The curse of Oak Island has captured
the imaginations of treasure hunters through the centuries. In modern
times, this fascination has allowed the Lagina brothers and their crew
to create a successful television series to document every step in their
quest to uncover the truth about the island. In a recent podcast episode, Joe Rogan
comments on the elusive nature of Oak Island’s mysteries and treasures. However, while he has
commented on some of the interesting features of Oak Island and i
ts mysteries, the truth is far
stranger than even he can imagine. Oak Island is home to a ton of incredible discoveries that
hint at a complex and rich history that remains shrouded in secrecy even now. The Oak Island
team has been working for years to study and find the artifacts they have collected from
the island. Will one of them finally lead them to the fabled treasure? Perhaps delving
into the most stunning finds on Oak Island will lead to some answers and explain Joe
Rogan’s new fas
cination with this mystery. Rick is asking Billy to adjust his positioning of
the excavator as we join them while they are hard at work in the Southeast corner of the swamp. The
excavation is being conducted by Billy Gerhardt, Gary Drayton, Rick Lagina and his nephew Alex
Lagina. This area is being searched for valuables and artifacts because of the 500-year-old stone
road they uncovered nearby. Since first finding this impressive feature a couple of years
ago in 2020, the Oak Island crew h
as found significant and impressive clues nearby. They
have found clues like ancient fragments of wooden barrels and a stone pathway; a combination
that suggests the area may have been used to unload cargo long ago onto Oak Island.
Today, the team hopes to find more of the stone road and any valuable clues that could help
them solve some of the 229 year old mystery of Oak Island. As Billy Gerhardt scoops out a ton of
dirt with his excavator, everyone notices a chain hanging out of the mouth.
The men standing aside
all note that there is more chain, suggesting they have found a chain in the area before. In response
to the crew’s excitement, Billy swings the excavator around so Gary Drayton, metal detection
expert, can remove the chain from the claw of the excavator and out of the scoop of dirt.
The chain is still connected to its hooks and chain links, and looks very old under the light
of day. Gary carefully turns it to examine it and notices that it is very crude in design, ha
nd
wrought and caked in dirt. The chain has one big hook, a ringed connector, and three more chains
hanging off the ring. Alex Lagina calls his uncle Rick over to examine the chain and comments that
the larger chain appears to be the anchoring part and the smaller chains would be for whatever they
wanted to move. Gary is in agreement with Alex’s observation but laments that they would be able to
tell more about it if it were not so crusty with dirt and corrosion. Gary is enthusiastic that t
his
is the kind of item Rick has been wanting to see, as it would confirm some of the theories Rick
had about the activity that went on in the swamp. Rick Lagina sees the chain as a sign of loading
and unloading types of activities, a great find, but he is more focused on getting Gary and
Alex back to excavating. Rick is busy with more tasks he needs to get done so he leaves Gary,
Billy and Alex to complete the digging on site. As Billy dumps more dirt in a pile in front
of the guys, Gary
gets a hit with his metal detector. Using a hand held detection device,
Gary zones in on the area where the beeping is strongest from Billy’s latest scoop of dirt.
Sitting right on top, he finds an iron object that he identifies due to the oxidation on the
object. He thinks he has found the top of a spike, which he hands to Alex to set aside. Before
they move on, they go over the same area again, and find another artifact. Shoveling some of the
dirt out of the way, Alex Lagina makes space f
or Gary to more comfortably search the dirt.
Gary exclaims and pulls out the pointy end of the spike they just found. He clearly sees the
black spike speared through the chunk of wood that is still clinging on to it. A very lucky find,
to locate both pieces of the broken artifact. Gary identifies it as one of the old Rose head
spikes by the look of the top of it that has what he calls a bevel on it. Alex adds that this
means the spike must be very old by the style and look of it. Gary is qui
ck to confirm this
and adds that a spike like that would be from the 1700s or older and he speculates that it may
actually be a small lug ship’s spike, a wharf pin. Billy Gerhardt calls the southeast corner of
the swamp as the spot that keeps on giving because of the sheer volume of informative and
significant discoveries they have made in just a couple of years. He believes that these are
clues that indicate that this was all part of a structure at some point. Alex Lagina is happy
that th
is area is helping them add so much detail and information to their database of the island.
A piece of wood with an iron spike embedded into it could be evidence that there is a buried
structure in the swamp. Before the passing of treasure hunter Fred Nolan in 2016, he recounted
to Rick Lagina that he had once found evidence of a dam feature in the same area. The dam
could have been used to artificially create the swamp. This would be a huge project done
by unknown persons. Have Gary, Billy,
and Alex just found evidence of what Fred suspected
was hidden underneath the south shore road? Alex knows that this find will mean the world to
his uncle, Rick Lagina, so he insists that they keep digging in the area in hopes of finding
more clues. Gary interjects that they have already found a bunch of artifacts and they
need to take them all up to the lab. They end their day of excavating and sifting through dirt.
A new day on the island, dawns and Billy Gerhardt, Gary Drayton, and Jack
Begley have returned to the
Southeast corner of the swamp to resume the search for buried evidence of hidden man made structures
near the stone road. As Billy digs up dirt, Gary scans all the incoming loads and gets a
hit on his metal detector. Jack takes it upon himself to shovel dirt out of the way and they
locate a fastener amidst the dirt and rocks. The fastener appears to be made of raw iron,
the kind from the 1700s or older than that. How would this ancient iron fastener be related
t
o the stone road that the team now believes was once a part of a ship’s dock. Could this
fastener be evidence that there is a buried dam feature like Fred Nolan once thought he
discovered here more than thirty years ago? Jack Begley can not wait until their newest
find has been cleaned in the lab so they can see what they have found more clearly. Gary
is in love with this rusted dirty artifact, naming it a beauty and even kissing it.
The next day at the interpretive center, Rick Lagina, Crai
g Tester, Jack Begley and
the blacksmithing expert, Carmen Legge, convene to talk about their finds in detail. Camen
Legge’s assessment of the artifacts found near the stone road are critical to furthering their
understanding of what happened in that swamp. Jack carefully picks up the fastener to begin
their meeting and passes it off to Carmen. He explains that the fastener was found inside the
wood, that the Oak Island team has found a way to clean and preserve just as they found it. Carme
n
says that he can see two handmade nails inserted inside of the bigger item. Jack, acting as
the spokesman for the crew at the moment, asks what such a thing could have been used
for. Carmen recounts how a lot of times things were driven into walls where one needed to hang
lanyards for light in tight spaces. This would be especially useful underground to illuminate
the space. A fascinating piece of information. Could the team’s blacksmithing expert be
right? Was the fastener used to help
build the structure they found in the southeast
corner of the swamp? If this is the case, could this be more evidence that the salty brog
was man-made, just like Fred Nolan once theorized? Everyone is impressed with the way they find
ties into the story of a dock on the swamp, Jack prefaces the next items they have for
Carmen as being made more interesting thanks to his description of the fastener. Jack
takes the big piece of iron they found and passes it on to Carmen, the expert can immedi
ately
identify that what he is holding is not a spike, but a tool. Rick Lagina’s mind jumps to it being
a chisel, used to etch other objects. However, Carmen tells them that it is a tool called a “set”
which would be used to drive in pins to down flush or countersink. Rick takes this information in and
wonders whether the set could be used for planking in a ship, and Carmen adds that it would be
possible in the timber construction of the ship. Jack Begley does not care to know what the
too
l would be used for, but is interested in knowing when such a tool was created. Carmen
Legge dates the iron set as being made sometime in 16 to the late 1700’s. Rick Lagina is beyond
pleased to hear the age range of the iron set, as there has always been speculation that
a ship foundered in the swamp was covered up. The only question remaining is why
the ship was there in the first place, and are there any artifacts at a
greater depth below the surface? The third artifact that Carmen moves
to examine is
too long and heavy for him to look at on his own, so he asks Craig to help him straighten it out
for a better look. Carmen then examines each link on the chain and identifies the big central
link, which is ringed. Then he notes the three separate chains that are attached to the ring
spreading out from it. He notes that the hook is very old because he explains that hooks made
in later time periods had a curve in the shank, a very distinctive characteristic. This hook has a
str
aight shaft coming down and then it has a heavy curl on the end. He determines that it would not
have been made past the year 1650, as the style changed greatly after then. In fact, he would date
the hook as being from the fifteen hundreds. Marty Lagina and Craig Tester stroll up to
a dig site near the shore where Rick Lagina, Jack Begley, and Gary Drayton are waiting. Marty
makes a comment of what a mess the area is in, and Rick agrees with this observation. The mysterious
stone road on Oa
k Island has led the team down a complicated path of more questions than answers
on their journey to unlocking the island’s ancient secrets. At the southern border of the Oak
Island swamp, Marty Lagina and his best friend, Craig Tester join Rick Lagina and other members
of the team as they unearth a wooden structure found beneath the stone road. Rick points out
the edge of the road to the rest of the team and Marty is skeptical that the edge is where he is
being pointed toward. He questions
whether they have found the edge of the feature this quickly.
Billy Gerhart, the excavator operator, explains to everyone that there were two logs underneath
the edge of the road, which made it appear as if they were fitted together. He speculates that the
builders of the site took one log and interlocked the next log to it, over and over, as if they were
building a cabin. Over the years, the ground has been able to swallow up the details of the stone
road’s creation, so it is very difficu
lt for the team to accurately piece together how it was made.
Rick takes over the explanation of what they learned of the construction of the stone road,
describing a lot of brush under the construct itself and smaller logs used to underpin the
road. He describes how the building of the stone road appears to have halted abruptly, the
reason for the stop in construction is unknown. Jack Begley also describes what he saw in the
study of the road’s construction; he describes swamp muck mixed wi
th bigger logs on the bottom
that were set perpendicular to the road. Jack thinks that the placement of these elements
were intentional enough in the structure of the stones to suggest it was all put down during
the construction of the road. The intentionality of the road is undisputed, there is no way this
was done by accident or through an act of nature. The big timbers underneath the stone road
highlights that the construction of the stone road was a massive undertaking and someone had
it created for a specific reason. Marty Lagina also voices that he believes the crew who made the
stone road did not want it found after they were done. He believes the road could be leading
them back to where the treasure is hidden. In the minds of many, there would be no other
benefit to creating a stone road on Oak Island than to retrieve or hide the fabled treasure.
To unintentionally make Marty’s speculation more believable, Gary Drayton mentions to the team
how just before they got to
the end of the road, they pulled up some nice artifacts, more
specifically some very interesting looking chains. A fortnight prior, while excavating the southern
edge of the potentially 500 year old stone road, the Oak Island crew uncovered a large, hand-made
chain and hook. The blacksmithing expert, Carmen Legge, dated the unearthed artifacts as coming
from the 16th century. Could it be possible that this artifact was once used in the swamp area to
offload cargo from a ship and on to Oak I
sland? Rick Lagina recounts that the chain was a
three-point hitch, maybe four-point hitch, and hand wrought as well. According to Rick it
would be logical to stay on a nice stable surface, like the stone road, and hook something heavy with
the three point hitch and load or unload whatever they want from the island. Rick explains that
with a three point hitch, one could pull anything across the ground and then into the bog and pull
it back up the road. This is his explanation as to how one
would connect the found chain to the
stone road they are investigating. Gary Drayton has been on the same page as Rick the entire
explanation, believing he is correct about the type of make of the chains and their purpose as
well as how everything ties into the stone road. Rick thinks that the chain and the edge of
the road is an important discovery because it clearly defines the extent of the construct of the
road and where it then transitions to the beach. He asks himself and his team whe
ther this theory
aligns with the idea that a larger ship offshore, an arriving tender perhaps, brings the material
to a crafted slipway or a wharf or dock? All of these musings and theories are very logical
and fit with the idea that what they have found is connected to shipping. To Rick Lagina
this explanation puts into context why this stone road and chain would be in the area.
Craig Tester thinks what they have found is interesting and he hopes that it can tell another
side of the story
of the Island and gives them a date to add to the Oak Island timeline. He
is also optimistic that they will be able to find something even better the further they move
this mission along. Marty Lagina is also looking to the future, wondering what comes next in the
swamp area. Rick Lagina admits to everyone that they have only just started to get to the point
of thinking of the next steps they will take in the area. Marty wonders if they will keep digging
even underneath where Billy Gerhardt
has stationed his excavator, and everyone nods at that, agreeing
that it will be the next step. The team wants to get their work done, so they get back to work.
As Billy begins excavating the area, the crew watches on from the sidelines with high
hopes. Gary climbs on top of the small mountain of freshly excavated soil with his metal detector
in hand. He then scans the area, finding nothing. Eventually, he finds a piece of old wood that
looks like a barrel stave to him right on top of the b
ig pile of dirt. Marty examines the
piece and he agrees with Gary’s assessment. Marty thinks it’s a barrel stave because it looks
wider on one side than the other and he sees some imperfections that makes him believe the stave
was ripped out. Gary comments that they have a lot of similar barrel staves that they have recovered
from the area and he plans to compare the pieces. Marty wants to know if these barrel pieces
will be able to help them determine whether the area was an offloading sec
tion or not. He
comments that the presence of a barrel would fit their narrative perfectly as they were used
to transport goods. A barrel stave found near a ship’s wharf would be commonplace. The question
asked here is whether Gary is right that the barrel stave might be connected to the pieces
of wooden cargo barrels that were unearthed in the area three years ago and which Carmen
Legge claims could be as much as 600 years old? Marty Lagina notes how every time they
have decided to dig ne
ar the swamp area they have found something huge like the
stone road, the paved area, the ramp, all without mentioning the many little artifacts
they keep collecting. The only logical thing to do is to keep digging up the area. Marty agrees
that they should do analysis on the wooden stave but is eager to keep looking for more artifacts
in the area. For this reason, Gary walks off to bad the stave and sets it aside for the lab.
As the dirt piles up, Gary keeps scanning it and getting no hits
with his metal detector.
Marty encourages Billy even when nothing appears. Eventually, Billy’s excavator catches on something
while digging and he calls out to the guys that it's a boulder obstructing his work. He wonders
whether this means they have found the edge of the road at last, and suggests that Marty and Gary
get closer with their shovels as he believes the boulder could be in alignment with the road, and
possibly retaining rocks. Marty Lagina is lost, using his shovel to pierce th
e ground, in search
of the boulder hidden by the dirt. Billy directs him and Marty locates the boulder, marking it with
his shovel. Billy explains that from his angle on top of the excavator, the boulder’s location
suggests that it could be in alignment with the stone road, his elevated view an advantage
over the rest of the team. He thinks they will have to continue digging to find out for
sure. Marty and Billy suggest that the rocks they found are probably retaining rocks that are
only r
etaining the edge. Marty then directs Gary to continue to scrape away dirt while he goes
to turn on a water pump to clear up the area. Gary describes how the swamp is particularly
exciting to work in, because at any moment Billy can scoop out a fascinating artifact. As
Gary scours the area, he finds three more strips of wood and what looks like a handle, due to the
rounded edges. Marty and Gary speculate that they have found an old pickaxe or ax handle. What is
clear to them is that it look
s molded for a hand. A hand shaped tool found in the area could hint
that it was used in the original construction of the stone road. If this is the case, it
could be possible that scientific analysis might help identify not only the age but
also who brought the tool to Oak Island. Billy tells the crew that there are more rocks
in a line where he was digging so they go and take a look. As they take a good look around
at the positioning of the rocks, Billy speculates that there could be some
thing buried underneath
the rocks. This proposition excites Marty Lagina, who according to Gary Drayton, has never been
enthused by working in the swamp, but who has slowly changed his outlook as they have made more
and more discoveries in the area over the years. As they think over their next move, not knowing
whether the boulders that have cropped up means they have reached the end of the road, they
decide to wait on Rick Lagina to continue their excavation. Billy, Marty, and Gary want to
wait
to consult with the rest of the Oak Island team before they make a decision because they believe
they have stumbled on something extraordinary. Starting out the day with cheerful greetings to
each other, Rick Lagina along with his nephew, Alex Lagina, meet with metal detection expert,
Gary Drayton. They are on their way to join Billy Gerhardt at the swamp along the south shore of
Oak Island. Rick’s plan for the day is to do a dig that goes past the stone road so they can
see the full
extent of it. This plan is something that Billy Gerhardt has always wanted to do.
Now that nearly 3 million gallons of salty water has been pumped out of the bog, the Oak Island
crew is eager to investigate the stone road. Billy Gerhardt is optimistic that they will find
some interesting valuables and clues in the area. Gary Drayton, is interested in knowing where they
will be storing all of the findings they manage to collect by the end of their excavation. To Gary’s
question, he only gets
a joke response from Billy. As they jump into the ward of the day, Billy
announces to the group that he will be scraping gravel off as he digs. Meanwhile, Gary Drayton
will be busy running his metal detection device over every scoop of dirt, scanning for spoils and
evidence of valuables. Rick Lagina is more focused on finding features under the swamp road that
could tell them why the stone road was constructed in the first place. He is eager to rip apart every
piece of information the swam
p gives them so that he can continue adding to his repository of clues
and hints that could go to the overarching goal they have of solving the mystery of Oak Island.
As Billy excavates his small area, Rick interrupts his work and points something out on the
ground. As Billy finishes dumping out the soil, Alex Lagina and Gary Drayton retrieve the
item. They toss the mystery item to Rick, who has found himself in the middle of
a large pit. They have just made a very interesting discovery. Ale
x Lagina comments
that it looks like a dowel. Rick Lagina is reminded of the dowels in the U-shaped structure
when he sees the object, as they are about the same size. They agree that the dowels they had
previously seen were huge, which explains how easily Rick spotted this one as Billy excavated.
In a flashback we see how the crew was gathered around a watery hole, Rick Lagina scraping away
at the ground on his hands and knees, having found a log and a peg underneath him. This is from the
year 2018, when Rick, Marty, and the team stumbled upon a mysterious feature at Smith’s Cove. The
feature was discovered by Dan Blankenship in 1971 originally, but this time it was unearthed
for a second time by the Oak Island team. In the flashback, we can see as Rick brushes dirt
off the log, and he discovers a roman numeral etched into it, the number 7. A nearly
65 foot long U-shaped wooden structure, it was believed to be associated with the flood
tunnels that are connected to the Money
Pit. This structure not only featured large wooden dowels,
but was engraved with the identifying style of Roman numerals. Laird Niven had scanned the wooden
dowel they found and clearly read the letters “ V I I I” on the scanned image of it. These Roman
numerals also matched the markings found on an ancient musket artifact that was discovered only
six weeks ago in a circular depression on Lot 5. In the present day, Rick holds the old wooden
dowel in his hand and notes how it appears to hav
e been cut at some point. He decides
they should put the dowel away and wash it, so he tosses it back up to his nephew Alex.
Could it be possible that the crew has found evidence of a related wooden structure near
the stone road in the swamp? Is this wooden dowel the important piece of evidence that they
need to help them complete the Oak Island puzzle? Rick Lagina is hopeful that they will
find more dowels, but in the meantime Alex Lagina bags the one they found. According
to Alex, the U-
shaped structure is one of the most mysterious things they have found on the
island. Finding another wooden construction using the same technique in the swamp speaks
to the extent of the works on Oak Island. As Alex thinks this over, Gary Drayton
is busy using his metal detector in the big pit Billy has made in his excavating
efforts. So far, he has very little luck, as he does not get a single hit. He then asks the
crew how much deeper they would need to dig before they could get to the le
vel of the stone road.
Rick Lagina estimates it would take another foot of digging before reaching that point and
Billy notes that with every foot they dig, the closer they get to the zone where
they could run into the stone road. Rick encourages Billy Gerhardt to get back to
work, so the pile of soil starts rising once more, as Gary climbs to the top to scan with
his detector. The moment he gets a signal, Alex Lagina races up the small dirt hill to stand
beside him and offer help. Gary is
confident that he can pinpoint the area that is causing
his machine to go off, so he zones into the spot where the signal is strongest and uses his
handheld device to get a better read. The machine detects what appears to be a chain of some kind.
The Oak Island team has just made an important discovery. Billy Gerhardt is a few feet away in
his excavator, but he still manages to comment that the chain looks very old. Gary himself
exclaims over the oldness he can see and feel. He informs ever
yone that the chain looks hand forged
and his guess is that it was created pre-1840’s to the amazement of everyone. Alex and Billy
wonder what the piece is on the end of the chain, confused as to whether it's a clump of dirt or
simply another feature obscured by the severe amount of rust and dirt. Rick Lagina guesses
that it is a hook and Gary agrees, noting it is likely a hook or a very big link. Gary Drayton
notes that a person would need a chain like the one he is holding in order to unl
oad things. He
calls the rusty hook and chain his treasure and holds it high for everyone to get a good look.
A rusted hand-wrought iron chain found near the 500 year old stone road could point toward
the chain being used to unload valuable cargo from a ship and to Oak Island. The team does
not wish to contemplate that it was instead used to take valuable cargo away from the
ship. Could Gary be correct in his theory? The team decides to recheck the pile of excavated
dirt to see if they can
find more pieces of the chain, or perhaps something completely new. As
Gary runs his metal detector over the mounds of dirt, he comments out loud that he believes he has
found something. Alex Lagina gets ready to move forwards to help, but instead Gary is ready with
a hand held device to dig something out of the small pile at his feet. He pulls out a hook, much
smaller than the original one on the rusted chain. The tiny hook appears very old to Gary
Drayton’s eye, and he remarks that it is
quite a crude design and make. Rick Lagina
stands a few yards away, leaning on his shovel and he is sure that Emma Culligan,
the team’s archeologist and metallurgist, will be able to tell how old it is in the lab.
Even though the hook is small and corroded with dirt and rust, Gary believes that it could be a
sign of great things to come. He believes that whatever these mysterious, long dead people were
hauling, the chain broke apart to pieces and laid abandoned under centuries of new dirt an
d grass
and stone. This could mean that whatever they were hauling is still waiting to be unearthed by
the new generation of Oak Island treasure hunters. This hopeful outlook, encourages Alex Lagina
to keep looking and Gary Drayton needs little motivation to agree and get back to his search.
In Alex’s point of view, he knows that they have found some brilliant artifacts in their latest
dig in the stone road area. These are finds that speak to the needs of the previous inhabitants who
had t
o move things of great weight in the area. It also reinforces the knowledge they have that
there was a lot of work being done on the island. Oak Island has many different areas and
features, and the one Rick Lagina and Gary Drayton are searching in right now is where
they have made some of the oldest discoveries ever recorded not just on Oak Island, but in the
entirety of North America. A high honor to hold, but even with such an excellent track record, they
have yet to find anything of not
e on this trip, Rick commenting that Gary is due for a coin at any
moment. Gary Drayton is prone to finding ancient coins and artifacts with his metal detector.
In a flashback from a week ago, Gary Drayton, is jumping for joy and celebration, having found
something in the woods of great note, his friends the Lagina brothers, along with Craig Tester,
standing around him as witnesses. Passing an old looking to Marty Lagina, the crew soon discovered
that what Gary had found was an ancient coin.
At the lab back on Oak Island, a professional
coin expert soon confirmed it was of Roman design. To make matters even more extraordinary,
Gary had found four ancient coins in the area, making a total of five coins found in the past
year. Amazingly, three of the five coins have been dated to have been minted sometime between
500 AD and 300 BC and they were also determined to be of Roman origin. The three coins were
authenticated by numismatist Sandy Campbell. To Rick Lagina, Lot 5 continues
to present itself
a complete mystery, despite, or because of, the success they have had in finding ancient
artifacts there more than anywhere else. However, to Rick’s mind the mystery also has to do with
the man made constructs found there, as well as the strange artifacts they have uncovered,
all of which have proven to be mystifying. Gary Drayton gets a hit and he hovers over
the area to verify with his metal detector. Rick Lagina moves forward with his shovel and digs
up an entire chun
k of soil in a perfectly packed circle. His experience searching for valuables
buried under Oak Island’s various terrains shows very clearly. Gary’s metal detector finds
nothing in the rounded chunk of soil, instead beeping when in range of the freshly made hole.
Gary is able to determine based on the noises his detector makes what he may be looking for,
but he then switches to a smaller handheld detector to narrow down the position of his
item. He reaches in and pulls out some kind of strap
. He holds the piece and tilts it
from side to side, its dirtied appearance concealing anything identifiable. According to
Gary he is able to see that it appears to look like it's going down to a point in a manner
that he finds to be decorative in appearance. Rick Lagina believes that what they have
found could be a fragment broken off of something else. Gary concurs with this theory,
mentioning that a lot of these kinds of straps were around boxes or chests. Suggesting
that the straps cou
ld have been used for a certain treasure Oak Island is famous for.
As the two men stand gazing at the old strap, Gary imagines that it could have something
to do with whatever the depression a few yards away from them is. The depression is a
big hole in the ground surrounded by stones marking the area. Various people working
in the area can be seen moving around. But a strap possibly forms a chest or a box
found in Lot 5, which has proven to be quite a popular spot for artifacts? Could Gary
be right
with his suggestion that the strap has something to do with the nearby circular depression in
the ground? There is also the thought that it could have something to do with the ancient
Roman coins the team have found in the area? Did someone have a chest of these coins that
the strap was connected to at some point? Gary Drayton wants to use a CT scanner to
give them a fuller view and understanding of their new find. Rick Lagina is on board with
this plan, as they will no longer hav
e to guess or speculate as to what it really is or what
its purpose once was before ending up buried under a foot of dirt. The information that Emma
Culligan and her high tech equipment can provide could be extremely revealing as to what the strap
means to the feature in Lot 5. Rick’s thinking is that science can not be argued with or swayed by
persuasion, whatever it is, it will be exposed. He just hopes the information will be able to
add to the overarching mystery of the island. Although
they have just found something
potentially game changing, the day is still young and Gary wants to find another artifact
before calling it quits. His metal detector starts beeping just a few steps away from where
they found the strap. Rick brushes the foliage and branches out of the way so Gary can pass his
metal detector over the area once more with a clearer read of what is being hidden from them.
Gary’s machine is still making an odd noise, seemingly obstructed by a tree’s roots. Rick
t
akes in the general area that sets off the machine and pushes his shovel in harshly, the area
seemingly tougher than anywhere else. Finally, he makes a hole and Gary runs his machine
over it only for the signal to sound even weaker. His hand held detector spots the
item, and Gary pulls out a chunk of iron which he taps lightly. A chunky piece of iron
baffles them, they can not identify what it is, only that it is heavy. Gary makes a guess that
what he is holding is a fastener of some kind b
y the look of it, possibly a Rose Head type of
fastener since it is so old and hand-forged. Even the heaviness of the iron seems to indicate
it could be one of these styles of fastener. The fact that they are close to the most prominent
and interesting feature on Lot 5 makes the finding of such an item quite logical to Rick. He
asks rhetorically what they would need to put together a structure in the area, and determines
that of course fasteners would be necessary. Even with all the justifi
cations they make up for
themselves, the question of why they keep finding fasteners on the lots where they have made many
significant finds is strange especially when one considers the expense of these iron resources.
It does not make sense that the people who were here centuries ago would just waste all this
iron. Rick Lagina is out of any explanations or rationalizations for these things.
Gary Drayton continues to examine the iron fastener and comments that this is the type of
thing they
should show to Carmen, the blacksmith, because it could end up being so much more than
they think and regardless of what it is, it will add to the story and history of Lot 5. Emma will
be quite busy with everything going on in Lot 5. Back at the Oak Island Interpretive Center, also
known as the Lab, Rick Lagina and members of the team are meeting with blacksmithing expert
Carmen Legge. Rick Lagina, Carmen Legge, Jack Begley, and Laird Niven are all standing
around a table holding four diff
erent artifacts all recovered from a specific Lot of
interest. Carmen will take the lead in examining the recent discoveries from Lot 5.
Carmen reaches for the chunky piece of iron that Gary found and believed could have been a fastener
of some kind, but all he really knew was that it was old and heavy. In his estimation it was likely
a broken tool as well as a fastener. However, while Carmen acknowledges that it is very old, he
wants to view the head of the item more clearly with a scan bef
ore continuing his examinations.
As they take a look at the scan of the item, Carmen notes that the top looks as though
it was the broken end of something else. Jack Begley thinks the item looks like a chisel,
and Carmen agrees with this guess. He also adds that the tool could have been used for mining
or tunneling. Gary Drayton wonders how big the original tool would have been in its full
size, given it was used in such heavy work. Carmen Legge thinks it would have been a foot
long, and i
f it had been shorter than a foot it likely would not have been a very effective
tool that would be able to fulfill its purpose. Emma Culligan, the team's metallurgist then shows
them a table with the elements the broken off tool is made of. She notes that it has no modern
elements but it does have calcium and potassium, indicating that it is an older metal. Gary
comments that they have many more fasteners and tools to go through, all found on Lot 5.
The blacksmithing expert reaches for the
next item, which to him looks like a bowtie strap.
Laird clearly sees the shape of the bowtie as well. Jack Begley is confused, what would a bowtie
strap even be used for? Carmen Legge describes it as a decorative piece that had decorations
to be set in a pattern of a narrow then wide, narrow then wide, design all the way around
to decorate a chest. Jack immediately notes that Carmen describes it as a decoration for a
chest, and Carmen clarifies by detailing that they were very popular for
wooden boxes and chests.
Everyone finds this detail quite interesting, wondering at the cultural significance. Carmen
tells the team that it points to it being of an earlier French influence. To Carmen, this means
that the French were on Oak Island at some point, centuries ago, perhaps even before the English.
If this is true, it predates the 17th century. Rick Lagina recalls that the Oak Island team
has found important French artifacts before, like the lead cross that testing indicated was
made from lead that originated from the southern part of France. Jack Begley finds it all very
curious that all of these artifacts have been found near an area on the Zena map, which is a
French map, that is also a possible location for a hatch. In 2016, Rick’s friend and researcher
Zena Halpern presented maps of Nova Scotia and Oak Island that had French writing and that she
believed had been created between the 12th and 14th centuries by members of the Knights Templar.
This led Zena to
conclude that the island had been visited by organizations like the Knights Templar
and Freemasons to hide their sacred treasures and valuables over the years. Could Rick and the rest
of the team’s discoveries offer evidence that Zena’s theories and conclusions were correct?
Especially as many of the artifacts they have found predate the discovery of the Money Pit?
Rick Lagina has long turned over the idea that these French items such as the lead cross and
Zena’s map were somehow connected a
nd associated with some depositional work on the island. Rick
has always believed that the work on the island began incredibly early and he just needs to
fill in the gaps of knowledge more precisely. Carmen Legge tells the crew that the artifacts
they have shown him over the years are very unique as he has never seen them anywhere else. This
validates Rick’s desire to have every piece they find under extensive analysis and scrutiny. His
main goal is to be able to form a more detailed pictur
e as to the history and purpose of Oak
Island over the centuries, which all acknowledge has been a complex and long process. Gary Drayton
is excited to return to Lot 5 and find more clues for them to add to their Oak Island puzzle. Laird
Niven believes they have so much more to excavate. Rick Lagina and Gary Drayton are on Lot 5
ready to search the area where they have recently discovered five ancient coins, three
of which are confirmed to be from ancient Rome and are dated to be 2000 years
old. Gary
has set up a ton of flags around the area where his metal detector has caught something of
interest. Based on the sounds his machine made, Gary believes that it is possible that
they have found more coins in the area. The first purple flag is ripped out of the
ground by Rick and Gary notes what a good sound the buried object makes on the metal detector.
The target is then shoveled up by Rick Lagina, who has to pull out a huge stone before stepping
aside for Gary. The metal detec
tion expert pulls out the hand held detector and starts moving
clumps of dirt out of the way, however, he soon realizes that the item is already in his
hand, hidden in the clump of soil. As the dirt crumbles away, they are in awe of the ancient coin
they have dug up, one that is quite thick by the looks of it. There is no mistaking what it is, as
it looks nothing like a button or any other kind of rounded object. Did Gary and Rick really find
another ancient coin on Lot 5? Will this offer m
ore evidence that the Lot they are standing in is
connected to the 228 year old Oak Island mystery? Gary is convinced they have found an ancient
coin as it has the look and feel of one, not to mention it was truly buried under quite a
bit of dirt and stone. Rick is baffled by their finding and wants to know more than ever what
happened in Lot 5. Where are all these ancient coins from? They know there are a lot of secrets
on the island and Lot 5 is especially filled with confusion and myster
y. They hope that once
all the artifacts are identified, they will be able to find an answer to their questions.
The next morning the Lagina brothers meet with archaeologist, Laird Niven in the Oak Island
Interpretive Center. Rick recounts how he and Gary have found another artifact where
they had previously found those ancient Roman coins. Marty Lagina examines the now
clean item and Laird gives his opinion that what they found is a bag seal, as it is made
entirely of lead so he discounted
it as a coin. Dating back to the 13th century, lead bag seals
were fasteners used all across Europe to package large amounts of industrial and military goods and
products. Three years ago the team came across a lead bag seal that was located just west of the
swamp on Lot 32. Shockingly, the testing done on the seal indicated that it was a match not only to
the 14th century lead barter token found one year ago on Lot 5, but also a match to the 14th century
lead cross that was found in Smith
’s Cove in 2017. Rick Lagina was curious to know how Laird knew
this was not an ancient coin, but instead a lead seal. Laird explains how he recognized the cut
section on the surface of the artifact that was used when two circular lead bag seals were brought
together and stamped. Marty is appreciative of Laird’s expertise but is more interested in
hearing about the test results of the lead seal. Before the meeting between the three Oak Island
treasure hunters, Emma Culligan used the XRF mac
hine to scan their latest Lot 5 find. The
radiation from the machine allows them to see the item in greater detail and gives them an
accurate read of its elemental composition. Emma notes that the seal had very few impurities, it
was nearly made completely of lead. However, it did have traces of iron and copper. Emma also has
the report on the previous bag seal found on the island, which does not match this new find. She
can say that the composition is not exactly the same. Her most interes
ting find is the image of
the front surface which has some lettering on it. As they zoom in on the surface of the
seal, they can identify the letters, the K standing out prominently. They can see
the end of the word “CKER.” The team was able to find an exact match later on, the example
Laird found is of the words “ I Lloyd” on top and in the middle the word “Packers” and finally
at the bottom they see the word “London.” Laird Niven concluded that it was a cloth packers seal
from the 1700’s
. These were the people who would gather the cloth and literally pack them into
bales and then seal them. They would seal up to half a ton of cloth. Marty wonders if the
military would use such an amount of cloth for their soldiers. Laird lets the team know that
this company was also known as army packers, so they have a direct connection with the military
and a tentative connection to the years around 1808 with the address of the company in London;
however, Laird believes they are older th
an that. Rick Lagina is curious to know why the seal
could be older, and Laird explains that the Company using the letter “I” instead of “J” was
the clue he used. The letter “I” was meant to stand in for the letter J in this instance because
it was meant to stand for “John.” The letter “I” to stand for J went out of fashion, and the
letter “J” came into use in 1524. This makes it an artifact in and of itself with the old
fashioned spelling. This implies that the seal could be much older, fr
om between 1500 to 1800. A
bag seal designed to package goods for the British military and dating to as early as the 1500s in
Lot 5 is quite strange to find on Oak Island. Since the team has found artifacts in Lot 5 that
date back almost 2,000 years they wonder if this is another piece of evidence that people have been
using the island for their own secretive reason even prior to 1795. However, the other theory is
that someone was searching for the fabled treasure here even earlier than any
one knew. The company
could point them toward a new piece of the puzzle. In the Money Pit area, the Oak Island team
have just received some new sonar data that points to man made workings being present
over 150 feet deep in a cavern that they call Aladdin’s Cave. As they examine the scans
of the cavern, they note that there are two straight lines in the cave’s pictures. To Steve
Guptill, the straight lines do not look natural, they decide they will be able to see everything
better once he
puts them through the 3D model. Terry Matheson, geologist, believes that
the characterization of the cave’s opening will give them a lot of information as
to how people in the past proceeded to dig and work below 160 feet in the Money Pit area.
Marty Lagina asks that the sonar images be rotated so that he and Terry can track the slope of the
caves, slopes that to them look like sand. Terry believes that the slope could also be burying
whatever is on the floor of the cave. Marty Lagina notes
how there is a very square wall on
one side of the cave that captures his attention, and his only explanation for the shaping
of the cave is that it was man made but the question is why. Who would add man
made features to the cave and for what purpose? Marty believes it’s to hide treasure.
Based on the data they have collected, they determine that the Western part of the cave is
substantial in size and where it is coming from. Rick Lagina wants to know if anyone has figured
out a way into t
he cave; the best plan they come up with is to continue in the direction they are
going and see if the cave leads to anything. Alex and Marty both believe the team will have to
put a drill on it to see this project through. Rick Lagina is determined to take a look
into Aladdin’s cave as it is their best lead as to where the fabled treasure has been
hidden. However, he remains patient as he knows untangling the secrets of the island is
an incremental process. Paul Troutman, a historian of Oa
k Island, reads the sonar
images and realizes that they are seeing some echo along the walls of the cave and he thinks
that is likely where an opening is located. Rick Lagina wants to do more drilling and send a
camera into the camera so they can determine their next steps. He wants more information to
make a final assessment on the area and for this they will need a more detailed, outward-looking
scan. Marty Lagina gives the go ahead for the team to set up the next steps in the operation.
The following morning, Scott Barlow informs Craig Tester and Rick Lagina that there were issues
in the Garden Shaft as one of the shaft walls was leaking. The Dumas team had been drilling
to find the source of the water coming into the shaft. The water was rapidly filling
up the shaft at about a foot an hour so patching up the leak was imperative. Roger,
one of the supervisors of the Dumas team, has a camera in the shaft to take pictures and
video to show the Oak Island crew the problem. Ro
ger’s vlog style clearly shows the massive
flooding inside of the Garden Shaft, as the high pressure inside the walls of the shaft
gush out a ton of water at an alarming rate with no sign of stopping. The water inside the
shaft has reached four feet already. Suddenly, Roger spots a hole in the wall that allows him to
poke his camera through to examine the damage. He can clearly see some interesting bits with
the camera so he starts taking pictures. The Dumas team is over 60 feet below groun
d and
luckily the leak seems to be in an isolated spot because they have been able to drill around it
and it’s dry. Roger goes to speak to the crew above ground and he explains that he has found
something strange in the Garden Shaft walls. He describes how he saw a little cavern that's
full of timber in there. Roger takes out his phone and starts showing the guys the pictures
he took, showing planks on top of one another. This is a very confusing moment for the team.
The video Roger shot sh
ows a clear cavity in the wall of the shaft. Rick’s first thought
is that this could be connected to an offset chamber or a previously unknown void or tunnel.
Scott Barlow notices the horizontal nature of the cavity and their minds race as to the
purpose of it, already trying to calculate how and why this feature was created. Scott is
anxious to take a look inside but he refocuses the team on getting the leak plugged so they
can continue the refurbishment of the shaft. Could this terrible s
etback actually lead the
team to a major breakthrough discovery that could help them solve the 228 year old mystery?
Scott finds it so ironic that over 200 years later they are still dealing with the same problems
the original treasure hunters had to deal with on Oak Island. The bottom line for Rick is that
they will find a way to stop the flooding in the shaft and they know that the tunnel will still
be waiting for them when they solve that problem. According to him, the challenges presente
d to
them is what makes the mystery so legendary and they should enjoy the journey because they
can not stop until they get their answers. Rick Lagina and metal detection expert Gary
Drayton are making their way through the woods in Lot 5 to look for more clues that could reveal
who built the stone structures located in the area and why. Gary has already set up a dozen
red flags in the area, as he used his metal detector to scan for any hot spots beforehand.
All of the spoils come from the
bottom of the circular depression just a few feet from them.
The depression is a feature in Lot 5 where they have found artifacts dating between the 17th and
18th centuries. The area has been examined and worked on by their team of archeologists.
Laird Niven, the archeologist on the team, has given them the greenlight to start digging
in the area. A chance that they plan to take full advantage of, as Rick Lagina begins the process
of digging up the first flag immediately. As he finishes dig
ging the new hole, Gary uses his hand
held metal detector to find his target as quickly as possible. He picks up a chunk of dirt that
makes his detector go off and he slowly brushes the dirt off of the small item in his hand. The
artifact is revealed to be a lead shot. Rick notes that it is from a very small caliber and quite
old as well. Gary believes they may have found an object that goes back to any point in time in
the 1700s or even older. According to Gary, if it follows the trend of
the other items they have
found on Lot 5, it could be from the early 1700s or even be an item also related to the military.
If Gary’s guesses are right could this be potentially related to the Duc d'Anville
ship’s log? The log had detailed a French naval mission to hide treasure on an
island in this very area back in 1746. At the next flag, Rick carefully lifts up
the chunk of dirt and Gary pulls out a very small item. Rick Lagina immediately calls
out that they have found a shell casing, b
ut Gary contradicts this and says what
they found is much more unusual. A closer look reveals an oddly shaped artifact that Gary
decides needs the opinion of an archeologist, luckily there is a team of archeologists
working nearby. He calls over Helen Sheldon, and hands her the newly found item that she
believes is gun-related, that to her almost looks like a sight. Gary is relieved that her mind
went to guns because it confirms his own thoughts. Rick Lagina’s mind goes over how they have f
ound
items that are all related to some militant context and this new find could be added to the
growing pile of military items. This speaks to an enterprise that could have been conducted by
the French Duc d’Anville expedition. They decide to take their finds to the lab immediately.
Later that day in the interpretive center of Oak Island, the crew gathers around a table to
discuss the unusual find. Laird Niven immediately identified the item as a ramrod guide for a
musket. He describes how
it would come through the front tube; the smoothboard long gun, also
known as the musket, was invented in Europe near the beginning of the 16th century. The feature
known as the ramrod guide was made to help the operator of the musket in loading lead and other
stone projectiles into the muzzle of the musket. Gary and Rick want to know what kind of musket
it could have been designed for. Alex Lagina adds to the conversation, noting that if
what they found was a piece of a musket, then it mu
st be very old and anywhere from the
1600s to the 1800s. Gary loves the patina on the guide as it gives it the antiquated look. Rick
wants to know the origin of the piece, so Emma Gulligan offers to show the
CT images she got from it. Earlier that day, Emma Culligan, the metallurgist
and archeologist on the team, used a SkyScan 1273 CT scanner to X-ray the corroded object to make
3D images and reveal the fine details on the artifact. The little hole at the top of the ramrod
looks much clea
rer, the unusual part of the item looking bigger in the scans. Laird notices how
in the top right there are Roman numerals. Their minds all go to the Roman numerals they found
in the U-shaped structure in Smith’s Cove. Laird believes it could be the mark of a regiment but
finds it odd anyone would mark a ramrod guide. From the Oak Island archival footage, we can
see how in the early 1970’s, Dan Blankenship, the late partner of Rick, Marty, and Craig, had
built an earthen cofferdam that surr
ounded Smith’s Cove on the eastern end of the island. They did
this to drain the area and look for evidence of the flood tunnel system that acted as a booby
trap for the original Money Pit. This trap and the incredible findings are what originally shot the
island into viral fame and caught the attention of a podcaster of Joe Rogan’s fame and stature.
Dan Blankenship was amazed to uncover a U-shaped wooden structure that was 65 feet long and
featured Roman numerals. He believed it was built
as a surrounding barrier for the flood system.
Gary Drayton concludes that there is likely a ramrod waiting for them somewhere on Lot
5 that belonged to the guide. Could it be possible that the U-shaped structure along with
the artifacts found in Lot 5 could be connected to the French expedition that detailed secret
buried treasure in a deep pit on a wooded island? Finding the Roman Numerals brought back a
flood of memories for the crew of the U-shaped structure because to date they have fou
nd no other
artifact with this sort of detail. He believes the proximity of the objects lend it some basis for a
connection. Gary is determined to dig up the rest of Lot 5 to find some more extraordinary
artifacts and connections to the past. The Lagina brothers and their team are preparing
for an exciting day with underwater imaging expert, Blaine Carr. They are about to embark
on a two-step operation in the Money Pit area that they believe will reveal new truths about the
228 year old my
stery of Oak Island. They will be delving 140 to 142 feet underwater for new clues.
MartyLagina is hopeful they will find the treasure and answers as to whether the cave is natural or
man made. The team wants to know whether they can find a way in and out of the cave as well.
In a flashback from a week ago, a pair of representatives from Ideon technologies presented
the team with an incredible report on data they collected underground over the past couple
of years all across the Money Pit ar
ea. Five devices called Muon Detectors were placed
at different depths at previously drilled boreholes to scan for any possible voids, tunnels,
and large objects underground. Astonishingly, they found a number of potential targets
to investigate further. This indicates that there could be multiple sites where treasure was
deposited or buried in the Money Pit. This even opens up the possibility of the treasure being
split into multiple pieces across the island. After drilling a brand new bor
ehole into Aladdin’s
cave, the team will be the first to examine what is inside using a high tech camera to look
for evidence that it was man made and what the cave could be hiding inside of it. The camera
is lowered into the borehole and the team gets the first look as it travels below the surface.
If this mission succeeds, Blaine Carr, the sonar expert, will be able to conduct a more
comprehensive sonar scan to create a detailed map of the feature. Before they go through with
that, Rick L
agina comments that they want to have eyes on it first so they can try to take a
look much faster and be better equipped to orient the camera that will do the 3D mapping sonar.
The camera is lowered and it can still capture the side of the Caisson, as they rotate the camera
another foot into the borehole, they capture footage of the watery cavity and cave walls. Alex
Lagina carefully directs the camera’s angling and eventually they spot a ledge amidst the silt and
water. Alex directs Steve G
uptill to slowly lower the camera further, inching closer to the bottom
as they see how expansive the cave truly is. Rick recounts how they can see more features but that
the darkness makes it difficult to tell whether there is anything more on the cave floor. Blaine
Carr decides that they need to lower the camera further to reach the bottom of the cave. Alex
Lagina passes on the instructions to Steve that he needs to lower the camera another six inches.
The crew stands around the monitor as
they begin to rotate the camera, as they wait
for the camera to steady and settle, they begin to notice angular, strangely shaped
debris in the water. Rick speculates that there is a chance that it is a sign of human design
or evidence of treasure stuck beneath the water. After deciding that this is enough evidence
of the cavern having signs of a human’s touch, Rick decides that they have a large enough opening
into the cavern to lower the sonar device inside. They go ahead and begin scann
ing with a sonar
device, 150 feet below the surface to determine the dimensions of the cavern and to see if there
are tunnels leading into the feature. Scott, the man in charge of lowering devices
into the newly drilled boreholes, slowly lowers the EchoLogger DASS710 sonar
device. This device emits high-intensity radar pulses that then reflect off of objects
and barriers to produce a three-dimensional map of the underwater environment. As the device
descends into the cavern, it immediately
begins to bounce its pulses off of the cave walls.
Scott Barlow calls out the moment the radar device is 140 feet below, a signal for everyone
to head to the monitor. The map is slow to be recorded and the perimeter of the cave slowly
spits out new data. The map is dark with only a bright red line being slowly processed, Blaine
Carr explains it would be best to let the machine run until the next morning, at which point the
map should be far more detailed. They will be able to see everything
inside the cavity tomorrow
morning. Marty Lagina is on board with this plan, as he has waited this long, he is willing to wait
until the next day if it means getting good data. The waiting and patience needed to move
on to the next step is familiar to the Oak Island crew at this point, as everything
on Oak Island demands a thorough approach. They are determined to carefully and slowly
comb through every hint and clue they come across in order to properly document their
explorations and fo
rmulate new theories. The next morning, the Oak Island crew meets in the
war room. Rick Lagina is present through a video conference call, remotely participating in the
meeting. As the team is all seated around a table, we see multiple laptops are open, and they
prepare to look at the 3D map of Aladdin’s cave. Blaine pulls out a dark imaging of the cave,
an image in which is looking straight down. He explains to the team that he's going to be
sliding up and down the picture to observe it fr
om every angle. To an uneducated observer, the
3D map would look like the mouth of a volcano, dark on the outside and bright red and hot toward
the middle. However, as Blaine begins to shift the image, the image seems to pull away for a clearer
image of the entire cave. Blaine explains that the bottom is unseen because the sonar was
unable to look past the wall, which blocked a better view of the hidden floor of the cave.
What they can see on the 3D image is the blue lines that seem to indic
ate an opening, this means
that the cave has the potential for a man made ingress into a natural cave. This is a huge deal,
as it means their theories could be right. Rick Lagina then wants to know what the size of the
cavity is, and Blaine Carr is hesitant to answer because everything is on a slope and that changes
everything. According to Blaine the size can vary, but he does note that the cave slopes off
in one direction of about 30 degrees. He pieces together that if anything was in the
cave, gravity would cause it to fall along the slope and take everything to the bottom.
This leads to Jack Begley throwing out his opinion that the treasure could be at the bottom
of the slope. Marty Lagina agrees with Jack’s opinion and Rick Lagina is pleasantly surprised
by the hope that there may be a way to enter the cave. However, he is disappointed that they
did not see a man made feature in the cave, as it would have conclusively proven some human
interference in the area. He does a
lso share the hope that the treasure is buried in the silt on
the floor of the cave but he along with the rest believe it requires more investigation. The
treasure chamber’s location is of the utmost importance, so they have no plans to walk away
from this unique island feature any time soon. Blaine Carr suggests that they should move
over about five or six feet and put another hole down so that his sonar equipment can
see back into the area they had just scanned, but this time from a few f
eet away. This would
tell them if they are in an isolated cavern or if there is an opening somewhere that suggests
the cavern is simply one of a larger system? Marty Lagina is eager to try out Blaine’s
recommendation but he is not sure if it would be the right move. He asks his brother, Rick
for his opinion and Rick shares that he thinks another hole would give them a new perspective
to view the cave from and that it would give them the chance to exploit this opportunity
even more. With th
at comment from his brother, Marty decides that they will move forward
with the idea and retrieve more data. The mysterious curse of Oak Island has
enthralled the imagination of the world and of treasure hunters through the ages.
Now more than ever it is creating quite a buzz as every clue and obstacle is being
documented by the Fellowship of the Dig, who are dedicated to uncovering the truth
and history of the island, as well as finally finding the hidden treasure that they believe
is wai
ting for them. Joe Rogan himself has even broadcasted on his podcast for his millions
of listeners some of the rumors he has heard about the island over the years. The fascination
has only grown as the Oak Island crew has begun finding incredible man made features across
the island, ancient coins, chains and straps, as well as musket accessories. The many obstacles
that get in the way of unearthing the truth has also added to the interest, as they are constantly
running into problems, flood
ing in their shafts, boulders and stones obstructing their work, and
even all of the construction work that requires heavy machinery and dangerous drilling. Bringing
up the question, is the curse of Oak Island real? What do you think about the curse and have you
heard Joe Rogan talk about this on his podcast? Will this be the year that the team finally
finds the treasure? Let us know down below!
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