The Curse of Oak Island: HUGE FIND Linked to Samuel Ball (Season 4) | History

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GARY DRAYTON: That is cool.
CHARLES BARKHOUSE: That is very cool.
GARY DRAYTON: This is somebody’s signature. This is somebody’s name.
NARRATOR: While searching for artifacts on lot 24, the area once owned in the early 1800s by Oak Island Resident Samuel Ball, metal detection expert Gary Drayton, along with Oak Island historian Charles Barkhouse, have just made a number of incredible and potentially significant discoveries.
GARY DRAYTON: So we’ve got six coins, a fancy button. And you look at that rivet and the way that’s curved, that could have been on the end of a pistol. Based on your experience, are you willing to say that this could be a camp?
CHARLES BARKHOUSE: Yeah, some kind of encampment.
GARY DRAYTON: That’s amazing.
NARRATOR: An encampment? Could Charles and Gary be looking at evidence that the stories about stolen Spanish gold are true? If so, could the treasure still be hidden somewhere on the island?

Hey, Marty?
MARTY LAGINA: Yeah?
Over here.
What do you guys got?
Tell him what you think we found.
Lay it on me. What have you got?
Some good news.
Good news?
Roundness?
Roundness.
Yep.
Holy smokes.
Look at these.
Wow.
All in one spot?
GARY DRAYTON: See that guy there?
MARTY LAGINA: Yeah?
GARY DRAYTON: See? King George II.
What is that date from?
Early 1700s.
No kidding.
These are all British coppers.
All in one spot?
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Yeah, we’ve got six of them in this circle. Small little radius here.
And this?
Belt buckle?
That has got script.
No, I think this is off of the end of a pistol. Do you see the writing on there, the script writing?
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
That could be the person’s name who owned the pistol.
[INTERPOSING VOICES]
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
All of these, right here?
Yeah.
I just think this– there’s so much stuff here. I think this is an encampment or a camp.
CHARLES BARKHOUSE: Well, then we really could be onto something, right?
GARY DRAYTON: It’s very exciting. We could be on some kind of encampment. And Gary feels it’s George II’s head on there. So if it’s George II, it predates the original finding of the money pit, so even more exciting.
CHARLES BARKHOUSE: This is quite a haul.
GARY DRAYTON: Wow, Gary– 1700s, that changes a lot.
CHARLES BARKHOUSE: They’re not supposed to be here.
GARY DRAYTON: No.
NARRATOR: Gary Drayton’s findings on lot 24 have validated much that has long been speculated about Samuel Ball and his connections to both the discovery of the money pit and the search for treasure on Oak Island. If anything, it only serves to fuel interest in the possibility that something of enormous value was buried here centuries ago– something that still may lie undiscovered and undisturbed, several hundred feet deep underground.
GARY DRAYTON: This would have been just everyday money.
CHARLES BARKHOUSE: Wow, Gary.
GARY DRAYTON: That’s got a jingle to it.
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CHARLES BARKHOUSE: Look at this guy.
GARY DRAYTON: I know, it’s a big purse.
CHARLES BARKHOUSE: Where’s the gold, man?
GARY DRAYTON: Well, I’m hoping this leads us to it.
CHARLES BARKHOUSE: Look, talk about never satisfied, hey?
GARY DRAYTON: Yeah, I know.
CHARLES BARKHOUSE: Well, you’re only as good as your last fight.
GARY DRAYTON: That’s right.
CHARLES BARKHOUSE: Well, we’ll give you credit.
GARY DRAYTON: OK, let’s take a break. It gets tiring digging all these King George coppers.
CHARLES BARKHOUSE: Yeah.
GARY DRAYTON: Yeah.