Location
Lot 5 shoreline, in the slipway on the border of Lots 4 and 5
Discovered
Season 14, Episode 1 (2026)
Date Range
1750 AD – 1820 AD
Category
Artifact
Era
Colonial
About This Artifact
A sherd of pottery picked up by metal detection expert Gary Drayton when the team began excavating the slipway on the border of Lots 4 and 5. Archaeologist Laird Niven identified it on site as creamware, an English ware first made around 1750 and produced into the early 1800s.
Niven noted that creamware makes up most of the pottery recovered from the Lot 5 round feature and its yard, and took the sherd as a sign that the slipway and the round feature were in use together in the mid-1700s.
Historical Context
Gary Drayton; Laird Niven; The Curse of Oak Island Season 14 Episode 1
Where It Was Found
Found at Lot 5 shoreline, in the slipway on the border of Lots 4 and 5. Location: the shoreline areas of Oak Island.
