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Season 1 of The Curse of Oak Island (AI-assisted historical reconstruction, not a photograph)

The Curse of Oak IslandSeason 1

Start of the Modern Treasure Hunt

5 Episodes • Jan 5 – Feb 9, 2014

Written by Corjan Mol, author & Historical Researcher, Oak Island Team

Artifacts found and discussed in Season 1

112 artifacts were found or discussed in Season 1.

All 112 artifacts

Season 1 in brief

A journey begins as Michigan brothers Rick and Marty Lagina fulfill a childhood dream by arriving on Oak Island to search for its legendary treasure. This inaugural season introduces viewers to the 220-year mystery and the modern team assembled to solve it. The brothers explore Borehole 10-X, investigate Smith's Cove, and make their first startling discovery: coconut fiber carbon-dated to 1260-1400 AD, centuries before Columbus reached the Americas. The season establishes the show's documentary style and introduces key locations including the Money Pit, the swamp, and the War Room. At the end of the season when they start to lose hope, they find a Spanish coin in the swamp.

Key events

Coconut fiber dated 1260-1400 AD, Spanish 8 maravedí coin (1652), pottery fragments from Money Pit drilling, wooden "tusk" at Smith's Cove

Key people

Rick Lagina
Marty Lagina
Craig Tester
Dave Blankenship
Dan Blankenship
Jack Begley
Dan Henskee
Fred Nolan
Petter Amundsen

The underground works of Season 1

1 holes and 2 tunnels and areas appear in Season 1 episodes, the deepest hole at 235 ft (10-X). Bars share one scale, 0 to 240 ft.

10-XBorehole · Episodes 1 to 5235 ft

Tunnels and areas

Open the full borehole map

Research behind the season

Dan Blankenship and Borehole 10-X (AI-assisted historical reconstruction, not a photograph)

The Hunt

Dan Blankenship and Borehole 10-X

Dan Blankenship gave up everything for Oak Island. In 54 years he drilled the deepest shaft, survive...

Oak Island Flood Tunnels and Box Drains: The Water Trap (AI-assisted historical reconstruction, not a photograph)

The Evidence

Oak Island Flood Tunnels and Box Drains: The Water Trap

The box drains at Smith's Cove look real. The coconut fibre is confirmed. But has anyone ever actual...

Freemasons on Oak Island (AI-assisted historical reconstruction, not a photograph)

The Theories

Freemasons on Oak Island

Masonic lot owners before 1795. Ritual parallels in the Money Pit. Symbols carved in stone. The Free...

All 5 episodes of Season 1

1 Episode 1Jan 5, 2014 What Lies Below In February 2013, brothers Rick and Marty Lagina travel from Michigan to Oak Island, Nova Scotia, to launch the most extensive exploration of the island in over two hundred years. Rick first became fascinated by Oak Island at age 11 after reading about the mystery and sharing the story with his younger brother. Six years earlier, the Laginas purchased a controlling interest in the corporation… 2 Episode 2Jan 12, 2014 The Mystery of Smith's Cove At the 10-X shaft, Dave Blankenship, Jack Begley, and Dan Henskee sift through debris brought to the surface by the airlift operation. Small pieces of wood are recovered that could be oak, a potentially significant find given that oak trees are not indigenous to the region yet were once plentiful on the island. Some theorists believe Henry Sinclair, whose family assumed leadership of the Knights… 3 Episode 3Jan 19, 2014 Voices from the Grave In the War Room, the team turns its attention to the Oak Island swamp. Dan Blankenship reports finding metal stake markers, wooden posts, and oak tree stumps during earlier explorations of the area. Oak trees cannot grow in standing water, and stumps beneath the swamp would support the theory that it is man-made, created to conceal something below. Fred Nolan's survey map is consulted as the team… 4 Episode 4Jan 26, 2014 The Secret of Solomon's Temple The draining of the Oak Island swamp continues, though progress is slower than expected and one of the two pumps fails shortly after starting. While the team waits for repairs, Norwegian writer and filmmaker Petter Amundsen arrives to present a theory he has spent over a decade developing. In the War Room, Amundsen claims to have found a coded treasure map concealed within the 1623 First Folio of… 5 Episode 5Feb 9, 2014 The Find Following the strong metal detector signals at the Mercy point in the previous episode, the team returns to the swamp with a Deepmax X6, a far more sophisticated detection unit capable of scanning to a depth of nearly 40 feet and identifying the type of metal present below the surface. Rick and Marty's nephew David and his friend Will walk the coil across the swamp on plywood boards while Rick…

Keep exploring Season 1

Deepest hole 10-X 235 ft, on the borehole map Top artifact Coconut fibre (Smith's Cove) See the full record Research Dan Blankenship and Borehole 10-X Read the analysis

Season 1

Frequently Asked Questions

Question One

How many episodes does Season 1 have?

Season 1 of The Curse of Oak Island has 5 episodes, which aired on the History Channel from January 5, 2014 to February 9, 2014. Every episode has its own summary page, listed below.

Question Two

What was found in Season 1?

Artifacts recorded as found in or discussed during Season 1 include Coconut fibre (Smith's Cove), Spanish 8 maravedis copper, 1652 (swamp), Wooden Ship's Plank. This page lists all 112, each with its own record.

Question Three

Which holes were drilled or discussed in Season 1?

Season 1 episodes refer to 1 holes on Oak Island, including 10-X. The deepest record of the season is 10-X, at 235 feet. Each links to its record on the Money Pit borehole map.

Written by

Corjan Mol

Corjan Mol Author & Historical Researcher, Oak Island Team since 2019 TheCurseOfOakIsland.com

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