The Curse of Oak Island (2014) s04e10 Episode Script

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tonight on the curse of Oak Island
we have hits in the cavity in the money pit
doesn't get any better than that
how many hits does he have three days
this is a nygma
the face is pointing at Oak Island
have financial constraints at this point
we need to make a decision today
there is an island in the North Atlantic
where people have been looking for an
incredible treasure for more than 200
years so far they have found bits of
gold chain a stone slab with strange
symbols carved into it even a 17th
century Spanish coin to date six men
have died trying to solve the mystery
and according to legend one more will
have to die before the treasure can be
found
hey Mike John just got here Etan what
you felt for brothers Rick and Marty
lagina every day on Oak Island is a day
that could forever change their lives
and so far today has proven to be no
exception this is a different head once
again they have brought a claim divers
John Chatterton and Mike Conley along
with John's diving partner
Howard Ehrenberg back to the island this
time to explore a mysterious cavern that
lies at the bottom of borehole c1 some
170 feet deep beneath the area known as
the money pit how many hits
does he have it sounds like three the
streets three hits yeah
here we go it was at this same location
that Rick lagina and Island historian
Charles Barkhouse first discovered
evidence of a shiny gold colored object
which appeared to be embedded in the
walls of the cavern the Ellison sir gold
color did sense that Rick Marty and the
team have increased the width of the
borehole to 40 inches and lined it with
a series of one and a quarter inch thick
steel caissons they have also attempted
to excavate the bottom of the cavity by
means of a three-ton immigrant tool
unfortunately the debris collected did
not contain evidence of the mysterious
metallic object prompting Rick and Marty
to invite John Chatterton and his team
to make a more thorough investigation
let me ask you this could you've been
picking up the casing
another hit could divert Mike Huntley
have finally located the mysterious
golden object if so could it be part of
the mysterious Oak Island treasure that
people have been searching for and dying
for for more than two centuries the
world on the edge of our seats it's
exciting
we have hits in the cavity in the money
pit doesn't get any better than that the
differentiating factor is you know it
could be natural geology or it could be
man that heard made us look at the
matter man-made was oh man they would be
great game changer you can find some
real tripping down there
game changer game changer absolutely
yeah I mean I think at this point we got
to bring up whatever said you know let
me just say this how do you walk away
from that you want to go back down no
but I came to you know he wants
oh yeah right hey Mike yeah I think it's
time for you to come home
unfortunately
for the team
Mike Huntley has nearly exhausted his
available time at the bottom of c1 in
order to prevent potentially deadly
decompression sickness he will now need
to begin a slow and steady a sentiment
to the surface there's a shiny gold
thing down there if anybody's gonna find
it John chattering in an hour
Aaron Berger gonna find it so Bravo
tango might be forthcoming all right
take care
faster after a period of some 60 minutes
my country has made it back safely and
rich Charles and the team are more eager
than ever to find out firsthand what he
encountered at the bottom of c1
hey you don't buddy called yes sorry
good so what's the situation great at
the bottom about here and that would be
here there's a smooth sort of law almost
like a stucco wall it's kind of smooth
and then I had two hard hits there it
was like we in the wall in the wall and
then you said two words round and curvy
with that smooth and sort of wavy of the
wall itself not an object no no sorry no
no just the wall itself and that's why
there's nothing from there for you to
grab and pull off here's the thing
you're freezing there are legitimate
metal hits in the cavity but there in
the wall we gotta take the hose out so
John can get it it's the typical Oak
Island rollercoaster ride first you're
on a high then you're on the low then
you back up
I just want to find one thing that tells
the story of Oak Island to the most
hardened skeptic for the Oak Island team
the next course of action is clear
Jon chattered and will make the next
dive one which should determine once and
for all if some sort of manmade metallic
object is really located somewhere deep
below the surface of the money pit where
is the focus of your search I'm working
on the wall
with the metal detector any of the floor
any of the hammer grab boy when I get
past the wall you know what every times
left over I'll work that that's that's
phase two of my let's go after two
previous attempts to locate the
mysterious gold colored object at the
bottom of borehole c1 a claim dimer John
Chatterton will now make a third dive
more than 170 feet beneath the surface
of the Oak Island money pit two things
need to happen they need to confirm that
these heads are real and hopefully they
can set eyes on target
well good John
any process we endeavor
to undertake on the island the hope
factors through the roof that the target
whatever it is is actually there
because the original or whole and Siwon
was only six inches wide the laginas
hired a team from irving equipment
limited to widen the hole to a width of
40 inches and didn't reinforce it with a
series of solid steel caissons
stretching all the way down to bedrock
at a depth of approximately 160 feet
then a massive 39 inch wide drill bit
was lowered into the hole in order to
make the remaining 11 feet wide enough
for a human diver
yes we can actually
see it now
copy that on the bottom
now you're trying to metal detecting the
place that Mike was metal detecting last
time the whole idea is to prove that the
Hope factor is real that we can
replicate the hit site that points a
matter of retrieval what are you saying
the previous dives into Siwon have
stirred up the clay silt in the cavern
just like John Chatterton's dive in 10x
last year his visibility at the bottom
of the shaft is now virtually zero looks
like you're in a cloud
I turn the light up does that help or
hurt
there's no question that it's difficult
for John to have a complete and thorough
understanding of or might got the hits
not sure yeah not sure I'm frustrated
because I'm sitting on a bench when
somebody else is in active search mode
if you will it's frustrating
are you picking something up John with
this allotted time running out John
Chatterton spends the next several
minutes exploring the ceiling and walls
of the underwater cave with the metal
detector one hand he's not found it yet
on the other hand he's not covered the
whole cavity
Island once again be up to its old
tricks tantalizing treasure hunters with
promises of gold and riches only to have
important clues and evidence
mysteriously disappear three years ago
just after finding a 17th century
Spanish coin in the Oak Island swamp
diver Tony Sampson detected a number of
underwater metal targets only to have
them vanish
moments later two-thirds of the way down
and I did a test on my ring yeah and it
says the same sort of sound obviously go
slack the diver three foot the absence
of any heads on John and Chatterton's
metal detector has the team deeply
puzzled do you feel like the business
getting any better worse or staying the
same
could the thick clouds of sediment
kicked up from the two previous dives
now be preventing John Chatterton from
receiving the same signals Mike Huntley
was getting less than two hours ago or
could the cause be something even more
bizarre is it possible there is some
sort of mysterious energy at the bottom
of the sea one shaft the same energy
that has caused many of the electronic
equipment failures that have plagued Oak
Island treasure hunters for more than a
century that's certainly one thing about
the island electronic stuff seems to
fail like crazy just seems to the answer
is simple its Oak Island we see it all
the time yeah but I mean are you willing
to say that there's a really a curse but
there's really something here that
causes things that malfunction things
don't work here that's us that's where I
end up and things don't work here not as
advertised hey just so you know we're at
30 minutes
John Chatterton allotted time under
water has now expired he must return to
the surface having found no trace of the
metal targets reported earlier today by
fellow diver Mike Huntley
although the situation offers bitter
disappointment to the Oak Island team
Rick lagina refuses to be anything but
optimistic it's disappointing that John
is not gotten any hits from the metal
detector but you don't put the cart
before the horse on Oak Island I'm not
gonna prejudge whether or not this dive
is successful tell you what let me get
warm Marty and Craig are coming in we go
to the war room would sit on we talked
about it not only what we've learned but
where the possibilities may lead makes
sense yep awesome did you get warm
after a long day of both excitement and
uncertainty at the Oak Island money pit
nothing but good news right knowledge is
good knowledge is good brothers Rick and
Marty lagina along with Craig tester and
Dave Blankenship have gathered in the
war rooms for a final debriefing of the
dive operation at borehole Siwan now
that we're all on the table you know the
issue at hand of course is what happened
didn't see one I would like to think we
got lots of answers when we looked at
our objectives for this I think number
one was naturally man that yes and
number two was shiny gold object
when you did have some visibility you
think you've exploited a hundred percent
with the exclusion of the clay on the
bottom I would say we're probably 90% on
the walls and the ceiling yeah I would
agree with that it's a good number this
is from above looking down this is our
40 inch caisson we've got a wall that
comes around here and I would say around
1:00 o'clock we've got a fissure that
runs back something like that when you
first mentioned the fissure I thought it
was only like a crack but you're saying
extended the hole it's irregular but you
know like I could have my arm in there
from the top down for the bottom this
then comes across down to about here but
it's over huh and over here we've got
the smooth wall the section where Mike
had the possible hits and then over here
we're up high
we've got an opening that runs back here
but it's kind of like that and that it's
not a straight shot it's very irregular
and no sense of how wide open that is
after that second obstruction no
done and here we've got a funnel here
underneath this from the grab we've got
another little overhang here and
underneath it you've got rock on one
side rock on the other side and you have
clay and it basically runs as far down
into the bottom as there is clay on the
bottom so this here is not more than two
feet wide this way so I'm like when you
got those hits and you were extremely
excited what were you doing I was
standing in where the hammer grab was
that's what I was used to try to
maintain my stability that kept getting
hits in the same spot which kept trying
to extend my arm and go slowly back and
forth in a cross position to try to
replicate those hits I feel pretty good
about the survey that we did on the
walls up into the over chances of it
being man-made
chances of it being man-made very small
same small small chance in the war room
Mike Huntley and John Chatterton are
reporting on the dives they each
performed earlier that day down to the
bottom of the sea one shaft they went in
there they metal detected they tried to
repeat the metal detection they probed
right so typical Oak Island you know I
mean it's just so damn typical we don't
know where this shiny gold object was
was it in wall the ceiling but I was
hoping need to get some hits in the
floor of the cavity it really was is it
possible that by widening the hole and
then digging with a three-ton hammer
grab tool the strange metallic object
became dislodged and now lies buried at
the bottom of c1 beneath several feet of
clay sediment it begs the question what
else can we do given that we still
believe that that is something if you
can flush that chamber out get better
visibility in it this is a visual image
that you're chasing do it in a visual
way we've got this conduit a human-sized
2 conduit down into that chamber are we
done with that wall I don't know we
might have another go at it
for Rick Marty and the team until the
sediment in c1 settles sufficiently and
visibility is restored it is pointless
to have John Chatterton
or Mike on
continue diving
the shiny gold colored object that the
team photographed last year will have to
remain a mystery at least for the time
being in this moment we can't say thank
you enough it's been a real honor to be
be part of this I'm being right back out
here on that one we appreciate the
effort then we may be calling you back
thank you very much that job well done
in my mind they see one hole was really
conclusive in the sense that we're not
done there I agree you know we have to
again don't give up you know keep going
till you get an answer and we don't have
that answer yet
Terry Deveau contacted me and he wants
us to come out to the Peggy's Cove area
and take a look at a very interesting
Rock he's found heart he didn't give me
too many details he just said these he's
quite excited about it
after being bitterly disappointed by the
lack of a breakthrough at borehole Siwan
Rick lagina has agreed to join area
historian Charles Barkhouse on a trip
which will take them some fifty miles
east of Oak Island to an area known as
Peggy's Cove they have been invited
there by fellow researcher Terry Duvall
who believes he has made an important
discovery
Terry how you been oh yeah good to see
you again so I really want to show you
this stone that I think could be pretty
important now this is a stone that is
not widely known myself and a few other
people as far as I know are the only
ones who know about it so this is
something new for you guys to to take in
well if it's half as intriguing is you
know what you showed us last year
I'm on board one year ago
Terry Duvall invited Rick Marty Craig
tester and Dave Blankenship to the town
up Overton some 144 miles west of Oak
Island
there he showed them an incredible
series of carvings which are believed to
be hundreds of years old you have the
cross with the circle that obviously is
a Christian symbol that is quite
remarkable and the synthetic Templar
cross could Terry have found another
important clue one that connects Peggy's
Cove to the Oak Island mystery several
miles away so Terry when exactly did you
discover this stone yeah about four
years ago just scouring the area around
here looking for any walls or
foundations or always on the lookout for
petroglyphs you don't find them very
often so when I notice that this
particular stone had been worked as
opposed to just being a purely natural
boulder now obviously that really caught
my attention
in recent years Rick Marty and the team
have found a number of strange and
potentially significant stone carvings
both on and around Oh Kyler's from New
Ross to the Bedford Barrens is it
possible that a number of these carvings
were deliberately created to form a
series of clues clues that would help
solve the Oak Island mystery
do you think you see the features
definitely features see where the most
the nose and in the faces this way it
faces out to see yeah I'm also intrigued
by you think that that was manipulated
into that position because I see little
rocks under exactly yeah doesn't look
like there are some shims under there
that were put down to make sure it
stayed in that configuration and there
are some modifications to the outline to
make the facial features more prominent
there was a face on it and a carved face
when you first look at it there's
definite shape dude there's something
that says well that's strange-looking
get a closer you look at the things that
teri points out then you your mind opens
up to the possibilities
if you look carefully there's a
difference in texture from this surface
to this surface it's rougher which means
it's younger maybe if you look here yeah
this has been hacked off right to make
the shape better - and it's not here
though it even here I mean these
surfaces appear to be natural weathering
the result of glaciation but these
surfaces look like they've been
subsequently worked what else could have
subsequently shaped it other than the
hand of man near Peggy's Cove some 50
miles from Oak Island stone carving
expert Terry Duvall has just shown Rick
lagina and charles barkhouse a giant
boulder which he believes has been
carved to resemble a human head
Terry we have a headstone on Oak Island
- oh that's right at the center of the
animal and cross yes
in 1981 while surveying his property
near the center of the island Oak Island
treasure hunter Fred Nolan discovered
five large cone-shaped boulders that
formed a megalithic perfectly
symmetrical cross
believing there could be something of
great value buried at the center
Fred dug down several feet where he came
upon a sick Boulder but this one instead
of being round like the others what's
different because this one appeared to
be carved into the shape of a human face
it's the same thing you know not from
every perspective because it's laying
flat right now but I think if it were
standing up like this surely there were
similarities kind of a rough carving
outlined the provenance of the nose and
the nasal features and the mouth yeah
and in the eye socket you know where it
would be when mr. Nolan found it it was
actually buried right at Oak Island
there is of course no one's cross kind
of the same angularity to it are they
similar perhaps I might there be a
connection perhaps but it's curious like
everything Oak Island unfortunately one
of the first things that came to mind
when I first saw this as far as I can
tell this is a magma relic but not only
that I mean we know that the MiG MA were
very active in this area the McMunn also
known as the First Nation people are the
original native inhabitants of Nova
Scotia although much of their actual
history is unknown it is widely
documented that they began trading
various goods including fish and furs
with European explorers as far back as
the 15th century
the features of the face to me jump out
as a mig moss style of feature that you
will see and make my art even today now
for me
these distinctly big ma features
absolutely look like a depiction of the
magma god cusco do you mean Prince Henry
Sinclair Prince Henry Sinclair the
Templar Knight who many believed came to
Nova Scotia nearly 100 years before
Christopher Columbus discovered the new
world in 1492 according to the folklore
of the mikveh people in 1398 a
mysterious white traveler arrived on the
shores of Nova Scotia along with an army
of men and large sailing ships
after proofing that he meant them no
harm the stranger taught the McMunn new
waste of fish and navigate the
surrounding waters in time the Mick ma
came to worship this mysterious visitor
as a God and gave him the name Glooscap
over the years many theorists have
speculated that Henry Sinclair came to
Nova Scotia on a Templar mission to hide
priceless religious treasures rescued
from the Holy Land
including the Ark of the Covenant and
the golden menorah of King Solomon
could this large stone carving really be
a depiction of Prince Henry Sinclair and
if so might it connect to the mysterious
face found at the center of Nolan's
cross some 50 miles away I have long
believed that Glooscap was a
representation of Prince Henry Sinclair
and of course Prince Henry Sinclair has
ties to the Templars Templars of course
tied to many theories suggest that they
have a connection to Oak Island so my
ears perked up at that mention of that I
think I truly believe there's a marathon
connection here yeah that's the
orientation of it how it's set up on a
high prominent point you know as it was
there some islands some Bay some land
landing some area that this allowed
peoples the big muff to sail to what we
should do is take a bearing on the
direction that the face is pointing you
know you've been very convincing about
the Glooscap but I still have this you
know maybe it's a reach but I still want
to know the orientation of Mahone Bay to
Samara grits Bay and how this is
oriented in that relation
so I would say that the face is pointing
pretty much due west yeah with within
about five degrees of due west so it's
pointing in your direction right is it
possible that the carved Boulder at
Peggy's Cove was deliberately positioned
so that it would point in the direction
of Oak Island and if so does it provide
additional evidence that the Knights
Templar really did hide a secret
treasure there several centuries ago you
know might it be a bit of a stretch yes
but there's so many unknowns and that's
part of what you're trying to do is
uncover history yes the unknown history
leave no stone unturned this is as much
information hunters treasure hunt the
information hunt perhaps will get you to
the treasure hunt and indeed the
treasure the mystery the story of Oak
Island military look I congratulate you
on your fine it said it's intriguing as
always the amount of work you've
dedicated to the pursuit of for either
revisiting history or changing history
you're to be applauded but the damning
part of it is if I may say so is you've
just given us more questions always more
questions what right records to pleasure
I can't judge you're able to come visit
our stone here this egon thanks Charles
after a year that has seen breakthroughs
in the swamp
maybe a ship's plank and on property
that was once owned by former American
slaves Samuel ball I think this is an
encampment this is quite a haul Wow 1700
that changes a lot the laginas and their
partners are frustrated that their
enormous engineering efforts in the
money pit area have not produced similar
results we need to get Craig Craig we
got some big decisions to make you know
we're kind of up against it now there's
only so much in the budget and there's a
couple competing projects in an effort
to regain momentum and make the most of
this summer's rapidly shrinking
operating budget the laginas have
invited their partners Craig tester and
Dan and Dave Blankenship to join them in
the war room for an important meeting
the core of this meeting really is that
we have financial constraints at this
point and the decision to be made really
is where do we go from here there's only
so much money there's only so much that
we can do and the two looming things
that should be done are jetting 10x
which we've talked about many times and
digging a third hole in the money pit
and it's gonna be tough to decide what
we do we have the gear we have Irving up
at the money pit and we have to make a
decision today 10x
when you say 10x what do you mean by
that blow the water out of it
airlift it all out see what's down there
and if it doesn't collapse then we go
down there and see what is down there
okay but as I understand it even the
airlift 10x is relatively the same cost
it's digging this next hole in the money
pit where we gonna put it we've got no
data no hard evidence on should put it
let's go wrong the table for me its
tenants wait a minute wait a minute
you're saying if it's got to be one or
the other you want to take the remaining
budget and go to 10x with it I want
answers in 10x this year right right
I've always had a desire to do what my
brother says put an X through things and
we still have ambiguity in 10x after all
kinds of attempts
perhaps this will decide once and for
all yay or nay
I got an objection of that Rick because
we will never ever be able to dig as
cheap as we can right now with all that
equipment mobilized up there you Craig
you want to weigh in on that I'm
definitely for the money pit to do it
sometime in the future it's just really
high cost you know I just think about
one more in the money pit and hold off
on 10x if one has to be sacrificed I
don't think we can give up the
opportunity to dig yeah I see you
dilemma you're damned if you do and
you're damned if you don't
right but if there has to be a
sacrificial lamb I'd rather give up 10x
yeah
hey Dan you've never lost faith in 10x
have you you believe it's there's
something there
I believe what I see I believe what I
can look at I believe in what can be
analyzed you saw that what came out of
10x and in my opinion I would stay in
connection because I mean that that's
where the actual tangible evidence came
from that if we sent away and had sister
and you also know by this time that
basically what I think theirs is that
the original site of the so-called money
pit has been lost over the years the
money pit area is the crapshoot it's a
real crapshoot I understand that by like
NX do you have to honor people's
position in the hunt but I think a lot
of these decisions over here are
emotional we coach them in terms of
logic I'd like to think that I apply
logic but you know I'm probably as
emotional as anybody else in my own way
and and the decisions are combination of
logic and emotion hell it's like Star
Trek all over again I agree we need to
make a decision today and that's that's
that's difficult given our uncertainties
here and our differences in terms of
what the agenda well that's where I'm in
one way I'm gonna offer up something
myself and you're gonna be surprised
find myself somewhat outvoted at this
point I which is very unusual it is kind
of in a meeting in the oak island war
room Rick Marty and their partners find
themselves at logistical crossroads
having already exhausted most of their
finances for the year they are
struggling to come to an agreement on
whether to dig a third large hole in the
money pit or return to their exploration
of borehole 10-x how close are we
budget-wise are we close the optimist in
me says we could do both that's what the
optimist says but we may not be able to
have our cake and eat it too
we might have to reach in our pockets a
little further yeah
you know what here's what I think
basically if I was searching my soul at
this point in the end I'm gonna decide
it because of Dan because I respect him
he wants to do 10x we owe it to him
right I don't want I say oh hell let's
go for broke
let's do them both even though we don't
really have the budget let's do them
both hey shake the dice as you know one
condition
oh here we go now first we airlift
airlift the hell out of it before before
we put a person in there nicely with you
you're with me I'm with him I think we
should do it what do you say Craig if we
keep the cost reasonable you know
hopefully the airlift gets rid of the
dough you know we come up with anything
that I mean anything a hinge of a strap
piece of gold that right shiny stuff
then yeah then it justifies the risk in
the trains and everything else yes great
yeah okay
I'm relieved you know I mean we were it
was agony really trying to decide what
to do but you know what by god
we're here to try and get something done
this year and what the heck we're going
for broke we'll get them both done all I
have to do is do this
and we're here too we're here to solve
it okay it sounds like we've rallied to
a consensus yep okay the Fellowship of
The Dig goes for broke that we're gonna
finally break Oak Island
now Scott yeah that didn't take much
just as if another year had begun the
laginas and their partners are once
again re-energized and rededicated to
solving a 221 year old mystery that's
quite impressive today's operations will
begin at borehole 10-x where with the
help of the crew from urban equipment
limited the team will use an airlift
system to pump hundreds of pounds of
sediment and hopefully evidence of
treasure from 235 feet underground
you're only a step or two away from
starting up go up there and talk with
Andrew see where they're at open there
and swing
hey mornin mornin how are you boys
good good yeah just the one there yes
the air lifts in the hole there now so
far so good we just got to make this
connection to the cyclone here now once
that's done we'll start thinkin
bressler's and start drawing some water
I think airlift is an appropriate agenda
if you won't mr. Blankenship has long
advocated that position there sediment
in the bottom of 10x and that's why we
don't have visuals on objects on the
floor which he believes are there mr.
Blankenship deserves this opportunity so
we have to find something good good so
what do you think that's a message you
got it's not like anything I have read I
guarantee you so we lowered the pipe
down in the cavity today never felt any
resistance whatsoever so once we turn on
the air compressors the air will go down
it'll force its way back up its gonna
draw the water and the spoils it's all
gonna come out through that black hose
into the yellow cyclone and then from
there we got these two pumps right here
that's gonna draw the water back into
10x well with your permission we'll turn
it on right now we'll see what happens
okay all right you guys good to go yep
all right thanks Andrew thank you good
luck to all of us amen amen
all right
this is exciting yes because if
something comes up from this airlift
that we hold in our hands some man-made
object whether it's a coin and implement
a tool part of the chest
something that screams further
investigation at that point I am
absolutely 100% committed to drawing it
up and going down
with the airlift operation at 10x and
the promise of a third major excavation
at the money pit to soon follow Rick
Marty and the team are more determined
than ever to solve the Oak Island
mystery
what will their latest go-for-broke
strategy pay off with the discovery of a
vast treasure or will the island manage
to keep its secrets hidden one fact is
certain
a mystery that is so far claimed six
lives will not be solved without a
sacrifice
next time on the curse of Oak Island in
that dumpster there's something that
comes from the law we'll find it
that's a phone dan believes that there
is a body going there we're back
in ten arcs we know that FDR was
interested in the treasure hunt here on
Oak Island we will define the
president's personal file to guess what
I found in that folder that's remarkable