Ready for action, Charles?
Yep.
NARRATOR: Charles Barkhouse and metal detection expert Gary
Drayton arrived at the area known
as Isaac's Point, located on the eastern side of the island.
Look how wide the water is.
You imagine open water like this,
this place must get torn out.
So I think we should go looking around the corner,
see if there's any erosion towards Isaac's Point.
OK.
Well, mate, let's see if there's been anything good
pushed up this wintertime.
Yeah.
NARRATOR: Because of its close proximity to Smith's Cove,
the team is hopeful that by searching the surrounding area,
they will find important artifacts or clues
connected to the mysterious structures
they uncovered last year.
One of the big surprises last year
was to uncover a massive structure, pre Money Pit
discovery and not find artifacts, the things
they would have dropped.
I've always been interested in Isaac's Point
and maybe there's some stuff there that could
answer some of the questions.
There we go, mate.
Nice bit of erosion there on the bank.
Yeah, I see that.
It's all undercut by the look of it.
Good place to start.
[beeping]
Sounds good, mate.
Got something?
[siren sounds]
Right down the middle, mate.
Come on, shells.
Throw something good up there.
It's out.
Here's the thing for you.
Hopefully something good.
[beeping]
Oh, that's fantastic!
Oh my god, that's an old button.
Look.
Yeah.
This is a bobby dazzler of a button, mate.
This is fantastic!
Looks to me like it's silver.
And that's a starburst design in the center.
Yeah.
Would you say that's more high end, like a person who
had money as opposed to a common person
because of the starburst?
Yeah, this would have been like a little status symbol
back in the day to have nice, silver buttons.
This is more of like a dandy button.
This is a nice design.
More than likely, it's silver.
And this has been here a long, long time.
That is a beauty.
1650 to 1750.
That's how old this button is.
That's amazing, Gary.
NARRATOR: A silver button?
Possibly dating back to the mid 18th century or even earlier?
Although finding antique buttons is not unusual on Oak Island,
the fact that this one is made of silver and bears
a unique symbol means it could be a significant clue.
Prior to the discovery of the Money Pit in 1795,
Oak Island was virtually uninhabited
and was mainly used as a place where farmers
could raise their livestock, safely
away from natural predators.
If this silver button can be dated to a time prior
to the late 1700s, it would mean that it was possibly
dropped there by someone who was most
likely not a simple farmer.
The beauty of this, this is something different.
This doesn't compare to other buttons we've found.
We found buttons all over the island.
But not like this, not with that back, that shank.
And that's how your date buttons is a shank.
Even though I'd love to put this in my top pocket,
and we know we got to tag and bag it, mate.
Yes.
Let's be careful with this one.
That's a beauty.
You know I'd be curious to see what [inaudible]
says about that one.
That is fantastic.
NARRATOR: As Gary and Charles continue
to investigate Isaac's Point--