Hey, Aaron?
Do you want to come check this out?
NARRATOR: In the uplands near the Northeastern border
of the Oak Island swamp, archaeologists Miriam Amirault
and Dr. Aaron Taylor, continue to search for more evidence
that might tell them which direction the mysterious stone
pathway is heading.
AARON TAYLOR: Oh, what do you got?
Look what I just found.
AARON TAYLOR: Oh, nice!
Hand-painted.
MIRIAM AMIRAULT: I haven't seen colors like that.
AARON TAYLOR: Yeah.
Blue, pink, and green.
AARON TAYLOR: Wow!
NARRATOR: Hand-painted pottery?
Discovered near the pathway in the uplands?
Was it left behind by someone after the discovery
of the Money Pit in 1795?
Or is it evidence of much earlier
human activity on Oak Island?
It's almost like a--
a base of maybe a teacup or something or a bowl.
Do you see that face?
Yeah.
RICK LAGINA: Hey, good morning.
AARON TAYLOR: Hey, Rick.
MIRIAM AMIRAULT: Hi!
Miriam just had a--
Look what I just found.
--interesting find.
Oh!
In the black or--
Yeah.
Here you go.
RICK LAGINA: What do you make of it?
AARON TAYLOR: Hand-painted. MIRIAM AMIRAULT: Hand-painted.
Isn't that pretty?
RICK LAGINA: It's very pretty.
The thing about doing the archaeological work
with Aaron and Miriam is that you learn to pay attention.
You learn that the most insignificant
fine might be highly revealing.
This is what archaeology is about-- finding artifacts,
studying them, dating them, and then weaving
them into an understanding, a story, if you will,
of what happened.
This is certainly quite unique.
AARON TAYLOR: What the ceramics do
tell us is that this was exposed when
those ceramics came down on it.
RICK LAGINA: Right.
But right now, the question is does this connect to the road?
I mean, is it believable to think
that this is all man-made?
Well, we know parts of it are definitely man-made.
In here is definitely man-made.
RICK LAGINA: Right.
AARON TAYLOR: I think it's stronger that it
moves up land at some point.
And the road connects to there.
It's coming along here, stops, and turns up here.
And that's why I want to see if Billy's
available to take another bucket width back
to see if this is something.
RICK LAGINA: So for right now, I'll
talk to Billy about digging this and digging that.
- Great. - OK.
Thanks, Rick.
Thank you.
Good find, Miriam.
Yeah!
It's exciting.
Aaron and Miriam have decided that they're going to take
basically a leap of faith.
This road has to go somewhere.
And there are significant clues that
have led them to believe that the road has turned upland.
And thus, they've chosen to open up some test
pits around this stone path.
The hope is that we can follow it in some way, shape, or form.
Billy, if you would be able to pull back this area,
then maybe we can see if the road's coming up there.
BILLY: OK.
That's the perfect depth, Billy.
That's great, Billy.
That's perfect.
I think this is good for now.
Thank you.
OK.
AARON TAYLOR: So we can get in here
with our shovels and trowels.
MIRIAM AMIRAULT: If maybe just we can get
that little blob out of there?
I'll get that out with the shovel.
Yeah.
What's that?
Did you see this?
There's stone here.
AARON TAYLOR: Wow.
MIRIAM AMIRAULT: I'd say that's exactly what we're looking for.
Yeah.
NARRATOR: Evidence of more cobblestones?
Could Dr. Aaron Taylor's intuition
have paid off with the discovery of another section
of the stone pathway leading further into the uplands
away from the swamp?
If so, just where is it leading?
And what will the team find when they reach its end?
And the stones are here.
So then they stop.
AARON TAYLOR: I'm thinking that's telling
me the road's probably stopping here and coming up this way.
The path appears to have turned
to the upland at this point.
And all the treasure associated thoughts around Oak Island
are, of course, based in the money pit.
Well, we're certainly headed in that direction.
And so I have every reason to hope that we're
following the right path.