The Curse of Oak Island: Mysterious Stone Road Provides Clues (Season 11)

While the team continues to chase the elusive tunnel in the Money Pit, evidence that the swamp was used for an off-loading operation abounds in this scene from Season 11, Episode 12, "DIGGING BACK IN".
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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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[@YouTubetail]

🇺🇸👍🏼

[@MeatMachine69]

The morbidly obese guy should be the one with a shovel in hand and not sitting down the entire day

[@pauldemmusfratesijr6310]

They need a hit another gear.

[@janicechapman6319]

It's turned into an archaeological dig...which is a very exacting, time consuming process, no doubt subject to procedural rules. The 'treasure ' here is the historical data, whether they find gold and jewels or not.

[@stewartpalmer2456]

What would be interesting to see is a complete diorama with timelines of the entire island.

[@lewisdoherty7621]

The swamp was a bay before the erosion from the years of farming and then treasure digging turned it into a swamp. The road was likely built in the 1720s as a log drag where logs floated from the mainland and other islands were drug by oxen up to the tar kilns. The logs were loaded into the tar kilns and destructive distillation was used to make tar, turpentine and other naval stores for the Royal Navy and British merchant marine. The material was strained by running it through coconut fibers. Before petroleum, this was how we obtained these materials. Since they were cutting virgin forests with trees growing before Columbus, the Carbon14 is going to be early.

[@johnwoa]

Excellent observations!

[@cepopeye]

This is the actua best episode of History channel silliness

[@jennythompson9271]

This is my favourite show. It's awesome and fun. But a timeline of all the things as a drilling down episode would be wonderful.

[@user-iv6tv3hl6t]

Hi Rick and Marty...Shamefully I just subscribed, but I have been watching the show since day ONE and have never given up hope that you guys will solve the mystery. The truth about the history of what happened there is equally as valuable as the potential treasure. this show has greatly encouraged me to keep going on a large personal project that I have been working on now for almost 4 years. Even though I do not believe there is any connection between the two stories it is scary sometimes when I see the same dates and some of the same names come up in my reaserch. I will continue to be a "Loyal Acorn" and support you to the completion of your goals. Good Luck Laura

[@pormansgoldpmg5493]

It was common to lay timbers under roads to cross swampy areas, so the road wouldn't sink.

[@billbucktube]

There is an enormous amount of engineering and manpower expended on Oak Island. Hoping they succeed so we can all see what the rest of the story is.

[@BeijingYank]

We got to be up to $50 million by now. They didn’t call it a “money pit” for nothing.

[@melvincrediford2072]

That’s the thing for me. I want the story. I want the history. I want to know what happened on Oak Island in the distant past. It’s not the gold I’m waiting for. It’s where the gold came from and who brought it there, and why. That’s my real interest.

[@kenthanna]

They will keep digging as long as there are rubes to keep watching.

[@kenthanna]

​@melvincrediford2072 maybe use the internet and do a Google or Bing search.

[@kitsmiller2]

Could it be?!!?!?! that I just repeated everything that he just said✅️

[@corbendallas1606]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@robertwilliams450]

Wood burried under the stone road on oak island! Could it have been used to haul stuff inland?😂

[@roberttrout3588]

😮

[@litehousekid1]

Fun drinking game idea… drink every time the insufferable narrator asks the audience a question then die of alcohol poisoning. It’s like…. Don’t ask me dude idk!

[@K-9Gar]

​@litehousekid1 or mentions there names 😮😂

[@charleshowd9784]

Been watching since day 1 and i have to say I'm sick of 30mins of new stuff and 30mins of review narrative. Getting really old here guys.

[@litehousekid1]

Been watching…since day 1? For brothers @charlesshowd9784 and @conway fitty… are they sick of 30 minutes of new stuff and 30 minutes of review narrative? Could it be getting really old here guys?

[@Fabrice1970]

Maybe because now it is just a scam…

[@croboy751]

Breaking News!!! They found more wood!

[@karenmclennan7976]

I think you were pretty generous with the ratio there 😂

[@drclino25]

You should just be happy they've managed to make 11 seasons out of finding nothing.

[@JdubU]

I certainly appreciate the higher definition video... Today's the day!

[@Westhelockpicker]

The treasure is the money they already spent

[@MikeInHalifax]

It's a cool exercise in modern archeology. It impressive how much they have discovered. The Underground cavern, The Swamp, the road. All the artifacts too will allow them to make the site a tourist attraction one day. These 2 mught be the only ones to maje a profit off the money pit

[@ilovefountainpens]

If it was ‘modern archeology’, being a local, they’d be A LOT more meticulous about it. They’d go in with ropes to grid the whole area and not just a backhoe.

[@HolyFckUfff]

This is incredible we need longer episodes there’s sooo much to investigate from the swamp to the shaft something is going to unravel along the way. We are looking at history no one knew existed except those who were involved and that alone is awesome. They need to uncover this whole thing so we can all know what really happened there

[@johnwoa]

Just imagine what might be discovered if only they were allowed to search/examine the adjacent nearby islands! Mr. Dan Blankenship believed that the adjacent islands played an important role in the Oak Island mystery.

[@HolyFckUfff]

@@johnwoa who knows he might be right they could’ve been outpost for the main island

[@drchrome369]

Great work guys @rick and marty, dont give up hope.

[@italianlifestyle7911]

Looking forward to see what that massive construction was meant for🧐

[@douglashill6125]

Having worked with 3-point rigging I can tell you what the chain tells me. The "stretched" link I have seen before in Chinese weak steel. Pulls apart like putty. I see the scenario where this was holding a weight and suspended from a gantry crane. When the link parted, the released tension would have shot the rigging into the air. Very dangerous situation in Construction. I couldn't see anyone leaving a man-made chain behind. Too valuable. This chain was shot into the air like a rubber band, lost, and landed there to be found. My 2 cents.

[@jam1701]

Notice the barrel stave sticking up on the very edge of the bucket as it swings around. Obviously, someone placed it there so someone could easily find it for the cameras. It is hard to take the show seriously after seeing such things.

[@johnwoa]

I understand that a lot of this CoOI Reality TV show is scripted/edited and certain scenes are set up for filming. It's kind of like the Oak Island version of professional wrestling's "Kayfabe".

[@K-9Gar]

Look at the knowledge gained by everyone in the dig and audience

[@douglasmills3844]

The chain "ISN'T" that old..............Carmen is "OFF" his "RoCkEr"!

[@capt.sparrow34]

They've discovered way too much to just pass off ss early travelers making a short stay..

[@TheMrRichard]

The handle was likely belonging to a "handcart" sans wheels used to haul the barrels back and forth.

[@K-9Gar]

I love learning the rewriting of hystory

[@richardgonzales1998]

Awesome

[@johnlord8337]

The wooden pierage edging is like the Nolan wooden barricade on the northern shoreline (and other locations). If this is a SE wooden jetty barricade, then expect with the western harbor stone roadway (still unexcavated) there will be another SW wooden jetty barricade as well.

[@oldodger]

I'm 70. I have watched a lot of TV in that time on this earth. I even had to get up to change channels on the TV at one time. In all that time of watching television have I ever been so railroaded by a TV channel as I had by the History channel (along with The Curse of Oak Island). What a sham all along. I was and still am very disappointed.

[@ronaldworth4146]

I’ve been watching this since 1868 and still no gold

[@LordVikingLive]

How far into the woods do the stone road go? To me it's most likely made so that hand pulled carts could transport cargo, heavy cargo.

[@bartathalon1]

Perhaps heavy cargo like gold ?

[@LordVikingLive]

And weapons maybe, cannons? How long was their stay on the island whoever they were? We don't know.@@bartathalon1

[@arthur1658]

If there was anything there it's long gone. Give up now before you dig up the whole island 😢

[@johnwoa]

Not necessarily long gone. Remember that the Money Pit along with the alleged Chappell Vault collapsed into the cavern(s)/void over 150 years ago and any contents would be underwater. Personally, I believe "they" are deliberately avoiding excavating and retrieving "whatever it is" because that might solve the Oak Island mystery and end this top-rated lucrative show.

[@joelcoe8622]

Look boys pick up sticks 😮😮😮😮

[@jamesmarsh7367]

I feel bad for all the cash dumped into this "money pit." Not one piece if GOLD has been found, nothing that truly says that's an undisputed evidence of a buried treasure there. Other than some 1600s abnormalities, from inhabitants or some type of business.

[@19jody72]

Right.. and there won't be ANY gold found. I quit watching it for a while and started back even though they will never find anything.

[@kaitlinmckinnon7579]

So you don't consider gold and silver content in the water as proof there's something...or the metal detector at the bottom of the shaft the finished rebuilding beeping and saying non feris as in non magnetic...gold and silver are non magnetic. No they don't have gold and silver coins yet but that have found residues of gold in the water from bore holes near the money pit plus they've hit voids 90-100 feet deep that are at least 7 feet tall they believe is a tunnel running beside the shaft. They have plenty of evidence to suggest there is some sort of gold or silver deposit down there somewhere it's traces are in the water.

[@vicmars6145]

Gary says MATE must drink

[@livinglux709]

Hopefully they get that mine shaft dug out this time 🙏 ❤

[@10000Islands]

And the cow jumped over the moon.

[@JeffSelck]

Great Scott, They found a piece of wood and a rock!!!!! Treasure has been located lol

[@douglasmills3844]

We'll ALL be DEAD before it's ever found???? (lol)

[@anxiousproductions9183]

I don’t understand how people, with what would be by today’s standards basic equipment, could apparently bury treasure 100ft underground, and protect it with a complex series of booby traps. And we can’t find find it today with all the modern equipment we have today. Could they be dragging this out for viewing figures?

[@douglasmills3844]

YES! (LOL)

[@mavesteijeiro5979]

A ver cuando encuentran lo que llevan buscando tantos años .Es más facil ser arqueologo en Ejipto😮😮

[@HolyFckUfff]

😂

[@davidlancaster8152]

The Old Stone Road! We will leave no turn unstoned! Oh yeah 👍

[@johnwoa]

No turn unstoned ???

[@davidlancaster8152]

@@johnwoa ☺️

[@contemporaryprimitiveman3469]

Spend years turning an island upside down and all you have to show for it is a few bits of junk. Money Pit is the most appropriately named real estate in Northern hemisphere.

[@user-ui8or8cq7l]

BAAAARRRRFFFFF. ANOTHER CLUE. Yippee.

[@solitarybell2836]

More wood?? Weird

[@patrickhepburn2324]

You started another episode with the same video. New information needed.

[@rougeegamer98]

Can we all admit Billy Gerard and Miriam are the stars of the show

[@johnwoa]

That would be Billy "Gerhardt" and he is definitely stealing the show. He knows "how to dig it". There are a lot of characters on this show including Jumpin' Jack Begley.... LOL!!!

[@rougeegamer98]

@@johnwoa Billy’s “Yep” is the only reason I tune in 😂

[@johnwoa]

@@rougeegamer98 Billy's The Man! Also I was thinking, they ought to have more of Archaeometallurgist Emma Culligan on the show........

[@rougeegamer98]

@@johnwoa yeah she’s not too bad. Better than Laird

[@JEBiAM59love]

The logs could be also to Shore up the Road so it would not collapse under the weight of a wagon?

[@xavperr7626]

its still on... lmao

[@lynnjames2894]

I've been watching forever. Im 73 next week and may never see the end of what i have thought is a good show. It is 30 of old stuff and 30 of new. Little disappointed! ☹️

[@StompingRabbits]

Follow the road all the way to Fort Knox!

[@ninor1]

😂

[@ninor1]

I dont know why they keep digging it . Instead of just digging in the middle of the swamp where a ship is burried

[@ACunningLinguist]

A HAND SHAPED TOOL?! Could it be??? Mine?😅😂

[@johnwoa]

Hey, keep a cool tool you fool! @_@

[@jamesbyrd6325]

They tryin to milk a bull

[@johnwoa]

Huh??? You can't milk a bull as it is a male.

[@icarivgustorvilski7913]

😂😂

[@grundy333]

Stones and logs... on Oak Island?

[@rogergriffin9893]

Alright! More wood. More rocks.

[@leewebb7]

I don't think the road is that big of a deal.....or the "warf" they found in smith's cove. It just means that possibly along time ago.... oak island was inhabited at some point in history.

[@johnwoa]

In fact, taking into account the very shallow waters between lot 1 and the mainland combined with the slowly-rising sea level surrounding Oak Island, bathymetric maps prepared by the Geological Survey of Canada in the 1990's reveal that the island was once actually part of the mainland in the very distant past!

[@douglasmills3844]

EXACTLY! We'll all be DEAD before it's EVER FOUND???? A seventh person must die??? HOW ABOUT thousands of us will DIE from watching this dragged out and on forever search! (lol)

[@jamesclark5209]

Could it be!!?? More wood!!

[@colby8104]

I've never seen people so in love with wood.

[@jinjerfanatic1372]

WOW , they found wood and rocks ......... again. And can anyone explain to me what an ANDLE is ???

[@johnwoa]

That's part of the Oak Island mystery--- the missing H's.......

[@Iamrightyouarewrong]

They need to get a clue.

[@danielcombs3048]

You can trick yourself in to believe almost anything. If you try hard enough 🤔

[@zstrode.8953]

I don't believe in it but it's entertaining to watch 😂😅

[@colby8104]

And these guys love tricking themselves.

[@danielcombs3048]

@@zstrode.8953 that's where the real treasure is money 💰 for the show.

[@danielcombs3048]

@@colby8104 and everyone else for the money 💰

[@MikeInHalifax]

Nah it's easy to believe a lie What's difficult is convincing someone that they've been lied to.

[@floriandevuyst]

Wood wood wood !!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@johnwoa]

"Wood" you believe it?

[@happytrails1963]

those stones looking very cursed

[@johnwoa]

@_@

[@imricjames5210]

Almost 10 minutes its a record

[@mugz90]

People from 200 plus years ago hid treasure with no technology and look at how hard it is to find. Just imagine what they would've don't if they had our technology of today.

[@johnwoa]

Oak Island is a unique land anomaly here on Earth whereas whatever was buried in the Money Pit, formerly a deep open sinkhole that somehow connected to the cavern(s), was placed there over one thousand years ago when the sea level surrounding Oak Island was somewhat lower. Today with the slowly-rising sea level surrounding Oak island everything including the caverns, voids and the cave/niche entrances at the shoreline are all underwater and inaccessible. "Whatever it is" is not "treasure" per se. It is religious in significance and most probably a tomb. It was never meant to be recovered.

[@user-xl9zu1lk5n]

Its a top pocket bobby dazzler every time. Getting old!!!

[@BeijingYank]

The archeologists once rejected are critical for provenance on the discoveries and value at auction. The lead cross provenance to the Knights Templer could go for $50 million at auction.

[@Lowe505]

If they had found anything last summer we would have all heard about it from Canada's Government. So don't expect anything really big this season.

[@kenthanna]

Wow a barrel.

[@johnwoa]

It's sort of interesting them finding those old wooden barrel staves as it gives a clue as to the history of Oak Island. The barrels almost certainly contained rum that was brought to the island by ship either by privateers or by smugglers.

[@kenthanna]

@@johnwoa yeah, or aliens, or maybe a roaming band of advanced yeti.

[@PGOOO7]

a decade and millions in drilling holes =still guessing=stop

[@maytodec]

If they get all the way down and find a message that says gotcha and my initials you know I found a time machine some point on the future because I would use it for a joke.

[@daviddanieledmunds5539]

They know where it is,. It’s just that they’re trying to make it go out for another 30 years.

[@johnwoa]

You are basically correct, and "they" have a pretty good idea of what "it" is and what Oak Island is all about!

[@nathanwahl9224]

Yeah, the seismic mapping and muon detectors already told them everything they need to know. Note that the seismic stuff was kind of glazed over. I'd like to see the actual results of both of those.

[@Rmm1722]

Well 😅

[@StevieWilliams-uo8mq]

If they don't find money pretty soon I'm going to have to come up there and show them because I'm bd cooper...

[@johnwoa]

"BD" ??? Don't you mean D.B. Cooper?

[@pauldemmusfratesijr6310]

Wut about the valve. Cut the water off and clay gets hard. Then stuff dont cave in.

[@sachinmesta4238]

When one wants to hide the loot, they would put in place which is secure, but at the same time its easy for them to recover. Based on all the evidences found, I might say that Oak island was a swampy place, a convoy of ships came there for some repairs, but in order for the place to be convenient, for repairs, they had to cut trees to build a pier & other basic infra to move the cargo from the ship thus making repairs possible & easy. So the people in convoy built the infra, stacked the cargo for which they build that basic road on swamp, they cut the wood around thats needed for the repairs, they might have built a forge to make basic spikes to fix the repair planks. The ships were repaired, the cargo put on it again, some of it fell during movement, and the convoy moved off. the forged chains are for lifting the load from ship to the cart to move to shore, also to lift the heavy logs that would be required for repairs. IF you assume that people spend few months to build money pit, where they might need a month to recover the "stash" its stupid. Its desolate island, but importantly the "crew" did not control it, so what is the point to put their stash on some place that they cannot control?

[@poisin1990]

Did they find any wood ?????

[@bobjohnson7207]

It's not a mystery it's a logging road.

[@johnwoa]

As for the swamp, that is "part" of the overall age-old riddle of the island.

[@Hunting451]

One day they’ll find the wine cellar and it will all make sense. 🤷‍♂️🍺🥂🍷

[@0066keith]

I gave up on this dog and pony show about 8 seasons ago. Keep digging, boys. 😂

[@0066keith]

@@casper13.13 😂😂😂

[@tbnobs]

Yea me too been watching g since day 1 went to nova scotia and oak island but now it's getting really boring trying to make a rusty nail and broken pottery and pieces of pootaa into amazing finds doesn't do it anymore the real treasure is the money they make on this show

[@MegaBabyGrace]

omg

[@grocer1es]

How do they get money out of finding wood underground... 11 seasons and the most find was chains and some coins they found on the surface.

[@heidilanier3090]

They should start hitting the boat that’s underneath the water soon. I believe the treasurer is in the boat ???😅

[@douglasmills3844]

No the treasure isn't in the ship, if there even is one buried in the mud & silt? Maybe a row boat? I don't think there is a treasure chest, but rather all these muddy tunnel shafts left behind, from early American Native and the later explorers & voyagers looking to find precious metals.............................

[@jam1701]

If you hid such a treasure, wouldn’t you leave it unguarded? The answer is, NO.

[@johnwoa]

It's not "treasure" per se. Whatever it is that was buried/concealed deep within the Money Pit in the very distant past was obviously never meant to be recovered. It's most probably a religious tomb.

[@mrwinston_thepug]

"This looks old" duh! lol 😂

[@zachara03]

I also find it ridiculous how little metal detecting this guy actually does.. it’s like he’s there as one of the brothers, gets paid to talk. He’s a character on the show. I find it ridiculous because he’s supposed to be an employee doing a job, when he’s on that island he shouldn be metal detecting. end of story

[@defordvalentine2583]

As many holes that have been dug, I surprised the island hasn't sunk

[@Lamati-369]

I find it incredible how wide apart his swings of the metal detector are. He’s only covering about 50% of the area he’s checking. Even I could do better.

[@johnwoa]

This Reality TV show is not about getting answers or completely solving the Oak Island mystery. To do this would end the show..... If they really wanted to get answers, particularly with the swamp and the mysterious stone road, they need to get Archaeologist Laird Niven and his team together with the Geoscientists and Geophysicists from the Geological Survey of Canada to join forces to examine and determine the purpose of all of that massive construction in the swamp. Additionally, the provincial government should allow these professionals to examine the adjacent islands (with the owners permission) if only to gain an archaeological perspective as it might relate to Oak Island and get some answers as to the Oak Island mystery. We can only hope.......

[@billthompson1100]

When the water was filling the shaft why didn't they put dye in the shoreline water to see if in fact there are flood shafts ?

[@johnwoa]

The water filling the Garden Shaft at that one particular spot underground was salt water so they knew that it was coming from the shoreline.

[@douglasmills3844]

The chain or part of it dates from *1900's, not the 1600's. I have chains from the 1870's that are more OVAL in links OOOOO. I see on this chain or *part of it, being vertically straight with the half circle ends. So it could be two chains linked together, one part of it older 1800's and the other 1900's. Carmen doesn't know the age of chains that well???

[@brianyoung6256]

Holy shamoly they found a new nail

[@karaDee2363]

It could be rick, we're onto something here..... yeah we sure are, finding more worthless junk...lol

[@greatemeraldoz]

Look at all the jealousy and haters. Lmfao😂

[@Skilpadjie1]

So a 100 years ago someone was able to dig a hole and underground chambers to hide their gold. And in the current time its taken years to find nothing but possible might be clues. Lol

[@bobjohnson7207]

What's the mystery it's a logging road.

[@Melisgreatness]

Smith

[@johnwoa]

Did you know that Oak Island was formerly known as Smith's Island.

[@Melisgreatness]

@@johnwoa no ... I think I have put together a mystery with our even trying

[@johnwoa]

@@Melisgreatness "Without even trying".... I'll add to that! Given the very shallow waters that lie between lot 1 (i.e. the west side of Oak Island) and the mainland and taking into account the slowly-rising sea level surrounding Oak Island over the past two millennium, did you know that Oak Island WAS NOT an island in the very distant past but was part of the mainland! Bathymetric maps produced by the Geological Survey of Canada in the 1990's basically confirm this. The TV episodes will never focus on this because it doesn't fit the show's narrative. Considering that the waters between Oak Island and the mainland were once dry land, that is how, for example, the huge boulders of Nolan's Cross got to Oak Island in the first place--- from the mainland using oxen. Sorry so lengthy!

[@elainerussell924]

More treasure people come and get your cord wood ! Also antique rusty nails ! 😨

[@colby8104]

Spending millions of dollars all so they can metal detect a coin.

[@user-tc6it4gk8s]

I have been watching since day 1 to but this show when they discover a new artifact they all take this item examine each for ever then you wait for the magic word they say oh look at that then goes to commercial I don’t know if they will ever get to the end of this show get rid of Alex who knows nothing

[@texcymbal3241]

It would appear that they have found the dump or trash pile and have now found the road to the dump ....nice landscaping though island looks nice, do you think the knights Templar had safety vests too

[@barontaylor7139]

How much money have they spent on this?

[@johnwoa]

The Laginas, et al, or how much money has been spent in total on this saga since 1804???

[@user-wc2xp8mo9e]

Why don’t they just use Lidar?

[@nathanwahl9224]

Lidar is only a surface thing, so nothing with over a few inches of dirt on top shows up. The dude with the bulldozer wiped all that info out fifty years ago.

[@meettheworld6241]

They should take all their barrell staves and recreate a Masonic barrell...

[@RandellGraham-uu9io]

Digging in an old dump.

[@Souljanyne15]

Nbwls