The Curse of Oak Island: An Exciting Find at Lot 26 (Season 6) | History
The Curse of Oak Island: An Exciting Find at Lot 26 (Season 6) | History
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NARRATOR: Jack Begley, Drayton, and area geologist Mike West head to the beach on Lot __, located on the island’s southwest shore. They have come here in hopes of finding historical artifacts like Gary and Rick Lagina did just one week ago, which was estimated to be as much as $700.
MARTY: This looks like a point where all they could have gone down there with the boat.
MIKE: Yeah, there’s definitely something going on.
MIKE: –a landing spot.
JACK: Yeah. And what do people do when they come up?
MIKE: They lose stuff getting on and off boats.
JACK: Yep. And especially if they were possibly loading and unloading, let’s see what we can find. Maybe we’ll get lucky.
MIKE: All right, let’s get her going.
JACK: All right, mate, we’ll follow you.
MIKE: OK.
NARRATOR: To assist them in their search, Mike will use a metal-detecting device known as the EM61. Unlike conventional detectors, which are limited to an average depth of between 1 and 4 feet, the EM61 is equipped with powerful transmitter and receiver coils to sense metal objects up to 20 feet deep. It also features a GPS, which will allow them to record the exact location of any targets too deep to be dug.
MIKE: Come on, Mr. West. Find us something.
WEST: I’ll find something.
MIKE: Think he’s got something? Any idea of the size?
WEST: Yeah, something small.
MIKE: But in this area where I just kicked off here…
[beeping]
MIKE: Yeah, I’m getting it. It’s only reading 4 or 5.
JACK: What?
MIKE: All right, that makes sense. Do you want to check?
JACK: Yep.
[beeping]
JACK: Oh, it’s out right here. I see it.
MIKE: Yep, I see it.
[beeping]
JACK: What is it?
MIKE: Hey, look at that. A welding rod?
JACK: No, look at this tip on the end.
MIKE: Oh, shoot.
JACK: That is unbelievable. That looks like a bleeding bolt.
MIKE: Totally.
NARRATOR: A crossbow bolt on Oak Island? But how did such an unusual object come to be in Nova Scotia? And perhaps even more important, who brought it?
JACK: That is sweet.
MIKE: I mean, this is… we’re talking like, Templar.
JACK: No?
MIKE: Yeah. That’s when they used them. That could be anywhere from 1000 to 1500.
JACK: Hey, Gary?
MIKE: Well, we’ll show you what we’ve been up to.
JACK: What is this? A weapon or a crossbow bolt?
MIKE: Yeah, yeah.
JACK: Yeah.
MIKE: But I think that’s a crossbow.
JACK: Exactly, crossbow bolt.
MIKE: And if that’s a crossbow, that is very, very, very old.
JACK: This would have been used for piercing chainmail.
MIKE: Templar, baby.
JACK: I’m using the T-W-T. [laughter]
MIKE: I think we were all excited by the potential crossbow bolt. Gary’s saying it’s very, very old, and this type of crossbow bolt was meant to penetrate chainmail.
JACK: Well, chainmail is iron. So, it’s possible that goes back, perhaps to the 1200s or 1300s, perhaps even earlier.
MIKE: So it’s an exciting find. There’s no question.
JACK: I mean, that is fantastic. Crossbow.
MIKE: You guys are smiling. We knew you would like it.
JACK: That is cool.
MIKE: This shape might be the head of it, possibly influenced by culture or some other way to define where it came from.
JACK: Laird and/or Kelly Bourassa would know something about this.
MIKE: But you’re right. That’s a find, right?
JACK: And it’s exciting.
MIKE: It is. The exact example…
JACK: Well, I don’t know which is more exciting, this or what yet remains to be found in the Money Pit. But it’s all about continuing to search and do research.
MIKE: I feel like we’ve just scratched the surface on this.
JACK: I can’t say anything else. Thanks for all your help. Great day, you know?
MIKE: Great day.