In Season 6, Episode 16 of 'The Curse of Oak Island', the crew decides to dismantle
the concrete crane pad used in the construction of the Smith's Cove
cofferdam. As a result of the dye test conducted the previous episode, which
appeared to verify the existence of a flood tunnel connecting the Money Pit
area with Smith's Cove, the boys believe that the convergence point of the
supposed Smith's Cove box drains might lie beneath the crane pad. Before they
can dismantle the structure, however, they will first need to obtain a permit from
the Nova Scotian government. Later, Alex Lagina, Jack Begley, Peter Fornetti, and
diver Tony Sampson travel by boat to the areas of interest off Oak Island's
Shore Cove, which were indicated by the LIDAR scan carried out in Season 6,
Episode 14. Alex and Tony dive on the first anomaly, which proves to be two
rocks forming a triangle which appears to point toward the Money Pit. The second
anomaly, which some had suspected might be an anchor, proves to be a kelp-covered
rock. This is not the first time that divers investigated sea rocks in the
waters off Oak Island. In Season 1, Episode 2, Marty Lagina, Alex Lagina, and
Tony Sampson dove on a number of underwater stones which Sampson had
previously discovered off Smith's Cove. On the seafloor, at a depth of 25 feet,
the divers discovered three rectangular stones covered in seaweed, each of them
different sizes. The largest stone was furthest from the shore, the smallest
stone was closest to the shore, and all three appeared to line up with a similar
stone on Smith's Cove, and with the Money Pit area beyond. Later, in Season 3,
Episode 8, the crew investigated a number of underwater anomalies off the
Boulderless Beach and the South Shore Cove, which were discovered by the
Bedford Institute of Oceanography. While conducting a sonar scan of the seafloor
off Oak Island's southern shore, the crew discovered a perfect underwater triangle
which seemed to point in the general direction of the mysterious stone
triangle that once lay on the beach. In the following episode, marine
archaeologist Rod Peterson dove on the underwater triangle and discovered an
indentation on its surface which he suggested might be man-made.
Following Peterson's discovery, Marty Lagina, Alex Lagina, and Tony Sampson
suited up and investigated the rock themselves. During this dive, Sampson
discovered another large triangular rock which appeared to line up with the first
rock and the location of the old stone triangle on the shore.Nnear the end of
this episode, the crew travels to the Ross Farm Museum in the town of New Ross,
Nova Scotia. There, they meet with blacksmithing expert Carmen Legge, to whom
they show a number of the iron rods uncovered at Smith's Cove which have
been variously identified as medieval crossbow bolts and the heads of Roman
pilums throughout this season. Legge identifies the artifacts as "crib spikes",
which he describes as nail-like tools used in the creation of wharves,
derricks, platforms, and cribbing. He then dates the artifacts from 1650 to 1800.
Lastly, Legge analyzes a rusted wrought iron hinge discovered by Gary Drayton at
Smith's Cove this episode. The blacksmith identifies the object as "a hinge for a
very, very thick door" and dates it from the early 1600s to the late 1700s. The
treasure hunters then speculate as to the object's purpose. "I'm voting floodgate,"
says Doug Crowell. Thanks for watching! If you enjoyed this video and would like to
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