The Curse of Oak Island: MYSTERIOUS WOODEN VAULT UNEARTHED (Season 4) | History

WOMAN: Looks like
there’s wood in that one.
Yeah.
Yeah, I think it is.
I think so.

NARRATOR: Has the steel caisson
finally reached its target
and locate the mysterious
wooden structure
Rick Lagina and Craig Tester
discovered two years ago?
When that hammer grab
gets past the casing,
all eyes are on that target.
I think everybody’s
going, oh my goodness,
because you can see the
wood coming off of it.
There it is.
It’s right there.
I’ll be damned.
Look at that.
Wood.
We got wood.
We got wood.
It’s within a foot of
where we believed it to be,
where the historical
record says it should be.
And there’s wood.
So the wood is
right on schedule.
Did anybody doubt it?
Never for a minute.
Yes, it’s exciting.
But I want to be absolutely
certain we’ve hit the vault.
I’m positive at this point
we’ve hit what we could,
whatever that is.
We’re about to find out
if it’s the vault or not.
OK.
Let’s dig.

We want to keep digging now?
Yes.
We found it.
Let’s dig it up.
Well, we have to be very
careful at this point.
No we don’t.
We need that thing
back in the hole.
Look, it’s already
been breached.
We know it’s been breached
with drill holes several times.
I know that.
We’re not going
to wreck anything.
It’s been breached.
At this point, I’d like an
all stop moment because I do not
want to blow into this thing.
I believe in my heart
of hearts that there’s
something that is very
significant, historically
and archaeologically.
And I think we need
to take a deep breath,
a long deep breath.
It’s all elementary
is my point.
I’m not expecting to enter,
like, a nice, pristine cave.
Are you?
Yeah, don’t want
to be a smart ass.
We need clarity.
Right now, we
don’t have clarity.
We need to proceed slowly.

Let’s just quit, then.
Right now, we
fall into two camps.
Should we aggressively
excavate this thing?
Or shall we try and
be less invasive?
And it bears saying, this
is hideously expensive.
We have a lot of
equipment and people.
And they need to get paid
whether they’re running or not.
That’s the rub.
What do you think?
What do you need
to say all stop,
or go to a different method?
I think if you have
some definitive proof
that you’re sitting on cement.
I don’t think we got that.
There’s never
been a better time
to keep digging than right now.
You say.
It’s your call.

NARRATOR: After making a
discovery that they hope
will help solve the
Oak Island mystery,
brothers Rick and
Marty Lagina now find
themselves at a crossroads.
Should they use the giant
hammer grab to lift up whatever
lies within the wooden box?
Or should they wait
and explore the area
more cautiously, so that the
possible contents of the box
might remain intact?
What would you do?
You know the historical context.
You know how important this is.
You know, you have a sense.
It’s been breached
before, though.
You need to know that.
By an inch and a quarter more.
There’s no way there’s
an intact vault there.
I would suggest that
we push on it first
before we keep cutting
and see what it does,
see if it gives us
that resistance.
And if it does,
then we know we need
to look at other
options of excavating
out or protecting it.
You guys make that call.

Many people
disagree sometimes.
And Rick has a long history
of disagreeing with me.
But I learned a long time ago
that what Rick said is wise,
is smart, and that is to stop.
Don’t worry about the
expenses for a little bit.
Take a deep breath and think.
If you have to walk off
and be by yourself–
or with our group in our case–
and think it through,
that’s just smart.

My angst comes from where
it has always come from.
I think something
amazing happened here,
and that I don’t want
to just brute force it.
The wonderful thing
is that we have,
obviously, several options.
That’s where I’m at.
You know, we could
think about it.
OK.
I say we go and
kick this around.
Yeah.
Let’s go back and toggle it.
OK.
Let’s get it done.
All right.
I’m happy with that decision.
It’s an emotional
roller coaster.
And I try not to
let myself ride it.
But we do ride it because
we’re just humans.