SEASON 11 IS HERE | TOP 3 BIGGEST & AMAZING FINDS FROM SEASON 10

The new season is here.
The Lagina brothers will be back to start a new excavation session in November.
Ten years ago, we never would have anticipated going underground in The Money Pit.
What we’re seeing is a high-density anomaly below the surface of The Money Pit.
Will this be the most exciting historical season yet?
The stage is set because the last three biggest finds from season 10 have already taken the world by storm.
We need to get to the bottom of the garden shaft; it could be the opposite chamber that we seek.
For people across the globe, the belief that they will finally solve a 228-year-old treasure mystery has never been higher.

To start off, I am going to begin with analyzing the Lot 5 barter token.
A couple of months after Gary found the Roman coin with Rick, he and Jack Begley fared well once again with a curious non-ferrous target.
But what did they find this time?
A lead barter token.
It was most likely used as a form of currency several centuries ago, but it wasn’t made of silver or gold.
But let me emphasize one thing here again: lead artifacts found on Oak Island have sometimes proven to be the greatest clues in helping to solve the mystery.

Meanwhile, when archo-metallurgist Emma Colligan analyzed the token, her initial take on its possible origin was more than compelling.
But when chemist Dr. Chris McFarland conducted isotope testing on the lead, his laser-focused findings made for an unbelievable moment.
According to my judgment and analysis, the object was relatively easy to identify because it was flat—a favorable characteristic for analysis.
Yet it wouldn’t have been a piece of cake because it had a very thick altered crust on it, indicating that it had been submerged for quite some time.
Without a doubt, it has endured significant environmental changes over the years.

Now hear this out: the biggest result is that I said topically it looks very similar to the cross.
No way! I wasn’t expecting that.
The Lot 5 token was an exact compositional match to the 14th-century lead cross, signifying that both originated from Southern France—a region where the Knights Templar maintained a stronghold until the early 1300s.
The lead in the disc apparently matches virtually identically with the lead in the lead cross, which is a head-scratcher.
Another very significant thing that could tie the Templars to this location is the discovery of the…
And then all those other double-used pieces are going to fall right into place.

The second major discovery of this season is the real banger, because in the last dig of the year, they stumbled upon yet another puzzling discovery.
This discovery marks the importance of direction—a possible map to lead them to gold.
It suggests that the gold is hidden somewhere deep within the Money Pit.
The main focus remained on The Money Pit area, and they continued to excavate the B4C shaft.
The B4C shaft is very close to reaching its full depth of around 90 ft.
It is located barely 5 ft to the north of the Borle Sea in the Sea One cluster, including what might be evidence of wooden tunnels that date back to the 15th century.

In addition, significant traces of silver and gold were found, which has led to conjecture on the site of the original Money Pit, as well as the likelihood of a tunnel that leads to a treasure room.
The fact that they found gold deposits in the water is another motivator, but how they found these deposits is a tale in itself.
They gathered samples in plastic bottles; the entire process aimed to ascertain whether gold was in the water and, if so, where it might be.
Even so, what is the scientific basis for this fascinating jelly material?

The blob is a complicated material, and it still needs to be clarified precisely what makes it up.
The experts think it combines gold, iron, and sulfur.
It is believed that the gold came from an organic gold deposit on Oak Island, and the soil in the vicinity provided the chemicals in its aftermath.
I think that the fusion of these materials created the pink blob.

Meanwhile, Marty Lagina made light of the possibility that the island secret would be kept in a little plastic bottle.
Despite 200 years of extensive expenditure and effort in the War Room, the men were gathered, and Marty demanded to know about the gold.
Fortunately, he didn’t let them down, and surprisingly, there is more good news.
Dr. Fred Michel, a hydrogeologist, said that the concealed gold was located only a short distance from the sea.
According to my calculations, it is between 80 and 110 ft deep.
This is also consistent with earlier researchers who discovered an engraved stone at a height of 90 ft or around the same level; it was thought the marking indicated the location of a hidden treasure.

Meanwhile, Rick and Marty carried on with their first descent into the garden shaft.
Faithful acorns know that the genesis of what would become The Curse of Oak Island began when Rick Lagina was just 11 years old, growing up in northern Michigan.
There, he read a five-page story in the Reader’s Digest entitled “Oak Island’s Mysterious Money Pit.”
That one brief write-up of the fabled treasure pit and the questions about what it might contain would captivate both him and his younger brother Marty for nearly 50 years until they could take over the hunt themselves.

And after more than a decade into their quest, once the garden shaft reconstruction was nearing completion during season 10, Rick, accompanied by Scott Barlo and Roger Forah, got to make his first descent underground in The Money Pit area since evidence of gold was detected in the garden shaft during its reconstruction.
Once it was completed to a depth of 82 ft, Marty got his first chance to experience what he had only read about as a child.
The Onslow employees next excavated through a level platform or an unidentified vault structure, but they had to stop when the shaft flooded significantly.

It has been hypothesized by the Oak Island crew that the laborers may have discovered the treasure vault.
The team believes that the gold may have been brought to The Money Pit throughout the course of the dig and will continue to pursue the progress aspiration to one day stumble upon Marie Antoinette’s jewels or the Ark of the Covenant.
But all they ended up finding so far was an intricate network of wooden tunnels.
These tunnels date back to the 15th century, but how did people at that time know how to build tunnels?

As the run continues, the group discovers a few loose pieces of wood, but the most important find is a large iron fastener.
Because of the primitive style of craftsmanship, it is thought to date back to the 1800s, if not earlier.
They believe that this discovery gives them a sense that The Money Pit is somewhere near.
One of the artifacts uncovered is a hand-forged spike, which rapidly becomes the center of attention because they understand the importance of each lead.

The group will launch an inquiry into the surge.
It has a rough appearance, yet it contains hand-forged raw iron and indications of aging, making it a valuable artifact with the potential to give insights into Oak Island’s history.
I find the importance of linking dots to be something fundamental in this whole pursuit.
In my pursuit, I ran into an expert statement: Carmen Leg, a person whose life speaks of his love for finding the unknown, concludes that the iron spike that was discovered in the B4C shaft belonged to a rock drill that was used during the Medieval Era.

Last but not least, the garden shaft’s greatest hits.
Just before winter forced the team to halt their search operations, representatives from Dumi believed they may have encountered a tunnel some 10 ft below the bottom of the garden shaft.
Rick and Marty then made their way to the bottom of the shaft together in order to investigate.
It’s like a childhood fantasy coming true, isn’t it?

At this stage, Rick and Marty, after 60 years, made their way into The Money Pit.
After all the trace evidence of gold that was detected in water and wood samples during the reconstruction of the garden shaft, it was time for the metal-detecting ninja to see what he could find at the bottom, and it made for one bobby dazzler of a moment.
He then connected it to a couple of swags the crew had discovered two years earlier, suggesting that one of the functions of the swags was to sharpen rock drills.
He drew this connection by noting the presence of swags in the same location.

The rock drill, a tool employed for drilling rocks or breaking up massive boulders, is believed to have a long history.
It resembles those used during the Medieval period, and its existence introduces a realm of intriguing possibilities concerning the history of The Money Pit and the hidden wealth within.
The group deliberates whether this artifact provides further evidence of their proximity to the legendary riches.
The rock drill holds historical significance, as it could have been utilized in the initial construction of The Money Pit.

And what season finale would be complete without a weeping Rick Lagina giving a moving and motivational speech?
Will this actually lead to treasure in the end? Who knows?
Further expeditions by the Lagina boys will uncover the story.
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In the end, it will be interesting to see if they can eventually decipher Oak Island’s riddle: the final lead for the team