The Curse of Oak Island season 11 got off to a good start last week with the premier episode. The two hour special on the History channel was full of hope for a good season.

Leading up to the premier they showed a series of recap episodes over the last month, so the viewers were ready for action.

The return over the causeway to a new season finally was made.

Tonight they started to remove rocks from the bottom of the circular structure and found a large artifact. The artifact was a large piece of pottery from the 1700s which may have come from either England or Pennsylvania.

It is good to see them using tried and true archaeological procedures that better find out what has happened in the past.

Metal detecting was again conducted on lot five to see if they could find some more coins.

Instead of coins they found a piece of metal that could be a strap. Perhaps it is a strap from a treasure chest. They also found another piece of metal that could be a fastener.

The core drilling in the Money Pit area continued and they found some more wood that could be from a tunnel leading to the Garden Shaft.

They continued to chase the tunnel to find out where it goes by moving the drilling rig to the other side of the Garden Shaft to see what they could find. They found wood in this hole at the right depth so it looks like the tunnel may continue on to the other side.

They decided to send pieces of the wood to get them Carbon 14 dated to see if the tunnel is searcher or pre-discovery.

In the lab they looked at the finds from Lot 5, including the ones from last week. The metal of the latch found last week is a compositional match to articles found on the Concepción by William Phipps. That the treasure from this wreck was brought to Oak Island is one of the new theories that are being investigated.

The piece of metal that was thought to be a strap was identified by Carmen to be an old French decorative strap that could’ve been used on a wooden box or chest. The piece of metal that that was thought to be a fastener could be a tool that had broken. The tool would have been up to a foot long and would be used for digging or tunneling.

Back at the lab they also conducted an x-ray fluorescence test on the wood that was found in the drill holes, they found the presence of Palladium, which was not expected, in pieces from both side. What does this mean?

This really points to the importance of the more scientific approach that they have been using recently. It brings up new information and leads for further investigation.

In the preview for next week they showed a piece of metal that had Roman numerals on it. They have found Roman numerals on wood. Is there a connection? They also showed a large piece of wood that came up from a drill hole. They showed them putting a camera down one of the holes so it might be interesting to see what they find.

Some interesting developments this week as they continue to hunt for the slippery treasure.

Steven

WwRI – Written with Real Intelligence