The Curse of Oak Island: Secret Road Points to a Major Find (Season 8) | History

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"The Curse of Oak Island" follows brothers Marty and Rick Lagina as they investigate the mystery of a buried treasure on Oak Island off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada.
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[@Svvithred]

I know people are going on about them not having found the treasure, but I love the archaeological story they have been putting together.

[@hoyle7780]

I agree with you, however they have been dragging this out now since 2014 At this point it's kinda silly that they haven't found literally anything of real value. At least on Gold Rush they Actually find gold.

[@tomwebber4015]

@@hoyle7780 If Gary doesn't find it ,, it probably isn't there.. ( I really hope it is there )😎👍

[@justinamarina6741]

It's awesome

[@1godgodgodgodgod]

@@hoyle7780 dragging? You know the dirt doesn’t magically move right?

[@Grunt49]

They have spent two fortunes!

[@thomasmagda4580]

You know, I have been watching this for years cuz these guys are very likable and professional, always thinking it was nothing, but now I’m starting to think it is something. Maybe not treasure, but something was going on there. The history and archaeology are just as compelling as the possibility of treasure.

[@needmetal3221]

Of course something was going on there. Maybe a clay mine

[@sincerusone]

Simply incredible! Love this story and the sleuthing these guys are doing. Great job.

[@marymcdonald3778]

I think Fred Nolan was on the right track!

[@my31and37]

Oak Island, year 25...."we found a nail, possibly from and old ship..or maybe a birdhouse"

[@rookthetexan8343]

AND Rick's gonna cry and dedicate a bore hole, to the memory of some fringe family member, of one of the families (that we couldn't care less about).

[@feliciahart6025]

😂😂

[@bintananiberto864]

Always want to find out more, love this series.

[@adrianbew9641]

Railways in the UK used wood over bogs and marshland it not only floats but spreads the load out much like a snow shoe does, so putting under a road of soft ground would make sense, and it does appear to be crossing the road length like you would expect to spread a moving load.

[@lewisdoherty7621]

The military had facilities on that island twice. The soldiers/sailors were probably used to pick up suitable stones on the island and pave the areas near their wharf, so all of the traffic wouldn't turn the area into a mud hole. Charcoal and coal are usually used for forges, since very high temperatures have to be achieved. Military facilities probably had blacksmiths to create and repair things. Often roads and other structures in swampy areas had some dirt dug out and trees laid one way and then trees laid perpendicular to those on top and then stones placed on them for paving or foundations. The wood helps to keep the stones from sinking into the mud and the buried, continuously wet wood doesn't rot much - no oxygen. The stones provide a durable pavement. That area was probably buried by mud flows from the continuous digging on that island. Remember they said the island had been 15 feet higher? What happened to the dirt? It is still there. It is just spread out.

[@federicoreyes8836]

They got really excited were they to see that tiny lump of charcoal... got a couple of sacks in the backyard to make them go ballistic!

[@the_original_skytiger]

lol

[@1godgodgodgodgod]

I love people thinking it’s so hard to have tunnels at 180 ft when there are 1000k ft medival mines.

[@David-ei1fs]

I love this show. What a mystery. Why do History channel shows suddenly disappear then reappear weeks later?

[@the_original_skytiger]

you didnt pay your bill.

[@joshkeen9841]

These guys have spent more then theyll ever find no doubt...

[@marytyson6376]

How did the soil get there , if was water in the swap? And what is the content of the soil , compare to the soil on the island.?

[@BaffinSailor]

I hope one day they open a tunnel that leads right to the missing free mason treasure.

[@showgirlsaroundtheworldada4484]

Here we go!

[@ClashGardener]

*Get er done boy's*

[@maxsteel8031]

*For a long time, they've been tapdancing all over that swamp, and they've been using LARGE, MODERN equipment to dig, but never thought that it would take INDUSTRIAL level engineering (espeically considering the original date) for the men to dig and hide that treasure originally. I didn't want to say anything until now, because the fact that they didn't think of it themselves showed a level of disrespect that keeps them from deserving that treasure. There are two things left, which they'll need to solve before they get the prize.*

[@djcranium1210]

Looks like someone marked a line of chalk where rick was supposed to jump down and start digging.

[@mfree80286]

Oh for christ's sake, HISTORY.... it's not CHARCOAL, it's COAL.

[@kimberlywilson9583]

Third time to educate...once coal is burned. It is literally charcoal ...as it comes from coal in the beginning.

[@mfree80286]

@@kimberlywilson9583 I hope you go back and apologize to the other two people you've "educated". Charcoal is produced by incompletely burning wood. Incompletely burning coal produces a product called 'coke', and burning it fully produces little bubbly looking rocks called 'clinker'. All of this is moot because what was shown around was a piece of raw, unburned coal, in a mesh that would be carried in sacks for a small stove or forge.

[@ClashGardener]

@@kimberlywilson9583 oh c'mon

[@kimberlywilson9583]

@@ClashGardener Its just so irritating that some people are not happy with anything. Just turn the channel and find something else to bust on. I'm sure there is a good infomercial that can really be set straight. Not to @Suma, cuz you were quite decent in your reply.

[@ClashGardener]

@@kimberlywilson9583 people rant at anything. I smh that I even mentioned anything. Hopefully people get better. We can only hope...

[@V.I.Outdoors]

Still a better show than 99% of the garbage out there today, sorry haters.

[@1godgodgodgodgod]

I just want to know what it is. That’s a treasure

[@kennethnyhus1337]

Rick"If you will"Lagina

[@texcymbal3241]

I heard they finally found some guy in the swamp.....yeah his name is Jack Squat. ..

[@Ezzbr]

Lmao

[@alvintran616]

LOL love this comment

[@dacatindahat8275]

A stone road is far from jack squat

[@texcymbal3241]

@@dacatindahat8275 a pile of stones does not constitute a road just because the narrative suggests this. Signed, Jack Squat

[@ricanbee2849]

Hope you find this year

[@joebloe1152]

2:26 feel how firm that is its really firm

[@flexecutegaming2997]

The tunnel system is under the so called road it was built as protection for the tunnel roofing and vault . That why he mentioned another layer of stone in actual fact its the sides of the tunnel and vault going down at depth sealed with clay. That cap stone they found last year with clay all around it was an entrance but they couldnt be bothered to lift hence the name eye meaning entrance of the swomp.

[@thomaspinnick5796]

Where did the rock come from?

[@flexecutegaming2997]

@@thomaspinnick5796 they mined it from the tunnels

[@johntinus9438]

Yamaguchi hid his loot there under the stone road.

[@rexrocker1268]

Treasure or not, that’s a bizarre place. What was its purpose?

[@Aj-ue4rx]

Looks like they found where all the stones went from that Beach with no rocks on it. At least that's seems like a logical explanation why there would be no stones in one place and a bunch in another.

[@devintillman5411]

Very Cool 😎

[@macanmalaya1]

Treasure was the main attraction,i guest.anyway i do like the hstorical n archeologycal findings n kept thinking of the next quest it they really do crack this case n so the journey can continue..

[@legionsmith5041]

the 1st road built in the swamp sank into the swamp - so they built another road - it sank too, so they built another road which also sank into the swamp so they built another road into the swamp etc

[@XxTheAwokenOnexX]

The fellowship will keep unraveling the secrets of Oak Island, and hopefully find the treasure.

[@the_original_skytiger]

haha

[@scockery]

Or awaken the Balrog.

[@genehasenbuhler2594]

The fact of the matter is this- this island has been in use for hundreds of years, yet for what purpose we still have yet to understand! My belief is it was used to repair shipping vessels and cultivated specifically for this reason over the centuries of wooden vessels!

[@f.k.burnham8491]

They really need to have the script checked. The narrator keeps calling coal, charcoal. Massive difference. Also coal was used for forging metal. If they were digging here they would have had to have a forge & blacksmith to re-point picks, repair axes and such. Coal was much easier to dig than having to cut logs and make charcoal for forging. Charcoal burning was a very hazardous job. A good charcoal burn could take a week to do. Also coal would burn hotter than charcoal, and it didn't matter if coal got wet. Coal could have also been used as ballast in the ships, if they intended to sink or burn the ships after; thereby providing them with forge fuel.

[@michaela.660]

The island more than likely also used by whaling vessels as a repair station, they used coal to fire the rendering pots and lots of it. Are there sources of coal near by oak island ? Whaling operations history needs to be investigated, or would that complicate a good storyline ? Coconut fiber from the tropics to coal are both on the migration routes. British soldiers garrisoned to protect the whaling fleet remote portage(England needed whale oil too ) Maybe a little British Army or Naval and/or Marines history ?

[@kimberlywilson9583]

There is a difference...one is before burning and one is after it...the coal ...has been burnt...can you guess which is called which?

[@kimberlywilson9583]

As added below... once coal has been burnt it becomes charcoal...hence char...coal.

[@f.k.burnham8491]

@@kimberlywilson9583 Respectfully, You are wrong. Charcoal is the result of incomplete combustion of wood. It can be re-ignited. Nor can charcoal produce the high temperatures that coal or coke does. Burned coal yields only cinders & clinker. It will not re-ignite. (Coal heated just enough to just burn off the impurities is called coke. I can easily melt steel with coke). I know this is correct I have done blacksmithing for over 50 years.

[@rookthetexan8343]

Rick's gonna cry and "dedicate" the sticks and rocks, to the memory of some one, who herded goats on the island 90 years ago, ya know,......for reasons....

[@ramnierpaule1400]

The tresure that they may find at the end of this journey is not what we expect... the true treasure is the adventure, expierience, the thrill, the story, and the friendship that they may really treasure from the rest of their life.

[@ashleyryan9420]

Best part at 5:36

[@chetbaker6432]

I wonder if instead of a road, was it a depository for stones used to build the pine tar kilns?

[@jloos9959]

coal is for a forge to make digging tools and repair picks and make nails and spikes to hold timbers.

[@ckstaff]

Interesting in it seems that there was a massive effort to contain the water and mud and not have a swamp and keep it out with an elaborate underground drainage system for the high water table seeping to the surface with the stacked rock underneath to allow flow, the cribbing's, the supporting of the stones on the pathways underneath to keep them from sinking in the mud, the U shaped log barrier with the supports on the inside as if to hold out mud and water, and the coconut barrier. For me that seems a more probability than an attempt to hide something in the swamp and or until they come up with evidence of the so called booby trap tunnels claim.

[@getchasome6230]

Aaaaaaaaaaaand no treasure. Again.

[@kahamarca]

One thing I do not get is why did they skip around over the years? Why not start at one place and exhaust all possibilities in that area first before moving on?

[@dobbyzouwu3012]

Entertainment. A lot more "exciting" running around manic, like a git than actually making sense, like you suggested lol.

[@ricanbee2849]

I’ll help you out bro the faster the better

[@eddiebowman2678]

Video is good , but on my firestick the audio is terrible , think you guys could talk to someone about that , just asking .

[@andysmith2155]

I like them finding early architectural structures but the truth is even back then they understood hydraulics. That's what the original flood tunnels and shafts were for to flood and drain the dry dock that was were the swamp is. The island was used for ship repair and refitting of ships. I have worked in the ship industry and seen why all the pieces they are finding are there. The ships had to be unloaded to dry dock them and for repairs. If the ship was sold and refitted to the new owners needs. They didn't want or need the things that were left on the ships. No treasure just history...

[@larrysutton6530]

Andy Smith I hope you are wrong but it sounds like a solid hypothesis

[@jaywhoisit4863]

Why would you build a drydock in the middle of nowhere on a small island with limited access to timber and even more limited access to skilled tradesmen?

[@philliplangford4183]

Love the programme very educational and interesting but the amount of coal and other things they have found seems to me like it could be just a very popular trading post

[@bassingaround3233]

Come on people !, no body go trough all that work for just camping even if there is no treasures it worth the investigation

[@OliverFlinn]

every inch of earth is worth investigating, it might give us clues to how our ancestors lived

[@LiaMari]

I think, The rocks in the pathways Are taken from the boulderless beach. 🤔

[@joeholmes3306]

Maybe the stones were placed there to help avoid water erosion of the soil and the coal was accidentally harvested from where the stones were originally found. Those stones were not shipped to that location. That could be a new coal discovery for North America.

[@markpape6565]

Could know put so sort of plastic news paper the clarity.

[@scottsawyer3592]

Is it lining up with nolans cross+ on a compass.?

[@wildhunter4977]

People complaining that no treasure has been found yet should know that in the 1800's the Great Pyramids were almost completely buried in sand when first excavated. This let to the discovery of the Valley of the Kings and decades later King Tutt's tomb. Many gold rich tombs were found and are still being found 200 years later. Archeology is not metal detecting on a busy beach for gold rings. The armature archeology that has gone on for years on that island have only hindered the current process

[@bassingaround3233]

Some archeological excavations has taken 30 years

[@the_original_skytiger]

Blah blah blah

[@falconcresent5214]

Coal for forging steel ?

[@msherman6387]

All those rocks and stones are not a pathway!! It is just a way to put boundaries to a water source.. it is only built to block or hold back water

[@johnheigis83]

Have you matched those stones, to what would have been, on the beach, that's bare of stones?

[@YouStupidBunny]

In the final season of The Curse of Oak Island, they find a map to Yamashita's gold.

[@mfreund15448]

😅😂🤣

[@jasonsadliberty1503]

Whole place is a pin cushion now.. anything found will be destroyed from so much drilling

[@MrBOOKS007]

have you found the old bridge footing. that join the two island

[@johndeans1469]

We pressure washed the dirt off these rocks to find this roadway.

[@johntinus8185]

We're going to follow this road very carefully. It might lead to the original money pit. Could it be the swamp was a little ship harbor. Could the discovery.of a piece of coal be an important find that came from a treasure ship that was burned to hide it in the swamp? Could it be that is all somehow related to the money pit? Rick says it is!

[@darrenosullivan6247]

They got all the best of equipment and sine tests and stell cant fine it

[@michaelsinclair3218]

Do yall think it goes the other way with another layer underneath

[@yvonnegonzales2973]

Road to oaky

[@westrnite]

Coal = melting?

[@arniewheeler4673]

would they have used the coal to generate heat to melt gold or other metals?

[@OliverFlinn]

yeah, possibly

[@johannahjohari2915]

What if they do all this work and they found nothing.... Notasinglething !

[@nunyabizz9804]

If anything this just shows how quickly we have advanced.will be looking forward too the change in history as what we have been told seems false

[@pablojose4890]

I watched a show where they had a Russian satellite fly over to detect metal underground. Can they do that here?

[@jasonjackson4462]

Fred Nolans stone pathway there's no my mystery here ,move on and find ye treasure

[@getchasome6230]

Those people wouldn't have made a swamp to hide a sunken ship. You're thinking of modern times... 400 years ago if the ship sunk itd be gone. There werent scuba divers back then

[@getchasome6230]

@@kevinbrady3063 Oh yeah, well you're a tool for watching football. Hows it feel to be force deepthroated sjw messages? "Oh god I love it *gag* *gag* "

[@kevinbrady3063]

@@getchasome6230 did I trigger you? LMFAO 🤣

[@getchasome6230]

@@kevinbrady3063 Says the guy who commented first. Guess we're ignoring that tho 🤷‍♂️.

[@kevinbrady3063]

@@getchasome6230 LMFAO GFYS 🤣LOSER

[@getchasome6230]

@@kevinbrady3063 Not too smart, are we?

[@douglasbrannon6525]

A REAL YELLOW BRICK ROAD.

[@kingscotimus]

My great great grandfather found a piece of artifact on this piece of land, I think you would like to know about.

[@the_original_skytiger]

sure he did. lol

[@zbikerman2]

What was it

[@zbikerman2]

My mom

[@chriscottell6854]

Has Lidar drones been used over and around Oak Island yet?

[@kate9576]

This lady used satellite imagery. She made a big discovery and they dropped pursuing it because they didn’t find one of the items. Are they different?

[@neva_nyx]

@@kate9576 yes. Satellites just show surface images like any camera. Lidar can strip away trees and foliage to see just the land and all topography. Its far more effective and would have been able to confirm or negate what the Satellite lady saw before she ever told the Laginas.

[@billsmafiahitman7537]

Yep the templars used it to hide the treasure

[@bobbybaker1691]

I don't think that that's a road I think it's a ballast pile from the ship they believe that got burnt their

[@johnohaig2073]

They found something or why would anyone keep spending???

[@archerx68]

I am late...

[@stevenklenner9044]

Santa could have dropped the coal ?? That could be why it’s there??

[@CosmosGwelf]

Ok guys, back to work, shut your mouths and DIG

[@pemtv1609]

BEFORE : the Discovery of tunnels -> ME. too complicated big tunnels built what for ? NOW: the discovery of Stone ROAD -> ME. to MUCH WORK just to say there is no valuable items here in oak island.

[@davidc5323]

I think they are just digging in the port that was flooded ages ago

[@Lecknye1961]

Tell me how did they move stuff on rocks like that come on. No animal would walk on that pulling even a cart unless they covered that up with dirt and made it smooth.

[@Christine-tx4bc]

Somebody had a bonfire and you have the coals left. Natural coal takes millions of years to form...

[@187mrsmith]

This is the most clickbait show that ever has existed smh lol All these treasure hunt shows where you know you're not finding anything just wasting people's time for what 3 seasons or however long smh lol

[@robbierob808]

8 seasons

[@getchasome6230]

If they found something itd be on the news. That's a big find with ties to history That's how I know they've never found the treasure and on the other show they never found bigfoot and on the other show they never found aliens.

[@stevenklenner9044]

Soon enough, they are going to become part of the archeological finds on that island ..... 🙄

[@zombienectar]

Worst road I have ever seen. Would you not use stones for base and put smooth wood on top for wagons or walking . Makes more sense that the stones were holding the wood from floating away for some reason.

[@billsmafiahitman7537]

Kind of makes you wonder why all roads used to be cobblestone duh

[@zombienectar]

@@billsmafiahitman7537 You call that cobblestone ? A three year old could do better than that.

[@billsmafiahitman7537]

@@zombienectar probably so my 3yo could do better with his legos but still all roads used to be cobblestone or dirt I'm with you on the wood being a smoother road top but apparently our ancestors were stupid

[@zombienectar]

@@billsmafiahitman7537 I have seen a lot of cobblestone roads. That is not a road. Not all roads used to be cobblestone. If you want to build a road in a swampy area you make a corduroy road out of wood. There is a shitload of wood on the island. That plie of rubble and boulder could have been ballast from a ship . Could have been used to cover something or hold wood underwater. who knows ? Anyone with the technology to build shafts and flood tunnels and bring coconut fiber in the tropics could build a better road than that. cheers

[@billsmafiahitman7537]

@@zombienectar 🍻 mate

[@bvmqz7436]

2

[@landrews7280]

So done with the moderator!

[@arlenekrese6912]

What was the coal for? Where do you think they broke camp?¿🏹⚔🚩

[@swardinc]

why sink the ship?

[@carolinewalker3301]

European fishermen often brought wood and fittings (a flat pack) on their fishing vessels to be assembled when they reached the shore near the fishing grounds. Rather than take back the boat they had constructed (they were loaded down with fish or furs or what they could sell), they buried or hid it, from the first nations people who kept an eye on them all summer, hoping it would be still there when they returned next year... It didn't take the locals long before they found and learned how to sail or row a small boat and make their own trading voyages along the coast.

[@swardinc]

@@carolinewalker3301 hmm did not know that

[@ricanbee2849]

Rick do you need more help I can help for free

[@Drunknferry]

There's literally an x marks the spot on another Island on Google Earth the four trees literally in the center of the island

[@Drunknferry]

Been saying this for over a few years now

[@Norwegian733]

What if the people back then just planned to troll future generations -.- Made fake this and that and just put small peaces and traps arould the whole island to make generations of people dig and dig forever... Yeah, thats my theory :-)

[@jefflowe2377]

Another Bobby Dazzlah . Back to the Research Center. Lol

[@Scott.Farkus]

I still think all that is just a big drainage system to make the island inhabitable.

[@williammoyer9063]

It looked like he was holding a roach. OMG I thought, a 200yo roach !

[@johntinus9438]

I think it's a road! It could have been used for transporting the treasure to and from the money pit. Stay tuned for season 25, episode 71 when Marty declares it's an encridible find. we don't know what it's doing hrt

[@MrMichaelAndrews]

If you like archeology.. you should check the lost pryamids I found using Google Earth.

[@the_original_skytiger]

I have a bridge for sale for you.

[@MrMichaelAndrews]

@@the_original_skytiger did you even watch my vids.. jumped the gun a bit I believe.

[@the_original_skytiger]

@@MrMichaelAndrews I don't watch garbage.

[@MrMichaelAndrews]

@@the_original_skytiger well it seems to me your ignorant and would like to stay that way. Have a nice day. Your missing out on a real discovery.. but that's your loss.

[@the_original_skytiger]

@@MrMichaelAndrews LOL yes, well somehow I will manage to live without your magnificent "discovery." lmao

[@unclejakob]

8 seasons later , they found a rock ......

[@markpape6565]

The munchies, this act of eating alot when stoned, you realise why it's the taste, the taste gland's and scent gland's are enjoying so the body responds by wanting food, not a bad thing but controling your munchies, this, that's innerpiece.