The Curse of Oak Island (2014) s01e04 Episode Script

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NARRATOR: Tonight, on The
Curse of Oak Island
PETTER: I found the
treasure map leading to Oak
Island.
It is concealed in codes in
the manuscripts of William
Shakespeare and it also
tells you, what the treasure is.
MARTY: You believe that the
Menorah from the Temple of
Solomon would be buried on Oak
Island?
PETTER: Yeah, basically.
STEVE: I'm actually getting
multiple signals.
RICK: I'm jumping in.
MARTY: Hey!
MARTY: Hey, guys.
RICK: Hey, what's up?
MARTY: New suction hose?
RICK: We got the hose, we got
the pumps, we got the swamp.
MARTY: Grab a hold of that
hose.
PETER: It looks pretty heavy.
MARTY: Get after it.
RICK: Start bringing these
over there.
MARTY: Young guys to the
front.
NARRATOR: Rick and Marty
Lagina are convinced they may be
close to solving the mystery
ALEX: Where do you want this?
NARRATOR: and defying the
curse of Oak Island.
In the past few weeks, they've
found unusual metal artifacts in
one of the old treasure
shafts
JACK: Oh, my gosh.
NARRATOR: mysterious
bones
JACK: We can see if they are
actually human bones.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
DAN H.: Oh, there it is.
NARRATOR: and a
significant amount of coconut
fiber.
Now, their efforts are focused
on Oak Island's mysterious
swamp, which many believe was
created as a hiding place, or
even a gateway, to an
underground treasure vault.
MARTY: Pick that up, Jack,
if you will, so he's not
dragging it.
Let's just get it coupled up
first.
Let's hook it right here and
we'll all help him push it in
'cause look, we're right here.
Right now, we're going to do
what Rick has been wanting
to do.
We're gonna drain the swamp.
Okay.
Because there's been a lot of
conjecture that there's
something hidden in that swamp.
And nobody has ever done it.
I mean, there's been holes
drilled all over the place and
people have dug tunnels all over
the place but nobody has
explored that swamp.
So, that's what we're going to
do.
And we'll see what secrets it
has.
We have to drain the swamp with
pumps.
We got two pumps, there's 190
horsepower there.
Enough ponies going, we'll
drain this swamp.
(Dave laughing)
Need some more ponies.
DAVE: Yeah.
MARTY: Pursuant to our
permit, we can't put any of that
water in the ocean.
So, we have to take all that
water, pump it basically uphill,
and into an area where it will
filter through the grass.
I'm here to tell you, that is
not easy.
RICK: Throw the switch.
MARTY: I hope number two
works.
RICK: Better work.
(engine starting)
(gurgling)
MARTY: Hey!
Shut her down, Dave.
(turns off engine)
RICK: Call it coincidence,
call it the curse.
Everything that can go wrong
on Oak Island, goes wrong.
The island is a harsh opponent.
So, you know, it's just one of
those things about Oak Island.
It's just a very frustrating
moment.
MARTY: Hey.
RICK: You take one step
forward and two steps back,
seems like.
MARTY: Get this one changed
over, we'll be running again in
five minutes, big brother.
DAVE: Try again?
PETER: We're firing it up
now.
MARTY: Ready?
ALEX: Yeah.
(engine starting)
(gurgling)
MARTY: Not too bad.
MARTY: We got 190 horses
working for us now. Right?
DAVE: Yep.
MARTY: 190 horses and about
1,800 gallons a minute.
DAVE: Yep. Cocktail time.
MARTY: Yeah.
(laughter)
NARRATOR: The next few days
are critical-- once the swamp
is drained, the team will have a
gigantic task in front of them
searching through approximately
4.5 acres of mud and sludge.
Why the swamp?
Over the years, there have been
numerous theories about just
what, if anything, lies buried
on Oak Island.
Some believe the Money Pit--
located approximately 300 feet
away from the swamp-- was just a
ruse, a decoy set to distract
people from the real treasure
shaft.
One of them is Norwegian writer
and documentary filmmaker,
Petter Amundsen, who, on
learning that Rick and Marty
were planning to drain the
swamp, traveled to Oak Island
in hopes of sharing his own
incredible theory.
ALEX: All right, guys, this
is Petter Amundsen
RICK: Petter.
MARTY: Petter.
ALEX: that I've been
talking about.
PETTER: Good to see you
again.
RICK: Good to see you.
MARTY: Hello, Petter.
PETTER: You are Marty?
MARTY: Marty. Yes.
NARRATOR: In the past decade,
Petter Amundsen has drawn the
attention of Rick and Marty
Lagina with his claim that there
is a direct connection between
the Oak Island mystery
and the works of William
Shakespeare.
But could such a far-fetched
notion really be true?
PETTER: I'm, uh, so thrilled
to be here.
Thank you so much for letting me
have this opportunity to present
my theory.
MARTY: We thank you for
coming, and we are eager
to hear.
PETTER: Okay, this, uh, may
sound a little bit braggish, but
I actually claim to have found
the treasure map leading to Oak
Island.
And this is found in a most
unlikely book, concealed in
codes.
And the book I'm talking about
is the great folio with the
plays of William Shakespeare.
There is a coded map in
Shakespeare, which I found.
It takes you up in the sky and
brings you down to Nova Scotia,
leading you to Oak Island.
And it will lead you to what
I believe is the ultimate
"point X."
And it also tells you what the
treasure is.
MARTY: Okay.
PETTER: Nothing less.
MARTY: Okay.
Well, that's a lot, you know.
PETTER: Yes.
MARTY: Petter Amundsen, my
first impression, he is a guy on
a mission.
I think he's passionately
believing his own theory.
But as far as the things I think
we can get out of Mr. Amundsen,
I think any clue that anybody
can bring to us is valuable.
PETTER: What I really would
like to do is to show you some
parts of our documentary,
Shakespeare: The Hidden Truth.
NARRATOR: According to
Petter's theory, the first
printed collection of William
Shakespeare's works in 1623 was
financed and supervised by the
author's close friend, Sir
Francis Bacon.
Bacon was a scientist,
explorer and adventurer whom
many believed was also the
leader of the Rosicrucians, a
secret group of intellectuals
with strong connections to the
Knights Templar.
In his film, Petter is seen
presenting his theory to
Shakespearian actor and scholar,
Robert Crumpton.
He claims to have found numerous
clues and codes planted
throughout this first edition of
Shakespeare's works, including
strangely capitalized letters
misspelled words.
ROBERT: Yeah, you do wonder
why he would misspell his
own name.
NARRATOR: And even
strategically misnumbered pages
that eventually lead to what
Petter believes is a celestial
treasure map.
PETTER: Bootes is a slow
working star, in North Pole.
NARRATOR: In the film, Petter
demonstrates to Crumpton that
the decoded texts lead to a
series of constellations and
one of these, Cygnus, or "the
swan," was used to represent
Shakespeare himself.
ROBERT: "I see thee in the
hemisphere advanced and made a
constellation there."
PETTER: He says, you are a
constellation.
ROBERT: The Cygnus.
PETTER: The Cygnus.
It's called the Northern Cross.
NARRATOR: Using a globe of
the earth
and one of the stars
Petter then matches the location
of the Cygnus constellation to a
geographic destination on Oak
Island.
Specifically, the area on the
island known as Nolan's Cross.
PETTER: I brought some props.
MARTY: Good.
PETTER: This is Nolan's
Cross.
NARRATOR: Discovered by area
resident and treasure hunter
Fred Nolan in 1981, Nolan's
Cross is a perfectly symmetrical
cross made of five large
cone-shaped boulders.
Buried at the center, Nolan
discovered a sixth stone with a
human face carved into it.
PETTER: Now, I say that this
cross is more than one symbol.
And I will show you why.
If you add a few more points,
like this.
Between these stones, there are
certain paths.
The geometry indicates that we
are talking abou uh, Tree
of Life.
NARRATOR: Based on a
reference in the Old Testament,
the Tree of Life was said to be
one of two trees placed by God
in the Garden of Eden.
The other being the forbidden
Tree of Knowledge.
As depicted by the ancient
Hebrews and early Christians,
the Tree of Life is comprised of
ten points called sephirot,
with names like Wisdom, Beauty,
Victory, Splendor and Mercy,
which collectively are believed
to hold the keys to
understanding the universe.
This ancient symbol was adopted
by none other than the Knights
Templar and, in later years, by
the Rosicrucians, and even the
Freemasons.
But even more astounding is that
Petter believes that not only
does Nolan's Cross, when
matched with the design for the
Tree of Life, form a perfect
three-dimensional treasure map,
but that he even knows which
of the ten points of the tree is
the key to solving the whole Oak
Island mystery.
PETTER: Guess which stone
is the important one?
This one.
My theory indicates that that
stone's name is Mercy.
And the problem with it is of
course that it is right into the
swamp.
CRAIG: Why do you think that
stone's the keystone as opposed
to any of the rest of them?
PETTER: Shakespeare holds the
key.
On the last page of The Tempest,
he tells the audience to pierce
Mercy
and the word "Mercy" is exactly
where that stone is if you are
crazy enough to put this diagram
onto the page.
Here we have also an instruction
on what this may contain.
They say that there is a place
on the earth where several items
have been stored away--
books and especially one lamp.
JACK: What lamp?
PETTER: The lamp is the
Menorah.
MARTY: The Menorah?
PETTER: The Menorah, from
the temple looted by Titus in
the year 70 A.D., taken to
Jerusalem, and it was never seen
again.
NARRATOR: Many believe that
the Knights Templar rescued
priceless religious artifacts
from the temple in Jerusalem
including the Ark of the
Covenant
the Holy Grail
and the Golden Menorah of King
Solomon-- the ultimate symbol of
the Hebrew faith.
PETTER: I believe the Knights
Templar, when they dug in the
Temple Mount cellars, they found
the Menorah, they brought it to
Europe, to Scotland, and then
the heirs of the Knights
Templar, the Masons, they needed
a new place for it, so they went
west and found the spot for a
new resting place for the
temple treasure.
MARTY: You believe that the
Menorah from the Temple of
Solomon could be buried on
Oak Island?
PETTER: Yes.
PETTER: I look upon you as
owners of a temple.
I believe this.
NARRATOR: Norwegian writer
and filmmaker Petter Amundsen
has just presented his
incredible theory to the team at
Oak Island.
He believes that the Golden
Menorah of King Solomon's
Temple, along with other
priceless artifacts, are hidden
on the island at the bottom of
the swamp
and that coded clues in the
writings of William Shakespeare
point the way.
MARTY: I want to believe
everything you just said, but
it's it's difficult.
So, what do you want from us?
PETTER: Try to, uh find
in in the bottom of that
swamp, that stone, Mercy.
NARRATOR: Although Rick and
Marty are already in the process
of draining the southeast area
of the Oak Island swamp, Petter
is asking that they shift their
focus to a different area of the
swamp where he believes the
treasure is.
It's a simple request, but Rick
and Marty have invested millions
of dollars in this enterprise,
and letting an outsider change
their strategy is not an easy
decision, especially so late in
the process.
MARTY: All right, well, you
know what, we have a lot to
digest, and I-I I want to
thank you again for coming.
ETTER: Thank foriate it.
ening.
MARTY: Intrigng as he.
We have we have some
discussion to undertake.
ALEX: Take care.
RICK: Appreciate it.
PETTER: Thank you so much.
MARTY: The demonstration that
Petter Amundsen did was great
theater.
Here's a guy that's saying that
something world-class is buried
on your property, and he's got
his little cryptic way of
showing it-- you know, you feel
like you're in The Da Vinci
Code or something.
'Kay, guys, what do you think?
JACK: Do you guys see him as
a threat at all?
MARTY: I don't.
Big Brother?
RICK: He does have an agenda.
You know, are we comfortable
with that?
ALEX: What is the difference?
If there is something found in
the swamp, it's gonna get out.
So, like, the difference between
whether or not he's here on the
island and whether he's off the
island, it's almost nothing.
MARTY: Rick is troubled.
I can tell you that for sure.
And I think Rick is a little bit
wanting to do this his way, and
somebody else coming in and
challenges that.
RICK: What are we getting out
of it, I guess, is what I'm
saying.
What are we getting out of it?
MARTY: I mean, to some
extent, Rick, I guess the reason
I don't mind it is I think he
could add something.
RICK: Something to our
discovery process?
MARTY: Yeah.
RICK: I find that singularly
impossible.
You know, we were going to
proceed with the swamp draining
prior to his involvement.
We had designs on all areas of
the swamp, not just singularly
his area of interest but our
own.
MARTY: 'Kay. All in favor?
SEVERAL: Aye.
JACK: Aye.
♪
NARRATOR: The swamp has been
draining for two full days now,
but something is wrong.
The process is taking much
longer than expected.
And Petter Amundsen's so-called
"Mercy point" is still
underwater and inaccessible.
While they wait for the swamp to
drain, Marty and his son Alex
decide to put Petter's theory to
the test.
ALEX: Petter.
PETTER: Yeah.
NARRATOR: If the Tree of Life
really is the basis for a kind
of giant 3-D treasure map, then
they should be able to find
additional stone markers--
markers that could very well
indicate the entrance to
long-hidden treasure vaults.
PETTER: This is the bottom
of the cross that Nolan
discovered in 1981.
The Kingdom Stone will be 282
feet from that stone, in the
60-degree bearing.
ALEX: All right, well, let's
go find Kingdom, then.
PETTER: Yeah.
(crow cawing)
ALEX: All right.
PETTER: 45, 46, 47, 48,
49, 50, 51, 52, 53
MARTY: I wish it was a
treasure chest.
PETTER: You're on your way to
it.
60, 61, 62, 63,
64, 65, 66.
MARTY: Yes?
PETTER: Here it is.
(clanging)
ALEX: That's it?
PETTER: So, this is the
foundation.
This is the first step in the
Tree of Life.
So it begins here.
MARTY: Okay.
PETTER: And this aligns
perfectly with the rest of the
cross.
MARTY: So, let's dig.
ALEX: All right.
There are strange things done
in the midday sun by the men who
toil for gold.
And the Oak Island trails have
their secret tales that would
make your blood run cold!
NARRATOR: If Petter
Amundsen's calculations are
correct, the tenth point in the
Tree of Life-- known as
"Malkuth" or "Kingdom"--
should be located exactly 282
feet directly south of the base
of Nolan's Cross.
But will they really find a
stone there, and, if so, what
might it reveal?
MARTY: Wait a second.
PETTER: You know, this is
this is simply the wrong stone--
it's too small.
(Petter groans)
Yeah.
Sorry.
Wrong.
MARTY: You know, when a guy
is so intense like that, so
sure, you get caught up in it,
and then he we go and we dig
up the wrong rock?
Well, that was let a lot of
air out of the balloon.
PETTER: We have to look for
it.
It's in this area, but, uh
ALEX: Is it this?
Is this it here?
NARRATOR: Suddenly, Marty's
son Alex spots something in the
ground just a few feet away.
PETTER: Yes, this is it.
Good.
MARTY: This is it?
PETTER: Yeah.
NARRATOR: It's a large stone.
Perhaps there is something to
Petter's theory, after all.
MARTY: How far do we go this
way?
PETTER: This is the end of
it.
MARTY: Are we gonna be able
to move this, the three of us?
PETTER: I don't really see
why we shouldn't move it.
(distorted, echoing caw)
ALEX: Here we go.
♪
(panting)
PETTER: There it is.
The Kingdom Stone.
What is interesting is it's
rounded on the back.
And the flat side
Yeah, here it comes.
NARRATOR: The stone Marty,
Alex and Petter have found is
completely flat on one side,
as if it had been deliberately
cut.
ALEX: Well, the stone ielf
is interesting, because you'd
think there'd be the other
half of it somewhere.
MARTY: The Kingdom Stone
You know, glacial stones often
are split perfectly flat,
because the granites get
fissures in them natural
cleavage planes, or planes
where they're weakest.
They get ice in there and they
split.
It is, I guess, somewhat
peculiar that the other side of
it isn't there, you know,
'cause it's clearly split
cleanly.
NARRATOR: What makes today's
finding perhaps even more
significant is that the six
large boulders that make up what
has become known as
Nolan's Cross, and which
Petter believes form the
foundation for the Tree of
Life, also each have strangely
flat sides.
MARTY: Okay, well, let's wash
it off.
It's granite.
PETTER AMUNDSEN: Yeah, so
You'll see
These white dots here, here,
here.
NARRATOR: And then another
startling revelation--
three carved indentations
forming a triangle?
Could this be a sign?
A symbol linking the stone to
the Knights Templar
and their successors,
the Rosicrucians?
And could the triangle shape--
similar to that of the Oak
Island swamp-- be significant?
But how?
MARTY: Here's all I'm willing
to say.
We're willing to look for that
Mercy point.
PETTER: Thank you.
MARTY: Is that good enough?
PETTER: That's all I would
like to hear.
MARTY: Is that good enough?
PETTER: That's good enough.
MARTY: We're going to leave
no no stone unturned.
(laughter)
On our quest.
'Cause that's what this is.
This is a quest.
PETTER: This is now being
proved.
MARTY: We're going to check
out his Mercy point.
We're going to check it out as
best we can, and if we find
something, then you'll see the
excitement level.
PETTER: Good work, good work.
MARTY: All right.
NARRATOR: Could Nolan's
Cross, along with the island's
other many strange carved
stones, really form the basis
for an elaborate treasure map--
one which indicates that the key
to solving the Oak Island
mystery lies at the bottom of
the swamp?
But if so, the challenge remains
how to get to it, and so far the
island does not appear eager or
willing to cooperate.
RICK: This is the long sought
NARRATOR: Frustrated by the
amount of time it's taking to
drain the swamp, Rick and Marty
have hired a local helicopter to
see if they can get a better
idea of their progress from the
air.
MARTY: You don't want to walk
into that rear one, Rick.
RICK: Why?
DAVE: You want a haircut?
(Dave laughs)
NARRATOR: They also want to
see if a bird's-eye view can
help them spot Petter's
so-called Mercy point-- the
place in the swamp the Norwegian
filmmaker claims is a gateway to
an incredible underground
treasure vault.
Although they know every inch of
the landscape from years of
studying maps and books, seeing
it from the air is giving Rick
and Marty a vantage point
they've never had before.
From the air, the swamp does
indeed look man-made.
The triangle shape also suggests
the ancient symbol of a
pyramid a shape that has
strong connections to
Freemasonry.
FRED: Yep.
NARRATOR: Although the
helicopter ride didn't provide
an answer to the question of why
the swamp is taking so long to
drain, Rick and Marty Lagina are
convinced that the key to
solving the Oak Island mystery
may very well be located near
what Petter Amundsen calls "the
Mercy point."
Stones arranged in a diamond
formation and in line with the
so-called Mercy point?
A coincidence, or could they
really have been placed here to
mark the entrance to the
underground area where the
treasure is buried?
If it can only be seen from the
air, who or what was it intended
for?
Unfortunately for Petter
Amundsen, his time on Oak Island
is almost at an end.
He has just received a call that
he must return home to Norway
for business reasons, and the
swamp's failure to drain has
robbed him of a firsthand
opportunity to see whether his
incredible theory can be proven.
MARTY: How do you say, how do
you say yes in Norwegian?
PETTER: Ja.
MARTY: Ja.
PETTER: We say "ja takk--"
yes, please.
MARTY: Ja takk.
Did I say that right?
PETTER: Ja takk.
Okay, so, may I take the other
part-- the dirty part of it?
MARTY: Ja takk.
NARRATOR: But before he
leaves the island, Petter wants
to show Rick and Marty the exact
spot where he believes the
fourth stone in the Tree of
Life-- the so-called Mercy
stone-- is located.
RICK: Okay, if you sink,
you're not coming out.
MARTY: Whoa, whoa, whoa.
PETTER: Sorry.
MARTY: Yeah, sure.
Good thing my catlike reflexes
came in handy.
NARRATOR: To navigate their
way through the half-drained
swamp, Rick, Marty, and Petter
lay down a makeshift walkway
using large plywood boards.
MARTY: Rick, watch it.
NARRATOR: Although the
plywood will help keep their
feet from sinking down into
centuries of accumulated muck,
it will do little to mask the
pungent stench of rotting plant
and animal matter.
PETTER: It is very deep and
it's very dangerous.
MARTY: Careful.
PETTER: I'd like to probe
this whole area if I could.
NARRATOR: Making matters
worse is the now persistent rain
which seems to be refilling the
swamp faster than the pumps can
drain it.
MARTY: It would be great if
the-- if this rain would stop
because, I mean, we're losing
ground in the swamp, right, or
we're gaining water in the
swamp.
We, we just, at considerable
time and expense, drained it,
and here she is filling up
again.
(tapping)
That did sound hollow.
PETTER: There is some kind of
floor with small stones on top
of it.
NARRATOR: A floor covered
with stones?
Could Petter be standing over
some incredible man-made
structure, perhaps the actual
treasure vault built centuries
ago?
PETTER: So, Marty, this is
something for your expert to
check out.
MARTY: Yes.
PETTER: So, I'm not an expert
on swamps.
(Marty laughs)
But, uh, this whole area is
the the fillet if you like.
MARTY: Yeah.
PETTER: I can't pinpoint it
exactly because I don't have the
data.
MARTY: Keep trying!
(Petter laughs)
We didn't haul all this plywood
out here for nothing.
PETTER: I think, if we can't
accomplish more than this, we
know that it is a stony ground,
and if this is some part of the
secret vault, it's impossible
for me to say, but I would be
very interested in learning what
the experts would make of this.
RICK: Petter's theory is rich
in terms of detail, in terms of
discovery processes, but it's
just one among many.
Until it's proven, it's just one
more theory among a myriad
number of theories.
We were very hopeful and we
wanted him to succeed.
I mean, why, uh, why else are we
here?
PETTER: Well, Swiss time is
ticking away fast, and we have a
plane to catch back to good old
Norway.
MARTY: Okay.
PETTER: And again, thank you
so much for letting me on to
your island.
MARTY: You're very welcome,
you're very welcome.
PETTER: A very special place.
I hope that I will stay within
the information loop because I
would be really interested in
knowing what's out there.
I really think they will find
the Mercy point, and what
happens from then on I can only
speculate, but I hope that they
will treat it with care and
behave responsibly.
RICK: We will not stop, we
will pursue this to the end.
You know, we have, we have an
agenda here as well, and we, we
think that cooperatively we'll--
we will see success.
PETTER: I will shake your
hand to that.
Thank you so much.
RICK: You're welcome.
NARRATOR: Fortunately
Petter's visit was not in vain.
Rick and Marty are now committed
to locating the so-called Mercy
point and finding out once and
for all if the treasure of Oak
Island is within their grasp.
STEVE: If you had g
NARRATOR: For centuries Oak
Island has been a riddle wrapped
in an enigma.
For those who have risked their
lives and fortunes trying to
find treasure here, it is a
giant three-dimensional jigsaw
puzzle with numerous clues,
challenges, and dead ends that
all seem to be deliberately
planted.
But will solving it take skill,
persistence, and courage, or
will it require something more?
Perhaps the island was
intentionally and elaborately
coded so that only someone with
the right keys can get at the
treasure.
MARTY: Welcome to what we
affectionately call our war
room.
Have a seat.
STEVE: Great.
NARRATOR: Someone who will
have to spend years looking,
someone who could very well be
in this room.
RICK: Well, Dave, Steve,
we're very excited you're here.
NARRATOR: Impatient with the
lack of progress in getting the
swamp to drain, Rick and Marty
Lagina have decided to bring in
two metal detection experts to
join them in their search.
If there really are objects made
of precious metals buried deep
beneath the swamp, they should
be able to find them using the
latest in high-tech equipment.
RICK: We're a little bit, uh,
taken aback by the size of the
swamp, how much work we have to
do, so we're very much looking
forward not only to the new
technology but new ideas, new
input, new-- a new way to
approach this thing.
Then we'll be able to make
really good progress in the
swamp.
DAVID: We're, we're here at
your disposal, and, uh, well,
hope-hopefully what we bring to
the table will aid you in your
quest.
RICK: Great.
Here's what our agenda is.
Uh, we'd like to investigate
this area initially.
Weather's going to play a role.
Access is going to play a role.
Currently, we have one pump on
station.
MARTY: It sort of drained,
but it's not de-mucked.
DAVID: Is it walkable?
Can you get out on the, uh on
the swamp.
MARTY: That's-that's the
issue.
RICK: The whole perimeter is
somewhat walkable, but this
position in particular, which
we're very interested in, is
still flooded.
MARTY: We want to explore
this swamp.
That's our mission right now.
DAVID: Yes.
MARTY: And we want to use
the highest tech equipment
there is.
DAVID: Yes. Yes.
What we're looking for is the
breadcrumbs that lead us in a
particular direction.
MARTY: The machine I'm
wondering about-- there's
conjecture that there's a vault
of some sort in the swamp.
What machine do you use for
that?
That's not a metal thing.
DAVID: Well, it actually
We have a pulse, ground balance
system that we're bringing in
from Germany.
We contacted Lorenz, and we
asked that they ship a unit
called the Deep Max.
MARTY: But what's it give
you-- a visual, or?
DAVID: Yes, yes, you either
have a 2-D or a 3-D visual.
NARRATOR: Made in Germany,
the Lorenz Deepmax X6 is a
revolutionary metal detecting
device.
It can scan through various
types of soils and surfaces,
even water.
It can also identify very
specific types of metals--
including gold and silver-- up
to 40 feet deep underground.
MARTY: Can't wait, honestly.
DAVID: That's right.
MARTY: Throw in all your
gizmos out there.
DAVID: Let's do it.
MARTY: All right.
STEVE: As far as I'm
concerned, I'm, uh I'm so
excited about being here.
I got a really, really strong
belief that there's something on
Oak Island.
I also believe that you two are
going to find it, so
MARTY: Yay! I like that guy.
(laughter)
It's music to my ears.
Let's do that.
STEVE: Oh, yeah.
DAVID: Yes.
STEVE: Let's roll.
MARTY: Guys, we are very
excited you're here.
We can't wait to get the data.
STEVE: Yeah, great.
MARTY: We can't wait to find
something, so let's go do it.
STEVE: Let's do it.
MARTY: I think that's
probably okay.
NARRATOR: While Marty helps
David Spencer assemble the Deep
Max X6
DAVID: That's it.
MARTY: That's it.
NARRATOR: Rick and Steve
Zazulyk begin a preliminary scan
of the swamp with a conventional
metal detector.
RICK: This is the long
sought-after, fabled, Mercy
Point position.
STEVE: Okay.
RICK: So, I just have one
question.
Will that find something if it's
in a concrete vault?
STEVE: Depending on how deep
it is, if you had concrete here
right now, and you had gold or
silver or something underneath
it, this machine will hear it.
RICK: Then, let's go.
STEVE: Let's go.
RICK: Let's go and find it.
STEVE: Okay.
RICK: So, here's the thing.
What we should do
See that piece of rebar?
STEVE: Yeah.
RICK: I'd like to get to the
other side of that point.
STEVE: With what you know, is
there, like, a specific spot?
RICK: We have a general area.
STEVE: And this is it?
RICK: And this is it.
STEVE: Okay.
RICK: Don't fall in!
STEVE: Yeah, don't fall in.
I just wondered how far I'll
sink.
RICK: Nothing here.
STEVE: No.
RICK: Which way do you want
to go-- that way or this way?
STEVE: I want to keep going
right around the whole thing.
RICK: Anything?
STEVE: No.
RICK: Nothing out there as
far as you can reach?
STEVE: Yeah, we might No.
We might start getting better
hits out here.
I don't know how far we can go
out right now.
RICK: We should have got
More planking is what we should
have got.
You got something?
STEVE: No.
RICK: Come in from that side
and try to sweep and see if it
registers from that side.
STEVE: Okay.
(loud droning beep, chirping)
RICK: You got something?
STEVE: Yeah.
I just want to check it again.
(beeps)
It's funny.
I'm getting
I'm actually getting multiple
signals.
RICK: Really?
STEVE: Yeah.
NARRATOR: A signal?
STEVE: See that? See that?
RICK: Yeah.
STEVE: That's a hit.
RICK (laughing): You got
You got to be kidding me.
NARRATOR: Did Rick and Steve
just find something metallic at
the bottom of the swamp?
And with a simple metal
detector?
STEVE: Something that
significant, like gold or
silver
RICK: Mm-hmm.
STEVE: would be up in this
quadrant around here.
RICK: God, that's-that's
where it is.
STEVE: I know.
(Rick laugh)
(both laugh)
STEVE: That's what you want,
isn't it?
RICK: This is what you
wanted, right?
CHARLES: That's what I want.
STEVE: So, that's it, buddy.
RICK: Hey.
Let's keep going.
Maybe we can find something
else.
(beeping)
STEVE: I got a I got a
definite signal here, too.
RICK: Here we go.
NARRATOR: Could there really
be one or more metal objects
lying buried at the bottom of
the swamp right where Petter
Amundsen claimed they would be?
STEVE: You got you got
stuff here, buddy.
RICK: There's something
there?
STEVE: Yeah.
NARRATOR: After a preliminary
search of the area of the swamp
now known as the Mercy Point,
Rick, Charles and metal
detection expert Steve Zazulyk
believe they have made an
incredible discovery.
STEVE: Listen.
(metallic clinking)
RICK: All right, I'm-I'm
I'm gonna put my foot on that.
I'm literally going to jump in.
STEVE: How about your
glasses?
RICK: Back up.
I'm gonna put my foot on it.
STEVE: Hang on.
Hang on a second.
Okay, that's the edge
RICK: Okay.
STEVE: right there, right,
so
RICK: Okay, well, is there
anything here?
(metallic click)
Holy (bleep).
I'm going to put my foot on
that.
I-I I have to.
It's 50 years for me.
I'm jumping in.
There's something there.
There's no doubt about that.
There's something.
Something flat.
It sounds foolish, but I got so
excited, I jumped in the swamp.
I mean, you kind of lose a
little bit of rational
decision-making.
I jumped in.
Fried my iPhone.
My sister's going to get
extremely mad at me because I'm
out of out of contact.
(laughing)
Can I take the detector and put
it down where I'm standing?
STEVE: Seriously, I want to
dive in there right freaking
now, buddy.
RICK: Go!
What about your your?
STEVE: As long as I come up
with a menorah between my teeth,
I'll be happy.
(laughing)
RICK: Is it exciting?
Of course it's exciting.
We've been on this for, going on
seven years now.
We have a target.
I mean, if you're not excited,
then go get your plane ticket.
See ya!
STEVE: Oh.
Did you hear that?
RICK: Uh
STEVE: Here.
(beeping)
Hear that?
RICK: Holy (bleep).
Yeah, I do.
STEVE: Yeah.
Now we're metal detecting.
(laughter)
Okay?
RICK: Yes!
STEVE: There you go, buddy.
(laughing): Yeah.
RICK: Yes!
NARRATOR: Could Rick Lagina
really be on the verge of
solving the Oak Island mystery?
Has he discovered the secret
hiding place of the Knights
Templar treasure?
The Golden Menorah of King
Solomon's Temple?
The Ark of the Covenant?
(Marty laughs)
MARTY: Look at Rick!
(laughing)
(laughter)
Oh, man.
RICK: Yuck it up.
Yuck it up.
Keep laughing.
MARTY: It's the creature from
the black lagoon!
When I first saw Rick, you know,
he's all wet, and he's drippy,
he was covered in mud.
But as he got closer, I have to
admit, I got kind of excited
'cause I could see in his face
that he was quite convinced he
found something significant.
I mean, he was
You know, known him forever,
right?
I could tell.
He was just he was beaming.
Yes, big brother?
RICK: Yeah. Yeah!
MARTY: What?
RICK: I have something.
MARTY: You do not.
MARTY: Bull (bleep).
RICK: You talk to the man
right there.
STEVE: So we went down to
this area that everybody was all
excited about, right?
MARTY: Yes, yes.
STEVE: And uh, your brother
and I went out kind of like real
close.
MARTY: Yeah?
STEVE: And I got an
incredible hit.
MARTY: Yeah. Meaning?
STEVE: On our meter, it was a
strong enough signal for your
brother and I to jump right in.
MARTY: And?
STEVE: And when I went down,
it got stronger and stronger,
and then when we went in there,
our foot went right on a solid
object down there.
You know, where it's showing on
the meter where there's a nice
signal, typically where I find
silver and gold
MARTY: Yeah?
STEVE: is where it was
hitting.
(laughter)
MARTY: Rick is absolutely,
you know, convinced that we'll
uncover some, if not if not
actual treasure, at least some
significant clues.
But I got to admit, it was a
thrill for me, too.
No, let's go get it.
Let's get Big Max in the swamp.
This is exciting.
I mean, I don't believe it,
okay, 'cause I'm not going to
believe it until I see it.
STEVE & RICK: Yeah.
MARTY: But still, cool.
Look at him. He's
STEVE: Yeah, he's very
excited.
He's very excited.
MARTY: All right, I can tell.
RICK: Well, you know, the
deal is, it's a 200-year-old
search, and maybe this isn't the
big breakthrough, but it surely
is going to lead us well down
that road.
We're very, very, very hopeful.
NARRATOR: After centuries of
failed searches, fortunes spent,
and lives lost, are Rick and
Marty Lagina about to bring this
legendary story to its
conclusion?
Or could it be-- like so many
other such moments on the
island-- another dead end?
(crow cawing)
Next time on The Curse of Oak
Island
MARTY: This is the most
sophisticated equipment that's
ever been on this island.
DAVID: That's what we're
looking for.
RICK: Wow. This could be it.
This could be the find.
CHARLES: What are you
getting, Rick?
MARTY: What are you getting,
big brother? Whoa! Whoa!
ALEX: No!
CHARLES: Are you serious?
What?
MARTY: That's a game changer.
CHARLES: It predates the
Money Pit by at least 150 years.
DAN B.: It's the first piece
of evidence that I've been able
to hold in my hand.
MARTY: This is the most
valuable thing that's ever been
found on Oak Island.
RICK: Yes!