The Curse of Oak Island: NEW SHAFT DISCOVERY Reveals Valuable Evidence (Season 8) | History

Hey Terry, it looks like we got some wood here. Oh, yes, a core drilling operation designed by Craig Tester continues in the hopes of tracking the path of a possible tunnel discovered in borehole OC-1.

Is it something substantial? Well, it looks like it has all the appearance of the shaft in an area where we have no real record, so it’s an unknown shaft.

Okay, currently the team is drilling borehole C9, where they have just discovered what appears to be a wooden shaft some 95 feet deep underground. The question now is: Was it built by a previous searcher trying to reach the money pit, or could it be the original money pit itself?

We got something pretty new and interesting here. We’ve got a solid section of shaft wall with shaft. This is unusual; a lot of wood there.

Hey, guys, guys, how you doing? Wood, wood, wood, wood, wood. Looks like, and this is a shaped piece. We’ve got a good section of shaft wall. This is a piece we hit at about, say, 95-ish feet, and you can see it’s been shaped. It was at 45 degrees to the run of the drill, so that says you’re in some kind of an interesting support, some cross piece or something. I would say let’s do Dan Blankenship’s test.

We have a bucket right over here. One of the things that Dan Blankenship taught us whenever we find wood at depth on Oak Island: you put it in water. If it sinks, it’s old; if it floats, it’s much newer. Here we go—right to the bottom. That’s been down there a long time. But what is it? Let’s bring the next ones up.

Could it be possible that the Oak Island team has finally discovered the original money pit? If so, could it also mean that they are finally close to discovering what people have been searching for since 1795?

So that’s the deepest part here with this one here. That’s 108, 98 to 108. Pretty dense little chunks of wood in it. There’s a good piece right here. Look at that piece. Oh, yeah, there’s another angled piece. Throws, you want to test that one?

Because the team feels certain that they may have obtained evidence of a potentially ancient structure, Charles Barkhaus is now checking the core sample with a handheld metal detector to see if they might have also recovered anything of value.

Got something here. Yeah, God, please be a coin. It’s right here. Yeah, that’s an enigma. We should call Gary. Have him come down.

Hey, Gary, how are you doing, Mike? I’m getting an enigma here. Yeah, so maybe you could try with your pin pointer, but it was right in here. Okay, mate, okay. And I’ve got this on maximum sensitivity. If you go down too close to the table, you will pick up the screws.

Alright, I’ll go all the way down the line. Oh, not getting anything. Yeah, there’s iron in here. Hear that rapid vibration? Definite iron in there. Cool. So if you split that and see if the shank of the nail is square, that means it’s an old nail. If it’s round, it’s more modern. See what it is. I’ll keep that separate. Bust it open.

Yeah, it’s that piece of mine. Oh, it’s in that piece of wood. Yep, it’s inside the wood. Yeah, let’s see. Great. He’s right in there is where I thought it was. Here, yeah, Gary. Where is it? No, that means it’s fuller now.

Hmm, interesting. I would say that’s square. Yes, square. That’s the end of a square nail. That’s fantastic. So you’re in the 1700s with this. Wow, just a little piece of iron like this can be a valuable clue.

Oh my gosh, I guess a square nail possibly predating the discovery of the money pit. Every such clue not only validates that Craig Tester’s drilling program may be zeroing in on the original money pit, but perhaps also something of incredible value.

I was shocked as anyone to find the little piece of nail within the core. I think we were all shocked—square nail? What? What the dates? Any time from Roman days all the way to the late 1700s, I would say. Yeah, handcrafted, we nailed it, mate. Yeah, there’s a full drain. Yeah, okay, let’s continue. Alright, you.