12x21 - The Solution Solution

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

There is something
four feet down

and 14 feet long.

GARY:
Ooh.

- What the heck is that?
- [chuckles]

- Check out what I just found.
- What?

This is definitely pre-discovery
of the Money Pit.

That's treasure.

And that's the only one
of its kind.

This could be medieval times.

That's right in the era
of the Templars.

Did the Knights of Malta come
to Oak Island?

EMILIANO:
We could get an answer

if we go to Malta.

- Then let's go!
- [laughs]

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:
Super important day, folks.

We are reaching the end
of our ability

to put additional cans
in the Money Pit area.

We want to find treasure
this year,

or indication of treasure,
or the one thing

that would explain
what happened on this island.

NARRATOR: A new morning
has begun on Oak Island

for brothers Rick
and Marty Lagina and their team.

All of those things have...
are yet to be found,

but we're going to try our best
to find them.

NARRATOR:
And in their determination

to solve a 230-year-old mystery,
they are meeting in the w*r room

to plot a new strategy

for the recovery

of a believed treasure buried
deep in the Money Pit area.

The hope this year was
to find this one thing

in the Shaft Six caissons.

So, Rick, why don't you just
summarize for everybody,

and then we'll discuss
where we go next.

Uh, I can do that

in one word, really:
disappointment.

I had long believed
that the answers

to the mystery were
in Shaft Six,

but unfortunately,
we didn't find it.

NARRATOR:
Over the past several weeks,

the Oak Island team excavated

three seven-foot-diameter steel
shafts in the Money Pit area,

known as RP-1, RP-2 and RP-3.

Each is believed
to have encountered

a 118-foot-deep searcher shaft
known as Shaft Six,

as well as an adjacent tunnel

that extended toward
the original Money Pit.

These structures were built
in 1861

by the Oak Island Association

in an attempt to retrieve
two stacked treasure chests

that were believed
to sit some 100 feet deep

in the Money Pit,

and just ten feet below
a man-made flood tunnel,

connected to the ocean.

Unfortunately, the effort
failed and caused

tons of wood timbers
in the Money Pit to collapse,

leaving the searchers
to speculate

that the treasure chests
had fallen

into the Shaft Six tunnel.

We saw two different types
of construction:

dimensional wood,

big huge timbers.

Everything about that spoke
to a collapse.

MARTY: What's that?
A big piece of wood?

It's adze-cut.

NARRATOR:
In all three of the RP shafts,

the Laginas and their team
unearthed wood,

potentially from the Shaft Six tunnel

and the original Money Pit.

But unfortunately,

they recovered no evidence
of treasure.

What we saw, to me,
absolutely proved the narrative.

There was every bit of evidence

that there was indeed,
a catastrophic collapse.

And that treasure
went somewhere.

So, where did the treasure go?

RICK: I think what it
proved, to me, is that

the treasure that once resided
in the Money Pit

currently resides
in the solution channel

or somewhere
in close proximity to it.

- Yeah.
- ALEX: On our first caisson,

we did see proof
that the solution channel...

natural cavity...
can accept a lot of material.

ADAM: We're almost to our first
target depth of interest.

NARRATOR: Prior to the
three RP shaft excavations,

the team dug a shaft known
as "True Believer," or "TB-1"

at the believed location
of the original Money Pit,

where they hoped to retrieve
the legendary Chappell Vault,

a seven-foot-tall box
encased in concrete

that treasure hunter
Frederick Blair

and his drill operator
William Chappell

reportedly encountered


[clunking]

Hey, stop! It's caving.

NARRATOR: But, upon
reaching a depth below 150 feet,

the ground beneath
and surrounding TB-1 shaft

suddenly caved in,

leading the team to believe

that tons of earth,
and the vault,

may have fallen into the
so-called "solution channel,"

a natural cavity in the bedrock
that was formed by ground water,

and which the team's previous
drilling operations identified

between 160
and 230 feet underground.

The biggest reveal of all is

that the solution channel,
or something down deep,

can accept massive amounts
of material.

Where else could it have gone?

NARRATOR: Could Rick
and Marty Lagina be correct

that the collapse

around and below the TB-1 shaft
was much larger

than they previously thought?

Meaning that both
the believed treasure

in the Shaft Six tunnel, as well
as the fabled Chappell Vault,

may now lie more
than 200 feet underground

in the so-called
"solution channel"?

If so, the team will have

to conduct major repairs
to that area

before they can safely attempt
another large-scale excavation

in search of the valuables.

We have a real
momentous decision to make,

and that is:
where does the next can go?

MARTY:
To me,

we must go deep

into the solution channel.
We have to.

CRAIG:
I'm with you.

I'm all for getting down

into the solution channel.

SCOTT: One thing
that I'm going to caution about.

If we're going
to go deep on this hole,

- we want to be able to do it right.
- Mm-hmm.

So, we'll need to get some
other equipment in place to do this.

The last thing we want to do

is put a can down here and
not be able to get to the bottom.

- Agreed.
- Okay. We need to pick the exact location.

Steve, put that
Money Pit plot up there.

Sure will.

MARTY: Okay. Look at that.

So, the green is
the solution channel.

- STEVE: Yes. - TERRY: Yeah.
- MARTY: Okay.

Put it in there, Steve.

Put it where it has to go,
the only place it could be.

STEVE: Right there.

That's as close as I can get
based on the requirements

- they've asked us to follow.
- MARTY: Exactly.

STEVE: Let's not forget,
we started this year with TB-1.

We're over seven feet south
of TB-1, and many of us believe,

TB-1 was the north
end of the Money Pit.

Well, this would make the
south end of the Money Pit.

MARTY: All right.

We got a shot right here to
solve the whole damn thing.

So, I say, "Let's do
it." Anybody disagree?

- No.
- Good. Okay,

Scott, can we get going on it?

I'll go out and talk to SBC, and
we'll get those plans in motion.

So, we'll have a little
bit of a hiatus here then?

It's going to be several
weeks to regrade the-the pad.

They'll have to get set up,
so we will have some time.

Okay. Good.

NARRATOR: Due to the
collapse that took place

around and below the TB-1 shaft,

the ground is currently unstable
and unsafe for a new excavation.

This means that
representatives from SB Canada

and ROC Equipment
will need several weeks

to backfill and
stabilize the area

to support more than 300
tons of digging equipment.

Okay, so, it sounds like

there's a little bit of
a window of time here

to search for answers
across the island.

- Perfect gap to do that.
- Yup.

Well, here's a perfect segue
to finish up on this then.

Nobody talked about naming this.

Clearly, this is "The
One Thing," right?

T-O-T, tot.

That's the name of this
one: "The One Thing,"

'cause it's going
to bring it up.

RICK: That is very hopeful, and

all we have to do
right now is execute.

- Let's go get it.
- RICK: Let's go.

NARRATOR: Following
the meeting in the w*r room...

- RICK: Hey, Tom.
- TOM: Hey, Rick.

NARRATOR: Rick joins
fellow Oak Island landowner

Tom Nolan and metal
detection expert Gary Drayton

in the northernmost region
of the triangle-shaped swamp.

He's gonna have to take a scoop

behind there 'cause
you'll want to do

- level right across?
- Oh, yeah. Yeah.

And see if we see the wall.

JACK: Whoa!

There's even more big
boulders down there.

NARRATOR: One week ago,

after uncovering more sections

of a cobblestone pathway...

Here. Here. Here. Here...

NARRATOR: the
team was stunned

to find a man-made
formation of large boulders.

STEVE: I think
you have a sea wall.

This is how you'd
close this swamp off.

NARRATOR: This feature
was found in the same area

where Tom's late
father, Fred Nolan,

reportedly uncovered evidence
of a wooden wall in the late 1960s,

which he suspected was
used to create the swamp

in order to conceal
multiple caches of treasure.

And incredibly,

this feature also matched
one labeled "The Dam"

on a reported 14th-century
map of Oak Island

that was given to the team

by the late researcher
Zena Halpern in 2016.

A map that Zena believed

was created by members
of the Knights Templar

during an operation
to hide priceless

religious artifacts
on Oak Island.

[beeping]

I got a signal, just here.

- You got a signal?
- Yeah.

- [loud beeping] - That's
not bad, either. Ooh.

Yeah. Good signal just there.

[loud beeping]

RICK: Prediction, Gary?

I'm predicting
it's a great find.

Comes from deep enough.

[soft trilling]

Nice and sandy material, but...

Ooh. What the heck is that?

- Wow.
- RICK: That is cool.

GARY: What the heck is that?

Is this thing hollow?

TOM: Yes, it is.

NARRATOR: While investigating
near a mysterious wall

of boulders in the northern
end of the Oak Island swamp,

Gary Drayton has just made

a potentially
significant discovery.

GARY: Hmm. It's
the tip of something.

TOM: You know, it almost looks

like something's
stamped into it.

RICK: You can see this raised...

- See the circle here or the radius?
- TOM: Yeah.

RICK: And then there's,
like, a plate there.

That might have
something on it, too.

Yeah.

You know what?
The more I look at it,

and you see the notch
there, and it's a socket.

I think it's weapon
or g*n-related.

It kind of reminds
me of a ramrod guide.

MAN: Fire!

NARRATOR: Dating
back to as early

as the 16th century,

a ramrod is a tool

that is inserted through a guide

on the barrel of a musket r*fle

in order to load ammunition
charges into the weapon.

Has Gary just
found a ramrod guide

near a possible man-made
dam in the swamp?

If so, just who left it here?

And what were they
doing in this area?

RICK: It's amazing
though, isn't it?

Look at all the things

that have come out
of this bog, all the finds.

We can't make a sentence
with a period at the end of it.

- TOM: No.
- RICK: Right?

GARY: Yeah. All it
takes is one good find.

But again, speaks to the
complexity of the mystery.

GARY: Yeah, I know the
archaeologists are going

to be all over this, and
they'll tell us what it is.

TOM: The more we
uncover these rocks,

the more it just
looks like something.

RICK: At some point using GPR,

maybe you'll find
something else in there.

Maybe there's something deeper.

TOM: Oh yeah, yup.

RICK: Okay. Well,
I've got to leave, but

I'll be back, and hopefully,

you'll have made
some more discoveries.

GARY: That's fantastic.

- What an unexpected find!
- RICK: Mm-hmm.

Keep going.

- Okay, mate.
- TOM: Okay. We'll keep digging.

RICK: Good luck.

I am intrigued

with all the things that have
been found in the swamp.

The swamp has some
very interesting stories to tell.

Is there treasure or
not? We'll soon find out.

TOM: Hey, Gary?

GARY: Yup? What do you got, Tom?

It's a brick.

Yeah. It looks like
an older-style brick,

especially as it's
all worn out there.

TOM: Yeah.

This brick reminds
me of the bricks

that we recovered
that lined the top

- of that vault feature.
- Yeah.

Doesn't that look
like a vault to you?

NARRATOR: Earlier this year,

after uncovering sections
of the cobblestone pathway

several yards to the south,

the team was shocked to find
an empty, vault-like structure

made of slate and
handmade bricks.

These type of
bricks were definitely

around the top of that vault.

Oh, yeah. Maybe we're looking

- at a second deposit site.
- Yup.

NARRATOR: Is it possible

that Gary and Tom
have discovered evidence

that another
vault-like structure

is buried near
the potential dam?

If so, might it still contain
something of value?

TOM: Well, my dad
thought there could be

multiple treasure
burial sites on the island.

- So, maybe this is one we're digging into here.
- Yeah.

- More treasures, the better, Tom.
- TOM: Yup.

- Let's find some more, Gary.
- GARY: Okay.

NARRATOR: As the
investigation continues

in the northern
end of the swamp,

several hundred yards
to the west on Lot 5...

JACK: Well, hey, Fiona.

Hi, Jack.

So, can you tell me
what's going on here?

We're getting down to business.

NARRATOR: Jack Begley joins

archaeologist Fiona Steele
to continue excavating

a mysterious round
feature near the shoreline.

So, how's progress
on this test pit coming?

- This is an actually a really interesting pit.
- Mm-hmm.

NARRATOR: Over
the past two years,

the Oak Island team
has made a series

of significant discoveries
in and around this feature

that suggest it may have
been used as a campsite

by multiple groups,

and during different
time periods

prior to the discovery
of the Money Pit.

These include a
mortar-like substance

matching soil samples
that were unearthed

from more than 100 feet
deep in the Money Pit area,

as well as a 14th-century
lead barter token,

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

may be connected to
the Knights Templar.

However, they've also discovered
four Venetian trade beads

and a button bearing
a starburst design...

JUDI: What's unique
about this button is that

the rays going out
are counter-clockwise.

NARRATOR: all of which,

team researcher Judi
Rudebusch believes

may be connected to
the Knights of Malta,

a secretive group that
was linked to the order

of the Knights Templar,
and which are believed

to have had a
presence in Nova Scotia

beginning in the 17th century.

I'm actually just getting
down to the artifact layer now.

If you look at the range of
the artifacts we're finding,

we have a general
range which gives us

an occupation for the majority

of what was
happening on the site.

But then we've got
all these other outliers

that are giving us
earlier date ranges.

Yeah.

When we come down
upon what we call

an "artifact-bearing
layer," that really means

that we've gone through
the various layers,

and we've reached a level

which is what we would
call "the occupation level,"

because that's the
area that's been used,

so that becomes
rich with artifacts.

- Let's get digging.
- All right. Great.

We have to keep our eyes
peeled because when we get

to the artifact-bearing layer,

this is where things
get really exciting for us.

Oh.

Hey!

"Hey" is right!

That's a really old nail!

FIONA: That is really old.

I can tell from
here, it's square.

FIONA: And it's also
tapered down on all sides.

JACK: Yeah.

Does that give you a
specific date range?

Well, you know what's giving
me part of the date range

is actually the bubbling
effect like you're seeing on this,

you will get when
the metal is older.

And that's definitely
got that. See it?

- JACK: Oh, yeah.
- The bubbling out effect?

JACK: Oh, I see it.

So, yeah. I would
say that's older.

Before, like, 1795?

You know what? This one?

I could get you back a
little... maybe a little earlier.

- Oh.
- Again, just based on what I'm seeing.

JACK: Yeah. Let's see
what else we can find.

Maybe they dropped
some other things.

Oh, yeah. We're just
getting going with this now.

JACK: We need to see if
we can further figure out

what this nail was used for.

Maybe there's a
specific purpose for it

that can give us
more information

as to what happened on Lot 5.

Oh.

Jack? Check out
what I just found.

- What?
- Ha-ha!

[gasps]

JACK: Oh, that's beautiful.

JACK: Oh, that's beautiful.

FIONA: We've got
a bead. Look at that.

- That is gorgeous.
- JACK: This is a glass bead?

FIONA: Yeah. Look, you can tell.

You can see it's a glass bead.

NARRATOR: While
searching for new clues

in the mysterious
round feature on Lot 5,

archaeologist Fiona
Steele has just made

a potentially significant find.

Wow. That's different from
all the other ones we found.

- Wow.
- So, you know what? Look at the...

- See the striations on it?
- JACK: Yeah.

FIONA: That means
it's a wound bead.

JACK: What's a wound bead?

It's just a different
technique that they used.

The other Venetian beads
that we had found previously...

they would have taken
a long string of glass

and kind of pulled it
out and cut it. That's not.

That... when you
see those striations,

that means that they
literally would have had, like,

a piece of metal, and they would
have wound the glass around it.

But this is still a Venetian
bead, you believe?

Uh, probably Venetian, but
we'd have to take that back

to the lab and get it analyzed.

JACK: Hopefully, we get

an idea on it to say
whether or not it's Venetian.

And maybe there's
a specific time period

when those Venetian
beads were made.

Oh, absolutely. Venetian beads

- go back quite a ways in time.
- Mm-hmm.

Like, you know, you
could be in the 1400s,

upwards, 16, 1700s.

NARRATOR: Dating back to
the late 15th century in Italy,

so-called Venetian beads
were considered highly valuable

and were often used
as a form of currency.

If Fiona is correct

that this could be
the fifth Venetian bead

that has been
found in this feature,

could it be another clue

that might help identity just
who inhabited this structure?

This is definitely, definitely
pre-discovery of the Money Pit.

This is, this is all...

either fits in with what
we have or earlier.

This particular bead
was actually found

about a third of the way down
into our artifact-bearing layer,

which means that it
has an older date range

in it, because the lower
we go when we're digging,

the older the
artifacts tend to get.

This is something
that would have been

right in the sedimentary
layers themselves.

I'd love to find gold
and silver around here,

but that's a little
piece of jewelry,

and I feel like that's
treasure, myself.

- Yeah.
- You can see why it was used as a form of currency.

Yeah. They often did do that.

The fact that we found
it, and that's the only one

of its kind, so far, that
we've found, added bonus.

Hopefully, this bead
gives us another clue

of who might have been
here and what they were doing.

Maybe we can delineate
down more and more

who was here originally.

That's going in a different
special bag, I think.

That's a top-pocket
find, isn't it? Yeah.

Yeah, I guess we
can say that, can't we?

- Right on, Fiona. Good job.
- Good find.

JACK: What an exciting day.

NARRATOR: The
following morning...

RICK: Gary!

- Are we digging here?
- Yeah.

As he fills stuff in,
you can detect that.

- Yeah.
- That's up to you.

GARY: Because it's
all cascading down.

As long as he
knows you're there.

Going to get in here, Al.

RICK: All right. See
you guys. Good luck.

NARRATOR: as the
investigation in the northern end

of the swamp continues...

RICK: As always,
you know, we want

to thank you both for inviting
the three of us down here.

NARRATOR: Rick Lagina,

Doug Crowell and Scott Barlow

meet with
archaeologist Laird Niven

and archaeometallurgist
Emma Culligan

in the Oak Island lab

to hear their
scientific analysis

of the glass bead
found on Lot 5.

Emma, Laird, what
are we looking at?

LAIRD: I think what
struck us was how

it stood out from
the other beads.

Whereas the previous beads
we found are drawn beads...

which is fairly
complex technology...

this is a wound bead.

They would just wind the
bead around a wire, right?

Pretty crude. So, that
predates the drawn beads.

That's one thing
we can conclude.

- Oh, really?
- Yeah.

- Yeah. It's a lot more labor intensive.
- Wow.

What would this be on?

LAIRD: It could be on anything.

It could be on a necklace.

Um, it could be
used as beadwork.

But it was really Emma
who came up with

the "Aha" moment
about this bead.

EMMA: So, when I get
a bead or anything glass,

I always compare it
to the previous artifacts

that I've scanned.

NARRATOR: Earlier today,

Emma examined the glass bead

using an X-ray fluorescence
spectrometer, or XRF,

a device which emits
nondestructive radiation

to identify an object's
chemical composition,

which can help determine
when it may have been created.

And with a bead, I
always do a comparison

to the Venetian glass beads
that we found in the past.

But with this glass bead,

there is a trait that stands
out like a sore thumb.

Um, and it's its
potassium content.

So, right here, we
have a 26% composition.

And on its own,
that's high potassium.

But when I compare it
to other glass samples,

the highest we have is
a little over ten percent.

Like, this one trumps all
potassium contents I've seen

in the glass beads, and
also lacks sodium content.

This one has almost
no sodium content,

and an astounding
potassium content.

And that actually,
when looking into it,

has a really
interesting history,

because it's derived
from greenery.

So, like, ferns from the forest.

And it's called a
"forest glass bead."

That is a technique
that is strictly known

from Northern Europe.

It's not something that
pops up anywhere else.

It's not from Venice,
we know for sure.

EMMA: Mm-hmm. I will say

that all the compositional
comparisons

that I was able
to find does lean

- towards medieval to 1700s.
- DOUG: Medieval?

DOUG: It's intriguing.

EMMA: I will say that all the
compositional comparisons

that I was able to find does
lean towards medieval to 1700s.

- Oh, really?
- LAIRD: Yeah.

It's intriguing.

- Wow.
- LAIRD: Yeah.

NARRATOR: It is
a stunning moment

for Rick Lagina and members

of the Oak Island team.

Well, that 1000 to 1700...

that really interests me.

NARRATOR: According
to the scientific analysis

of archaeometallurgist
Emma Culligan,

the glass bead found
one day ago on Lot 5

is of Northern European origin,

and may predate the
discovery of the Money Pit

by as much as eight centuries.

RICK: This is
something quite unique.

You are quite firm
in your belief that

that 1000 to 1700 AD
is pretty much locked in,

- right?
- Mm-hmm.

It's rare that that happens.

DOUG: The earlier

part of that time frame,
more towards 1000...

that's right in the era
of our whole theories

- about the Templars.
- LAIRD: Yeah.

DOUG: I mean, that's...

- that's what intrigues me.
- LAIRD: Right.

DOUG: This could
be evidence of that.

LAIRD: If it had
that date on it,

it would be very
difficult for us to explain.

NARRATOR: Is it possible

that this glass bead could
be another critical clue...

just like the lead
cross and barter token...

that may link the medieval order

of the Knights Templar
to the Oak Island mystery?

Is it archaeologically
significant?

Meaning, do you find
these here in North America?

No. They're relatively rare.

Hmm.

It'd almost be more useful

if it dated later in
that time period,

'cause if this came up 1575,

you'd know that
it was made then.

So, it had to have
been lost after that.

That falls right in line
with the whole idea

of the Knights of Malta period.

- Right.
- RICK: But it certainly fits

that window of time

of when something

might have been
initiated here on the island.

To me, that-that's
quite something.

NARRATOR: Could
Doug's notion be correct,

that if this bead might
support the theory

that members of
the Knights Templar

buried sacred
treasures on Oak Island

as much as 800 years ago,

then might the Venetian beads

and the so-called
"starburst" button

that were found on Lot 5,

offer evidence that
the Knights of Malta

may have made another treasure
deposit several centuries later?

What about context
of how this was found?

- Was it deep down?
- LAIRD: No. Fiona found it

in the artifact-bearing layers

on the northwest side,

quite close to the feature.

So, we think there were
two different building phases.

And to find it in the
artifact-bearing zone...

I mean, you're always
on about context.

To find it there is
critically important.

- Because it's not a drop.
- No.

RICK: Well, it's easy to believe

that there was almost
certainly an interaction

between the Knights Templar
and the Knights of Malta.

We know

from the historical narrative

that they inherited
their wealth, their power,

and most importantly,
their information.

If there was a
multigenerational attempt

to do something
here on Oak Island,

their interaction
and the timelines

associated with both groups

would strongly
suggest that possibility.

I think it certainly
warrants further research.

So, I mean, it bears more study.

- EMMA: Yeah.
- DOUG: That's the same thing

we're doing on the
theoretical side, right?

We're looking for where
the science may dovetail...

- LAIRD: Mm-hmm.
- With the theories

- and the historical narrative.
- Yeah.

RICK: Incredible work.

I-I find it quite fascinating.

So, thank you, Emma.
Thank you, Laird.

The three of us have jobs to do.

- Very enlightening.
- SCOTT: Thank you.

- EMMA: Yeah.
- DOUG: Thanks a lot.

NARRATOR: Later
that afternoon...

RICK: Peter, you
can run that OKM?

- I have it all set up and ready.
- Okay.

NARRATOR: near the
mysterious line of boulders

in the northern
end of the swamp,

Rick Lagina and Tom
Nolan are about to conduct

a new investigation to look

for evidence of a wooden wall

that Tom's father Fred
Nolan reportedly discovered

nearly six decades ago.

- PETER: What should we call this?
- RICK: NB-S.

North Bog-South.

NARRATOR: And assisting them

is Rick's nephew Peter Fornetti,

who has received
specialized training

on a ground-penetrating
radar device known as the OKM

Gepard GPR 3D scanner.

- Okay.
- RICK: I think you should just make one pass.

- Yeah.
- Do from there to the far wall.

PETER: Okay.

[soft beeping]

You don't care for anything
deeper than 38 feet, do you?

Oh, no. Can't be more than 20.

NARRATOR: The OKM device works

by emitting electromagnetic
pulses into the ground

that bounce off
of solid objects.

The data then produces
three-dimensional images

of potential man-made
structures that are buried

as much as 130 feet
below the surface.

Okay. That's done.

So, it looks like
there is something

that is four feet down.

It's probably in this
general area right here.

- RICK: Mm-hmm.
- And it's potentially



RICK: And that's
what your father said.

[laughing]: Roughly


Hmm.

And you didn't know that, right?

- No, I didn't.
- Mm.

What would be the odds?

I remember your father.

He said it was 14 feet wide.

Well, we have the one
measurement certainly.

It's almost like,
"Okay, gents, here it is."

It really is.

NARRATOR: A possible


Matching the
dimensions of the wall

described in this area
by the late Fred Nolan?

If that is what Peter
has just detected,

could it also be related
to the so-called dam

that was marked on the
reported 14th-century map

that Zena Halpern
believed was created

by members of the
Knights Templar?

RICK: The deepest part
of the bog is right here.

Four feet down
from current grade...

makes a lot more sense.

Well, for this to work, if
they were going to work it

at any sort of low
tide, it had to be deep.

Mm-hmm. The
other thing is that...

What if that rock feature...
what if that is a seawall?

What if it extended out this way

and was something having
to do with making sure

that the work could continue?

You need something
to protect yourself

when you're down
that deep, right?

- It's deeper than we thought it would be.
- Yup.

- So...
- We can't dig that deep.

- We'd be flooded out.
- Yup.

PETER: Moya will
be able to look at this

- in more detail, I presume?
- RICK: Yup.

I think Tom raised
his eyebrows, as well,

when Peter said, "Well,
it's roughly 14 feet long."

But we know that

it's hard to interpret, so,

before we commit to digging

four or five feet
deeper, what we need is

for Moya to render her opinion

to confirm what Peter
is suggesting is there.

- Let's have Moya look at it.
- Mm-hmm.

And then rectify it to
the point where we know

roughly where it is and then
maybe we drive a core down.

And if there's
wood there, then...

then, wow, that's something.

At this point, we can't say,
"Oh, well," and walk away.

TOM: No.

RICK: But it's
the end of the day,

- and we can walk away now.
- Yeah.

- And then we'll come up with a plan.
- Yeah.

- PETER: Get more clues.
- Got more clues. Yup.

- RICK: All righty.
- TOM: Let's call it.

- RICK: Thank you. I think we're done.
- TOM: Yup.

NARRATOR: A new day
has dawned on Oak Island.

JOHN LEE: I think
we've got it now.

- JARED: You think you got it?
- Yeah.

NARRATOR: And
while representatives

from SB Canada begin
the extensive repairs

to the Money Pit area

in preparation for a
large-scale excavation...

RICK: Good morning, everyone.

Ladies and gentlemen.

NARRATOR: Rick,
Marty and Craig Tester

have gathered members
of the team in the w*r room

to hear a follow-up report

from researchers Doug
Crowell, Emiliano Sacchetti

and Corjan Mol,

that may further connect
two related organizations

to the Oak Island mystery.

The medieval order
of the Knights Templar

and the Knights of Malta.

I really appreciate
the research hunt,

in terms of trying to
understand the complexity

that this mystery presents,
and there have been some

very interesting connections

that have been presented
between the Knights of Malta

- and the Templars.
- Yeah.

RICK: One of the more
interesting aspects of

our information hunt has been
John Edwards' presentation

on the two books
we see in front of us.

NARRATOR: Over
the past two years,

researcher John Edwards
has shared information

from two 19th-century
Masonic books,

containing encoded clues.

Clues that suggest

members of the Knights Templar

and the Knights of Malta

made repeated
visits to Oak Island

between the 12th
and 17th centuries

in order to hide priceless
religious treasures

that the Templars had
discovered in Jerusalem

during the holy wars
known as the Crusades.

Incredibly, one of the books
not only depicted symbols

associated with the Templars
and the Knights of Malta,

but also an image of Oak Island,

and a square feature in the
northern region of the swamp

matching the empty
brick and slate vault

that the team uncovered
earlier this year.

JUDI: There was an item
found on Lot 5, a button.

And then there
was this button here

on a Knight of Malta uniform.

NARRATOR: Just one week ago,

after researching the
documented records

that prove the Knights of Malta
had a presence in Nova Scotia

during the 17th century,

Judi Rudebusch informed the team

that the so-called
starburst button,

which they discovered in the
mysterious stone foundation

on Lot 5, appeared
similar in design

to buttons that the Knights
of Malta were known

to wear on their uniforms.

- Steve, you want to bring up some slides there?
- Yup.

Really, it comes down to this.

We see on one book,
it says, "Isle of Oak,"

and it shows the Holy Grail.

It shows the menorah.

And it shows Malta.

We don't know everything
the books are trying to tell us.

But what we do know is

they seem to be
associated with Nova Scotia,

Oak Island in particular,

and holy relics and Malta.

Did the Knights of Malta
learn something about

a deposition by the
Templars on Oak Island,

and then follow
them to Oak Island

at a later date

when they received
all of the possessions

of the Templars after
their suppression?

This is something that we've
got to try and determine because

the books seem to
have a story to tell.

NARRATOR: In 1307,

the Catholic Church
and the king of France

persecuted the Templar
order on charges of heresy

and began seizing their assets.

However, many Templars escaped,

and their treasures
were never found.

It is believed that the
order of the Knights of Malta

inherited what was left of
the Templars' possessions,

and then began moving
them throughout Europe,

ultimately settling
on the island of Malta

in the 16th century.

Emiliano and Corjan have taken

time off from their
very busy lives

to go to Malta
and do a scout trip.

Okay.

I did some research, and I found

a manuscript from 1630.

It's called "The Treasure

of the Holy Relics
Which Are in Malta."

So, we know for a fact that,

you know, the-the
Knights, the order,

managed to bring their
relics, their treasures to Malta.

- Mm-hmm.
- CORJAN: The Knights of Malta,

they-they moved relics

over huge distances
across the sea,

and, you know,
thought little of it.

These people were
incredibly good sailors.

Yeah. And these books
on the table before us

suggest that there
were holy treasures

that might have been moved
from the East to the West.

Particularly,
maybe to Oak Island

because Oak Island's
referenced in the books.

- Yes.
- EMILIANO: Yeah.

There is a strong
presence of Knights of Malta

in Canada during the 1600s,

and there's 100 years

where we know for a fact

that the Knights of Malta

were here in Acadia,
which now is Nova Scotia.

So, what were these
guys doing here?

We know that all of
them spent time in Malta.

They were knighted there.

So, what were they doing here?

Were they here just
to establish a colony?

Were they here for trading?

Did they have a hidden agenda?

Corjan and I found a
lot of interesting clues,

links to Oak Island.

- Perfect. - CORJAN: Yeah, so,

- if you go to the next slide, Steve.
- Yup.

CORJAN: This is Valletta.

This is the capital of Malta

and was built overground
and underground.

And, you know, Emiliano
and myself have seen

some incredible stuff
underground: caverns,

all built with the
technology of the...

of the 1530s, which
are completely,

completely amazing.

Another thing we can find on
Malta are clues and symbols,

anything that connects to our
search or even to Oak Island.

- Wow. - And I think

they could tell us
some interesting things.

- Very cool.
- EMILIANO: I think

some of these questions could
get an answer if we go to Malta.

RICK: That's remarkable.

EMILIANO: I think
some of these questions

could get an answer
if we go to Malta.

- Yeah.
- RICK: Well, you certainly

make a case for looking
into this further, that's for sure.

Yeah.

I think this is
quite remarkable.

Yeah.

NARRATOR: In the w*r room,

researchers Emiliano
Sacchetti and Corjan Mol have

presented the team with
compelling new information

suggesting clues that could
help solve the Oak Island mystery

may be found more
than 4,000 miles away

on the island nation of Malta.

CORJAN: The cool
thing about this is that

the Order of Malta still exists.

- Wow. - So,

we can just ask them.

[laughter]

MARTY: Yeah. I like that.

We've been surmising
that the Knights Templar

might have had something
to do with Oak Island.

But here we have
these Knights of Malta.

We know they were here.

They were here at
an appropriate time

for many of these theories,

- or they were the depositors.
- Yup.

EMILIANO: So, to me, this is

a very important starting point.

And Corjan and I also met,

from Malta, very
knowledgeable people...

experts, archaeologists...

that could give us an
opinion on our artifacts.

PETER: A lot of the
curious artifacts that we have,

if we're able to take them with
us and speak to experts there,

I think that will be a direct
tie that... that I'm hoping for.

- Hmm.
- MARTY: We are on a treasure hunt

and if you're going to come up

with some information
that's highly relevant,

then let's go!

[laughter]

Buon viaggio. Buon viaggio.

RICK: So, what we need to do is

get ready, pick a team,

go and come back
with the information

that everybody is desirous of.

MARTY: Yes. So, I will stay on
the island and keep advancing

the ball, keep
looking for treasure,

while you guys
go, because I intend

to dig. Is that a surprise?

- [laughs]
- I'm with you.

- Yup. - RICK: To me, the most

fascinating connection here is

this association
between the Templars

and the Knights of Malta.

And then, which is quite
astounding, was the members

of their order having a
presence here in Nova Scotia.

For these reasons, there
is every need to pursue

a further understanding
of the Knights of Malta.

Hats off to Doug and
Emiliano and Corjan and Judi.

Really appreciate all the work.

And I think we
owe it to everyone

that has come before
us to follow this lead.

- I think it is unique.
- Yeah, exactly.

Having said that,
there's work to do.

I say we go do it.

- Let's go.
- Bye, guys.

MARTY: Let's get back to work.

NARRATOR: Is it
possible that critical clues

to the Oak Island mystery
might await the team

thousands of miles
away in Malta?

Clues that could help prove

that the incredible
structures and artifacts

that have been uncovered all
across the island were connected

to the Knights Templar
and the Knights of Malta?

If so, might the Laginas
and their fellowship

also learn the truth
about what awaits them

deep below ground
in the Money Pit area?

One thing is certain.

Nothing will stop them

from pursuing the
answers to this mystery.

Not even... a deadly curse.

Next time on The
Curse of Oak Island...

Oh, my goodness.
Oh, look at this.

Oh, it's beautiful.

- Oh, my heavens.
- Whoa!

GARY: Whoa!

- See right there?
- Yup. That's massive.

That's been in there
a long, long time.

- Yeah.
- That could be another vault.

- EMILIANO: Welcome to Malta.
- ALEX: Wow, look at this.

RICK:
It's quite amazing.

It's just absolutely incredible.

RICK:
That's stunning.

Is this blueish clay?

TOM: Blue clay? It was one
of the keys in working

- in the Money Pit.
- ALEX: This is evidence

of what happened on Oak Island.