Marty Lagina: TERRIFYING Discovery At Smith’s Cove!!

That’s the first tree stump that we found up in this ENT.
Yeah, yeah—we found two layers of trees over there.
There was another layer of trees underneath the top ones.
Mhm, so maybe it suggests that people cleared this section off.
Yep, that’s a big part.

Part two of the previous video is here.
As if that wasn’t bad enough, this bridge collapse was followed by a loud sound reminiscent of a massive crash.
This led the group working on this treasure hunting mission to speculate that the money had fallen in.
As a result, some—if not all—of that treasure may have been washed away by groundwater.
It reminds us of when the team drilled the exploratory hole about five weeks before meeting Toai.

With the exploratory hole at about 100 ft, the team soon realized they might have found evidence of a sixth shaft that had collapsed on the 18th side.
Before then, the team considered the possibilities that could present themselves to them if they just happened to find shaft six.
In a bid to make the best of their diggings, they had to dig for the hidden treasure of Oak Island.

Drilling such a hole is not as easy as it seems.
They have to dig these holes so deep underground that several angles may deviate from the drills, and it can be the deciding factor when it comes to hitting the ground.
To avoid such a problem, Toren and his expertise are here.
That’s why he came to the island with his gyroscope—it tells him how to drill or straighten the hole without too much trouble.

Thanks to a microchip embedded in the device, Toai and the other guys can tell how far the hole may have deviated from its target on Earth.
After completing this task for some time, Toai performs the necessary calculations on his device.
Then he realized that the hole dug by Craig Tester and the rest of the team was about 8 ft east and a few feet north of the intended target and did not work underground.
Therefore, Craig asked Toai to continue working so they could make the final decisions on how to fix their problem—if it needed to be fixed.

“It’s certainly roundness in the hole.”
“Oh, another one—it’s a coin!”

In the process, they will return to Smith’s Cove, where the team will continue to excavate the U-shaped structure.
Oak Island can be a depressing place, especially for those who have taken on this treasure hunt challenge.
However, this did not stop them from speculating what the U-shaped structure was and what its real purpose might be.

Some believe that the U-shaped structure was built to block drains.
Contemplating the nature and purpose of the structure, the team was surprised to discover a strange little hole in the mud.
When the team noticed that water was leaking from the hole, they began to speculate whether it was part of the finger leak they had been seeing for some time.
The opening was also triangular—it was two flat stones put together almost in the shape of a triangle.
Surely, this must be the opening that Dartmouth Herald was talking about.

Unable to decide what it might be, the team thought this might be the best way to get it—maybe he knows what to do with the triangular opening.
After Rick’s attention-grabbing speech, people began to feel the tension in the air.
They all thought that emptying the discovered box was a real thing, and this appeal to him could help him and the rest of the team prove it to be true.

Also, if Do showed such excitement over the triangular opening in the rock he and Carlos had just found, it could only be a legitimate find.
The team each made different findings and exciting discoveries from the cursed island.
These discoveries further prove that the island has lots of treasures—other impressive discoveries from the drains.

Full of excitement about their findings, Rick found his way to Smith’s Cove.
There he met others who immediately showed him a triangular stone hole.
Rick is instantly in love with this triangular hole—it was a man-made phenomenon.
Mother Nature could have no part in this.

Hearing water leaking from the hole, Rick was convinced it was a box.
It may also be a historical find, as it may be one of the five drains that flooded all the shafts built on Oak Island.
Imagine having the power to stop floods—this can reduce the time spent searching for treasure to just months, maybe even weeks or days.
If they can figure out the trap, they could be in the money.

Seeking to learn more, the team decided to scour the area for clues.
After some time, the team found that there was coconut fiber in the drain hole.

It had a hole-level coir, also referred to as coconut fiber.
It is a naturally occurring fiber that is extracted from the outer husk of coconuts and is used in products like doormats, floor mats, mattresses, and brushes.

“I’m seeing Britannia on it—it’s definitely some kind of English coin.”
The fibrous substance that lies between a coconut’s hard inner shell and its outer layer is called coir.
Brown coir, which is derived from ripe coconuts, is also used in horticulture, sacking, and upholstery padding.

Finer brushes, string, rope, and fishing nets are made from white coir, which is extracted from unripe coconuts.
Because it doesn’t sink, it can be used for extended periods in deep water without adding weight that would otherwise pull buoys and boats down.

Coir—the powdery, spongy substance left over after the fiber is processed—should not be confused with coir.
To further complicate matters, coir fiber is referred to as “coera” locally in some nations.
Chemically speaking, pith and coir are similar, but pith has much shorter fibers.

Since both coir and pith are effective water-retaining substitutes for peat, the term “coco peat” can refer to either one of these materials alone or in combination.
The words for cord or rope in Tamil and Malayalam are the origin of the term coir, which traditionally is a kind of rope made from coconut fiber.

Coconut fiber has been used to make ropes and cordage since ancient times.
The first people to domesticate coconuts were the Austronesian peoples, who used the fiber extensively for ropes and sails when constructing homes and lashed-lug plank boats for their travels in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.

This was an important discovery because when treasure hunters discovered these drains years ago, they reported that they were covered with coconut fiber.
It was supposed to be a filter to prevent the sewers from clogging.

After traveling hundreds of kilometers to get to the heart, the men discovered that there is something about the presence of a rooster on the island.
Maybe this will help them get closer to Oak Island’s hidden treasure.

After discovering an interesting drain, this could be a link to all the difficulties that forced many to return home empty-handed.
The team also found several objects of historical importance in the first series of their show.
After draining the man-made swamp, they found a Spanish “8 Maravedis” coin from 1652.

The Arabic phrase “Arma’id Dinar” was the name of several Iberian coins made of gold—and later silver—between the 11th and 14th centuries.
It was also the name of various Iberian accounting units between the 11th and 19th centuries.

In the same series, they also found some non-coconut fibers that were found after diving in Smith’s Cove.

Coconut fiber is a naturally occurring fiber taken from the unripe coconut husk.
After steeping the coconut in hot seawater, the fibers are extracted using the same method as jute fiber—combination and crushing.

Each fiber cell is narrow, hollow, and has thick cellulose walls.
Its dimensions are approximately 1 mm in length and 10 to 20 micrometers in diameter.

The length and diameter of raw coconut fibers range from 15 to 35 cm and 50 to 300 micrometers respectively.
When they are immature, a layer of lignin is deposited on their walls, which causes them to harden and turn yellow.

“Holy moly—way to go Gary!”

That discovery pointed to the fact that the original creators of the Money Pit came from more tropical countries.
In the same borehole, remnants of parchment and bookbinding made of vegetable-tanned leather were found.

A shard of purple-stained wood—Tyrian blue, a dye used by royalty and on church documents—is similar to the color of the wood.
The wood was probably stained with the vegetable dye, and the parchment might have once been a piece of bookbinding.

The fifth series of the show saw perhaps the biggest find of the whole show: a medieval lead cross that could rewrite history—if it proves that the Knights Templar visited Nova Scotia.
This lead cross was found at Smith’s Cove and is regarded as one of the greatest discoveries.
Testing revealed that the material in the lead is from the 1300s or 1400s and comes from southern France.

The idea that the Knights Templar might have been present on the island is strengthened by this artifact.
Their metal detector also discovered an old piece of jewelry containing a 500-year-old rhodolite garnet.

One variety in the garnet family is rhodolite garnet.
It stands out for its rose to purplish colors, which occasionally have a hint of red.