Rick Lagina’s New Discovery About Oak Island SHOCKED The Entire Treasure Industry!!
Rick Lagina's New Discovery About Oak Island SHOCKED The Entire Treasure Industry!!
Ark of the Covenant ultimately found its way into the temple. The Money Pit was a deliberately constructed copy of Solomon’s Temple and Chambers of Enoch. Season 11 of The Curse of Oak Island has taken us on a thrilling journey into the heart of the island’s mysteries. As the Lina brothers and their team dig deeper into The Money Pit and the garden shaft, they uncover artifacts and clues that have never been seen before and have the power to rewrite history in the island’s history, bringing them closer to the legendary treasure.
But just as they seem to be on the verge of a breakthrough, a frustrating mishap throws a pull into their search. The Lina Brothers rise to the challenges with their team, hoping to preserve their quest. Will they finally reach their goal, or is the treasure just out of reach?
It is a new day on Oak Island, and problems welcome brothers Rick, Marty Lina, and Craig Tester as they get to The Money Pit area. The drilling team has encountered a setback while deepening the garden shaft in The Money Pit. The timeline has shifted, the weather is causing issues, and the voids behind the shaft are complicating matters. Rick expresses worry about the delay, as completing the deepening was a major goal for the year. They now need to figure out the source of the water inflow.
Duma Contracting Limited has been trying to stop the mysterious water flow into the 87 ft deep structure for 3 weeks. It could be related to the legendary flood traps in The Money Pit. This delay prevents the team from reaching the final depth of 95 ft, where they hope to access a wooden tunnel leading to the baby blob—an area with high traces of gold, silver, and other metals.
Rick, Marty, Craig, and their team need help reaching the valuable treasures buried in The Money Pit area. In a war room meeting, they express disappointment over the delay in completing the garden shaft. They discuss efforts to stop water from entering the shaft and focus on making it sustainable. The plan is to extend the shaft to 95 ft to understand the deposit’s nature. Concerns arise about drilling without water issues, so Manova will use geofoam to stabilize the shaft and fill voids, taking another week.
If Duma Contracting extends the garden shaft safely, they can use a probe drill to locate precious metals. The team stresses the importance of using the garden shaft for horizontal drilling to find the treasure. They commit to solving challenges together. Marty notes agreement with the partners, but the possibility of codam work is discussed along with pumping the Aladdin’s Cave if metals are found. The meeting ends with a shared understanding of the challenges and a commitment to finding a solution.
Golden Aladdin’s Cave
The Oak Island team is exploring a spot about 60 ft southwest of the garden shaft and baby blob in The Money Pit area. This spot, called Aladdin’s Cave by Marty, is a large cavern about 1,550 ft deep. Evidence of wooden structures and gold detected through water samples has sparked their interest. The team finds intriguing things at the cavern’s end, and sonar and underwater images suggest it could be a man-made chamber. Like before, they consider digging a large steel coffer dam to uncover any hidden treasures in Aladdin’s Cave.
Marty strongly supports investigating Aladdin’s Cave, emphasizing his belief in its significance. The team agrees they need a better image of the cave, so Rick suggests drilling another hole and possibly putting a camera down. Everyone on the team thinks looking into Aladdin’s Cave is a great idea, despite recognizing the amount of work involved. They decide to explore further, expressing unanimous agreement with the plan.
More Evidence of the Dam Built in the Swamp Area
Later that afternoon, Bill is asked to pull back a little in the southeast corner of the swamp. Rick, along with his nephew Alex, Gary Drayton, and Billy G, continue searching for important clues near the potentially 500-year-old stone road. Gary has been busy since uncovering this massive feature in 2020, finding critical clues like ancient wooden barrels and a stone pathway that suggest it was used to unload valuable cargo onto Oak Island. The team hopes to find more of the stone road and valuable clues to solve the 200-year-old mystery. As they explore, they come across more chains, and Gary notes that they are connected and old. He observes that they are not factory-made but crude. They speculate about the larger chain possibly being an anchor, and the smaller ones serving different purposes.
The team believes these chains are significant for loading and unloading cargo. Gary is excited about the find and mentions that it reminds him of a multi-point emphasizing the significance. They continue exploring for more clues. While excavating near the stone road, Gary, Alex, and Billy discover an iron object, possibly the top of a spike. Gary identifies it as an old rose head spike, suggesting it’s from the 1700s or older. The team considers the possibility of it being a ship spike or a part of a buried structure. The discovery sparks thoughts of Fred Nolan’s reports about a dam feature in the same area, possibly used to create the swamp artificially.
The team is eager to explore further and uncover more evidence that may contribute to solving the mystery. The scene concludes with the team being ready for more excavations in the swamp and The Money Pit area.
Artifacts from Lot Five
Rick has joined his brother Marty, Jack Begley, archaeologist Liam Nevan, and archaeologist TMA Colligon in the interpretive center. “If this structure is as big as they think, it’s a major discovery,” they say. It’s a large building, and they’re discovering more objects. Emma and La have done scientific tests on an iron object and a carved stone found a week ago in the large foundation recently found beneath the circular stone depression on lot five on the island’s western side. Jie described the carved stone as a wet stone used for sharpening tools, a technique used for a long time. Emy used special tools like X-ray and CD scanners to study the artifacts. The X-ray test showed the iron content, confirming it’s a tool for sharpening.
They also talked about another decorated piece of iron, maybe a crochet hook, that Jamie thought was ornamenting a box. Research connected these artifacts to Sir William Phips, an English politician from the 17th century. The team has found metal objects on lot five linked to Sir William Phips, whom some believe buried treasure in The Money Pit in 1687. The research shows a match between the metal objects on lot five and items from Phips’ home in Maine. The team thinks this connection could explain the evidence of valuable metals in the baby blob or Aladdin’s Cave. They’re trying to understand the importance of these findings and think they might help solve the mystery.
Collapse in Aladdin’s Cave
The next morning, there were only 15 ft left to go, and the team was excited to drill hole KL5 in The Money Pit area. They aim to breach a mysterious cavern called Aladdin’s Cave about 150 ft below ground. Alex, Lee, and the team noticed something unusual in the underground features during the drilling. As they reached a depth of 148 ft, they observed a distinct separation between fine and coarse materials, indicating they should have entered the open cavern. However, there needs to be a solution.
Mike, another team member, shares that they hit the cavern at 147 ft, and the material being pulled into the casing is sandy and full of slush. There’s concern about a potential collapse from above. M calls Rick to explain the situation and discuss their next steps on a video call. Rick and gathered the team in the war room, including Marty Lina and Craig Tester. They drilled down to about 146 ft and found some extra material, raising concerns about a collapse. Rick emphasizes the importance of Aladdin’s Cave, where they suspect treasure might be, based on high concentrations of precious metals and organic material in the water.
Marty suggests not giving up on Aladdin’s Cave, considering it might not be a total collapse, but perhaps a wall gave way. He suggests analyzing all the data from the camera and sonar for a clear understanding before deciding how to proceed. Craig agrees with Rick, urging Paul and Steve to examine all the data and understand the cave’s current state—whether a collapse or partial collapse is crucial for planning the next steps. They emphasize the need to gather all the information about the cave.
Bead in Lot Five
Later in the day, Jack Begley joins archaeologist Liam Nevan and the team to explore a mysterious foundation on lot five. They aim to uncover clues about why it was built and if anything is valuable. A team member suggests that they keep digging to see what it is. Jack, Fiona, Mo, and Lindy clear away soil and debris to reveal more of the structure, while Jamie and Helen sift through the collected material for artifacts and clues. Shortly, they found a ceramic piece with no glaze, or maybe white salt glaze, from the mid-1700s, possibly connected to William Phips.
Then, the team also discovered an angle perpendicular to the possible wall, suggesting an entrance to a cellar or a staircase to another buried level. Archaeologist Jamie Cuba makes a significant find: a beautifully decorated bead, possibly made of Venetian glass. The team discusses its potential age and how it might affect the perceived age of the stone structure.
Investigating Evidence of Dam Structures in the Swamp
In the afternoon, the Oak Island team decides to check out a promising area in the southeast corner of the swamp. Jack Begley and metal detection experts Gary Drayton and Billy G are looking for clues and evidence of buried structures near the Big Stone Road. Gary scans the area, saying, “I think it’s a bit of a scrappy signal, but let’s see what we’ve got going out here.” They find what seems to be an ancient iron fastener and wonder if it could be connected to the Stone Road or the buried dam feature mentioned by Fred Nolan.