This Actually Just Happened On Oak Island!
This Actually Just Happened On Oak Island!
Oak Island is definitely one of the most thrilling shows ever released.
And there is an obvious reason.
They’ve made quite a number of fascinating discoveries.
Get ready to follow the clues…
uncover hidden chambers…
and reveal the mysteries that lie beneath the surface.
Let’s embark on this thrilling adventure together.
Ancient Roman coin.
A copper coin with suspected Roman or Byzantine roots is found by the crew on Lot 5 as they begin their search.
Numismatist Sandy Campbell analyzes the coin — minted between 300 BC and 600 AD — and determines its design and the personalities of its characters.
The crew is taken aback when they learn the coin contains 1.05% silver and 0.51% arsenic, implying it predates the year 1500.
Rick Lagina is brought in, and the team forms a theory:
the Roman coin might connect to a Roman road and sculptures discovered in Portugal a year earlier — finds believed to be 2,000 years old.
This adds new layers to the Oak Island mystery and raises the possibility that the Knights Templar, who had installations in Portugal, could have carried the coin to the island.
At the Interpretive Center, Alex Lagina, Jack Begley, and Emma Culligan meet with Sandy Campbell to examine the coin further.
X-ray fluorescence reveals the coin may predate the 16th century.
Sandy proposes a Roman or Byzantine origin based on the style and characters.
The team is stunned once more by its silver and arsenic content, again pointing to a pre-1500 creation.
They bring in Rick to share the news — and wonder how such an ancient Roman coin found its way to Oak Island.
Sandy confirms the design features a human figure and a tree, consistent with Roman artistic style.
And since the team previously uncovered a Roman road and carvings in Portugal — including a cobblestone road identical to one in the Oak Island swamp — the possibility of a Roman or Templar connection grows stronger.
This discovery complicates the Oak Island enigma yet opens new paths for investigation.
Traces of gold discovered in old shaft.
Inside the Garden Shaft, the team begins a new probe-drilling operation, targeting a region just outside the Money Pit believed to contain a treasure chamber.
Gold trace evidence found through water testing suggests a void lies only a few feet from the original Money Pit.
During drilling, gold particles appear in the samples — and archaeometallurgist Emma Culligan confirms their presence in wood taken from 55 feet deep.
The team is thrilled.
Science has just nudged them closer to the treasure.
Further drilling produces more wood and soil samples.
Emma again confirms gold — 0.11% concentration — stuck to organic material.
Every face at the table breaks into a hopeful smile.
The team praises Emma’s work as they press forward with determination.
18th-century glass found deep in quadrilateral.
Rick, Marty, Tom Nolan, and Gary Drayton continue excavating the mysterious quadrilateral structure on Lot 13.
They find rusted metal resembling a cannonball fragment, disturbed soil, and charcoal.
Gary recovers a large, heavy piece of metal and suggests it could be a cannonball splinter.
Soon, the team uncovers 18th-century glass in the southern section — indicating possible activity by earlier searchers or builders.
Despite reaching what might be the feature’s bottom, the crew pushes on.
They believe massive stones once surrounded the quadrilateral, hinting at human construction — and a still-unknown purpose.
For now, the team closes the day with more questions than answers.
500-year-old bronze coin discovered on Lot 5.
Gary Drayton and Laird Niven uncover a hammered bronze coin roughly 500 years old.
Hammered currency was replaced by machine-struck coins around the 15th century, increasing its possible value.
Later analysis shows arsenic in the coin — suggesting it may be an arsenical bronze piece from the 1500s or earlier.
The team prepares to use X-ray fluorescence to determine its exact composition and origin, hoping it links Oak Island’s past to early European explorers.
At the Interpretive Center, Laird and Emma examine what was initially thought to be a button — but the unique shape and cut marks reveal it is indeed a coin.
If confirmed as 16th-century bronze, it could be a breakthrough discovery.
Knights Templar.
Rick Lagina, Charles Barkhouse, and researcher Alexis Cory explore possible Templar connections.
Local resident Isaac Rafuse believes stone carvings may hold clues.
Researcher Steve Thomas, for three years, has supplied evidence linking Oak Island symbols to Christian military orders.
Carvings in Portugal — including a cross with a circle and dot — match symbols found on Oak Island.
Rick, Charles, and Cory meet Isaac and Nick Freelick, who present a weathered carving resembling the Templar goose-paw symbol — used across medieval Europe.
Further carvings in Nova Scotia, including the Overton Stone and New Ross area, reinforce the theory.
The team plans deeper investigation into the centuries-old symbols.
Peculiar lead token uncovered from Lot 5.
Gary Drayton and Jack Begley discover a lead object with scalloped edges and holes — possibly a trade token dating back to Roman times.
XRF analysis shows naturally occurring lead mixed with copper, iron, and silicon.
The material may originate from Iran or Italy — both locations tied to Roman mining and potentially the Knights Templar.
This deepens the puzzle.
The team prepares for further study.
Brass door handle found deep in swamp.
Deep inside the triangular swamp, Gary Drayton uncovers a brass door handle — likely from a large sailing vessel.
This supports the theory that the 800-year-old stone ramp and paved area were used to offload valuable cargo.
The crew notices what may be the edge of an ancient path leading to the ramp — strengthening the link between ramp, road, and transport.
More digging reveals cannonballs, iron objects, and part of a wooden door.
The team will return with heavier equipment.
600-year-old horseshoe found on the island.
Rick, Gary, and Billy recover pieces of a stone ramp and then uncover a tiny handcrafted horseshoe — likely early 15th century.
Expert Carmen Leg identifies it as one of the oldest metal artifacts ever found on Oak Island — possibly older than the Roman coin and token.
If tied to medieval activity, it could reshape the Oak Island timeline.
The stone road nearby resembles Roman-era roads in Portugal — where the Templar once held strongholds.
The mystery deepens.
5,000-year-old tools found on Lot 26.
Peter Fornetti and Gary Drayton investigate Lot 26, once home to wealthy landowner Samuel Ball.
They uncover wrought-iron tools resembling door rollers or hinges — suggesting an older structure predating Ball’s era.
A pipe-tamper is also found.
Later, Doug Crowell and Scott Barlow take the artifacts to blacksmith expert Carmen Leg.
He identifies them as hoes or bush axes used for clearing land — and dates them at up to 5,000 years old.
This implies human presence long before known European settlement — pushing Oak Island’s timeline deeper into prehistory.
Italian caves linked to the Knights Templar.
Rick, Doug, Alex, and Cory travel to Camerano, Italy, to explore caves dating back 2,500 years.
A chamber matches the shape of the lead cross found on Oak Island in 2017.
The caves, once home to ancient civilizations, later became a Templar refuge.
In the Simone Cave, the team finds carvings resembling the symbols on Oak Island’s “H.O. Stone.”
They prepare for deeper exploration, wondering if the Knights Templar left clues that stretch from Europe… to Nova Scotia.
