"Of Oak Island..." "We found the location of the 90-foot stone." "The stone that was brought up from the Money Pit with an inscription on it." "This is it, right straight ahead." " It's like a maze down here." " Jeez, look at this place." "Come take a look at this!" " What you got here?" " It's a big stone." "Well, look at that!" "Here they come." "Today is when it begins." "We're gonna dig a big hole in the Money Pit and find out what's there." "Right, brother?" " Absolutely." " It's go time." "Here we go." "Make hole." "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 bits of gold chain, a stone slab with strange symbols carved into it, even a 17th Century Spanish coin." "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." "Here they come!" " Big truck." " Big truck!" "Once they pass that gate, it's begun." "It's an historic day." "Time to dig in the Money Pit." "For brothers, Rick and Marty Lagina, today marks the beginning of a culmination of more than a decade of research, data collection, and painstaking hard work." " Andrew!" " Good morning, Marty." " How are you?" " Welcome back to Oak Island." " How do you do, sir?" " This is Mike Turnbull." "This is our general manager." "Mike, nice to meet you." "I'm Marty." " Good to see you again." " Good to see you." "Got us some bits and pieces here?" " Yes." " How many loads we got total?" "Today, probably in and around fifteen." " Then how many more loads?" " Twenty-five." "Yeah." "So the site back there looks big now but it's gonna get small real quick." "We're gonna dig a big hole in the Money Pit and find out what's there." "That's what we're gonna do." "Right, Brother?" "Absolutely." "Today, is when it begins." "This huge gear is coming in, on multiple low float rigs to get this process started." "And it's very sobering because it's a commitment of our time, our money and our energy." "We're focused on the Money Pit dig." "We are bringing high tech gear for the sole purpose of trying to figure out the mystery of Oak Island." "If there ever was the right spot to dig," "I think we're digging it, in the Money Pit." "So, you know, I mean, I-I can't wait." "I can't wait for that big ol' pipe to get down there." "There's no question about that." "Now that the area leading to and around the original." "Oak Island Money Pit is cleared and leveled, it is time for the massive drilling and digging equipment to be brought in." "We're gonna actually dig in the Money Pit." "We're throwing everything we got at this thing this year." "We're gonna know in terms of days, not years." "Working from archival maps and carefully calculated measurements," "Rick, Marty and their partners have identified two target sites, places which they hope will lead them to the ultimate discovery." "The first, known as Valley 3..." "Definitely got wood." "Is the site of a possible treasure vault, which Rick Lagina and Oak Island partner Craig Tester, believe they located while looking for the Money Pit site two years ago..." "You think you're on the fault?" "The second target site, named C1..." "Here we go." "Is the place where last summer." "Rick and Oak Island historian Charles Barkhouse discovered what appeared to be a shiny, golden object located in a large void some 170 deep underground." "Daniel!" "What do you think, Dan?" "You prepared a hell of a big area here." "At the age of 93," "Dan Blankenship has invested more than five decades of his life to solving the Oak Island mystery, and is still going strong." "So in all your years here," "I mean, did you ever see it coming to this?" "No." " Good." " The old saying, Rick, is nothing ventured, nothing gained." "Exactly." "This is the culmination for you and your brother of your belief in Oak Island." "Always have." "A tremendous amount of work went into this." "There's no question about it." "Not gonna leave, leave a stone unturned or get half an answer, that's ridiculous." "Well, after over fifty years I'd like to have some positive answers one way or the other." "We hope for this year." "I hope so, too." "It's about time!" "Yeah, it's about time." "Look, nobody wants this to happen any more than" "Dan Blankenship does." "He's committed his whole adult life to this." "And now, maybe, we're within reach of getting him the answers that I think he deserves." "For the Laginas and their partners, the anticipation is intense, as the promise of discovery becomes imminent." "The most ambitious and expensive attempt to solve the Oak Island mystery is just days away." "The essence of Oak Island is the Money Pit." "I mean, that's what captivated me, us, as little boys, The Money Pit." "Is there something in the Money Pit?" "I absolutely believe there is." "Welcome to what we affectionately call our war room." " Thank you." " Appreciate that." "While waiting for the final pieces of digging equipment to arrive," "Rick Lagina has invited Oak Island researchers," "Doug Crowell and Kel Hancock to report on their ongoing investigation into the fate of one of." "Oak Island's biggest mysteries:" "The 90-foot stone, which was first discovered in The Money Pit and has been missing for nearly 100 years." "So what have you got for us?" "Well, in 1864, a three-part account was published in a local Nova Scotia paper about the hunt to date." "The stone disappeared." "That immediately caught the interest of the." "Halifax Historical Society." "They wrote a letter and said, "where is the stone now?" "Who can we talk to to see it?"" "We wanted to try to find that historical society's accounts of the stone." "The thing with historical societies is that they publish proceedings, and we're trying to find those proceedings." "There's a lot of unknowns in the stories of the 90-foot stone." "When the Money Pit was first excavated by the Onslow Company in 1804, a large, olive-colored stone was reported to have had a number of strange symbols carved into it, which when translated, read:" ""Forty feet below two million pounds are buried."" "In 1865, it was removed from Oak Island and taken to Halifax, where it was reported to have been displayed in the window of the Creighton and Marshall's Book Store in order to help raise money to find the Oak Island treasure." "But when the book store closed in 1919 the stone disappeared, and has never been seen since." "We decided to look at the accounts of it being in Halifax." "So, Doug has our information here and we'll share with you what our investigation turned up." " Great." " It would be highly meaningful to me, if that stone actually showed up." "The real stone, and it could be verified as the real stone." "Doug and Kel bring a serious interest in Oak Island and also they have a-a background, if you will, in proper research." "And the Oak Island story is all about looking backwards." "Researching things that are oral tradition and-and pursuing that." "Okay, so where then does this lead us?" "Well gentlemen, we found the location of the stone." "The last known location of the stone." "At the Halifax Seed Company?" "At the Halifax Seed Company." "It certainly looks as if this was the building that was the bookbindery from the stories of the 90-foot stone." "Creighton and Marshall book store." "And it exists;" "It's not torn down?" "It's there?" "It's in Halifax?" " It's standing today." " It's standing today." "Now in the stories," "Creighton and Marshall closed down in 1919." "But the last time a searcher saw that stone, wasn't it Bowdoin?" " 1909." " Yeah." "Correct." "In 1909, treasure hunter Captain Henry L. Bowdoin, along with future U.S. President." "Franklin D. Roosevelt lead an attempt to solve the Oak Island mystery." "Bowdoin traveled to Halifax to see the 90-foot stone at the book store, but became horrified when he found out the stone was being used as a cutting board for leather book jackets." "Convinced the symbols on the stone had been completely worn away," "Bowdoin left Halifax disappointed, and, after it was last seen in 1919, the whereabouts of the stone have remained unknown." "I can't believe that somebody hasn't taken a picture of this thing, or even a rubbing of it..." "I refuse to believe that there is not something that exists somewhere in a Bible, in an attic." "Somewhere." "Maybe the bloody thing's in the basement!" " You never know." " Yeah." "So, what's the next step?" "The next step is to visit the location." "Perfect." "We'll have a look and see if there's anything in the basement." "Okay, I say we appoint an ad-hoc committee." "And I know who I'd like to appoint, him for sure." " And Alex." " Yeah, I'll go with you." " Solid." " Thank you very much for coming and sharing all this with us." " It's always interesting." " Right, all right." " Okay." " Okay." "Go get the stone!" "Coming up..." "It is the start of a new day on Oak Island." "One that sees the assembly of massive 100 and 300 ton cranes at the Money Pit site." "So guys, right here ahead you see, over to the right?" "That's our target." " That's it." " Okay." "Cool." "This is also the day that Marty Lagina's son." "Alex and Oak Island historian Charles Barkhouse, along with Doug Crowell and Kel Hancock, have traveled some 60 miles north to the city of Halifax in search of Oak Island's most mysterious and important artifact:" "The so-called 90-foot Stone." "Yeah, so this is it." "Right straight ahead." "With the purple awning and everything?" "Yep." "With the purple awning." "So Doug has a picture." "And if you look at this picture, you can see that the row of windows on the second floor is identical." "And if you look just above the purple facade over there, you'll see where this window, this window, and that vent hole had been bricked in or patched over, and it matches identically." "Yeah, I mean, you can superimpose it perfectly it looks almost the same." "This photo is the last known location of the 90-foot stone." "This is it." "And we're looking at it, I can tell right now." "Right there." "I've been looking for the 90-foot stone for years now, and we are gonna be able to generate some other leads, I think." "So this is most likely the window that the 90-foot stone would have been placed on display." "That's pretty cool to think that it could've been right there." " Yeah." " And we're standing here now." " We're standing right here." " That's very cool." "Well guys, Dr. Marble and Joe Landry are waiting for us inside, so let's go in and see them." "Great." "After you." "Thanks, Doug." "Having identified the exact location of where the 90-foot stone was last seen in 1919..." "Hello there, how are you?" "Doug and Kel have arranged to meet with." "Dr. Allan Marble, the former president of the Royal Nova Scotia." "Historical Society, along with building representative." "Joe Landry." "This is the area we're interested in, right?" "Yeah, this-this would be..." "Now, of course, gentlemen, you know we're interested in the story of the 90-foot stone, and the fact that it was brought to a bookbindery in Halifax" " to be put on public display." " Yeah." "We're pretty certain this is the location." "Well, I've done a lot of reading on it over the years and I knew the stone of course, when it was found and where it was in different eras." "And I knew that it had been here." "The first thing I noticed when I walked inside was how modern the inside of the building was." "It had clearly been renovated and it was not anything like what I imagined a book bindery to be." "Are there any areas of the building that have not been renovated or maybe fewer times than this area?" "It's to a large extent pretty much like it was." "I mean, we've changed, we put linoleum on the floors and tiles on the ceiling, but apart from that, very little has changed." "Is there a basement to this unit here?" "Yes." "The basement runs the whole, the whole length of the block." "Perhaps we should take a look at that." "Okay." "Yes." "We can head to the back of the building here." " Excellent." " We'll follow you." "Is it possible that clues regarding the current location of the 90-foot stone might still be found at the old book bindery nearly 100 years after it was last reported to be here?" "Mind your heads." "Careful of the debris on the floor." "Yeah." "Geez, look at this place." "We got a stone wall in here, guys." "All right." "Yeah, this was a little bit more like we were picturing, I think." "Yeah, yeah, this is the old stone foundations." " Here's some granite." " Yeah." "These look like they were put in to repair the wall." "Get a photo of this." " This is interesting." " Yeah." "Look at this, Charles." " An archway." " Yeah." " Hey guys!" " What do we got?" "You might want to come look at this." "A boarded in archway." "Just wondering what this might have been." "Well, Halifax is riddled with tunnels and the origin of them and the reason why there is so many is for military security," " military transportation." " Right." "Underground military tunnels?" "Could this strange, boarded-up archway really provide a clue as to how the 90-foot stone seemed to vanish without a trace?" "Why don't we head back upstairs and we can figure out our next move." " Agreed." " Sounds good to me." " Yeah." " After you, Kel." "I knew it was kind of a long shot that maybe we'd find something down there, but it was worth a look." " Different exit, hey Joe?" " Indeed." " This building's like a maze." " It is." "Well guys," "I think we're leaving here with some good information." "We can look into a little more of the owners of this building throughout history." "We can look for anybody that may have taken a photo of the storefront when the stone was on display." "But the other possibility, it may be closer than that;" "I've been told that there was a member of the Halifax Club." "Which is just down here a short distance." "He was a member at least until 1982 and he told his son that in fact there was a stone in the floor of the Halifax club, which he thought was the 90-foot stone." "I don't know, but that's what he told his son." "Is the Halifax Club still in operation?" "It is." "It's just three blocks up Hollis Street and I can take you up there if you'd like to take a look." "Another lead, yeah." "You never know, the-the Marshalls and the Creightons may have been members of the Halifax Club which you could possibly determine." "In 1919, when they realized they were closing up the shop they may have decided to donate it to the Halifax Club." "It's a possibility." "Seems pretty plausible to me, honestly." "It's worth tracking down anyway." " Let's go look." " Yeah." " Joe, thank you for joining us." " You're welcome." "Could Alex and the team actually be within reach of locating one of the key clues in solving in the Oak Island mystery?" "All right guys, let's go for a walk." "Yeah." "While Alex Lagina and Charles Barkhouse continue their search for the 90-foot stone in nearby Halifax, back on Oak Island, Craig Tester and his stepson, Jack Begley, begin a strategic investigation at Smith's Cove." "Probably over by this pine tree right here, try to start it right in there." "Okay." "Working with ground penetrating radar experts," "Matt Savelle and Luke Melanson from Canadian Seabed Research Limited..." "Right here's good." "Craig and Jack are hoping to locate evidence of possible underground flood tunnels, the same flood tunnels that reportedly feed ocean water into the Money Pit and as a result, have thwarted treasure-hunting efforts for more than two hundred years." "Traditionally, there was a flood tunnel that went from Smith's Cove here, up to the Money Pit." "So it cut right through here somewhere." "In 1850, searchers from the Truro Company, working at Smith's Cove, unearthed evidence of five intricate box drains." "They were constructed of flat paving stones and covered by layers of coconut fiber and eel grass, which were intended to filter out sand and debris." "Unfortunately, generations of repeated excavations have destroyed important evidence." "But if the Oak Island team can locate even one of the box drains and trace it back to the Money Pit, they may be able to shut off the booby-trapped flooding system." "They also may be able to determine just who constructed the box drains in the first place." "I think the Smith's Cove work is gonna be instrumental in understanding what possibly happened on Oak Island." "You find the box drains..." "Box drains lead to a flood tunnel." "The flood tunnel leads to the Money Pit." "It all begins at Smith's Cove." "When the finger drains came together, they formed a "V", and that "V" would be facing this way and came toward shore." "So if we could find out where the "V" is cut in through here," " that'd be significant." " Okay." " You ready?" " Okay." "This is quite the mystery." "We want to see for ourselves that this flood system is here and how much of it is real, how much of it is just story that was expanded over the years." "As the Ground Penetrating Radar System is pulled back and forth in straight, parallel lines, electromagnetic pulses are sent through the earth." "If successful, Craig and the team might be able to detect underground structures or tunnels that lie below the surface." " That's good." " Yeah." " Any penetration?" " Nothing, well, yeah, but there's nothing striking." "Okay." "You don't get an exact image of what's down there, but you'll get what they call a parabola." "We're getting preliminary results." "Maybe it could be wave action from 200 years ago that cut into there." "But it's definitely something we need to pursue." "That was an interesting one." "It's got a very distinct "U", and you can see the little..." "little V's along the bottom of it." "Is it possible that Craig," "Jack and the team have just discovered evidence of manmade construction at Smith's Cove?" "We started getting good hits and it really looked like we were seeing these spikey responses from the ground penetrating radar." "I felt it was very good reflections." "It was definitely seeing some sort of gouge being cut in there." "Just based on this, you know," "I think I have an idea where I would like us" " to do an excavation." " Yeah." "While Craig Tester and Jack Begley wrap up their team's operations at Smith's Cove," "Alex Lagina and his team arrive at the Halifax Club where the mysterious 90-foot stone slab from the Money Pit was reportedly seen back in 1982." "Now, this is a very classic building." "A beautiful building." "Yeah." "Here it is right here. 1862." "Built in 1862 by Scottish-born stonemason, George Lang," "The Halifax Club was an exclusive male-only fraternity whose members included the most prominent and distinguished men of the city." "Its headquarters was also a meeting place where business could be conducted in private." "Could the 90-foot stone really have ended up here, embedded in the floor?" "And if so, who brought it here, and why?" "Wow, it looks like they're doing some renovation." "They sure are." "Yes." "So the story you heard is that the stone was in the floor?" "Yes." "They said it was supposed to be seen in the floor." "But of course we don't know which floor, whether it was here or in here or up in the dining room or where it was." "No information was given." "I was picturing we'd be walking into this intact building and just be able to go right to the stone and look at it." "No." "This is a wood floor." "But of course it didn't work out that way." " Hey guys, what's up?" " Hey!" "Alex." "Nice to meet you." "Shortly after their arrival," "Alex and the team are met by Ryan Burke and Zach Woodworth, who are members of the Halifax Club's construction crew." "You could probably look in the basement." " Basement." " Over a stone wall, or something like that." "Right." "Okay." "Well let's-let's just start in the basement." "I mean, it seems like the best bet." " We can cross that one off." " Absolutely." "A large stone, the size of the one that we're looking for is very heavy." "So the logic is, if you're looking for somewhere that's gonna support the stone, you put it in the basement." "From this point on would be the old building, before it was renovated." "Up that way is post renovation." "So that's all newer down there?" " Yes." " Yeah, we'd definitely be interested in this side then." "All right." "Okay." "Let's have a look this way." "All right." "Yeah, the floor's all gutted out and everything." " This is all pretty torn up." " Yeah." " Same here." " Yeah." "In here it was just wood floor and we haven't actually touched any of the dirt below it." "We just tore up all the old wood." "So there was just dirt underneath wood?" "Yeah." "There was some stone walls, though, and little foundation pieces." "I didn't see anything special." "Okay." " There's a sub-basement." " Yeah, yeah." "Any idea how to get down there?" " Absolutely." " That's the next stop." "Alex!" " Yeah?" " Come take a look at this." "All right." "Where are you at?" " Over this way." " Over this way?" "Yeah." "Watch your step there." " It's through here." " In there." "All right, what you got here?" " It's a big stone." " Well, look at that." " It's a big stone." " Well, look at that!" "Approximately 60 miles from Oak Island," "Alex Lagina and members of the Oak Island team are investigating a location where the 90-foot stone slab from the Money Pit was reportedly seen back in 1982." " Is it slate?" " I think it's limestone." "It's also bigger than what we're looking for, in terms of the dimensions." "I think it's a bust." "We learned a lot today even though we didn't find anything." "I think the first order of business is to get the real story about why the stone was supposedly in the Halifax Club." "If we can get that story from the person who saw it or from their direct descendant, we may have a better shot at finding it." "One thing I would suggest you do is talk to the historian of this building." "There should be a collection of photographs, and if there was something as unique as a stone in a floor that had any symbolic representation on it, someone would have photographed it." " Yeah." " But for now, we didn't find what we were looking for, but I think we made some progress." "We've got some good leads to chase down." " Let's call it a day." " Yeah." "While Alex Lagina and Charles Barkhouse make their way back to Oak Island..." "You need me to pull it?" "We'll pull it up to here and lock it all together." "Rick and Marty Lagina, along with Craig Tester, are removing a number of logs from the Money Pit area..." "Okay!" "In order to make room for their large-scale excavation." "Okay." "Heads up." "We got company." "We've got company!" " Shut it down for a minute." " Right." "Rick, come here." "Hi, Rick." "Welcome back." "Welcome back." "Of all of the lives that have been touched by the 221-year search for treasure on Oak Island, perhaps none has been affected as personally or tragically as that of Lee Lamb." "I'm not sure if you met my brother." " This is Marty." " No, I've never met Marty." " I've heard all about you." " We're Italian." "You're not going to get away with that." "She has returned to Oak Island after an absence of three years." "And with her are her two children," "Claire Bradfield and Brook Helland." "Looks a little different." "Doesn't it, Lee?" "Where am I?" " You're at the Money Pit." " You're at the Monty Pit." "For goodness sake." "This is a fairly large scale project this year." "It's amazing." "I mean, fantastic." "What's gonna happen here, Lee, is right near the Money Pit, right where we think the old vault from years ago..." " Okay." " We're gonna dig a 40 inch hole big enough for a person to get down." "Really." "All the way down to as deep as 200 feet." "Wow." "You know, I can't help but wonder what your father could have done if he'd had that." "Yes!" "In 1959, Lee's parents, Robert and Mildred Restall, along with her two brothers Bobby Jr. and Rickie moved to Oak Island in an effort to solve the mystery." "For six years they braved the harsh weather of the north." "Atlantic while doing extensive work in the swamp, at Smith's Cove and at the Money Pit." "I feel that the treasure is here and that we can get it, and we're going to stay here until we do." "But on August 17, 1965, while investigating a flooded 27-foot deep shaft at Smith's Cove," "Robert was overcome by deadly H2S gas and fell into the water below." "Although Bobby Jr." "And four other men jumped in to help him, they too were quickly incapacitated by the deadly gas." "Despite a frantic rescue effort, both Robert and Bobby Restall perished along with two others." "Soon afterwards, Lee Lamb's mother and brother left the island and never returned." "So Lee, what brings you here?" "Well, I brought something to show you that may please you." "I'd love to see it." "Absolutely." "Okay, Brook, maybe you could take it out." "You know, when Lee Lamb comes to the island, it's always a reminder embodied within a living person of the Restall years." "Why don't we just bring that over on the tail of the Yukon so we can have a look at it." "That would be great." "I don't think Oak Island would mean as much without the sacrifices that family made." "I mean, the price that family paid is incredible." " Shall I show you?" " Yeah, please." "So this was found on the beach." "It's the 1704 stone." " That's almost mythic." " Yeah." "In 1960, the so-called 1704 stone was discovered by Lee's mother Mildred, while Robert and Bobby Restall were looking for evidence of box drains and flood tunnels at Smith's Cove." "Although it has never been determined just when the stone was carved or who carved it, it has always been considered an intriguing piece of the Oak Island puzzle." " You really should feel it." " I'd love..." "Like, feel the depth of the carving." "Feel the stone." "Somebody worked on that. 1704." "And of course, we don't know if it's a year or if it's a distance." "Looking at the 1704 stone, I think about the sacrifices that others have made on this island and it makes us realize how serious a quest this has been and-and will be." "It's an intense moment because within that stone, that hardened surface is raw emotion." "Here in your hand you hold a family's legacy." "Painted in that stone are the pictures of her mom, her father, her brother." "So for Lee Lamb, that stone is the Restall treasure." "I mean, Dad wrote in his letters, it came from three feet or deeper." " Wow." " That is was down among the beach work that the pirates did, I mean..." "I'm thinking we can actually go down to Smith's Cove." "'Cause we'd like to show you what we intend to do." " Great." "Wonderful." " Yeah." " Brook?" " Yeah?" "This is the monument... that that's what Dan put up." " Really?" " It's really lovely." "When Lee Lamb visited Oak Island three years ago..." "These are Bobby's journals." "She brought with her a series of journals written by her brother Bobby, shortly before his death." "In them were contained maps and other important information." "The journals also suggested the Restalls were just days away from making a major discovery, before Lee's brother Bobby and their father, Robert Restall, along with two others," "Cyril Hiltz and Karl Grasser, died tragically at the bottom of a treasure shaft." "We'd like to show you this area and then we can point out where we, where we're going to do the work, but then you might reference where the stone was found." "Show me the cofferdam." "The one that you may be referring to is what the searchers put out there in like 1850, 1960..." "Yes I am, but that's the only one there was then." "That would be, you can see the big boulder." " Yeah." " Then you come this way." "And then there's a line of rocks sticking out of the water right now." " Yeah." " That would have been the edge of that cofferdam." "The reason I was asking about the cofferdam is, that the filter system was situated" " precisely in the middle of it." " Sure." "So you know, so you could, if you could see it, then you know where the filter system was." " Right." " And that's where that" " 1704 stone was found." " Okay." "I think that everything Lee Lamb said down at Smith's Cove makes sense with our understanding of what happened down there, and where her father was digging and where her father found the box drains." "I think everything she said verifies that it's worth our while to have a look ourselves to try and unearth one of those things." "This end of the cofferdam was the little bedroom shack that Ricky and Bobby used was right there." "And right besides that and back about three feet was the vertical shaft that Dad found." " Okay." " So that part got very dug up." "So you have a better chance of finding something pristine at that end." "That's fantastic, 'cause that's what we want to look for." "But he found a shaft over here?" "Your dad did?" "I guess I didn't know that." " A vertical shaft, yeah." " A vertical shaft." "Do you know where that is?" "It's on the maps right?" "This shaft?" "How come we never went to have a look at that?" "Well, I'd be surprised if you can see anything because when Robert Dunfield left the island..." "Right, but if it's on the map, we could find it." "Good luck with that." "Within days of the tragedy that claimed the lives of Lee Lamb's father and brother," "Robert Restall's business partner and fellow treasure hunter, Robert Dunfield, took over operations on Oak Island and launched what many believe was an all-out assault on the Eastern end of the island." "In an effort to stop the booby-trapped flood tunnels believed to exist at Smith's Cove, he bulldozed tons of earth over the entire area." "Even more invasive was Dunfield's excavation of the Money Pit which involved the digging of a massive 100-foot wide," "140-foot deep hole." "When it collapsed due to heavy rain and flooding, the hole was hastily filled in and several valuable clues that had been carefully documented during the previous 150 years of treasure hunting were potentially lost forever." "Bring that frontend loader down here, and I can clear it." " Yeah, I know, David." " No, no, no, David." "Not quite like that, no." "Now we'll have to go back and revisit the maps, her father's maps, and Bobby Jr.'s maps to see if it is that easily locatable." "Look, I don't even want to say goodbye, because as you well know, you're always welcome here, but we thank you graciously for coming, and every time you come we learn something." "Well thanks, Rick." "I'm, you know, I'm just amazed at how welcoming you have been," " all of you." " All I can say" " is drop in more often." " Okay." "Okay, well, let's get going." "Lee Lamb's surprise visit to Oak Island has brought even more hope of new discoveries to Rick, Marty, and their partners." "And all though much on the island has changed over the last 50 years, the island's ability to stir the imagination and fuel obsession remains undiminished." "After more than a decade of exploration, research, and persistence and after an investment of millions of dollars..." " Now, there it is." " There it is right there." " Here it comes." " Big gray truck!" "The oscillator." "Brothers Rick and Marty Lagina are about to witness the beginning of a life-long dream." "They are ready to begin the first excavation of the Money Pit in more than half a century." "It's really exciting because we have the equipment and we can find the old vault if it's there." "So, high hopes that we're right on and we're gonna bring up something very significant." "We have the material, the equipment and the manpower to do it." "It's the Money Pit, for gosh sakes." "And, you know, we hope we're 140 feet away from getting, finally, real answers from Oak Island." " You guys about ready?" " Yeah!" " Yes." " Absolutely." "All right." "So, we got the crane rigged up, it's going to take that first piece of can and place it inside the oscillator." "At that point, we're going to need someone to turn this thing on and..." "We want Dan to do it." "It'd be great if Dan, his dad, could be part of it." " Would be great." " That'd be wonderful." " Let's do it." " Here we are right here." "All ready to go." "He's all geared up." "Now that the final piece of equipment, known as the oscillator, has arrived, it will be used to slowly grind a number of massive," "60 foot-long steel caissons into the ground above the team's first target:" "A possible wooden box known as the Chapel Vault." "Once located, some 140 feet deep underground, and eight ton excavating tool called a Hammer Grab, will then remove the earth, and hopefully treasure, from inside the 40-inch wide hole." "So right now they have the starter can suspended in the air." "That can's about 30,000 pounds." "That's the oscillating portion of it?" "Yes, so there's the teeth on the bottom, that's going to go down and start cutting the earth." "So you'll see the guys right now, they have the leads and they're just guiding the can right in." "Looks like we're ready to go, you guys ready?" " We're ready." " We were born ready." "Let's do it." "Time to let the big dog eat." "Come on, Dan." "Show us your stuff!" "Daniel, this is Kent." "He's a big fan of yours." "Mr. Blankenship." "What a, what a pleasure." "What a pleasure, sir." "What I do with a big iron like this and see a man do it bare handed and with just as hard, it's pretty neat, brother." "We didn't do it bare handed, we had a pick and a shovel." "All right, if you're ready." "Dan, if you can go ahead and turn that on for us, please, sir?" " Beautiful." " All right." "We've got the stage set, the gear is set, the players are set." " It's go time." " All at the same time." " All at the same time." " Here we go!" "One... two... three..." "Make hole!" "Here we go." " Heading down, Dan." " Digging, digging." " That's it!" " Yes sir, yes sir." "Good day!" "For Rick, Marty, and the team, the hope of a great discovery and possible answers to the Oak Island mystery has never been higher." "All right, slamming can." "But once they reach their targets deep underground, what will they find?" "A chest full of untold riches in treasure?" "A vault filled with priceless religious objects?" "Or will it be something even more incredible and mysterious than anything they, or anyone living, could ever have imagined?" "Next time..." "on The Curse of Oak Island..." "Here we are, digging in the Money Pit." "Nothing like this has been done since 1801." " Wait 'til we hit something." " You better believe it." "The treasure of Tumbes is the biggest missing treasure of gold." "I think it's on Oak Island." "This could be the year, Dan." "We're poised on the vault." "How prophetic is that?" "We're feet away from what we've labored for, for eight years." " Come on, baby." " Wood!" " Ho!" " Wood!" "Well, I'll be damned."