Rick Lagina and Jack Begley arrive at the Garden Shaft where Roger Fortin reports Dumas has reached a depth of 23 feet and will soon install two more sets of platforms after removing the mucky backfilled clay. The 80-foot shaft was originally thought to be a 19th-century searcher shaft, but after wood samples were dated to 1735 and water testing revealed high traces of gold, the team now believes it could be connected to the Money Pit. The shaft also sits near a void the team drilled into earlier in the season. An Inuktun Spectrum 120 high-definition camera installed inside the shaft allows the team to monitor reconstruction with 360-degree panning, low-light capability, and high-powered zoom.
In the War Room, the team gathers for a video conference with Craig Tester and Dr. Fred Michel to hear results from the latest round of water testing in the area known as the Blob. Dr. Ian Spooner reports that copper, zinc, and tin have appeared in some of the wells, which he calls highly anomalous. Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc, and bronze combines copper and tin, and the team does not believe these metals occur naturally at these levels. Steve Guptill calculates the narrowed target area at 20 by 20 feet, and Marty Lagina names it the Baby Blob.
On Lot 26, Rick, archaeologist Laird Niven, Ian, and Emma Culligan drain the well dated to the 11th century, one of the only locations outside the Money Pit that tested positive for silver. At roughly five to five and a half feet deep, the well reveals many crevices built into the stonework that the group suspects could have been intentional places to hide objects. Ian suggests having Terry Deveau take a look. When Rick and Doug Crowell return with Terry, he tells them the construction technique has been used for thousands of years and is universal among cultures. Rick notes that no other wells on the island are built this way, and Terry says it reminds him of the well at New Ross. Doug adds that the New Ross site also contained a stone with what appeared to be a Portuguese or Templar cross.
Gary Drayton and Jack continue searching for artifacts near the well on Lot 26. They unearth a handle for a spoon or fork that Gary says could be silver and dates to the late 1700s or earlier, then a flat pewter button with a silver wash that could have come from a jacket. At the next flag Gary pulls out what he and Jack believe is a brooch or piece of jewelry, a find that sends them straight to the lab. At the Interpretive Centre, a CT scan of the piece reveals what appears to be five leaves, confirming it is jewelry. Rick says they need more testing to determine its age and origin.
In the Money Pit, the team drills Borehole DN-9.5 in the Baby Blob at a depth of 95 feet. Colton brings over a core that contains only maroon till. The next sample from 98 feet is very soft but holds no wood, and at 109 feet the team finds graywacke, stone, and cobbles, prompting a move to the next area. Rick and Scott Barlow then descend into the Garden Shaft with Roger Fortin for a firsthand inspection. After safety training and suiting up, they climb down the ladder to the bottom, where Rick wipes mud from the original shaft wall and declares they are looking at history.
