The Curse of Oak Island: Ancient Dumpsite Found! (Season 5) | History

It is a moment of great anticipation for brothers Rick and Marty Lagina as they, along with Charles Barkhouse and metal detection expert Gary Drayton, head to Lot 12 to begin their new search efforts on property now belonging to Fred Nolan’s family.

For the first time since Fred Nolan’s death, his son Tom has granted the team access to all of his father’s 16 acres. This includes the areas where Rick believes Fred made several of Oak Island’s most important discoveries, including Nolan’s Cross.

“Here comes Jim with the backhoe. What if you just dig a trench two feet down, all the way, roughly to where they’re standing, a little bit beyond that? Right, and we’ll try to locate where this thing might be.”

“Alright, sounds like a plan.”

Noted on Fred’s maps as a location of particular importance is an area the veteran treasure hunter once described as an ancient dump site.

It was here that previous searchers reported finding evidence believed to be connected to the original construction of the Money Pit.

“We’re looking for clues in that area as to what happened here.”

“Water do?”

“I’m getting something… it’s like iron.”

“That’s it, yeah.”

“Squared. Now I got some pottery here.”

“Alright, yeah, we do have a look. Oh my God, I could have the old dinner service here!”

“Look, that’s a big piece. Look!”

“Yeah, different. Look, looks like with it the dump guys’ pottery.”

Could these pieces of pottery possibly be connected to the Oak Island mystery, perhaps left behind by whoever constructed the original Money Pit?

“Oh here, take that. Good. Alright, shells. Think you’re the pot Rashad champ now. I kind of like hit the jackpot.”

“Here’s another little piece right here. I think our dump is right there, Rick. It’s this perfect cross-section. We found it. It doesn’t go through this way. You find me all kinds of bits of pottery and stuff right there. Another piece.”

Locating the dump, finding it, realizing that the stories were true — “Yeah, this is a successful day. We got to figure out the oldest thing here because that might tell us who was here at the time. We’re wondering about the date, you know? Always about the dates.”

“From the beginning, we’ve tried to look to the past and try to confirm what the past has taught us, and now today we’ve taken the story, gone into the field, and corroborated that the story is real. And that’s important as we move forward.”