"NARRATOR:" "Previouslyon The" "CurseofOakIsland..." "DANH.:" "Thereitis." "MARTY:" "Isthisthe spotwhere they died?" "Several generations risked life and limb and died looking for something here on Oak Island." "Here we are, borehole 10-X." "My brother and I want to see just what is down there." "JACKANDCRAIG:" "Whoa,whoa !" "Stop!" "JACK:" "There'ssomethinghere." "MARTY:" "Lookat thefilmswe took." "DANB.:" "Thatcouldbethetop of the tunnel." "MARTY:" "Weneedtotryand bring up all the stuff that's down in that cavity." "Wait." "That's metal, Rick." "RICK:" "Insidearock." "MARTY:" "Verycool." "NARRATOR:" "Itallstartedin 1795, when three young men discovered a strange indentation in the soil which, when excavated, revealed bits of gold chain, a small piece of paper with writing on it, even a large" "stone slab with curious codes and symbols carved into it." "Dubbed "The Money Pit," the strange hole was eventually excavated by treasure hunters to a depth of 90 feet, when one of them hit a booby-trap which flooded the shaft with seawater." "What was down there?" "Nobody knows." "But three things are certain." "The island becomes an obsession for all of those who try and solve the mystery." "Six men have lost their lives in the process." "And according to legend, one more will have to die before the treasure can be found." "MARTY:" "So,is thiswhereyou remember this anomaly to be?" "RICK:" "No." "Overthere." "NARRATOR:" "RickLaginahas  been obsessed with solving the mystery of Oak Island since he was 11 years old." "RICK:" "WhenIwas growingup," "I would read adventure books," "TreasureIslandbooks,Hardy" "Boys mysteries, because they're meant to fire your imagination, your interest, your passion, your willingness to explore, and that's why I've always been fascinated by Oak Island." "MARTY:" "We'realmostover there." "NARRATOR:" "Hisyounger brother, Marty, is a successful engineer in the energy business." "He has spent millions of dollars of his own money in an effort to finance his brother's dream." "MARTY:" "Ithasits rootsin our boyhood." "We followed it together." "It was a thing that was exciting to us in a period that you kind of want to recreate, right?" "Everybody wants to go back and have that excitement you had when you're a kid." "So, here's a chance to do that." "NARRATOR:" "Together,they represent what is probably the best and possibly the last chance the Oak Island mystery has of getting solved." "MARTY:" "Wait." "Now, that... that's metal, Rick." "NARRATOR:" "Afterfindinga strange metal object in one of the island's many abandoned treasure shafts, Rick, Marty, and Marty's son, Alex, are now investigating Smith's Cove." "Located just 500 feet away from the original Money Pit, Smith's" "Cove has long been thought to be connected to the Oak Island mystery." "Years ago, it was discovered that the cove was man-made and that at one time, there were five stone box drains jutting out to the ocean." "Box drains that may have fed water to a tunnel that flooded the Money Pit back in the 1800s." "STEVE:" "Comingdown!" "TONY:" "Okay,guys,let 'sgo look at some maps." "MARTY:" "Allright,skipper." "Let's do it." "Show us where we're at." "TONY:" "Maybego andfindsome  treasure." "NARRATOR:" "JoiningtheLaginas is Tony Sampson, an area resident and professional" "Divemaster." "TONY:" "So,righthere,atthe moment, we're in on Oak Island here." "NARRATOR:" "Tonyhasbeen exploring these waters for years, and is eager to share the results of one of his recent dives near Smith's Cove, when he found what appeared to be a series of man-made stone markers." "TONY:" "Andif we flipover here..." "MARTY:" "Whatdo youmakeof this?" "TONY:" "There'sso muchweird stuff in here, you could start up with myths and conjecture forever." "MARTY:" "Yeah." "TONY:" "We'vegotthisanomaly down here, which we thought may be a shipwreck, but because of the depth of the silt in this area, we're not gonna pick up anything there without using a magnetometer." "MARTY:" "Mm-hmm." "TONY:" "Sowhatwe'regoingto focus on today is this anomaly up here, this square rectangle sort of shape that comes in off the shore there." "MARTY:" "Mm-hmm." "TONY:" "Theypossiblyare  boulders, so you can see if you look through the shore, you can pretty much line her up with that flat boulder and that fallen-down tree that's on the shore there at the moment." "MARTY:" "Allright." "TONY:" "So,basically,we're gonna start here at 31 feet, work our way in through here." "What you're expecting to see down there is the rock, bearing in mind it's been down there for" "God knows how long." "If there is any little crevices, any little holes, you know..." "MARTY:" "Don'tgo there..." "TONY:" "Don'tgo stickingyour hand in there thinking you're going to come out with Spanish gold." "MARTY:" "We'reallgonnabe swimming like this." "TONY:" "Okay,so ,whatwe're gonna do, get kitted up on the back there, run through our gear, and make sure everything works." "Then we're gonna splash." "MARTY:" "Let'sgo lookatthis ." "ALEX:" "Okay,let'sget ready." "MARTY:" "Let'sgetsuitedup." "NARRATOR:" "WhileMartyand" "Alex prepare to dive off Smith's" "Cove, their fellow treasure hunters, Dave Blankenship," "Dan Henskee and Jack Begley arrive at the 10-X shaft." "DANH.:" "Yeah,it'snice and light." "Good seasoned wood here." "JACK:" "Whatyouthinkwe're going to find, David?" "DAVE:" "Dirt,rocks." "You want to set up over here?" "NARRATOR:" "Whileeffortsto pump water out of 10-X continue," "Dave, Jack and Dan Henskee begin sifting the debris that has been brought to the surface." "Debris that may contain artifacts that haven't seen the light of day for hundreds of years." "DANH.:" "I'mgettingoutof the way when I see water coming." "(indistinct chatter)" "That actually..." "That improves it quite a bit." "A lot of wood in this stuff." "Is this a piece of oak leaf?" "Looks suspiciously like it." "NARRATOR:" "Ifit canbe determined that the bits of wood found in 10-X are from oak trees, then it might be a significant piece of the Oak" "Island puzzle." "Oak trees are not indigenous to the region, although they were once plentiful on Oak Island." "How did they get here?" "It has long been speculated that" "Henry Sinclair, whose family assumed leadership of the" "Knights Templar, came to the island from Scotland in 1398." "He is believed to have hidden the treasure and then planted oak trees to serve as a beacon for other Templar members who would follow." "The wooden planks that were found at ten-foot intervals during excavation of the original Money Pit in the 1800s were also made of oak." "If the wooden shards found in 10-X are similar to the oak planks that were used to create the Money Pit, then Dave, Jack and Dan Henskee may be close to discovering another important clue." "It may be proof that the legends describing a vast network of underground mines and treasure tunnels, all using oak beams in their construction, are true." "JACK:" "Doesthislooklike  brass or metal to you?" "DANH.:" "Is it magnetic?" "JACK:" "Checkandsee if that is." "DANH.:" "Ithinkitwillbe." "It feels like it's more steel than anything else." "JACK:" "Yes,it is ." "DANH.:" "It jumpedtwo inches." "I guess it's magnetic." "JACK:" "Butdo youthinkit's  rust or...?" "No." "DANH.:" "No ,youcan see the  actual color of the steel if you get it clean and look at it at the right angle." "JACK:" "Whatdo youthinkthis  steel's from?" "DANH.:" "There'satendencyto drop tools, obviously, when you're working over the hole." "JACK:" "Oh,oh ,wait,wait, wait, wait, wait." "(water splashes)" "Oh, my gosh!" "What does that look like to you?" "DANH.:" "Lookslikeabone." "DAVE:" "Smallbone." "JACK:" "Oh,oh ,oh , another bone." "Here's what I'm wondering:" "if there is the possibility that these are actually human bones." "NARRATOR:" "Humanbones?" "Down at the bottom of 10-X?" "If so, how did they get there?" "JACK:" "Itcouldbea grave down there." "What'd your dad see on film that one time?" "DAVE:" "He'dseenahand ." "NARRATOR:" "WhenDave" "Blankenship's father, Dan, recorded video images at the bottom of 10-X back in the" "1970s, he was convinced they revealed ancient tools... treasure chests... and also the headless torso of a man half-buried in silt, remarkably preserved by the cold salt water of the" "North Atlantic." "Is it possible that what Jack found are bones from that mysterious dead body?" "If so, could it mean that the island legends-- about slaves being used to dig the tunnels, then left to die-- are true?" "DANH.:" "Thatlooksalot like a bone." "JACK:" "Oh,my gosh." "DANH.:" "Uh ,yeah." "JACK:" "That'saniceone!" "It's got some distinct markings on it, so I wonder if there's someone who can analyze it and figure out if it's human." "DAVE:" "Yep." "JACK:" "Possible." "I'm gonna go package at least these up that I've found." "All right, you guys keep looking." "MARTY:" "Maybealittlebit tighter." "NARRATOR:" "Backat Smith's" "Cove, Marty and Alex prepare to dive." "ALEX:" "There'san anomaly underwater that's supposed to be pretty much right underneath us." "We want to get down there, we want to get eyes on it." "How'syourmask?" "Suck in." "ALEX:" "Theanomaly'ssupposed to be some kind of a square formation underwater there, and, uh, but I don't know." "I don't know what it's gonna turn out to be." "TONY:" "Alex,okay,handon your rig, hand on the mask, then just roll backwards." "How you feeling?" "How you looking, Marty?" "MARTY:" "I 'mreadyto go in ." "I'm really looking forward to scuba diving." "This will be the first time" "I actually dive with the intent to discover something." "It's exciting." "NARRATOR:" "Unlikehisbrother," "Marty has always been somewhat skeptical about Oak Island." "Before he commits the millions of dollars needed to reexcavate the Money Pit, he needs proof of man-made activity that dates before 1795, the year the Money" "Pit was first discovered." "Thereyougo ." "NARRATOR:" "Marty,Alexand" "Tony begin their descent into the frigid waters of the" "North Atlantic." "Reaching a depth of 25 feet, they begin scouring the ocean floor, searching for evidence of the mysterious stone anomalies Tony claims he found during a previous dive." "MARTY:" "We'relookingfor  perpendicular structures, things that don't seem to be natural." "But the dive conditions out there are tough." "It's a very silty bottom." "It's very cold." "Visibility is low." "And those are all problems." "NARRATOR:" "Suddenly,Marty sees a large rectangular stone." "It's covered in dense undersea vegetation." "Is this one of the anomalies" "Tony was referring to?" "Or could it be evidence of one of the five ancient box drains?" "Moments later, another rectangular stone is found, slightly smaller than the first." "Is it a coincidence?" "Or were they placed here deliberately?" "And, if so, for what purpose?" "RICK:" "Guy,do youfeel anything on that line?" "No." "RICK:" "MartyandAlexare down there." "I mean, it's, uh, all I see is, uh, I see the cable." "I have no clue where he is." "I know they're certified divers, they've done this before, but if there's any trouble down there, I'll be the first one in the water, just like they would be for me." "I believe, yes, he's coming up." "He's coming up." "But I'm also hopeful that they'll actually get data back on the boat." "That's what we're doing it for." "I'm a little worried right now, because Alex, my nephew, was buddied with his father Marty, and, uh..." "Oh, there they are" "(whistles)" "Okay, he made the "okay" signal, so everything's fine." "TONY:" "Keepgoingalongthat  line, Marty." "You're almost there, buddy." "MARTY:" "Noproblem." "TONY:" "Beautifulthing,man :" "three go out, three come back." "My day's good." "(all laugh)" "RICK:" "Whatdidyou see ?" "ALEX:" "Youknoweverything's covered in plant matter and stuff." "RICK:" "Right." "MARTY:" "I wasabletoseetwo rectangular rock structures." "One was larger than the other." "And then the Divemaster saw a third one." "And apparently, they all line up, kind of point towards the island." "Which way is it going?" "TONY:" "Largeup there, smaller, small." "It lines perfectly up with that flat rock that's just coming up out of the water there now, and if you go up the hill from there, towards the" "Money Pit." "If you draw a line on the map, it's almost perfect." "MARTY:" "Really?" "TONY:" "Yeah." "NARRATOR:" "Three rectangular-shaped stones lying off the coast of Smith's Cove and pointed directly at the" "Money Pit?" "A coincidence of nature?" "Or could it be a link to another earlier discovery found here." "In 1967, Oak Island treasure hunter, Dan Blankenship, discovered a large stone with the letter "G" carved inside of a rectangle, similar to the Masonic symbol for God." "Could it have been a key piece of evidence that the Freemasons played an important role in the" "Oak Island mystery?" "Or, as many historians believe, could it prove to be an important link between the modern Freemasons and the" "Knights Templar of the 14th century?" "RICK:" "It'sveryinteresting that it lines up with that rock, because everything of significance on the island relates, seems to relate to rock." "MARTY:" "WhenIgot out ofthe water, I really was sort of shrugging my shoulders because I thought, "Okay, so why would anybody make structures underwater?"" "But if you want to hide a pointer, it would actually work really well." "TONY:" "Well,that's interesting, 'cause these are flat." "RICK:" "Whatdo youthink?" "TONY:" "A lotmoreexploration needs to be done." "RICK:" "Okay,so let'swrapup." "Let's get on in." "TONY:" "Fantastic." "Notaworry." "Thanks so much, mate." "MARTY:" "Allright,thankyou." "NARRATOR:" "Atthenearby" "Fo'c'sle Tavern, Rick, Marty and their fellow treasure hunters have gotten together to review the day's progress and strategize their next moves." "RICK:" "Thethingthatwe really found out that was relevant, and I think the" "Divemaster explained it to you, was that there were four of these anomalies in a line, and what we need to do, what we should do, is snap a buoy out on one of them and connect that" "line to any known anomalies on land." "MARTY:" "Look,I'mwillingto go down that road a certain amount, Rick, but I don't get it." "I don't know." "Let's say they line up perfectly." "How would ancient peoples have even done it?" "RICK:" "I ...( chuckles)" "If I had that answer, we wouldn't be doing this." "(all laugh)" "MARTY:" "Allright,whatelse ?" "RICK:" "Well,we 'vestarted" "Jack on the sediment." "So what's your perception of where that sits and where we're gonna go?" "JACK:" "Ittookusa littlebit to get going, but very quickly we discovered something, and I actually brought it here, if you guys want to see." "It might brighten up your day," "Marty." "MARTY:" "Yeah,yeah." "Would you do that, please, Jack?" "JACK:" "It'skindofweird." "MARTY:" "Goaheadand brighten up my day?" "JACK:" "Here'swhatlookslike  metal, kind of like what you had found earlier." "MARTY:" "I knowmetalis difficult to date." "JACK:" "Yeah,butit'sreal  easy to date bones." "We can see if they're actually human bones, opposed to some sort of animal's." "MARTY:" "Howmanyanimalscould have fallen down there?" "JACK:" "Well,he saidhehada  couple cats, but..." "DANH.:" "Yeah,I'velost  kittens down 10-X, you know." "MARTY:" "Youdid?" "DANH.:" "Yeah,the kittensget there and they go, "What's this?" and they don't have any sense of height, 'cause they're just little kittens, and down they go." "MARTY:" "Theyjumpinthere?" "DANH.:" "Imadeaspecialty... a net device for fishing the dead ones out, but, you know, uh... we try to keep the thing covered, but they get in there." "MARTY:" "Well,there'sasource of some bones." "DANH.:" "Yeah,yeah,asIsay,  well, I got..." "I think I got them all out." "(laughter)" "CHARLES:" "I know..." "IknowDan can speak to this." "There's supposedly a body down in that cavern in, in 10-X." "DANH.:" "That'scompletely true." "Basically, Dan Blankenship saw the hand and, uh, Dan always said that at that particular time, the water wasn't particularly murky and they had a good image." "RICK:" "Davidactuallybelieves that." "Right, David?" "DAVE:" "Yeah,well,Ibelieve what Dad said." "MARTY:" "Leaveno bone unturned." "I mean, I... (men laughing)" "Anything, any bone you find, yeah, you collect it." "And you give it to a scientist who specializes in such things and... it's a human bone?" "My excitement goes way up again, because it would be a, uh, game changer." "But you know, it is somewhat disappointing, because what I wanted you to put on that napkin is shards of gold." "JACK( laughing):" "Me,too." "MARTY:" "There'sacamaraderie that, I think, always develops on a quest." "Charles and Henskee and the" "Blankenships." "We've had a bunch of family members come out here, and it's like a platoon, all on a common quest, and that's a neat thing." "All right, do we have anything else?" "RICK:" "WithDanHenskee's help, we're gonna search for coconut fiber up in Smith's Cove tomorrow." "MARTY:" "Okay,good." "Anybody else?" "Anybody else got anything?" "Okay." "Can we get down to serious drinking here?" "All right, guys." "I think this meeting is concluded." "To success." "Yeah,finally." "DAVE:" "Drinkingtime." "(laughter)" "♪ ♪" "NARRATOR:" "Backat Smith's" "Cove, Jack Begley and Dan" "Henskee begin looking for coconut fiber." "JACK:" "Youreadyfor acoconut fiber hunt today?" "DANH.:" "Youbet ." "JACK:" "Youthinkwe'regonna find anything?" "DANH.:" "Ihopeso." "JACK:" "Youfoundthiscoconut fiber before, right?" "NARRATOR:" "Danis convinced that he found coconut fiber several years ago during an earlier search at Smith's Cove." "DANH.:" "Ah ,yeah." "I was exploring a magnetic anomaly, and found a trench." "And, uh, and checking that out," "I found this little swatch of apparent coconut fiber, and, uh, it looked exactly like the picture in the book." "Apparently, coconut fiber was used for stabilizing cargos and ships for many years." "NARRATOR:" "Butjustwhy is finding coconut fiber on Oak" "Island so important?" "When workers in the 1850s discovered that the water that flooded the Money Pit was rising and falling with the tide, it was thought that Smith's Cove might be the source." "Digging into the sand, they found evidence of five stone box drains covered with several layers of coconut fiber, each converging on a point leading to the Money Pit." "The coconut fiber acted as a sieve to allow water in while keeping the drains from becoming clogged with sand and other debris." "But how did such a large amount of coconut fiber end up on the shore of Oak Island when the nearest coconut trees are located some 1,500 miles away?" "Was it really brought here to help in the construction of an elaborate booby trap?" "If so, who built it?" "And perhaps even more important, what was it designed to protect?" "DANH.:" "Let'sget started here." "JACK:" "Howfar?" "DANH.:" "TillItell youto stop." "I hope this works." "That looks good, there, the way you got that stake." "NARRATOR:" "Onceagain,ocean water is proving to be the single biggest obstacle the Oak" "Island team faces in trying to solve the mystery." "DANH.:" "Thisisthespotthat" "I want to mark." "This could very well be the spot where I was digging, but, uh, we also have to beat the tide coming in, so we'd better get working fast from here on in." "JACK:" "Let'sgettodigging." "JACK:" "Allright." "DANH.:" "Let'ssee ifwecan find anything other than more stones, gravel, and mud." "NARRATOR:" "JackBegleyand Dan" "Henskee are in a race against the tide." "Dan is convinced they are getting close to finding a mass of coconut fiber he remembers seeing at Smith's Cove 20 years ago." "Finding it could be an important step in proving to Rick and" "Marty Lagina that at least one of the many Oak Island legends is true." "But a lot has changed over the years, and Dan only has his memory to rely on." "ALEX:" "Heardyouguysneeded some help?" "JACK:" "Yeah!" "You guys good at digging rocks?" "ALEX:" "Asgoodasyoucanget at that, I guess." "JACK:" "We'reslowlytryingto drain this down, so we can get at where, uh, the coconut fibers are." "ALEX:" "Wheredo youthink they are?" "JACK:" "Kindof rightbythat  big rock." "Just in the water, just past it." "ALEX:" "Allright." "JACK:" "Yeah." "ALEX:" "Weonlyhavemaybetwo or three hours, because the tide's coming back in." "So we're under the gun." "We're digging like crazy, and we're trying to get the water to drain, and we know after we do that, we still have to dig a big pit and look for coconut fiber." "This what you guys expected, coming out here?" "Did you think you'd be doing this all summer?" "JACK:" "Oh,yeah." "DANH.:" "Oh ,Ilovetheway the water's clearing." "ALEX:" "I justdon'tthinkwe have much time to do this." "JACK:" "Bythetimeweget done, it will start filling back in." "ALEX:" "How'sit look,Dan ?" "DANH.:" "Thecoconutfiber should be in this general area, and if I'm right on the measurements, this line right here, and probably right about here, where I'm finding all this sand..." "ALEX:" "Sowe knowthisis the spot?" "DANH.:" "It 'sdefinitelythe  area." "This is very much where... where we should be digging." "ALEX:" "We'remakingprogress here." "Let's keep doing this." "DANH.:" "Yeah." "ALEX:" "Thetideleftalot of small tidal pools in the area that we're trying to dig." "So, basically, we built these little coffer dams and we started bailing water on our own." "Dan Henskee's digging a pit where he thinks the coconut fiber is." "But we're really just hoping that we find anything." "JACK:" "Dan,whatexactlydoes  coconut fiber look like?" "DANH.:" "Well,ifyoucanfind a supermarket that has coconuts which are not quite as completely peeled, that's the fiber that you're finding on coconuts." "ALEX:" "So,we 'relookingfor  the outside of a coconut in here." "DANH.:" "Yeah,it'sthe same... obviously the same color, the same type of fibers, pretty much like somebody's brown hair." "NARRATOR:" "DanHenskeehas  been searching for treasure on" "Oak Island for more than four decades." "Along with Dave Blankenship, he helped Dave's father, Dan" "Blankenship, dig 10-X to a depth of more than 235 feet." "To this day, he insists he's seen ghosts, demons and other strange occurrences on Oak" "Island." "One time, several years ago, he became so frightened he stripped off his clothes and swam naked back to the mainland." "All he took with him was a globe of the Earth, a text book on advanced calculus and a copy of Elvis and Me by Priscilla" "Presley." "ALEX:" "Guys,thetide's getting close." "We gotta hurry." "NARRATOR:" "Danandthe boys have cleared enough water away so they can finally dig, and see if Dan's plan to find coconut fiber will actually work." "ALEX:" "Oh,what'sthat?" "DANH.:" "Let'ssee ifwecan get this down a little farther." "Don't hold your breath, though." "This is Oak Island." "Right there, eh?" "Uh, that's quite like it." "JACK:" "Whoa!" "Whoa!" "Whoa!" "DANH.:" "Is thatthe mother lode right there?" "That looks like it." "JACK:" "Yeah,yeah." "DANH.:" "Yeah,thereitis !" "JACK:" "Noway!" "No way." "I think that is." "NARRATOR:" "Coconutfiberon" "Oak Island?" "Could it really still be here?" "ALEX:" "Yeah,that'sit." "NARRATOR:" "Buriedin the ocean, sand, and rocks after all these years?" "ALEX:" "Lookslikeittome ." "NARRATOR:" "Andjustafew hundred feet from the Money Pit?" "DANH.:" "It lookslikethe fiber, doesn't it?" "JACK:" "Oh,yeah,yeah,yeah !" "ALEX:" "Guys,thetide's getting close." "We gotta hurry." "I mean, we got maybe ten minutes tops." "DANH.:" "Well,aslong as everybody keeps doing what they're doing." "ALEX:" "Thislookslikemore  right there, right there." "DANH.:" "Ah ." "ALEX:" "Checkthatout ." "DANH.:" "That's,uh..." "ALEX:" "Yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah ." "DANH.:" "Welllet 'sfindout." "ALEX:" "It'sthesame." "Isit?" "DANH.:" "Then,thismust be, too." "That's what I was looking for." "It looks like heavy brown hair." "ALEX:" "I wasreallyexcitedto find the coconut fiber." "I was really surprised to see it there." "I couldn't believe it. (laughs)" "DANH.:" "Ah ,yeah,the water is rapidly arriving." "I can count the seconds now until we get flooded out." "JACK:" "Wow." "It's coming in quick." "DANH.:" "Now,you supposethat  anybody can walk in here and not see that if you're looking for it?" "Uh,yeah." "ALEX:" "Hey,guys?" "All right, guys, get over here." "I gotta say as the skeptic, I didn't think we'd find anything." "But I can't believe we found what we did." "So, I mean, I would say this was a success, guys." "We gotta go tell Uncle Rick." "I mean, he won't believe this." "JACK:" "He'sgonnabeecstatic." "ALEX:" "Let'sgo tellhim ." "JACK:" "Can'twait." "Let 'sgo." "ALEX:" "Yougoteverything?" "DANH.:" "Yeah." "ALEX:" "Can'tbelieveit." "RICK:" "Okay." "Nothing but good news, right?" "ALEX:" "Wegotgoodnews andwe got bad news." "RICK:" "Uh,I'lltakethebad news first." "ALEX:" "Wewerehavingsome  trouble with the tide." "RICK:" "Yeah,Iknowthat ." "ALEX:" "Andwe didn'thavea lot of time." "Even with it cleared out and draining, you've got water, you know, seeping out of the ground." "If we want to look there again, we should get like some kind of a pump to make it easier to drain." "RICK:" "We'regonnaget a three-inch pump tomorrow." "And the good news?" "You guys actually found coconut fiber?" "JACK:" "Itwasinthesamespot as Dan thought." "RICK:" "That'sincredible." "How deep?" "ALEX:" "Wehadtodigabout two feet down." "JACK:" "It'sbeautifulstuff." "ALEX:" "I didn'tthinkwe'd find anything." "RICK:" "Alwayskeepyoureyes  open on Oak Island." "You'll never know when the island gives you a clue." "There's a story here." "I believed it when I was 11 years old, and I believe it now." "And for me, it's not just the retrieval of whatever's been buried on Oak Island." "The endgame is to solve the mystery." "We got proof." "ALEX:" "Yeah." "RICK:" "Cool." "Yes!" "Great!" "ALEX:" "I know,Iknow!" "RICK:" "Thatis great!" "You, sir, are gonna give that to your dad and make him eat it!" "JACK:" "Yeah!" "ALEX:" "Thefirstwordsoutof his mouth are gonna be, "Are you sure it's coconut fiber?"" "I guarantee it!" "RICK:" "That'scool." "I'm proud of all of you." "It's a great job." "Wonderful day." "We're not giving up." "DANH.:" "If yougiveup,you know you're not going to to succeed." "RICK:" "No,Iguaranteeyou we're not giving up." "Tomorrow's another day." "Let's have at her and get it done." "NARRATOR:" "Afterfindingwhat they believe to be coconut fiber at Smith's Cove, Alex, Jack," "Peter and Oak Island historian" "Charles Barkhouse head to nearby" "Acadia University to get the samples tested." "CHARLES:" "OakIsland is like a thousand-piece puzzle with 400 pieces missing." "ALEX:" "Yeah." "CHARLES:" "Youknow,and this is just one piece that we could put into the puzzle, you know." "ALEX:" "Right." "NARRATOR:" "Ifthesamplesthey  found do, in fact, turn out to be coconut fiber, then the stories of ancient box drains are very likely true." "It could be the first step in proving that there were visitors on Oak Island prior to 1795... visitors who might have buried something of great value there." "ALEX:" "So,let'sgothrough our top theories for this thing." "CHARLES:" "Okay,oneofthe more popular theories is the" "Knights Templar." "ALEX:" "So,theoryone ," "Knights Templar." "CHARLES:" "Yeah," "Knights Templar." "NARRATOR:" "OnFridaythe 13th of October, 1307, several members of the Order of the" "Temple of Solomon-- or the" "Knights Templar-- are about to be put to death." "It seems the Templars have grown too rich and too powerful after centuries of fighting in the Crusades." "They are believed to have captured millions in gold and precious religious artifacts." "Now the Templar are seen as a threat, particularly by Philip" "IV of France, and with the blessing of Pope Clement V, they are rounded up... tortured... and burned at the stake." "But not before Jacques de Molay, the Grand Master of the Order of the Knights Templar, issues a curse on the heads of both" "Philip and the Pope." "Within a year, both Philip and the Pope are dead, and to this day, no one has ever found the hiding place of the vast" "Templar treasure." "CHARLES:" "In1307,whenthe" "Templars were arrested in France and throughout Europe, we know at least 12 to 14 treasure ships left La Rochelle, France." "And where those treasure ships went, we have no idea." "They might have gone to Scotland first, and then from Scotland they might have come to the New World." "That's one of the theories that could be on Oak Island." "ALEX:" "Okay,what'stheory number two?" "CHARLES:" "It'saSpanishship  that ended up in Mahone Bay, possibly from a storm, did repairs on Oak Island, and then buried some of their treasure there." "That's Dan's theory: some kind of a conspiracy between Spanish captains to siphon off." "ALEX:" "Allright,thislooks like it, 427." "JACK:" "Herewe go ." "ROGER:" "Hey,how'sitgoing?" "ALEX:" "Hi." "Good." "ROGER:" "Hi,I'mRoger." "ALEX:" "I 'mAlex,nice to meet you, Roger." "ROGER:" "Hi,Alex." "NARRATOR:" "Dr.RogerEvansis a biologist at Acadia University who specializes in the physical characteristics of plants and how they reproduce." "ROGER:" "Andso Ihearyouhave some fibers." "JACK:" "Wedo ." "ROGER:" "Ofallthings, coconut fibers." "CHARLES:" "Yes." "NARRATOR:" "Themembersofthe" "Oak Island team are hoping that he can verify that the samples they found buried in the beach at Smith's Cove are, in fact, coconut fiber." "If they are, it will be the first time coconut fibers have been discovered since Rick and" "Marty purchased most of Oak" "Island six years ago, an important sign that stories of priceless treasure being hidden on this island might very well be true." "ROGER:" "Wow." "JACK:" "Here'severythingthat we've found in here, and then, um, this is some that was confirmed to be coconut fiber." "ROGER:" "Okay." "ALEX:" "Thiswaslookedat,and we thought it would be easy to compare the two that we found now with that one." "ROGER:" "Okay." "These look good and dry." "Fibers are really just normal cells, and then what happens is, this chemical lignin enters that cell wall material, and it makes it like steel." "Only bacteria and fungi can break down lignin." "So that's what makes it so strong." "ALEX:" "It'sthatstrong." "Interesting." "ROGER:" "Andthat'swhatmakes it last hundreds of years." "ALEX:" "Okay,thisiswhat  we've got here." "This is wet." "ROGER:" "Excellent." "ALEX:" "Youcanchooseasample out of there, yeah." "ROGER:" "Thisalsofeelslike  hair." "Because I know what the anatomy of the end of a coconut fiber looks like, we can take some of the specimens and look at them with a scanning electron microscope and look at the end of them, to see if we can see" "the straw within a straw in the two samples." "And so I'll show you on the chalkboard what I mean by a straw within a straw." "ALEX:" "Okay." "CHARLES:" "Allright." "Great." "ROGER:" "Sowe haveabunchof fibers, right?" "They essentially look like that." "So, if you were to take one of these and look at it end-on-- we'll magnify it-- each individual fiber is made up of a number of other fibers." "And we'll see if we can see this pattern in the fibers that you guys brought with you." "ALEX:" "Great." "I'm ready for that." "Let's go take a look." "JACK:" "Yeah,let'sgoseeit." "PETER:" "Leadtheway ." "RICK:" "Thisis thepre-screen stuff that came from down below, right?" "NARRATOR:" "Whilewaitingfor  the results of the coconut fiber test, Rick and Dave go back to sifting the debris that has been collected from 10-X." "DAVE:" "Whatareyou looking for, Rick?" "RICK:" "Youknowwhatwe're looking for." "Stuff like that, you know we can get..." "DAVE:" "Rust!" "RICK:" "Yeah,butwho knows where it came from?" "DAVE:" "Comeon ,it 'sthesteel that's fallen into the water." "RICK:" "Youthinkthat." "You don't know that." "DAVE:" "No,Iknowit." "RICK:" "No,youdon 't." "DAVE:" "Yes,Ido." "RICK:" "No,youdon 't." "We're putting all the finds over here." "No, you don't know it, how would you know it?" "DAVE:' CauseI knowwhatrust looks like." "RICK:" "There,lookatthat ." "DAVE:" "Chickenbone." "RICK:" "Somebodycanlookat that and say, "You know what?"" "DAVE:" "It'sabottleof whiskey." "You're wasting your money." "(Rick laughs)" "RICK:" "Well,howcome,with  you, everything is, you know," ""it ain't, it ain't, it ain't, it ain't"?" "DAVE:' Causeitain't!" "RICK:" "Thatain'ttrue." "All right." "DAVE:" "Youwanttosave all this (bleep) or what?" "RICK:" "Yes,we are." "We're saving all of it." "Not only that, but here's the thing..." "I'm gonna go back to the barn and try to come up with an idea, something that can sift this through en masse." "This is not gonna work, scale-wise." "Come see me two hours later and" "I'll have something figured out that's better than this system," "I guarantee it." "DAVE:" "Soyoudesignit,and" "I'm going for a drink." "RICK:" "Go,offyou go." "DAVE:" "Right." "NARRATOR:" "Backat thelab ," "Alex, Jack, Peter and Charles are eager to find out if what they found at Smith's Cove really is coconut fiber." "First, they look at a sample of known coconut fiber." "ROGER:" "Okay,thereitis." "It's in focus now." "We can increase the magnification." "Thatisso cool." "Wow." "(laughing):" "Yeah." "ROGER:" "Sothemagnification is now 650." "JACK:" "Oh,wow." "ROGER:" "Okay?" "JACK:" "Waybetter." "ROGER:" "Youcansee it, eh?" "Yeah." "ROGER:" "Soremember,thisis the one that was confirmed as coconut fiber." "Yeah." "Yep." "ROGER:" "Youcansee the  individual cells and those bundled together." "So now the real test is... let's go down to the wet one." "And I would say without a word of a doubt that's coconut fiber." "Oh!" "Yep." "Absolutely." "Yeah." "ALEX:" "Yeah,so we foundit." "NARRATOR:" "Genuinecoconut fiber!" "And found at Smith's Cove!" "If it can be dated to before 1795, the Oak Island team may have found their first important clue... one that could ultimately help them solve this" "200-year-old mystery." "ROGER:" "This'llbe astoryto tell the students in my, uh, second-year course, when they ask me why they need to know botany." "ALEX:" "That'sprettycool." "ROGER:" "Allright,solet's get some pictures." "You guys can take them back to your skeptics, you can take them back to your museum, and, uh, you can show the world that you found coconut fiber on Oak" "Island." "ALEX:" "Awesome." "(phone ringing)" "RICK:" "Hello?" "ALEX:" "Rick,hey,Rick." "RICK:" "Yeah,Alex,what'sup?" "ALEX:" "I 'mcallingwithsome news for you." "RICK:" "Okay." "What do you got?" "ALEX:" "Well,we ,uh ,we  checked those coconut fiber samples out under a scanning electron microscope." "RICK:" "Yeah?" "ALEX:" "They'reconfirmedto be the same, man." "RICK:" "Really,he toldyou  that?" "That's what he said?" "He-he confirmed it?" "He actually confirmed it?" "You're not... you're not kidding me, right?" "ALEX:" "Nope." "This is for real." "RICK:" "Wow." "That's great news!" "I'm proud of you guys." "I was proud of you the day you found it, and you hit a home run today." "ALEX:" "Yeah." "RICK:" "Andmaybe,justmaybe, the tide has turned." "Maybe we caught a break." "ALEX:" "Doyouwanttotellmy dad or should I?" "RICK:" "Youmakethe call." "ALEX:" "Okay." "RICK:" "Hurryup andget back, okay?" "ALEX:" "Soundsgood." "We'll talk later." "RICK:" "Allright." "See you." "Hurry back." "It was a tremendous moment." "I could hear the rest of the boys going, "Yeah!"" "So it was a great, great moment." "Because there's skepticism with my brother, one of our agendas was, hey, let's find something... one thing." "RICK:" "Yes!" "NARRATOR:" "Findingcoconut fiber at Smith's Cove could be the first real breakthrough for" "Rick, Marty and their fellow treasure hunters." "It might also be the tangible proof Marty needs if he is going to pump more time and money into his brother's dream." "But three big questions remain:" "How old is it?" "Who brought it here?" "And for what purpose?" "NARRATOR:" "Shortlyafter getting the lab results which proved that the dark, fibrous substance found at Smith's Cove was, in fact, coconut fiber," "Marty and Rick sent the sample to Marty's business partner," "Craig Tester, back in Michigan." "MARTY:" "Allright,guys." "Craig has some results." "So he's agreed to share those with us." "Craig!" "Craig." "Hey,Craig." "CRAIG:" "Lookout!" "MARTY:" "Howyoudoing?" "CRAIG:" "I 'mdoingrealwell, doing real well." "NARRATOR:" "Craighasbeen conducting further tests to see if the fiber can be dated to before 1795, the year when the original Money Pit was discovered on Oak Island and the" "200-year search for treasure began." "RICK:" "Makeus happy." "CRAIG:" "Okay,Igot test results in on coconut fiber found on the beach." "They're dating it between 1260 and 1400 AD." "So, it's old, old, old stuff." "DAVE:" "That'swhatIfigured." "(laughs)" "MARTY:" "Didtheygiveyou,  like, a degree of accuracy?" "CRAIG:" "A 95percentile." "MARTY:" "That'swhatI'm  wondering..." "CRAIG:95%." "DAVE:" "Well,that'sgood." "RICK:" "I hopeyouwritethat  down." "MARTY:" "I 'mwritingit down." "DAVE:" "Inbigletters." "RICK:" "Bigletters." "Well, now, here it is." "In your face." "This is real coconut fiber." "What do you think about that?" "MARTY:" "Justaminute." "I'm digesting it." "That is very, very interesting." "RICK:" "There'sno denyingthis now." "I don't care how great my brother's skepticism is, he has to come around at this point." "MARTY:" "That'sgreatnews," "Craig." "That's wonderful." "Because if it was 1920, we were all gonna be hanging our heads in here." "The coconut fiber revelation was exciting." "It makes you say, maybe there's some validity to all this." "And that's fun." "Because what drives me, really, when I think about it, is I'd like to have some fun." "I mean, if this quits being fun, you know, I'm going to try and talk big brother into... into getting out of it." "RICK:" "I 'llmakesureit's fun." "MARTY:" "Yeah." "Look, Craig, thanks a lot." "We'll keep stuff coming your way, we'll keep you informed, we'll talk to you later." "See you." "CRAIG:" "Takecare." "RICK:" "Thanks,Craig." "MARTY:" "Yep." "Okay, let's go." "We got stuff to do back in the field, right?" "Yep." "NARRATOR:" "ForRickand Marty" "Lagina, finding coconut fiber on" "Oak Island is a big event." "But getting lab results which date that fiber to between 1260 to 1400 is even more exciting." "It means that the substance was most likely brought here nearly" "400 years before the Money Pit was discovered." "Does this evidence validate the stories of Spanish pirates-- and possibly the Knights Templar-- frequenting the island back in the 1300s and 1400s?" "But why would they-- or anyone-- bring coconut fiber, and massive amounts of it, all the way to" "Oak Island?" "Was it to build the box drains that would feed flood tunnels?" "Flood tunnels that would serve as booby traps for anyone who dared to dig here?" "And what was so valuable-- or so dangerous-- that it needed to be protected in such an elaborate way?" "Those are the questions that" "Rick and Marty Lagina..." "MARTY:" "Jointhatone tothat  one." "NARRATOR:...alongwiththeir fellow treasure hunters, are determined to find out." "DAVE:" "I don'tseenogold  nuggets." "RICK:" "Nogoldnuggets." "NARRATOR:" "Questionsthathave obsessed those who have dared try and defy the curse of" "Oak Island." "Captioned by" "MediaAccessGroupatWGBH  access.wgbh.org" "NARRATOR:" "NexttimeonThe" "CurseofOakIsland..." "RICK:" "Someone'scomingto visit the island." "Her father and her brother died looking for the treasure." "Theyweretooclose." "Oh,God..." "I'mjustafraidyou  might get stuck there." "Thespiritof adeadpriest has entered my body." "IfeellikeI'm constantly looking over my shoulder." "Likethere'ssomething watching you from behind." "Yeah." "(beeping)" "Lookout." "No!"