Hutton Pulitzer and his cousin meet with the team at the war room to continue his theory that Phoenicians visited the island over 2,500 years ago and left behind the Ark of the Covenant. Hutton Pulitzer and his cousin meet with the team at a local pub in the evening to discuss his theory that treasures from Solomon's Temple could be buried on Oak Island and later shows them alleged evidence to support his claim. Drilling at the money pit area is suspended when the drill rig is found to be insufficient for the task. At another location, he discovers what appears to be another coin. While metal detecting on the shoreline, Gary Drayton uncovers a 17th century military button. In the film, his father stands in front of the camera and points to a mysterious piece of wood. He shows them a film of the devastation to the island during the Dunfield excavations in 1965/66. Paul Troutman, son of a previous treasure hunter, visits the island and talks to the team in the war room. Dan Blankenship suggests a new place to dig. The team drills in the area of the money pit but is unable to drill through underground debris. With this news, it is decided to start drilling at the money pit. In the war room, which is no longer at Dave Blankenship's house, the team receives news that proposed changes to current legislation may detrimentally affect attempts to recover the Oak Island treasure. Diver Tony Sampson discovers a tree stump in the swamp which is strange, as oak trees cannot grow in the swamp. After advice from experts, the team returns to Oak Island and begins searching the swamp with a metal detector again while it is covered with ice and snow. The Spanish coin found last season is cleaned and dated to 1652. At a meeting in the war room, the team decides to continue the quest. The team shows the coin to Dan Blankenship. Tony Sampson is unable to find anything else except strange, flat stones. While local diver, Tony Sampson, is preparing to dive in the swamp, an antique Spanish 8 maravedí copper coin is found. Rick believes that they have found the treasure vault.ĭata from the metal detection indicates there are interesting targets at the Mercy point. Marty and Rick bring in some metal detecting experts who examine the swamp. His theory is put to the test and shows some promise so the team decides to investigate a part of the swamp designated the 'Mercy point'. While the swamp drains, a Norwegian writer, Petter Amundsen presents the team with his claim that the first edition of the works of William Shakespeare includes clues leading the reader to Oak Island and also describes the treasure, which includes the menorah of King Solomon. Later, paranormal investigators are invited to the island. The narrator explains how the Restalls discovered a spiral tunnel near the money pit but died before they could investigate it. Later, Lee gives Rick a map made by her brother and loans Rick her brother's journals detailing the time that he spent on the island. At Smiths Cove, Andrew Demont explains to Lee Lamb how her father and brother died. Lee visits the island with Andrew Demont, who was the only survivor of the accident that killed the Restalls. Rick receives a telephone call from Lee Lamb, daughter of Robert Restall, who died with his son Rick in 1965 while searching for the Oak Island treasure. The team then clear away trees so that the swamp can be drained. Dan says that there are also oak tree stumps in the swamp and that he believes the swamp is man-made. with 95% confidence.ĭuring a meeting at Dan Blankenship's house, the team discusses a plank that Fred Nolan believes is in the Oak Island swamp. Craig Tester has the fibres tested and the result is that they are dated to between 12 A.D. Later, while digging on the shore at Smiths Cove, the team find coconut fibres. The dive team at Smiths Cove find anomalous stones pointing to the money pit. At 10–X, small bones thought to be from cats are found in the 10–X spoils. A small piece of metal is recovered from the 10–X spoils.Ī scuba team that includes Marty and his son Alex prepares to dive the water around Smith's Cove. While using an airlift to recover artifacts at 10-X, Rick discovers a wooden 'tusk' poking out of the water at Smiths Cove. Five months later they return to explore an abandoned shaft called Borehole 10–X, dug by Dan Blankenship in the 1970s with a video camera. They begin drilling in the area of the famed 'money pit' and discover pottery from far underground. Episodes Season 1 (2014) No.īrothers Marty and Rick Lagina travel from Michigan to Oak Island, determined to resume the search for treasure on the island and solve the Oak Island mystery.

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