The Curse of Oak Island: SHOCKING WAR ROOM REVELATION (Season 8) | History

It is great to be back on Oak Island. Rick and Marty Laguna convened this year’s first official meeting in the war room. There are a couple of guys standing by in the research center.

“Can you okay?”
“I’m up by, hey guys.”
“Nice, hey guys, alright. Hey guys, I’m over here too, but I’m keeping my distance over to the side.”
“Good, perfect. Gary, you teased us big time the other day, and now we’re here to see the unveiling.”
“Yeah, Jack has to be held accountable too.”
“Yeah, Jack’s involved in this. That’s Craig.”

Last week, while metal detecting near the mysterious structure on lot 15, Gary Drayton and Jack Begley made two potentially significant discoveries.

“That’s an axe, an axe head, believed to be used for ship maintenance.”
“Oh, no way!”
“And what appeared to be an ancient coin of unknown origin.”
“That is an old coin.”
“Wow, let’s see it!”

And it was this intriguing find that Gary promised to share only when Rick and Marty returned in person to Oak Island.

“This is worth waiting for, guys. When you get a quarantine, this will lift your spirits, mate.”
“You’re really not gonna show this to us?”
“Um, no.”
“So what was in your top pocket last month?”
“I’ll keep teasing a little bit longer.”

“Jack and I found a nice chunky piece of iron, which I believe is an axe. You can see where the socket was broken there, and just the shape of that, the way it comes down like this, which would put it to the early 1700s, 1720-1740 era. It’s definitely a ship’s rigging axe.”
“Feel that, Rick, feel it. Wherever that is, you know that’s an old piece of iron, mate.”
“Yeah, I mean, that’s a really substantial piece of iron.”
“No, that’s a good find, Gary. That’s a real good find.”
“And the date you mentioned, early 1700s, it fits in place there. Okay, good find.”

“No, I know this wasn’t in your top pocket.”
“No, you weren’t tilting to one side.”
“I tried to put it in there.”
“Did it?”
“Oh yeah.”
“That’s not the only thing we’ve got to show.”
“Yeah, now I know you said that’s the biggest find, but you know, size doesn’t always matter. Liv, here you go. Mike, pass that around.”

“Is that a coin, Gary?”
“Yeah, it’s a coin.”
“It’s a coin with a square hole in it.”
“Well, the thing about this is, it’s got some heft to it. It’s got that thickness to it, and if you look at it closely, you can see some kind of symbols on it. You can see embossing almost.”
“Yeah, up along here.”
“You have an idea of what it’s made out of, Gary?”
“You had copper.”
“Yeah, to me, when you find a coin with a square hole in it like that, it’s an old colonial-era coin. The locals decided to deface it.”
“Well, I think this was in someone’s pocket.”
“Think about the coins that were found in that area. Who’s to say this isn’t from the early 1700s, or even older?”
“I think we’re getting down to an early date that there was activity up there.”
“Yeah, that’s good. If there’s any remnants of a design on there, that will be very helpful.”
“Let’s do it. Let’s find out what the thing wants to tell us.”

“It is a great find, Gary. That’s a great find.”
“Mm-hmm.”
“This is all pre-money pit, original story.”
“Yeah, we have all kinds of dates in the early 1700s now, late 1600s, and of course some going back even farther. The real question that perennially pops up to me is, was that when treasure was placed here, or something entirely different?”
“Artifacts tell a story. It’s remarkable, this place. I mean, we’ve got a French connection, we’ve got British military, you know that aligns with a significant amount of finds. But we need more experts or technologies to weigh in. There’s plenty of evidence that something super significant happened here.”
“Yeah.”
“Alright, well, this island has teased us long enough. Let’s, this year, find it, shall we?”
“Yep.”
“Alright, let’s get you back out there.”