it is the start of a new and challenging
day on Oak Island Craig tester and
Charles Barkhouse arrive at the
so-called mega bin area located some 600
feet northeast of the money pit site it
was this same area were recently
conducted seismic testing had identified
a large and mysterious void and were
veteran treasure hunter dan Blankenship
believed he had located a centuries-old
latrine pit Dan's latrine hole to me is
way more exciting than anything that
could be potentially imaged in the money
pit because this is in an undisturbed
area from a searcher standpoint if
you're going to dig a toilet facility in
an underground chamber it's because men
are working there dan Blankenship came
to an understanding or belief that there
were tunnels and rooms associated with
that area so we believe it's worth
looking into investigating in an effort
to locate a possible underground chamber
the team is using a process known as
sonic drilling which employs powerful
vibrations to create a high frequency
sound capable of grinding its way
through layers of rock and earth a
coring barrel is then used to take
samples at intervals of every 10 feet
these core samples will then be
transferred into plastic sleeves just
like Megan savvy so that they can be
scanned with a metal detector before
being carefully searched by hand
janna from seismic we think about 50
feet SAR target so you know net we're at
40 basically so we started looking
really close from here on down because
sighs it's not that perfect yeah so
let's take a good look hopefully we find
something here very soon
so we're at 48 53 53 to 58 put that
patient on the table please
I think I'm gonna have to operate quick
and go for it and then Zack that's
that's different it's very dry yeah it's
just sandy chill so you get these even
within a major glacial phase you'll get
slight period where there's been some
thaw and you'll get a sandy stream
running down through where all the the
fine material is down the stream to me
from a seismic standpoint this may be
the anomaly they were seeing it's
possible although it is not uncommon to
encounter a sudden change in soil from
dense layers of clay to loosely packed
sand the fact that it occurs at nearly
the same depth or seismic scanning
detected a large anomaly he's a
troubling sign seismic technology relies
on the measurement of sound waves to
identify abrupt material changes below
ground what may appear to be a potential
chamber or void may actually be little
more than a different type of Earth went
from a very very dense clay into a soft
unconsolidated sand and I think that's
what the seismic was seeing it was
reflecting off when it went from a hard
clay to a softer sand having found no
sign of the massive chamber indicated in
their seismic survey or any evidence of
the underground structures reported by
dan Blankenship they must now decide
whether to conduct further drilling in
the area or move on to more promising
targets at the money pit gentlemen
morning guys didn't find anything there
wasn't geological between 90 and 100 and
too
nothing just different clades and
sometimes some boulders but in general
clays almost the entire way I think what
they saw on the seismic is is this
saying interval right here that's the
problem with seismic it's interpretive
you know it's not a photograph the data
showed densities this less dense layer
that was interpreted as a possible
tunnel and/or a cavern or void
unfortunately it's not so disappointing
but you know now we know every piece of
information good or bad ultimately is
good info so ya move on unfortunately
you