07x22 - Marks X the Spot

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Tonight on
The Curse of Oak Island...

Whoa, baby!

Really big, impressive timbers.

We're back in the old stuff.

Whoa, look at this!
‐We have got more markings.

‐ How about that?
‐ Wait, stop!

‐What's that? ‐ There's no doubt
about this.

This is a man‐made tunnel.

‐Ooh, look at that!
Oh, wow!

What kind of date are you
putting on this?

‐Well, this could be
from the original Money Pit. ‐Mm‐hmm.

It's getting tighter.
Pressures are rising a little bit.

‐ Whoa!
Whoa, whoa, whoa!

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,

mysterious fragments
of human bone,

and a lead cross
whose origin may stretch back

to the days
of 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.

Whoa, baby!

Look at all this.

Just really big,
impressive timbers.

We're back in the old stuff!

With less than two weeks

before the onset of another
harsh North Atlantic winter

will force brothers
Rick and Marty Lagina

to halt all major search
operations for the year,

their hopes of making
a breakthrough discovery

in the steel‐cased RF‐1 Shaft
remain high.

All right, keep pieces
like that separate.

You're right.
That could be very old.

Put that one over there,
probably.

Just moments ago,

while monitoring the spoils
being excavated from the shaft,

which they believe to be
on course to intercept

the original Money Pit,
the team discovered

not only a potentially
centuries‐old pickax,

but also, massive,
hand‐cut timbers

from a depth of some 100 feet.

Even more intriguing was
the fact that these timbers

appeared to be carved
with Roman numerals,

just like those found
on the U‐shaped structure

unearthed last year
at Smith's Cove,

a structure which was
scientifically proven

to have been built in 1769,

more than two decades
before the discovery

of the original Money Pit
in 1795.

The last couple of hammer grabs,

all this old stuff
started coming out.

I mean, this is really nice.

What are we down for right now,
do you know?

Uh, we're 108 at the dig.

But this is the zone of interest
right here,

so it's all the more important
to see this kind of stuff.

I'm going to get gloves.
I'll be right back.

Look.

Can you stand this on edge?

Yeah.

We know it was placed like this,

because the drill
went through it.

Gives us some
construction details,

‐doesn't it?
‐Yeah.

‐ That was a heck
of a good sh*t. ‐Yeah.

Whoa! Bingo.

Gary, look at this.

‐What?
‐It's a mark‐a‐palooza.

They're everywhere.
They're everywhere.

Oh, well‐discovered, Terry.

That is fantastic.

Yeah. That is great.

Marty, we have got
more markings.

‐ How about that?
Gee.

‐ That might be a three.
‐I don't know if there's some muck on it or not.

It might be a three, yeah.

‐That is definitely a three.
‐ Yeah.

Construction technology
coming to life.

Lost for these 200 years,
and here it is, right now.

That's, uh, very anomalous,
what occurred in that RF‐1,

with that Roman numeral.

Those timbers are not associated
with the Hedden Shaft

and they're not associated
with the Chappell Shaft.

That is for sure.

They're much older,
they're much different.

We've not seen the like
in the Money Pit.

That's important.

It might be associated with
an original depositional work.

If you think about it,
each and every one of these

‐is a hand‐made piece.
‐ Yes.

So, you have to mate
the one to the one

‐below it and above it, right?
‐Oh, I think so. Yeah.

‐You know what I mean?
‐Yeah, I do know what you mean.

The slash marks go
to the inside, so that...

‐Yeah. ‐...it fit together the way
the guy on the surface made it.

‐Exactly so. Yeah.
‐Yeah.

Could Terry Matheson's notion
be correct?

That the Roman numerals carved
into the hand‐hewn timbers

served as an instruction guide
for the original builders

of the Money Pit
treasure shaft?

‐Hey, Vanessa. Douglas.
‐Hey.

I brought my personal bodyguard.

‐Yeah. I guess!

That's an interesting one
right there.

Look at the marks on that one.

If this is the Money Pit,

I don't think
anyone ever got deeper

in the Money Pit
than 113, 114 feet.

‐We're close, aren't we, Vanessa?
‐We are. Yeah.

Anything below that
gets really interesting

'cause that could be where we
find something of real value.

The Money Pit mystery

is a thousand‐piece puzzle,
and we're starting to get a

quite a number of pieces.

So, the puzzle pieces
are indicating

that we're in close proximity
to the original Money Pit.

But there's still
some work to do.

There we go.

I'm gonna check
these last spoil piles.

Okay. Good.

Just right over here.

Ooh, look at that.

I don't know what it is.

I don't know if it's a pin.

It actually was made that way.

Watch yourself.
That end's sharp.

Wonder if it's like a...

You know?
Pull things into place?

Yeah.

‐I don't know.
‐It looks like an oldie, doesn't it?

‐Yeah. H‐Handwrought.
‐You can feel it.

‐You can see the...
‐Yeah.

You can see the metal in there.

Take this to Carmen Legge, and
also, get the metal checked out.

It looks old.
I mean, it's really heavy

‐for the size.
‐Really heavy.

Maybe it's a really old crowbar

or prying tool.

Gary finds this

he called it a crowbar

so I think this
is certainly something

that qualifies to bring
to Carmen Legge.

It possibly ties you
to the original work.

So, it's almost being able
to walk backwards in time,

if that is correct,
that this tool

is something that was used here
long ago.

We're finding old stuff.

‐ Yeah. ‐I'll be interested
to see what that is.

But this was a hell
of a choice for a can.

This is good.

The following day...

Throw it in that pile
or that pile.

...as Rick Lagina continues

to supervise the excavation
of Borehole RF‐1...

...Alex Lagina and Craig Tester
travel approximately 20 miles

north of Oak Island
to the Ross Farm Museum,

located in New Ross,
Nova Scotia.

Carmen.
Oh, hello again.

They are eager
for blacksmithing expert

Carmen Legge to examine
the mysterious metal objects

recently recovered
from the shaft.

Got a couple items
from the Money Pit area.

Let's start with this one.

We were thinking,
an old crowbar.

This was found at an area
about 120 feet down.

‐Oh, yeah.
Hmm.

Mm‐hmm.

Yeah.

Maybe this part was in the wall.
This was out.

Not into timbers?

An anchor for a lantern
or pulley,

found some 120 feet deep in
the location the team believes

to be the original Money Pit?

Could it have been used
in the construction

of the treasure shaft?

Or might it have been used

to place the treasure there
itself?

What kind of date

are you putting on this?

Um...

Well, this could be
from the original Money Pit.

Mm‐hmm.

Okay.

‐Good news!
‐Yep.

Thank you.
We've got another item.

Because it's short,

we were wondering,

would that make a difference
of working in a tunnel or...

‐Okay.
‐Yeah.

Mm‐hmm.
‐Okay. But an enclosure

could be a shaft itself, too?
Okay.

Okay.

How about, uh,
anything from the design

that can give you
an idea of age?

Uh...

Okay.

‐Wow.
‐At the Ross Farm Museum

in New Ross, Nova Scotia,

blacksmithing expert
Carmen Legge

has just given his professional
opinion that the metal pickax

discovered in the RF‐1 Shaft
could predate the discovery

of the original Money Pit
in 1795

by at least three centuries.

Could that mean it was one of
the actual tools

used during the construction of
the treasure shaft?

Most of the searchers started
in 1850 and this is...

Good chance, checking this
metal, that it's prior to that.

So, it could be part of
the original

Money Pit or working on
the original Money Pit.

Right.

If we can say with certainty

that these artifacts are
from the Money Pit,

then I think we've
actually made

a concrete step closer to
finding the treasure.

Then we know we're
in the right spot.

And then it becomes
a problem of

figuring out the best way
to get down there

and recover what is there.

Thank you as always.

As Craig and Alex make
their way back to Oak Island,

at the Money Pit drill site,

Rick, now joined
by his brother Marty Lagina

and other members
of their team,

are continuing to closely
monitor the spoils

excavated from Borehole RF‐1

for critical clues
or valuables.

Wow.

That was a good grab.

Maybe this will be the one.

In order to carefully search
the massive amounts of material

being excavated by
the 26‐ton hammer grab tool,

these spoils will be
transported to the team's

custom‐built wash table,

where Jack Begley and Steve
Guptill meticulously clean

and sort them by hand.

Hey, Jack.

How's it going, Steve?

Let's get to it.
Go for it!

‐What did you find?
‐Coal?

I don't think. Just a rock.
That's a rock.

Oh, yeah.

Oh, look at this!

‐What's that?
What does it look like?

‐Looks like rope actually.
Yeah. A little piece of rope.

Pretty cool.

Yeah.
‐And that's at depth?

It's at depth, too. ‐Because there's no
contamination in this.

There's been a lot of oddities
in this though.

‐Probably...
‐It's worth keeping.

Oh, yeah. Definitely.

Oh. Oh, wow.

Look at this, Steve.

Is this hair?

It looks like it.

That's a good eye
if that is hair.

Or is it maybe coconut fiber?

Possible coconut fiber?

Could the team have obtained
another key piece of evidence

that the RF‐1 Shaft has reached
the original Money Pit?

Coconut fiber,
which is not indigenous

to the North Atlantic,

was found both in the original
Money Pit when it was

first excavated in 1804,
as well as in 1850,

when massive amounts of it were
discovered at Smith's Cove,

having been used as a filter
to keep sand and debris

out of the booby‐trapped
flooding system.

That's worth saving.

Yeah. It needs its own bag, too.

From the 120‐foot level,

there was a sizeable chunk
of coconut fiber that I found

at the wash table.

It further adds
to the whole story

of flood tunnels leading to
the bottom of the Money Pit.

It's definitely not a question
anymore of if there is,

but now it's become
quite obvious.

And finding the coconut fiber

means that our team is moving
in the right direction.

Oh, what have we got here?

How's it going, Henskee?

You want your tool, Dan?

Yeah.

This is just too good
to resist, here.

‐I know.
‐I would say if there's a chance

of finding a coin, this stuff
looks about as promising

as anything.

I can tell you guys
wanted to search.

What's that?

What is that?

Do you know?

I call it a "no idea."

‐I have no idea what this is.
‐Oh, yeah, I don't either.

It's different.

It's probably some sort
of human workings.

I‐I can tell there's a bit
of concrete on this side.

Concrete?

In 1897, while drilling
in the original Money Pit,

treasure hunters Frederick
Blair and William Chappell

bored into a layer of concrete

and then
a seven‐foot‐tall wooden box

at a depth of some 143 feet.

When they extracted
their drill bit,

they were astonished to find
traces of gold

and a piece of parchment
with writing on it.

Could this concrete be an
incredibly promising clue

that the team may be close
to a major discovery?

‐It's worth bagging.
‐Sure. Yeah. We'll save it.

There is something
very anomalous down deep

in RF‐1 and hopefully
it's the Chappell Vault.

Very enigmatic.

I mean, just reeks of
protecting something great.

It certainly would have
the one thing in it.

‐ Numbers?
Numbers!

We're at 160.

So, we're just at the start
of that anomalous zone.

And this is the teardrop anomaly

‐that we're getting close to?
‐Yeah.

We'll be in the zone where
all the interesting stuff

might have shifted in
this direction if there was

any type of loose soil there.

All right. Here we go.

That's a fair amount of timber.

Careful, that one's
got a nail in it.

Look at that nail right there.

Big bolt right there.

More big pieces for you, Doug.

Holy schmoly!

I think I'm gonna need
a bigger metal detector.

‐What the heck is that?

Wow. Look at that!

It is an exciting moment

at the Money Pit dig site...

Look at that big piece of metal!

...as a large metal plate has
just been removed from some

160 feet deep
in the RF‐1 Shaft.

So, what is this?

That's definitely the shield.

Yeah.

The shield protected the men

from any dirt
that might fall in.

So, how old is this?

1931.

‐That'd be Chappell Shaft?
‐Yeah.

The shield from
the Chappell Shaft?

More than three decades
after William Chappell

and his employer
Frederick Blair

were unsuccessful in recovering
the so‐called "Chappell Vault"

in 1931,
he and his son Melbourne

constructed
a 157‐foot‐deep shaft

in another bold attempt
to retrieve it.

In order to protect the workers
digging inside,

the shaft was braced with a
four‐foot‐tall metal shield

at the bottom, to prevent
flooding and cave‐ins

caused by the booby traps.

The effort was unsuccessful
in finding the vault,

leaving the Chappells
to believe

it must have fallen
to a greater depth.

Could the discovery of the
shield that they installed

at the bottom of their shaft
mean that the Oak Island team

is now just mere feet away
from the fabled treasure?

The real test will be after
we pass the bottom

of the Chappell Shaft.

There's no more disturbed ground
after that.

If we're still seeing disturbed,
collapsed features,

that's a good sign.

Yeah, that'd be
a real good sign.

Yeah.

The next 20 feet
will be really telling.

Pressures are rising
a little bit.

It's getting tighter.

Oh!

Stopper must've broke, huh?

The crane just shifted,
like, six inches

and Jared almost got thrown off.

Broke the whole shear off.

Boy, it's disconcerting.

Because the pressure
being exerted

by the rotating oscillator

was up to some 2,500 pounds
per square inch

more than two times its normal
operating pressure

one of the steel braces
securing it

to the 220‐ton crane
has suddenly broken off.

The obvious questions now are:
how much of a setback

will this be to the team?

And what was the steel caisson
grinding into that caused it?

All right.
Well, that, um, that kind of

took a‐a toll on our equipment.

We‐we lost some teeth and
the oscillator lost a bracket,

so we're gonna be doing
some welding here

‐before we get going again.
‐Okay.

The pressure is gonna be
directly proportional

to how much force it takes
to turn that can, which means

that it's grinding
on something.

Could that be that it's
grinding on something

we might want to find?

Possibly.

We're gonna keep our eyes
wide open for that.

After spending three hours

repairing the rotating
oscillator and massive crane,

the teams from Irving Equipment
Limited and ROC Equipment

are finally once again able

to resume excavating
the RF‐1 Shaft.

However, the eight‐foot‐wide
drilling caisson

has been unable to advance
with ease...

That's it?

That's it.
That's all we're getting.

...and not much of anything
is being brought up

by the hammer grab tool.

Something is blocking its path.

How deep are we?

181. The grab's getting
four inches an hour.

So we have a chance,

because we know there
isn't going to be anything

unless it's in a void
or a cavity.

It is good news.

I mean, you're not gonna find
anything in solid rock.

So, the problem is
how do we get that material out?

I have a super unconventional
method that maybe we can try.

The grab weighs 50,000 pounds.

What if we pull the can
back up five feet,

set the grab on top of it,
with all of its weight,

and hopefully that weight
and gravity pushes it out.

So we're not out of hope!

We got hope.

In order to push
the mysterious object

lodged in the bottom
of the RF‐1 Shaft free,

the Oak Island team
has decided to rest

the 26‐ton hammer grab tool
on top of it

something that could take
up to several days.

It's always a good idea
to just say, hey, you know what?

We've done as much
as we can today.

Let's let nature do its thing.

Are we hopeful? Absolutely.

So, that's the reason for...

stand back, take a deep breath
and figure out how to proceed.

All right, that's a plan.

Let's all go home and pray.

As a new day begins
on Oak Island,

and with the digging operation

at Borehole RF‐1
temporarily halted...

Today's pretty momentous.

Oh, I'm...
I'm extremely excited.

...Rick Lagina,
Charles Barkhouse,

and archeologist Laird Niven
head to Lot 25,

where they are eager to begin
a new excavation at the site

where former American sl*ve
Samuel Ball

built his home
in the late 18th century.

I‐I think we're all fascinated
with Samuel Ball.

I mean,
in every sense of the word

it was a rags‐to‐riches story.

It has long been
a mystery how Ball

who came to Oak Island in 1786
as a simple cabbage farmer

wound up as one of
the wealthiest landowners

in Nova Scotia.

This curious turn of fortune
has led

many to speculate that Ball
may have found something

of great value
while living on the island.

We have two anomalies here
which...

‐potentially could be walls.
‐Really?

Just four weeks ago,

the team ran
ground‐penetrating radar scans

across the property

and identified several possible
underground structures.

Based on that scientific data,

Laird has been able to obtain
a government permit

to begin
an archeological excavation

of the site which until now‐

has previously been off‐limits

to the team's
search activities.

You'll see in here we have four
posts set up to form a grid.

The GPR has given us some data

and it's intriguing.

It's worth exploring, for sure.

Oh. Right here.

‐I'm just going to photograph this...
‐ Okay.

‐...and then we can start
taking the sod off. ‐Perfect.

In order to carefully

and thoroughly document
the team's investigation

of the Ball Foundation,

Laird has set up
a methodical search grid

which has been divided into

three‐foot by three‐foot
sections

known as "test pits."

Samuel Ball,
to all of us, is a mystery.

This conjecture

which continues to survive,
if not gain momentum

is that Samuel...

learned something of the
supposed treasure on the island,

if not indeed recovered
some of that treasure.

That work at the Ball
Foundation will do two things:

it will certainly tell
a better story

about Ball's years
here on the island,

but there may also be some
aspect to that discovery process

that may help us in the field.

As conservator Kelly Bourassa

carefully removes and sifts
the soil from the area,

Jack Begley and Gary Drayton
will scan the property

using a metal detector
for any important clues,

artifacts,
or even evidence of treasure.

Hey, Kelly.
Yes, sir.

‐Ooh, that's nice! Yeah.
‐All righty.

There's a piece
of metal already.

So what do you think
you found there, Kelly?

It's starting to look,
uh, like a building

or a chest hinge of some kind.

A hinge? Possibly from a chest?

Could it be evidence
of something of value

that Samuel Ball hid beneath
his property for safekeeping?

And could it mean
that there are still valuables

to be found in the area?

It's got the holes, you can see.

Yep. Square holes.
That means it's older.

Yeah. There's holes
right there and there.

Not sure what's going on here,

but once I pull it out,
I'll find more.

Big hinge.

And there's a couple more pieces
in here, too,

one of which
is right on a corner.

‐Right?
‐ Yeah.

So it could still be part
of the hinge mechanism.

‐I don't know for sure.
‐ Well, you'd need,

‐like, a corner bracket...
‐Right.

...if it was a chest or a box.

You would need a corner bracket
like this.

Yeah. So, something was here.

So I've just barely scratched
the surface.

Looking forward to seeing
what else is underneath here.

As a new day begins...

‐Oh, hey, Laird.
‐There he is. Hey, Laird.

...and while Laird Niven

and members of the team
continue their excavation

near the Ball Foundation...

Hey, Alex.
Hey.

...Alex Lagina joins
geoscientist Dr. Ian Spooner

and heavy equipment operator
Billy Gerhardt

at the triangle‐shaped swamp.

We're using the water
to rinse this...

what we call the paved area
over here.

With the days growing
shorter and colder

due to the fast approaching
onset of winter,

the Laginas and their team
remain focused

on investigating
the massive stone paved feature

in the hopes of determining
its possible origin.

The swamp
was artificially created

and to what end, uh,
to what purpose, I don't know.

It takes a lot
of applied science

before we can make
an absolute determination

about the age of things.

But with Dr. Spooner's help,

he may be able to provide
some insight.

So you've got this woody layer.

And the key thing is me

‐getting some dates there.
Where?

‐Woody layer, right in...
‐Down here?

Yeah. And it's all in situ.
It hasn't been moved there.

And so what I'm gonna do
is take a sample of it.

So what you're
basically, what you're doing

is you're taking out a piece

that will give you a...
a snapshot,

or a time period
for what's above it.

‐What's above it.
‐Yeah.

When the swamp started.

What makes this sample
particularly interesting to you?

‐It's in place.
‐Mm‐hmm.

It's perfect
because there's this

organic layer right here,
with a stone in it.

Really organic.

‐This is this is the soil...
‐Mm‐hmm.

...stones, and then this is
the swamp, right there.

Got it.

And this is the tree
that grew in the soil

that was k*lled by the swamp.

I'm dating
the k*ll date of the tree,

which tells me
the start of the swamp.

Got it.

That's beautiful.

It's so well‐preserved that
we can probably identify it.

Using that sample of wood,

we can get some sort
of analysis done

and if it dates to a time

that's consistent with the
other dates we're getting back

from the creation of the swamp
or anything else,

then it will probably explain

what's going on
with the paved area.

I'm just gonna take a look
over here.

Yep. Take a look.
Let me know what you think.

As Dr. Spooner and Alex

continue their investigation

of the paved feature
in the swamp,

back on Lot 25, at the site
of the Ball Foundation...

What I have over here

is something we actually
discussed before.

...archeologist Laird Niven,

Jack Begley,
and Oak Island historian

Charles Barkhouse
are about to begin digging

at the location where,
four weeks ago,

GPR scanning detected
a six‐foot‐deep structure,

possibly a tunnel,
buried beneath the property.

So, we've done some work here.

Some exploratory work.

Based upon this dig site, where
does the tunnel pass through?

'Cause I want to know where
to concentrate my dig effort.

‐Like this.
Right through the middle.

‐Yep. ‐Okay.
‐ The anomaly.

I can show you
the GPR data if you want.

Sure, what does it look like?

So, this‐this is the tunnel here
coming out.

‐ The anomaly. Yeah.
‐ Yeah.

‐Both at six feet.
‐We're right here, right now?

‐ Right here.
Oh, right in the hot spot.

And the cellar entrance
is right there.

Well, I bet we're gonna find
something at the bottom of this.

‐ Well, get back to digging.
‐Yeah.

‐All right.
‐So can I just dig this out?

Yeah, but I want you to do
the south end.

I don't want
to destabilize the wall.

‐Okay.
‐Yeah.

There's gotta be some reason
for the anomaly.

I've always had a feeling that

Samuel Ball was
guarding something.

There's answers around here.

Well, I hope you're right, Jack.

This area,

it's still been unexplored.

It's a blank
question mark area.

We don't know exactly
what we're looking for,

or if this is
a man‐made tunnel.

But if we're lucky,
we should be able to hit it

and I'm hoping we hit it today

'cause that will be
a big win for us.

What the...

Dirt is falling
down in there, Jack.

Oh, yeah. It's an open cavity.

Do you want a trowel?

Oh. Sure.

There's another opening
right there. Look.

Yes!

Jack?

It's like there's
stacked stones in here!

We might have hit it.

Stacked stones?

Found buried beneath Samuel
Ball's former property?

Has the team
successfully located

a wall connected to
some kind of structure?

‐Oh, look... ‐Come on, man,
this isn't a shovel test!

‐ Look what he's...
‐ What happened?

‐ Look what he's got.
‐ Look. Look.

‐There's an opening here, Gary.
‐What is that?

‐Like a little tunnel?
‐(laughing): Yeah!

What better place
to hide your treasure?

Hi, guys.

After hearing of

Laird, Jack
and Charles' discovery

of a possible
underground tunnel

on the property
once owned by Samuel Ball,

Rick Lagina and Billy Gerhardt
arrive to inspect

what could be a major find.

There's a, definitely,
a void below these rocks.

It lines up exactly

with the anomaly,
so it is the anomaly.

I mean, if this is a tunnel,

‐it's an aha moment.
‐Yeah.

Look, a tunnel here on the Ball
Foundation is the one thing.

Did you just say
this could be the one thing?

‐For the Ball Foundation.
‐Oh.

‐It'd be huge.
‐ It is huge.

It means that there
might have been something

that Mr. Ball chose
to keep secret.

Well, what could be more secret
than some understanding

‐of‐of the mystery here?
‐Yeah.

How do you know this is
Samuel Ball‐connected?

This might have been here
a long time before.

‐I mean, look at
the stuff we found. ‐Possibly.

We found tools
that were used for tunneling.

Really old tools.

Look at that. That's...

‐Oh, look at the size of that.
That's chunky.

Over the past year, the Oak
Island team has discovered

a number of ancient
tunneling tools,

including an iron chisel

and two swages, all of which
have been estimated

to be over 600 years old.

Could these ancient tools
be related in some way

to the possible tunnel
the team has just uncovered?

And could it be a major clue
that Samuel Ball did find

something of great value
on Oak Island in the late 1700s

to account
for his great wealth?

If so, what might still be here
waiting to be found?

I mean, this looks like
a hidey, cubbyhole to me.

This is where
I'd hide my treasure.

I think Samuel Ball

might have chose
this lot for a reason.

‐Can I lift them?

Yeah, yeah.

Ooh, look at this.

Ooh. Yeah.

That looks like
a tunnel or a vault.

I mean, this is

incredibly interesting.

‐What do we do next?
‐ Excavate a little bit

in and around the anomaly
and explore inside.

‐We'll assess and see
how to move forward. ‐Yeah.

‐All righty.
I think we'll call her a day. ‐All right.

‐See you guys.
‐ See you. ‐Congrats.

Great job,
and look forward to tomorrow.

The next day on Oak Island...

It looks like some real work
going on here.

Yeah. We're making
slow progress.

...Rick Lagina returns
to the Ball Foundation

with his brother Marty
and nephew Alex

to inspect the possible tunnel
now that Laird

and members of the team
have exposed more of it.

So, we have the clear connection
between this and the foundation.

It isn't completely dug out, but
the snake goes through easily.

That's very interesting.

‐And you've never seen
anything like it? ‐ No.

What about I mean,
we're on a treasure hunt.

This man Samuel Ball
was linked to it.

Can you think of a... arcane?

I can't.

‐No.
‐Not really.

You push a pouch
of gold coins down there

and then y and who's ever the
hell gonna find them in there?

Then you pull them back out
with a string.

Well, there's only one way
to find out.

The camera guy is on his way
out here right now.

In order to get a better look
at the inside of the structure

and any important clues
it might contain,

Rick and Marty have arranged
for Derek Hale, the owner

of a septic installation
and repair company,

to run a pipe inspection camera
through it.

Howdy.

‐You must be Derek.
‐Yes, I am.

We've got a little mystery here
for you.

‐Okay.
‐I guess we want

to put the camera
right down there.

We'll scope that
and see where it goes.

We use this camera basically
to scope sewer lines.

We'll get that fired up,
and then hopefully,

we'll be able to make
a decent video today.

Perfect. What can we do to help?

Everything's ready to go

once we get it over here.

All righty. Let's get after it.

I think there's a lot
of secrets there.

Or at least,
a lot of information.

So, if we can put a camera
down into the tunnel

and find out what its purpose
was, that would be great.

This is a process
that continues

to unfold and unravel.

And if there are some answers
associated with the tunnel,

there's your year,
there's your aha,

there's maybe the one thing.

All right, you guys are good.

‐ Good.
‐ All right. Thank you.

As Derek feeds the camera
into the tunnel

using a flexible, coaxial cabe

capable of extending
up to 200 feet,

Rick, Marty and the team
will monitor the operation

through a live video feed.

How big is your camera, Derek?

About an inch
and five‐eighths diameter.

And that's the round impression
of it, right?

Yes.

Oh...

We're getting stuck.

Derek, we're counting on you.

Wait. Stop.

What's that?
‐What is that? That's interesting.

That's a strange feature,
isn't it?

On Lot 25,

right next to the site
of the Ball Foundation,

the Laginas,
members of their team

and underground camera operator
Derek Hale

are exploring what appears
to be a man‐made stone tunnel.

So, it looks like wood,
but I'm pretty sure it's rock.

Well, I need to guide that.
‐ Yeah.

So, if you can get that to go
under this rock here,

we might get some headway.

Tell me when to stop.

There you go.

There's not much room
under that rock.

Not a whole lot.

Could you just bring it back
real slowly

and have a look at what it is
we see in this first?

Absolutely.

Yeah, just take it real slow.

Boy, that is really
well‐built, isn't it?

Yeah.

It's a nice flat ceiling
we're looking at there.

‐ It's beautiful.
‐Yeah.

It's the, uh, floor,
which has suffered.

Yeah.

Derek, how far do you think
you've gone?

Well, our screen is saying
14 and a half feet.

‐Should get to 20.
‐Let's keep going.

We're getting jammed right now.

You're stuck right there?

Yeah.

‐It's the height
that's getting you now. ‐Yeah.

Can you try from the other end?

'Cause if it's against rock,
you might push it out this way.

What on earth
is up with this tunnel

from the Ball Foundation?

It's pretty extensive.

If it is a very intricate
working to hide

a very significant treasure,
that could be it.

That could be the whole thing.

We're gonna need to get
under that obstruction.

Why don't we send the camera in
and see what we're hitting?

Yeah, it's gonna be dark
in a second.

All right.
I'll have a look

and see if we can
make any headway.

Look for a
there's just a dead end,

and what the dead end is,
and if it goes off

to one side or the other.

Okay, I'm seeing a lot of dirt.

‐Okay, hold up.
‐ Wait. Stop.

Is that a rock?

There's our problem.

Oh, here's the culprit
right here.

A rock. A big rock, at that.

It's solid, there.

Yeah. I don't know
if we're getting by that.

‐Yeah, it's kind of a dead end.
‐ Yeah.

Although the camera is now
unable to advance

because of a large stone
blocking its path,

it begs the question:
was it placed there by nature

or by someone on purpose
in order to keep something

inside of it
from being discovered?

What's it feel like, Derek?

I can feel that it doesn't have
a whole lot of resistance to it.

You think that continues?

I'm confident
that this continues,

because that's disturbed soil.

'Cause otherwise, I don't think
it would go in that easily.

That's something
in and of itself.

Look, w it's a complete
mystery, what this is,

but it can't be
a tunnel to nowhere.

It just can't be.
It just can't be.

‐Nobody would do that.
‐Right.

Maybe we hand‐excavate
and then hand‐dig the bottom?

‐ Yeah. We'll keep
on following it.

There's no doubt about this.

This is a man‐made something.

Some sort of tunnel,
channel, something.

What was hidden there?
What might still be there?

There are many reasons
to continue this work.

If there was a treasure
recovered by Samuel Ball,

maybe it still survives him,

and it's somewhere
around that foundation.

All right, well, in any event,

I mean, we can let that all
kick around in our brains,

but I think we're done here
for today.

Sounds good to me.

All righty. Well, thank you.

Welcome to Oak Island.

Yes!

Typical Oak Island, you know?

I mean, it‐it never goes easily.

It has been another
successful week,

full of unprecedented

and potentially historic
discoveries

for the Lagina brothers
and their Oak Island team.

From a secret tunnel

connected to the former home
of Samuel Ball

to promising new evidence

that they have finally located
the original Money Pit,

they may now be closer
than ever

to recovering what people have
faithfully sought

for more than 200 years.

But now, with time
once again running out,

is the ultimate breakthrough
finally within their grasp

or will Oak Island find a way

to keep a firm hold
on its secrets?

Next time on
The Curse of Oak Island...

‐It's definitely a void.
‐We're gonna see right now if we get a full scoop.

We're hoping we'll find
the Chappell Vault.

It's the exciting
season finale.

The dates are rather
extraordinary.

Wow. We have a definitive

date when the swamp was built.

‐It's a coin!
‐That's proof positive.

That tells quite a story.

That might be the find
of the year.

We may have a real whodunit.

And we've got an artifact
you can hold in your hand.

‐Medieval.
‐Medieval, baby.