Season 10 of The Curse of Oak Island (AI-assisted historical reconstruction, not a photograph)

The Curse of Oak IslandSeason 10

Rebuilding from Within

25 Episodes • Nov 15 – May 16, 2023

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

Artifacts found and discussed in Season 10

39 artifacts were found or discussed in Season 10.

All 39 artifacts

Season 10 in brief

Dumas Contracting arrives on the island to reconstruct the Garden Shaft, a structure now confirmed to date to 1735 and sitting just 20 feet from the Money Pit. The project proves grueling: the Nova Scotia government halts work over permit requirements, months are lost, and the shaft must be meticulously cribbed and reinforced as the team descends through layers of old timber and unstable ground. Probe drilling from inside the shaft detects a tunnel at approximately 95 feet heading westward, directly toward the zone where gold and silver have been found in the water. Meanwhile, a new drilling program in the Money Pit area identifies what Marty Lagina dubs the Blob, a concentration of anomalous underground features. In Rome, Rick Lagina, Doug Crowell, Alex Lagina, Peter Fornetti, and Corjan Mol meet with numismatist Umberto Moruzzi, who confirms that a half coin from Lot 5 is a 4th-century Roman artifact and identifies a bronze piece from Lot 7 as an ancient monetary weight matching a golden Byzantine coin. The team then travels to Viterbo, where Templar investigator Gianluca Di Prosper leads them through the 11th-century church of Santa Maria Nuova, revealing four-dot crosses and carved symbols that Alex connects to the H+O stone found on Oak Island. Charles Barkhouse makes the first descent into the reconstructed Garden Shaft as the season closes, with the tunnel tantalizingly close.

Key events

Garden Shaft construction begins, muon tomography deployed, "The Blob" anomalies detected, Duc d'Anville connection researched, European expedition takes the team deep into Italy.

Key people

Rick Lagina
Marty Lagina
Craig Tester
Alex Lagina
Gary Drayton
Billy Gerhardt
Scott Barlow
Charles Barkhouse
Doug Crowell
Steve Guptill

+ 11 more

Laird Niven
Dr. Ian Spooner
Emma Culligan
Carmen Legge
Tom Nolan
Jack Begley
Peter Fornetti
Terry Matheson
Corjan Mol
Emiliano Sacchetti
Judi Rudebusch

The underground works of Season 10

19 holes and 6 tunnels and areas appear in Season 10 episodes, the deepest hole at 230 ft (Garden Shaft). Bars share one scale, 0 to 240 ft.

All 19 holes

Tunnels and areas

All 6 tunnels and areas

Open the full borehole map

Research behind the season

The Evidence

Oak Island's Lot 5: From Stone Circle to Buried Complex

Lot 5 on Oak Island began as a 13-foot stone circle and became a buried complex of two foundations, ...

The Theories

Did the Romans reach Oak Island?

Six Roman coins have surfaced on Oak Island’s Lot 5, alongside a possible Roman pilum and the discre...

The Theories

The Knights Templar on Oak Island

Knights Templar and Oak Island: 20 medieval-dated artifacts cluster on the year 1212, within the ord...

All 25 episodes of Season 10

1 Episode 1Nov 15, 2022 On Their Marks Rick Lagina, Marty Lagina, Craig Tester, Alex Lagina, and Jack Begley arrive on Oak Island to meet the team in the War Room and lay out the season's priorities. Marty declares the top goal is tracing the gold found in the water back to its source. Doug Crowell reports that last year gold was identified in 20 boreholes, but this year the team has selected 50 new holes to test. Dr. Ian Spooner… 2 Episode 2Nov 22, 2022 Across The Pond Colton brings Terry Deveau and Paul Troutman a core sample from Borehole DN12.5 at 88 feet, but Terry finds nothing out of the ordinary. The team is tracking a tunnel heading north toward the Garden Shaft that contained wood dating from as early as 1640. When Rick Lagina and Craig Tester arrive, a sample from 98 feet reveals pieces of wood that Paul identifies as a possible post or beam. Rick… 3 Episode 3Nov 29, 2022 Bubbling Over The team supervises the drilling of Borehole A.5N13.5, chosen based on water testing results and the possibility of tunnels related to the Garden Shaft. Terry Deveau tells Alex Lagina they are at 18 feet and still shallow as the team works to track the tunnel found two weeks ago at a depth of 103 feet, a tunnel that sonar showed heading north toward the Garden Shaft. Later, Marty Lagina, Craig… 4 Episode 4Dec 6, 2022 Wharf And Pieces Dumas Contracting arrives on the island, and Rick Lagina, Billy Gerhardt, and Scott Barlow lead the company to the Garden Shaft. Originally thought to be an 1800s searcher shaft, the structure has been redated to around 1735 based on wood samples from the 80-foot mark. Water testing also revealed gold in the shaft, and the team found a tunnel at 103 feet heading in its direction. Scott tells… 5 Episode 5Dec 13, 2022 Duc It Out Rick Lagina meets with Paul Cote of Dumas Contracting to check on the Garden Shaft reconstruction. Dumas is replacing missing timbers, sealing the structure with plastic, and preparing to pour a concrete pad around the shaft. Once complete, the 80-foot shaft will have platforms and ladders at eight-foot intervals, and if needed the team will be able to drill or tunnel off the main shaft to reach… 6 Episode 6Dec 20, 2022 Over The Muon Rick Lagina meets with Paul Cote and Simon Bedard of Dumas Contracting to discuss the Garden Shaft excavation. Dumas will construct the top section of the shaft and pour concrete for the surrounding pad before using a 109-ton crane and a three-ton hammer grab to clear water and debris. As the shaft is rebuilt with platforms at eight-foot intervals to a depth of approximately 80 feet, probe holes… 7 Episode 7Jan 3, 2022 Norsing Around All work on the Garden Shaft comes to a halt after the Nova Scotia government determines the project requires mining permits rather than the rehabilitation authorization Dumas Contracting originally received. Craig Tester explains that Dumas must apply for new permits and has fielded more than 50 questions from various agencies. Dumas has left the site, but Rick Lagina tells Marty Lagina by video… 8 Episode 8Jan 10, 2023 A Lot To Be Desired In the War Room, geophysicist Jeremy Church presents results from the geophysical scan of the island performed the previous week with his partner Burton Cosgrove and the help of Tony Sampson. The swamp survey shows numerous red zones indicating high conductivity that could signal metal objects. Rick Lagina wonders whether one of the targets could be the mystery box that island caretaker Jack… 9 Episode 9Jan 17, 2023 A Damming Clue With the Garden Shaft on hold pending permits, Rick Lagina, Marty Lagina, Craig Tester, and the team plan the next borehole. The 103-foot tunnel has been intercepted at five separate locations and appears to be heading toward the Garden Shaft. Craig questions whether to continue following the tunnel or move to Borehole D17.5, located 20 feet south of the shaft, which could intercept the 70-foot… 10 Episode 10Jan 24, 2023 The Blob With the Garden Shaft rehabilitation on hold pending permits, Rick Lagina, Marty Lagina, and Craig Tester meet with Scott Barlow and Steve Guptill at the Research Center to plan the next project. Rick wants to gather as much information as possible about the area around the Garden Shaft, and Marty wants to continue following the gold in the water. Craig confirms that Dr. Ian Spooner is ready to… 11 Episode 11Jan 31, 2023 Oh, Well! Terry Deveau, Alex Lagina, and Charles Barkhouse are at the Money Pit where the team has begun drilling Borehole CN11, positioned 27 feet west of the Garden Shaft and in the center of what Marty Lagina has named the Blob. The area measures roughly 70 by 25 feet and is where water testing indicates the highest gold levels, concentrated at a depth of approximately 80 to 120 feet. A core sample from… 12 Episode 12Feb 7, 2023 Beware the Blob Charles Barkhouse and Paul Troutman supervise the drilling of Borehole DN-13.5, located 14 feet west of the Garden Shaft and within the area known as the Blob. At a depth of 99 feet, a core reveals wood at roughly 93 to 95 feet sitting in firm, undisturbed material above and below. When Craig Tester and Terry Deveau arrive, Terry says the find could be the continuation of the tunnel the team hit… 13 Episode 13Feb 14, 2023 All's Well Six weeks after the provincial government shut down work on the Garden Shaft over safety concerns, Dumas Contracting resumes operations. Rick Lagina, Doug Crowell, Alex Lagina, and Peter Fornetti arrive at the Money Pit where the rest of the team and the Dumas crew are waiting. Roger Fortin hands Rick the keys to the shaft, and once the padlock is unlocked and the metal cover removed, work begins… 14 Episode 14Feb 21, 2023 Getting the Shaft Rick Lagina and Jack Begley arrive at the Garden Shaft where Roger Fortin reports Dumas has reached a depth of 23 feet and will soon install two more sets of platforms after removing the mucky backfilled clay. The 80-foot shaft was originally thought to be a 19th-century searcher shaft, but after wood samples were dated to 1735 and water testing revealed high traces of gold, the team now believes… 15 Episode 15Feb 28, 2023 Wood You Believe It? Rick Lagina and the team mark the location of Borehole DN11.5 in the Money Pit. Steve Guptill pinpoints the exact spot, and Rick tells Mike Tedford of Choice Drilling that based on water testing this is a prime target inside the Baby Blob, with a potential tunnel at a depth of 95 feet. Colten brings over a core from 78 feet, and then Mike reports that at 90 feet the drill broke through into open… 16 Episode 16Mar 7, 2023 Striking Gold Rick Lagina and Alex Lagina meet Brandon Vanderhoof at the Garden Shaft to watch the start of the probe drilling program. Dumas has reached a depth of 55 feet, close to where the team hit a ten-foot-high void just a few feet southwest of the shaft in Borehole A5N13.5. Twelve boreholes will be drilled through the shaft walls using a hydraulic earth drill capable of penetrating hard clay, sediment… 17 Episode 17Mar 14, 2023 A Well of Secrets Marty Lagina arrives at the Garden Shaft where Dumas is installing the set at the 50-foot mark. Wood samples from the previous week tested positive for gold, and Marty requests additional samples including a piece of the tight lining. If gold is present at this depth, the source is either deeper in the shaft or coming from a possible offset chamber. In the War Room, Tom Nolan proposes a different… 18 Episode 18Mar 28, 2023 A Quadrilateral Move Craig Tester and Scott Barlow meet with Paul Cote at the Garden Shaft, where Dumas has cribbed the structure to a depth of 67 feet and is probing 12 feet outside the walls, with the corners probed to 20 feet. The shaft has been carbon dated to roughly 60 years before the discovery of the Money Pit, and wood and water samples from depths of 55 and 58 feet tested positive for gold. Scott confirms… 19 Episode 19Apr 4, 2023 Ramping Up Craig Tester and Scott Barlow meet with Paul Cote at the Garden Shaft, where Dumas has reached a depth of 65 to 66 feet. The shaft dates to 1735, tested positive for gold, and sits only 20 feet from the area Dr. Ian Spooner and Dr. Fred Michel have identified as the Treasure Zone, where they believe the treasure vault could lie at a depth of 80 to 120 feet. A hydraulic earth drill is being used… 20 Episode 20Apr 11, 2023 A Barrel Full of Clues Charles Barkhouse and Scott Barlow meet with Paul Cote for an update on the Garden Shaft reconstruction. Dumas has reached 73 feet, with the final 10 feet being cleaned and prepped for reconstruction to 82 feet. Wood from the structure dates its construction to as early as 1735, and the north corner appears sunken, possibly from softer ground in the area. Scott notes that Borehole DN-11.5 and two… 21 Episode 21Apr 18, 2023 Roman Around Scott Barlow and Paul Troutman discuss the Garden Shaft reconstruction with Paul Cote, who reports that the next set will go in once the grouting is finished. Scott notes that not only has the shaft's wood been dated to 1735, but gold has been found in the water, in the wood from the shaft itself, and in the wood from Borehole DN-11.5. Several tunnels appear to be heading toward the Garden Shaft.… 22 Episode 22Apr 25, 2023 Starry Knights Charles Barkhouse arrives at the Garden Shaft where Roger Fortin reports the final set is being installed but not yet finished. Roger confirms that they punched a hole in the north corner and the ground there is softer than in the other three corners, consistent with the team's belief that a tunnel runs beneath the shaft and west into the Baby Blob. A few days later Marty Lagina and Charles… 23 Episode 23May 2, 2023 The Italian Job Marty Lagina and Craig Tester arrive at the Money Pit to watch Charles Barkhouse descend into the Garden Shaft, where Dumas Contracting has spent five months reconstructing the structure to a depth of 82 feet. At the bottom, Rodney MacIver points out the last original timber and a corner that has been sinking. Above ground, Marty, Craig, and Roger Fortin discuss the probing still needed. A few… 24 Episode 24May 9, 2023 Down the Hatch Scott Barlow and Charles Barkhouse meet with Roger Fortin of Dumas Contracting to check on the Garden Shaft, where probe drilling is under way to reach the tunnel believed to lie at a depth of 95 feet. The tunnel runs through the Baby Blob, where the highest concentrations of gold were found in water samples. When the next rod takes the drill to 95 feet, Scott calls Rick Lagina to report they… 25 Episode 25May 16, 2023 And the Hits Keep Coming Scott Barlow, Paul Troutman, and Charles Barkhouse meet with Roger Fortin to resume the probe drilling program beneath the Garden Shaft, now using a six-inch bit to reach the tunnel believed to lie just a few feet below. The tunnel is also thought to run toward the Baby Blob, where water samples have revealed evidence of silver and gold. The following day Rick and Marty Lagina arrive to check…

Keep exploring Season 10

Deepest hole Garden Shaft 230 ft, on the borehole map Top artifact Garden Shaft See the full record Research Oak Island's Lot 5: From Stone Circle to Buried Complex Read the analysis

Season 10

Frequently Asked Questions

Question One

How many episodes does Season 10 have?

Season 10 of The Curse of Oak Island has 25 episodes, which aired on the History Channel from November 15, 2022 to May 16, 2023. Every episode has its own summary page, listed below.

Question Two

What was found in Season 10?

Artifacts recorded as found in or discussed during Season 10 include Garden Shaft, Half Roman coin, c. 300 BC-600 AD (Lot 5), Ancient trade weight. This page lists all 39, each with its own record.

Question Three

Which holes were drilled or discussed in Season 10?

Season 10 episodes refer to 19 holes on Oak Island, including Garden Shaft, AB13, L-15. The deepest record of the season is Garden Shaft, at 230 feet. Each links to its record on the Money Pit borehole map.

Written by

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

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