Marty Lagina: We Found Something TERRIFYING At Smith’s Cove!

And so, I hope you are too.
Yeah, so we sent some samples to Pier’s lab.
He analyzed them, and a number of the samples that I sent to him showed gold.

“Oh really?”
“Really?”
“Yeah, gold.”

Well, Oak Island, situated off the southern coast of Nova Scotia, is rich in legend—known both as a cursed island and a source of hidden treasures.
Among the many teams of diggers and excavators working on the island, the Lagina brothers have gained popularity for their televised adventures.
Over the years, they’ve stumbled upon various ancient artifacts that provide insights into the island’s ancient mysteries.
However, their recent discovery at Smith’s Cove stands out as their most significant find yet.

What exactly did they uncover, and what significance does it hold?
Join us as we explore the chilling object discovered at Smith’s Cove and its relevance to unlocking the secrets of Oak Island.

Ancient French Drain Found on Cursed Island

Most people who discuss traveling to Canada may wish to visit places like Toronto or Ontario.
However, hunters would discover that Canada has another well-known location that has drawn visitors from all over the world for more than 200 years.

This is about a small Oak Island situated on the southern coast of Nova Scotia.
The island is believed to be full of opportunities for adventure and treasure, as there are rumors that a vast amount of money is concealed somewhere on the island.

That’s the reason hundreds, if not thousands, of people have traveled to this enigmatic location known to us as Oak Island.

To me, since there’s no other structure around it, I think this was an attempt to try to block off the drains.
Unfortunately, even though these hopeful treasure seekers traveled by car to the island, they would all return home empty-handed, proving that their efforts had been in vain.

Maybe this is due to the treasure’s enigmatic nature and the numerous booby traps placed throughout the island to prevent would-be treasure seekers from coming across it.

However, the Lagina team, along with their Resolute team, are determined to use the most up-to-date methods and tools available to pursue any hints they may come across and emerge as the ones who have finally triumphed over Oak Island’s treasure hunting challenge.

Well, in the process, they have uncovered some fascinating facts.
Thanks to their efforts, as interesting as these findings are, they should be a source of encouragement for the Lagina brothers and their team as they ponder how they haven’t gotten to the treasure yet.
Because according to legend, the treasure may have a curse that says that before someone finds the treasure, seven men must die searching for it.

To date, approximately six men have met their end after the Oak Island treasure hunt challenge.
Maybe until one more person falls, you can’t find anything anywhere.

In search of treasure, the Lagina brothers and their crew may simply be content with the ancient relics they collected during their treasure hunt.

Well, curse or no curse, the Lagina brothers and their determined band of treasure hunters don’t seem to be stopping this treasure hunting project anytime soon.

It reminds us of the time they did the huge excavation at Smith’s Cove.
Not that the Lagina brothers were in a good mood, because after a while of doing the work, it seemed that all their efforts suddenly paid off.
Just a day ago, the team managed to excavate the U-shaped structure found in the area.

This was huge because they were able to complete this work many years after Dan Blankenship discovered the U-shaped structure.
With excavations and surveys included, one will be curious how deep they are.
The farthest point of its penetration looks durable, though.

That discovery came in the form of a French drain.
This French drain is an old water system that uses several stones of different sizes so that its builders can direct the water from one place to another—a truly ingenious system.

A French drain is a trench filled with gravel, rock, or both, with or without a perforated pipe that directs surface water and groundwater away from an area.
It is also known as a weeping tile.

Weeping tiles, also known as drain tiles or perimeter tiles, are the name given to the perforated pipe exuding liquids.
The pipe “weeps” while it is draining.
It got its name when terracotta tiles were used to make drain pipes.

French drains are typically used as an alternative to open ditches or storm sewers for streets and highways, with the main purpose being to stop surface and groundwater from entering buildings or causing damage to the foundations.

An alternative method of distributing water is through the use of French drains, such as a septic drain field at the sewage treatment systems.
Typical septic tank outlet to release groundwater pressure retaining wall—French drains are also utilized.

French drains can be installed on two or three subterranean drain pipes, or they can be widened depending on the anticipated amount and volume of runoff or rainwater.
Redundancy is another benefit of having multiple pipes in case one bursts or becomes clogged due to piping defects.

If a pipe is on a side of the drain that receives a lot more water—for example, if it is near an uphill slope or a roof line that drips near the French drain—it may overflow.
As a kind of load balancing, water can seep sideways into a parallel pipe when a pipe overflows, preventing either pipe from being slowed down by air bubbles, as might occur in a full pipe with no upper airspace.

After the discovery, the team gathered on site to understand what they had just discovered.
One of the first things they noticed about the French sewer was that it seemed to be made of inconsistent materials.

This prompted Marty to complain about how depressing Smith’s Cove was for treasure hunters—even by Oak Island standards.
Looking at this structure adds to the team’s frustration because the unevenness of the materials used to build this structure makes it difficult for the boys to tell what it might have been used for.

All they could do was dig in Smith’s Cove.
Perhaps they will find more answers about the structure if they dig deeper into the earth.

Meanwhile, the team continued excavation exercises at Smith’s Cove.
The Lagina brothers are not the only excavators on the island.
And how are the others, and what have they found so far?

The 200-Year-Old Shocking Revelation Also at Smith’s Cove

Other researchers of the Oak Island curse—Alex Lagina and Paul Troutman—were on their mission.
They went 10 miles northeast to the city of Chester.
This was because they wanted to look at the large collection of documents in the museum there.

Perhaps they could find clues that would help them move forward a little.
That’s because they heard that the Chester City Heritage Society may have an extensive record of Oak Island searches going back more than 200 years.

It makes us wonder what they can learn from such records and if it would lead the team to the treasure of Oak Island.

However, Alex, Finn, Doug, and the team hoped to make some progress in their work at Smith’s Cove.
The trio soon achieved records that may interest them and the residents of Smith’s Cove.
However, the trio decided that they needed to do in-depth work on this study.

Small drains were found on the east bank of the moat.
Each of these drains was 66 feet long.

Fortunately, it wasn’t as extensive or scattered as some of the research materials they had acquired over the years, but they still had a lot of work to do with the documents they had.

Before long, they found a letter written by Gilbert Heddon to Mr. Harris in 1936.
This letter told of the discovery of a wooden structure with two trees attached to the rock, which also contains Roman numerals at Smith’s Cove.

Could this be the same U-shaped structure that Dan Blankenship discovered all those years ago—before the team found it just a few days ago?
It was, of course, a great find.

As time passed, the trio continued to make other important discoveries.
For example, Doug found a newspaper article that described the “fingers spill” at Smith’s Cove.
This takes us back to the 1850s, when some treasure hunters were looking for the source of the water flooding the Money Pit.

During that flood prevention bid, the Truro Company—one of the groups—made it to the island so they could look for the treasure found in the five-finger box.

Whenever you’re in close proximity to the Money Pit, you have no idea the possibility of what you might find.

These five tunnels, made of flat stones supported by smaller stones to create an opening, seemed to connect at some point on the beach sand to form a single tunnel—a triangle that pointed west around the legendary money shaft.

As amazing as it sounds, it may be nothing compared to the newspaper article the team found moments later.
Theories that something happened here long ago may or may not change history as we know it.

This article, written in the Dartmouth Herald in 1863, stated that the drains were a few feet east of the show hall, and each drain was about 66 feet long.

After reading the article further, the trio realized that they had two options regarding these mysterious drains:
Either the U-shaped structures were reconstructed, or they were built to form the sewers.

They also learned more details about the finger drain, which, of course, increased their eagerness to return to Smith’s Cove to find the hatch.

Well, at least for now, they decided it was time to take the finds back to work at Smith’s Cove.
Alex, Doug, and Paul soon met the rest of the team at the Island Bar.
They were keen to hand over anything they found to the Chester Heritage Society.

Maybe it could help them get closer to the finish line when it comes to this Oak Island treasure hunt challenge.
Soon, they told their friends everything they knew.

Over drinks, they told them about the 66-foot objects in the finger chute and that they were meeting on the beach.
This information proved to be key because, after listening to the measurements of the drains, Marty revealed that he had measured a U-shaped structure at Smith’s Cove and that there were similar structures at the Chester Urban Heritage Society.

This raises the question that maybe it was erected by treasure hunters who hoped it would end the flooding problems they faced.
The only other possibility the team could think of was that the structure might have been older than it appeared.
It could be that instead of being built by treasure hunters to stop the flood, it was built by those who built the original Money Pit.

The information they gathered while there—it is full of rocks here, and next to it was untouched soil.
Alex and the others told them how the tunnels were big enough for a man to put his hand through and that they were made of flat stones that didn’t seem to intersect—closed at the top and bottom, making it a triangular shape.

This led the team to speculate that they might encounter them as they continued to work.
The only thing is that they had to be found when they were found.

Therefore, the team thought it would make sense to look at these pipes as they continued their work at Smith’s Cove.

As the team continued to excavate the island, not all of these items could be established for nothing.
There was a treasure on the island, and they were about to find it.

For now, they need to focus on what’s in front of them.
Although the technology at their disposal could not yet tell them what the U-shaped structure was, they would do everything they could to find out.

Now, it was time to get back to work so they could see what they could find in Smith’s Cove.
The crew decided to finish their drinks and get back to work.

With the crew back to work and digging away, they found an ancient relic that was dated back to 1860.
What is this tunnel about? Let’s dig in.

Stumbling Upon a 164-Year-Old Tunnel

Let’s start with Craig Tester, who decided to start his day at what was suspected to be the original Money Pit.
This was because he planned to meet with Tory Martin, an expert in gyroscopic research who was known for his expertise in gyroscopic technology.

The meeting was arranged during the area drilled during the team’s excavation exercises.
That way, they can tell if the holes are tubular or straight.

Why is this important?
Besides security reasons, as far as we can tell, this is also done so the team can know if they are hitting their targets or if they are right about their speculation of a borehole.

They were currently looking at a tunnel that appeared to be about 100 feet long.
Craig states that this is due to the problems they encountered in the 1860s—probably when they built the shaft, which was supposed to be 18 feet west of the original Money Pit.

The diggers were shocked because they suffered a massive collapse while building their shaft.
This must have been unfortunate, as this massive shaft was built to bypass some of the traps floating around the Money Pit.

It turns out that the cause of the break-in is the usual suspect: flood waters that seeped into every shaft that was previously dug.