] The proof might be
underground right here.

- [Doug] Wow.
- [Corjan] Fantastic.