History Channel Confirms: Oak Island Treasure Mystery Is OVER – Shocking New Evidence!

Something strange is unfolding on Oak Island. The crew’s latest discoveries, gold traces in the water, strange signals from the trees, and a handcrafted ladder leading into a hidden tunnel, only deepen the suspicion that someone long ago wanted these secrets buried. Each clue feels less like an accident and more like a deliberate puzzle, raising the question, “Were treasure hunters meant to find this or meant to be misled?” According to legend, the treasure will never be revealed until one final life is lost. Yet, despite the ominous warnings and the shadows of a 228-year-old curse, the Lagginina brothers and their crew refuse to back down.

The episode starts with Paul saying that this was going to be an exciting place to be. The camera zooms in on their camp on the island and finds the team marking a spot on the ground that they think would be perfect for drilling. Marty asks if they are ready to bring the rig in. After an affirmative response, they disperse to better positions around the area.

As another exciting week begins, Marty Lagginina explains that Dr. Spooner and Dr. Michael believe they have isolated an area of specific interest based on the water sample testing results. Marty gestures grandly around him and says that they are standing in that area. As he finishes explaining this, the audience gets a flashback to the team all sitting in a room together talking about this very development.

A man with light hair and glasses is talking excitedly about finding something cool. After conducting water tests in bore holes across the money pit area that suggested the treasure may be located within a 70×25 ft area just west of the garden shaft. The team have decided to call it the blob. Another expert appears in this flashback saying that a variety of items that are being buried that contain those metals are clustered in a relatively small area.

The geoscientist Dr. Spooner is revealed as the fair-haired emotional man in glasses and the second expert as Dr. Fred Michael, a hydrogeologist. They conducted new tests that have greatly narrowed the search area for the Curse Island crew to a zone of only 20 by 20 ft and between 80 and 120 ft deep, which Dr. Spooner has dubbed the blob 2.0 or the baby blob by the others on the team.

In the present day, everyone has a copy of the plan in their hands, talking about what a curious area they have landed on to research and rediscover. What makes the area they are standing in so interesting is that they speculate that they could potentially have a tunnel sitting at 95 ft which comes into this potential treasure location. A possibly unfortunate or revealing turn of events.

The conclusion is that everything is leading to this area where they have marked a big orange X. They come to the realization that the X that marks the spot is their best chance of covering all their bases at once. Marty’s only comment about this is to bring in the rig already. The team gets ready to drill bore hole DN 11.5 in the baby blob, a bore hole that they hope will not only encounter valuables below a depth of 80 feet, but may also be on track to intercept a tunnel believed to run directly below the garden shaft where water testing has detected trace evidence of gold.

There is excitement in the air as they are finally getting to the best part of all their hard work. They have conducted an extensive water sampling program over months, and now they are at the point of possibly uncovering the hidden treasure that has been whispered about for centuries. Marty’s hope is that they find something there, even if it is not the treasure that would end their seasons-long hunt. Charles Barkhouse, the Oak Island historian, is left in charge of the operation as Marty excuses himself from overseeing it himself.

The narrator lets the audience know that as the drilling operation in borehole DN 11.5 gets underway. A short while later, Marty is back, but this time in the company of Oak Island operations manager Scott Barlo and Roger Fortin from Dumas Contracting Ltd as they prepare to personally inspect the garden shaft. The reconstruction of the garden shaft is well past the halfway point and their goal of 80 ft deep. Roger estimates that they will be around 60 ft underground as they conduct their inspections.

Over the past several weeks, the team from Dumas Contracting Limited has been excavating tons of muck and water out of the dilapidated shaft and installing watertight wooden levels every 8 ft that they call sets. As they build their way down the shaft, they have begun drilling in different angles to search for evidence of potential offset man-made chambers and items.

Marty counts himself and Scott lucky to be able to go down into the garden shaft because they have found an old ladder down there that he considers a part of the island’s mystical history. Down in the shaft, Marty is amazed by the old ladder—undeniable proof that he is standing where adventurers and treasure hunters did before him.

Scott asks if he can see where the ladder was whittled by hand, as they certainly did not have a wood lathe all those years ago. The ladder itself is treated as a treasure in itself. Certainly, very few, if any, people are whittling their own wooden ladders in this day and age. They talk about wanting to meet the man who made the ladder and his thoughts on their operation.

In another flashback that takes place 12 weeks prior, the team is seen drilling a bore hole located just 18 ft southwest of the garden shaft. The team then discovered a large void that they believed could be a sign of an offset chamber.

In the present day, Scott Barlo has noticed a slump at the same approximate depth in the garden shaft, and the thinking is that it could be related to the void the team found weeks earlier. This raises everyone’s excitement as they wonder what they will find with their probe drilling in that area. The ability to see outside the shaft is thrilling as they will be able to see if their theories of another chamber, tunnel, or shaft next to the garden shaft can be proven true.

Back at the money pit, historian Charles Barkhouse and geologist Terry Mat are busy at work keeping a close watch on the drilling of borehole DN 11.5. The crew has now reached the potential treasure zone, buried somewhere between 80 and 120 ft underground. Just then, Andy, a geoscientist, heads over to the tent Charles and Terry are setting up to check on their progress.

Terry explains that the drill has reached between 78 and 88 ft, meaning they’re getting closer to their target. Suddenly, the quiet hum of work is broken by a harsh grinding noise coming from the drill rig, growing louder and more alarming with each second. Everyone turns to see what’s happening. The drill operator calls out that they need to stop and pull up the drill. They’ve broken through something unexpected.

To figure out exactly what happened, he measures the pipe. Reading the tape, he announces that it’s open by about a foot and a half. From the tent, Terry stares in shock, worried that something serious may have gone wrong. The drill operator comes over and explains that at around 90 ft, the drill hits something hollow.

Terry repeats what he’s heard, making it clear that the crew has encountered a void 90 ft underground. Charles, Terry, and Andy decide they need to discuss this new finding before drilling goes any further. For the moment, they agree to pause. Charles quickly pulls out his phone to call Rick and Marty Lagginina.

In a confessional, Rick admits that whenever he hears from the Money Pit drill team, it’s always a thrilling moment, especially because DN1.5 is smack in the middle of the treasure zone. He stresses how important this area is. They’ve invested countless hours and huge sums of money here, guided by evidence of gold traces, trapped air pockets, and underground voids. Wasting no time, Rick drives straight to the site, clearly energized by the news.

Soon, the rest of the team gathers in the tent near DN1.5 to hear the details. Drill operator Mike explains that at around 90 ft deep, he felt the rods push through into open space about a foot and a half beyond where they should have been. He suspects that whatever material he drilled through might have collapsed into this hollow area.

The discovery raises both excitement and concern. Could this void be hiding treasure that just slipped away? Terry pulls out a map and points out that DN 11.5 lines up neatly with DN 12.5 and DN 13.5 on an east-west axis, all of which struck something around 94 ft down. He concludes that Mike probably hit the very top of a tunnel.

Given that two nearby bore holes have also encountered what appears to be tunnels at the same depth and that all of them align with the garden shaft, the team starts to wonder if they’ve just uncovered another section of the same underground structure. Could this discovery tie into the large gold readings from the baby blob?

Marty insists they need solid proof and the only way to get it is by pulling up core samples. He orders Mike to bring back a core that will confirm once and for all whether they’ve struck a tunnel or maybe even treasure. With their orders clear, drill operators Mike and Colton head back out, ready to deliver answers.

Rick can’t help but reflect on the fact that every time a drill bit goes down and hits a void, his mind instantly races to the possibility that it could lead them somewhere important. That kind of thinking has pushed the team forward step by step as they’ve pieced together clue after clue in their relentless search for the legendary treasure.

As Mike lowers the drill into the borehole, Rick wrestles with his deep longing to finally uncover answers and that long hidden treasure that has become his life’s obsession. He watches Colton extract a core sample, which Terry and Charles carefully slice apart and study for evidence.

With hope building in his chest, Rick admits that finding a tunnel near the garden shaft or striking the very tunnel at its base would be a massive breakthrough for the team. All eyes are on Mike and Colton as they haul up the next core samples. The atmosphere is heavy with anticipation. This could be the discovery that changes everything. They’re about to see what lies 98.5 ft beneath them.

Mike reports that the void ended at 97 ft. But as soon as the core is split open, the team spots something surprising. Wood. Solid chunks of wood appear right in the middle of the sample, sparking immediate excitement. Where could it have come from? The idea that it might belong to a wooden chest used to hide valuables doesn’t seem far-fetched, especially since the team already uncovered a handcrafted wooden ladder earlier in the episode. One that has survived not just decades, but possibly over a century.

Terry wastes no time. He carefully bags a piece of the wood to send straight to the lab. He’s eager to find out if the wood contains any trace of metals. Later that day at the Oak Island Interpretive Center, Rick and Craig Tester meet with archaeologist Lar Nan to sit down with archometallurgist Emma Culligan. This is one of the most eagerly awaited reports in the history of their quest.

Using an X-ray fluorescence spectrometer known as XRF, Emma has analyzed the wood to see what elements it holds inside. It’s now been 24 hours since the sample was pulled from the suspected tunnel. 90 ft down, a tunnel the team still isn’t sure is man-made or naturally formed. The hope is that it contains another vital clue to the treasure.

Emma explains her process. The wood was first dried, then scanned with the XRF, which fires gamma rays to detect even the faintest presence of metals. She begins cautiously, telling the team that she found very small traces of something unusual. So small that she had to run the test multiple times just to be certain.

The room grows tense as she shares her results on her computer screen. Most of the detected materials, she explains, are common on Oak Island: iron, magnesium, titanium, calcium, potassium, and aluminum. But then comes the shocker. She says there are also trace amounts of gold.

The revelation electrifies the room. Every set of eyes lights up. Rick and Craig immediately press her for more details. Is gold really unusual in wood samples like this? Emma confirms without hesitation. Yes, it’s highly unusual. She even laughs, calling it a very big outlier. The men take her words as extraordinary news.

A close look at the chart shows gold listed as the 12th element out of 14. Almost the smallest in quantity, but undeniably present. For Rick, this is a moment of vindication. He believes the results confirm the theories they’ve been chasing, now supported by unique, consistent evidence in both the water and the wood. To him, this discovery is monumental.

Piece by piece, these scattered crumbs of information are guiding them closer to the heart of the treasure’s hiding place. Rick realizes they now have not just hints, but a real direction to follow. And maybe at long last, the proof that the treasure is within reach.

The results of the wood sample are extremely impactful in supporting their current narrative of where the treasure is and how it got there. The gold sampling in both water and now wood is their greatest find of the year. If anyone was waning in hope or enthusiasm, this discovery is surely what they needed to reignite it.

Their hopes of finding the treasure at the bottom of the garden shaft through drilling are now paying off. Rick believes this is the beginning of an evidence trail. In his eyes, every bit of evidence that led them here is just as important as the gold traces they have now uncovered. He adds a piece of wisdom: they will never find samples in the lab. The lab is where they find answers.

They leave Emma with the promise of bringing her more samples. The group might solve secrets that make their deepest hopes come true. Find out about the exciting journey of a group of people who believe a strange island holds a lot of money. Not only are they digging, but they are also thinking about how to keep their work secret. Hold on. The story is getting better.

A gap found under shaft DN1 11.5 gives them new ideas. The garden shaft turns into a hub of activity and shows interesting signs nearby. Gold sightings and tales about a treasure zone have sped up their work. The Lagginina brothers believe they are almost there—on the verge of the answers they’ve been looking for.

We begin the episode with Rick Lagginina and his son Alex walking into an outdoor tent setup where they have monitors and equipment stationed near the money pit. Brandon Vanderhof of Dumas Contracting Limited is heading up the probe drill operation, supervising the day’s work. They are watching through a monitor as a crane lowers a drill into the garden shaft, giving them a view of what’s going on inside.

Members of Dumas Contracting Limited can be seen nearby preparing machinery and working to get the probe drilling underway. Today has been highly anticipated as it marks the beginning of a new probe drilling operation that will search for valuable clues and treasure just outside the structure of the garden shaft.

The garden shaft was an old broken down building that had been constructed and then left empty decades ago when another group of explorers and treasure hunters came to the island looking for wealth. However, in the present day, it is being refurbished by Dumas and it has provided the Oak Island team with high trace evidence of gold through water testing.

If that’s not enough incentive to continue the restructuring, they have also found evidence of a possible chamber connected to the original money pit only feet away from their garden shaft. Rick is hoping for something precious and solid in the garden shaft. He has often been the voice of encouragement for the crew, rallying them and lifting their spirits when they begin to doubt they will ever find any treasure or answers after seasons of scratching away at the mystery of the cursed island.

Rick is certain this is where the treasure hunt truly begins. Everything before was merely setting the stage, doing the leg work and research for this very moment. Alex is recounting to Brandon in the tent that when they were drilling inside the shaft, they hit a void in the area. This information comes as a surprise to Brandon, raising questions about what information the Oak Island crew is and isn’t sharing with their contractors.

After this exchange, a flashback plays in which Marty asks someone how much he thinks they are missing out of the last 30 ft. and the drill operator speculates they are missing 10 feet. This response makes Marty snap his head to look over at his brother and feeds into his belief that the void they stumbled across could be an indicator of an offset chamber.

Earlier this summer, the team drilled into a 10-ft high void located several feet southwest of the garden shaft—a void that Marty Lagginina speculated could hold the long rumored Money Pit treasure vault. When the flashback ends, we return to the garden shaft. It’s difficult to tell what’s happening inside, but Brandon, who is above ground with Alex and Rick, lets the viewer know that the team is lining up and getting the probe drill squared away inside the shaft before they begin.

Since the Dumas contractors have reached a depth of 55 ft in the reconstruction of the garden shaft, they are now going to manually probe drill multiple bore holes that can reach several feet outside the structure in hopes of locating the known void and finally determining what’s inside it. Rick says that if there is some connection, the Dumas team needs to know as soon as the Oak Island team does.

Alex adds that if luck is on their side, they’ll finally know the truth today. To probe drill from inside the garden shaft, the team from Dumas Contracting is using a powerful hydraulic earth drill, a fancy way of describing a machine designed to penetrate hard clay, sediment, and rock.

They are focused on locating the void that’s just outside their perception. They will drill a total of three holes in each of the shaft’s four walls—totaling 12 holes. These will be drilled at different angles to multiply the chances of success 12 times over. Any evidence they can gather of more man-made structures or valuables brings the Oak Island team closer to success.

The Dumas crew shows real professionalism as they carefully collect soil samples while on the job. Meanwhile, Rick, Alex, and Brandon keep a close eye on the work through a monitor. Suddenly, Rick is struck with a key thought and turns to Brandon with a question. He wonders if when the team cuts into the tight wooden lining along the garden shaft walls, they could save the wood that comes out of each hole.

What Rick wants with those wooden shavings isn’t too hard to figure out, but he takes the time to explain it clearly, making sure he doesn’t come across like a demanding client. Rick tells Brandon he’d like to send the wooden fragments to the lab for testing with the XRF, X-ray fluorescence spectrometer. Since they’ve already picked up high gold values nearby, he believes the wood could provide valuable evidence.

In the next scene, Rick explains his reasoning further. If the wood from the shaft’s outer walls absorbed minerals from surrounding water, it might hold traces of gold, much like a sponge. Because earlier water samples showed signs of gold, Rick believes the wooden walls should reflect the same. It’s a clever strategy, another way to test their theory without waiting on every borehole result. Rick is determined not to let any chance slip away.

Charles then steps into the tent, eager to watch history unfold on the monitors since going down into the shaft with the Dumas team isn’t possible. Wasting no time, Rick begins wrapping up his visit, saying goodbye to everyone and announcing that he’s heading off to deliver the water, soil, and wood samples to archaeometallurgist Emma Culligan, who works at the Oak Island Interpretive Center.

The next morning, as the core drilling continues at the Money Pit, the focus shifts to Rick Lagginina and forestry technician Peter Romy, who stand in lot 26 with Leair and Rick’s nephew, Peter. They’re gathered around a pile of rocks, which they’ve determined is actually the remains of a stone wall. Rick points out that Romy has made an interesting discovery after carefully studying the wall all morning.

He’s developed a theory about how it was built, one that he believes could give the team important insights. Romy explains that while his career has always been in forestry, he’s long had a passion for stonework and has even built walls himself. That experience makes him confident in his observations. He notes that the outer rocks of the wall are angled inward, a traditional old-world method of keeping rubble walls sturdy.

He also draws attention to the smaller stones at the wall’s base which he finds especially telling. According to Romy, this is a construction technique once used for castles and large buildings in England and Scotland. This detail which might have slipped past others is fascinating.

Romy elaborates further. Castles were often built on rubble foundations. Builders would dig below the frost line, fill the trench with coarse gravel just like what they see here, and then build the wall on top. The similarity is striking. To Romy, this hints at the skill and background of the people who once set foot on Oak Island. It raises big questions about who they were, what they were building, and whether it ties back to the treasure legend itself.

Rick then points to the nearby well feature located just a few feet from the rubble wall. Another strong indicator of strategic construction and planning from centuries past. Rick notes that other wells on the island are constructed differently. Just a week ago, Terry Dvau, president of the New England Antiquities Association, visited the island to inspect the rock well.

He told them that wells like this have been constructed for centuries, as far back as the 11th century at the time. He also noted that the well resembles one located in New Ross. A flashback to 2016 shows Rick observing a man testing a well in New Ross about 20 m north of Oak Island. Researchers believe a fortress may have been built there by members of the Knights Templar, who according to legend brought sacred treasures and secrets from Scotland to the New World more than seven centuries ago, supposedly burying them on Oak Island.

This is a shocking connection, one that adds fuel to speculation that the Knights Templar roamed Oak Island centuries ago. We return to lot 26 where Romy, Rick, Peter, and Leair stand around the stone wall. They believe the rocks may have been excavated during the construction of a tunnel. Romy theorizes that the rocks could have been used to hide tunneling activity in the area.

The spoils from the tunnel would have been spread around the land to avoid drawing attention to any one spot. When framed this way, the idea of using rubble to begin constructing a wall is not far-fetched at all. They all agree that the wall was intentionally built. It’s far too well organized and structured to be random. Peter, Rick’s nephew, remarks that it sounds like Leair needs to find an artifact to back up this new theory.

The next morning, following the revelation that the Knights Templar may have engaged in construction efforts on the island, Oak Island historian Charles is at the Money Pit speaking with the drill operations supervisor, Brandon Vanderhof, to ask for an update. Brandon tells the crew that they’re about to begin the final probe drilling attempt before moving forward with reconstructing the next level of the shaft.

He stands watching as the drill bites into the last section of the wall, firing off questions about whether the Dumas team has uncovered anything unusual during their drilling work. Brandon insists that nothing has turned up when suddenly the team reports that the drill has struck something solid at a depth of 11 ft, forcing them to stop.

Charles shows sympathy toward the Dumas team since no one knows what the obstruction might be. It could just be a simple rock, or it might be something far more mysterious. Both the Oak Island team and the Dumas crew now share the same anxious wait for answers. The drill continues to bounce against the barrier, with tension climbing higher by the second.

A sample is finally taken from the material blocking their path, but the findings reveal no signs of human involvement, which is a letdown after such an exciting streak in this episode. Still, Charles remains confident that this shaft holds a story, and he strongly believes they need to drill deeper to uncover it.

The following morning, the full Oak Island team gathers near the money pit beneath an open-air tent, carefully examining a collection of core samples. From behind them, Emma Culligan, the team’s archaeometallurgist, approaches, carrying results from the samples Rick had collected during the first borehole drilling.

With a smile, Emma swings a few plastic bags containing samples through the air for everyone to see. She mentions that since the piece inside the bag is small, she can