The Curse of Oak Island: Gary Discovers Evidence of Secret Tunnel (Season 8) | History

As the team continues to excavate the stone pathway, they make another groundbreaking discovery of a castor wheel - possibly utilized during a tunneling operation, in this clip from Season 8, "A Loose Cannonball." #OakIsland
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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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[@genobvious2606]

Can you make a roku app that doesn't require a cable tv subscription?

[@carolbellinger]

As long as you have internet in your home roku will work for most tv shows. It's all I use

[@conchur6412]

Got to give it to them there bs is relentless

[@meogden6144]

I quit cable and went to streaming only. I cannot watch new episodes of OI until a week later as they want a cable subscription login. I wish History would change that! I’m so frustrated...

[@johntinus9068]

A metal castor on Oak Island! Could it be related to the money pit? How did it get here and what was it used for? How old is it? This has to be one of the most important finds on the island. Gary you better call Rick and Marty an

[@dozerboy67]

Every time I watch this they're like " oh wow, it's a bottle cap! THIS is a significant find!! " 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@SwapPartLLC]

A bottle cap is evidence of a tunnel too. They needed to stay hydrated while they were in there working. The conclusions they draw from ordinary objects are just insane.

[@joeclaymore]

I hear the Knights Templar had iron bottle caps from a castle in France.

[@sog4646]

Fake drama to fill the voids in the show

[@ahashdahnagila6884]

@Philip Marshall "Let's get our resident Pequot Indian to translate the writing on that bottle cap!" (Bottle Cap say, "Coca Cola Bottling Company")

[@anthonywall6153]

LMAOOOOOOO

[@mrdoe8484]

"top pocket find" -Gary the magic wand guy

[@OverlandOne]

Que the announcer: "A castor from the 1970's ?...On Oak Island? Could it be that the Knights Templar used this modern castor to help wheel the treasure into the money pit? Time Travel theorists say yes."

[@mattcracco1491]

This show could be cool if it weren't for the ridiculous announcer statements like this. That, and the useless Jack dude who has worn the same shirt for 8 years

[@vibekes2416]

🤣🤣🤣

[@johntinus8185]

That cart wheel came from the Home Depot two blocks from Gary's home. He ditched it last night and pretended to find it in the presence of Rick and Marty!

[@thatsmrharley2u2]

Gary: I have the metal detector. You have the shovel. He who has the shovel, digs.

[@bartoszrebelski8571]

There are two kinds of people in this world my friend. Those with metal detectors and those who dig. You dig. :)

[@davef.2811]

"Und vat do you do in dirt?? DIGGGG!!!" Cred: Major Hochstetter from Hogan's Heroes.

[@johntinus8185]

Gray's has it in his contract that all he does is detect and not shovel. Watch closely as Gary pulls a brass door nob out of his shirt pocket and pretends he found it in the mud.🤔

[@treydogg77]

I believe that castor is from a shopping cart. There was once a Woolworth Dept store at that location on the island Gary.....

[@user-cs3zs6jn1d]

Gary seems to be the one who finds the most. Yet he never does the physical work,except for waving his magic wand at the ground.

[@ahashdahnagila6884]

@Michael J.... I certainly hope Gary hasn't somehow conjured up the spirit of the 'American prophet' Joseph Smith; for, it was he who was Mighty and Large (in waving his magic wand around!) By the way, it is clear, to me, that Gary is part of a spoken (and unspoken) pecking order, in that Oak Island project: and, he gets the sense that he, with his wand, is higher in that 'order' than any simple 'earth mover' (regardless of how big the earth-movers' equipment may be). LMAO! What a bunch of clowns! (To his credit, though, Gary is an "unwitting stooge"...perhaps?) P.S.: We are somehow reminded of an episode of Family Guy, in all this, where James Woods is a guest character following a bread-crumb trail: and he intermittently exclaims... 'Ooh! A piece of candy! "Ooh!...piece of candy!"

[@patricialessard8651]

I've never missed an episode since it started. They are extremely close and will uncover what ever is there but in the meantime, they are finding awesome clues. Way to go guys and good luck!

[@flavio2727]

You believe in Santa Claus dont'you?

[@Ddub1083]

Seems like they are finding trash.

[@danolson6335]

@@flavio2727 Ever heard of sarcasm? I didn’t think so.

[@bruhmania7359]

@@danolson6335 flavio is the one being sarcastic lmao

[@whemadre]

I believe the cobbles were covered by packed dirt or clay (seems to be a lot of that around) and then rough hewn planks for tracks. There were cartways with wooden rails that predate trains. In the more modern version, the ox walks in the space between the wooden rails.

[@samaipata4756]

Oak Island wouldn’t exist without Garry! He knows tenfold what those “archeologists” do!

[@allmightygreatone1048]

Samuel's ball shopping cart to haul out the old treasure.

[@gregc2151]

Yeah then he built a road into the swamp and put on a ship and covered his tracks.

[@johntinus9438]

That might of come off of Samuel Ball's garbage can so he could wheel his trash to the money pit and dump it right in just like he did for over seventy five years. That was a garbage pit the British dug when they were there. The timbers came from his old barn. He tore it down and dumped most of it into the money pit. Then he built a heavy oak platform over the hole to seal it shut. Over the years the wooden cover rotted and caved in.

[@OldillWill]

“Get back to work Gary!” You can tell it wasn’t the first time he said that lol

[@kennethnyhus1337]

Great work Gary now go find some real treasure

[@noahellis3672]

Oh my gosh. We've just uncovered a trench when we dug a trench looking for buried rocks. Those rocks definitely point to a road used to haul rocks, possibly found in this trench that we dug looking for a trench that was lined with rocks but were hauled away with carts using rubber castors. By the way, does anyone get the feeling that Gary either doesn't like to dig or doesn't know how?

[@Guardducks]

Thanks for finding my caster guys.

[@juliannarmitage7060]

I absolutely feel this is the most interesting And educational show in all the world...the men who are apart of this adventure are not only intelligent but are proven to be top notch in their field of expertise and loyal to the core of their being..I am from Harbor Springs, Michigan and i have had my heart in this program since it first aired.... I watch many of the reruns because I just can not get enough of all the Laguina brothers and their team do... ..every episode..I also admire everyone's drive and enthusiasm

[@Blackrew]

3:19 this guy just explained wheels for us

[@ahashdahnagila6884]

"Get back to work, Gary!" Well, now! We surely know who is in command! Reckon?

[@loadedfun4764]

4 shows in and Uncle Rick has him running a tight ship.

[@malcolmjames7388]

Never see Gary gets his hands dirty,And how can he be an expert, You've only got to wave that metal detector about then you become an expert, SURELY

[@antonchigurh6590]

he is lazy;amazing everybody else joins in but this guy is too good and won't lower his standards and degrade himself picking up a shovel.

[@malcolmjames7388]

Haha

[@davemcdave2169]

New in season 45 of Oak Island. The crew find an iPhone 6. Could this be the iPhone that Tutenkamun used when he brought his ancient collection of Elvis vinyl originals to be buried at oak island? Plus. After the break, the crew notice some birds in the trees. Could these birds know the location of the original copy of the bible that is believed to be biried here. Stay tuned!

[@johntinus9068]

E.T. phone home!

[@chrisleach8009]

There’s no way a Caster would have worked on the paving stones they have uncovered so far

[@rossmacintosh5652]

And they typically aren't used in mines either. That castor was likely used on a floor. It is what's called a "plate caster" because it has a mounting plate for mounting to the underside of what it supported. It's too big & heavy duty to have been used on a chair but it could have been on a more bulky piece of furniture -- like a chest!

[@Ddub1083]

They found trash.

[@whemadre]

I imagine the large stones were covered by compacted dirt or clay. Oxen couldn’t walk on that rough of a surface either. Casters seem too small to travel any distance and those little wheels would dig in almost instantly. I’d say they’re only good for pavement or wooden floors.

[@rudyruiz9615]

AGREED, HOW CUOLD THAT WOK ON COBBLE STON ROADS? IT CAN'T

[@MarkJones-si2bb]

Look closer. The bottom says "Made in China".

[@jamesallred460]

That thing looked way too new to be depositor related. I'd love to be wrong but the mounting plate on that thing looked modern to me

[@leefoster9430]

How do you explain the 4 feet underground.?

[@jamesallred460]

@@leefoster9430 my best guess is it's from searcher related efforts - wasn't Fred Nolan doing a lot of work in the swamp with a bulldozer? Could have gotten lost off a dolly or cart and then buried. I will grant you being under that much dirt is strange, and I would love to be wrong and for it to be depositer related, it just didn't look like it was that old to me. Then again, I'm certainly no expert, just some random dude with an internet connection, so I could be completely off base. I hope they take that thing to an expert for analysis.

[@stevehoward3049]

Me too

[@Ddub1083]

@@leefoster9430 Some other idiots were digging for lost treasure... dug a hole and then left it.

[@fredbailey363]

Hey, at least is wasn't wood🤣😂

[@justinfisher36]

I really think Gerry doesn't know how to use a shovel lol

[@stevehoward3049]

That's his excuse and he's sticking with it. Lol.

[@lewisdoherty7621]

So Gary found a caster, a mass produced type certainly not made before the 1880s. It wouldn't be an from an alleged depositor, but a searcher. That area has already been searched. Most of those areas have been searched multiple times. The caster appears to be of the rotating type since the top and bottom aren't aligned which wouldn't be used in tunneling, because the cart would largely need to be steered straight. That is why mine carts have two wheels on each side tied by an axle. The rotating type would swing all over the place. It was likely just a piece of junk which got buried when one of the searchers took a bulldozer and dug up everything on that end of the island down to the watertable and then relayed it. It wasn't buried in a mine, just mixed in with all of the other scrambled ground.

[@johntinus9438]

That came off of Gary's soap box scooter. He rode it to work every day until he ran into a tree and demolished it. He took that one caster from the front and planted it on Oak Island.

[@wls64]

"get back to work, Gary" LOL

[@jimhagar5149]

Wow, a caster from the 16 or 17 hundreds with a stamped steel mounting plate ......come on man!

[@ahashdahnagila6884]

@Jim Hagar Famous Biden words... "C'mon, man!"

[@jefflowe2377]

I think Gary’s metal detector is allergic to gold or something ...

[@6the695]

Wonder if he realizes his detector has a discrimination feature to eliminate iron tones?!?!?!,!

[@ojaym9769]

@@6the695 Plus gold rings out same with many types of metals especially aluminum and nickel.

[@jillellis62]

I think Ole Samuel Ball made it out very well. All alone out there to do whatever. He may not have found it all, but he knew he had something good and kept it secret

[@187mrsmith]

The curse is all these clickbait shows that don't never have any resolution or closure So it's basically four seasons of looking for something that doesn't exist or is long gone

[@rickscott9454]

We're 8 season in now but yeah I gotcha 👌😉

[@OverlandOne]

Que the announcer: "Might there be a season 9...on Oak Island? Financial and accounting experts from the History Channel say yes."

[@HondaRidea]

The curse is never finding anything THATS THE CURSE

[@thatsmrharley2u2]

Cool...that laundry cart caster or whatever it is dates back to at least 1950. And it was 10 feet deep. Yeah, what a mystery. Gawd.

[@stevenhildebrandt4953]

Gary couldn't detect salt in the ocean!!

[@johntinus8185]

That castor came off of Rick and Marty's garbage cart.

[@gtasertyfied3432]

How in the world they are able to drag this show so long i have no clue....

[@stevehoward3049]

Gullible people

[@Ddub1083]

People watch garbage... thats how.

[@paulbeaumont7485]

Now if they could just find the rest of the cart, there may be a £1 coin in the handle!

[@russellharrison3630]

I keep saying that they should bring Parker Schnable in on this. He'd have the whole "f...ng" island dug up and run through the trommel in about a day and a half. If there was any gold there he'd have it smelted down into little bars for all to see

[@rostringstudios4095]

If it’s heavy it’s old. Metal gets lighter the older it gets due to rust

[@masterblaster4784]

I remember watching this show years ago. Have they found the treasure yet?

[@melaniewaldo8212]

No.

[@Ddub1083]

There is a better theory of hidden treason on oak island... allegedly the original works of shakespeare are hidden on oak island. The theory also suggests that shakespeare did not in fact write the plays but was merely a front man. 3 part - "Cracking the Shakespeare Code" on youtube. I found it funny that they also end up at Oak Island lol

[@masterblaster4784]

@@Ddub1083 So according to the programme, the following things are on Oak Island: 1. Treasure 2. Holy Grail (I'm sure this had links to Francis Bacon or something) 3. Original works of Bill Shakespeare 4. Probably some other claims which I've missed over the years

[@mariestevenson9459]

I hope these guys get the treasure

[@stephenbrand5661]

2:10 Now THAT is a sh*t-eating grin for the ages!!!

[@kevinmorgan2818]

Certain views of the island it seems like a giant replica of the triangular swamp, and the round eye at the top. It reminds me of the symbol for earth on the tv series stargate, an outline of a pyramid with the sun directly on top.

[@dallasdutchyn9581]

Getting closer & closer everyday gentleman. Pure Awesome Sauce 🔥👍

[@davef.2811]

That caster wheel thingy that Gary and David found looks strangely 20th. century.

[@XxTheAwokenOnexX]

People who constantly criticize this show for not finding treasure have no value of the historical, archeology, or the building work that happened on Oak Island

[@MOJO-xi3wf]

Oh Gary , just go away already

[@justinfisher36]

Anyone else want the long episodes back not the 3-5 minute ones.

[@vincentsimon4037]

I just love tuning in for about 30 seconds only to find that the only mystery to the Oak Island series is how people continue to waste their time watching it!! I would bet my entire retirement pension that even if they had 16 series, they wouldn't find ANY treasure!! This is more accurately a "Waste-o-time-u-mentary"!

[@talger1481]

It's like a B movie. Everyone watches it at least once a year.

[@briansargeant1949]

Are you kidding me, you can find them without a metal detector at Home depot

[@buzzamstrong2353]

What a surprise! finds a shopping trolley wheel, those shopping 'carts' as they're refered to in America turn up just about anywhere! Wouldn't surprise me if there's one on the moon!

[@greglawrenz5648]

Wait until they find the careened (dry dock method) sailing ship in the swamp.. The deeper cut that is toward the interior of the swamp is the entrance channel.. And yet another shoal road is built between, then away from the two wharfs, such that another swamp feature is created on Balls/Andersons property.. My guess is Anderson sold the property to Ball for a reason.. and the wharfs seem to support something landed there regularly..

[@ericericgoodwin8147]

I've always said if there's treasure there has to be casters sonewhere....now who's laughing 😅

[@MoparRob440]

😂😂😂👍

[@italatin18]

I need these guys faith in my life

[@edwinroos8698]

In the first episode of season 8 they are diving again without results. Lack of preparation! They need to clarify the water before they go in! Never heard of flocculant?

[@peterlazenby]

This Gary is a very smart man I think the show has gone from bad to worse So sad

[@retired3067]

If they cleaned that castor abit more they would see the Lowes price tag. What a joke.

[@ahrzhule]

What an amazing show! When they found that 300 year old piece of shoe, I ALMOST LOST IT! INCREDIBLE! Could that have been King Tut's shoe? Perhaps it was Sir Francis Drake's shoe...I think possibly so. Keep up the good work EHHH! :-)

[@thenadonation2664]

Well someone lost it, i guess thats how they found it.

[@OBXBeaches]

The caster was off a cart used inside a tunnel running on wood planks, not cobble papers.

[@coachcarter4244]

looks kinda small for carting anything big... reminds me of a wheel off a small safe.

[@Ddub1083]

They found some earlier excavations tools who also found nothing.

[@KERWINAC-MOVIES]

Those type of castor wheels are made of iron .... Used since 16th century... All the way thru 1970 and today. Have to be tested for sure.

[@dantheman2269]

@Counterpart2U where exactly did you see this in the video

[@neildewitt2869]

Old roller skate?

[@charlesbrown959]

Its sad how dull a mind someone can have.

[@andrewbarlow8937]

Want more of those ?

[@mariestevenson9459]

This is a great show

[@michaelnocera7147]

If you like comedies.

[@3rd-eye-neenja563]

This is still a show?

[@bengtbaron2574]

Caster weel had "ball bearings"! lol

[@Whadaa72]

And made in. China

[@johnswift2952]

Glad they explained what a caster is 😄

[@lolacola6457]

Gary: It's going to be a fantastic day. NOPE!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@illuminateBeats1]

Should connect with the Freemasons to see if they have any records of this but seeing how Aaron with his trowel no more said

[@stephenelberfeld8175]

I would imagine a caster would not be much use away from a plank surface. Maybe a small cannon on board of a ship or trundle bed that could be moved out of the way to make room for other activities if more space were needed.

[@jeffdorris5321]

Nice work 🎆✨🎇

[@lonniebryant8572]

I found it "odd" that the caster's that size was in use that long ago. I thought they only uses wheels on cannons on deck. Somebody inlighten me as to when casters were invented...

[@dalesideroadclassiccarwork9038]

How long has this whole thing been going on for, all they seem to find is old tools. Why didn't they call in archaeologists in the first place, it would have cut most of the tenuous speculation from the so called experts.

[@zombiesir]

where is evidence of "'secret tunnel " ?????????????

[@whemadre]

I saw the wheel and thought they’d discovered an ancient rollerdrome.

[@loadedfun4764]

Is it true Gary Drayton is going to be on the next dancing with the stars ? 🕺 ✨

[@ahashdahnagila6884]

@loaded fun Yes! But, only if his metal detector can be his dance partner.

[@stevenhildebrandt4953]

Gary couldn't!! discover salt in the ocean even if he tried!

[@rhythemandpoetry]

I should really call Aaron over here... I thought he was gonna request him from another site.. not 5 feet behind homeboy

[@michaelpass2176]

When they go metal detect an object while working, they find an object and quit.

[@afc1589]

This show has well run it's course like 4 seasons ago...

[@andresgallegos1830]

Rick and Morty LOL

[@johntinus9438]

That caster was planted. Gary bought that at Lowes and snuck on the island at night and planted it. He knew what it was before he even seen it.

[@johnmatarazzo9178]

The only evidence that they have found is that their is none

[@AJ-ox6yi]

Castor wheel? I didn't know beavers had wheels. I think you mean caster.

[@jerrystandecker9101]

Is this show one of the biggest scams in television history??? Ancient astronaut theorist say yes....

[@marcinhibner9507]

That could be the very first edition castor wheel to be used for minnig type work 👍 and i bet only wealthy enough could own specialized equipment like that and order from someone that makes specialized metal pieces like that. Nice find. I bet History chanel will create a glass MUSEUM structure like warehouses/ greenhouses on Oak Iskand once they uncover everything and people will be able to re explore it all. RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR Keep on Digging, RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR👌KEEP ON DIGGING. 😀

[@dannyhand5278]

Anyone can use and read a metal detector had different ones over the years no big deal

[@187mrsmith]

The national geographic channel is so much better than the history channel now I swear!

[@ricanbee2849]

Will see

[@danielheesom1357]

Pressed metal on that !! Less than 180 years old

[@josephvandevander6848]

Did they find the treasure yet or did the pirate ghosts scare the crew away from the treasure before they got to it?

[@fredscott413]

we need to determine if its a wheel.

[@dukesofspafford2428]

Casters weren't invented til late 1800s. That caster is meant for a perfectly flat and hard surfaces not stones.

[@roybm3124]

Nice Bobby dazzler, quickly call Leard Niven!

[@ahashdahnagila6884]

@Roy BM And, if calling Leotard Niven doesn't generate interest and excitement, they ought to consider conjuring up the ghost of David Niven!

[@jefflowe2377]

@@ahashdahnagila6884 thanks I needed a laugh lol

[@hankholstein7228]

Wow, a Tesco shopping trolley.

[@Angela-zz4zm]

Did he said Ricky martin nephew?,, And he dance .sing ? He is a ? What ? 😂

[@stephenbachman132]

Looks modern

[@patricks.t.9549]

That state archaeologist does not sound like he believes any of it

[@henryhatfield74]

This caster looks modern.