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 located 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.

TEAM MEMBER:
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.

OTHER:
Did anybody doubt it?

RESPONSE:
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.

RESPONSE:
OK. Let’s dig.
We want to keep digging now?
Yes. We found it. Let’s dig it up.

CAUTION:
Well, we have to be very careful at this point.

HUMOROUS REPLY:
No we don’t. We need that thing back in the hole.

RESPONSE:
Look, it’s already been breached.
We know it’s been breached with drill holes several times.

REPLY:
I know that.
We’re not going to wreck anything.
It’s been breached.

REBUTTAL:
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.

COMMENT:
It’s all elementary is my point.
I’m not expecting to enter, like, a nice, pristine cave.

QUESTION:
Are you?

REPLY:
Yeah, don’t want to be a smart ass.
We need clarity.
Right now, we don’t have clarity.
We need to proceed slowly.

JOKING:
Let’s just quit, then.

NARRATOR:
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.

QUESTION:
That’s the rub. What do you think?
What do you need to say all-stop or go to a different method?

RESPONSE:
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.

RESPONSE:
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?

QUESTION:
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.

SUGGESTION:
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.

COMMENT:
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.

STATEMENT:
My angst comes from where it has always come from.
I think something amazing happened here, and I don’t want to just brute force it.

REFLECTION:
The wonderful thing is that we have, obviously, several options.
That’s where I’m at.
You know, we could think about it.

CONCLUSION:
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.

NARRATOR:
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.