The Curse of Oak Island Season 13 Episode 7 Walk the Line (Dec 16, 2025) Full Episode HD
The Curse of Oak Island Season 13 Episode 7 Walk the Line (Dec 16, 2025) Full Episode HD
This is pretty much what we’re looking for.
It’s incredible.
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Tonight on The Curse of Oak Island.
This structure is very different.
If it’s a marker, then there’s at least one other point of
Wait, look at this.
Another marker found.
What?
This was found on lot 15.
There’s an engineering tool.
That may be the most sophisticated item that’s shown up.
Johnny Vore.
Could be the core.
Yeah, I got something right here.
That is pretty much what we’re looking for.
Incredible.
There is an island in the North Atlantic where people have been looking for an incredible treasure for more than 200 years.
So far, they have found a stone slab with strange symbols carved into it, man-made workings that date to medieval times, and a lead cross whose origin may be connected to the Knight Templar.
To date, six men have died trying to solve the mystery.
And according to legend, one more will have to die before the treasure can be found.
Okay, guys.
I 9.5.
Here we are.
We’re looking to get to the deeper sections of the solution channel.
That’s right.
As the sun rises high above the money pit area on Oak Island, Rick and Marty Lagginina’s team move forward in their quest to solve a 230-year-old mystery.
We picked up the points where it’s deepest and this is going to be one of them.
Destination for this hole is 210, 220, right Steve?
Yeah, that’s right.
220, maybe even 230 ft deep.
Dr. Spooner and Dr. Michael fully believe that those metal deposits are placed by man, not natural in the waters themselves.
Exactly.
So very exciting.
Yeah.
Today they are drilling a new borehole known as I 9.5, which is on target to reach an unexplored area of the solution channel.
And based on new water tests that reveal gold, silver, and other metal objects may be in this area, the team has renewed hope that they are narrowing in on the elusive treasure.
When we get down there, we should be looking for really soupy material.
Yeah.
Hopefully, we’ll drill through some loose points at the bottom of a very loose and soupy area.
Yep.
I am a little bit disappointed by the initial speed of drilling in the solution channel.
All right.
The significance of the precious metals and others dissolved in the waters has never been diminished.
We have a core, gentlemen.
There’s lots of indications that there is a great treasure here still.
At this point, it looks like we’ve got fairly loose material, but it’s not as really as watery and washed out as we would like to see.
Thanks, Adam.
It’s kind of what we want.
It’s loose, but there’s just too much volume here.
It wouldn’t allow things to fall through them.
It looks like we’re into a little bit of gypsum.
Now, it’s not solid stuff, but if he starts out and starts getting into very firm material, he’s probably into the bedrock plateau.
I think that’s kind of what we’re hoping for
because so far, most of the collapses we’ve observed
have been right on the edge of the bedrock plateau.
So, we’re looking for a cavity underneath
that maybe remained open long enough
to swallow up the money pit,
then it should be right there.
I think that bodes well, as you say.
Now, let’s hope that this is just the edge
of the most distant protrusion
out into the solution channel.
We’ve just caught a little boulder.
At this point, I would assume it would have tagged into something,
but those metals still come back positive
and they give me a lot of hope
that we are in the right spot.
We just haven’t tagged it yet.
Every core could be the one that breaks through
and then we’re into the solution channel
and potential treasure depth.
Absolutely.
As the drilling operation continues,
several hundred yards to the west on lot 5.
Hopefully, we find something cool soon.
Yeah.
Members of the team search for new clues
in the round stone foundation,
one of several mysterious structures
that have been uncovered on this lot
and which could help identify
just who occupied it
before the discovery of the money pit.
Oh wow,
we got more pearl.
Oh, nice.
You can bag it up and clean it.
What’s satisfying for my job
is when we find a piece of pottery like this,
it proves to us that people were on lot 5
doing work in the early 1700s.
But things like the different buttons we’re finding
indicate that this feature
could potentially be a lot older
than we thought.
So, we’re starting to perhaps build a picture
of a very early occupation on Oak Island.
Hey, I found a bead.
Oh, wow.
Good eyes.
Hey, Lamb, come check this bad boy out.
All righty.
What is that?
It’s little.
Oh, nice.
It’s a bead.
And it’s from Venice.
It’s from Murano.
You can tell just from looking at it
stylistically
and we’ve done analysis on the other ones.
So, how old would one like that be?
Well, the tradition of bead making in Murano
goes back like hundreds of years.
But the beads could speak more to theories
about the Knights of Malta
having a presence on Oak Island.
This is now the sixth Venetian bead
that the team has found in this feature.
And curiously, these ornate beads,
which were also used as currency
between the 12th and 19th centuries,
have been potentially linked
to a group known as the Knights of Malta,
a religious order related to the Knights Templar,
who established a stronghold
just 15 miles south of Oak Island in 1632.
It’s got red and blue inserts.
The base glass is hot white.
It’s great that we’re finding this variety of beads.
Three in the same type.
Kind of makes you think—
Someone’s necklace, bro.
Yeah.
And there’s more out there.
They were used for trade,
but they were also worn
by the people that brought them over.
So, that’s pretty cool.
I don’t find a lot of beads,
so I’m always excited to get a bead.
Cool.
Like it a lot.
Good job.
Later that afternoon.
So, what do you see before us?
It’s curious.
I don’t know what to make of it.
Rick and Marty join other members of the team
in the research center
to discuss another curious discovery on lot 5.
A man-made stone marker
found just three weeks ago.
Gary was metal detecting
and we came across this
and we both went,
“Well, that’s strange.”
And to help their investigation,
Laird has created a 3D model of the feature.
I did a drone-based 3D model
of the split stone feature.
I fly the drone around
at different angles, different heights,
and take a lot of photographs.
And then I bring all of those photographs
back into the lab.
I have a program that will reconstruct everything
very similar to the reconstruction of a CT scanner.
And in the end, we have this beautiful 3D model
so we can show all angles, all heights,
and get a much better idea
of what this split stone looks like.
Laird, what can you tell us about it?
Well, it was the stone sticking out
that much from the ground.
It looked like a standing stone
and then we found a much larger rock
beside the standing stone.
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If we flip it up,
you can see how the rock was sitting.
Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
I don’t see a natural way for that to happen.
No.
No.
So, the hole was dug,
it was placed in the hole,
propped up,
and then surrounded by rocks.
I don’t have the expertise to say
that it was 100% placed,
but the people who do have that expertise
tell me that.
So, the scientific finding is
that that boulder was placed.
Okay.
To me, there’s only two alternatives.
It was placed to cover something up
or it was placed to be a marker of some sort.
We need to figure out which of those it is.
We did get this dark organic soil
underneath the rock.
This formation was typically used
by the Romans or Vikings
as a marker.
In the research center, Steve Dupell has revealed that the man-made stone formation near the middle of lot 5 could be an ancient surveying marker of European design. This marker could go back hundreds, if not thousands, of years. It was used for two purposes: either as a marker stone to indicate a specific point, such as along a Roman road, or to claim land by placing it in an area of significance.
The Romans commonly used such markers to claim land, while the Vikings were more likely to use them to signify presence. What else has been found in that area includes six Roman coins within a 250-foot radius of this marker. Research has shown that Viking settlement sites often had Roman coins associated with them.
In 2023, members of the team traveled to Reykjavik, Iceland, to investigate the theory that descendants of Vikings and members of the Knights Templar may have hidden sacred treasures on Oak Island as early as the 12th century. At the site, they observed a carved cross with a circular top similar to the 14th-century cross found at Smith’s Cove, as well as Roman coins dating to the 4th century that matched those found on lot 5.
This raised the possibility that the stone marker on lot 5, believed to have connections to both Roman and Viking practices, could be another clue supporting this theory. The orientation of the stone suggested it was aligned intentionally, following a line-of-sight principle used in ancient surveying, where one marker would always be visible from the next.
The team decided to physically walk the projected line to see if another marker or feature could be found. Using a total station instead of GPS due to the dense tree cover, they began surveying a straight line eastward from the marker stone. As they progressed, Gary used his metal detector to search for artifacts that might indicate significance along the line.
During the search, the team discovered small iron fragments and straps, which could have been part of barrels used to transport valuable materials. As they continued, Rick and other team members discussed another recent find: a possible compass or divider tool discovered on lot 15.
Further examination revealed that the object was not a compass but a divider—an ancient engineering tool used for navigation, measurement, and construction planning. Such tools date back more than 2,000 years and were essential for designing structures and mapping land.
Analysis showed that the divider contained no modern alloying elements, placing it comfortably in the 1700s and possibly as early as the mid-1600s or even the 1500s. The level of corrosion suggested long-term submersion in saltwater, raising questions about how it ended up on land. One possibility was that it had been brought up from a flood tunnel connected to the original Money Pit during earlier treasure hunting operations.
Meanwhile, the team continued walking the survey line and discovered a drilled stone on lot 27. Similar drilled stones had been found before near the original Money Pit and at Smith’s Cove, all aligned along precise east-west axes. This suggested intentional placement rather than coincidence.
When the projected line from the lot 5 marker passed directly through the drilled stone and continued on to the Kingdom Stone—part of the Nolan’s Cross and Tree of Life formations—it became clear that these features might all be part of a much larger, deliberate network.
The Kingdom Stone, discovered years earlier and carefully reburied for preservation, appeared to lie directly on this projection line. Alignments like this strongly indicate purposeful design, especially in ancient surveying practices where high ground and visibility were critical.
Back at the Money Pit, drilling continued at borehole I-9.5. The team recovered extremely loose, soupy material from depths exceeding 200 feet, consistent with conditions expected near the solution channel. Pinpointer scans indicated the presence of metallic material within the core samples, though no visible coins or artifacts were immediately apparent.
Soil samples were collected and sent to the lab for further analysis to determine whether traces of gold or silver were present. Even microscopic flakes of precious metals would strongly suggest proximity to a treasure deposit.
Later, blacksmithing expert Carmen Legge examined the divider tool found on lot 15. He confirmed it was a high-quality, double-sided engineering instrument, likely belonging to a highly skilled craftsman. Comparable tools dated as far back as 1543 had been documented in European records.
The quality, design, and durability of the divider suggested it was used in significant planning work, possibly related to the construction of the Money Pit, flood tunnels, or large-scale stone alignments across the island.
If the tool dated back to the 1500s or 1600s, it would predate the discovery of the Money Pit by centuries, strongly implying the presence of organized activity on Oak Island long before recorded history acknowledges.
The team concluded that digging and drilling alone may not solve the Oak Island mystery. Instead, the growing network of markers, alignments, artifacts, and engineering tools suggests an island-wide plan, possibly created by people with advanced knowledge, resources, and intent.
As another day ends on Oak Island, the mystery deepens. With each layer uncovered, new questions arise: who came here, why they came, and what they were determined to hide so carefully.
Next time on The Curse of Oak Island, the team uncovers what may be a high-grade jewel, potentially opening an entirely new chapter in the centuries-old mystery.
