The Curse of Oak Island

Tonight on The Curse of Oak Island...

What is this?

Oh, look at that. -Oh, my God.

That looks like the handle of something.

We suspect that it's from the 1700s.

Even earlier.

-Really? Absolutely.

We have an opening into this cavern.

-Yeah. It looks man-made. -It's amazing.

Okay. Going in.

We're all eager to see

-Aladdin's cave. Stop!

What is that? Wow.

This is different.

This is way different than anything we've seen.

There is an island in the North Atlantic

where people have been looking for

an incredible treasure for more than 200 years.

So far, they have found a stone slab

with strange symbols carved into it...

...man-made workings that date to medieval times,

and a lead cross whose origin may be connected

to the Knights Templar.

To date, six men have died

trying to solve the mystery.

And according to legend, one more will have to die

before the treasure can be found.

Hey, Steve. Alex.

Everything's set operating, Paul?

Yep. We just need to attach the camera

and then we should be good to go.

A new day of fresh excitement and anticipation

has begun on Oak Island

for brothers Rick and Marty Lagina and their team.

So I guess we're gonna get a look down the hole?

Yes, we are.

We'll see what the camera has to say.

They, along with underwater imaging expert Blaine Carr,

are about to begin

a two-step operation in the Money Pit area

that they hope will reveal

the answers that could help solve

a 228-year-old treasure mystery.

So we're gonna enter the cave today at 140 to 142 feet.

Aladdin's cave, as you deemed it last year.

So, what do we hope to see

once we get to the bottom of the hole?

Treasure chests, doubloons.

We want to know whether this cave is natural

or whether it's been influenced by people.

Secondarily to that,

we'd like to see a way in and a way out.

The primary targets

we were looking for were tunnels, vaults,

and of course, any high-density anomalies

that could reflect treasure.

One week ago,

representatives from Ideon Technologies

presented a stunning report on data that had been collected

deep underground over the past two years

all across the Money Pit area.

Today what we're gonna be discussing are results

from the Money Pit targets of interest.

Five devices known as Muon detectors

had been placed at various depths

in previously drilled boreholes

to scan for possible voids, tunnels and large objects.

Incredibly, a number of potential targets

were identified suggesting that there could be

multiple treasure deposits buried in the Money Pit area.

Two were located at depths of 65 and 115 feet respectively,

near the 82-foot-deep mid-18th century Garden Shaft,

which the team is currently refurbishing

and deepening for extensive investigations

with a company named Dumas Contracting Ltd.

So, this is quite interesting for us.

This low-density anomaly perfectly overlaps the void

that you guys call Aladdin's cave.

However,

another compelling target

was identified several feet to the southwest

within a deep cavity

that was first discovered one year ago

that has been affectionately named Aladdin's cave.

It's not some simple cave.

It kind of extends out.

A cavity where water testing

has also detected trace evidence of silver and gold

some 150 feet underground.

The borehole we're gonna put the camera down

is in borehole L-14,

and L-14 appears in this cavity or cave

on the southern end as we know it.

So we're pretty keen on this. Let's have a look.

All right, so I'm gonna go open the hole

and I'm gonna start lowering.

Okay. Let's go.

Now, after drilling a new borehole

into Aladdin's cave,

the team will first investigate it

using a high-definition camera

to look for more definitive evidence

that it may have been artificially created,

and also what it might contain.

Okay. Lights are on.

-You good? -You're good.

Just go for it.

If they are successful,

Blaine will then conduct a comprehensive sonar scan

to create a detailed map of the feature.

Okay, so, we can see the water.

I mean, we're gonna run the camera down first.

Why not put eyes on that void and see if we see anything?

Because if we happen to see a feature down there

that we can orient off with the camera,

it will be helpful to the 3D mapping sonar.

We should almost be to the water by the look of it.

Okay.

-Now you're right there. -There.

So, hopefully, this photographic imagery

will help us come to a greater understanding

of what this cave represents.

We're still seeing the side of the casing

as it's going down.

Where are we at?

Right there, stop. We're right into it now.

Yep. There.

Right there. That's the edge of the casing, I think.

Okay. Rotate around.

Yeah. Those are the teeth, right there.

You want him to lower it another foot?

Yeah. Can you go down another six inches to a foot?

There we go. A little bit more...

and... stop there.

So this would be the actual cavity here.

Got to be a couple feet in by now.

Yep.

Well, there's the wall. Isn't that the ledge?

Yeah. It is a ledge.

As we break into the cavity, we can start to see

the walls, the sides of this cave.

So I would think there's something else there,

but that something else could be covered by silt

and might not be obvious.

I want to get under that ledge.

Okay, Steve, can you really slowly lower it,

like, three inches.

There you go.

It looks like it's open.

-To me. Yeah.

Now you have a much bigger opening.

That's good that it's open,

-because that means we can map it. Yeah.

The expansiveness of Aladdin's cave,

it's quite interesting, very exciting.

We see some features.

It's certainly very plausible that the camera is not seeing

something which may be on the floor of the cave.

-Do you want to lower it down even more? Yes. Yes.

Yeah. -We'll see what you can see on the bottom.

We need to see exactly where the bottom is,

without any doubt.

Go.

I think we're facing down now.

So, Steve, just very slowly, another six inches or so.

-Six? Yep.

That's good.

Little bit more. Same again, please.

There. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Hold up.

Spin around 360.

-There. What's that? What's that?

I can't tell if that's...

-the bottom or... I'll wait for it to settle out.

There we go. There's something.

Visibility is actually better than we've seen.

What's this over here on the right?

Something sticking out.

Right there.

This piece, right in here?

The way the shape is is kind of angular.

That flat thing, you mean? Yeah.

That's a piece of debris or something.

This is a very exciting thing and it's important

to see whether it's man-made or not.

I think there's a chance

the treasure might be placed there,

which would answer a lot of questions.

I mean, we're not gonna see anything more here, are we?

I don't think so.

I think that's all we're gonna see.

Slowly come out of the hole now, Steve.

Yes, sir.

Bottom line is

this is open enough to map it.

-And that's what's good. -Yep.

We should be able to find out if there's anything else

other than just being a cavity with the sonar.

So, whether there is a tunnel or some other feature.

Then let's get going with the sonar, right?