The Curse of Oak Island (2014) s03e12 Episode Script
Voices from Below
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Tonight on the curse of Oak Island we're
back from the money pit and we hit a
cabin it's a piece of metal any idea
what it is it looks like a little tiny
Oak Island
John chatter is confident he's gonna go
down at the bottom it's not if we can do
it is how do we do
you at the bottom of the south
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
a 17th century Spanish
today six men have died trying to solve
the mystery
according to legend
to die before the treasure can be found
on Oak Island the progress gained by a
warm summer is rapidly giving way to the
harsh uncertainties of fall and another
season of both promise and progress is
rapidly coming to an end
it is this reality that time is running
out which confronts brothers Rick and
Marty lagina each and every day it is a
reality
they and their partners refuse to accept
as they continue to search the island
for the clues that will help them solve
on 220 year old mystery
yeah you're fun because that much with
both his brother and Craig tester away
on business Rick lagina is determined to
make the most out of the few weeks he
has left
these guys to rig up and yeah start
putting steel in there go
why should you be optimistic about the
lagina brothers cuz of Rick lagina she's
not gonna give up
he's not gonna give up he's smart he's
capable and he's dedicated and he's
intense
I've been on this rollercoaster ride
autopilot for eight years now and it's
important to persevere and and to move
forward in the solidus hey guys
John Hart oh yeah one week ago in a
last-ditch effort to find a diver who
can get to the bottom of borehole 10x
Rick and his brother Marty arranged for
John Chatterton to come to Oak Island a
world-renowned diver chatter dan has
made numerous deepwater discoveries and
faced some of the most dangerous
conditions imaginable or at least as far
as is humanly bus
we can't wait to if this started awesome
now on the eve of the dive that may
finally provide some much hope for
answers about 10x Rick and members of
his team are making one more attempt to
also get information from the place
where the Oak Island treasure hunt began
the money pit that's a big drill here
you know today should be exciting
Charles Barkhouse the guy who knows
everything about Oak Island his pick
spot in the money pit area he's put X on
the drum just based on my research that
I've done I've never believed that the
money pit was where a lot of people
claim it to be I think it's to the
northwest but this is a spotted thing
one year ago Rick Craig tester and Dave
Blankenship located what they believe to
be the original money pit
after finding evidence of a mysterious
wooden vault that was first discovered
by treasure hunters William Chappell and
Frederick Blair in 1897 definitely got
wood
that's definitely clay
that's what they found the top of the
mall
today they will be drilling at a spot
just north of last year's drill site a
spot that Oak Island historian Charles
Barkhouse believes is not just near the
money pit but the actual place where the
Oak Island treasure was buried what
makes you so sure it's here I don't know
David you know there's no reference
point you can take it off on this whole
topography has changed right this was
all bulldozed up here right so it's the
belief the feeling just everything that
I've looked at over
I just feel it's over this way
because the area is highly susceptible
to flooding and the ground is unstable
due to centuries of digging and
tunneling any full-scale effort to
excavate the money pit down to a depth
of approximately 150 feet is estimated
to cost in the millions of dollars and
so far Rick's brother Marty and their
partners have been reluctant to invest
that kind of money unless solid evidence
can be found that such a huge financial
effort would be worth it
total depth we're talking 200 we're
looking for a void and or whatever let's
find something let's do it today let's
make today to the day Rick is going to
try and find evidence of the original
money pit by using a drilling system
called a cyclone reverse circulation or
cyclone drilling is a method that uses a
pneumatic piston or hammer which forces
air into a hole while water is
simultaneously pumped in any objects and
possible treasure that are in the hole
are then forced up to the surface and
collected in a sample bag
there's a big sea wood could this be
evidence of another mysterious wooden
vault similar to the one that Rick and
his partners discovered last year
Charles comes up with this piece of wood
dan is long told me black wood
foul-smelling is probably really really
old
could it be original works
researcher funnel could be trimming from
the money pit could be could be could be
save this Rick is determined to find
something more in the drill hole than
just old bits of wood really what we're
looking for is evidence of
Madeline's really would
a great thing he knows all too well the
tricks that Oak Island likes to play on
would-be treasure hunters and he has
also invested too much time money and
sweat to walk away with nothing more
than a few chips of wood from what could
be an old searcher tunnel
just ask Cody they're gonna go down with
all casing because we're
stand up a couple things drill faster
you'll be able
figure out if he actually does hit a
void where the top is where the bottom
might be pull the rods up to worry about
driving the casing pass
get down about 160 feet and we hit
bedrock no that's disappointing but it's
typical Oak Island I'm thinking is that
the end of the story there's no point in
advancing casing through through Rock
the holes are gonna stand up we had
committed to 200 feet so we decided okay
let's just drill all we're looking for
are the returns and we'll the far fall
into a point that's it it should be very
simple
the colors going against our
causes a surge is like done
a seven foot drop 160 feet deep inside
the money pit when the mysterious wooden
vault was first discovered by William
Chappell and Frederick Blair in 1897
their records indicated that it was
approximately 7 feet high due to the
fact that their drill bits met with no
resistance and turned up no debris for
that amount of depth it appeared the
vault had been covered in a type of
concrete and then sealed with clay and
it was also in this vault where one of
the drill bits recovered a small
fragment of paper with writing on it
unfortunately shortly after the wooden
vault was discovered efforts to dig down
and retrieve it were plagued by constant
flooding and the operation was abandoned
due to lack of mine
prior 178 178 so they draw from 171
to 178 and still dropping it's still
dropping
he said it drops from 171 to 178
could this really be proof that what
Rick and his partners have discovered is
another wooden vault located even deeper
than the so-called Chappell vault and if
so what is inside it
you
drilling in the area of the money pit
Rick lagina along with Charles Barkhouse
and Dave Blankenship have just located a
large board 171 feet deep below the
surface of Oak Island
as I left that blow for a second cause
if there's any larger man itself in my
fuck
does that mean we hit the cavity or what
see how far she cops
we hit a cavity I mean Jordan says you
know first at 7 feet the bars falling
you know you're watching the bar and
it's going down and down and down and
down
192 to bottom
71 to 192
twenty-one feet
a 21-foot deep cavity 171 feet
underground could this actually be
evidence of a man-made treasure chamber
deep within Oak Island
what's a 21-foot hi cavity doing below
the anhydrate no indication of what it
may or may not be
I can't drill the bottom because there's
too much blood or that air hammer won't
cycle I think we should pull off change
bits to a trichome drill ass up in that
hole fires will drill another 20 feet
that way debris can go down into a stop
it'll give it a place to go to
so we're sifting through the returns in
the trailer I'll be honest I'm looking
for a little round coin I'll get this
clean suits
I'm thinking just one just one time just
one just something
having accumulated more wood and muddy
sediment from the cyclone extractor
Rickman Charles and Dave Blankenship
prepared one loaded into the backhoe to
be scanned for any important evidence
sand and clay heavy it is heavier to
save the returns I mean that's always
appropriate that you want to know what
you drill through
just up the hill from the money pit dave
blankenship dumps the sediment on a hard
flat ground so that it can be scanned
with a metal detector
using the mine lab 3030 metal detector
jack begley begins scanning over the
sediment to see if any metallic objects
or artifacts may have come from the
large underground void
shortly after I start detecting I get a
a hit
after getting a hit indicating the
presence of a non-ferrous or possibly
precious metal Jack then uses a handheld
metal detector known as a pin pointer to
precisely isolate the object
I've washed it off with water and looked
at it in my hand and went well this is
not natural this is absolutely not
natural and it's not iron as Jack found
an important clue a metallic object that
came out of a large void 171 feet deep
inside the money pit
okay look what I found over there it's
from your tailings pile it's a piece of
metal any idea what it is not real it's
not real heavy what's that in the center
okay
what's those three marks down at the
bottom see the three vertical marks
right there see look three slashes we're
down here on this end there's three
vertical slashes right I just find it
very true it looks like Oak Island like
a little tiny Oak Island what what does
it mean if you look here see the sheen
there yeah and then there's something
like it's overlay right a metal object
and shaped like Oak Island look here
could it be part of a larger ancient
artifact or is it possible evidence of
treasure
look here look on this side and then
look look on edge rate this is one of
those situations where try to figure it
out until we get a definitive answer
this is what it is or this is what it
isn't and it was intriguing enough it
was odd enough that we thought we would
have to see what this thing's all about
every clue is worth pursuing
exactly call it a day
look that's it's the money pit there
supposed to be a vault treasure call it
what you will if that doesn't beckon you
forward
if you can't listen to that beacon call
it what are we doing think we'll do a
little bit more discussion about this
one I am getting to the bottom of that I
don't care what it costs
after finding a new piece of evidence
and from a 21-foot void found deep
inside the money pit Rick Marty and
their partners are once again excited by
the prospect of an incredible
breakthrough but before they can go any
farther or dig any deeper there is yet
another mystery they need to solve
and like the money pit it also lies deep
underground
you
for me it's it's always a big deal to
remember the past the boat Oak Island so
I want to thank you for coming
while the team awaits the arrival of
diver John Chatterton Rick lagina is
bringing a special visitor to the island
at 91 years of age Lynn Walsh is the
granddaughter of Maynard Kaiser the man
who in 1897 became the second victim of
the infamous Oak Island curse when he
fell to his death while working inside
the money pit
and joining her or her niece Sally
Kaiser and her friend Blair I admit I
don't know much about the tragedy that
day tragedy happened I asked me he was
around 47
what do you recall from your family
stories that he was looking for Captain
Kidd's treasure and then of course we
learned that it could be other things
born in Canada
Maynard Kaiser was a former officer in
the British military in the late 1800s
he brought his wife and three children
to Nova Scotia in hopes of providing a
new and prosperous life for them after
hearing the rumors about a mysterious
pirate treasure buried on Oak Island
Kaiser eagerly joined the oak island
treasure company led by Frederick Blair
but on March 26th 1897 after a long day
of working in the money pit the Kaiser
was being lifted out when a cable
suddenly snapped
causing him to fall to his death more
than 100 feet down to the bottom of the
shaft
we're now coming to the money pit itself
so the area he would have been working
in would have been a shaft about 12 feet
in diameter it's not at all like I
expected what were your expectations
well I don't know a great big hole in
there but the thought was that maybe we
would be able to get on Oak Island and
see the area and that was all I expected
our grandfather
spotty was never recovered or never
found
never found is it possible that Maynard
kaisers bodies was not recovered after
his fatal fall down to the bottom of the
money pit and if so could it still be
down there after more than 100 years
we heard about how the water came back
in you know because they thought well
maybe his body washed it with the water
so that was the mystery to them the
water uh-huh yeah comes from over there
I see a tunnel from Smith's Cove into
the money pit introduced for the sole
reason everyone believes protecting them
exactly but that begs the question is
there a backdoor a backdoor is it
possible that Maynard kaisers body was
washed out of the money pit into one of
the flood tunnels deep beneath Oak
Island and if so could there be a
connection between Maynard kaisers
missing remains and the mysterious dead
body that supposedly lies just 180 feet
away at the bottom of 10-x
B his grave here and that too is
something that you feel differently
about and at least this emptiness yeah
they can see but I understand there is a
memorial there is and you know I'd love
to take you down to it it's right across
the causeway that would be fine
what happened I was surprised how little
information there is about that incident
and thus I understand Lin's
frustration
makes it real you know the date is
interesting too in 1995 to commemorate
the two hundred year anniversary of the
Oak Island treasure hunt dan Blankenship
placed this memorial at the entrance to
the island he wanted to pay respect to
the six men who paid the ultimate price
while in pursuit of an incredible dream
to me in a small way it personalizes the
story of Oak Island and it brings us
some closure
for her it was personal and just as
important as what we're trying to do and
I felt a little emotional connection to
that
it's important to her thus we'll make it
important to us it's not over yet I
commit to you that we will pursue this
that's excellent
well I didn't ever think I'd see it but
I'm glad to see this this is nice we
hope that we can change when it says the
oak island quest will be the Oak Island
solution and we will pursue trying to
figure out what really happened I'm in
trouble me from my forebears work you
know I've been lost and in a pit on a
strange Island I'd want answers to and I
want to thank you all for coming
we're the ones that are pre-shared truly
I get a hug
I truly appreciate everything that
you've done to help us to at least
anticipate an answer we'll do our very
best
you
John our you are indeed a sight for sore
eyes
well you know this is a fascinating dive
project it's right up our alley
challenging renowned diver John
Chatterton along with his business
partner and dive supervisor Howard
Ehrenburg have finally arrived on Oak
Island if anybody can get us answers to
the long sought-after question of what's
in the bottom of 10x we believe that you
guys are gonna be able to do it for us
putting a dive together like this is
literally like solving a puzzle it's not
if we can do it it's how do we do it
that I like to hear but it's the truth
is it's it's how and you know from our
collective experience we've got the
experience we've got the equipment we've
got the education we've got the right
guys right team and we're gonna get down
there
those are the best words we've heard in
a long time right David yep
with over 30 years of experience as a
commercial rat diver working in deep and
confined underwater structures John
chatter dense determination to explore
the unknown has taken him to some of the
most famous and infamous shipwrecks in
the world from the Britannic to the
Lusitania the Andrea Doria and even the
Titanic
giving all our difficulties and our
trials and tribulations with 10x to this
point it's been difficult to say the
least and now with John Chatterton and
his team arriving one thing comes to
mind they exude confidence this is our
war room here's where you've got
questions we've got answers awesome if
this is gonna get done they're gonna do
it
hi I'm Jack Jack how you doing I don't
think we've ever had that confidence
level David you want to get Marty Craig
as the team prepares to review scanning
sonar data obtained from the underground
chamber at the bottom of 10x Marty
lagina and Craig tester join the meeting
via videoconference from their offices
in Traverse City Michigan respectively
John Chatterton our Nierenberg how you
doing guys you know why we're here
God's gonna happen tomorrow we wanted to
come out there but I understand the
weather isn't cooperating - well it's
was the deteriorate is that right well
according to the weatherman it's the
most rain he's there and wind he's ever
forecast that doesn't sound good flying
weather
no it's gonna be bad but they don't care
as a matter of fact I like it when the
surface weather is a little bit
challenging because I feel like I'm
getting away with something know what
we're doing
we're gonna we're gonna make it happen
that is exciting as well I mean that was
our goal for this year was to get to the
bottom of that bloody 10x and see what
is in that chamber I mean there's a
chamber there for sure it has things in
it for sure but we just don't know what
they are
Jack can you bring up some of these
sonar image yeah
so we're gonna start out with the
wireframe model that Brian Abbott made
oh wow that's awesome in order to help
John Chatterton familiarize himself with
the bottom of 10x the team is reviewing
the scanning sonar data collected
earlier this year it indicates were
possible tunnels to vertical wooden
posts a treasure chest and even human
remains lied 235 feet underground this
is really valuable information and
obviously we can prioritize what's
important to you guys but so far we
haven't seen anything that makes us feel
anything but there was no sense of well
this may get done it may not get done
you know there an issue may come up
there was none of that
you're obviously probably the most
accomplished diver in the world but I
mean I've nothing like what you're doing
but I mean that the 27-inch hole where
the drill bar stuck in it is okay with
you although John chatter net is
confident that he will be able to make
his way to the bottom of 10x
through the narrow 27-inch wide shaft it
remains to be seen if the 20-foot drill
bar that is wedged inside might prove to
be a dangerous and impassable
obstruction
I have pipes I have I've had to navigate
past butterfly valves and this is a
relatively modest depth yes we're gonna
use umbilicals hot water I'm gonna go
into the chamber we're gonna have
another diver in water it's a tender you
know I'm gonna be wearing steel-toed
boots and if I have to move around on
the bottom I'm literally gonna be
walking around
to ensure that he will have as much
maneuverability as possible John will be
diving in only a wetsuit it will be
fitted with an umbilical hose that will
continuously pump hot water through the
suit in order to keep him reasonably
warm in the otherwise Bridget 40 degree
water both John and his fellow diver
Mike hunt Lou will also be wearing Kirby
Morgan helmets which will be able to
feed them a combination of oxygen
nitrogen and helium also known as trimix
the helmets are also equipped with live
voice and video feeds all of which will
be monitored by Howard Arenberg at the
surface how long can you stay down with
that we got a lot of Howard quits
pumping Howard quits pumping gas down to
me then I will come up but you should be
able to walk around and investigate the
bottom kind of fully oh absolutely
absolutely and I found that the room
exuded in confidence it was look here's
the guy finally who's gonna do what we
need done it's that simple we are
holding our breath though that just
patient let's get her done yeah
see you guys
let's do this thing
in spite of rain and the threat of a
possible hurricane for Rick Marty and
their partners today may go down as one
of the most exciting and memorable they
have had all summer sorry for the bad
weather everything's going good
everything's going to and splat in spite
of the weather
in John Chatterton they believed they
have finally found the diver who can
reach the bottom of borehole 10-x the
reason why today is hold such promises
simply because of the skill set and the
capabilities of John and his team hours
to dive supervisor he's gonna be
coordinating everything if anybody has a
question he's the guy to go to
and Howard will be in communication with
me okay so plan for with dive today he's
gonna get in the basket we're gonna
lower the basket to a water depth of 40
feet assisting John Chatterton
inside 10x we'll be safety diver Mike
Conley and both will be able to have
full communication with dive supervisor
Howard Ehrenberg who will remain at the
surface
as John makes his way down he will enter
the eight-foot-wide portion of the shaft
feet first Mike will then follow him to
the 181 foot level where he will remain
while John continues his descent through
the narrow 27-inch portion of the shaft
if John should encounter any
difficulties or dangerous obstructions
like the 20 foot drill bar that is
wedged at the 204 foot level Mike will
be ready to help him who is the guy
who's gonna be safe you're gonna be okay
the window I'll give you crap I'll give
you signals to take the basket up and
then stop and yeah okay anybody have any
questions no if we got any problems
we'll we'll solve them on the fly and
and that's it
I'd say let's get wet but we're already
way
when you talk to John is a gleam in his
eye and it's he wants to go down to the
bottom he's gonna go to bottom
he's not overconfident but he's
confident he knows what he can do
okay here we go
good
we're ready as a final precaution should
something go wrong with John's surface
air supply he will be carrying with him
a single emergency air tank attached to
his waist
copy that because Marty and Craig tester
cannot be there in person they will be
able to monitor the diver via
videoconference
you guys look a lot warmer than we do
beautiful care look we wouldn't have
started on this journey without my
brother so having him there released on
the television screen of course it's
important I mean that that's what this
is about
and I'm sure I know that he wishes he
were here are you in the water right now
okay
okay standby I'll stop I'll stop
confirmed
perfect okay when you step
onto the ladder I'm gonna fire on your
light okay John to guide himself down a
181 foot portion of the shaft John
Chapman is using the ladder installed
nearly 30 years ago by Dan and Dave
Blankenship although it is rusted due to
decades of exposure to the frigid salt
waters of the North Atlantic it should
still be strong enough for today's
descent right okay is the visibility
less than zero John yeah I think we can
kind of see it
opening so that's good he's like right
on schedule what's your death John
alright we're gonna switch gas now
okay
proceed then
inside the rock
you
you're in the rock copy world renowned
diver John Chatterton is now deep inside
or halt annex he has just entered the
narrow 27-inch hole and is about to make
his way to what could be a man-made
treasure chamber 235 feet deep
underground yes he's dropping down
through the anhydrate right now and you
can see the rock at a depth of 204 feet
beneath the surface John Chatterton has
encountered the drill bar that is
remained wedged inside the narrow
27-inch wide shaft
you should have some
slack be trying to run the host past the
drill bar
he's got quite a bit of slack in the
water right now getting past the 20 foot
drill bar is proving to be more
difficult than John chattered and
expected if he can't move his body
around it the dive is over
suddenly the team's worst fears have
become realized John Chatterton's
breathing and communications apparatus
have become caught on the drill bar if
his air cable breaks John could find
himself in deadly danger
we did
when you hear the word stuck over that a
diver a hundred and two hundred feet
below the surface of course it strikes a
court might the drill bar have dislodged
might it be in a very precarious
position nothing I can do but pray
why is free diver one are you able to
make it past that and continue down the
the opening by staying focused and
maneuvering his body carefully John
Chatterton has managed to move past the
drill bar and continuous journey down
the narrow 27-inch wide Chou fiber to if
you just want to stand by right there in
case John gets snagged again
Rick Marty
Craig and their partners could be just
minutes away from finding out if what
dan Blankenship has believed for 40
years is true the 10x really does
contain man-made tunnels wooden posts a
wooden chest human remains and quite
possibly the ultimate answer to what
happened on Oak Island centuries ago
now you're sure you're at the bottom of
that you're in the chambers what you're
saying
next time on the curse of Oak Island
what tunnel that humans were
we found it it blows the whole thing
wide open picked it up it was heavy
here we go we had to explore the boy so
we brought in of specialists
that right there I'm gonna looks
metallic if you're going to color
Tonight on the curse of Oak Island we're
back from the money pit and we hit a
cabin it's a piece of metal any idea
what it is it looks like a little tiny
Oak Island
John chatter is confident he's gonna go
down at the bottom it's not if we can do
it is how do we do
you at the bottom of the south
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
a 17th century Spanish
today six men have died trying to solve
the mystery
according to legend
to die before the treasure can be found
on Oak Island the progress gained by a
warm summer is rapidly giving way to the
harsh uncertainties of fall and another
season of both promise and progress is
rapidly coming to an end
it is this reality that time is running
out which confronts brothers Rick and
Marty lagina each and every day it is a
reality
they and their partners refuse to accept
as they continue to search the island
for the clues that will help them solve
on 220 year old mystery
yeah you're fun because that much with
both his brother and Craig tester away
on business Rick lagina is determined to
make the most out of the few weeks he
has left
these guys to rig up and yeah start
putting steel in there go
why should you be optimistic about the
lagina brothers cuz of Rick lagina she's
not gonna give up
he's not gonna give up he's smart he's
capable and he's dedicated and he's
intense
I've been on this rollercoaster ride
autopilot for eight years now and it's
important to persevere and and to move
forward in the solidus hey guys
John Hart oh yeah one week ago in a
last-ditch effort to find a diver who
can get to the bottom of borehole 10x
Rick and his brother Marty arranged for
John Chatterton to come to Oak Island a
world-renowned diver chatter dan has
made numerous deepwater discoveries and
faced some of the most dangerous
conditions imaginable or at least as far
as is humanly bus
we can't wait to if this started awesome
now on the eve of the dive that may
finally provide some much hope for
answers about 10x Rick and members of
his team are making one more attempt to
also get information from the place
where the Oak Island treasure hunt began
the money pit that's a big drill here
you know today should be exciting
Charles Barkhouse the guy who knows
everything about Oak Island his pick
spot in the money pit area he's put X on
the drum just based on my research that
I've done I've never believed that the
money pit was where a lot of people
claim it to be I think it's to the
northwest but this is a spotted thing
one year ago Rick Craig tester and Dave
Blankenship located what they believe to
be the original money pit
after finding evidence of a mysterious
wooden vault that was first discovered
by treasure hunters William Chappell and
Frederick Blair in 1897 definitely got
wood
that's definitely clay
that's what they found the top of the
mall
today they will be drilling at a spot
just north of last year's drill site a
spot that Oak Island historian Charles
Barkhouse believes is not just near the
money pit but the actual place where the
Oak Island treasure was buried what
makes you so sure it's here I don't know
David you know there's no reference
point you can take it off on this whole
topography has changed right this was
all bulldozed up here right so it's the
belief the feeling just everything that
I've looked at over
I just feel it's over this way
because the area is highly susceptible
to flooding and the ground is unstable
due to centuries of digging and
tunneling any full-scale effort to
excavate the money pit down to a depth
of approximately 150 feet is estimated
to cost in the millions of dollars and
so far Rick's brother Marty and their
partners have been reluctant to invest
that kind of money unless solid evidence
can be found that such a huge financial
effort would be worth it
total depth we're talking 200 we're
looking for a void and or whatever let's
find something let's do it today let's
make today to the day Rick is going to
try and find evidence of the original
money pit by using a drilling system
called a cyclone reverse circulation or
cyclone drilling is a method that uses a
pneumatic piston or hammer which forces
air into a hole while water is
simultaneously pumped in any objects and
possible treasure that are in the hole
are then forced up to the surface and
collected in a sample bag
there's a big sea wood could this be
evidence of another mysterious wooden
vault similar to the one that Rick and
his partners discovered last year
Charles comes up with this piece of wood
dan is long told me black wood
foul-smelling is probably really really
old
could it be original works
researcher funnel could be trimming from
the money pit could be could be could be
save this Rick is determined to find
something more in the drill hole than
just old bits of wood really what we're
looking for is evidence of
Madeline's really would
a great thing he knows all too well the
tricks that Oak Island likes to play on
would-be treasure hunters and he has
also invested too much time money and
sweat to walk away with nothing more
than a few chips of wood from what could
be an old searcher tunnel
just ask Cody they're gonna go down with
all casing because we're
stand up a couple things drill faster
you'll be able
figure out if he actually does hit a
void where the top is where the bottom
might be pull the rods up to worry about
driving the casing pass
get down about 160 feet and we hit
bedrock no that's disappointing but it's
typical Oak Island I'm thinking is that
the end of the story there's no point in
advancing casing through through Rock
the holes are gonna stand up we had
committed to 200 feet so we decided okay
let's just drill all we're looking for
are the returns and we'll the far fall
into a point that's it it should be very
simple
the colors going against our
causes a surge is like done
a seven foot drop 160 feet deep inside
the money pit when the mysterious wooden
vault was first discovered by William
Chappell and Frederick Blair in 1897
their records indicated that it was
approximately 7 feet high due to the
fact that their drill bits met with no
resistance and turned up no debris for
that amount of depth it appeared the
vault had been covered in a type of
concrete and then sealed with clay and
it was also in this vault where one of
the drill bits recovered a small
fragment of paper with writing on it
unfortunately shortly after the wooden
vault was discovered efforts to dig down
and retrieve it were plagued by constant
flooding and the operation was abandoned
due to lack of mine
prior 178 178 so they draw from 171
to 178 and still dropping it's still
dropping
he said it drops from 171 to 178
could this really be proof that what
Rick and his partners have discovered is
another wooden vault located even deeper
than the so-called Chappell vault and if
so what is inside it
you
drilling in the area of the money pit
Rick lagina along with Charles Barkhouse
and Dave Blankenship have just located a
large board 171 feet deep below the
surface of Oak Island
as I left that blow for a second cause
if there's any larger man itself in my
fuck
does that mean we hit the cavity or what
see how far she cops
we hit a cavity I mean Jordan says you
know first at 7 feet the bars falling
you know you're watching the bar and
it's going down and down and down and
down
192 to bottom
71 to 192
twenty-one feet
a 21-foot deep cavity 171 feet
underground could this actually be
evidence of a man-made treasure chamber
deep within Oak Island
what's a 21-foot hi cavity doing below
the anhydrate no indication of what it
may or may not be
I can't drill the bottom because there's
too much blood or that air hammer won't
cycle I think we should pull off change
bits to a trichome drill ass up in that
hole fires will drill another 20 feet
that way debris can go down into a stop
it'll give it a place to go to
so we're sifting through the returns in
the trailer I'll be honest I'm looking
for a little round coin I'll get this
clean suits
I'm thinking just one just one time just
one just something
having accumulated more wood and muddy
sediment from the cyclone extractor
Rickman Charles and Dave Blankenship
prepared one loaded into the backhoe to
be scanned for any important evidence
sand and clay heavy it is heavier to
save the returns I mean that's always
appropriate that you want to know what
you drill through
just up the hill from the money pit dave
blankenship dumps the sediment on a hard
flat ground so that it can be scanned
with a metal detector
using the mine lab 3030 metal detector
jack begley begins scanning over the
sediment to see if any metallic objects
or artifacts may have come from the
large underground void
shortly after I start detecting I get a
a hit
after getting a hit indicating the
presence of a non-ferrous or possibly
precious metal Jack then uses a handheld
metal detector known as a pin pointer to
precisely isolate the object
I've washed it off with water and looked
at it in my hand and went well this is
not natural this is absolutely not
natural and it's not iron as Jack found
an important clue a metallic object that
came out of a large void 171 feet deep
inside the money pit
okay look what I found over there it's
from your tailings pile it's a piece of
metal any idea what it is not real it's
not real heavy what's that in the center
okay
what's those three marks down at the
bottom see the three vertical marks
right there see look three slashes we're
down here on this end there's three
vertical slashes right I just find it
very true it looks like Oak Island like
a little tiny Oak Island what what does
it mean if you look here see the sheen
there yeah and then there's something
like it's overlay right a metal object
and shaped like Oak Island look here
could it be part of a larger ancient
artifact or is it possible evidence of
treasure
look here look on this side and then
look look on edge rate this is one of
those situations where try to figure it
out until we get a definitive answer
this is what it is or this is what it
isn't and it was intriguing enough it
was odd enough that we thought we would
have to see what this thing's all about
every clue is worth pursuing
exactly call it a day
look that's it's the money pit there
supposed to be a vault treasure call it
what you will if that doesn't beckon you
forward
if you can't listen to that beacon call
it what are we doing think we'll do a
little bit more discussion about this
one I am getting to the bottom of that I
don't care what it costs
after finding a new piece of evidence
and from a 21-foot void found deep
inside the money pit Rick Marty and
their partners are once again excited by
the prospect of an incredible
breakthrough but before they can go any
farther or dig any deeper there is yet
another mystery they need to solve
and like the money pit it also lies deep
underground
you
for me it's it's always a big deal to
remember the past the boat Oak Island so
I want to thank you for coming
while the team awaits the arrival of
diver John Chatterton Rick lagina is
bringing a special visitor to the island
at 91 years of age Lynn Walsh is the
granddaughter of Maynard Kaiser the man
who in 1897 became the second victim of
the infamous Oak Island curse when he
fell to his death while working inside
the money pit
and joining her or her niece Sally
Kaiser and her friend Blair I admit I
don't know much about the tragedy that
day tragedy happened I asked me he was
around 47
what do you recall from your family
stories that he was looking for Captain
Kidd's treasure and then of course we
learned that it could be other things
born in Canada
Maynard Kaiser was a former officer in
the British military in the late 1800s
he brought his wife and three children
to Nova Scotia in hopes of providing a
new and prosperous life for them after
hearing the rumors about a mysterious
pirate treasure buried on Oak Island
Kaiser eagerly joined the oak island
treasure company led by Frederick Blair
but on March 26th 1897 after a long day
of working in the money pit the Kaiser
was being lifted out when a cable
suddenly snapped
causing him to fall to his death more
than 100 feet down to the bottom of the
shaft
we're now coming to the money pit itself
so the area he would have been working
in would have been a shaft about 12 feet
in diameter it's not at all like I
expected what were your expectations
well I don't know a great big hole in
there but the thought was that maybe we
would be able to get on Oak Island and
see the area and that was all I expected
our grandfather
spotty was never recovered or never
found
never found is it possible that Maynard
kaisers bodies was not recovered after
his fatal fall down to the bottom of the
money pit and if so could it still be
down there after more than 100 years
we heard about how the water came back
in you know because they thought well
maybe his body washed it with the water
so that was the mystery to them the
water uh-huh yeah comes from over there
I see a tunnel from Smith's Cove into
the money pit introduced for the sole
reason everyone believes protecting them
exactly but that begs the question is
there a backdoor a backdoor is it
possible that Maynard kaisers body was
washed out of the money pit into one of
the flood tunnels deep beneath Oak
Island and if so could there be a
connection between Maynard kaisers
missing remains and the mysterious dead
body that supposedly lies just 180 feet
away at the bottom of 10-x
B his grave here and that too is
something that you feel differently
about and at least this emptiness yeah
they can see but I understand there is a
memorial there is and you know I'd love
to take you down to it it's right across
the causeway that would be fine
what happened I was surprised how little
information there is about that incident
and thus I understand Lin's
frustration
makes it real you know the date is
interesting too in 1995 to commemorate
the two hundred year anniversary of the
Oak Island treasure hunt dan Blankenship
placed this memorial at the entrance to
the island he wanted to pay respect to
the six men who paid the ultimate price
while in pursuit of an incredible dream
to me in a small way it personalizes the
story of Oak Island and it brings us
some closure
for her it was personal and just as
important as what we're trying to do and
I felt a little emotional connection to
that
it's important to her thus we'll make it
important to us it's not over yet I
commit to you that we will pursue this
that's excellent
well I didn't ever think I'd see it but
I'm glad to see this this is nice we
hope that we can change when it says the
oak island quest will be the Oak Island
solution and we will pursue trying to
figure out what really happened I'm in
trouble me from my forebears work you
know I've been lost and in a pit on a
strange Island I'd want answers to and I
want to thank you all for coming
we're the ones that are pre-shared truly
I get a hug
I truly appreciate everything that
you've done to help us to at least
anticipate an answer we'll do our very
best
you
John our you are indeed a sight for sore
eyes
well you know this is a fascinating dive
project it's right up our alley
challenging renowned diver John
Chatterton along with his business
partner and dive supervisor Howard
Ehrenburg have finally arrived on Oak
Island if anybody can get us answers to
the long sought-after question of what's
in the bottom of 10x we believe that you
guys are gonna be able to do it for us
putting a dive together like this is
literally like solving a puzzle it's not
if we can do it it's how do we do it
that I like to hear but it's the truth
is it's it's how and you know from our
collective experience we've got the
experience we've got the equipment we've
got the education we've got the right
guys right team and we're gonna get down
there
those are the best words we've heard in
a long time right David yep
with over 30 years of experience as a
commercial rat diver working in deep and
confined underwater structures John
chatter dense determination to explore
the unknown has taken him to some of the
most famous and infamous shipwrecks in
the world from the Britannic to the
Lusitania the Andrea Doria and even the
Titanic
giving all our difficulties and our
trials and tribulations with 10x to this
point it's been difficult to say the
least and now with John Chatterton and
his team arriving one thing comes to
mind they exude confidence this is our
war room here's where you've got
questions we've got answers awesome if
this is gonna get done they're gonna do
it
hi I'm Jack Jack how you doing I don't
think we've ever had that confidence
level David you want to get Marty Craig
as the team prepares to review scanning
sonar data obtained from the underground
chamber at the bottom of 10x Marty
lagina and Craig tester join the meeting
via videoconference from their offices
in Traverse City Michigan respectively
John Chatterton our Nierenberg how you
doing guys you know why we're here
God's gonna happen tomorrow we wanted to
come out there but I understand the
weather isn't cooperating - well it's
was the deteriorate is that right well
according to the weatherman it's the
most rain he's there and wind he's ever
forecast that doesn't sound good flying
weather
no it's gonna be bad but they don't care
as a matter of fact I like it when the
surface weather is a little bit
challenging because I feel like I'm
getting away with something know what
we're doing
we're gonna we're gonna make it happen
that is exciting as well I mean that was
our goal for this year was to get to the
bottom of that bloody 10x and see what
is in that chamber I mean there's a
chamber there for sure it has things in
it for sure but we just don't know what
they are
Jack can you bring up some of these
sonar image yeah
so we're gonna start out with the
wireframe model that Brian Abbott made
oh wow that's awesome in order to help
John Chatterton familiarize himself with
the bottom of 10x the team is reviewing
the scanning sonar data collected
earlier this year it indicates were
possible tunnels to vertical wooden
posts a treasure chest and even human
remains lied 235 feet underground this
is really valuable information and
obviously we can prioritize what's
important to you guys but so far we
haven't seen anything that makes us feel
anything but there was no sense of well
this may get done it may not get done
you know there an issue may come up
there was none of that
you're obviously probably the most
accomplished diver in the world but I
mean I've nothing like what you're doing
but I mean that the 27-inch hole where
the drill bar stuck in it is okay with
you although John chatter net is
confident that he will be able to make
his way to the bottom of 10x
through the narrow 27-inch wide shaft it
remains to be seen if the 20-foot drill
bar that is wedged inside might prove to
be a dangerous and impassable
obstruction
I have pipes I have I've had to navigate
past butterfly valves and this is a
relatively modest depth yes we're gonna
use umbilicals hot water I'm gonna go
into the chamber we're gonna have
another diver in water it's a tender you
know I'm gonna be wearing steel-toed
boots and if I have to move around on
the bottom I'm literally gonna be
walking around
to ensure that he will have as much
maneuverability as possible John will be
diving in only a wetsuit it will be
fitted with an umbilical hose that will
continuously pump hot water through the
suit in order to keep him reasonably
warm in the otherwise Bridget 40 degree
water both John and his fellow diver
Mike hunt Lou will also be wearing Kirby
Morgan helmets which will be able to
feed them a combination of oxygen
nitrogen and helium also known as trimix
the helmets are also equipped with live
voice and video feeds all of which will
be monitored by Howard Arenberg at the
surface how long can you stay down with
that we got a lot of Howard quits
pumping Howard quits pumping gas down to
me then I will come up but you should be
able to walk around and investigate the
bottom kind of fully oh absolutely
absolutely and I found that the room
exuded in confidence it was look here's
the guy finally who's gonna do what we
need done it's that simple we are
holding our breath though that just
patient let's get her done yeah
see you guys
let's do this thing
in spite of rain and the threat of a
possible hurricane for Rick Marty and
their partners today may go down as one
of the most exciting and memorable they
have had all summer sorry for the bad
weather everything's going good
everything's going to and splat in spite
of the weather
in John Chatterton they believed they
have finally found the diver who can
reach the bottom of borehole 10-x the
reason why today is hold such promises
simply because of the skill set and the
capabilities of John and his team hours
to dive supervisor he's gonna be
coordinating everything if anybody has a
question he's the guy to go to
and Howard will be in communication with
me okay so plan for with dive today he's
gonna get in the basket we're gonna
lower the basket to a water depth of 40
feet assisting John Chatterton
inside 10x we'll be safety diver Mike
Conley and both will be able to have
full communication with dive supervisor
Howard Ehrenberg who will remain at the
surface
as John makes his way down he will enter
the eight-foot-wide portion of the shaft
feet first Mike will then follow him to
the 181 foot level where he will remain
while John continues his descent through
the narrow 27-inch portion of the shaft
if John should encounter any
difficulties or dangerous obstructions
like the 20 foot drill bar that is
wedged at the 204 foot level Mike will
be ready to help him who is the guy
who's gonna be safe you're gonna be okay
the window I'll give you crap I'll give
you signals to take the basket up and
then stop and yeah okay anybody have any
questions no if we got any problems
we'll we'll solve them on the fly and
and that's it
I'd say let's get wet but we're already
way
when you talk to John is a gleam in his
eye and it's he wants to go down to the
bottom he's gonna go to bottom
he's not overconfident but he's
confident he knows what he can do
okay here we go
good
we're ready as a final precaution should
something go wrong with John's surface
air supply he will be carrying with him
a single emergency air tank attached to
his waist
copy that because Marty and Craig tester
cannot be there in person they will be
able to monitor the diver via
videoconference
you guys look a lot warmer than we do
beautiful care look we wouldn't have
started on this journey without my
brother so having him there released on
the television screen of course it's
important I mean that that's what this
is about
and I'm sure I know that he wishes he
were here are you in the water right now
okay
okay standby I'll stop I'll stop
confirmed
perfect okay when you step
onto the ladder I'm gonna fire on your
light okay John to guide himself down a
181 foot portion of the shaft John
Chapman is using the ladder installed
nearly 30 years ago by Dan and Dave
Blankenship although it is rusted due to
decades of exposure to the frigid salt
waters of the North Atlantic it should
still be strong enough for today's
descent right okay is the visibility
less than zero John yeah I think we can
kind of see it
opening so that's good he's like right
on schedule what's your death John
alright we're gonna switch gas now
okay
proceed then
inside the rock
you
you're in the rock copy world renowned
diver John Chatterton is now deep inside
or halt annex he has just entered the
narrow 27-inch hole and is about to make
his way to what could be a man-made
treasure chamber 235 feet deep
underground yes he's dropping down
through the anhydrate right now and you
can see the rock at a depth of 204 feet
beneath the surface John Chatterton has
encountered the drill bar that is
remained wedged inside the narrow
27-inch wide shaft
you should have some
slack be trying to run the host past the
drill bar
he's got quite a bit of slack in the
water right now getting past the 20 foot
drill bar is proving to be more
difficult than John chattered and
expected if he can't move his body
around it the dive is over
suddenly the team's worst fears have
become realized John Chatterton's
breathing and communications apparatus
have become caught on the drill bar if
his air cable breaks John could find
himself in deadly danger
we did
when you hear the word stuck over that a
diver a hundred and two hundred feet
below the surface of course it strikes a
court might the drill bar have dislodged
might it be in a very precarious
position nothing I can do but pray
why is free diver one are you able to
make it past that and continue down the
the opening by staying focused and
maneuvering his body carefully John
Chatterton has managed to move past the
drill bar and continuous journey down
the narrow 27-inch wide Chou fiber to if
you just want to stand by right there in
case John gets snagged again
Rick Marty
Craig and their partners could be just
minutes away from finding out if what
dan Blankenship has believed for 40
years is true the 10x really does
contain man-made tunnels wooden posts a
wooden chest human remains and quite
possibly the ultimate answer to what
happened on Oak Island centuries ago
now you're sure you're at the bottom of
that you're in the chambers what you're
saying
next time on the curse of Oak Island
what tunnel that humans were
we found it it blows the whole thing
wide open picked it up it was heavy
here we go we had to explore the boy so
we brought in of specialists
that right there I'm gonna looks
metallic if you're going to color