Rick Lagina Revealed SHOCKING Discovery Deep Inside Lot 21!

Think this was an attempt to try to block off the drains? Well, this is the Cofer Dam to close in those five-finger drains. That’s almost dead center. I know I’m going to have to get that pump lower once it goes down a little bit. Well, I got boots on here; I can get in.

Charles, you see that? When you find the big mystery of Oak Island, who actually gets to claim/keep the contents? Who will it belong to? I think we’re all quite excited that it could be the so-called flood tunnel booby trap system. Of course, we’re going to investigate; we have to see what it looks like.

From discovering ceramic ware from the early 1600s to Rick and his team finding multiple ancient coins believed to be part of the hidden treasure, Rick believes they are one step away from finding the lost treasure of Oak Island. How did they get here? Let’s dive in.

Ceramic ware from the 1600s on Lot 5
Digging through the unexplored area of Lot 5, Rick and the team made a discovery similar to one they had made before, but this one was much more complex. It seemed Lot 5 might actually not be a residential area, as they had initially thought, but a deposit area with features similar to that of the Money Pit. Rick and his team came across this area while digging through the circular depression marked with stones by the lot’s original owner, Robert Young, who thought the circular feature had a bit of importance to it.

Digging to expose the top of the rock feature, Fiona made an unusual discovery. She found broken pieces of red earthware stuck into the ground. It was different from the ones they had previously found. On top of that, it had a purple glaze on the rim and a dark glaze on the interior. Upon further observation, the crew found it to be as ancient as the 1600s because of its utilitarian features.

“If there’s a piece of pottery you don’t recognize, it’s likely to be old,” Rick stated. Yale confessed to not having come in contact with such an ancient ceramic artifact throughout his career.

Pottery, alongside its other uses, was used to transport goods and materials in Europe and North America during the 17th and 18th centuries. The discovery of the redware was a clue that, despite Lot 5 being abandoned for decades, there was a well located here before the 1760s, when it was a residential area.

The main goal is to expose the bottom but also to look for the South well. After careful digging, another ceramic piece was found, but this time it was much thicker than the previous one. Seeing this, L identified this piece to be coarse earthenware, likely much older than the utilitarian one and in much better condition.

While these ceramics gave a clue, it would be much more difficult to find all the pieces that made it whole and use them to determine the activities that happened on Lot 5. For this reason, Rick and his team continued with their digging, and what they found left them surprised—iron latches near the Money Pit.

“I think Em is going to be excited; it looks like a latch!” Gary decided to check the presence of iron using his metal detector. From the constant beeping, it seemed the circular feature had a lot of iron concentration. Despite being buried too deep in the ground, it looked like the only way to reach the iron artifacts was through continuous digging.

A year back, a huge metal presence was detected in the circular feature. Deciding to investigate the metal hit from the previous year, Lea dug through the soil and found metal covered in hardened clay. When dusted, the object resembled a metal latch for a cellar or a trapdoor.

It did not seem like a coincidence for ceramic ware and a latch to be found in the same area. By speculation, the circular area was not formed by natural causes but was a deliberate construction made by people—maybe even the original depositors of the buried treasure. It was as if the circular depression was built to hide something away from other people’s suspicion.

To get more information on the artifact, it was taken to the investigative center. According to a report from Emma, after conducting a CT scan, the image presented was much clearer. At first, the team thought it to be a door knocker, or created to be driven into somewhere it unlocks. According to Lea, his observations pointed to the artifact being a river spike with a high quantity of iron. It could have been used for multiple purposes.

“The only thing I found is that it was a river spike,” Emma said. Additionally, its origin definitely dates back to pre-1840s. When compared with other iron artifacts found on the island and from Sir William Fipp’s treasure collectors, it was not similar to the artifact from the island. However, it did match directly with the William Fipp artifacts obtained from Frank, quite an Oak Island Story follower and collector of artifacts from William Fipp.

When taken to a blacksmithing expert, K, it was found to be a sort of wedge about 4 inches long with a ring around it. K also stated that the iron’s thickness indicated that it was quite old. Based on the image of the CT scan conducted by Emma, he stated that the tool was not used repeatedly, as compared to those which were and had mushroom heads as proof of how often they had been used.

On top of that, it was used like other wedges. For this reason, it was likely to be driven into wood or rocks. However, based on the activities that occurred on the island, it was used onward to bind logs together, maybe as a stopper for horses or as a fastener for carts. According to K, it also most likely was used for directing heavy cargo underground.