Rick Lagina: “LUCKIEST Day Of My Entire Life!”

The two final episodes of season 10 may have revealed what the entire world has been waiting for for so long. Yes, season 11 might be the end of it all. And there might not be a season 12. Did the Lena brothers finally discover the treasure on the Oak Island? Let’s find out.

At the base of the garden shaft, Duma Contracting is conducting a probe drilling operation in a downward direction in the goal of discovering the tunnel that is thought to be located below it. More specifically, Duma finds what they believe to be the tunnel at a level that is approximately 91 ft above the ground. The preparations that Dumas is making to drop a sewer camera into the hole and also erect a casing to assure that there would be no collapse are being made currently.

Both Jack and Lair discover shards of this red pottery on lot 5, but they do so at different levels of the circular building. Jack is also successful in locating charcoal which may be utilized for carbon dating. Leair makes the decision to increase the amount of digging that is being done.

Clay that contains fragments of wood is captured by a sewer camera while it is located back in the garden shaft. The decision is made by Marty to drill through the wood in order to verify the tunnel. This is also done by Justin.

Jack makes a hypothesis regarding lot 5, which suggests that the structure might be the hole under the hatch on Zenia Halpern’s map. In conclusion, Leair makes a request for mechanical assistance in removing the large stones.

The lead Ba token is a virtual match isotopically to the cross, according to the results of the laser ablation testing, which indicates that it was also from southern France in the 1300s.

In the swamp, Gary discovers and locates a doorknob made of copper that is located on a ramp that is covering mud spoils. Additionally, Alex and Peter were able to locate one of the ramp’s edges. The drilling machine runs into something that it is unable to pass through while it is in the garden shaft.

After pulling up the drill bit, they discover a very small piece of wood that is nonetheless large enough to carry out a carbon dating analysis. The crew comes to the conclusion that the next step should be to increase the size of the hole to 6 in and make use of a larger drill bit in order to break through whatever the obstruction is. This decision is made because they are running out of time.

The following time on an all-new episode which happens to be the season 10 finale episode of The Curse of Oak Island and is titled And the Hits Keep Coming — Leair knocks on what he believed to be the bottom of the circular structure and it does not sound solid. Does that mean that there is a large treasure within 15 ft of the garden shaft as Marty inquires?

In response, Dr. Spooner says, “Yes, we have definitely narrowed down a region.” In addition, Gary Drayton brings a metal detector down into the water at the bottom of the garden shaft. The metal detector finds non-ferrous metals, which may be the wood, soil, and water samples that show high trace evidence of gold.

Marty brings in an excavator to take some of the larger boulders out of the outskirts of the lot 5 circular construction in response to a request made by Leair in the last episode. This occurs while Duma Contracting is using a 6-in drill bit to perform probing drilling in the garden shaft in the hopes of accessing what a 4-in drill bit was unable to penetrate.

This particular 1400th event took place in this region. Approximately 1,300 lead tokens and a half coin were discovered with the latter being an identical match to the lead cross that Gary and Rick discovered at Smith’s Cove in the year 2017.

When Gary comes, he discovers a snail. However, because they are out of time, the team will commit additional resources to lot 5 in the year 2023. Room for warfare through the use of video conferencing. Craig Tester joins the group to present the information that the stick discovered behind the second layer of pebbles on the ramp in the swamp has a date range of 1495 to 1656.

As a result of the probe drilling hitting either wood or the side of something, Rick, Marty, and Gary descend to the bottom of the garden shaft in order to perform a metal detection. In reality, Rick was the one who did that. Marty warns. Where did Rick issue the warning? Down the steep incline.

Harvey, because of permits, the unstable ground below the garden shaft, and the coming count on happening, they have finished their work for the season in the money pit location, the severe weather of the North Atlantic.

During the final gathering of the season, which takes place in the war room, they are surrounded by some of the more than 800 artifacts that were unearthed on the island in the year 2022. According to surveyor Steve Guptell, the Lega brothers have bored more than 500 bore holes and 20 questions while they have been on the island because of their presence.

According to Dr. Ian Spooner, the most recent data from water testing suggests that the area within a radius of 15 ft surrounding the garden shaft contains the highest concentration of trace gold and silver evidence on the planet. They intend to extend it and possibly deepen it in order to locate the tunnel that they believe is there beneath it. They will also proceed with their investigation of the well that was constructed in the 11th century on lot 26.

In 2022, the squad achieved remarkable advancements and many members have expressed that they are more dedicated than they have ever been. Within the war room, Rick identifies the item from Reader’s Digest that is displayed on the wall and states that it is the point at which the voyage began.

After reading those five pages and being greatly dissatisfied by the fact that there was no conclusion, he expresses his hope that the young person will be able to compose those final few words.

The team has only come across wood or the side of the garden shaft despite its efforts to dig deeper into the shaft using a drill bit that is 6 in in diameter. Within the war room, Chester joined the conversation through video conferencing to relay the news that a stick that was discovered beneath the second layer of rocks and dated back to 1495 to 1656 had been uncovered.

The team made the decision to conduct additional research in order to achieve their goal of allocating more resources to lot 5 in the year 2023. According to the most recent water testing results provided by Dr. Ian Spooner, the garden shaft was located within a 15 ft radius of the highest concentration of trace gold and silver findings. Furthermore, they intended to deepen and enlarge the shaft.

The well on lot 26, which was constructed in the 11th century and has generated the highest trace evidence of silver on the island, is another location that they intend to continue exploring. Gary suggests that there is a probability of discovering riches on any lot based on the countless discoveries that have been made all around the island.

It was believed by the team that they had achieved tremendous progress in 2022 and they continued to be dedicated to the mission. They were interested in the story because of the piece that was published in Reader’s Digest. And Rick noted that he could relate to the reader dissatisfaction with the fact that there was no conclusive ending.

Matty Blake’s trip to Traverse City, Michigan to discuss season 10 and set up season 11 was one of the upcoming episodes that the team was looking forward to watching. The Lega brothers are not backing down. It seems they might be closer to finding the gold than ever before. Get ready for an exciting ride with the powerful Lega brothers.

No, they are not going backwards. In fact, it looks like they are about to make a big step forward that could bring them closer than ever to the gold. The thrill is exciting, the stakes are bigger, and you can feel the tension. Come with us as we follow the Lega brothers as they relentlessly seek wealth and solve the questions that could lead them to the desired prize we’ve all been waiting for. Let’s dive right in to find out.

Duma Contracting Company is working at the garden shaft, which is located at a height of 56 ft. Gold was found in the wood cores of the original shaft walls that were removed for probe drilling at a variety of angles. According to Marty, who informed the Duma representative of this information, as the group continues to descend, Marty makes a request for additional components so that they may proceed with the testing. These are pieces that date back 58 ft.

A meeting takes place in the war room between Rick and members of the team, including Tom Nolan, to consider a plan of action based on the discovery made by Fred Nolan, Tom’s father, in the late 1970s of a filled-in well that was 10 ft deep and located at the northern edge of the swamp close to the Nolan property. The bottom was crammed with broken pieces of pottery. Since that was the only thing they discovered, they simply filled it in again.

As a result of the discovery of the well on lot 26, which was dated as far back as 1028 AD, they believe that it is worthy of doing another investigation. The discovery of a quadrilateral in the 1990s, which was made by using an offset line off of Nolan’s cross, is another thing that Tom notes. At that point, they had employed a digger to dig, and they discovered that it was full with boulders.

One of Fred’s discoveries is this item. These are some of the sketches that Fred has done of it. The next one is this. According to Tom, no farmer who worked the property would have buried boulders for that reason. In addition, he mentions that his father only partially filled it in so that it could be excavated with reasonable ease. This information and sketches were taken from a book that Fred Nolan wrote but never published, which detailed all of his work that he did on the island.

Up response to Tom’s description, Rick reveals to the camera that there are further wells on the island, but none of them are filled up. First and foremost, they will be excavating the well, but they will also be digging the quadrilateral. This will be the title of the following episode.

During his time on the island, Fred Nolan did not make use of any metal detectors, which is an interesting fact. As Rick put it, he was not a supporter.

Gary Drayton discovers this rose head spike after Billy backhoed the top layer off the secret well site. This spike is found to be comparable to others that have been discovered in the money pit area as well as at Smith’s Cove. The size of it suggests that it was used for tunneling or a shaft. And the fact that it was hand-forged implies that it is old.

The hook, which is likewise hand-forged, reminds him of the bunk hook from the 1600s that he discovered earlier in 2022 on lot 8, which is located a 1/4 mile to the west. He discovers this hook after another layer. It was later determined by Carmen Leg that the date range was between 1650 and 1690. She stated that it was a component of a block and tackle and that it would have been used for something else.

The next one is this. The tree is utilized for something that is far more substantial than a bucket of water. Because the bottom is so thin, it indicates that it was used quite a bit. When they reach a depth of 2 ft, they observe that there are no stones in the area that Tom had indicated as being present. As a result, they decide to stop digging until he can examine the area and provide additional information.

In the episode from the previous week, the forestry technician makes a return with the information regarding the age of the oak tree that is growing through the rock wall on lot 26. You can tell that it is 240 years old from what you can tell. There is a wide variety of applications for the tree. It is approximately 140 years old with a margin of error of 20 to 30 years.

At a certain point, however, the wood begins to rot and as a result, there are no rings to count, which indicates that it could be quite a bit older. Rick says that it is not just a money trap. As well, there is a story that encompasses the entire island.

The archaeologists Lar Nan and Miriam Amaro along with Alex McKenna make their way back to lot 26 in order to complete the process of removing the portion of the wall that is closest to the bay. Also at the level of the soil, they discover these significantly larger rocks. The twig that Leairard discovers is something that they can carve and date in order to determine the exact year that the rock wall was constructed. The search yields no artifacts. The word has not yet been given to Craig.

In addition to Tom Nolan, the group went back to the excavation site located on lot 11, which was located on the northern side of the marsh. They were able to locate the steel casings that belong to a drilling operation that Tom’s father had carried out with Tom’s assistance. This piece of blue glazed pottery is discovered by Gary and Tom explains that it is the type of pottery that they were bringing out of the well and that all of the pieces were approximately the same size.

This fragment of iron, which Gary believes to be a component of a pick, is discovered by Gary Materials. As a means of comparing the manner in which it fans out, they placed it next to one of their recommended options. Rick uses his shovel to draw the diameter of the well.

The puddle on the lower right—lower left, excuse me—is the other side of the circle. They will bring in a hydrovac truck to vacuum up the water and the material to expose the well.

The hidden well is less than 100 yards from the formation of boulders in the Eye of the Swamp that the team investigated in 2019. The hydrovac exposed the well and Rick believes it to be the same construction style as the lot 26 well and that having one on the north side of the island and one on the south side means they were integral to the man-made workings on the island.

Additional permits will be needed to dig deeper in the interpretive center to the new wood samples from the garden shaft. We’ll put in the X-ray fluorescent spectrometer and be able to higher count of gold. Those samples are from 3 ft further down in the opposite side of the shaft, indicating high saturation. Emma says the counts are getting higher as they go lower.

Next time, after a week off for a Drilling Down episode called Deep Inside the Dig, in which Matty Blake joins the Legas and their team to give you an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at a day of film production for The Curse of Oak Island.

In summary, continued efforts are being made by the team to locate treasure on the island. The team from Dumas Contracting is currently working at the 56-ft level of the garden shaft, which is where they discovered wood cores that were tested for gold.

In the meantime, Rick and other members of the team, including Tom Nolan, get together in the war room to debate a course of action that is based on Tom’s father’s discovery of a well near their property in the late 1970s that was filled with broken pottery.

Given that it was created in the year 1028 AD, they believe that it is worthy of another study. In addition, Tom discusses a discovery that was made in the 1990s, which is a quadrilateral that is stuffed with boulders, and that they intend to explore next.

There are a number of discoveries that the crew finds at the well site, including a rose head spike that was hand-forged and a hook, both of which have the potential to be utilized for tunneling or shaft building. They cease their digging and wait for additional information despite the fact that they did not uncover the stones that Tom described.

The estimate of the age of the oak tree that is growing through the rock wall on lot 26 is approximately 240 years old, according to the forestry technician who has returned with the information. The team continues their explorations at different locations on the island, including lot 26 and Tom’s guidance at Heaven 11, where they discover steel casings from a drilling operation that Tom’s father had carried out.

Additionally, Gary discovers a piece of pottery with a blue glaze. Metal detectors and hydrovac trucks are used by the team in order to expose what they assume to be a new well as part of their investigation. Less than 100 yards separate this well from another well that is located on the northern edge of the island. As far as Rick is concerned, these wells are an essential part of the man-made operations that take place on the island. And in order to dig further, licenses will be required.

An X-ray fluorescent spectrometer was used to analyze fresh wood samples taken from the garden shaft. The results showed that the wood had a high saturation level and a greater count of gold. In the following episode, the team conducts further excavations, and among the discoveries they make is proof of an old clay that is both safe and Portuguese, with carbon dating being between 1474 and 1638.

There was ongoing work being done to rehabilitate the garden shaft, which had been reduced to 67 ft from the formerly anticipated 80 ft. The process of angle drilling continues as well, spreading to include more holes drilled on each side. This is due to the fact that the first wood samples taken from the shaft had tested higher and higher for gold as they went lower.

At the conclusion of the episode, they had not discovered anything, but they were about to begin drilling on the side of the shaft that was designated as the treasure zone. In an effort to locate any open space that might be the location of the gold, they are conducting a search that extends 20 ft in a variety of directions. In this location, the gold readings can be found.

During the beginning of the new excavation, Rick Lagina, Tom Nolan, another landowner, and other members of the team convene on lot 13 to begin the process. In the region that is referred to as the quadrilateral, which was discovered by Tom’s father, Fred Nolan, in 1993, there are three strata of stones that weigh several tons each.

An unpublished book that Tom had presented in the war room the previous week had Fred’s documentation of the discovery and excavation that they had done here. As far as Fred could tell, it was either a signpost or something that was hiding something. After approximately four feet of heavy equipment excavation, Billy sees these sticks of wood that have been cut and burned. These sticks of wood remind Gary Drayton of similar objects that were discovered amid the stones of the swamp road.

Additionally, Billy observes blue clay which may also be discovered in the money pit region in addition to the particular stone formation known as the eye of the swamp. At this particular elevation, they have discovered the substance at its highest point. When the team returns the following day, they are accompanied by a geoscientist named Dr. Ian Spooner, who states that it is extremely unlikely that the blue clay was gathered organically.

In his statement, he makes it clear that the pieces of wood that have been discovered are not the only ones that have been discovered—burnt wood and clay—and maintains that the two items are incompatible with one another. Rick has a concern that it is safe. For the purpose of preventing water from entering, blue clay was used to seal the top, and rocks weighing multiple tons were placed on top to discourage anyone from visiting. After Tom is able to join them, they will start digging deeper.

Within the confines of the war room, the crew engages in a video conversation with a Portuguese researcher. This researcher is one of the individuals that Rick has instructed to dig through national archives in Europe for any information regarding the Oak Island mystery. These discoveries are relatively recent and may have some connection to Portugal.

The rock wall on lot 26 is the most significant piece of evidence indicating the Portuguese were present on Oak Island, according to the study, and the metropole is concealed from view. Over the course of the 14th and 15th centuries, the Portuguese were the ones that employed this strategy—not the French or the Spanish. There is also a possibility that the stone path in the swamp was constructed by Portuguese.

After moving to Portugal, the Knights Templar changed their name to the Order of Christ and rebranded themselves as such. In addition, the study argues that the treasure that went missing at the time of the Portuguese succession might have been moved to Oak Island. The fact that it is a secret is reaffirmed by Rick. As much as it is a treasure hunt, the search for this rock wall is more of a treasure hunt than an information hunt.

According to Carmen Dating, the construction of the rock wall took place between the years 1474 and 1638. Tom, Craig, and Alex are the members of the team that have returned to the quadrilateral. Dr. Spooner is in the process of divulging his discoveries to the latter group when he discovers this staple, which is another evidence of human workings.

The following day, blacksmith Carmen Leg acknowledges that it is a staple and asserts that it is a secret once more. The standard explains that it would be utilized with ropes or block and tackle and that it would be ideal for moving large rocks into their proper positions. According to him, they have been around since the Middle Ages, and Emma’s scans indicate that she agrees with him that they are older.

An examination of the next episode, which is an all-new episode of The Curse of Oak Island and is titled “Ramping Up,” reveals that there is a significant metal anomaly in the center of the swamp. They proceed with the excavation of the quadrilateral and then return to the process of draining and cleaning up the swamp.

There is something that Gary discovers—most likely at one of those two locations. To add insult to injury, the angle drill runs into something that it is unable to penetrate in order to reach the prize zone side of the garden shaft. Thrilling, right?

In summary, the group continued their search for riches on Oak Island until they found it. In the past, they had been preoccupied with the garden shaft, which had provided them with gold readings that were ambiguous despite their efforts to probe in a variety of ways. The quadrilateral, which consists of three levels of multi-ton stones, has been uncovered on lot 13, which brings about the beginning of a fresh excavation.

According to the team’s hypothesis, these rocks, which weigh multiple tons, could be concealing a concealed area that is possibly sealed with blue clay. In the war room, a Portuguese scholar is consulted, and recent discoveries indicate that there may be similarities between Oak Island and the Portuguese. During the 1400s and 1500s, the Portuguese were the ones who worked the rock wall that is located on lot 26. The French and Spanish did not use this wall.

In addition, the group thinks about the possibility that the wealth that was supposed to be on Oak Island during Portugal’s time of succession was actually taken there. The crew discovers traces of human activity. As they are conducting their inquiry, one example of this is a staple that was discovered among the stones that weigh multiple tons.

Carmen Leg, a blacksmith, has confirmed that it was utilized in the game of block and tackle or ropes, which suggests that it may have been utilized to lift and position enormous rocks.

The following episode of The Curse of Oak Island starts with a scan that reveals a massive metal anomaly in the eye of the swamp. The team then continues digging and drilling in the region with Gary discovering something and the angle drill coming across an impediment that is unknown to them.

Dumas Contracting is now inside the garden shaft, which is located at a level that is 65 ft deep. As they proceed with the projected restoration of 80 ft, they are doing probe drilling on all four sides in the aim of discovering a tunnel or shaft that could be the source of the elevated quantities of gold.

The Oak Island team has discovered gold trace evidence not just in the water but also in the original wood of the shaft. This evidence was found as the gold trace. At the same time, Tom Nolan is a member of the team that is conducting an investigation into the quadrilateral that was discovered on lot 13 by Fred Nolan, Tom’s father, in 1993.

In addition, a layer of blue clay was discovered in the money pit in the year 1804. Numerous stones weighing multiple tons have been discovered thus far. This staple was discovered by Dr. Spooner on the show that aired the week before, and blacksmith Carmen Leg determined that it was a component of a pulley system.

Gary finds charcoal that they may use for carbon as they are in the process of metal detecting the spoils. They also discover a piece of iron that has been dated, and Dr. Spooner claims that this particular piece of iron has corroded to such an extent that it dates back to ancient times. It is possible that it is a piece of a cannonball.

According to Gary, a few days later, they start digging at the southernmost point of the quadrilateral. As they go forward, Gary and Rick discover a piece of white pottery as well as this piece of glass, which they assume to be from the 1700s due to the fact that it is thinner than the other pieces. However, they fail to discover anything else and so decide to cease digging.

Following the acquisition of licenses, the group starts preparing the swamp for further examination. Additionally, Rick requested that geophysicist Jeremy Church review the data that he had collected during his earlier survey of the region at the base of the eye of the marsh. Even he draws attention to this non-metallic oddity that is located near to the surface region.

After that, he reveals the paved section on the left that has some anomalies as well as the dark red, which is the most metallic reading in the swamp. Within the garden shaft, the drill has struck something that is 15 ft away and cannot be penetrated by the tool. They use a different augur that is effective and come to the conclusion that it is nothing more than a rock.

The next thing that has to be done is to take out the drill and repair the 8-ft part of the shaft that is the next to last plant section. A total of 300 million gallons of water have been removed from the marsh and now Billy is beginning the excavation process.

After a few feet, the bucket comes into contact with something that is quite rigid. It appears to be entirely made of cobblestone and has a slope that is ascending, maybe indicating that it is a ramp. Surveyor Steve Guptill has confirmed that the lower half is at the same height as this paved area that is 800 years old and is located under the eye of the marsh that the team discovered in 2017.

By adding this image, the ramp is added to the wall that was previously exposed. After traveling a few feet, the bucket comes into contact with something solid. It appears to be made entirely of cobblestone and has an upward slope, which could represent a ramp-like structure. Steve Guptill, a surveyor, has confirmed that the lower half of the workings are located in the swamp.

In the upcoming episode of The Curse of Oak Island, which is titled “A Barrel Full of Clues,” they will continue to obtain high gold content results from the water, soil, and wood that are found in the garden shaft. Gary and Jack are thrilled to discover whatever it is that they have been looking for.

When I zoomed in, I was unable to tell. Emma claims that something originates from the island of Sardinia, which is located off the coast of Italy. In addition, Rick asserts that the Templars have left a trail of something. Marty suggests that this phenomenon might have an effect on a global scale. And according to this knowledgeable individual, it is a game-changer and the origin of an astounding insight.

The highlight of this episode reveals that the team has made significant discoveries in the garden shaft as well as in lot 13. As a result of Dumas Contracting’s encounter with a rock that they are unable to drill through, plans have been made to remove it and rebuild.

During their exploration of the swamp, Gary and Rick come across a piece of white pottery as well as an anomaly that is not made of metal. Following the removal of 300 million gallons of water, Billy starts excavating and discovers possible cobblestones that could be part of a ramp. Steve Guptill believes that this ramp establishes a connection to the paved area that is located beneath the eye of the swamp, which is believed to be 800 years old.

The team is ecstatic about the high gold content that was found in the water, soil, and wood of the garden shaft. They believe that this discovery could have implications for multiple countries around the world. A preview for the upcoming episode suggests that investigations into the garden shaft are still ongoing and that there may be revelations regarding the Templar Trail.

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