The Curse of Oak Island: SHOCKING TEMPLAR CANNON Found in Portugal

Rick Lagina and members of the team arrive at the renowned military museum in Lisbon, Portugal.

“Nice to meet you all here.”

Korean Mall has arranged for them to meet with Sergeants Ricardo Lopez and Carlos Monroe, both of whom are experts in Portuguese military history.

“So the reason why we’re here is we have some artifacts that we have found on the island, and we were hoping that you can affirm that the stone shot which we have is an exact match to what you may have here in the museum.”

“Okay, no problem. Well, we’ve actually brought along replicas of the stone shot we found on Oak Island.”

“Okay.”

“All right, there’s one. Oh, caliber for forcing tinters maybe, yes. 3.9 centimeters.”

Over the past two years, the team has found two small cannonballs or stone shots, one of which was recovered from deep in the Money Pit area. But even more compelling was the recent analysis conducted by geology professor Dr. Robert Rayside, who believed the stone they were composed of may have originated in Portugal’s Azores Islands.

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“Could we expect our stone shot to be made in the Azores or here on the mainland?”

“Yes, definitely.”

“Wow, they could use very small calibers for these types of cannons.”

“Those types of weapons were mainly used on ships.”

“Oh, wow! Is that a general rule that smaller caliber on ships?”

“On ships or on fortresses.”

“But modern ships?”

“Okay, yes. Yes, they were lighter to be used on ships, and also they could be used on the deck—what they call a swivel gun.”

“Yes, exactly. Swivel gun.”

“If we could see a cannon that would shoot that stone shot, such as that, we would love to see it.”

“Yeah, we have it here, so if you could come with me.”

“Okay, love to.”

“We puzzle now over why was that stone shot found down in the Money Pit. This one could be used on a ship. Are they an artifact that was absolutely connected to Oak Island and perhaps here to this land?”

“So this right here—yes, this is 15th-16th century, with a four-centimeter caliber and fires a half a Portuguese pound iron ball.”

“We’ve got one of the replicas here. We can try it; it’s pretty corroded.”

“Oh, look at that! Pretty close.”

“So I would say that’s a match to this, but that pretty much confirms that that is a known caliber of shot from the 14-1500s.”

“But there’s a possibility that if you were doing something, say, on our island, you needed to protect what you were doing to keep people away. Remove this gun from the ship, mount it in some fashion on the island. If they were building some type of semi-permanent or permanent structure, they could take this gun out of the ship and place it on top of a palisade, for example.”

“That’s big. That’s huge.”

Could the team have just found an explanation for how one of the potentially Portuguese stone shots was found deep in the Money Pit area? There’s quite a bit of corrosion in there. If so, could it be related to the evidence of wooden tunnels discovered earlier this year, which could date to as early as 1488, and also the high concentrations of silver and gold?

“I think we have a new strong possibility that we really have to give consideration to, and I’m very, very hopeful. But it couldn’t happen without people like yourselves, and we’re most appreciative.”

Later that afternoon, nearly 20 miles west of Lisbon:

“Welcome to Sintra, and you are in the heart of this very romantic town.”

Rick Lagina and his team arrive at an early 20th-century palace known as Quinta de Reguleira. Here, Korean Mall and Templar historian Zhao Fiandero have arranged to show them one final structure that they believe may be directly connected to the Oak Island mystery.

“The Templar Knights came here, and they managed the land for a long time. Everything you see was built in the last century to create this magical Masonic wonderland, but it’s based on much older ideas.”

“In 1147, during the Crusades, following his conquest of Lisbon, the first king of Portugal, Alfonso Henriques, also captured the town of Sintra. In 1154, the town and its administrative duties were transferred to the Knights Templar, who utilized it as a stronghold for centuries to come.”

“However, in 1904, a wealthy Freemason named Antonio Augusto de Carvalho Monteiro purchased this property and established it as Quinta de Reguleira, a vast palatial estate where he is believed to have hosted secret Masonic and Templar rituals. And there’s indeed something here that will remind you very much of Oak Island.”

“The initiation well—that is the masterpiece here! Let’s go!”

“I’d love to!”

“The beauty is inside.”

“That’s remarkable!”

“Wow!”

“It’s deep!”

“What is this dimension?”

“The diameter? 13 feet, which is awful from failure. That chamber at the bottom—I mean, it’s very Masonic at its core.”

“What I can’t help but compare it to is the design of the Money Pit. The initiation well has nine platforms. The ninth floor sounds like something that we have possibly on Oak Island.”

“Yep, the Money Pit.”

“Okay, let’s go down. Smooth and easy, because watch your steps.”

“When you look at the well, there are nine levels. We know there were nine levels in the original description of the Money Pit. We know that the original Money Pit was 13 feet in diameter. It’s curious if that is not a coincidence, and it seems as though it is not. Then where was that information derived, and why was it important to replicate it? What does it mean? I don’t know.”

“It is rather spectacular, isn’t it?”

“Yeah. Remember, the Restalls thought there was a spiral staircase around the Money Pit.”

“In 1963, while conducting a lateral drilling operation deep in the Money Pit, Oak Island treasure hunters Robert Restall Sr. and Bobby Restall Jr. reportedly drilled through a series of mysterious voids at oddly descending angles, beginning more than 100 feet underground. This discovery led them to the astonishing conclusion that a spiral tunnel encircled the Money Pit, potentially leading to the fabled treasure vault.”

“We’re almost there, guys!”

Is it possible that the initiation well, with its nine levels, 13-foot diameter, and which was constructed nearly six decades before the Restall’s discovery, is in fact a replica of the Oak Island Money Pit?

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“Oh man! So you would perfectly see that oak tree from here, right?”

“A branch of an oak tree over the well—that’s exactly what the Money Pit story is about.”

“We now start the path in the tunnels. The whole point of the initiation well is to create a representation of the influence of Templars, possibly the influence of Masonic beliefs and ideals.”

“And here we are—back into the light!”

“Back in the light—initiation done.”

“There may be some correlation between the initiation well and the Money Pit on Oak Island. We have to take the information back and see what it tells us.”

“What we’ve seen here is a vision that was not inspired but instructed by knowledge from the past, which has been carried forward from the Knights Templar into the Order of Christ, into the Masonic thought, leading all the way up to this.”

“It shows that the ideas have persisted throughout time, even to today, and that means that they must have been worth preserving.”

“I truly believe in what we have learned in Portugal. It only enhances my belief that Oak Island is part of this legacy. I think we continue to persevere in that with that hope. And for that, we thank you.”

“Sempre avanti!”