

They begin drilling in the area of the famed "money pit" and discover pottery from far underground. They will also be drilling and digging above the beach in search of the so-called convergence point where the box drains are believed to merge into a single flood tunnel leading back to the original Money Pit.Episodes Season 1 (2014) No.īrothers Marty and Rick Lagina travel from Michigan to Oak Island, determined to resume the search for treasure on the island and solve the Oak Island mystery.

Last year, the team uncovered several man-made structures dating more than two decades prior to the discovery of the Money Pit in 1795.Īccording to History, this year, the Oak Island team will not only find more of the ancient slipway, they'll be searching for the box drains and artifacts - like the 14th century lead cross found two years ago. The Curse of Oak Island Season 7 will expand the cofferdam at Smith’s Cove to allow the team to conduct an even more extensive investigation than last year. Since Season 7 seems to be taking a Go Big Or Go Home approach, this will lead to the biggest and most extensive digs that Rick, Marty, Craig Tester, and the team have ever conducted in an attempt to finally locate the fabled "Chappell Vault." More From The Cofferdam At Smith’s Cove Using cutting edge survey tech and heavy digging machines, they will excavate early 19th century searcher shafts to help triangulate their way back to the location of the original Money Pit. This year, when the team heads back into the Money Pit area, they will conduct deep ground penetrating radar to look for the flood tunnel. Yes, even after all of the explorations, there are still places down there where the fabled treasure shaft could be hiding. Is there a sunken ship buried in the triangle-shaped swamp? According to History, the team will use sonic core drilling, strategic dives, and a historic big dig to find out what could be buried below. The Curse of Oak Island Season 7 sneak peek sees the team talking about a return to the swamp to investigate the "ship-shaped anomaly" revealed through seismic testing toward the end of last season. Also, even more extensive metal detecting will be used to search on the surface of the island, and exhaustive archaeological digs will be conducted near the historic homestead foundations of Daniel McGinnis and Samuel Ball. So now the team has unprecedented access to areas of the island that they hope will yield answers. The Curse of Oak Island Season 7 shows Rick, Marty, and the Oak Island team fully partnered with fellow land owner Tom Nolan, the son of the late Fred Nolan. New Partnership Brings Unprecedented Access Unless Dan's death counts as seven? He seemed to die of natural causes, though. So the threat of death and promise of answers are hanging over Season 7. And, according to legend, one more will have to die before the treasure can be found.Īccording to "The Curse," seven men will have to die in the search for the treasure before it is found.

To date, six men have died trying to solve the mystery.

So far, they have found a stone slab with strange symbols carved into it, mysterious fragments of human bone, and a lead cross whose origin may stretch back to the days of the Knights Templar. There is an island in the North Atlantic where people have been looking for an incredible treasure for more than 200 years. In History's summary of the The Curse of Oak Island's mystery so far, excavating the objects found near Oak Island in Nova Scotia, there's an ominous teaser about the legend requiring another victim: He'll always be there with them in spirit.
