The Curse of Oak Island: Mysterious Carvings on an Unnatural Stone (Season 6) | History

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It was just a stone by Y,
and it looks like these
some old etching on it.
Down here.
Yeah.
NARRATOR: Rick Lagina,
Tester, and Dan Henskeen,
gyroscope operator Tory M.
He has just informed them
of an unusual discovery
he made while assembling
his equipment near the
surrounding the money.
Yes, it’s just
over here, guys.
OK.
I wonder how long
that’s been there.
This is what caught my
really, this flat edge.
It seemed like this salt
looked like it was–
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It just doesn’t seem
natural to me anyway.
No.
I don’t know if it’s
anything of interest,
but just the way the light
was shining on it, I was,
that doesn’t look normal.
Figured it would be
worth mentioning, anyway.
Absolutely.
And we thank you.
That’s for sure.
Appreciate that, yeah.
You know, when Tory Man
called and he mentioned
that there was a strange
in close proximity to the
pit, well, that’s an
aha moment, right?
We had walked by that
stone many times,
and yet it took Tory,
the fellow from Reflex
who is doing the inclining
work in the money pit,
to notice it and to bring
it to our attention.
It brings back what Dan
Blankenship told us long.
Keep your eyes
open on Oak Island.
It’s hard to tell right,
but if you put water on it
and even you run
your hands along it,
but splash some water on it.
Definitely not natural.
It’s not actual
letters, is it?
No, it’s not in a way
that we would recognize
but almost like Roman numerals.
NARRATOR: Roman numerals,
the same kind of characters
that are carved on the
mysterious U-shaped structure
at Smith’s Cove?
Could this strange stone
found near the money
pit and the U-shaped
structure be connected?
When I first saw the
characters on the stone
below the money pit, I thought
they were Roman numerals.
Well, they’re very
linear-carved features,
straight lines if you will.
There’s not much curvature
to the orientation
of the characters.
You know, that’s interesting
but not definitive.
NARRATOR: After a day of
exciting new discoveries
at the money pit
and at Smith’s Cove,
Rick Lagina has asked
his brother Marty,
along with geologist
Terry Matheson,
to join him at the
Oak Island research
center where he has set
up a meeting with island
historian Paul Troutman.
Hi, Paul.
Good.
What you got here?
Good.
Who’s on your
operating table here?
The new stone that was
found near the money pit.
I know nothing about it.
So somebody explain this.
Tory told me about it,
but I haven’t seen it.
So that’s–
Tory brought me down
there, and, you know,
it was sitting by the well
and just in plain sight.
And, you know, the
first thing you notice
is this flat feature, then
these ridged areas.
Looks like a
metamorphosed greywacke.
And what is a greywacke?
What’s the composition?
It’s basically the
second-most common
boulder we found on the island.
Most of them are
rounded granites.
For Nova Scotia,
there’s all kinds of.
But, you know, upon
further inspection
we put some water
on there, and you’ll
see it looks like carving.
Come down here and look.
You see them?
I thought there were two.
There was an H there and
an H there, I thought.
Now they’re gone.
Well, right here, here,
here, here, here.
Do you think this
could be natural?
I mean, this one in
particular looks like it,
and then that looks like
it might be, maybe chipped.
It seems like it might be a
decorative piece at the end
of a building block.
But bottom line, not natural?
Man-made, right?
Yes, I would say.
On balance of evidence,
seems to be touched by man.
OK, well, here’s the thing.
Here’s the summary.
It’s odd.
It’s interesting.
It’s mysterious, and it’s
found near the money pit,
means we’ve got to check
it, which means, you know,
let’s find an expert in—
Languages.
—languages, carved
languages or whatever.
Ancient script.
Ancient script, things
are normally carved on stone.
Let’s see what it might be.
Alright, great guys.
Very cool.
Very cool.
Let’s keep finding stuff.
Let’s get back out
there and get to work.