The Oak Island Brother Made A UNREAL Discovery Close To The Treasure Location

From the mysteries of the money pit to bizarre artifacts like coconut fibers and a stone inscribed with cryptic symbols, each find on Oak Island only deepens the intrigue.

Despite centuries of exploration and excavation, the island guards its secrets fiercely, leaving many to ponder the possibility of hidden riches, ancient civilizations, or perhaps even something otherworldly lurking beneath its rugged surface.

Join us on this thrilling adventure as we uncover the unnatural findings on Oak Island.

The provoking discovery near the Money Pit

Marty Legina and Dr. Ian Spooner joined other members of the team in the northern region of the swamp where they have made a potentially significant discovery.

One week ago, researcher John Edwards pointed the team to this location, claiming that based on its proximity to the boulders of Nolan’s Cross, he believed that they might find a buried treasure connected to the Knights Templar.

And incredibly, as Billy Ghart excavated the area, a massive boulder was discovered sitting atop a potentially man-made stone formation. From what the team could see, the boulder that they found was definitely put there by someone. It wasn’t a natural occurrence.

Now, the team has asked Dr. Spooner to examine the site in order to determine if it is merely a natural feature or if it really could be man-made.

So, Dr. Spooner asked Billy to roll the boulder over so he could see what was underneath it.

According to Marty, what he found interesting about John Edward’s presentation is how all these unrelated theorists keep focusing on Nolan’s cross.

Dr. Spooner found a cobble and turned it over. He found that there was a stick that obviously was in between the boulder and the sediment. So, there was a very high chance that a boulder could be moved around.

Marty still wanted to know why anyone would move a boulder around.

Dr. Spooner explained that if you wanted to move water through that area or if you wanted to get drainage here, you’d move stones and you’d move things around.

Billy also corroborated it, saying that it just seems like people were manipulating or trying to change the water level in the swamp for whatever reason.

If Dr. Spooner and Billy are correct, and it is true that the area around this feature was artificially drained in the past, could that offer evidence to support the theory of researcher John Edwards, who believes it may have been created centuries ago by members of the Knights Templar?

Spooner kept digging in with his hand, and right at the base of the swamp material, he found some nice cut wood, which he thought he should take in so they could carbonate it and see what they could come up with.

On the other hand, Jack thought they had to continue digging around and see if they could find any other oddities and hopefully some metals, too.

The following morning, Gary, showing high anticipation, said the battle plan was that they were going to find some good stuff today.

They got down to searching, finding a big tree with a lot of roots and the first tree stump in the end. They found two layers of trees over there. It was another layer of trees underneath the top one, which probably suggests that people cleared that section off before they got there.

Several weeks ago, while digging near the middle of the swamp, Billy unearthed several other tree stumps. Because trees are not able to naturally grow in marshy environments, these findings have suggested to Dr. Ian Spooner that the swamp may have been artificially manipulated hundreds of years ago.

Jack found a big log, which he believed had definitely been chopped and was almost too straight to be growing in the swamp. So, if it didn’t grow in the swamp, it means it was brought there.

Deciding to walk around and take a closer look, Jack found what he believed were definitely rocks. The area was muddy, but underneath it were rocks of different sizes.

The place looks like a rockline depression, giving the impression that somebody had dug a pit there. The team believed it was something very cool, believing it to be a hidden stone feature that has the potential to be very special.

Jack believed that they needed to get Rick down there and the guys had to come take a look at the discovery. Billy agreed, believing that maybe the guys would see more than them.

Having been informed, Rick wasted no time coming over. Jack told him about what happened when Billy got the water out.

Observing the formation, Rick explained that he saw what’s described as a one over two, two over one construct and it would only show that it is an intentional, purposeful construct, but they needed to do more work to understand it completely.

Rick spotted a stake just across the formation and asked Jack to fetch it. Upon close inspection, the stake seemed to be the kind that Fred had found, and Craig thought possibly it’s a candidate for C-14.

During one of his many investigations of the triangle-shaped swamp, Fred Nolan discovered several uniform lines of wooden stakes, which were carbon dated to as early as the 1500s. Fred was convinced they were survey markers used centuries ago to help artificially create the brackish bog.

Is it possible that the Oak Island team has found a similar stake at a site believed to mark a location where treasure could be buried? And is the stake the only unnatural find?

The ceramic object found on lot 5

The 11th season of The Curse of Oak Island covers many unnatural finds.

In episode 1, the team charged with the exploration of lot 5 discovered that the area might not have been home as they initially thought, but rather a place where things were left, similar to the money pit.

They dig through a round hole marked with stones by the island’s original owner, Robert Young, who thought it was significant. Fiona found broken pieces of red pottery stuck in a rock while digging. It was different from the previously found one.

It had a purple glaze on the rim and a dark glaze on the interior. When observed by Leairard, he found it as ancient as the 1600s because of its practical features.

Leair admitted he had never seen such an ancient ceramic artifact before. However, Redwear transported goods and materials to Europe and North America during the 17th and 18th centuries.

Since its origin can be traced to before the money pit area, its existence and the digging of the circular feature are questionable.

The discovery of the redear is a clue that despite lot 5 being abandoned for decades before the 1760s, it was a residential area.

They continued digging and another ceramic piece was found, but it was much thicker this time than the previous one. Leard identified it as coarse earthenware, likely to be much older than the practical and in much better condition.

It won’t be easy to find all the pieces that make it whole to determine the activities that happened on lot 5.

The Oak Island team certainly did not set out to find French history, but what happens when they find French deposits on the island soil? It raises the question, what brought the French to Oak Island?

An ancient stamp found 100 yards away from Lot 5

In episode 2 of season 11, Rick and Gary continued their metal detecting search, hoping to find another collection of coins.

After careful digging, a fairly large metal strap was discovered among the debris and moist soil.

According to Gary, the feature of the strap matches the description of a decorative strap that broke off from an item, most likely a box or a chest.

Another theory is that the strap might be the key to unveiling the mystery behind the several coins in the area. Perhaps there is a buried box around the corner or the strap and some coins fell off while transporting the chest to the circular depression.

A few minutes after the strap was found, another metal discovery was made. A chunky, heavy, and thick piece of iron was found.

Gary pointed out its resemblance to a rose head type fastener. The iron is old and hand-forged just like other found fasteners. If the theory is accurate, the appliance was used to assemble a structure. Possibly the structure is buried under the circular depression.

There is also the question of why many metal materials have been recently found in the area despite iron being expensive and valuable.

The discoveries were taken to a blacksmith expert, Carmen Le, and according to him, the chunky iron was broken out of something and could have been a chisel used for mining and tunneling.

If his analysis is accurate, it means it belonged to the treasure depositor and the tunnel’s original builders. The current size means it is deteriorated due to natural causes, and its original state should be about a foot long, which is the rational size for the tool to be suitable enough to serve its purpose.

On the other hand, the bow-styled strap was analyzed as decorative and was most likely tied around a chest or a wooden box.

According to Carmen, this style was used mostly by the French of the earlier centuries. This analysis takes a different route from the first theory about having only one treasure depositor. It seems this artifact is older and predates the 17th century.

The French might have been on the island first and probably explored it. The island was a resting place for ships. Afterwards, the English discovered the island. England was later used after the Conpion, which can be traced to Sir William Fipps.

Fortunately, this analysis is not wild speculation because the strap is not the only early artifact of French origin and is older than the English artifacts discovered. There have been artifacts like the LED cross traced to the southern part of France.

According to Jack, the metal strap might be part of a hatch. Jack also stated that the discovery confirms the presence of French people on the island, influenced by Zena Halpern’s discovery of Oak Island and Nova Scotia’s maps written in French and traced to the 12th and 14th century Knights Templar.

Finding old pieces of metal may not be so surprising, but what about wood? When broken-off pieces are found in the money pit way down beyond seeing eyes, it makes you wonder what it was used for.

Confusing material found owned by ancient civilization

The team was still in a drilling operation at the money pit area.

In episode 2, they made a groundbreaking discovery that is the first to be obtained from the east side of the garden shaft.

The drilling, which began with the hope of finding a tunnel, some kind of structure, or traces of treasure buried underneath the ground surface, was fruitful until the hole reached a depth of 98–108 ft, which according to the report is the area where most likely the tunnel can be found.

At 108 ft, the team tore up the plastic wrap to search for the debris from the drilling, and a medium-sized piece of wood was found amidst the debris, indicating its nearness to the wooden structure, most likely the tunnel underneath the bore hole.

Going an inch lower in the drill, another chunk of wood was found among the debris, confirming the earlier find was not a fluke.

The question is if the wood is from the same structure or if another tunnel is out of sight. Another concern is if the tunnel runs directly under the garden shaft and into the baby blob. There is also a possibility that this wooden evidence belongs to another structure that leads opposite or away from the baby blob path.

The only evidence of these wood pieces being linked to the garden shaft is that they match the wood samples found in areas close to the shaft and they both seem to be carved from a similar tree.

At 105 ft deep, another core was brought out and searched by the team. But unlike the earlier find, these pieces are much smaller and the soil is gray, indicating that the drilling has now reached inside the tunnel.

According to the drilling map, this area was discovered to be very close to where a hidden treasure might be buried around the garden shaft. And these two pieces of evidence just confirm what has been suspected and reported.

As seen on the map, the tunnel directly leads to the garden shaft, indicating it is a depositor’s construction, not a tunnel built by searchers of the lost treasure.

At 111 ft and ½, there are multiple pieces of wood in the debris, which indicates the team is about 107 ft from the zone of interest. From the texture and features, the pieces of wood were found to pass as the floorboard or a fallen ceiling board.

The next operation was to follow the tunnel detection holes to know the definite direction of where the tunnel leads before extending the garden shaft.

Two wood samples from borehole DN12 and borehole D5N 26.5 were taken to Emma to compare the similarities between the two wooden samples and confirm if they belong to the same tunnel or if there is another unknown tunnel in the garden shaft.

After the scan, Emma reported that the wood was from the same tunnel and contained potassium and aluminum, but no gold, silver, tin, or any evidence of precious metals was found.

However, the wood contained palladium, which is very unusual for its depth, except that it was used to preserve and refine gold treasures.

From Moya’s point of view, the palladium found indicates that there is indeed a gold or platinum deposit in the surrounding area, or most likely below the garden shaft.

Emma reported that no silver was found, but does that mean silver had never been found by the Lega brothers?

Shocking discovery on Oak Island

The search on Oak Island saw another layer of excitement added to it, particularly concerning the very evasive money pit. The source of excitement is a scientific survey conducted by Dr. Ian Spooner.

He adopted a method known as X-ray fluorescence to examine and test the soil samples obtained from various parts of the Money Pit area, and the analysis results revealed a shocking discovery.

The discovery is shocking to those who do not believe that Oak Island has any treasure and to those who believe that the Lega brothers are just wasting their time or staging a show.

From the analysis results, it can be seen that some soil samples contained high amounts of silver.

The discovery immediately sparked speculation that a substantial amount of silver coins or bars could be concealed beneath the island’s surface.

The importance of this discovery must be considered. It holds numerous opportunities and would open many doors when the silver is found.

Silver has held jewelry, was jewelry, and had a great history as one of the most valuable and coveted metals throughout the ages. It has served as currency, adorned jewelry, was used in valuable art, and played a significant role in different historical narratives.

Treasure hunters found many signs and signals in the way while trying to unearth the mysterious treasure on Oak Island. And the discovery of silver raises the possibility that these treasure hunters are on the verge of finding the origins of the signals and structures they encountered in the money pit area.

Despite these significant parts of the treasure hunt, a great unexplained shadow still looms over the island. This shadow is in the form of the mysterious curse of Oak Island.

This curse has scared away many people who once decided to venture into the search for treasure. Is the curse that scary? Yes. The ominous legend suggests that seven people would have to perish before the treasure was unveiled.

The curse remains kind of obscure. However, whether the curse is genuine or merely a myth hinges on one’s perspective. It is recorded that six people have undeniably lost their lives in the pursuit of this treasure and the secrets of Oak Island.

These six tragic deaths have undoubtedly contributed to the mystique surrounding the curse of Oak Island and its eerie nature, leaving the curse as a compelling hunting facet of Oak Island.

Is the curse really real? Is it a myth? No one can say for sure.

And what exactly is the money pit?

The mysterious money pit

Since 2014, fans of the series titled The Curse of Oak Island have remained glued to their seats, watching the Michigan brothers, Rick and Marty Lena, pursue one of the Western Hemisphere’s most intriguing and eye-opening mysteries.

Following in the footsteps of past treasure hunting hopefuls, including the 32nd President of the United States, Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Lega brothers have been trying to unearth a hidden trove that is believed to have been buried more than two centuries ago on this small island off the coast of Nova Scotia.

The said trove is a mouthwatering cache rumored to be very valuable. It could be anything from pirate booty to the Holy Grail to even the Ark of the Covenant.

Of all the spots on Oak Island where the brothers excavate, special attention is given to one spot generally known as the money pit.

Through the centuries, this spot has yielded tantalizing relics, a mysterious inscribed stone, as well as numerous obstacles.

The Money Pit, located on the east side of Oak Island, is a shaft more than 100 ft deep. According to island lore, the spot first drew the attention of a local teenager in the area in 1795 who noticed an indentation in the ground and with some of his friends started to dig, only to find a man-made shaft featuring wooden platforms every 10 ft down to the 90 ft level of depth.

The slight problem is that the exact location of the shaft has been obscured after a haphazard expedition in the 1960s caused clay, seawater, mud, and other detritus to collapse into multiple holes dug around the original money pit.

These days, the Lega brothers excavate in spots that they hope are at least near the original pit along with other locations around the island.

And just like many treasure hunters and old-timers before them, Rick and Marty have found their efforts truncated by apparent booby traps.

The traps are tunnels dug into the ground at various depths. They’re designed in such a way as to flood the shaft with water and prevent seekers from digging any further.

According to the Oak Island Encyclopedia, for example, a 500 ft long tunnel from nearby Smith’s Cove ensures that as soon as the water is pumped out of the hole, it fills back up again. How these traps came to be is still an unanswered question.

Another thing about Oak Island that has remained unanswered to date is how the treasure, which everybody is interested in, got there in the first place. Who was it that buried something on Oak Island and turned it into a treasure trove?

The search for treasure has never ended

But the question is, how did the treasure get there in the first place?

Missing treasure of St. Andrews Cathedral

Some people believe that the money pit holds treasure from the ancient Cathedral of St. Andrews in Scotland.

During the time of Cromwell, the wealthy were suppressed and items such as ecclesiastical plates, gold, silver, gems, and goods stolen from the English found their way to the cathedral.

In 1560, there was a sudden disappearance. The vast amount of reserves allegedly held there were not to be found and were never recovered.

After the sudden and mysterious disappearance of the church, it is claimed that this treasure found its way to Oak Island.

Although this theory seems unreasonable, while the reasoning behind crossing the Atlantic and burying them on an isolated island off Nova Scotia is unclear, it isn’t entirely impossible.

Whatever the origin of the treasure, the story of how it came to the island and ended up being buried there remains shrouded in secrecy.

In the centuries since, it’s been quite hard to tell fact apart from myth. Since most of the island’s treasure hunting history has been perpetuated largely through hearsay and speculation, there’s also the likelihood of treasure seekers spreading false information to throw others off the scent.

Seeing that treasure seekers are not thrown off by the numerous theories surrounding it, it does not come as a surprise that different things have been found on the treasure hunt.

The Michigan brothers, Marty and Rick Lagina, and their team of treasure hunters have been digging around a Nova Scotian island for about eight years on the popular show The Curse of Oak Island.

And in 8 years, they’ve had nine seasons. During this nine-season run, the Lagina brothers have been on a constant search for the hidden treasure, perhaps buried on the island by pirates, the British military, ancient French monarchs, or even the Knights Templar.

The entire search team, as well as their fans, have not stopped wondering how the buried wealth they are after got there.

Captain Kidd and the Oak Island treasure

Depending on whom you ask, the most commonly assumed origin of the Oak Island treasure is that it may constitute the buried loot of the notorious Captain William Kidd.

He was a pirate from Scotland in the 1690s who is rumored to have buried a huge treasure on one of his voyages, whether a portion of Captain Kidd’s treasure was stashed on the island.

The captain is the only major pirate figure for whom there is actual evidence of him hiding his treasure, specifically a hoard that he buried on Gardiner’s Island off the eastern coast of Long Island.

The theory of the Oak Island treasure being Captain Kidd’s buried treasure first began with the story of an old sailor and soldier who lived on the coast of New England.

The man was considered mysterious in his community because he was a recluse and often mute. However, on his deathbed, he told an interesting tale of his younger years.

In his almost unbelievable stories, he alleged that he had been aboard the ship of Captain William Kidd and that he had helped Kidd bury $4 million in gold on an isolated island east of Boston.

He claimed that he never revealed his secret or claimed the treasure because he feared that he would be captured and charged with piracy.

Like Californian wildlife, the story spread rapidly amongst the early settlers of New England, and many of the nearby islands were turned upside down in search of the treasure to no avail.

It was these stories of pirate treasure that Daniel McGinnis recalled when he stumbled across the tree in the depression in the earth on Oak Island. It is easy to see why the story easily came to mind.

The Knights Templars and the Oak Island treasure

There is yet another theory about how the treasure that the Lagina brothers are seeking on Oak Island got there.

The Templars, which existed between 1129 and 1312 during the Crusades, were one of the wealthiest and most powerful organizations in Europe.

Members of the order were revered as skilled fighters during the Crusades, and other members were known and respected for their economic prowess and the innovative financial techniques they introduced into businesses.

As powerful as they were, their undoing came when King Philip IV of France, who at that time was deeply indebted to the order, made an order for the arrest of key Templar leaders in 1307.

The Pope followed suit on November 22nd when he issued a decree that all Templars be arrested and their assets seized.

According to legend, many Templars fled to Scotland to take refuge there. That didn’t fly empty-handed. They took with them priceless religious treasures, including the Holy Grail, from their sanctuary at the fortress of Montségur.

The genuineness of this event has been in doubt for years until the writing of a book by Michael Bradley titled Holy Grail Across the Atlantic, which presents enticing evidence that such an event indeed occurred.

In turn, this led to a possible role played in the mysterious Oak Island money pit.

It is also worthy to note that the Templar Order continued in Portugal as the Order Militar D’O Cristo, meaning Military Order of Christ. King Denis I of Portugal refused to follow the orders of the pope and instead simply changed the order’s name.

A Portuguese explorer named João Alvarez Fagundes was said to have visited Nova Scotia around the year 1521.

In 1607, Samuel de Champlain found an old moss-covered cross near what is now Advocate, Nova Scotia, which some believe was erected by Fagundes 80 years earlier.

Another connection shows that the Templars would be aware of the existence of these lands.

The late Zena Halpern, a Knights Templar researcher from New York and previously mentioned in regard to the inscribed stone, also introduced a map with strong evidence linking the Templars to Oak Island.

Only time will tell if these two are indeed connected or not.

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