The Curse of Oak Island: MAJOR DISCOVERY on the Stone Pathway (Season 8) | History

Certainly cobble here. We got to clear it off a little more. Rick Lagina, along with members of the team, continue investigating the mysterious stone pathway running along the eastern border of the swamp.

“I like this area right here. It’s got cobblestone and big stone. It hasn’t been disturbed yet, so just keep a diligent eye on that. Little wee pieces can give us a lot of information.”

“Yeah, yeah, so we clear this and just keep following it and see where it takes us to.”

“Yeah, I think that’s our best strategy right now.”

“Oh, you got an artifact! Look at this.”

“Found a piece of coal. Wow! Near the eastern border of the Oak Island swamp, archaeologist Miriam Amerald has just found a potentially important clue on the recently uncovered stone pathway.”

“I think the reason why we’re finding coal is because this is potentially a stone path. I think people were transporting coal along this road. It’s a rough road. Things would have fallen off a cart or something like that. I think we’ll definitely have enough for Dr. Spooner to send off to a lab, and we can get some really good dates and information on that. So, that’s a good sign.”

“Yeah, nice find. Cool. Why don’t you call Rick over? He might be interested.”

“Okay, Rick, do you want to come look at this?”

“What have we got?”

“We found a piece of coal.”

“Wow, I’m happy to see that. And yeah, so now we have a connection from there to here.”

“Yeah, yeah, hopefully.”

Earlier this year, the team investigated a rock formation on nearby Lot 15 that they believe could be a British military pine tar kiln that not only could date back to the 16th century, but could also be connected to the construction of the original money pit. Because charcoal was also discovered there, could they have now found evidence that links these two features together?

“What we came here for, however many years ago it seems now, we came looking to solve a treasure mystery and find treasure. And now we’re excited about finding coal on a road we knew nothing about.”

“Miriam, to show Gary the connective tissue. Poor bit. Cool.”

“Yeah, that is an old one. Yeah. Well, it’d be interesting to see when we get this coal tested, you know, where it comes from.”

“Yeah, we can get a country of origin. Yeah, we always say the most insignificant little fine things there.”

Miriam’s holding a little piece of charcoal that, in my mind’s eye, connects this and the building of this with the stone feature. I mean, it’s almost incontrovertible evidence. It’s very compelling.

“Just keep digging.”

“Absolutely.”