"NARRATOR:...onTheCurse ofOakIsland..." "MARTY:" "Thisis themost sophisticated equipment that's ever been on this island." "DAVID:" "That'swhatwe're looking for." "RICK:" "Wow,thiscouldbeit ." "This could be the find." "CHARLES:" "Whatareyou  getting, Rick?" "MARTY:" "Whatareyou getting, big brother?" "Whoa." "Whoa!" "CHARLES:" "Areyouserious?" "MARTY:" "Well,that'sa game-changer." "CHARLES:" "Itpredatesthe" "Money Pit by at least 150 years." "DANB.:" "It 'sthefirstpiece of evidence that I've been able to hold in my hand." "MARTY:" "Thisis themost valuable thing that's ever been found on Oak Island." "RICK:" "Yes!" "NARRATOR:" "Thereis a mysterious island in the North" "Atlantic... where for more than 200 years people have been looking for treasure." "So far they have found underground tunnels and shafts, bizarre booby traps... even a stone slab with strange symbols carved into it-- but nothing of value." "Still, they dig, deeper... and deeper." "Six men have lost their lives in the search." "And according to legend, one more will have to die before the mystery can be solved." "♪ ♪" "♪ ♪" "MARTY:" "Oh,let'sgogetit." "Let's get Big Max in the swamp." "This is exciting." "I mean, I don't believe it, okay, 'cause I'm not gonna believe it till I see it, but still, cool." "NARRATOR:" "RickandMarty" "Lagina may be on the verge of a breakthrough in solving the mystery of Oak Island." "MARTY:" "Let'sgo ,let'sfigure this out." "Look at the grin on that guy's face." "RICK:" "Comeon ,let'sgo." "MARTY:" "It'snotveryheavy," "Rick." "RICK:" "Andiamo." "NARRATOR:" "A fewminutesago ," "Rick Lagina stumbled onto something that he hopes will finally answer the biggest question of all:" "What lies below?" "RICK:" "Holy(bleep)." "NARRATOR:" "Afterpartially draining the Oak Island swamp, and using a simple metal detector, he located what he believes is a large square-edged object lying just a few feet beneath the water." "MARTY:" "Allright,let 'sgo get this thing." "RICK:" "Comeon ,let'sgo." "(indistinct talking)" "♪ ♪" "NARRATOR:" "Locatedin the middle of the island, the strange triangle-shaped swamp has long been thought to be man-made-- but why?" "PETTER:" "I foundthetreasure map leading to Oak Island." "NARRATOR:" "Accordingto" "Norwegian researcher Petter" "Amundsen, the swamp may very well have been the place where the Knights Templar, or their descendants, buried priceless religious artifacts rescued from the Great Temple of Jerusalem during the Crusades." "PETTER:" "Shakespeareholdsthe  key." "NARRATOR:" "Histheoryisbased on what he believes is an elaborate series of codes concealed within the first printed folios of William" "Shakespeare." "And the codes, in turn, lead to what Amundsen calls the "Mercy point," which is right where" "Rick Lagina believes he has located a mysterious square-edged object." "DAVID:" "Yeah,if youwantto start imaging and go out there and do your ground balancing..." "Okay, let's do a ground balance." "Level coil." "CHARLES:" "Ishe level?" "DAVID:" "Groundbalanceone ." "NARRATOR:" "Earlier,theswamp was scanned using a conventional metal detector." "DAVID:" "Willyoucheckyour  data logger, make sure it's on?" "Data logger's on." "NARRATOR:" "Nowtheteamhas returned and is using a bigger and even more sophisticated metal-detection device called the Deepmax X6." "It can scan to a depth of nearly 40 feet, and can identify what type of metal objects or material might lie below." "DAVID:" "Ifyousee this spike up, you know you're over something." "RICK:" "Nowthatwegotthe" "Deepmax unit out here, we can confirm the data and we can see it for the first time." "DAVID:" "OnRick'smark,he will say "Zero."" ""Zero" starts the run." "You guys walk at a slow pace, steady, try to get this coil as far down as you can." "Teeter on the edge of falling off if you have to, Will." "Don't step off in that muck." "STEVE:" "He'sgotabelt on." "DAVID:" "Okay,no steelhere." "How big is the belt buckle?" "NARRATOR:" "SincetheDeepmax" "X6 will pick up any trace of metal..." "DAVID:" "Let'stakeitoff." "NARRATOR:...it'simperative the team members don't accidentally compromise the readings." "MARTY:" "Giveme yourbelt." "DAVE:" "Yeah,we 'regonnahave a little show here when your pants fall off." "MARTY:" "I 'veneverdonethis before." "(laughter)" "NARRATOR:" "WhileRickand" "Marty's nephew David and his friend Will use the Deepmax unit to scan the swamp, Rick follows behind wearing a data recorder." "DAVID:" "Rick,on yourmark." "RICK:" "Okay." "Zerostart." "Ready?" "WILL:" "Yep." "Okay." "RICK:" "Go." "MARTY:" "I thinkthisisthe most sophisticated equipment that's ever been on this island, these metal detectors that can sense very deep." "It's great." "DAVID:" "Leftsideup, Will." "Keep going, keep going." "Okay, get it as far back-- get the coil as far back as you can." "Get right on the edge of the board." "Hey, David, if you fall off, you know you're far enough. (laughs)" "DAVE:" "Whatyougetting,Rick ?" "RICK:" "Justnothing." "I got nothing." "MARTY:" "Thatdoesn'tsound good." "DAVID:" "Gothatway ." "(beeping)" "RICK:" "Holy(bleep)." "You got to be kidding me." "That's it." "STEVE:" "Rightwhenyou went over that spot?" "(Rick laughs)" "MARTY:" "What'dyouget ,big  brother?" "RICK:" "Fullscale,almosta sheet and a half." "Full scale." "DAVID:" "That'swhatwe're looking for." "(laughter)" "RICK:" "Thereweresomany  hits." "I mean, it goes off in your hand and you think, wow, this could be it, this could be the find." "STEVE:" "So,yougot aspike over that spot?" "Good." "That's what I want to hear." "RICK:" "Itwasquite impressive." "You know, it mimicked what Steve found, to a tee." "MARTY:" "Youknow,Itrynot to let my expectations rise too much, 'cause you get disappointed." "He got a big hit out there straightaway, yeah, it's exciting, but I'm not gonna let my emotions get carried away until we actually see something." "So it's great." "Uh, we got a lot more work to do." "DAVID:" "Uh,yeah,afterwe get back." "MARTY:" "Yeah,he gotthe data," "Rick." "RICK:" "Okay." "Let'srun it through software, see what we get." "DAVID:" "Yeah,absolutely." "Head for the war room." "MARTY:" "Tothewar room!" "NARRATOR:" "Aftergettinga series of hits indicating that there may very well be metal objects somewhere buried in the swamp, Rick, Marty and the team return to the war room to analyze the results gathered by the Deepmax X6 data recorder." "RICK:" "Youbroughteverything we need to see, right, Steve?" "STEVE:" "Yes,sir." "NARRATOR:" "Metaldetection expert Steve Zazulyk will try to give Rick and Marty an idea of what they found-- with the help of a computer model." "STEVE:" "Allof ourdataisin ." "It's very good that you keep things in perspective." "So, I just want to kind of start off by telling everybody what we wanttosee,soyoukindof understand what we're looking for." "Basically, when you're detecting you're looking for a nonferrous, uh... target." "MARTY:" "Yes." "STEVE:" "A ferrousis a... would be iron." "Nonferrous would be..." "DAVE:" "Gold,silver." "STEVE:" "Yeah,goldand silver are nonferrous." "RICK:" "Spendable,right," "David?" "MARTY:" "Spendable." "(laughter)" "NARRATOR:" "Afterdecadesof hard work, thousands of hours of planning, and millions of dollars invested, are Rick," "Marty and their Oak Island partners about to find out that they've found something of great value on Oak Island?" "Could this mystery, for which so many lives have been sacrificed, really be close to getting solved?" "STEVE:" "So,withthistype  of machine, nonferrous will come up as orange or red." "So let's take a look at, uh, the screen and I can show you guys what we have." "MARTY:" "Yes." "Let'sdothat ." "I see red." "DAVE:" "Allright!" "Look at my boat!" "JACK:" "Thoselooklikesome  mountains of red." "STEVE:" "Okay,so let'stake a look at, uh, the screen and I can show you guys what we have." "MARTY:" "Yes." "Let'sdothat ." "NARRATOR:" "Afterusinga sophisticated metal detection device to scan the area of the swamp known as the Mercy point," "Rick, Marty and the team have gotten together in the war room to review their findings." "STEVE:" "Thedata'sgonna display in colors." "DAVE:" "Allright,whatcolor we want?" "STEVE:" "Dave,whatwewant is we want red." "It could be gold, it could be silver." "MARTY:" "I seered." "DAVE:" "Allright!" "Look at my boat!" "JACK:" "Thoselooklikesome  mountains of red." "STEVE:" "Yeah,we wantred ." "MARTY:" "Thedatawas exciting." "I mean, the color was everywhere." "STEVE:" "Eachoneofthese is a layer." "MARTY:" "Correspondingto  depth?" "STEVE:" "Uh,yes,sir ." "So, as you can see, where we are right here, there's a lot of red and orange." "JACK:" "Oh,yeah." "STEVE:" "Okay,so nowyou look at a cross section of this." "Look at all the red." "When you get down towards the blue down here, um, it's basically nothing, so this is just deeper." "And these are all layers, right?" "And here we've got more red." "We've got a lot of red." "MARTY:" "Yeah." "RICK:" "Mm-hmm." "DAVE:" "Well,we likethat." "I see my boat there, Marty!" "RICK:" "Thehandheldresponses came from that area, right?" "MARTY:" "Howbigisit,David ?" "STEVE:" "Yes." "DAVE:" "Lookslikeabouta 100-footer." "(laughter)" "MARTY:" "Sois this confirmation of something to dig up?" "STEVE:" "Youknow,withthis  data and the, uh, data that we've got from the handheld, in my opinion, it's definitely an area of interest for you." "I mean, quite frankly, if you're gonna hide something somewhere, it's a great spot to put it." "MARTY:" "I thinkwhatweneed  to do..." "I mean, I think there are muck divers, you know, swamp divers, uh, who will go in there and, you know, actually go and feel around on the bottom." "DAVE:" "Don'tbe lookingatme when you say "muck divers."" "(laughter)" "That is not happening." "MARTY:" "Whydon'twesee, you know, Tony the Divemaster that took Alex and I out?" "DAVE:" "Givehimacall andsee if he's available." "RICK:" "Wejustneedtoknow it's there." "No problem." "MARTY:" "What'syoursaying," "Rick, what's your quote?" "Once in, all in?" "RICK:" "Onein ,allin." "Once in, forever in." "MARTY:" "He'stalkingaboutthe swamp." "Once in, forever in." "(laughter)" "Let's go!" "NARRATOR:" "Whyhavetwo  centuries of treasure hunters been drawn to Oak Island?" "Because logic suggests that if someone went to so much trouble to hide something, using booby traps and sophisticated underground engineering, then it must be to protect something of enormous value." "But what?" "Knights Templar treasure?" "Millions in Spanish gold?" "Priceless historical artifacts?" "No one knows for sure, although stories persist about a wealthy landowner named Anthony Graves who lived on the island 150 years ago." "Although he never actively participated in any of the documented treasure hunts, he is rumored to have paid for goods on the mainland with 17th century Spanish coins." "When asked where he got them," "Graves would never say." "MARTY:" "Well,thereshe is," "Tony." "TONY:" "Backagain." "MARTY:" "OakIsland." "NARRATOR:" "Toinvestigatewhat they believe to be a mysterious structure lying at the bottom of the swamp, Rick and Marty have brought in Tony Sampson, a local" "Divemaster." "A treasure hunter in his own right, Tony has been exploring the waters around Oak Island for decades, but this time he will face a unique challenge, as the water he will be getting into will offer zero visibility." "MARTY:" "Andyou'vedone similar stuff, right?" "TONY:" "Oh,God,yeah,yeah ." "Used to recover (bleep) in" "(bleep) for-for the police force, yeah." "We used to dive in the, uh... in the surge ponds..." "MARTY:" "Oh,God." "TONY:...tryin'to find, uh... yeah, like, stolen property, you know, murder weapons, all that sort of stuff." "MARTY:" "Yeah,well,this,I think, is gonna be not exactly that but about as close as you can get." "I mean, it stinks." "It's just pretty damn nasty." "TONY:" "Onceyou'redownthere, it's a slow, slow job, Marty, because you're moving pretty much hands and knees, you know, a foot... a foot at a time." "MARTY:" "Well,haveyou been able to find stuff in, you know..." "let's just call it zero visibility water before?" "TONY:" "Yeah." "It 's..." "I use lighter gloves, so pretty much everything's by Braille." "MARTY:" "Soyoucan feelit?" "TONY:" "Exactly,yeah." "Just close your eyes and go Zen, man." "Just start feeling." "(both laugh)" "MARTY:" "Tonyis avery competent diver." "It's clear when I was talking to him." "I know a little bit about diving and I know a little bit about technology of diving." "He's a guy I believe we can count on." "RICK:" "Whatcanwe...what can we do?" "What can we carry or what can we help with?" "TONY:" "Um,well,we'rejust  gonna have a look first, Marty." "MARTY:" "Okay,great,great." "Then you know what gear to get." "TONY:" "Yeah,exactly." "Yeah, yeah, yeah." "MARTY:" "Well,you'regonnabe delighted to see this." "RICK:" "Yeah,waittillyousee this." "MARTY:" "You'regonnabeso happy to see this." "TONY:" "The(bleep)that's here, uh, just in front of the ply, that's-that's the stuff we can get out with the metal rakes and crap." "RICK:" "WhatTonysuggestedwe do is to remove as much vegetation as possible so he can actually submerge and get down to the bottom of the swamp and then metal-detect, probe and actually physically feel what's down there." "STEVE:" "Okay,Tony,we're gonna... we're gonna take you out to where I got that hit, okay?" "So just-just seriously watch your step." "How am I, Charles?" "CHARLES:" "Fine." "STEVE:" "Yeah." "Rick, give me some guidance." "I think we're close." "MARTY:" "Itwasalittlebit further, to your left." "STEVE:" "Yeah,like,right here, right?" "OTHERS:" "Rightthere." "MARTY: n almost see where we went in." "TONY:" "Yeah." "MARTY:" "Right." "So... there's definitely something hard down there, and I felt it flat." "It could be a flat rock, it could be a box." "I don't know." "NARRATOR:" "A box?" "Could this be the so-called" ""mystery box" that was written about in Bobby Restall's journals?" "The one that he and his father were close to finding, right before the tragic accident that claimed four lives in 1965?" "MARTY:" "Okay,springinto action, crew." "(indistinct chatter)" "(low beep)" "(low beeps)" "(beeping)" "STEVE:" "Yeah,I'mgettinga hit here." "Definitely." "(beeping)" "Right there." "Move your shovel." "(beeping)" "(staticky beeping)" "There's something there." "JACK:" "Hemustbegetting hits." "MARTY:" "Youon to something?" "STEVE:" "Thinkit 'ssome..." "It may be something small." "See that?" "See that?" "(staticky beeping)" "Oh, (bleep)." "RICK:" "Whatis it ?" "STEVE:" "Thiscouldbe something big." "CHARLES:" "Serious?" "MARTY:" "Whoa." "MARTY:" "Whoa." "Whoa." "CHARLES:" "Isit acoin?" "MARTY:" "I believethisisa  coin." "JACK:" "No." "CHARLES:" "Youserious?" "JACK:" "What?" "No." "NARRATOR:" "A coin?" "Found in the Oak Island swamp?" "MARTY:" "Isthata..." "What's that eight on it?" "TONY:" "Whatthehellisthat?" "RICK:" "Oh,that'saneight." "What is it?" "TONY:" "Yeah." "It is an eight, isn't it?" "STEVE:" "Yeah." "NARRATOR:" "A strangecoinwith an eight on it?" "CHARLES:" "Yeah." "MARTY:" "Whatis it ?" "TONY:" "I gotno idea,man ." "NARRATOR:" "Couldthisbethe first of many waiting to be found?" "Part of a mother lode?" "MARTY:" "Werethosetrapezoid edges at one time, do you think?" "RICK:" "Well,it 'scopper." "TONY:" "Yeah." "STEVE:" "Youknow,I'veseen  something like this." "They're called, uh, like m-mervadas or something like this?" "I-I've seen something like this before." "RICK:" "Mervadas,that's" "Spanish." "CHARLES:" "That'sSpanish." "STEVE:" "Yeah." "MARTY:" "Really?" "STEVE:" "Yeah,like1500sor 1600s or something like that." "NARRATOR:" "Formorethan200 years, people have been wondering about just what, if anything, lies buried on Oak" "Island." "In addition to theories about the Knights Templar or their successors, the Freemasons, having hidden priceless religious artifacts deep within booby-trapped vaults... there are those that tell stories of Spanish explorers hiding a portion of their golden plunder rather than turn it" "all over to the king." "Could finding a Spanish coin on" "Oak Island be evidence that this theory is true?" "MARTY:" "Thisis ,thisis, this is probably the most valuable looking thing that's ever been found on Oak Island." "RICK:" "Todate." "MARTY:" "Butwe 'vegotalong  ways to go." "CHARLES:" "Oh,yeah." "NARRATOR:" "ForMartyLagina, finding tangible evidence of something valuable being buried on Oak Island is critical if he is to continue pumping more time and money into this project." "MARTY:" "It'sagreatthingto be here with Rick right now." "It's like here we are, off again, collecting money from our paper route, only this time it's a pirate coin in the swamp." "I'm just ecstatic about that, 'cause I-I see the happiness in my brother's face and that's great." "But, even so-- the other day I had a serious discussion with" "Rick about throwing in the towel." "I said, geez, Rick, we don't have a lot here." "I need to see irrefutable proof." "NARRATOR:" "Couldthisbethe proof Marty has been looking for?" "A small copper coin?" "MARTY:" "Thisat leastsaysa lot." "We got to figure out what it is." "RICK:" "He'salwayslooking for proof, show me the proof." "Okay, here's the coin, here's the proof." "Okay, I just have one quick question." "MARTY:" "Yeah,yeah,Icanfeel this coming." "RICK:" "Huh?" "Talktome." "MARTY:" "I 'msorryIdoubted you." "(all laugh)" "How's that?" "How's that, brother?" "RICK:" "That'sagooddeal ." "MARTY:" "Let's..." "Butjustone doesn't quite get you all the way there, all right?" "Let's keep going." "Let's go, get your suit on, let's go." "RICK:" "Yougetinthewater ." "NARRATOR:" "Afterfindingthe  coin, Rick and Marty are even more eager to get Tony into the swamp so that he can find what else, if anything, is down there." "Tony will be diving in the area of the swamp known as the Mercy point." "The same area where Norwegian filmmaker and writer Petter" "Amundsen believes is the location of an entrance to a large underground treasure vault." "According to Amundsen's theory, the Rosicrucians or their successors, the Freemasons, traveled to Oak Island more than" "400 years ago." "There they buried the sacred treasures the Knights Templar had captured during the" "Crusades." "(swords clang)" "(men exclaim)" "Among the precious objects were the Holy Grail... the Ark of the Covenant... and the golden menorah of the" "Holy Temple in Jerusalem." "Could this be why the metal detectors have indicated the presence of nonferrous metals like gold and silver at the bottom of the swamp?" "RICK:" "Isthereanythinghere ?" "NARRATOR:" "Andcouldthe  large, flat object that Rick" "Lagina believes he found really be the entrance to an ancient underground treasure vault?" "STEVE:" "Readyto dive?" "NARRATOR:" "Tonyhasmorethan  four feet of muck and mud to dig through before he can actually touch the strange object Rick believes is down there." "Because he will not be able to see, Tony will have little to rely on other than a small, handheld metal detector and his years of diving experience." "RICK:" "Youknowwhat,this is not the fun part of treasure hunting." "Watching somebody else do the work." "Watching him and I thought, you know what?" "Maybe I just put some duct tape over my mouth, and I just jump in with him." "I mean, that's what I wanted to do." "But you can see the man is technically skilled and that he loves what he's doing." "Yep?" "JACK:" "Yeah." "STEVE:" "Yougotahit?" "JACK:" "Rightbelowyou ?" "All right." "STEVE:" "Whatkindofhitdo you have, Tony?" "MARTY:" "Youknow,heseemsto be interested in something." "CHARLES:" "Look." "JACK:" "Yeah,whatisthat ?" "MARTY:" "Whatthehell?" "RICK:" "Nothing." "CHARLES:" "God,thatstuffis thick, eh?" "It's not just muck, it's vegetation." "RICK:" "Youknow,it'saswamp ." "It's, it's, there's four feet of organic material in there." "MARTY:" "I knowit 'storturing you." "RICK:" "Hecouldn'tdohis diving and handle the detector and do his discovery work, so we had to jump in and help him." "But it was just a simple process of scooping this stuff up and throwing it off to the side." "MARTY:" "You'remakingmefeel  bad." "You want me in there?" "RICK:" "Yes." "MARTY:" "Fine." "Oh, yeah, this is just frigging magnificent." "I decided to jump in myself because I couldn't stand to see my brother up to his armpits in mud doing all that hard work, I just, you know, felt bad." "Hoo." "We're in this together, and I wanted to be shoulder to shoulder with him." "In the muck." "Oh, boy, here we go." "Herewego ." "MARTY:" "Ooh,baby." "Boots in the air." "That's what we wanted." "(metal detector beeps)" "STEVE:" "There'ssomething there." "There is something there." "(detector beeps)" "JACK:" "Whoa-ho-ho." "CHARLES:" "I heardthat." "RICK:" "Wecouldhearaudio, we could hear audibly, ping, ping, ping." "(beeps)" "JACK:" "Oh,yeah." "RICK:" "Everybody'searspick up, everybody's standing there quite excited, because we had just found the coin, and now we're thinking, maybe we found what we're looking for." "(beep)" "CHARLES:" "Thisis rightwhere we all jumped in right here." "And we got the, all the major hits right along this line." "NARRATOR:" "RickandMartyare hoping they're just moments away from the biggest discovery in the history of Oak Island." "But they also know that the island has fooled and frustrated treasure hunters for more than" "200 years." "They want to be excited." "MARTY:" "Comeon ,Tony." "NARRATOR:" "Butit 'sbesttobe cautious." "JACK:" "Wait." "Wait, wait, wait, wait." "CHARLES:" "He'scomingup." "JACK:" "What?" "What?" "MARTY:" "Whatthehell?" "JACK:" "Wait,wait." "CHARLES:" "He'scomingup." "JACK:" "What?" "What?" "MARTY:" "Whatthehell?" "STEVE:" "That'sabig pieceof rock." "RICK:" "I haveno ideawhatto make of it." "NARRATOR:" "AlthoughTony hasn't found evidence of the gold or silver objects that set off the metal detector, he is finding a number of strange flat stones." "Why might this be significant?" "When the original Money Pit was excavated in 1795, a number of flat stones were found along with oak planks every ten feet." "At 90 feet, a large flat stone was discovered that had a series of strange markings, like hieroglyphs, carved into it." "According to reports, this stone had an unusual olive color." "And the stones Tony is discovering seem to match that description." "MARTY:" "That'snotgranite." "RICK:" "That'snotgranite." "CHARLES:" "That'snotgranite." "RICK:" "It'salmosta sandstone." "MARTY:" "I thinkit wasold  concrete." "CHARLES:" "TheRomansmade concrete." "RICK:" "It'sweird." "MARTY:" "It'sweird!" "(laughter)" "I'm so tired of "That's weird."" ""Huh."" "So many things have that name put to them." ""That's weird" has been probably the most common phrase here this summer." "Okay, so far, I'd take several of those pieces of eight, instead of this rock." "RICK:" "Yeah." "JACK:" "Huh." "Yeah." "CHARLES:" "You'vegottosave  that." "MARTY:" "Tonycameupwith a couple rocks that we're going to have analyzed that were odd, but not what we wanted." "We wanted metal." "We wanted a box." "We wanted coins." "We wanted something definitive." "RICK:" "Well?" "What say you?" "MARTY:" "Tellus ." "(Tony groans, sighs)" "TONY:" "Itwasweird,because, initially, I got a hit about two-thirds of the way down." "Sort of feeling across everything as I was going, and I thought, "What the hell is it?"" "And, um, I did a test on my ring, yeah, and it's the same sort of sound-- obviously, gold." "MARTY:" "Yeah,yeah." "TONY:" "Um,andIwasgoing  through, like, inch-by-inch." "Obviously, if there was a coin or something there, I would've found it." "But, um, it was the same thing." "I was getting it, and then, gone." "MARTY:" "Wait." "Gone?" "Then you wouldn't get it there anymore?" "TONY:" "Exactly,justgone." "NARRATOR:" "Howis it possible that the strong signals that the team was getting from the metal detectors, indicating the presence of objects made of gold or silver, have now suddenly disappeared?" "MARTY:" "Areyougoingtotake a break then, or do you have one more in you, or...?" "TONY:" "Oh,(bleep),yeah." "I could go all day, man." "NARRATOR:" "Couldthereadings the team got earlier have been the result of a technical malfunction?" "A glitch?" "Or could there be another reason?" "MARTY:" "Tony,couldyou see  if you can duplicate those hits you got earlier?" "TONY:" "Sure,man." "NARRATOR:" "Ithaslongbeen  reported that electrical devices inexplicably break down while being used on Oak Island, especially in the area of the swamp." "STEVE:" "Theonethingthat 's the strangest thing here is that we've had hits on all three detectors, by three different people, that have gone off in space." "I've never seen that before." "Ever." "RICK:" "IfIhad anexplanation for you, I'd give it to you." "NARRATOR:" "IsOakIslandupto  its old tricks?" "Baiting its victims?" "Giving them a glimpse of success, only to snatch it away?" "RICK:" "Butthegoodnews is, we had a good day, you know?" "STEVE:" "Wehadafantastic day!" "NARRATOR:" "Andalthough finding the coin may turn out to be significant, is that all there is?" "MARTY:" "Okay." "I don't think we found anything." "Come aboard, Tony." "TONY:" "Phew." "MARTY:" "Well?" "TONY:" "Phew!" "Oh." "Bloody weird, man." "32 years of this (bleep), and" "I've never seen anything like this place." "MARTY:" "Really?" "TONY:" "Yeah." "It 'sjustcrazy." "You get a hit, it goes away." "You know, and you come up with nothing." "MARTY:" "Howis thatpossible?" "TONY:" "I gotno idea,man ." "Oak Island." "(laughter)" "NARRATOR:" "Discoveringwhathe believes to be a Spanish coin has convinced Rick Lagina that he and his brother are on the right path to solving the Oak" "Island mystery, but Marty remains doubtful." "MARTY:" "I 'mtheskeptic." "I'm not as sure as him." "I've never been as sure as him." "Yeah, I got to think about it a little bit." "I don't get "hits and no hits,"" "Steve." "Deepmax?" "You know, we turned that metal detector on." "We were getting hits all over the place." "STEVE:" "Well,Idon 'tknow." "I really..." "I've never seen anything like it, either." "Ghost targets that just keep on going everywhere, and that's all... the only way you can explain it is ghost targets." "MARTY:" "I don'tknowwhatto make of it." "I don't think there's anything here." "The diver had gone down, couldn't verify the Deepmax data." "I..." "There's something inconsistent about that data." "Let's move on." "So, I wanted to see if we can figure out what's really going on." "NARRATOR:" "ForRickand Marty" "Lagina, scouring the area of the" "Oak Island swamp known as "the" "Mercy point" has been both a strange and frustrating experience." "On two separate occasions, and using the latest in sophisticated metal detection equipment..." "CHARLES:" "Keepgoing!" "Keep going!" "NARRATOR:...theyreceived evidence that there was something large and metallic lying beneath the murky water." "STEVE:" "Nonferrouswillcome up as "red."" "JACK:" "Thosearelikesome  mountains of red!" "NARRATOR:" "Butnowthe  readings have stopped, and the evidence they were convinced they'd found has strangely disappeared." "RICK:" "Andnothing?" "TONY:" "Nothing." "NARRATOR:" "Still,theymay  have in their possession the possible evidence that the legends about Oak Island are true." "Something that could prove that all of their hard work has not been in vain." "Before heading home to clean up," "Marty, Rick and the team head over to Dan Blankenship's house." "Dan has devoted most of his life to looking for treasure on the island, and they are eager to show him their latest find." "(knocking)" "DANB.:" "Comeonin!" "RICK:" "Hey,Dan!" "MARTY:" "Daniel!" "How you doing?" "DANB.:" "Yeah,how you doing," "Marty?" "Rick!" "RICK:" "Wecan'tcomeinany farther." "DANB.:" "Lookslikeyouguys went swimming today." "(laughter)" "MARTY:" "Swimmingin mud." "DANB.:" "You'vegot the  evidence to prove it." "MARTY:" "Yeah,we do ." "That's right." "DAVE:" "I don'twanttogettoo close to them." "JACK:" "No." "DAVE:" "Whatyoudoing?" "Back off here." "RICK:" "That'sright." "NARRATOR:" "Overtheyears,Dan" "Blankenship has found many strange objects." "Like early 18th century Spanish scissors, a rock with a Masonic symbol carved into it, and the remains of man-made structures at Smith's Cove." "And while he was digging the 235-foot deep treasure shaft, known as 10-X, he claims he saw underground tunnels... ancient tools... treasure chests... and even a dead body." "RICK:" "No,we justbrought something we want to show you." "DANB.:" "Okay." "RICK:" "Wantto sitdown?" "DANB.:" "LookslikeI'mgonna  have to." "MARTY:" "WhenRickhandedthat  coin to Dan, I knew it was a big deal for Rick, and I knew it was a big deal for Dan, you know?" "RICK:" "Itmeantsomethingin that moment." "MARTY:" "Yeah,it meant something, you know?" "He's got something to hold in his hand to justify 48 years of work." "I mean, it's not a treasure, but it's a treasure in what it means." "What do you think?" "That's Spanish." "DANB.:" "Iknow." "MARTY:" "Yeah?" "(laughter)" "DANB.:" "Yeah." "NARRATOR:" "Today,afternearly a half-century of searching, Dan" "Blankenship is holding the first solid evidence that there may have been people on Oak Island prior to 1795, and that those people really might have buried treasure here." "DANB.:" "It confirmsalotof things, Marty." "MARTY:" "Yeah." "DANB.:" "Youknow?" "MARTY:" "Yeah." "DANB.:" "It definitelydoes confirm my suspicion that the" "Spanish did it." "I've always said, the Spanish did it." "Presumably, sometime between 1500 and 1550." "MARTY:" "Yeah." "DANB.:" "Youknow?" "MARTY:" "Yeah." "Yeah." "DANB.:" "Andthat'sthefirst  thing I've held in my hands..." "MARTY:" "I know." "DANB.:...sinceI'vebeen  here almost 48 years." "MARTY:" "Yeah." "RICK:" "That'swhywecame  right here." "DANB.:" "Andthat'sthefirst  thing I have, the real evidence, you know." "RICK:" "Yup." "Itoldyouwewere going to solve this." "That's just the start of it." "DANB.:" "Up untilnow ,myself, especially, have been, uh, operating on faith." "MARTY:" "Yeah." "RICK:" "Yeah." "DANB.:" "And,uh, you got to give us credit for persevering, though." "JACK:" "Oh,yeah." "DANB.:" "Andbelievingin something." "You believed." "I know you did." "In the same token, Dave has never held anything in his hand, either." "MARTY:" "Dantakesthe coin, hands it to David." "It's almost like the passing of the torch." "It was a great moment." "(laughter)" "DANB.:" "Butnow ,wegotto find something more than that." "STEVE:" "We'reon it ." "DAVE:" "I wantsomethingthis thick, this wide, about this long, oh, about 40 pounds, gold color." "(laughter)" "DANB.:" "Well,weneededa luck change." "RICK:" "Amen!" "DANB.:" "Yeah." "DAVE:" "Let'shope." "MARTY:" "Yeah." "DANB.:" "Uh ,Iknowyou've spent a small fortune up to date." "I know that." "And, uh, I hope and pray that this doesn't make you spend another fortune before you see something that is in a container, you know?" "RICK:" "Amen." "DANB.:" "Yes." "MARTY:" "Allright,well,it's  almost time to have a drink." "DANB.:" "Iwouldlove tojoin you. (laughing)" "JACK:" "Niceto seeyou ,Dan ." "RICK:" "Congratulations." "MARTY:" "Giveme that,too ," "Dan, again." "DANB.:" "Gladto." "RICK:" "Partner." "NARRATOR:" "It'sbeenan exciting day for Rick, Marty and their team." "Although they didn't find a long-lost treasure vault, they did discover what may very well be an important piece of evidence, possibly a clue that might help them solve the Oak" "Island mystery." "But after extensive scientific examination, will the strange copper object found in the swamp prove to be an authentic 17th century Spanish treasure coin?" "Or will Marty Lagina be forced to tell his brother that this summer on Oak Island will have to be... their last?" "NARRATOR:" "Thediscoveryof what appears to be a 17th century Spanish treasure coin makes this an important day for the team on Oak Island." "But could finding one small coin really be the proof Marty Lagina needs to continue to support his brother's dream?" "MARTY:" "Gentlemen." "DAVE:" "Youhappyhappy?" "MARTY:" "Youknow,I'm having trouble believing it." "I mean, do you feel that, sort of?" "CRAIG:" "Definitely, definitely." "NARRATOR:" "Isit enoughto convince him that all the hard work and all the money spent have not been in vain?" "OTHERS:" "Hey,Alex!" "ALEX:" "Hey,guys." "How you doing?" "MARTY:" "Hey,Alex." "OTHERS:" "Good,good." "Good." "ALEX:" "Bignews,right?" "MARTY:" "Bignews,yes ." "The big news of the day is the coin." "Charles, you're gonna tell us all about it, right?" "CHARLES:" "Yeah." "I'vedonesome  research, and, uh, I think you're gonna be, uh, surprised." "RICK:" "Pleasantlysurprised or... greatly surprised?" "CHARLES:" "Surprised." "Okay, uh... it's a Spanish maravedí." "MARTY:" "Okay." "CHARLES:" "Eightcob." "Probably from the 1600s." "And unfortunately, the date is obscured on the back, but possibly predates the Money Pit by at least 150 years." "MARTY:" "That...that'swildly significant." "NARRATOR:" "Themaravedíeight cob was a common form of currency used by the Spanish after the discovery of the New" "World by Columbus in 1492." "Because of its tendency to be sought after by pirates, it has also been referred to as a" ""treasure coin."" "Could its presence on Oak Island suggest that the stories about" "Spanish ships stashing their plunder on the island are true?" "Or could it be that Spanish explorers, or possibly pirates, on hearing stories about an incredible treasure being buried on Oak Island years before by the Knights Templar or the" "Rosicrucians came to the island in the 1600s?" "Perhaps they dug the Money Pit in an effort to find that treasure, but later... went away empty-handed." "MARTY:" "Here'sthefunnything about it." "There it is right there, it's real, uh, and I still am having trouble getting my head around it." "So where are we going, Rick?" "RICK:" "There'sonlyone  question to ask:" "Do we want to go forward?" "I say we need to take a vote." "MARTY:" "Let'shaveashow of hands." "DAVE:" "I am." "JACK:" "I 'llshowmy hands." "Yes, sir." "CHARLES:" "IfIhad avote ,I would..." "RICK:" "Bothhandsgoupwith you." "CHARLES:" "Yeah,bothhands." "MARTY:" "Alex?" "ALEX:" "Um,Ithinkthere's still questions that we could answer, so I'm gonna say yes." "RICK:" "Thankyou,Alex." "DAVE:" "Wheredo youstand, boss?" "JACK:" "Yeah,Ididn'tseeyour hand, Marty." "MARTY:" "Well...youknow,I was sort of playing this in my mind, and I'd say, well, there's a group of these guys and they go out and spend a bunch of money and they bust their ass," "up to their necks in swamp, then at the end of their summer quest, they find a pirate coin... and then they quit." "(laughter)" "So, I guess..." "All right, so we're all in." "RICK:" "Allmy lifeI'vetried to convince my brother that Oak" "Island is for real." "If I've done that, then I truly am the richest man in the world." "You know, I realize this is just one coin, but it's always been a step-by-step process, and this willleadus to wherewewant  to go." "We're on a journey-- a Fellowship of the Dig, if you will-- and we are going to follow wherever this leads us." "I think he's-- uh, how shall I say it?" " uh, he's... now invested." "I won't say obsessed, but he's now invested in this discovery process." "MARTY:" "God,IhopeI'mnot obsessed." "(Rick chuckles)" "Let's see where it leads us." "RICK:" "Oh." "NARRATOR:" "Formorethan200 years... men have been searching for something of great value on" "Oak Island." "They have found bits of paper, coconut fiber, even scraps of metal, but little proof that any of the stories about Spanish pirates or Knights Templar visiting the island were true." "Not... until now." "MARTY:" "It'sbeenagood day." "RICK:" "Howcoldisthis water?" "MARTY:" "Whocares?" "RICK:" "Thereyougo." "(chuckles)" "NARRATOR:" "Forthefirsttime  in the history of Oak Island, an object has been found that seems to validate all of the centuries of digging-- and all the lost dreams of those who sacrificed their lives." "MARTY:" "Ifwe hadn'tcomeup with that coin..." "RICK:" "Yeah?" "MARTY:..." "Iwasgonnaaskyou to call it quits." "RICK:" "I 'mnotsurewhatthe answer would have been." "NARRATOR:" "Butas farasRick  and Marty Lagina are concerned, their search has only just begun." "MARTY:" "Buthere'sthe thing" "I'm still in." "Let's go." "RICK:" "Onein ,allin." "Once in, forever in." "MARTY:" "It'sagoodday, Rick ." "RICK:" "It'snotjustagood day, it's a great day." "One for us." "NARRATOR:" "Butwheredothey  go next?" "Back to the swamp?" "To Smith's Cove?" "Or 10-X?" "Perhaps the answers still lie deep down at the bottom of the" "Money Pit." "Answers that wait patiently... silently... defying those who seek them... and waiting for the next opportunity for the curse of Oak" "Island to strike... 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