The Curse of Oak Island: Top Pocket Find at Lot 21 (Season 6) | History

Just go right in here, yeah. Rick Lagina
and metal detection expert Gary Drayton
continued their ongoing search for
important clues.
This time on Lot 21.
“Oh, this is 21. We’ve never been in here before.”
“You got the McGinnis foundation over there. Let’s see what we find.”
“Right, that’s good. Look, you dig. Let’s go.”

Shortly after Daniel McGinnis and two of his friends discovered the money pit in 1795, the young man moved to Oak Island
and built a home here. He lived for the remainder of his life,
farming, raising a family, and searching for treasure.

Three years ago, while visiting the island, three of Daniel McGinnis’ direct descendants shared an incredible story with Rick, Marty, and the team.
“Now, I’ve been told they found three treasure chests,
and what is in this box is one of the things that came from that chest,
along with an amazing object—oh my goodness—that Daniel reportedly found some 30 feet deep in the money pit. Wow.”

Although the remains of Daniel McGinnis’ house were removed more than a century ago, the wrong count a shin remains as a protected historical site.
Because of this, Rick and Gary are careful not to disturb any areas within 100 feet of the foundation,
in hopes their search of the surrounding ground will yield important information.

“It’s only reading three or four inches… getting readings over here as well.”
“Oh, look at that! That’s an oldie.”
“No, that looks old. Let’s have a look, see if they see any screw Fred.”
“Yeah, I can see these are old screws.”
“So we’ve got an inch. We need the chest.”

“And that’s how it is on Oak Island a lot of times. Once you find one or two good things, you find a lot of things in the same area.”
“Oh, come on, just one more nice little signal around there.”
“What we need to do is just circle this area… a couple of times.”

“Well, that doesn’t sound too bad.”
“Just say you never ever know what’s gonna come out your next hole.”
“I always say just win, baby. Choose your whole day.”
“Here we go…”

“Still sounding good, still looking good.”
“Oh my gosh, he said number Bobby Dazzler.”
“Look, past a stone!”
“It’s a brooch. That’s a bloody brooch!”

“Look at that! That’s a gem—that’s red. Do a jeweled brooch found on the western side of Oak Island,
and nearly a mile from the money pit.”

“That’s heavyweight on that compared to the other. That much heavier. Could it be related to the one discovered last year on blah date,
which not only contained a semi-precious jewel,
but which might also date as far back as the 16th century?”

Gary reached in, and there it is—the brooch.
And you know, it’s a holy schmoly moment for Gary.
“Wow, and it is for me too.”

It was hard not to get excited because if it predates searcher activity,
it’s absolutely an excellent find.
“That’s some sort of ornament there. Some sort of ornament there.
I mean, a lot of work went into that. That’s why I’m thinking this could be special.”

“You just think that how ornate it is is going to tell us something.”
“It’s beautiful. Unbelievable.”

“The brooch brothers are back. Lukey diggers, right?”
“You know what? Top pocket fine. I could find.”
“Let’s make sure you sip it up.”