About This Artifact
A metal fragment recovered from Money Pit spoils on Lot 18 by Marty Lagina and Katya Drayton during Season 13. The Lot 18 spoils piles are material left by treasure hunter Robert Dunfield, who in 1965 used a 70-ton crane to sink a 100-foot-diameter, 143-foot-deep crater in the Money Pit area before seawater flooded the hole. Dunfield filled the pit and left the spoils untouched until this metal-detecting sweep.
Marty identified the fragment as visually identical to the French military cap badge fragment recovered on Lot 21 in Season 6 by Gary Drayton, Jack Begley, and Peter Fornetti. He described the new piece as "shaped like the fleur-de-lis." No laboratory analysis or dating has been reported.
Where It Was Found
Found In the spoils of the Dunfield Money Pit dig — Oak Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.
