12x18 - If the Shoe Phips

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

JACK:
Whoa. There's something here.

-Sounds pretty good.
-[metal detector beeps]

-JACK: Ooh. Wow.
-Ooh!

-Is that normal?
-It's cryptic to me.

Oh, so this could be
something new.

I had, like, an aha moment.

It's 85 years before
the discovery of the Money Pit.

-Yeah. -Yeah?
-Wow. [laughs]

-TERRY: Here we go.
-Come on, baby.

Just trying to find one thing.

-Whoa.
-GARY: Oh, that's fantastic!

That could be a piece
of the original Money Pit.

-Oh, I think for sure.
-ALEX: Yes!

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.

♪ ♪

GARY: It's gonna
happen this morning, mate.

Time to roll up
the sleeves, mate,

and find some treasure.

NARRATOR: A morning
of great expectations

has dawned on Oak Island

for brothers Rick and
Marty Lagina and their team.

Come on, baby.

NARRATOR: And that is due
to a belief that vast amounts

of treasure in the
Money Pit area

may soon be within their reach,

along with the answers
to a 230-year-old mystery.

We're still picking
up a lot of wood.

Yep.

NARRATOR: For
the past several days,

the team, along
with representatives

from ROC Equipment and SB Canada

have been excavating

a seven-foot-diameter
steel shaft

known as RP-1

with the hope that it
will encounter a tunnel

connected to one of the
most legendary events

in Oak Island history.

In 1861, treasure
hunters believed

that they had drilled through
two stacked wooden chests

in the original Money
Pit at a depth of 100 feet.

In the hopes of avoiding

a believed booby-trapped
flood tunnel thought to act

as a safeguard for the riches,

they constructed a
shaft-- known as Shaft Six--


to a depth of 118 feet.

From there, they began
tunneling toward the Money Pit,

hoping to retrieve the
wooden chests from below.

However, only one
foot short of their target,

seawater rushed in, leading
to a disastrous collapse

of the Money Pit,

which left tons of wooden debris

and possibly scattered
treasure entombed in the tunnel.

GARY: Oh, look at that.

All that old wood
still coming up.

Let's go take a look.

NARRATOR: Now, after reaching a
depth of more than 110 feet in RP-1

and having unearthed
massive amounts of old,

broken, hand-cut
timbers, the team believes

that they may have encountered
the fabled Shaft Six tunnel

and hope to soon recover

at least part of the
Money Pit treasure.

[Gary sighs]

RICK: Nada?

Nothing yet.

Look at that, more wood.

-VANESSA: Good morning, guys.
-Morning. -Hi, Vanessa.

All right. The dig's at 114,

but we're still pulling
out a lot of wood.

-We're not to the bottom yet.
-I don't think we are, either.

Okay.

We're now poised at
the exact interval where,

if something had collapsed
from the Money Pit

over into Shaft Six,

that's where some
treasure items should be.

And we're just about there.

And so, I'm excited
that maybe we might

produce something that
vindicates this whole thing.

We're still pulling
out a lot of wood.

Uh, definitely want
to keep drilling.

-Okay.
-STEVE: The only thing we're missing is the treasure.

Well-well, the next couple
of grabs will tell the story.

-Sounds good. All right. Thanks, guys.
-Thank you.

NARRATOR: As the excavation
in RP-1 proceeds to target depth...

...some 500 feet east
near Smith's Cove...

CHARLES: How's it going?

NARRATOR: ...Charles Barkhouse
and other members of the team

are searching for
clues and valuables

in freshly removed
spoils at the wash plant.

CHARLES: That's pretty cool.

That's gonna go back
to the lab for analysis.

We're going through the
spoils on the wash plant,

and we're hoping to
find anything, really.

The best possible outcome

is to actually find
treasure at the bottom.

But the smallest clue could
lead to the biggest discovery.

CHARLES: Wow.

Good find.

-Hey, Charles.
-Hey, Alex.

-How we doing?
-Good.

-Blake just found this on the belt.
-Oh, yeah.

Looks like it's
hand-painted pottery.

It's the rim of something there.

ALEX: Yeah, and it's
pretty-- pretty large, too.

-Pretty hefty.
-CHARLES: Yeah. Yeah.

ALEX: Yeah, you know,

this could be old enough to
be part of the original Money Pit.

You're absolutely right, Alex.

That could come
from the Money Pit.

Well, I mean, that's
what we are looking for.

We are looking for
something that's conclusively

from the original Money Pit.

-That'd be the one thing.
-Yeah.

RICK: Every clue,
no matter how minute,

might be very, very important.

What is that pottery doing
down at these depths?

That's very, very strange.

You know, we're always
trying to answer the Ws.

Who might have been there?

This could yet turn out
to be quite a discovery.

MARTY: I really hope
it is a piece of pottery

from the collapse
of the Money Pit.

So, could it be a
very important clue

that would tell a lot? Yes.

NARRATOR: Is it possible that
the team has found an additional clue

that could help identify just
who created the Money Pit?

CHARLES: The guys are
watching the belt really close,

and if there's anything there,
even the small little pieces

-of pottery, they pick it up.
-Excellent.

We'll have to
show this to Laird.

Absolutely.

-Appreciate it. Thanks, Charles.
-All right.

See you later.

NARRATOR: Meanwhile,
in the northern region

of the triangle-shaped swamp...

JACK: All right,
what's the plan today?

I would say that we
should keep going east

and turn that area over.

-Sound plan.
-Okay.

NARRATOR: ...Jack Begley,

metal detection
expert Katya Drayton,

and Oak Island
landowner Tom Nolan

are also looking
for potential clues

and hidden valuables.

I'm hoping as we
push closer to the shore

we pick up on
some other workings.

-Yep.
-JACK: Let's get started.

-KATYA: Very good -TOM: Okay.

NARRATOR: In recent years,
the Laginas and their team

have discovered a
number of astonishing

man-made stone structures
throughout the swamp

that have been dated to
between 1200 and 1750 AD.

But this year, after uncovering

a number of wooden survey stakes

and sections of a
cobblestone pathway,

they were stunned
to uncover an empty

slate and brick
vault-like structure

in the northern region.

Today, the team is searching
just several yards to the north

for more evidence of
the cobblestone pathway

in the hopes that it may lead

to more hidden structures
that still contain valuables.

KATYA: I think we
have another stake.

JACK: Stake? Oh!

Look at that.

Oh, yeah.

You got four cuts.

-Another stake.
-Maybe five.

JACK: Well, that's a
different cut from all the rest.

TOM: Yeah. This
one is different.

NARRATOR: Another
axe-cut wooden survey stake?

Because the team has made
a number of identical finds

along the cobblestone pathway,

could that mean
that they are close

to uncovering
more sections of it?

And if so, could
they also be close

to an even more
valuable discovery?

JACK: We do need to find more.

KATYA: All right. Here we go.

JACK: Every time we get
to search in the swamp,

it seems like we find
more and more things

that were left behind
and constructed

with some type
of a grand scheme.

We haven't uncovered everything.

I think we're gonna
have to dig around

a little more to figure
out what's going on here.

I'm really hoping we find
another vault-like feature.

KATYA: Hey, guys.
I think I got a hit.

-Oh, in the ground over there?
-Yeah. -Yeah.

-Sounds pretty good.
-[metal detector signal whines]

JACK: Wow!

JACK: Wow!

Ooh.

Oh, yeah.

-What's that?
-KATYA: What is that?

JACK: That's really strange.

TOM: Yeah. What is it?

JACK: Maybe a
spike of some sort?

NARRATOR: In the northern
region of the Oak Island swamp...

-It kind of looks like...
-It's awful bent for a spike.

NARRATOR: ...Katya Drayton,
Jack Begley, and Tom Nolan

have just discovered a
potentially important clue.

JACK: Let's see if
there's anything else.

[metal detector beeps]

KATYA: There's
nothing left in that hole.

[metal detector beeping]

I think there's
something else right here.

Right there, on that side.

JACK and KATYA: Ooh!

-That looks really old, too.
-Yeah, here.

What's that?

-I don't know, Tom.
-Geez.

-JACK: Look at that tip.
-TOM: Yeah.

Maybe it could be a chisel.

Could be. Yeah.

Someone was definitely
doing some work around here.

Yeah.

NARRATOR: An iron
spike and possible chisel?

Could the team have
uncovered evidence

of an operation
that may be related

to the mysterious
cobblestone pathway?

If so, could that mean

they might be
close to uncovering

another vault-like structure

that contains
something of value?

-Hi. -Hey, Charles.

-Hi, guys.
-Hey, Rick.

Hey.

-Good timing.
-CHARLES: What did you find?

TOM: We found some stuff.

I don't know what
you'll make of it.

RICK: Yeah, I love the fact
that that looks hand-hammered.

-Yeah.
-Yeah.

RICK: It's strange
metal, though.

There's no corrosion whatsoever.

All of these are in
such a small area, too.

Okay. Well, why don't
we see what else there is?

Sounds good.

RICK: Obviously, we're
looking for treasure,

but we're also looking
for clues to the treasure.

And these items might
be an important clue

and highly relevant
to many things.

Who was here? When
was the work done?

We need to follow those
clues where they go.

I found leather.

What?

-Bottom of a shoe.
-[Jack laughs]

Yeah. This is...

That's leather.

Right there.

RICK: It is a shoe.

This is what I would think
would be like a work shoe.

-This is thick.
-Yeah. It's very thick.

How does it look compared to
the leather we found over there?

Is it similar?

It looks a lot like
it, doesn't it, Jack?

-Look at that.
-Yeah.

NARRATOR: More
pieces of leather shoes?

One week ago, the
team made several

nearly identical
discoveries just a few yards

from where they
are currently digging.

-Should be dateable, one would hope.
-Yeah. Yeah.

NARRATOR: Is it possible that,

if the age of these
leather artifacts

can be determined,

they might help
the team identify

just who may have been
working in this area of the swamp?

There's some answers here, so,

you know, congrats to everybody.

Let's take our
treasures back to the lab.

-CHARLES: Agreed.
-KATYA: Let's do it.

TOM: Okay. Sounds good.

NARRATOR: Later
that afternoon...

TERRY: We're getting
towards the bottom.

I hope we catch something soon.

NARRATOR: ...Rick
Lagina has returned

to the Money Pit area,

where the excavation
in the RP-1 shaft

is now approaching 118 feet...

That last grab didn't
have a lot of wood in it.

Well, there's still
hope. Not done yet.

NARRATOR: ...the depth where
the team hopes to unearth the treasure

that is believed to have
fallen into the Shaft Six tunnel.

Lead the way.

RICK: As the can
approaches the area of interest,

we're all on heightened alert.

So what comes
of this caisson dig

as it goes deeper?

What comes up out
of the hammer grab?

TERRY: Unfortunately, looks
like we might be beyond Shaft Six.

Yeah.

It's starting to
not look too good.

-Hey, guys.
-CRAIG: Hey.

VANESSA: So, we just
did another measurement.

We're at 118 with the dig.

Looks like we're pulling out

a little bit different
material now.

-Yeah.
-Yeah.

TERRY: I agree
with all that, Rick.

You think it's in situ, Terry?

It's all in situ.

So, Terry, does that
mean that we're below

-Shaft Six now?
-TERRY: Yeah.

Looks like we're below

-the level of interest.
-Right.

NARRATOR: Because
geologist Terry Matheson

believes that the hammer grab

has brought in situ--
or undisturbed-- soils

to the surface, it means

that the dig has gone
through the Shaft Six tunnel,

and that the debris field from
the 1861 Money Pit collapse

cannot possibly be
found any deeper

within the RP-1 caisson.

So, what I'm hearing
is call the hole.

-Yeah.
-RICK: If there was treasure above,

it fell somewhere
in this vicinity.

Am I disappointed? Sure.

But we say it all the time,
you know, sempre avanti.

We have the belief now that

the treasure has
fallen to great depths.

There's nothing I have seen
that dissuades me from the fact

that there is treasure
within the Shaft Six area.

And that's what we seek.

We need to sit
down in the w*r room

and get ahold of Marty.

All righty. Thanks, everybody.

-Appreciate it.
-VANESSA: Thank you.

CRAIG: Thank you.

NARRATOR: The
following morning...

MARTY: Okay, gentlemen.

We are just finished up RP-1,

and we wanted to discuss
what happened here.

NARRATOR: ...Rick
and Marty Lagina

gather members of the
team in the w*r room,

with their partner Craig Tester

joining them via
videoconference.

Why don't you give
us a brief recap, Rick?

NARRATOR: After
the devastating results

of the excavation in RP-1,

they must now decide if
another large-scale excavation

warrants the cost to conduct it.

My take on it was

we pulled out all the
wood as it came out.

Most of it was really
well representative

of the narrative, i.e., a
catastrophic collapse.

CRAIG: I agree.

There's a lot of fractured
wood down there,

so something happened.

So is it a complete
consensus that it is Shaft Six?

RICK: To the best of our
knowledge, it is Shaft Six.

The hope was, of
course, that the treasure

would've fallen with it,

and we would've found
something. We didn't.

But we believe that
that caisson represents

absolute prima facie evidence

that there was a
significant collapse.

And the other thing is,
is we proved the tunnel.

So, it's affirmation
that the story,

the narrative, is real.

And I believe that we have to
continue to follow up on that.

-Yeah.
-RICK: I just don't see how

we can walk away at this point.

I don't think anybody's
gonna disagree with you, Rick.

-No, not if they dug a tunnel to
the Money Pit. [laughs] -Right. Right.

Yeah, there still could
be a piece of treasure

-hiding in there.
-Right.

Okay, so, where do
you want to go next?

Well, Steve, if you
can bring that up.

So, what I would do
is I would just follow

the trail that we're on
and put it right there.

I concur completely with
Rick as to the results of RP-1.

Uh, I think we verified
that it was Shaft Six.

I think we verified that
there was stuff in that shaft

that came from,
perhaps, the Money Pit.

That would be just
right there, wouldn't it?

I think we found
part of that tunnel.

And the tunnel that goes

from there towards the Money
Pit should be our next target.

We proved Rick's
story right in RP-1.

Why don't we call
it Rick's Pick 2?

MARTY: Okay. Works for me.

We have consensus.
We have a new pick.

Let's go dig RP-2.

Steve, why don't you go
stake it, and let's get going.

-You got it.
-MARTY: Good deal.

See you, Craig. We'll
keep you informed.

RICK: Look at the
welcoming committee.

MARTY: All right, here
we go. Let's find this thing.

NARRATOR: One day after
their impassioned meeting

in the w*r room,
Rick and Marty Lagina

join their faithful team
members in the Money Pit area...

Well, seems like
everybody's in place, right?

VANESSA: Come on in.

NARRATOR: ...where
representatives from ROC Equipment

and SB Canada are
about to break ground

on a seven-foot diameter
steel shaft dubbed "RP-2."

There's all kinds of
reasons to be hopeful here.

This is called
RP-2. Rick's Pick 2.

He's been talking about
finding the treasure that

swept into Shaft Six

for, oh, I don't know, 60 years.

-And you are about to do it for him.
-Okay.

NARRATOR: Located
just one foot to the northeast

of the recently completed RP-1,

at a depth of some


the team hopes to not only
once again breach the 1861 tunnel

connected to Shaft
Six, but also recover

the scattered treasure
that is believed

to be contained within it.

Why don't we get
this thing oscillating?

Somebody has to turn it on.

-No, no. No, no. No.
-No. It's RP-2.

-You're gonna, you're gonna...
-Fine.

-'Cause you're gonna come to believe.
-What do I do?

All right. Right here,
you're gonna turn her on.

-You're gonna believe, right here.
-All right!

VANESSA: Turn on.

RICK: It's exciting,

the evidence we found
suggestive of a collapse.

The second location, you're
moving towards the collapse.

I have every hope and confidence

that there will be something
at the bottom of this location.

At some point here
shortly, there should be

a lot of wood coming up.

MARTY: Big brother Rick

has really felt like the
clue to the Money Pit

is in and around Shaft Six.

We really wanted to
chase that. So, let's do it.

Okay, good. Let's
make hole. Let's find it.

-We're all on board.
-We're all on board.

-All in. -All right.
-Thank you.

VANESSA: All
right. Thanks, guys.

NARRATOR: As the
excavation of the RP-2 shaft

proceeds in the Money Pit area,

nearly half a mile to
the west, on Lot 5...

FIONA: Little nail.

It's just a mishmash
of everything.

NARRATOR:
...archeologist Laird Niven

and other members
of the team continue

searching for
clues in and nearby

the mysterious,
rounded stone foundation.

Hey, look what popped up.

LAIRD: What's that?

Piece of a pipe bowl.

[clears throat]

There's something
on it, but I can't...

I can't see what it says.

What do you think that says?

LAIRD: There's one on each side.

FIONA: Looks like an O.

Is that normal?

I don't know. Let's magnify it.

Sure looks like
a... an elongated O.

FIONA: Okay, I've never seen
an O before. Is that... Have you?

LAIRD: No. No. It's...

FIONA: Ooh, so this
could be something new.

NARRATOR: Over
the past two years,

the team has found
compelling evidence

that multiple groups
may have occupied

this feature between the


The most curious so far

have been a 14th-century
lead barter token

which, like the lead cross
found in 2017 at Smith's Cove,

may be related to
the Knights Templar.

But the most
potentially telling finds

were the number of iron tools

that have been
scientifically linked

to the 17th-century
English politician

and treasure hunter,
Sir William Phips.

Phips made two
successful salvages

of the famed Spanish
treasure wreck

known as the Concepción in 1687.

However, he claimed to
have found less than 40

of the 100 tons of treasure
that were known to be

on the sunken ship.

LAIRD: But see how that--

if you look at the O,
it's not a traditional O.

FIONA: Yeah, I
see what you mean.

Take that back,

-um, get it washed up.
-Okay.

And we'll get a
better view of it.

What I'm interested
in are tobacco pipes

because you don't
curate a tobacco pipe.

It's like you don't
curate a cigarette butt.

You're using them at the times,

or you're discarding the bowls
when you're finished with it.

So, it's a much
more immediate way

to date an activity on a site.

I always like finding pipes.

NARRATOR: Could this
pipe bowl be another key clue

that will help the
team determine

when this site was occupied

and, perhaps, who occupied it?

If so, then might the pipe stem

that was recently found in
the spoils of the RP-1 shaft

help identify just
who may have buried

the two stacked
chests in the Money Pit?

Cool. Find some more.

FIONA: All right. [laughs]

NARRATOR: As the
investigation continues on Lot 5...

-CRAIG: Hey, Joe.
-GARY: Hey, Joe.

-JOE: Good to see you.
-CRAIG: Welcome back.

We've been very much surprised

by these leather
finds in front of you.

NARRATOR: ...in the Oak
Island Research Center,

Rick Lagina, Craig Tester

and other members
of the Oak Island team

meet with ancient documents
and leather expert Joe Landry

to have him examine the
leather fragments that were found

in the northern
region of the swamp.

GARY: This group
was found first.

JOE: Yeah, it's
definitely a sole of a boot.

A boot rather than a shoe?

-I think so.
-RICK: What gives you that information?

Well, um, the
weight of the leather.

It's probably an
oak-tanned hide.

And you can see the sewing
here is quite, quite heavy.

It's a tough, tough
leather. Wears well.

CRAIG: When you say oak-tanned,

what do you mean?

JOE: Well,
they-they, uh, make up

a tanning solution
from the-the bark.

Okay.

That's really cool.

And the next set
are these pieces.

JOE: Oh, yes.

Yeah, this is a finer
piece of leather.

Could be the toe of the boot.

This-this almost sort of

gives the impression of
being like a military boot.

-Oh, really?
-Oh, wow.

GARY: Sweet.

JOE: The gentleman
who owned the boots

might have had a
military background

or purchased boots
from someone who did.

-Oh, really?
-Oh, wow.

NARRATOR: In the Oak
Island Research Center,

leather expert Joe Landry

is examining fragments
of a leather boot

that were recently found
near the cobblestone pathway

in the northern
region of the swamp.

What date would you
put these pieces to?

Um...

We're looking, probably, um,



Wow.

CRAIG: It indicates, probably,

Anthony Graves's time period.

And they were found

not far from the
vault in the swamp.

CRAIG: Yeah. And maybe

that's where his
coins came from.

Yep.

There was some importance
associated with the work there.

Might that vault had been
discovered by Anthony Graves?

That's exactly why we're in
the swamp and digging it out,

looking for some
of those silver coins

that Anthony Graves was
known to spend in Mahone Bay.

He's a real mystery man.

NARRATOR: In 1857,

a farmer named Anthony Graves
purchased most of Oak Island

and built his homestead
just north of the swamp.

And curiously, while
he never took part

in any searches for
treasure in the Money Pit,

after living on the
island for several years,

he reportedly began buying
goods on the mainland

with silver Spanish coins.

Could the team be right

that perhaps the empty vault
they uncovered in the swamp

just a few yards to the south

from where they found
these leather artifacts

might help explain

the mysterious
wealth of Mr. Graves?

And if so, could there be more
hidden structures in the area

that still contain
buried riches?

RICK: Anthony Graves
certainly had proximity to the bog.

Maybe his precious
items were found there.

And if that is the case,
it leads me to believe

that there is another
vault somewhere else.

So, I look forward

to some further discovery
processes in the bog.

Each clue leads to another clue.

So, ultimately, hopefully,

we'll get a more
complete understanding

of the story of the bog.

Gary, you're gonna
have to go find more.

Well, as you say,
mate, "Eyes and boots."

[chuckles]: Eyes and boots.

There you go.

GARY: I'm hopeful that coins

are gonna be following these.

NARRATOR: Later
that afternoon...

TERRY: Here we go.

NARRATOR: ...as the excavation
in the RP-2 shaft continues

in the Money Pit area...

JACK: Here comes
the first scoop, Gary.

GARY: I'm ready.

NARRATOR: ...Gary Drayton,

Jack Begley and heavy
equipment operator Alan Andrews

continue searching the
northern region of the swamp

for more sections of
the cobblestone pathway

and evidence of
hidden valuables.

JACK: It's interesting that there's
so many big boulders over here

-but there's nothing smaller to make it a path.
-GARY: Yeah.

Look at that.

Whoa. There's something here.

-What is it, Jack?
-It's a stake, Gary.

This one's a lot longer,
but look at those cuts.

This is a really good sign.

Right. It's about to
get interesting, Jack.

-So, I'm gonna stick this back in the ground.
-GARY: Okay.

This is fantastic because
when we have recovered

these types of
stake in the swamp,

we know there could be a
feature close by or even an artifact.

-JACK: All right, Al, let 'er rip!
-ALAN A.: Okay.

Does this feel like
stones to you, Al?

Yeah.

I'm wondering if this path

starts to bend around the side.

-Right.
-I think this is still the path.

Can you see all the
cobbles right there, Al?

-ALAN A.: Yes.
-I'm noticing

there's a lot smaller rocks
that we're coming into.

-Yeah.
-ALAN A.: Yeah, you're right, Jack.

JACK: And I just want to see

how it continues back inland.

-Just scrape it off.
-Yeah.

There's a bunch of
cobble, just right here.

ALAN A.: Yeah, I could,
uh, feel it with the bucket.

JACK: Al, this is definitely
a continuation of the path.

It looks like
there's cobblestone

leading to the west
in this direction,

and then off to the south.

For sure. Yep.

I think we need to
get Rick back here

and then have his take.

-Let me send him a text.
-Okay.

NARRATOR: A new section
of the cobblestone pathway,

leading deeper into the swamp?

-Okay, he's on his way.
-Perfect.

NARRATOR: Is it possible
that Jack and the team

have just discovered a key
section of the cobblestone path?

One that could
lead to another vault

that contains a cache
of hidden valuables?

-Hey, Tom. Hey, Rick.
-Hey. -Hey, Jack.

-How are you?
-JACK: Great, actually.

So, as we've been digging

just by this other
cobblestone feature,

we think we might have
tapped into it over there.

And then, also,
leading this way.

TOM: It sure seems
like there's a lot of rock

and cobble and stakes

all over on this side
for some reason.

GARY: Yeah.

RICK: This area is interesting.

We have multiple blue flags

marking the
stakes we're finding.

-And then possible stonework.
-TOM: Yeah.

You're into
something here, Jack.

I don't know what it is.

RICK: One could associate
the cobble area with a walkway.

It's well-defined, and
it's only in a small area.

The question here
is, to what end?

What is its purpose?
We should follow it.

There's still a lot of
puzzle to put together here.

You're quite certain
none of this represents

any of your father's
attempts to understand this?

No, not in here.

-This is all new.
-RICK: I'd like Steve to come

and to GPS all the new points

-that we discovered.
-JACK: Yeah.

RICK: Let's finish
what we're on,

-see what else we find, okay?
-Yeah.

-TOM: Let's do it.
-JACK: All right, let 'er rip, Al.

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

GARY: Here we go, we've
got another opportunity.

-VANESSA: Hey, guys. All right...
-Hey.

...so the boys
are k*lling it today.

We're at 62 at the dig
and 65 with the can.

We've been seeing some wood.

-Well, that makes him excited, that's for sure.
-Yeah.

NARRATOR: ...Rick
and Marty Lagina

join members of
the Oak Island team

in the Money Pit area
as the excavation in RP-2

has begun to produce evidence
of the 1861 searcher structure

known as Shaft Six.

Anytime pressures go
up, anything the guys see,

we all need to
work together on this

-because we don't want to miss anything.
-Yeah.

Sure. Okay.

Well, I'll be sure to
let you guys know.

All right, thank you.

NARRATOR: But now,
as the dig continues

towards a target
depth of 118 feet,

the burning question is:

will evidence of
the adjoining tunnel

and the contents of
two treasure chests

also be revealed?

The treasure fell and then

found that tunnel void
and shot down there.

There's a lot of
data to support that.

You really have to
honor the data and say,

"It looks like we're
chasing something real,"

or at least, we're
chasing a very real story.

You know, it's Rick's dream,
so I'm hoping that this canister

will bring up "the one thing."

Whoa.

What have you got, Rick?

You know how
we're always looking

-for dowels, right?
-Yeah.

-There's no mistaking that.
-Well, look at that.

NARRATOR: A wooden dowel,

found more than


in the area of Shaft Six?

Dating back to as early
as the seventh century AD,

a dowel is a kind of
fastener used to connect

the timbers of large structures.

-ALEX: Yeah.
-What do you, what do you guys think of that?

That's a dowel.

It's hammered, too. That's
a square hammer on the top.

NARRATOR: According
to previous search records,

metal fasteners were
used by the treasure hunters

who built shafts and
tunnels after the discovery

of the Money Pit in 1795.

So, could this wooden
dowel have been used

during an operation to hide
something of great value?

-We have not seen any fasteners here.
-Yeah.

And remember our premise.

The Money Pit collapses
as they were trying

to retrieve it from
the tunnel from Six.

Right? No fasteners. So,
I think this might represent

something coming into
the tunnel and into the shaft

-because of a collapse.
-ALEX: You're saying that

could be a piece of
the original Money Pit?

Yep.

We have to have some sort of

corroborative
evidence that, indeed,

if this is Shaft Six,

that there must be something
in the original Money Pit.

And this might be
one of those items.

As the work progresses here,

I do believe that we will
find irrefutable evidence

to support the mystery.

May even find the treasure.

We need to get to
the bottom of the shaft.

It's the only one we've found.
I thought it was quite unique.

Send that out for C-14 testing.

Oh, I think for sure.

Yeah. Be interesting
to get a date on it.

-ALEX: Beautiful.
-MARTY: Okay, well, let's get down

and find the one thing.

Let's go.

GARY: Yeah, we got another
chance here. Another hammer grab.

NARRATOR: As the
excavation in RP-2 continues...

...later that morning...

RICK: Thank you for
inviting us to come down.

I do know a little
bit about this,

and that is that what
we see in front of us

is from Shaft Six.

NARRATOR: ...in the
Oak Island Laboratory,

Rick, Jack Begley
and Doug Crowell

are meeting with Laird Niven

and archaeometallurgist
Emma Culligan

to hear their analysis

of the pipe stem that
was recently recovered

in the RP-1 shaft

and which may have come
from the original Money Pit.

I hope that there
is evidence here

of an association with
the original Money Pit.

So, to that end, I hope
you can enlighten us.

Yes, I had, like, an aha moment.

I looked and I went, "Oh, crap."

-He did.
-[laughter]

LAIRD: "This is early."

This is the
largest-diameter pipe stem

we've ever found on the island.

Whoa.

RICK: Is there a
cultural influence here?

LAIRD: It's most likely English.

Oh.

We can say-- and what
we have been saying--

about clay pipes is
people didn't curate them.

They didn't keep them.

But they're dropping it

at the time that
they're doing the work.

It's like a cigarette butt.

LAIRD: Yeah, if you look up,

tobacco pipe bowls evolve.

-RICK: Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.
-Right?

LAIRD: So, what we
do is we look at the angle

between the stem and the bowl.

And that's what's
outlined in red,

is the stem/bowl junction
that matches an example

from 1680 to 1710.

-It's like an exact match.
-Yeah.

-[chuckles]
-Wow.

JACK: That's awesome.

LAIRD: The pipe stem
matches an example

from 1680 to 1710.

-Whoa.
-[laughter]

It's 85 years before the
discovery of the Money Pit.

NARRATOR: In the
Oak Island Laboratory,

archaeologist Laird Niven

has just revealed
that a pipe stem,

which is believed to
have been recovered

from the Shaft Six tunnel,

dates as far back as
the late 17th century.

This shows activity deep
down in the Money Pit.

Yep. Right.

That could be Money Pit debris.

Oh, absolutely.

The 1680 date to


before the original
Money Pit story evolved.

It's somewhat dramatic.

It certainly suggests that

the pipe stem possibly
could be associated

with the deposition of
the original Money Pit.

It's exciting, I mean,

walking in here, I
didn't expect that.

-Yeah.
-DOUG: Well, theory-wise,

that date range is
intriguing because of 1687.

-Sir William Phips.
-Yes, that's the year

he recovered the treasure
from the Concepción.

And the theory says that
perhaps part of that treasure

was deposited on Oak Island.

Mm-hmm.

NARRATOR: Could
Doug Crowell be correct

that this pipe stem
could be connected

to Sir William Phips

and more than 60 tons

of Spanish silver,
gold and jewels

from the wreck of the Concepción

that some believe he
buried on Oak Island

in 1687?

If so, could that explain

the iron tools that
have been discovered

in the stone
foundation on Lot 5?

Might it answer the question
of who originally created

the slate vault in the swamp?

And finally, could it indicate

what was in the
two stacked chests

that the team is
currently searching for

in the RP-2 shaft?

My brother's always keen
to learn the latest information,

so we'll see if he's available.

The dates certainly
encompass, quite dramatically,

the possible association
with William Phips.

It certainly fits
that time frame.

And not only that, it's
not just the timeline,

it's where it was found.

With the Shaft Six
caisson locations,

that's quite something.

It is not a Bravo Tango call.

However...

-[laughter] -RICK:
No, no. Don't...

don't jump out of your chair.

But there is kind
of exciting news.

And I'm gonna hand
the phone to Laird

and he can tell
you all about it.

Okay. Here you, here you go.

Hey, Marty.

So, we have this
pipe stem that came off

of the wash plant...

um, from RP-1.

It's the largest one

I've ever seen on the island.

And it dates 1680 to 1710.

Yeah.

Yeah.

That's the possibility.

-Yeah.
-Yep.

MARTY: These are
like smoking g*ns.

These are almost like,

you know, a-a date
inscribed in a rock.

That means it was
being used underground

from 1680 to 1710.

That clearly suggests an origin

much earlier than 1795.

It's just a very,
very meaningful find.

And probably most importantly,

RP-2 should be where
we might find something.

Where we might find a piece
or an indication of treasure.

It speaks to how
the smallest find

might be important. Yeah.

Okey doke. Fair enough.

-All right, see you.
-See you, Marty.

-Take care. Yeah, bye.
-Yeah.

RICK: So, thank you both.

-Appreciate it.
-All right.

But the three of us
need to get back to work.

-JACK: Great job, you two.
-DOUG: Later.

NARRATOR: Ever
since they were just boys,

Rick and Marty
Lagina have dreamed

of holding a genuine piece of
Oak Island's fabled Money Pit

in their hands.

Now, with the help
of their faithful team,

they have unearthed
an artifact that not only

may have come from the
original treasure shaft...

...but might help identify

whomever was behind
this 230-year-old mystery.

And as they dig
deeper into the tunnel

connected to Shaft Six,

just what will they
hold in their hands next?

Next time on The
Curse of Oak Island...

Hey. Check this out.

-Wow.
-That's big.

Oh, very cool.

-KATYA: Oh, my gosh.
-Yeah!

-RICK: This is strange.
-JACK: Do you think

that somebody carved
that into the wood?

RICK: That's not natural.

-VANESSA: Oh, wow.
-GARY: Oh, look at that.

-Well, that's pretty cool.
-Pretty bloody cool.

-This is real good.
-TERRY: Absolutely.

We got some radiocarbon dates.



-to 1764.
-That's pre-searcher.

-Yeah.
-Wowza.