Season 4 of the Curse of Oak Island began on November 15, 2016 with promises of a bigger and better program from the History Channel. For fans, and former fans…well…it’s about time. After an entire Season 3 of simply scratching the surface of theories and locations of interest on the island, and with a pace as slow as a snail, many viewers were disgruntled. The frustration came from the promise of excitement and hopes for some real treasure hunting action…whatever that really is. But, the show plodded along with every theory under the sun being presented, and then dead ends with no evidence to conclusively prove any of the theories. Of course, everyone was mesmerized by the hopes of discovery, but everyone was wondering if there would be anything to discover.
This season, Rick and Marty have done an excellent job of sharing their passionate journey as they traverse the island following the paths of the many archeologists, explorers and treasure hunters who have been there before them. The island owns its stories of ancient buried gold, Pirate’s secret treasures, mysterious spiritual activities and adventures. Some of the best things the brothers have done for their audience is to give as complete a telling of the island stories as possible. They are as intrigued about the island as the viewers, and that camaraderie of treasure hunters keeps viewers watching the show and hoping right along with the brothers that they will achieve not only success, but answers to the theories. The addition of 450 tons of excavating equipment paired with a mystery centuries old, there is much yet to encounter. Rick and Marty have brought in more experts, and the pace of discoveries on the show seems to be increasing. Many more interesting events are taking place on each episode than in the past, and key historic artifacts are being shown. It’s picking up speed at a surprising rate, and fans are loving it.
The show has been ranked number one on History Channel and cable since it began, such is the treasure questing fever. Fans have lived vicariously through the episodes digging for speculative treasure, and they are not ready to give up yet. Though grumblers have posted on social media about the show’s slow pace and there are many doubters, it looks as if the forever imaginative hopeful will be looking forward to a Season 5, which as of December 4, 2016, was still pending.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlI8SIchauI
One. The oscillator’s hammer grab brings up a load of wood from the Money Pit
December 13, 2016, Episode 5: Bullseye
Two years earlier, the brothers found wooden planks at the Money Pit location. It was the first time in over fifty years that explorations such as that had been done. Brothers Rick and Marty have spent more than $2 million dollars so far on the Money Pit operation, and they are determined to find something of value. The Laginas might have located the wooden treasure vault, called “The Chapel Vault” at the bottom of the Money Pit. After numerous loads of dirt and sludge brought up by the giant oscillator, a load of wood emerges from the pit. A load of wood means that there may be a vault located where the historical records indicate it should be. Rick and Marty argue over whether or not they should continue to dig aggressively or whether or not they should proceed with archeological methods.
(located on the video at 40:54)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey-0i6jeDf0
Two. The legendary 90-foot stone, missing for nearly 100 years, may be located in Halifax.
December 6, 2016, Episode 4: No Stone Unturned
Rick and Marty send a team to Halifax to research the olive-green stone. It was said to have strange symbols carved into it with the words:
“Forty Feet Below, Two Million Pounds are Buried”
It was displayed in the window of a Halifax Creighton & Marshall bookstore, but disappeared when the store closed, never to be seen again. The team met at the Halifax Seed Factory, which took the place of the former book bindery to try to find the stone. They visited the location to hunt for the stone, driving 60 miles north to Halifax. After climbing into the basement, and discovering that the basement runs underneath the entire block of shops, with a strange blocked archway and many exit tunnels carved out for military tunnels, they decide that the stone was not there. They also explore the Halifax Club a few blocks north, after learning that a club member told his son that the 90-foot stone was embedded in the floor of the club. They do not find the stone, but speculated that the boarded in archway may have been a possible exit path for the stone.
(boarded in archway located on the video at 13:51)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey-0i6jeDf0
Three. Unexpected company arrives on the island. Lee Lamb gives Rick and Marty the famed 1704 stone.
December 6, Episode 4: No Stone Unturned
Lee Lamb arrives with her two children. Lee Lamb is the daughter of treasure hunter Robert Restall and his wife Mildred. Robert and his son Bobby Jr. died when overcome from poisonous gas after falling into the Money Pit during excavation in 1965. Bobby Jr. died trying to save his father. Two other workers died in the tragedy when they attempted to save the pair. Lee Lamb’s mother and brother left the island after the tragedy and never returned.
Lee Lamb brought a box for Rick and Marty. Inside, it contained the 1704 stone, which she said her mother discovered at the beach in the Coffer Dam while her father and brother were working elsewhere on the island at Smith’s Cove. Lee also told the brothers that her father found a vertical shaft on the island, which has yet to be found. The brothers mention that they should revisit the historical maps and journals created by Lee’s brother Bobby before he died.
(Lee gives the Laginas the 1704 stone on the video at 28:42)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osNpnr1ziNA
Four. Rick finds a piece of tile shaped stone which appears to be hand-carved with a hook and a cross.
November 30, 2016, Episode 3: Swamp Things
Researchers and scholars have suggested that the symbol of a hooked X was used by the Knights Templar to mark the expeditions. Rick and Craig Tester bring geologist Phil Fink to the island to investigate the so-called Knights Templar stone. He notes that there are glacial striations on the stone’s surface, and he also notes that the remaining markings are man-made scratches on the rock. This increases the idea that the stone may indeed be a clue to the activities of the Knights Templar in North America
(Rick finds tile at 3:55 on video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osNpnr1ziNA
Five. The team finds a long wooden plank in the Oak Island swamp.
November 30, 2016, Episode 3: Swamp Things
An overly long wooden plank discovered in the swamp provides evidence that shows that remains of a shipwreck may be on the island. The plank may link to theories that an ancient ship brought treasure to Oak Island, and then deliberately was sunk in the swamp to hide it. The idea is that the swamp was man-made to join two parts of an older, original two-part Oak Island. The ship could have been sailed into the swamp, the Coffer Dam made to keep out the sea, and then the swamp filled with water to sink the ship filled with treasure. Fred Nolan, early island treasure hunter believed the swamp was the key to finding treasure, and drained it. He marked specific areas after discovering long wooden and metal objects which he believed were man-made and a spar from an ancient sailing ship.
(anciet sailing vessel theory and evidence on video at 19:24)
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