The Curse of Oak Island: A Groundbreaking Core Sample at The Money Pit (Season 6) | History

NARRATATOR: Rickck Lagina,a, e
Blankensnship, Chaharles Barark,
and DoDoug Crowewell headd
to t the Moneyey Pit arerea
wherere the teteam fromm
Choicece Drillining
hahas begun n a new
coringng operatition.
It’t’s excititing thinknkig
about whwhether wewe’re going
toto find a a debris f field t.
Youou know, I I’m
prpretty mucuch absolulutey
convininced thatat it is a a t.
The t tunnel leleading
from Shahaft Six??
It’s asas good aa
chanance at SiSix as we’e’e
encoununtered upup until n n.
NANARRATOR: : In an atattempt td
the bobooby trapaps that t thwd
effoforts to d dig deepeper n
into t the origiginal Moneney,
in 1861,1, a team m of
treaeasure hununters
dug a sesecond shahaft somee
18 f feet westst of it..
ThThey hopeded that byby digg
deep d down in d dry grounud
and ththen diggiging backk
towaward the M Money Pitit
anand under r the
treasurere vault t they
could susuccessfulully retrire
whateverer lies hihidden theh.
Unfortrtunately y at a depeptf
118 fefeet and j just one e t
shy ofof their t target thte
tutunnel, knknown as S Shaft ,
susuddenly f filled wiwith sea.
Shortly y thereaftfter, a
numberer of thununderous c crs
werere heard d deep undedergr,
leadading the e workerss
to spepeculate t that
ththe tons o of wood
cribbibing in ththe originil
Moneney Pit hahad collapapsd
anand that i its
trtreasure m must now w lay
scscattered d across a a mase
flooooded debrbris fieldld.
Three e weeks agago, whilee
searchching for r possiblele tu,
the e Oak Islaland teamm
made a a discovevery
at a depepth of 10109 feet–
T That’s wowood.
NANARRATOR: : –a discscovey
that s suggesteded
they hadad locateded shaft s .
Thahat’s the e edge
ofof your titimber.
Yeaeah.
G Good mornrning.
Mororning.
And i it shouldld
be a a good momorning.
Yeah,h, let’s h hope, foror .
NARRATATOR: If t the team m n
veverify thahat the wowood theyd
came f from Shafaft Six, t they
be cloloser thanan ever toto log
ththe origininal Moneyey
Pit t and hopepefully
an undererground
debrisis field l litteredd
with i incrediblble
artitifacts anand treasusur.
Using a a specialilized sonic
drdrilling r rig whichch genes
powerfulul vibratitions to p pue
eartrth and otother obststac,
the teteam willl
extrtract corere sampleses
at interervals of f 10 feet.
The e spoils w will thenen e
collecteted into p plastic s ss
to be cacarefully y searched
for anany importrtant clueus
or valaluable obobjects.
What t are we a at, 118??
Yeah
1 118, Chararles.
11818.
This s is the c criticall
one riright herere.
Show w me the m money.
T That’s a a piece ofof wo.
There’s s a piece e of wood.
Oh.
It’s somomewhat vevertical..
Ah.
Check t that out.t.
T That’s wowood.
Hey, R Rick?
Yeah?h?
Comome take a a look atat t.
Well?l?
I hohope you g got good d ne.
A b big piecece of woodod.
Verticacal too.
We’ve m must haveve
clipipped the e edge–
justst the edgdge of a t tun.
Say, ththere’s yoyour tunne.
Six..
That’s’s it, Sixix.
Thahat’s the e saving
grace e of the h hole.
Yeaeah.
NANARRATOR: : Findingg
whatat the teaeam believevs
to b be the wewestern-momot
ededge of ShShaft Sixx
has s offered d a
mumuch-welcocome breakakthro.
It s suggests s that by y contg
toto drill e east of t the se
ththey will l be ablee
to f follow ththe tunnelel
to thehe Money P Pit’s
prprecise lolocation
apprproximatelely 18 feeeet a.
T Today wasas a goodd
day y on Oak I Island.
ItIt’s obvioious that t its
the end d of a beaeam.
So we’e’re in aa
tunnnnel, and d I’m veryry
excited d to exploloit this s .
I’m m happy wewe found
evidenence of a a tunnel
at a a proper r depth,
which cocorrelateses
to t the previvious holele.
Wellll, now wewe have ththre
dadata sets s that indndicae
therere is indndeed a tutunnel .
ThThis needsds to be i investi.
Which m means we e got to go
backck and scrcrutinize e wt
gegeo tech t there is s arod
where e this suguggests
ththe Money y Pit woululd s.
It supppports fururther
investigigation.
So it wawas a goodod day.
T This was s a a win n tod.