The Curse of Oak Island: MASSIVE COIN DISCOVERY Points Towards Treasure (Season 8) | History

Today’s gonna be a good day, Rick, I can feel it.
In my wand, Rick Laguna joins metal detection expert Gary Drayton on Lot 25, located on the western end of the island, to continue their investigation of the site where late 18th-century landowner Samuel Ball built a thriving homestead.
The only safety gear we need on for this, mate, is sunglasses because when we see the shine of that gold and silver, mate, you could damage your eyes.
That you’ve got to prove, Gary. I believe you, I trust you. I’ll dig, I’ll dig as far as you need me to dig, but you got to find it, okay Mike?

Because the Ball Foundation is a protected site, Gary is only permitted to dig up targets he previously marked with flags while under the supervision of provincial archaeologist Laird Niven.
There’s a group of pink flags here. This is the closest I believe to the Ball Foundation. Not sure for Ryan or not, but we have got one good pink flag over there.
Yeah, let’s check these ones out.

Although Samuel Ball, a former American slave, was known to be a simple cabbage farmer, he would mysteriously become one of the wealthiest men in the province of Nova Scotia.
This has led researchers and historians to speculate that perhaps he found something of great value on Oak Island.
Yeah, my guess is just there, mate. It’s to this side of that little stump.
Looks like you’ve moved it. We’re on it, come on baby.

It’s in, Miami. What have we got here?
Oh, it is! It is! It’s a coin or a bun!
Oh, it’s an old greeny. That means it’s a copper coin, and there’s a good chance it’s an oldie. We’re talking 1730s, 1740s.
This isn’t one of the smaller coins we’ve recovered in the area; this is one of the larger coppers, which is a good sign.

Whenever you find large copper coins on Oak Island, you’ve got a good chance that one of them is going to be a British penny because of those really old pennies we’ve found.
Everything that’s found on Lot 25 could be attributed to Samuel Ball.
It’s hard not to get excited. It’s hard not to get enthused. It’s hard not to say, well, let’s keep going and, you know, we’ll see what the coin says.

Sandy should be able to clean that up really, really well.
Oh, man, I’m so pleased we flagged this and we’ve got a coin, a boat in the bag.
Ah, I like this coin, you know, you smile, you grin, you… I can’t wait for you to find a gold or silver. I mean, you’re gonna be jumping six feet in the air and who knows what else is here, mate.

We’ve got more flags to go.
Yep.