The Curse of Oak Island: Swamp Excavation Reveals ENORMOUS Find

Breaking News: Exciting New Developments in the Oak Island Swamp

Here it is, guys! There it is!

Alex Lagina, Oak Island historian Charles Barkhaus, and heavy equipment operator Billy Gerhart gather near the swamp to receive a 35-ton long reach excavator.

“Look at that! That’s really something!” Alex exclaims. “It’s a long chunk of stuff.”

Billy Gerhart adds, “You don’t appreciate it until it kind of turns and goes past you.”

The new excavator has the capability of reaching up to 80 feet out into the swamp and digging to much deeper depths than the team has been able to in this area before.

“It’s the team’s hope to not only find more evidence that could help prove Fred Nolan’s incredible theory,” Alex explains, “but also anything of value that might lie buried beneath the muck and mud.”

“We have a number of items that we believe, from a layman’s perspective, can be associated with a ship or the building of ships,” Barkhaus adds.

Digging Begins

“Hey guys, so now we’re digging to see what’s there and hopefully find some information that puts this whole puzzle together,” Billy says.

“Nice machine, Billy,” says Marty Lagina.

“Yes, it is,” Billy responds.

“Hey Charles, you ready?” Marty asks.

“Absolutely. I just wonder where you start,” Charles responds. “You like starting here?”

“Rick likes starting here,” Marty answers. “Yeah, let Gary figure out where he wants the material laid down.”

“We have to lay eyes on this because the number of finds we’ve made that are wooden… there’s something in there I think, right?” Billy asks.

The team prepares to dig.

“Put her where you want it to go, Billy, and let’s take a few shovelfuls. Time to dig. Time today just doesn’t want to come,” says Rick.

“Ready? Go!” Billy signals.

“Yeah, ready. Rock and roll, Billy. Here we go. Ready for some slop?” Rick asks.

“Oh yeah,” Billy replies.

Excavation Process

As Billy begins digging with the long-range excavator, Marty uses a smaller 13-ton excavator to clear water away from the area as it accumulates. Meanwhile, Gary Drayton scans the spoils for any potential metal clues or valuables.

“I don’t know that there’s a quote-unquote treasure chest or something that can be retrieved from the body of the swamp,” Gary admits. “But Mr. Nolan did find some ship parts there, and his beliefs are now being validated because we are finding ship items.”

Gary continues, “If there is a ship there, then I want to see the evidence. I want to prove that indeed, at the bottom of the swamp, there is a ship.”

“Ready to walk in there?” Marty asks.

“Yeah, please,” Gary responds. “That’d be great.”

The Discovery

“You see all this water here? The trench is starting to silt up,” Marty points out.

“Look at that,” says Billy. “There she goes.”

“Hey guys,” Marty calls. “Mike requested a shovel.”

“Yeah, everything’s going well. It’s just getting going now. We’re getting to deeper layers,” Billy explains. “Now we’re gonna try to get the majority of that water to get moving. Marty’s clearing the ditch a little bit.”

The team continues their work. “The hope is that we can continue to move that way towards the areas that we have,” Billy adds.

“Yeah, this all falls within the apartment,” Marty says. “Does not look like a… that’s a pretty big log. That’s a big stump.”

“How deep was that?” Billy asks.

“Four to six feet,” Marty responds. “I think that’s the root at the bottom right over here. I think so, yeah.”

“Pretty big, whatever it is. Color’s like oak,” Billy notes.

A Significant Find

“Did you do that, Gary?” Marty asks.

“Yeah, I did it,” Gary replies.

“Late said that,” Billy adds.

“Four to six feet down. I mean, that says something about dry land. And then somehow four feet of organics went over the top of it and then it became a wetland,” Marty reflects.

A possible oak tree stump has been found in the southern region of the swamp. Since oak trees cannot grow naturally in water environments, could this stump provide further evidence that the swamp was artificially created, just as the late Fred Nolan strongly believed?

“One time, that had to be forest land,” Rick says. “The tree of this size would not be rooted unless it were dry. It may provide a certain date as to when the swamp became a swamp, and it may be able to tell a story.”

“I’d love to see a 500-year representation of what this may have looked like,” Rick continues. “And that could help explain some of the other things that are happening. If that’s the root, you cut it, figure out how old it is first, and then draw your interpretation from there.”

The search continues as the team digs deeper, hoping to uncover more evidence and unravel the mystery of Oak Island.