Yeah let’s get that canned down hall and find this thing we’re good to go guys I found very similar crosses from the 13th century we can say quite securely they were made before 146 it was one of the things fored found on the island is this the key to unlock
The mystery is this the key to Nolan’s cross there is an island in the North Atlantic where people have been looking for an incredible treasure for more than 200 years so far fragment of human bone and a lead cross whose origin May stretch back to the days of the knight’s Templar
To date six men have died trying to solve the mystery and according to Legend one more will have to die before for the treasure can be Found as a new day begins on Oak Island brother 123 year-old Mystery just one week ago while Excavating a shaft known as ag8 at a depth of some 170 ft the team encountered evidence of what they believed was the so-called Chapel Vault the mysterious 7t tall box first discovered by treasure Hunters William Chapel and Frederick Blair in
1897 but when the drill team from Irving equipment limited tried to penetrate the wooden object they were shocked to learn that not only did their massive steel qu on something was in front of the can and we were pushing it for a while and that’s when the drilling guy oh it’s
Still in there though let pushed to the side an even bigger setback to the team occurred during a meeting in the war room while choosing the next tril site when Rick and Marty’s friend and partner crank tester announced that he would be leaving the island for the remainder of
The summer I make a we dig one more well yet this year right here do I have a second well something the other guys around this table because what I’m heading out of here I’m probably not coming back to you Drake he loved this place he loved working with
His father and his brother so we are pushed if you will to complete the task at hand this is a chance to finish it you know I don’t know how to say it exactly but I kind want to try and finish this for Drake can we name it after my brother
Too of course you can thank you let’s find it for everyone take it down nice and slow now while the team from Irving equipment limited continues the preparations for the new steel case shaft known simply as DMT right there Brothers Rick and Marty lein on what may be the most important disc
Discovery ever made on Oak Island a lead cross look we’re all very intrigued by by the cross the person that we should reference really is is Jerry Glover uh he gave us access to our goddess access to the the prison Tower and Dome and uh Alex I believe he has sent you some
Followup photographs you want me to get him on the phone absolutely I think we we all should have some questions for him okay hello hey Jerry are you there yes I’m here holy holy shimo all right just and metal detection expert Gary Drayton found the mysterious lead object near
The area where just one year earlier they had found evidence of an ancient irrigation system known as a French drain how old I would say that is somewhere in between 1,200 and 16 on I’ve seen that shape before I saw a carving like that in the Templar prison in
Dome incredibly the cross was an almost exact match to caring’s mate by members of the knight’s Templar which Rick leina and two of his nephews were recently shown by Templar first time that came out of the ground I said I had seen that before so here is the side by side
Image that is strikingly similar I mean it’s it’s not similar it’s identical as far as I’m concerned Jerry I believe we’ve sent you a photograph of the Cross and we were wondering you know what your thoughts were on it without it being properly analyzed it’s impossible to say exactly how old
But it seems to resemble the deeply ins Iz crucifixion graffiti uh my uh pictures of Medal graffiti from England and I found very similar crosses on the pillar uh in the Nave of a a 13th century Church uh in a village called wit Church in buckshire there’s also on the same
Pillar a cross of Jerusalem graffito which is like we saw a Dom and is indic of Crusaders so Jerry I’m looking at this pillar from England and these pellets and the and the sort of crosses with the bases also match a lot of the graffiti and Dome do you draw any conclusion from
That we know the ones at Dome of course were made by Templar very good evidence for a common source for both seems a fair conclusion yes as I hope you can see there’s a a graffito on the base of the pillar it says 1416 and examples of dated medieval
Graffiti are extremely rare and that’s one that I’ve discovered myself Jerry is it fairly conclusive then that the graffiti is contemporaneous with the inscription of 1416 is is that for sure or is that uh to the best of our knowledge no I think what what it probably signifies is that that date is
Probably the building of the church in the 13th Cent Century we can say quite securely that they were made before 1416 so if this is the same symbol that we’re seeing in Dome and in the pendant you know is that of any meaning if we try to put a tentative date on our
Pendant yes I mean just looking at it basic iconography it certainly has that 13th century look about it who might be wearing such a thing or having such a thing from that time it could be anyone in christom from an ordinary person to a knight clergy man
It’s made for personal use of Jesus Christ on a cross also known as a crucifix date as far back as the 2 Century those made of lead and most resembling the one found at Smith’s Co were also known as Mortuary crosses and were generally worn during times of
Plague in an effort to ward off evil and disease the thing is very curious especially you know the obvious question is how in the heck did it end up on a beach in Nova Scotia it’s very unusual if you had to opine is it Templar likely Templar or more generic
Bit more evidence regarding the age of the item can’t really say any more than that with regard to its temper connection we’re going to have to have experts give us an opinion people who are um very well versed in religious iconography but the 13th century really it it’s surely a
Very very significant Discovery but again in terms of its connection to a specific Theory I don’t think we’re there yet well I’ll tell you what Jerry we will continue the our research if you have any more information that you you think we may uh find of Interest please
Remain in in whatever results we find thank you again from all of us thank you cheers Jer he said it’s probably medieval it’s ancient everything he said was consistent so we’re going to keep going with that see where it leads as you always say look the the obvious
Conclusion is to keep pursuing this yeah and we’re not going to get it done sitting here back to it while his brother remains on Oak Island to supervise operations at The Money Pit site Rick leina and Charles barkhouse have traveled some 50 miles Northeast important meeting with fellow Oak Island
Property owner Tom Nolan the son of legendary treasure hunter Fred Nolan who passed away early last year I do think that the torch has been passed to Tom from his father yeah and my hope is that he’ll say you know what as a way to honor my father’s and my father’s
Legacy you know I’ll work in concert with you guys yeah TJ Nolan construction this would be it I was hoping to work with red and now we’ve lost part of what my brother calls the seat at the table hopefully hey hey Tom how are you how you doing
Good to see you again how are you hi Tom Charles I jump in there yeah how’s things going on Oak Island today uh you know the Oak Island what I call the emotional roller coaster I wish I had x marks a spot as you all know
It’s it’s I mean your father spent a lifetime doing this yeah you know oh sure I mean it’s been a part of my life you know as long as I can remember I don’t know if I have the passion for the treasure hunting dadad but to be a bit emotional for you look
At look at your father’s life’s work he spent hours Untold hours working on this unfortunately he just did not bring it to an end so here we are here we are you know it’s it’s my hope that we can in some way shape or form work in concert work together to solve this
Whatever I can do Rick you know to try to help you guys to facilitate this thing and hopefully bring it to an end once and for all you know I’ll gladly step up what I’m really hoping to see are we have seen them for a short period
Of time you know your father came down well what these are I mean these are basically 50 years of of his work you know his survey work down in the island you know plotting everything he thought was important you you ran through the fields you were cutting yeah I spent my
Time with the mosquitoes in the woods cutting survey lines but no this the actual survey work was dead you know 100% wow was important you know the fieldwork would all be uh recorded in his books and then put on the maps look at the amount of survey lines on this map there’s hundreds it was a life time to put it together a land surveyor by trade Fred
Nolan first became involved in the Oak Island mystery when he was invited to create a detailed map of all 140 Acres of of the island by Mr Chapel in 1961 after purchasing six 4 acre lots near the middle of the island in 1963 Fred spent over half a century
Plotting evidence of possibly men made cross you know I guess as a surveyor dad got caught up in what he saw and thought you know there’s something to this from a from an engineering surveying background you know that’s what Drew him to it when Tom unrolled the first map my
Thought was my goodness there’s an enormous amount of information here it’s a it’s bittersweet here’s the maps we have now complete and total access to them and yet we’ve lost uh The Interpreter of the maps we’ve lost Fred very much look forward to coming to some understanding
Of where these Maps may take us I mean I have too you’ve spoken of it yeah swamp’s a it’s a it’s you know it’s a strange place I mean we drained it in the 70s a couple times and uh you know Dad believed there was something
Something hidden in it you were part of your father’s process were you’re not about locating the survey Stakes mhm yeah we found you know the lines of lines of stakes out in the swamp during his exploration of the mysterious triangle shaped swamp Fred Nolan discovered a number of identical
Evenly spaced wooden Stakes that were later carbon dated to as early as the 1500s based on his used centuries ago to help create the boundaries for what he strongly believed was an artificial body of water these Stakes were there and they formed a perfect perfect lines as if
They were set by a surveyor is some of that data on the maps it’s all in the maps it’s all there let’s put this together let’s put it to bed no let’s do it that’s great guys look before you go there’s just something I wanted to show
You one of the things Fred found on the island I don’t know exactly when but it’s a key I’ve never seen anything like that before a folding skeleton key something I had never seen before it has a cross in the blade of the skeleton key and
When you fold the key you can see the cross in the handle all that is very interesting a skeleton key found on Oak Island also known as a pass key the use of skeleton keys dates back to the 8th Century BC with the invention of the
First bronze and iron ke Keys during the Roman Empire stripped down to their most universal master keys that could open and close numerous locks on everything from doors to safes or as a pick for thieves who wanted to break into them but what was a skeleton key doing on Oak
Island could it have been used to open a number of different treasure chests buried centuries ago the fact that it folds is very curious mhm it’s Unique in many ways it’s emblematic of what we just proposed to do is this the key to unlock the mystery is this the
Key to Nolan’s cross I mean working together I think we can do this yeah together one day after their productive meeting with Tom Nolan Rick leina and Charles barkhouse arrive at the home of Oak Island resident Dave blank and ship hello what do you got there Rick I don’t
Have your spendables but this might lead you to the spendables this is Mr Nolan’s Maps now armed with Fred Nolan’s Maps Rick is eager to examine them for possible Clues there’s a lot of information on here as you will know MH so why don’t we uh take a
Look to be able to hold in our hand here’s a man who committed large portion of his adult life to this passion to this Pursuit and there’s an enormous amount of information and enormous doesn’t begin to quantify Fred’s 50 years of research I can’t even imagine
How much work was done look at look at the amount of survey lines on this map there’s hundreds it’s probably couple thousand here he ran every one of these lines physically through the island and there are probably thousands not everyone was important we’re going to have to parse out what’s
Relevant from were Stones right there I see that so much information on here he must have surveyed practically every rock that was visible on his property thinking it connected to something there’s almost survey lines to every Rock that’s here that’s on the surface obviously yep unlike most Oak Island Treasure Hunters
Including his rival Dan blackin Ship Fred Nolan believed the key to solving the mystery could be found by examining evidence above the ground rather than below it he also believed that the real treasure site was likely to be I think I think these are the survey Stakes you
Think those are okay unless those are them right there yeah those if only you were here I know I would do anything for time with him again me too there’s information there but there’s no Legend there’s no scale there’s no orientation so there’s a lot of work
That remains to be done with the maps before we actually use the information in the field we have to be diligent and we have to be patient his gift us is we have these maps and now we can duplicate his processes let’s roll them up and get after it
Okay it is a moment of great anticipation for brothers Rick and Marty leina as they along with Charles barkhouse and metal detection expert Gary draon head to Lot 12 to begin their new search efforts on property now belonging to Fred Nolan’s family all right guys today is the day right yep I’m old
For it for the first time since Fred N 16 Acres this includes the areas where Rick believes Fred made several of Oak Island’s most important discoveries including Nolan’s cross Here Comes J with the back hole Tom has also arranged to have his associate Jim Mah Aid the team search
Efforts using a 7 ton back hog hey Jimmy I wonder if you just dig a trench two ft down all the way roughly to where they’re standing a little bit beyond that right and we’ll try to locate where this thing might be all right sounds like a
Plan is an area the veteran treasure hunter once described as an ancient dumpsite it was here that previous Searchers reported finding evidence believed to be connected to the original construction of The Money Pit where is this dump it’s here you just haven’t found it yet we have several sources that
Describe a dumpl like area right near Fred Nolan’s house now Tom Nolan’s house we have Tom himself describing his dad digging in there when Tom was a young young lad we’re looking for clues in that area as to what happened it’s written about it but what do you know
Gilbert hen in 1936 he finds shards of pottery with traces of mercury in them and mercury has actually been found in The Money Pit too that goes back to that whole theory of you know Sir Francis Bacon preserving documents in Mercury one of the most persistent
Theories as to the origins of the Oak Island mystery points to Sir Francis Bacon the renowned 17th century philosopher scientist politician and nobleman bacon was also a leading member of the rosac crucian a secret society of intellectuals who are believed to have come into possession of the bacon was
Also the secret author of The Works credited to William Shakespeare and that he buried both the Templar treasures and the original Shakespeare folios on Oak Island in his scientific work Noam organum bacon described a method of preserving documents in Mercury allowing them to be securely buried deep within the
Earth could the traces of Mercury discovered at the dump by Gilbert hon in 1936 support the theory that important historical documents could be hidden on Oak Island and might that explain why the Oak Island team found pieces here small Scrappy iron let me get a pinpoint o no crusty
Nail okay guys trench time all I’m picking up is small nails so I’ll start at that end and work my way back we need some shiny gold things something with a de on it yes I’m getting something here it’s like iron that’s it y Square nail I got some pottery here Pottery yeah
Should we go have a look oh my God I could have the old dinner service here look here’s a big piece look yeah different look oh wow that’s a lot of pottery look well looks like with it the dump guys oh re champ now kind of like hit the jackpot here
There another little piece right here I think our dump is right there Rick it’s this perfect cross-section we found it it doesn’t go through to this way you’re finding all kinds of bits of pottery and stuff right there another piece locating the dump finding it realizing that the
Stories were true yeah this is a successful day we got to figure out the oldest thing here because that might tell us who was here at the Times we’re wondering about a date yeah it’s always about the dates mhm from the beginning we’ve tried to look to the past and try
To C the field and corroborated that the story is real that’s important as we move forward while Rick Marty and members of the team continue their search of the dumb site on Tom Nolan’s property Alex G and Jack Begley have traveled 60 M North to the Dawson print
Shop at the Nova Scotia School of Art and Design in the city of Halifax well I’m anxious to meet it this is like right in his wheelhouse they are meeting with Joe Landry an expert in medieval book binding who specializes in the we think you’d be able to help us with um Jack’s
Got him and I would love to take a look if we can it kind of looks like it could be some old parchment several weeks ago while searching the spoils excavated from Bor Hole age8 In The Money Pit Jack Begley and Dan hensy discovered both parchment and bits of
Leather leather which when examined under an electron microscope resembled possible book binding material well please have a season we’ll have a thanks it is the team’s hope that Joe along with his Apprentice Catherine their origin so we have what we think is parchment and what we think is leather
From possibly a book findinding okay where should we start the parchment sure so there you go yes yes this would be parchment I guess I’ve been burned so many times in the past that I was almost expecting him to say oh it looks like parchment but you know on closer examination no
That’s not what this is however what he told us is yeah this is parchment he immediately recognized he said yep that’s exactly what this this is uh quite U typical of a vegetable tanned leather esec especially cough or hide this material lasts and last I mean one the suppliers I use when I’m
Restoring medieval books sort of guarantees his his Alam Todd skins for 2,000 years wow whereas goat Skins are only good for 400 got to save those receipts yeah pass them you better write the receipts on parchment too we actually brought one more piece though and we were wondering if you
Could give us any information this might be kind of a long shot yeah it’s a purple piece of wood any idea sample of parchment and leather found in the HH spoils Jack and Dan hensy also discovered a mysterious piece of wood which appeared to have been stained or dyed The Color Purple it’s
Not fluorescent exactly but it’s definitely an unusual purple um this this is also this color is very similar to an ink used in parchment wow this is from Egypt how old is this scroll oh 2,000 years the blue is the Tyrion blue the royal blue that the use but it’s amazing
How similar the colors are although I feel it might be more likely from a you know a vegetable Source like a rich red wine I think how often was this color purple used well just an important Church do doents and Royal you know documents wa you’re kidding right only
For important church and Royal documents that’s right it looks like the same color as the piece of wood does look identical dating back over 3500 years to the ancient Phoenicians the production of purple Dy was royalty in fact in the Middle Ages so-called Sanctuary laws restricted the
Use of purple dyes to those in the aristocracy could the presence of this purple wood along with parchment and leather book binding be evidence that important historical or religious documents are buried deep in the money pet if this was a a book board and it was covered with this ecclesiastical
Purple leather and it got West it could be staining so wait hold on that seems important this there’s leather that’s dyed this color is color is it possible that this wood is an analog for this wood here the thickness is about right for a book book board in combination this is the most
Exciting it’s that is true cuz without this that could be a shoe and without these this isn’t going to tell us as much as as we want to know I think Jack and I got some really good info today uh we got a lot of answers and we we our theories confirmed about
What these scraps of leather and parchment really are so uh I think the guys back at the island are going to be really interested in what we learned of course things just keep getting more interesting well that’s that’s that’s the nature of the game isn’t it you
Never know it’s going to show up next week we’ll get out of your here thank as Alex and Jack conclude their informative meeting meeting with Joe Landry Rick lagina and Gary dren head to the home of Veteran Oak Island Treasure Hunter Dan blankin Ship doc
Dog hi Dan what did you say Rick how you doing don’t get up good H mate how you doing excuse me for not getting up no no you sit down at the age of 94 Dan has spent more than half a cent three-year-old mystery although not as active in the
Search as he once was Dan remains an invaluable source of information and guidance to Rick and the Oak Island team we were out in Smith’s Cove and we were metal detecting and I’d like to show you what we found look at that then whenever we find something that we deem
To be uh an important find uh we always go to see Mr blanket chip and we all find the cross quite fascinating a significant find in our opinion and we wanted to show it to Dan lead yep y it’s lead I went to France to a Templar prison and I saw
Something carved in the wall exactly like that I think I have a picture of it here on the Phone the Templars were imprisoned there in 1307 there similar it of it is striking that’s for sure I’ll be honest I came here looking for basically pirate treasure treasure coins artifacts I wasn’t a big believer in the Templar connection that changed my mind never did I ever believe that I could find
Something like this on Oak Island something like this here substantiates that theory just another piece of yeah of the puzzle that seems to to fall in well we’re going to get more eight lead I don’t know if there is or not my God they poured lead for hundreds of
Years they’ve poured lead I don’t know how long they go back a long time it’ll be interesting to see what the experts have to say about this very much so no question about that I came here just absolutely committed to giving Dan and Fred some answers and unfortunately Mr
Nolan has passed and Dan is none of us are are beating father time I mean we’re all getting older so this could be an answer you find something we’ll be back not it down a little bit for Rick and Marty leina and their team so it started it is started the
Anticipation for a major breakthrough in the Oak Island mystery couldn’t be higher could go that way just a little bit good y there it is where is today marks the beginning of their sixth massive exploration shaft in The Money Pit area known as DMT the Dig location has been
Named for Craig tester’s son and Jack Lake morning Eric morning so can’s up ready to start oscillating ready to rock based on all the information we know based on last year’s work based on this year’s work this is X Marx’s spot y as good as we can discern using the information gained
From the 44 exploratory Bor holes completed this year as a part of their Geotech drilling program the team is ident identified the DMT location as a promising search area where they believe the legendary Chapel Vault may have moved after being dislodged during the excavation of
H8 we honed in on if you will the the bottom location of chapis Vault mhm there’s certainly still questions swirling around h8 and you know I hate walking away with uh those those questions unanswered and I do believe that that that uh the DMT hole holdes much promise look everything’s lining up
Let’s get that canned down hall and find this thing we’re ready to go thanks man thank you appreciate it we’re good to go guys let’s hope that DMT party and the Oak Island team digging the DMT shaft in The Money Pit area may be their final test in solving the 223 yearold mystery
Will they soon find where a vast treasure lies buried a treasure consisting of everything from valuable objects to Priceless documents Treasure of historic importance brought to Oak Island centuries ago and from thousands of miles away or might they find that the keys to unlocking oai Island Secrets lies
Somewhere much closer to the surface and in a different and more next time on The Curse of Oak Island we’re on an obstruction oh noil Corel Houston we have a problemo what is that these are the type of injes that come off chests or boxes yeah this one is from
The from 1200 BC this is stunning this is the F of the century across this whole area just like the paved area this looks clearly man-made we have gotten it I’m hoping it’s a big jewelry box down here look at that it to be one of the stones from the
Masonic high priest breastplate who had buried the Arc of the Covenant on Oak Island centuries ago holy chimo heads up the vaults were about 30 ft above it right now 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 s and a lead cross whose origin may be connected to the knight’s 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 there’s some wood yep no mistaking that one oh a morning of renewed excitement has begun on Oak Island as to solve a 227 yearold mystery how deep are we again somewhere between 72 and 74 with the excavation you know we got some wood up higher but it was just chewed up pieces
But now this is 70 ft and onwards much bigger really wow working with representatives from Irving equipment limited and rock equipment the team is currently Excavating a 10t diameter shaft in The Money Pit area known as dmt2 it is a shaft that may not only be on course to intercept the original
Treasure shaft but also a 7t high concrete of 153 ft back in 1897 it was just adjacent to this location where prominent o Island Treasure Hunter and Freemason Gilbert hon dug his own 12x 24t shaft in 1937 hoping to reach the Vault but unfortunately he had to abandon the
Effort at a depth of just 124 ft when he ran out of funds to complete the project so it feels as though we’re grazing the head and shaft and now we’re kind of coming back into it girls this this cons yeah yeah I fir the depth so and that’s
Quar in steel that’s going to have to go through so I already made mention of that to Danny he said no problem so when Gilbert hen constructed his massive 124 ft deep wooden shaft he installed a heavy metal plate at the bottom along with a 6 high brace or
Shield in order to secure the structure into the ground if the okai team does encounter the head and shaft’s shield it will offer hope that they are on course to recover the legendary Vault that Gilbert headen was unable to reach how much water is in there a lot
It’s kind of interesting so part of me wonders if we’re getting down to a a depth or close to a depth there’s a lot of hydraulic conductivity be it shafts or be it tunnels there things are moving around maybe that’s why the water came so quickly
Up and that can is near where we got the high Trace gold right two other factors that make Rick Marty and their partner Craig tester especially optimistic that Gilbert head was on track to making a major Discovery are that just 2 years ago they themselves Unearthed a concrete like
Substance potentially related to the chapel vault in this very same area and water tests in previously drilled B holes it’s possible at 150 ft it’s where the Vault would reside but there is one other data point that is certainly of interest and that is that there was high
Gold and silver levels in the water sample within the confines of the mt2 so is it saying that this might be the area where the money pit actually is the data points are supportive of something being done there we got more wood coming up morning Rick hey Andrew how we doing
This morning good how are you good good what’s the word we’re getting there we’re really pushing good indication for us that we’re into wood right now all right well we’re spot on location wise hopefully around 150 ft give or take there might be something yep I wish we
Had definitive data but we’re going to learn things as we take deeper we certainly aren’t going to stop till we get to about 50 to search for this Vault from here on we need to be constantly Vigilant about what’s coming up out of the can talking about what’s come up we
Got another load in the bins okay off you go see what we got in this one while Rick lagina continues to supervise the excavation of dmt2 just right up here metal detection expert Gary trayon along with Jack Begley and surveyor Steve guptil arrive on Lot 8 located on the western side of the
Island L 8 has continued to produce compelling clues that may be critical in helping to solve the Oak Island mystery all right so this is the anomaly okay as you can see it’s an indentation there does seem to be some sort of a depression in the ground yeah so I’m
Going to say this is probably one of the most interesting anomalies we’ve had this year and it’s just strictly based on the data there is a VF right here so that just means there’s something going on under effort to vet a reported 14th century map of Oak Island that the late
Author and researcher Zena hurn believed to have been created by members of the Knights Templar the team conducted a magnetometry survey that identified a large metallic anomaly buried more than 10 ft underground since then they have Unearthed several near surface artifacts including a ship making tool that could
Date back to as early as 1500 ad and just one week ago Rick leina Oak Island historian Paul Troutman and members of the team identified more evidence of several anomaly at 5 ft second anomaly at 1920 so the mag hit starts in this corner now the team is looking for more
Clues that predate the discovery of The Money Pit in 1795 in order to obtain a government permit that would allow them to conduct a large scale excavation of the mysterious anomalies I’m sure we’ll find some stuff here I’m hoping it’s a big jewelry box down here well it’s going to be
Something yeah I mean this whole area is a hot spot yeah all right guys I you got to run though let me know how do mate thanks cheers all right let’s start griding it out clearly in Zena’s map and there’s a MAG anomal there too there’s a lot of
Iron in this area for sure all kinds of things that don’t make sense cuz nobody ever lived there it makes you wonder what happened on lot eight we have gotten it right in the area that Steve L marked right there mate we’re trying to understand the whole island trying to understand
Everything as it relates to the story The Mystery that is Oak Island it’s going to be S diing yeah we know it leads us to these other x marks of spots it’s out yeah and it’s quite a strong signal for the sound of it you’re on it w wow
Look at that let me see what this is let me put this away yeah it’s heavy heavy heavy while investigating an area on L8 where a number of large objects may be buried deep more than 10 ft underground trayon and Jack Begley have just Unearthed a potentially important clue
Near the surface you see how it’s mushroom there oh but it’s been beat on a without a doubt mate look that looks like it’s the end of it and the best way describing this is an iron Rod it could be AEL yeah exactly and when you hold it in
Your hand like this you you get the feeling that yeah it could have been a chisel mate this has got a swages and point chisel feel about it I think this is a very very old piece of hisory chisel and the swages back to the Middle Ages oh really way back to the
1400s mate well then what the heck is going on in this area I don’t know mate over the past 3 years that looks old to me that looks an forged huh the team has not only recovered a similar metal artifact near Smith’s Cove on the Eastern end of the island but
Also two iron tools known as swages here on the western side of the island these are very very rare which blacksmithing expert Carmen leg believed to be of great significance I would say the uh swages I would go back as far as mid 1400s feel that is my could this iron
Object that Gary and Jack have just found also be that and if so could it possibly be connected to the large anomalies that have been detected much deeper below ground that’s a cool find we’re finding more things like swages and rock chisels and other objects that lead to work being done on
The western side of the island previous to the discovery of The Money Pit so how are these tools related and why were people doing work you know what mate I think we should get this back to the archaeology trailer now so the guys can start working on this right away we’ll come
Back what a fantastic day the following morning now there’s some good chunks as the excavation of the dmt2 shaft continues in The Money Pit area morning gentlemen everybody guys guys Rick lagina and Craig tester have gathered members of the team in the war room for a video conference with Scott
Clark we all know Scott Clark morning guys earlier this year Scott presented the team with his theory that the 17th century English nobleman Sir William Fitz may have conspired with an American Freemason named Andrew beler to hide a massive cash of silver in The Money Pit sometime around
1687 we very much look forward to your presentation however in light of the teens recent finds made on Lot 8 Rick has invited Scott to present new research connected to another discovery that was made there 3 years ago the red garnet Broach which Jim pull it out so
That everyone can take a look at it at the time I think we all declared it to be the first piece of treasure that had been found on Oak Island mhm it still is quite stunning I believe that the information you’ve come up with probably
Will reveal a lot more about it uh yeah hopefully I mean I know you keep referring it to it as a a broo have a different possible interpretation so I’ve always believed that the key to the Oak Island mystery lies within the equally enigmatic and cryptic Brotherhood of
Freemasonry so as I had thought more about this Garnet it occurred to me that it was actually the perfect color size and General in Freemasonry the 13th degree of the Scottish wri is called the Royal Arch of Enoch or Royal Arch of Solomon the high priest is essentially
The head of the Masonic Royal Arch chapter and where these Royal Arch breast plates in a specific Masonic ritual meant to mimic the breastplate of judgment worn by the biblical High priests so the making of the original breastplate is described in the book of Exodus in the Bible on it were 12
Precious and semi-precious stones arranged in four rows of three representing the 12 tribes of Israel according to the King James translation of the Bible one of these 12 Stones was stated as being a carbuncle or deep red gemstone nowadays a carbuncle is posed the Oak Island garnet
And setting over one of the breastplate Stones I think you can see here it’s very similar to the ones on the other plate that matches pretty well pretty well but what would a masonic Royal Arch high priest breastplate be doing on Oak Island ever since The Money Pit was discovered in
1795 the secretive fraternity known as the Freemasons which many researchers claim descended from the medieval order of the Knight Templar have been closely tied to the Oak Island mystery several of their members such as Franklin Dela Roosevelt have not only LED various Treasure Island symbols that in include crosses triangles and
Carvings of the letter G representing the Divine Creator I think well and truly it has been proved that the Masons had an interest in Oak Island but what is that mean does that mean they were here watching over it does that mean they were here searching for something does
It mean they were here protecting something so connections to Royal Arch Freemason Ria Nova Scotia go back at least 250 years the breast plates they would have had may also have been quite old having been passed down within lodges one high priest was intimately during certain Masonic Royal Arch
Rituals as it turns out Melbourne R Chapel was Grand high priest from 1954 to 1956 Chapel was also a longtime Oak Island land owner and Treasure Trove license holder and even owned Lot 8 where the garnet and setting were found Mel first became involved with Oak
Island of course when he worked with his father William Chapel in 1931 born and raised in Sydney Nova Scotia Mr Chapel was the primary owner of Oak Island from 1950 to 1977 however his connection to the treasure mystery began in 1890 sold into the massive box deep in the money fil
That would come to be known as the chapel Vault although he was never able to recover the treasure that his father believed he had encountered is it possible that Mr Chapel came to have secret knowledge through his position as a Freemason about what may be buried on Oak Island there’s always the possibility
That any earlier Masons prior to 1795 made use of certain Masonic rituals to hide an actual sacred treasure on the island so Mel Chapel may have have actually had a masonic Royal Arch breastplate on Oak aonic ritual meant to mimic the retrieval of the Ark of the Covenant from a secret vault
Underground these bre plates they were used in a specific Masonic ritual meant to mimic the retrieval of the Ark of the Covenant from a secret vault underground wow in the War Room 32nd degree Freemason Scott Clark has presented the team with his theory that the semi-precious Garnet found 4 years ago
On Lot 8 may have been connected to a masonic ritual and also to one of the most sought after missing religious artifacts in history the the answer is yes in the earliest days of Freemasonry these rituals were meant to be as realistic as possible it is held once each year on
The day of atonement in a very secret place Underground with neither door nor window with a trapo at top in fact the description of this Vault with its nine arches sounds almost identical to the early accounts of the Oak Island money pit with its alleged layers every 10 ft down to 90
Ft it’s possible these guys were doing the ritual to hide something or perhaps Chapel or any earlier Masons were ritually paying homage to their predecessors than from the 11th to the 12th century ad the military order of monks known as the Knights Templar operated in the Holy Land to protect
Christian pilgrims during the Crusades their base of operation was established on Temple mount the site of the original Temple of King Solomon and the last known location of the Ark of the Covenant in 1307 the order was disbanded by Pope Clement V and persecuted by King Philip IV of
France some researchers have speculated that this was done in order to confiscate their Treasures include to have escaped from La Rell France loaded with the orders Priceless valuables is it possible that researchers such as Scott Clark and the late Zena hurn have been correct in their belief that the Templars hid their
Treasures including the Ark of the Covenant on Oak Island and if so could the proof lie buried on lot8 it’s very interesting Scott you’ve thought outside the box and there are ways to follow up if the garnet found specifically on a lot once owned by Freemasons can be
Proven to be from a masonic breastplate there could actually be other items on lot8 which could indicates a depositional chamber for religious artifacts it’s certainly possible but you have to take the theory and put it in the field could this be related to the lot aen the
Huming perhaps I think a dig is warranted I think the suggestion from what you found scottt is that there may be a stronger Masonic connection than we realized Chapel was actively engaged in the Treasure Hunt spending money looking for Treasure here so it makes sense that he knows there’s something here somewhere yeah
To me it goes together I think it’s very interesting three Masons were involved with Oak Island is is is amazing itself and then this specific broch might be part of that breastplate it’s it’s very interesting Scott we will do some followup and we will certainly stay in
Touch and let you know if we find out anything at all sounds good all right well thank you very much the following morning going to get that piece of Wonder yeah while Rick leina oversees the excavation at The Money Pit Marty oh it’s time to dig our guys
Yep after following up with the authorities they’ve been granted permission to conduct a 5T deep excavation at the sight of the mysterious anomalies the okm says there is an anomaly here at 5T and one at 20 but if I can get you down five that thing might say something oh yeah this
Will get us another five the GPX 5000 it’s pulse induction mate this is big burer if they succeed in finding evidence of human activity they can apply for a permit that would allow for a much deeper investigation all right what do you say we dig yeah let’s do it okay mate I’ll
Get set up digging it’s something thing that is buried there of significance so obviously a chamber of some sort would be fabulous so you know to hit metal to hit concrete to hit wood even to find wood here say 5 ft down would be gigantically significant it would be
Hiding something and of course every bucket you’re always looking for signs of treasure that’s a heck of a lot of rcks or nothing but rock all of this here all looks like it’s F it’s Disturbed it’s just like the paved area there’s just a big layer of rocks right across this whole Area a possible paved area in 2019 while conducting an excavation in the middle of the swamp look like deeper paved area like multiple rocks yeah stacking of rocks Billy Gart uncovered a massive Stone paved area stretching across the middle of the brackish MOG holy crow I think something really important
Here which geoscientist Dr E team has yet to determine that feature’s purpose could this feature here on Lot 8 have been created to conceal the large anomalies that have been detected deeper below and if so could it be evidence that Scott Clark’s incredible theory about a Priceless treasure connected to
The knight’s Templar is true is it Disturbed more this way yeah so I should go that way yeah it’s a pretty big rock that Boulder is a bit like an iceberg isn’t it yeah there’s a lot going on down there would you say it’s almost for sure that’s been dug before
It looks like it’s been Disturbed there oh you see all the Organics below the boulder mhm it suggests that somebody d dug then pulled the Rock and put it there I just know there’s got to be something deeper could be an ACH this might lead to something much
Greater somebody dug then pulled the Rock and put it there yeah on Lot 8 located on the western side of Oak Island Marty lagina and members of the team have just uncovered evidence of human it where previous GPR and magnetometry scans have indicated large metallic objects or structures may be
Buried up to 20 ft below don’t look like we’re the first ones out here for sure yeah the biggest issue is where did that Boulder come from if the boulder was placed by human intervention we’re talking about tunnels or vaults or whatever could be below that I think we
Should dig more around that rock and just go down we have a couple clues that what happened here appears to be so extensive it could certainly have been people hiding treasure so I think we have to dig deeper to find what we’re looking for it’s Unique enough to pursue it below 5
Ft yeah I’d say you’re at yeah 5T going in No oh hearing anything what is a church mou dang it’s worth a try yeah all right so what does that mean to us in our little treasure hunt here I’d like to find something the surface metal detecting finds tell us some one’s been here a long time ago some of those fins
Red in this area and although we haven’t found anything today I mean we can’t put an X through this spot yeah exactly we have an anomaly to report in the sense that we have black organic stuff under the boulder the deeper one though I think we’re at the limit well
Today the fact that they Unearthed what appears to be a purposely placed paved feature and a massive artificially placed Boulder means that they will need to apply for a more extensive permit in order to conduct a much deeper excavation of the lot 8 anomalies we’ll head back we need to
Report to my brother and then decide what else to do here all right cool Scott will you fill it in yep so let’s go I have a feeling we haven’t seen the last of this place yeah me too later that afternoon yeah this is exciting I mean arrive at The Money Pit
Area as the excavation of the dmt2 shaft continues what’s the latest we’re looking around 89 ft with the excavation and the can currently sits at 104 as well we’re cutting very light very low pressures with this one it’s going down really easy really really easy what does
That mean Craig I think we’re getting close to the bottom of the head sha where it’s probably going to be the softest you know 120t level to 125 that’s going to be the bottom those CH yeah once we get down to a depth right around 123
124 we will be below head and shot thanks Andrew I’m going to go on the wash PL cuz there’s not a whole lot of people down there all right we’ll see you in a little bit another one coming that is a l that is a lot of wood that’s nice the
Papa look at that fantastic a double cut wood chip both sides that’s great news what is that one chip aut one yeah yeah those big wood chips are similar to what we saw on the stone roope this chips from axis everywhere wow one year ago while investigating the
Stone Road in the swamp which may date back 5 centuries or more the team found a massive amount of ax cut wood chips which Dr Spooner believed had been utilized for the features construction all the wood chips that we see are from them throwing them down on the swamp so
So they could put the rocks on something when they built the road is it possible that the team has just found evidence of human activity that could date back to the same period as the stone lot8 we can bag that yeah got to say that’s a new
Noise man that’s that’s turning way too free oh troubling that’s troubling right there so we got to be cutting some it is a potentially critical Moment In The Money Pit area depth of approximately 105 ft that woke everybody up yeah oh we got it now yeah you’re cooking
Now what we’re trying to do here is come down on some of the things that people who came before us did they they talked about grinding on metal that they couldn’t get through or potentially concrete and each time that was associated with something special like of course the treasure Vault so I want
To know more about this well he got through the zone is about 2 ft what does he think that obstacle was we’re not sure if should be coming out here anytime piece of a big boulder maybe could but it was acting we’ll find out very soon all right here we go look at
That B bucket Wow this is fantastic ready yep come look at this W it looks old yeah could be a sign of old construction maybe we’re into the older stuff okay you take a quick look at this that looks like a peg hey what Dan blanket chips float test if it sinks he always
Said it was old sinks Like a Rock sinks Like a Rock it’s old if it was a much older Chef they would have used pegs to secure the the Timbers instead of nails right yep a wooden Peg or Dow recovered from the dmt2 shaft because both Gilbert hen and
Professor Irwin Hamilton who constructed shafts in this area more than 60 years ago used machine cut Lumber could this wooden dowel mean that dmt2 has now cut into ancient team is finally zeroing in on the legendary Chapel Vault big brother we were about 108 ft um lots of wood looks like heading all
Of it looks like heading except for a few odd pieces like that pin and it sinks all right do any of the Timbers have dowels in them no not seen not observed any of that we’ll probably try to send it in for uh c14 the wooden Peg was just simply the type
Of Fastener associated with an older structure so indications are that this area could be of interest one has in close proximity to a treasure we have possibly different pieces of wood coming up yeah think we got some older pieces of wood coming up now
Mate oh wow thck of timas as well but a look at it right we have to be very very Vigilant and as the wood comes up separate what we deem to be head and shaft from what we deem to be original depositional War so All Eyes On Deck and
We have to make some snap judgments that looks older yeah that does that’s cut ax cut yeah definitely ax cut that a dowel or is that a Dr yep so where are we 113 113 okay and the can 124 okay that should be the end of the shaft shouldn’t
It yeah for the can well it’s an interesting area right here it is there just so many questions we’ll figure it out sounds good thank you you’re welcome find some good stuff oh on met where are you I’d like to see some coins coming up here check that out
Wow who seems to have a knack for finding stuff nobody else finds I know I tell you big brother you have a knack for finding stuff nobody else finds lift that jeez and that is heavy what on Earth would the purpose of that me I don’t know that’s weird yeah in The
Money Pit area rickle has recovered a potentially ancient piece of wood from the spoils that were just Unearthed from a depth of some 120 ft in the dmt2 shaft SS Like a Rock God that thing is heavy left that sucker hellow might be Oak too that’s pretty cool the square piece of wood phoned in DMT to is really interesting it’s not from the hidden shaft seem to be much older uh there there’s no doubt about that it’s different uh and that alone is
Substantive I think there is definitely hope for this Cas on I’ll go down this side got to go for that yeah somewh in that let me see if I can Pino it yeah big piece of metal yeah I have no idea what it is got another one coming out with way
More of it that’s what it is Holy shim moly heads up Charles yep there’s the plate look at all the nails scking out of it that’s a huge plate yep are we that deep that that could be the shield yeah I would say so has to be about that that’s very interesting a
Heavy metallic Shield that Gilbert had installed at the base of his shaft in 1937 that’s a piece of history there oh definitely piece of History it only offers hope that in the coming days they may be able to reach what Mr Hen could not the fabled chapel
Vault there is only one head and shaft on Oak Island so it’s part of the history and the lore this means we’re at the deepest part of the shaft and then the hope is that anything underneath that will be something that would be highly relevant to the quests for answers regarding the
Mystery Andrew think we’re done for the night call it a day yeah I would you agree yeah it’s not going anywhere sure sounds good thanks guys we and a lot of other Searchers have looked for this thing since 1897 when it was first described so each time we get down to
That depth we are eagerly hoping we find that Vault and we’re hoping this time it’s it it’s got to be out there somewhere right Charles it’s out there you just haven’t found it yet yeah well we’re about 30 ft above it right now I hope so we’ll find it let’s go
What began as a search for buried rges 227 years ago much more and for Rick Marty Craig and their team as they continue to unearth the hidden history of Oak Island just what might they discover about the history of the world will it involve a vast Treasure of plundered Gold Silver and jewels
Priceless artifacts created at the the direction of an all powerful God or will they find that some secrets about the past were never meant to be revealed next time on The Curse of Oak Island wow look ated to find the link to Portugal and to the night’s Templar that’s
Astounding that can’s going down fast we’re right at the Vault we should be finding something here pretty quick this is it wow this is a big find we caught a piece of this Vault it’s amazing oh Baby what we’re into in this area whether it’s wood or water or soil we’re getting gold we got M that’s awesome this comes from Sardinia off the coast of Italy W it’s the trail of the Templars this thing could have a world World Wide impact oh definitely is a game changer
The source of an astonishing Revelation 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 times and a lead cross whose origin may be connected to the night
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 hey hey Paul hey how’s it going good how are you all right you’re grabbing again yeah despite the chilly North Atlantic weather another exciting Morning has arrived on Oak Island for brothers Rick and Marty lagina and the members of their team how deep is the grab there right now somewhere around 73
Ft so how deep will you go now uh po ABC in The fabled Money Pit area representative from Duma Contracting limited are now cleaning out and preparing to refurbish the final 10 ft of a mysterious structure known as the garden shaft although the decaying feature is
Only 82 ft deep it is provided withed to the original Money pin these include the dating results from wood fragments which indicate the structure may have been built as early as 17 35 but even more astonishing is the fact that scientific analysis conducted on both wood and water samples taken from
More than 50 ft deep have revealed High trace evidence of gold so Charles we were down there and you can see that the uh that North corner is really sunk down significantly they they must had some softer ground there that stuff that one hold together yeah too well so we have
This hole over beside you dn1 point and then and then that tunnel that’s there seems to be trending towards the north corner of the shaft yeah oh man broke through something one month ago the team was conducting a cord drilling operation approximately 20 ft west of the garden shaft in an area
Known as the baby blob it is here where geoscientist Dr Ian Spooner and hydrogeologist Dr Fred Michael believe the money pit treasure Vault may be buried between 80 and 120 ft underground this DN 11.5 it really seems to line up DN 12.5 the team encountered a tunnel at a
Depth of 95 ft that not only contains high trace evidence of gold but also appears to be heading almost directly beneath the garden shaft we’re all excited every day the shaft goes deeper and it’s to us you know it’s one step closer to a better understanding of where this gold is
Coming from yeah yeah is it possible that when the Reconstruction of the garden shaft is completed several weeks from now the team will finally be within reach of the legendary treasure people have been looking for since 1795 what I’m really after and what the team is really after what is 5 ft below
The bottom what’s 10 ft below the bottom what’s off to either side of it that’s what we we want that shaft for cuzz there are a lot of things that that point to that area being in the Treasure zone now we we’ve done a lot of work in
The Money Pit area this has area has our interest right now because it seems no matter what we’re into in this area whether it’s wood or water or soil we’re getting gold I’ll let you know when I find it as long as you do as the Reconstruction of the garden shaft continues
Oh wow there’s some sort of a feature here too it looks good eh yeah there so it looks like it falls off Rick leina Craig tester and other members of the team are investigating another man-made feature that they believe could help solve the Oak Island mystery those rocks
Seem to be in place pretty firmly these ones yes these ones are solid after receiving the data from a recent magnetometer survey conducted by geoscientist Jeremy Church which identified a number of potential metallic anomalies the team drained the swamp and began Excavating an area in the North Eastern region all those when they
Uncovered a ramp of stones just see the white tops yeah that’s a lot of Cobble that they believe could be connected to the so-called paved area a massive Stone feature that was first uncovered in 2019 and which was scientifically dated to 12200 ad we’re starting to see some stuff yep
It does have a nice gentle slope though doesn’t it now the team is hoping to find more clues that will help determine not only the features purpose but also if it is related to something of Great Value we we all have conducting the work there’s every bit certainly logic
And some sort of hope that there’s some connectivity between the EM data Jeremy has interpreted and this inclined Rock feature I believe the swamp still has some answers it still has some significant reveals hey hey guys I’m going to have to leave and go do some permitting work
But this is what they call the ramp it’s sloping slightly up to the stone path which you know way too intimately right yeah we have nice Consolidated rocks in here all right good luck guys I’m still on the structure right now even though I’m under the mud I’m on firm ground and
There’s there’s rocks at a slope right here so it it keeps going this definitely needs to be cleared off before we can do any sort of actual excavation so it would be great if we could take all of this off and actually get a good look at it mhm I agree with
You until we get down eyes and Boots hands and knees we’re not going to really understand it okay let’s keep diing okay sounds good while operations continue in The Money Pit area and in the swamp joined metal detection expert Gary drton at lot 5 on the western inside of the
Island let’s find everything we can all right mate you ready to dig some mystery up always okay mate this year after purchasing lot five Rick Marty and the team quickly made some of the most historic finds in the history of the Oak Island Treasure Hunt these include a stone structure
That may date back to the same era as the G Garden shaft tools that may be more than four centuries old and bit of a choppy signal but I think it’s beyond question that the acquisition of lot five was a wise thing for the fellowship Gary’s finding artifact after
Artifact but has already during the short period we’ve owned it produced definitely some of the oldest finds on Oak Island it’s a big old squid I yeah this one would be maybe late 1700s lot five could maybe fill in a piece of the puzzle as to where the
People were who built in The Money Pit maybe they were on lot five those dots have certainly not been connected yet that’s why Thanks so yeah just digging all mate mhm dang you’re a beast mate it’s still in there try and find it see my end let’s see what we got we got mate we got mate that looks like you see that that nice and round shape please
Please please be a coin I think it is pull it out look how round it is wow oh it’s lead on lot five on the western side of Oak Island Gary trayon and Jack Begley have just Unearthed a potentially important artifact well it’s so ornate for lead yeah it’s got a scalloped Edge
That is really really unusual mate can I see it that is something like that now it could be like a token mate that is nice I mean I found tokens that go all the way back to Roman days I’ve actually found Roman tokens and we have found
Found a Roman coin right here on lot five behind us mhm a possible lead token found on lot 5 originating more than 2,000 years ago in ancient Rome trade tokens were coin like objects made with various kinds of metal and even non-metallic materials that were issued by private entities
Rather than many cultures have issued their own forms of trade tokens throughout history now we’re adding to the lead database cuz this is special could Gary Drayton be correct that this believed trade token is related to the Roman coin found on lot 5 earlier this year but if so who
Brought them to Oak Island whenever we find lead mate I get excited cuz sometimes you get some pretty amazing results and I like the rare unique finds because they tell us more information I say we take this back to the lab and get the archaeologist checking this out and
Working on it I agree on lot five gentlemen hey hey live chaps back from lot five with another find Smiles round the table yeah wait till you see this Gary and Jack meet with Rick lagina Craig tester and archaeologist lar nen in the interpretive Center okay let’s see
It yeah yeah this is a nice piece of lead um we’ve never seen it before oily decorated sculps around the edges well it looks like there’s two holes punched through it seems to be two holes and it’s brittle too it’s it’s an old piece yeah you’re certain that’s intentional the scalloping yeah
Definitely intentional would have been molded right poured into mold I would expect we know that’s we thought maybe could be a token but why put all that fancy design around it no that Bear’s looking into for sure I know it’s made of lead mate but can we do any scans on
It yeah so we can clean it gently see if there’s anything we can bring out on it and then I would think xrf yeah after lired cleans the artifact in order to determine its composition can I take a look he will perform by emitting non-destructive radiation the xrf machine can identify
The elements that are present in the object this object has the potential to be quite revealing it’s singularly unique we’ve not seen this item before but we need to continue to persevere and trying to understand what this is there’s only one thing left to do that’s
To go find more on a very promising lot five yeah let’s go go find more yeah see you lat see you later guys so everybody on the table knows how important I think research is Rick and Marty lagina have assembled members of the team in the war room for a meeting
With researchers Judy roudabush and Nano STI welome welcome you both I think I’m going to find today’s information highly highly relevant in light of recent discoveries made on the island such as the stone ramp that may be related to the 12th century paved area in the swamp and the stunning artifacts from lot
Five STI really leads the team in Italy Rick has arranged explain their true Origins Amana was passed initially with a very specific request and that was to look into Zena’s material I.E the Crona document the deposition by Ralph dle about his voyage to the new world in 1970 an astounding manuscript was
Discovered in The Archives of a medieval Church in the town of Crona Italy consisting of maps ciphers and journal entries the so-called chrom a document is believed to have been created in the late 12th century by Ralph D and is deemed lead sud and others in the Christian military order discovered
Priceless religious Treasures in Jerusalem during the Crusades including the golden manora from King Solomon’s original Temple and the Holy Grail that were then smuggled to saor Italy before some of them were eventually transported across the Atlantic ocean to the new world to that point Emiliano Judy if you
Want to take over really look forward to the day so um I will try to tell you about the last six months 7 months of research we carried out part a principality mhm not on the sea it’s up in the hill and a border with France it wasn’t far off to the Templars
Pilgrimage route though no it was not it was right on that route I think that it was not unlikely that Templars brought back relics from the the Holy Land yeah mhm well in the story Ral D comes to America oh definitely what I think is that the Templars they had access to information
From meeting voyagers Sailors and meting people listen probably also the interests to sail across the Atlantic to North America the C Mona document does say during their trip here to the new world they stopped at an island of Oak if the Templars came over to the new
World I’d say it’s you know this would be probably where one of the places they stopped but that happened 1178 Templar plus history has 150 is more in the beginning of the 14th century Templars in that very time were fleeing Europe because the France King Witch Hunt were
Able to after more than 150 years of serving the Catholic Church Pope Clement V conspired with King Philip IV to disband and persecute the Templar order although the charge was heresy many believe the true reason for the Betrayal centered on an attempt to seize their holy Treasures many Knights were arrested tortured and
Executed however it is believed that some escaped and fled with the remains of their vast treasure to various European nations including Portugal to North America Templars had a massive amount of money that went missing around their fall yeah and if they did sail across the Atlantic Ocean over to America what
Would the point have been were they taking that treasure as far away from Europe as they could all those religious treasures and transport them across the Atlantic and deposit them here right that kind of reinforces the idea that maybe the Templars did this right because if they were fleeing then all of
A sudden the idea that you’re going somewhere is not as scary cuz you can’t go back yeah if this isth Century about 150 years before Columbus fantastic if this is true we have two Templar voyages to America between the 11th and the 14th century 150 years before Columbus in the War Room Italian
Researcher emilano STI has just presented Rick Marty Craig and members of the team information suggesting that the medieval order of the Knights Templar may have made multiple Journeys to O now there was no evidence that anyone outside Scandinavian people knew about America before Columbus mhm I say until now because last
Summer an Italian Professor managed to find a manuscript a manuscript that is dated 1340 and was written by a milanes frier called galvano f according to the manuscript the beginning of the 14th century 150 years before Columbus voyage people knew about America the manuscript contains smaps as
Well does the manuscript have a name where the author found the information about this so he managed to find one of the greatest cartographer of the of that era John of karano who was in touch with Sailors with Merchants with clerics with pilgrims even tempers because he was
There so what would we can conclude is that the Italians and the Templars knew about America way before Columbus you’re quite sure though that the capability in terms of the before conventional historians agree with well this again is an ongoing work and I really hope that we can bring more
Evidences in the next few months we have immense respect for what Zena help help bring to the four and uh I mean she would be Judy she would be ecstatic about that fine correct pre-colombian voyages to the new world she that was her that was her that was her first
Love I do believe that on the island work was done at different times but to one agenda because we have carbon dates from late 1100s early 12 done in in stages but if this thing becomes com proven would sort of have a worldwide impact I am quoting the exact word of
This professor when I say that he refers to this manuscript as um the source of an astonishing Revelation is it really possible that members of the Knights Templar were behind the Oak Island mystery could that explain some of the ancient discoveries that the team has made like the 12th
Century Pape area in the swamp the Roman half coin or the 14th century lead cross if so then just a money pit area my next move is to fly to Milan and try to take a look at this manuscript and then another good news is that I just received confirmation that I
Am admitted into the Vatican archives can you imagine what that will bring to our research for here it’s a fabulously unique opportunity I think Zena helper in particular would have been ecstatic over the top giddy with that information because the focus of her work was pre-colombian voyages to the new world
We are currently conducting there is certainly information out there and we couldn’t move this forward without you so thank you very much thank you guys you’re welcome thanks for the information thanks for the hard work we look forward to more discoveries really appreciate it thank you later that
Afternoon here it is all right here we be yeah Rick Marty and Alex lagina have been asked to join Le nen on lot five near the area where the lead token and the Roman coin were found here they will inspect a mysterious Robert Young who was the property’s previous
Owner what is this FL so I got a call from Robert Young over 20 years ago to come out and look at lot five and he did show me this but I thought it was something like the seller for a burn oh hm it’s almost perfectly circular I know although
Little is known about the history of lot 5 it was used as Farmland in the early 19th century shortly after the discovery of The Money Pit in 1795 in 1996 Robert Young purchased it from his friend Fred Nolan including 14th century coins before his passing in 2020 is it possible that this circular
Stone feature was simply created by 19th century homesteaders or might it predate the discovery of The Money Pit and perhaps be related to the other ancient discoveries recently made in this area we do know that Robert Young found quite a bit of things quite a bit of uh
Significant items on lot five but I thought he would have picked it cleaner than he did there seems to be a lot of stuff left lot five could be it could be a piece of the puzzle that we were missing one said was 1819 we we’ve often been puzzled by the
Inconsistency between massive works over here in no evidence of of the of the people who did it but maybe this lot will give us some of those answers it’s a unique structure found on a lot that has presented all kinds of unique finds we have found artifacts that predate the
Discovery of The Money Pit by half a century or more this possibly could be depositional work you going to do a pit in here oh yeah absolutely abolutely okay yeah we can do that if nothing I’ll just cut out a section and see if we can
Determine what it used to be right but I think this law still has some in The Money Pit hopefully we’re going to find out we’ll get after it time to get to work as a new day begins on Oak Island all right hey how you doing today
Buddy good you oh you got the whole gang with you you bet oh good to see you again can see it rick leina Craig tester and Oak Island operations manager Scott Barlo arrive at The Money Pit area for an update on the Reconstruction of the garden shaft how’s work going good we
Found something this morning you guys might be interested in oh yeah you want to go grab it for him yeah sure crane operat really round shape Barrel really yeah right oh nice wow barel so it’s actually the band yeah I thought you meant he hit a couple of
Staves yeah you guys find anything like that before no no we found Barrel staves whove never found Hoops all good especially wooden ones yeah this is wood yeah but that’s a big barrel you’re talking about something of that size a be what’s that doing down that
Hole you know I remember a couple of years ago we took interesting right very myself yeah look at that Cask 2 years ago how that’s what a me bottom of a keg while investigating near The Stone Road or possible ship’s WARF in the swamp holy crow that’s very
Important Rick and other members of the team found pieces of wooden cargo barrels yeah yeah it’s definitely a barrel head this one is extremely old because it’s handmade and when blacksmithing expert Carmen leg examined them he believed they could predate the discovery of The Money Pit by four
Centuries very cool is it possible that this Barrel hoop found nearly 70 ft deep in the garden shaft could be as old as those found in the swamp or perhaps even older prob be happy of the next couple buckets find the other half of that eh
Yeah if so what kind of cargo did it once contain and is it still waiting to be found deeper within the structure we’ve found tops of cegs we’ve found Barrel staves however this being found in The Money Pit is most interesting wa what do you think carbon
D yeah so do you did you notice any of this keep an eye because there might be something deeper he’s always keep an eye any piece of wood there he’s got us running up there good Great Vine though very interesting it’s a great Vine you’re the eyes and Boots of that
Operation you see something please let us know we will for sure yeah all righty thank you very much as the Reconstruction of the garden shaft continues in The Money Pit area well I think we’re ready to take the The Next Step here crank tester arrives in the North Northeastern region
Of the swamp with Jack bigley Gary dren lar nen and Billy Gart we know may be part of the ramp and then as we’re pulling this way uh hopefully we find a boundary if we can find artifacts that’d be fantastic ideal yes the great news is that the paved
Area seems to be rather large I brought plenty of bags with me a day I’m expecting a good day okay lot going on so let’s get out for it yep they are eager to continue their investigation of the stone r that was discovered one week ago and which the team believes may be
Connected to the 800-year-old stone paved area we think we found in the ramp area which is an inclined Rock feature I guess we’re going to really hear it before we see it aren’t we they are yeah yeah yeah preliminarily if one had to make an assessment you could say there’s
A direct correlation between the paved area and the stone path Vis AES this ramp and maybe leads to The Money Pit but we need to expose it further if it is a ramp leading up to the stone path that’d be amazing yeah hey guys hey Rick what’s up starting to see rocks now
Okay oh is that a piece of wood hey this is cut this is cut doesn’t this look like a saw while investigating the mysterious Stone ramp in the Northeast section of the swamp Jack Begley has just discovered a curious and potentially important clue definitely handc a possibly hand cut piece of wood
Over the past 5 years the team has found not only pieces of believed cargo barrels but also wooden fragments of large sailing vessels is it possible that Jack Begley has just found another clue on the stone ramp and near the 800-year-old paved area that could help the team determine
Why they were constructed anytime we’re finding wood we’re constantly looking for pieces that we might be able to date cut pieces of wood what is it cut with is it an axe is it a saw saw cut story does it fit into that’s what we’re here
For we’re we to to find out what actually was going on we’re excited and we hope that we can find answers here that looks like SE Horizon there it is just see Horizon yep well I think we’ve got the Border there yeah I actually think we’ve
Learned as much as we’re going to learn yeah I did too because the team believes that they’ve reached the the sea horizon or the natural layer of ground soil it appears they have found the border of this section of the mysterious Stone R we can try following the one area we did
Find whether it’s a ramp or not follow it up that way I agree may as well move we keep following that ramp the swamp is incredibly difficult environment to work in but you have to be patient with a with all the excavation work in the swamp follow the process let it run out
And then hopefully at some point we we will find it so I think fill this hole back in yes we’ll call this area for now okay later that afternoon while operations continue in the garden shaft Rick and Marty leina along with Craig tester and Jack Begley meet in the interpretive center with Arch
Metallurgist Emma Culligan this is what they found on lot five so what do you think it is I mean we don’t think it’s a button it’s got holes in it but it they’re not centered Gary was thinking gold coin wasn’t he we thought token I’m just wonder if it’s really old
Crowed away Emma’s got more information that’s is what we are understanding so y now that Emma has completed an extended x-ray fluorescent scan of the mysterious ious lead disc that was found 2 days ago on lent and potential Geographic origin what to machine speak Emma hello
What have you got what you got Emma so you’ll see two different tones there’s a white layer a light layer and a dark layer oh so I did two Long Point scans on each of those layers and what came out was that the light layer is about 99.96% less
Pretty pure with a .2% copper and iron the dark layer does have some iron content about 41% and about 4% copper and 2% silicone but both those leads are naturally occurring thing like that it gained my curiosity even further so I did an xrd scan afterwards the initial mineral that I
Found that it matched to is a sample found in the minds of Iran but when it matches a sample it doesn’t necessarily mean it comes from that exact mine but anything that lies on the same geological belt which goes across Italy near France Spain so there is a sample off the coast
Of Italy and it’s matching those results so this comes from somewhere in that region so this comes from from the mines of Iran or Sardinia off the coast of Italy in the Oak Island interpretive Center archo metallurgist Emma Culligan has just shared an astonishing scientific Report with the team the lead
Artifact discovered 2 days ago on lot 5 may have originated in the Middle East or several regions of Europe including Italy nothing like that exists in the North American continent no it doesn’t occur In North America what about age shed any light on that it’s hard to date this lead um it’s really pure so there is Roman Minds there is it possible that the lead artifact discovered on lot 5 could have originated in Italy if so could it be
Related to the Roman coin that was found earlier this year and also support the belief of researchers such as Zena Halper and IO STI that members of the Knights Templar were connected to the Oak Island mystery the fact that this type of ore stretches across uh southern Europe it’s
The trail of the Templars could this artifact be associated with that it could but there’s so once again we have an unknown item coming from places it shouldn’t come from how’s that yeah based on where it was found we think it’s very old appearance and shape might mean something to somebody so we
Get it out there somebody’s going to know what that is I would think so there’s no question about it I’m keenly interested in this it has scalloped edges and it has a peculiar shape and it has peculiar holes in the center of it so our hope is that it might be rather
Significant okay so we dig the heck out of lot five agreed so look I I’ll follow up on all this as soon as any data at all comes in I’ll let everybody know okay at the end of another successful week on Oak Island Rick Marty Craig and their team
Are more encouraged than ever that the discoveries they continue T Earth May soon reveal the answers to a 228 yearold mystery but as they dig deeper could they actually be closing in on a treasure a biblical proportions perhaps it’s just a matter of time and their ability to avoid a deadly
Curse that will to next time on The Curse of Oak Island everything oh look at that oh look at that that’s nice fantastic that’s got to be the oldest metal artifact ever to come out the swamp it’s the oldest I’ve seen in Nova Scotia it’s Roman from fifth century
Tre no way how sure are you of this I’m 100% sure wow what we’re into in this area whether it’s wood or water or soil we’re getting gold we got M that’s awesome this comes from Sardinia off the coast of Italy wa it’s the trail of the Templar
This thing could have a worldwide impact oh definitely is a game Cher the source of an astonishing Revelation 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 times and a leg cross whose origin may be connected to the knight’s 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 hey Paul hey how’s it going good how are you all right you’re grabbing again yeah despite the chilly North Atlantic weather another exciting Morning has arrived on Oak Island for brothers Rick and Marty lagina and the members of their team how deep is the grab there
Right now somewhere around 73 ft so how deep will you go now uh supp to 8 in the fabled Money Pit area representatives from Duma Contracting limited are now cleaning out and preparing to refurbish the final 10 ft of a mysterious structure known as the garden shaft although the decaying feature is
Only 82 ft deep it is provided to the original Money pin these include the dating results from wood fragments which indicate the structure may have been built as early as 1735 but even more astonishing is the fact that scientific analysis conducted on both wood and water samples taken
From more than 50 ft deep have revealed High trace evidence of gold so Charles we were down there and you can see that the uh that North corner is really sunk down significantly they must had some softer ground there that stuff that wouldn’t hold together too well so we
Have this whole over beside you DN 11.5 and then and then that tunnel that’s there seems to be trending towards the north corner of the shaft yeah oh man broke through something one month ago the team was conducting a cord drilling operation approximately 20 ft west of the garden shaft in an area
Known as the baby blob it is here where geoscientist Dr Ian Spooner and hydrogeologist Dr Fred Michael Believe The Money Pit treasure Vault may be buried between 80 and 120 ft underground this DN 11.5 it really seems to line up dn1 12.5 the team encountered a tunnel at a
Depth of 95 ft that not only contains high trace evidence of gold but also appears to be heading almost directly beneath the garden shaft we’re all excited every day that shaft goes deeper and it’s to us you know it’s one step closer to a better understanding of where this gold is
Coming from yeah yeah is it possible that when the Reconstruction of the garden shaft is completed several weeks from now the team will finally be within reach of the legendary treasure people have been looking for since 1795 what I’m really after and what the team is really after what is 5T below
The bottom what’s 10 ft below the bottom what’s off to either side of it that’s what we want that shaft for cuz there are a lot of things that that point to that area being in the Treasure zone now we we’ve done a lot of work in
The Money Pit area this has area has our interest right now because it seems no matter what we’re into in this area whether it’s wood or water or soil we’re getting gold I’ll let you know when I find it as long as you do as the Reconstruction of the Garden shaft
Continues oh wow there’s some sort of a feature here too it looks good eh yeah there so it looks like it falls off Rick leina Craig tester and other members of the team are investigating another man-made feature that they believe could help solve the Oak Island mystery those
Rocks seem to be in place pretty firmly these ones yes these ones are solid after receiving the data from a recent magnetometer survey conducted by geoscientist Jeremy Church which identified a number of potential metallic anomalies the team drained the swamp and began Excavating an area in the northeastern region although when they
Uncovered a ramp of stones just see the white tops yeah that’s a lot of Cobble yeah that they believe could be connected to the so-called paved area a massive Stone feature that was first uncovered in 2019 and which was scientifically dated to 1200 ad we’re starting to see some stuff yep
It does have a nice gentle slope though doesn’t it now the team is hoping to find more clues that will help determine not only the features purpose but also if it is related to something of Great Value we all have conducting the work there’s every bit certainly logic
In some sort of hope that there’s some connectivity between the EM data Jeremy has interpreted and this inclined Rock feature I believe the swamp still has some answers it still has some significant reveals hey hey guys I’m going to have to leave and go do some in work but this
Is what they call the ramp it’s sloping slightly up to the stone path which you know way too intimately right yeah we have nice Consolidated rocks in here all right good luck guys I’m still on the structure right now even though I’m under the mud I’m on firm ground and
There’s there’s rocks at a slope right here so it it keeps going this definitely needs to be cleared off before we can do any sort of actual excavation so it would be great if we could take all of this off and actually get a good look at it mhm I agree with
You until we get down eyes and Boots hands and knees we’re not going to really understand it okay let’s keep digging okay sounds good while operations continue in The Money Pit area and in the swamp joined metal detection expert Gary drton at lot 5 on the western side of the
Island let’s find everything we can all right mate ready to dig some history up always okay mate this year after purchasing lot five Rick Marty and the team quickly made some of the most historic finds in the history of the Oak Island Treasure Hunt these include a stone structure
That may date back to the same era as the garden shaft tools that may be more than four centuries old and bit of a choppy signal but I think it’s beyond question that the uh acquisition of lot five was a wise thing for the fellowship Gary’s finding artifact after
Artifact but has already during the short period we’ve owned it produced definitely some of the oldest finds on Oak Island so big old Square nail yeah this one would be maybe late 1700s lot five could maybe fill in a piece of the puzzle as to where the
People were who built in The Money Pit maybe they were on lot five those dots have certainly not been connected yet that’s why Thanks so yeah just digging all mate mhm dang you’re a beast mate still in there try and find it in my hand let’s see what we got we got mate we got mate that looks like an yeah you see that that nice and round shape please please please be a coin I think
It is pull it out look how round it is wow it’s lead on lot five on the western side of Oak Island trayton and Jack Begley have just Unearthed a potentially important artifact well it’s some War Nate for lead yeah it’s got a scalloped Edge that is really really unusual mate
Can I see it that is make something like that now it could be like a token M that is nice I mean I found tokens that go all the way back to Roman days I’ve actually found Roman tokens and we have found a Roman coin right
Here on lot five behind us mhm a possible lead token found on lot 5 originating more than 2,000 years ago in ancient Rome trade tokens were coin-like objects made with various kinds of metal and even non-metallic materials there were issued by private entities rather than many cultures have
Issued their own forms of trade tokens throughout history now we’re adding to the lead database cuz this is special could Gary Drayton be correct that this believed trade token is related to the Roman coin found on lot 5 earlier this year but if so who brought them to Oak Island
Whenever we find lead mate I get excited cuz sometimes you get some pretty amazing results and I like the rare unique finds because they tell us more information I say we take this back to the lab and get the archaeologist checking this out and working on it I
Agree on lot five gentlemen hey hi chaps back from lot five with another find Smiles around the table yeah wait till you see this Gary and Jack meet with Rick lagina Craig tester and archaeologist lar nen in the interpretive Center okay let’s see it yeah this is a nice piece of lead um
We’ve never seen it before Oly decorated sculps around the edges well it looks like there’s two holes punched through seems to be two holes and it’s brittle too it’s it’s an old piece yeah if you’re certain that’s intentional the scalloping y definitely intentional would have been molded right
Poured into the mold I would expect we know that’s we thought maybe it could be a token or but why put all that fancy design around it no that Bear’s looking into for sure I know it’s made of lead mate but can we do any scans on it yeah
So we can clean it gently see if there’s anything we can bring out on it and then I would think xrf yeah after lired cleans the artifact in order to Det determine its composition can I take a look see he will perform by emitting non-destructive radiation the xrf machine can identify
The elements that are present in the object this object has the potential to be quite revealing it’s singularly unique we’ve not seen this item before but we need to continue to persevere and trying to understand what this is there’s only one thing left to do that’s
To go find more on a very promising lot five yeah let’s go go find more see you L see you later guys so everybody around the table knows how important I think research is Rick and Marty laga have assembled members of the team in the war room for a meeting
With researchers Judy roudabush and IO STI welcome you both I think I’m going to find today’s information highly highly relevant in light of recent discoveries made on the island such as the stone ramp that may be related to the 12 Century paved area in the swamp and the stunning artifacts from lot
Five theana CTI really leads the team in Italy Rick has arranged explain their true Origins Milana was tasked initially with a very specific request and that was to look into Zena’s material I.E the Crona document the deposition by Ralph dle about his voyage to the new world in 1970 an astounding manuscript was
Discovered in The Archives of a medieval Church in the town of Crona Italy consisting of maps ciphers and jour journal entries the so-called cromona document is believed to have been created in the late 12th century by Ralph dud and is deemed lead suday and others in the Christian military order
Discovered Priceless religious Treasures in Jerusalem during the Crusades including the golden manora from King Solomon’s original Temple and the Holy Grail that were then smuggled to sa borga Italy before some of them were eventually transported across the Atlantic Ocean to the new world to that point amilo Judy if you
Want to take over really look forward to the day so um I will try to tell you about the last 6 months 7 months of research we carried out important principality mhm not on the sea it’s up in the hill and the border with France it wasn’t far off to the Templars
Pilgrimage route though no it was not it was right on that route I think that it was not unlikely that Templars brought back relics from the the Holy Land yeah mhm well in the story Ralph D comes to America oh definitely what I think is that the Templars they had access to information
From meeting voyag Sailors and meeting people listen probably also the interests to sail across the Atlantic to North America the Kona document does say during their trip here to the new world they stopped at an island of Oak if the Templars came over to the new world I’d say it’s you know
This would be probably where one of the places they sto but that happened 1178 Templar history has 150 years more in the beginning of the 14th century Templars in that very time were fleeing Europe because the France King Witch Hunt were able to heav after more than
150 years of serving the Catholic Church Pope Clement V conspired with King Philip IV to disband and persecute the Templar order although the charge was heresy many believe the true reason for the Betrayal centered on an attempt to seize their holy Treasures many Knights were arrested tortured and
Executed however it is believed that some escaped and fled with the remains of their vast treasure to various European nations including Portugal to North America Templars had a massive amount of money that went missing around their fall yeah and if they did sell across the Atlantic Ocean over to
America what would the point have been were they taking that treasure as far away from Europe as they could all those religious treasures and transport them across the Atlantic and deposit them here right that kind of reinforces the idea that maybe the Templars did this right because if they were fleeing then
All of a sudden the idea that you’re going somewhere is not as scary cuz you can’t go back yeah if this isth Century about 150 years before Columbus fantastic if this is true we have two Templar voyages to America between the 11th and the 14th century 150 years before
Columbus in the War Room Italian researcher emilano saki has just presented Rick Marty Craig and members of the team information suggesting that the medieval order of the Knights Templar may have made multiple Journeys to O now there was no evidence that anyone outside Scandinavian people knew about America before Columbus mhm I say
Until now because last summer an Italian Professor managed to find a manuscript a manuscript that is dated 1340 and was written by a milanes frer called galvano f according to the manuscript the beginning of the 14th century 150 years before Columbus voyage people knew about America the manuscript contain contains
Maps as well does the manuscript have a name where the author found the information about this so he managed to find one of the greatest cartographer of the of that era John of karano who was in touch with Sailors with Merchants with clerics with pilgrims even Templars because he was there
So what we can conclude is that the Italians and the Templars knew about America way before Columbus you’re quite sure though that the capability in terms of the before conventional historians agree well this again is an ongoing work and I really hope that we can bring more evidences in
The next few months we have immense respect for what Zena helped bring to the four and uh I mean she would be Judy she would be exatic about that fine correct pre-colombian voyages to the new world she that was her that was her that was her first
Love I do believe that on the island work was done at different times but to one agenda because we have carbon dates from late 1100s early 12 done in in stages but if this thing becomes proven would sort of have a worldwide impact I am quoting the exact word of this
Professor when I say that he refers to this manuscript as um the source of an astonishing Revelation is it really possible that members of the knight’s Templar were behind the Oak Island mystery could that explain some of the ancient discoveries that the team has made like the 12th century paved area in the
Swamp the Roman half coin or the 14th century lead cross if so then just a money pit area my next move is to fly to Milan and try to take a look at this manuscript and then another good news is that I just received confirmation that I um admitted into the Vatican archives
Can you imagine what that will bring to our research for here it’s a fabulously unique opportunity I think Zena helper in particular would have been ecstatic over the top giddy with that information because the focus of her work was pre-colombian voyages to the new world we are currently conducting there is
Certainly information out there and we couldn’t move this forward without you so thank you very much thank you guys you’re welcome thanks for the information thanks for the hard work we look forward to more discoveries really appreciate it thank you later that afternoon here it is all right here we
Be yeah Rick Marty and Alex linaa have been asked to join Lear nen on lot 5 near the area where the lead toen and the Roman coin were found here they will inspect a mysterious Robert Young who was the property’s previous owner what is this Le so I got a call from Robert
Young over 20 years ago to come out and look at lot five and he did show me this but I thought it was something like the seller for a burn oh H it’s almost perfectly circular I know although little is known about the history history of lot 5 it was used as Farmland
In the early 19th century shortly after the discovery of The Money Pit in 1795 in 1996 Robert Young purchased it from his friend Fred Nolan including 14th century coins before his passing in 2020 is it possible that this circular Stone feature was simply created by 19th century Homestead ERS or might it
Predate the discovery of The Money Pit and perhaps be related to the other ancient discoveries recently made in this area we do know that Robert Young found quite a bit of things quite a bit of uh significant items on lot five but I thought he would have picked it
Cleaner than he did there seems to be a lot of stuff left lot five could be it could be a piece of the puzzle that we were missing one said was 189 19 we’ve often been puzzled by the inconsistency between massive works over here and no evidence of of the of the
People who did it but maybe this lot will give us some of those answers it’s a unique structure found on a lot that has presented all kinds of unique finds we have found artifacts that predate the discovery of The Money Pit by half a century or more this possibly could be
Depositional work you going to do a pit in here oh yeah absolutely okay yeah we can do that if nothing I’ll just cut out a section and see if we can determine what it used to be right but I think this lot still has some SE in The Money
Pit hopefully we’re going to find out we’ll get after it time to get to work as a new day begins on Oak Island oh reick hey how you doing today buddy good you oh you got the whole gang with you you bet oh good to see you
Again good to see you Rick leina Craig tester and Oak Island operations manager Scott Barlo arrived at The Money Pit area for an update on the Reconstruction of the garden shaft how’s work going good we found something this morning you guys might be interested in oh yeah you
Want to go grab it for him yeah sure crane operat round shape Barrel really yeah right oh nice yeah wow bar so it’s actually the band yeah I thought you made he hit a couple of staves yeah you guys find anything like that before no no we found Barrel staves
We’ve never found Hoops okay especially wooden ones yeah this is wood yeah but that’s a big barrel you’re talking about something of that size for me what’s that doing down that hole oh you know I remember a couple of years ago we took interesting right very
Myself yeah look at that Cask 2 years ago how that’s what that is mate bottom of a keg while investigating near The Stone Road or possible ship’s WARF in the swamp holy crow that’s very important Rick and other members of the team found pieces of wooden cargo barrels yeah it’s definitely a barrel
Head this one is extremely old because it’s handmade and when blacksmithing expert Carmen leg examined them he believed they could predate the discovery of The Money Pit by 4 centuries very cool is it possible that this Barrel hoop found nearly 70 ft deep in the garden shaft could be as old as
Those found in the swamp or perhaps even older probably be happy of the next couple buckets we find the other half of that eh yeah if so what kind of cargo did it once contain and is it still waiting to be found deeper within the structure we’ve found tops of cegs we’ve
Found Barrel staves however this being found in The Money Pit is most interesting hey what do you think carbon D yeah so do you did you notice any of this keep an eye because they’re might be something deeper he’s always keeping eye any piece of wood there he’s got us
Running up there good Great Vine though very interesting it’s great find yeah you’re the eyes and Boots of that operation you see something please let us know we will for sure yeah all righty thank you very much as the Reconstruction of the garden shaft continues in The Money Pit
Area well I think we’re ready to take the The Next Step here C rank tester arrives in the northeastern region of the swamp with Jack Begley Gary dren lar nen and Billy Gart we know may be part of the ramp and then as we’re pulling this way uh
Hopefully we find a boundary if you can find artifacts that’d be fantastic ideal yes the great news is that the paved area seems to be rather large I brought plenty of bags with me a day I’m expecting a good day okay lot going on so let’s get after it yep they are eager
To continue their investigation of the stone Ram that was discovered one week ago and which the team believes may be connected to the 800-year-old stone paved area we think we Fallen the ramp area which is an inclined Rock feature I guess we’re going to really hear it
Before we see it aren’t we the RO yeah yeah yeah preliminarily if one had had to make an assessment you could say there’s a direct correlation between the paved area and the stone path Vis AES this ramp and maybe leads to The Money Pit but we need to expose it
Further if it is a ramp leading up to the stone path that’d be amazing yeah hey guys hey Rick what’s up starting to see rocks now okay oh is that a piece of wood hey this is cut this is cut doesn’t this look like a sawage while investigating the
Mysterious Stone ramp in the Northeast section of the swamp Jack Begley has just discovered a curious and potentially important clue definitely hand a possibly hand cut piece of wood over the past 5 years the team has found not only pieces of believed cargo barrels but also the wooden fragments of large sailing
Vessels is it possible that Jack Begley has just found another clue on the stone ramp and near the 800-year-old paved area that could help the team determine why they were constructed anytime we’re finding wood we’re constantly looking for pieces that we might be able to date
Cut pieces of wood what is it cut with is it an axe is it a saw saw cut story doesn’t that fit into that’s what we’re here for we’re to to find out what actually was going on we’re excited and we hope that we can find answers
Here that looks like sea Horizon there it is just see Horizon yep well I think we’ve got the Border there yeah I actually think we’ve learned as much as we’re going to learn yeah I did too because the team believes that they have reached the sea horizon
Or the natural layer of ground soil it appears they have found the border of this section of the mysterious Stone ramp we can try following the one area we did find whether it’s a ramp or not follow it up that way I agree might as well move we keep following that ramp
The swamp is incredibly difficult environment to work in but you have to be patient with a with all the excavation work in the swamp follow the process let it run out and then hopefully at some point we will find it so I think fill this hole back in yeah
We’ll call this area for now okay later that afternoon while operations continue in the garden shaft Rick and Marty lagina along with Craig tester and Jack Begley meet in the interpretive Center with archo metallurgist Emma Culligan this is what they found on lot five so what do you think it is I mean
We don’t think it’s a button it’s got holes in it but it they’re not centered Gary was thinking gold coin wasn’t he we thought token I’m just wondering if it’s really old crowed it away Emma’s got more information that is what we are understanding so y now that Emma has
Completed an extended EXT Ray fluorescent scan of the mysterious lead disc that was found 2 days ago on lent and potential Geographic origin what’s let the machine speak Emma hello what have you got what you got Emma so you’ll see two different tones there’s a white layer a light layer and
A dark layer oh so I did two Long Point scans on each of those layers and what came out was that the light layer is about 99.96% lead pretty pure with a .2% copper and iron the dark layer does have some iron content about 41% and about 4%
Copper and 2% silicone but both those leads are naturally occurring thing like that it gained my curiosity even further so I did an xrd scan afterwards the initial mineral that I found that it matched to is a sample found in the minds of of Iran but when it matches a sample it
Doesn’t necessarily mean it comes from that exact mine but anything that lies on the same geological belt which goes across Italy near France Spain so there is a sample off the coast of Italy and it’s matching those results so this comes from somewhere in that region so so this comes from the mines
Of Iran or Sardinia off the coast of Italy in the Oak Island interpretive Center archo metallurgist Emma Culligan has just shared an astonishing scientific Report with the team the lead artifact discovered 2 days ago on lot 5 may have originated in the Middle East or several regions of Europe including
Italy nothing like that exists in the North American continent no it doesn’t occur in North America what about age shed any light on that it’s hard to date this lead um it’s really pure so it is Roman Minds there is it possible that the lead artifact discovered on lot 5 could have
Originated in Italy if so could it be related to the Roman coin that was found earlier this year and also support the belief of researchers such as Zena Halper and Amano STI that members of the knight’s Templar were connected to the oan mystery the fact that this type of ore
Stretches across uh southern Europe it’s the trail of the Templars could this artifact be associated with that it could but there’s so once again we have an unknown item coming from places it shouldn’t come from how’s that yeah based on where it was found we think it’s very old appearance and shape
Might mean something to somebody so we get it out there somebody’s going to know what that is I would think so there’s no question about it I’m keenly interested in this it has scalloped edges and it has a peculiar shape and it has peculiar holes in the center of it
So our hope is that it might be rather significant okay so we dig the heck out of lot five agreed so look I I’ll follow up on all this and as soon as any data at all comes in I’ll let everybody know okay at the end of another successful week on Oak
Island Rick Marty Craig and their team are more encouraged than ever that the discoveries they continue to unearth May soon reveal the answers to a 228 year-old mystery but as they dig deeper could they actually be closing in on a treasure of biblical proportions perhaps it’s just a matter
Of time and their ability to avoid a deadly curse that will to next time on The Curse of Oak Island everything oh look at that oh look at that that’s nice fantastic that’s got to be the oldest metal artifact ever to come out of the swamp it’s the oldest I’ve seen in Nova
Scotia it’s Roman from fifth century no way how sure are you of this I’m 100% sure Wow present inde definite past indefinite present continuous past continuous foree foreign spee what happen foreign speee spee fore fore speech Speech first Perfect present perfect continuous
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