Overseas Clues Lead to Big Discoveries | The Curse of Oak Island

Hi, guys! Nice to meet you.
Youo is Templar investigator, and he’s going to show us a few things around Vbo today.
V Rick Le and members of the team have traveled some 65 miles northwest of Rome to the city of Bbo, Italy.
Bbo was an important crossroads, and for 24 years, Bbo was the center of Christianity and the known world.
They have arranged to meet with John Luca de Prospero, an author who has spent more than two decades researching the medieval activities of the Knights Templar in this region.

What is the Templar connection with this area?
Actually, he found some interesting symbols in a church that is very close to here. It’s called Santa Maria NOA.
There might be some Templar connection. I’d say let’s take a look.

Founded in the 8th century, the Terbo became the temporary headquarters for Pope Alexander IV and the Catholic Church during a time of civil unrest in Rome.
During that period, the city also served as a stronghold for the Templar order.

This is Santa NOA, a church built in 1080.
As you can see, it’s full of paintings, carvings, and symbolism.
What’s hard to believe is this was built in 1080. Unbelievable!

I think there’s a lot to learn here, so let’s start an initial investigation and see what we come up with.
Okay, you see anything at all?
It’s like everyone else, don’t? Okay, great.

The church is an incredible edifice. It’s beautiful. Churches were even though they were public, they held secrets of their own, and we need to learn as much as we can.

Hey, guys, come take a look at this.
When you find something pretty interesting, it’s unmistakable: a cross with the four dots, the same as the Jo Stone.

He says that these four dots crosses are marking special places that Templars used to be in or around.
This is also present in places connected with the Holy Grail or the Holy Shroud.

If this four-dot cross is only found in Templar-associated locations or with Templar-associated articles that they may have been safeguarding, I mean, it speaks volumes for our theory.

In the 1920s, a massive boulder featuring a number of enigmatic carvings was discovered by treasure hunters on the northern shore of Oak Island.
Suspecting that it marked the location of buried treasure, they destroyed it with dynamite in order to dig beneath it.
Nothing was found below the massive boulder. However, is it possible that a fragment known as the Ho Stone, which featured a cross surrounded by four dots, represented a key clue that sacred Templar treasures are hidden on Oak Island?

If so, could that explain the high trace evidence of gold and other metals that have been detected deep in the Money Pit area?
Every place we visit speaks to me that there’s an ongoing story here and an ongoing message.
You need to look backwards in time, and that’s what we’ve done today. I think we need to continue to do that.

Yeah, let’s go.

We have seen that cross everywhere, from Portugal to the Ho Stone, and we know for a fact that Templars used that representation.
But it certainly is a direct connection to Oak Island.

Rick here.
Eric, yeah, right there.
Hi, I see, which in Latin means “here.”
I think there’s an “A” even on the far side there. There’s an “A” here.

Yeah, in his opinion, this refers to a compass, and if you take a look closely, there’s also a square.
So it could be Masonic symbolism, which is weird in a church like this, so old and so important here in NOA, but possible.

A Masonic compass carved in the wall of a medieval church with known connections to the Knights Templar.
Many believe that the secretive fraternity known as the Freemasons evolved from the Templar order after their dissolution by the Catholic Church in the 14th century.

Curiously, ever since the Money Pit was discovered in 1795, Freemasons have been involved in nearly every single organized company of treasure hunters that has tried to solve the mystery.
Masonic symbols, such as triangles, crosses, and the letter “G” representing the Divine Creator, have also been found all across the island.

Is it possible that Alex Lagina has just found more evidence that these organizations are directly connected?
And if so, does that also explain what Freemasons have been trying to find on Oak Island for more than two centuries?

I just keep thinking about the Ho Stone, and let me show you this.
So in the church, we saw this, right?
What does that mean here?

If you do this, you get the Ho Stone, and this symbol we’ve learned today means a Templar-related relic.
And what have we found? That the symbol at the end means some have interpreted to be gold.

Yeah, if you put it all together, I mean, there’s the possibility that the Ho Stone represents Templar gold.
We know that in medieval times, and middle-aged times, they really liked their ciphers; they really liked their hidden meaning.
So maybe, maybe you may have just filled in the blank, or blanks.

I think it was incredibly insightful of Alex. I think he and Peter work very well together.
I’m very proud of them as my nephews. Hopefully, this means something. If he’s on to something, that is fantastic.

We all believe the Ho Stone is important.
The circle and the dot could be a symbol for gold.
Is it possible that it hints at or suggests that there’s a religious relic associated with the treasure of Oak Island?

Well, at this point, there’s some strong suggestions that that is indeed the case.
What we did is we took the Eisenbrut’s approach to the information hunt, which is absolutely imperative, and that’s my thought as we head back to the island.

Appreciate that we owe you a debt of gratitude.

As operations continue on Oak Island, here we are approximately 3,700 miles to the east.
Rick Le, along with his nephews Alex and Peter, Oak Island historian Doug Croll, and researcher Coran Mole, have arrived in Cado, Italy, where they are meeting with researchers Emiliano STI and Alberto Ray Cantini.

I’m so glad to see you guys. I know you’re interested in the underground system of Camarano because of the Oak Island lead cross.
Building upon the research that was shared with the team back in 2016 by Rick’s late friend Zena Halper, Emiliano has invited them to visit the enigmatic site known as the Camaron caves, a system of man-made underground labyrinths which date back more than 2,500 years and feature a section that is shaped nearly identically to the 14th-century lead cross found on Oak Island in 2017.

So this is Alberto. He’s been mapping and exploring these caves for 50 years, and he’s going to be our guide today.
Perfect. So why don’t we go inside? There’s no better time than now.

Let’s go underground.

Although the town of Camarano, Italy, dates back to 1198, the first documented civilization in the region were the Piceni, who are believed to have created the underground cave system in the 6th century BC.
Looks like the catacombs keep going, huh?

The area became part of the Roman Empire around 290 BC. It’s huge! Wow, keeps going.
However, between the 12th and 14th centuries, it was reestablished as a stronghold for the Knights Templar, who modified portions of the cave system for reasons that remain a mystery.

The construct is incredible. It’s large. It’s massive. Wow!
The hope is that there’ll be a part of the system that Alberto can directly connect to, possibly to a belief system that is associated with the artifacts we have found on the island.

The order of the Knights Templar has remained shrouded in mystery since it was established in 1118 in Jerusalem.
They were headquartered on the original site of King Solomon’s Temple for the purpose of protecting Christian interests in the Holy Land during the Crusades.
They became extraordinarily wealthy by developing one of the world’s first banking systems, but in 1307 they were disbanded by the Catholic Church and persecuted by the King of France for the alleged crime of heresy.

However, some believe that the Templars were actually targeted because they had come into possession of many priceless religious treasures.
Let’s go to the Venus cave.

Perfect! You know, the shape is why we’re here, right?
Yeah, exactly. Because we think the shape of your cave completely matches the shape of the lead cross that was found on our island.

That’s exciting!
Yeah, okay. We have exclusive entrance to the cave, and if Alain and Rick want to visit, we could go.
We would certainly love to see it.

Okay, yeah, me too. Fantastic.

This is what, in a church, you would call the transept, right?
We have the left arm, the right arm, and according to Alberto, there is a slight difference. This arm should be a bit longer than this one, which is exactly what our lead cross exhibits.

Is there really an intimate relationship between the lead cross found on Oak Island on Smithco Beach, what that cross represents, and what this represents?
And are they aligned?

I think they are the same thing, and I’m inclined to believe that this is a very important moment because it’s some sort of validation.
Obviously, you know, my friendship with Zena makes me get emotional, right?

Because I reach out and touch this now, if this really is that, she was the one who guided us here.
Really, she helped us, and now maybe this will help us move the story forward.
And that’s why we’re here, really, is to make connections.

To hear it from you means something.
Yeah, I don’t want to be emotional as well.

Lead on!

Hey, guys! Oh yeah, so there’s another cave system that I would like to show you guys, and it’s in Oimo, a few kilometers from Camarano.
I’m pretty sure you’ll find it very interesting.

I’d say yes! Okay, let’s go.

So we’re in Oimo, nearly 3,700 miles to the east in the town of Oimo, Italy.
I want to introduce you to Fabrio Bari.

Pleased to meet you. Pleasure.
Researcher Emiliano STI and Professor Fabrio Baroni, a historian and modern-day member of the Knights Templar, meet with Rick Lagina and other members of the team just outside an ancient site known as the Grat Simonetti.

Here, there’s another amazing underground cave system. It’s about 30 km wide.
Wow, there are some interesting carvings in these caves, and Fabrio will show us and explain the meaning of those carvings.

Well, we’re really interested to see what we might see in these caves. Why don’t we step in?
Yeah, can’t wait.

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Look at that! Oh, that cross there.
Yeah! Oh, look at this, right there!

Hey, Rick, check this out.
That’s cool. We have seen this symbol before.
Yeah, and that’s a direct tie to Oak Island.

In a cave system known as the Grat Simonetti in Asimo, Italy, Alex Lagina and his cousin Peter Fernetti have just found an ancient carving believed to have been made by members of the Knights Templar, matching one found on the so-called Ho Stone, which was discovered in the 1920s on Oak Island.

Haven’t we had some people who have thought like this is a symbol for gold?
That is true, yes.

Is it possible that Peter and Alex have found a symbol in the Grat Simonetti related to the sacred treasures that many believe the Templar order smuggled out of Europe between the 12th and 14th centuries?
If so, could the Ho Stone be a critical clue as to where they are located today?

This circle with the dot obviously is represented on the Ho Stone.
We are beginning to draw some connective tissue to perhaps Templar involvement on Oak Island.

Kudos to both of you for finding that. It’s impactful.
It is. There’s a lot more to learn.

While the search for treasure continues on Oak Island, approximately 3,500 miles to the east in Morondo, Italy, Rick Lagina, his nephews Alex Lagina and Peter Fernetti, along with Doug Croll, are beginning a research trip to investigate the possible origins of the 229-year-old mystery.

Welcome to Morondo. This is the San Abbey of this little town.
Today, researcher Emiliano STI and astronomer Professor Adriano Gbani have arranged for the team to visit Morimondo Abbey, the site of a monastery that was established by Cistercian monks back in the 12th century.

Before we get into the church, I would like to show you something.
The breadth of knowledge that Professor Gani has is integral to this process, and he said there was indeed a very profound connection between Templars and Cistercian monks.

The hope is there’ll be a connection between that knowledge and perhaps a voyage to the New World and, of course, the island in particular.

So, on top of the facade, you can see some ceramic vessels.
Oh, yes. And if you pay attention on the left side, there is a group of five. Two have very specific symbolism.

I see it, and then I see a couple of four