I'm gonna predict that it is pre 1840
Marty lagina joins his son Alex and his
friend and business partner Craig tester
as they travel some 50 miles northeast
to st. Mary's University in the city of
Halifax thanks Craig they are eager to
find out if the antique brooch that was
discovered on lot 21 is in fact
partially made of gold
so nice to see you Krista come down to
the yeah we have something here I think
you're gonna find quite interesting
actually piece of jewelry of some sort
dr. Krista Brousseau is an associate
professor of chemistry with expertise in
the field of electrochemistry as well as
the study of metals and their chemical
compositions today she is joined by her
colleague dr. Sean yang very nice pretty
isn't it yeah the brooch was phoned this
year and we've had it looked at by a
gemologist already and it did appear
that there were places that had gold
okay where did you guys find this kind
of the western end of the island
it's an early good condition have a look
and we'll see what your machine says
using a high-powered scanning electron
microscope doctors Brousseau and yang
will be able to magnify the brooch up to
tens of thousands of times its actual
size they also will be able to examine
its chemical composition and determine
whether it's made of gold or any other
precious metals
should be good
so the dark area here is pure copper
that's interesting but the bright area
yeah
gold that go well about that Gary can go
to his gold dance found some gold you've
definitely struck gold yeah I guess I'd
have to say that's the first piece of
verified gold found on the island the
first for us right so first for us for
sure I think this would be considered
actual treasure yeah all right okay yeah
well here's the deal we found treasure
on Oak Island yeah we did and we've
proven it right here in this lab today
XO that's pretty cool
not bad I mean yeah that's a pretty good
day the brooch that was found this year
is motivating and exciting because it's
a real piece of treasure you just can't
deny that it's a piece of treasure and
in the elaborate setting found on Oak
Island this is just the tip of the
iceberg there's more that awaits us this
year now we need to bring in the mother
lode yeah thank you very much as always
Shawn a pleasure I'm gonna think of all
kinds of things to put that machine
returning to the island
later that afternoon Marty lagina calls
a meeting in the war room he is eager to
share the exciting news with his brother
Rick and members of their team guys I am
freshly back from Saint Mary's
University Craig and Alex and I went up
there and I I shouldn't be excited about
this really in a sense but I am because
David this little gem has gold on it we
have found our first gold on Oak Island
I want more gold than that well
small victories right for Rick Marty and
their team the discovery of an actual
piece of gold and treasure is a
momentous development in the 223 year
history of the Oak Island treasure hunt
it is also a major step forward in their
quest to prove that something of even
greater value may have been buried here
centuries ago so we have this brooch
which could be a lot older than we ever
thought we have the lead cross not mined
in North America so these artifacts are
pushing us back farther in time than I
ever thought we would see here or
finding answers way back way back as far
as Rick Marty and their partners are
concerned as close as they are to
getting answers the two hundred and
twenty-three year old Oak Island
treasure hunt has only just begun so
guys you're up to speed you all have all
the data we've discussed to where this
might lead I think we should get back to
actual work let's go
you