The Curse of Oak Island: Artifact Found at Lot 21 (Season 5) | History

Ooh, this is worth digging, guys. What is it?
It’s a butane on Lot 12, near the middle of the island.
Metal detection expert Gary Drayton, along with Charles Barkhouse and Jack Begley, have just made a potentially important find.

“That’s like a decorative hinge. I found some beautiful ones that were off chests on Spanish shipwreck sites. I would say this is very old — a decorative hinge from a chest. Check this thing out.”

Could it be connected to one of the three missing chests that once belonged to pirate Captain James Anderson?
And if so, could there be a connection to the skeleton key found by Fred Nolan?

Back in the old days, you don’t take your money and put it in a bank. People kept it on their property. They put it in a tin can, in a chest, or somewhere, and they buried it on their property.

“Let’s see if there’s any more…”

It’s amazing. I’m still hearing little pieces of iron — little chirpy iron signals.

“You don’t want to go for it?”
“No, there’s something.”
“What is that? Wow!”
“It’s got a nail in it, or something’s got it, you know… well, nice trap of some sort. Nice eight-inch. That is a hinge.”

“That’s another hinge. Yeah, that’s exactly what that is.”
“Wow. Yeah, these are the type of hinges that could come off chests or boxes.”

“Yeah, good. I saved the best ’til last.”

Another hinge, possibly belonging to a chest. Could these hinges be evidence that this centuries-old dump site was used not only during the construction of the original Money Pit, but also as a place where treasure was deposited long ago?

If so, what else might this so-called dump contain?

“Here’s some pottery.”
“Yeah, there’s the pottery.”
“Yeah, a tiny little pottery chef gentleman.”

“Hey, guys.”
“Hi.”
“Well, has he danced yet?”
“Not yet, no dancing yet.”

“I mean, we’ve really AM-ed at this area. It sure looks like it.”
“Um, I’m pretty positive this is the site and a dump.”

“Alright, well, that’s good. Let’s, uh — you have a whole bunch of stuff.”
“Yeah, yeah, there’s a couple of nice finds that came out the end there.”
“What are they?”
“Ah, jizz…”
“Oh yeah, and I found decorative hinges like this from boxes or chests.”

“For me, the Nolan property is a mystery within a mystery. I don’t know what Fred came to know, but there are answers there. There’s no question about that. Who knows what may be excavated out of that? Who knows how many more items of interest may surface? That could be the missing chest.”

“Yeah, so this is a really good first step in terms of cooperating with Tom. I think that, you know, we find the limits of this dump.”

“And, you know, as we go forward with cooperating with Tom again, this is the first step. I think it’s a positive first step. It’s a success. We were looking for an old dump, and we found an old dump.”

“Yeah, good job, guys. Carry on.”