The Curse of Oak IslandSeason 9

1 Episode 1Nov 2, 2021 Going for the Gold The season opens in the War Room with Dr. Ian Spooner telling the team he has found a lab at Queen's University in Ontario that can test water samples for gold. He plans to collect from over thirty boreholes in the Money Pit area, selected based on findings from the previous year that indicated silver in the wells. By using mineral analysis the team will be able to locate the areas with the… 2 Episode 2Nov 9, 2021 The Gold Metal Terry Matheson, Steve Guptill, and Charles Barkhouse are at the Money Pit as the team prepares to drill Borehole D-2, positioned eight feet west of C-1 within a fifteen-foot rectangle that Steve describes as having good but unknown data. Dr. Ian Spooner has been unable to find a natural source for the gold and silver appearing in the water, and the team will continue by drilling up to twenty new… 3 Episode 3Nov 16, 2021 Stone Roadblock Rick, Craig Tester, and the team gather at the Money Pit to discuss the metal found the previous week in Borehole D-2. Craig confirms that XRF testing of two samples both showed gold on the metal at seven hundred parts per million. The team has established a drill program across the C-1 Cluster, using water tests that revealed high levels of silver and gold in previously drilled boreholes.… 4 Episode 4Nov 23, 2021 Spoils Alert Rick, Marty, and the team arrive at the southeast corner of the swamp to discuss the recent work stoppage requested by CCH. Laird Niven explains to Marty that he found Mi'kmaq pottery in the area and estimates its age at 500 to 2,500 years old. All activity along the eastern border of the swamp will cease until the Mi'kmaq Rights Initiative and CCH can assess the site and make a determination.… 5 5 Episode 5Nov 30, 2021 Hatching the Plan Rick, Craig Tester, David Irving, and the team meet in the War Room with Marty and Vanessa Lucido by video conference to plan the placement of ten-foot caissons in the Money Pit. The Irving team has been coordinating with ROC Equipment to secure the necessary machinery, including a larger hammer grab. The caissons will target areas where the team has recovered metal fragments, wood dating to as… 6 6 Episode 6Dec 7, 2021 The Root Cause Steve Guptill, Terry Matheson, Charles Barkhouse, and Craig Tester are in the Money Pit where the drill rig has moved to Borehole D1.5, one of twenty boreholes the team has laid out in an area where they have discovered possible tunnels dating to as early as the 15th century, metal objects, and water samples containing gold and silver. A core from 84 feet contains wood at its end, though the… 7 Episode 7Dec 14, 2021 It All Adze Up In the War Room, Laird Niven confirms that a general permit for the swamp has been approved, covering the south side and the paved area. This reopens an area where Fred and Tom Nolan believed key evidence lay and where 2018 seismic scanning revealed a ship-shaped anomaly. Marty asks Billy Gerhardt about getting a swamp excavator, but Billy recommends a long-reach excavator capable of reaching… 8 8 Episode 8Dec 21, 2021 Deeper Digs, Bigger Stakes Charles Barkhouse and Terry Matheson supervise the drilling of Borehole DE-1.5 in the Money Pit, only eleven feet from C1 and part of the C-1 Cluster where the team has found metal fragments containing gold, water samples testing positive for gold and silver, and wood dating to possibly the 15th century. The drill program will help determine where to place up to four ten-foot-wide shafts in the… 9 Episode 9Jan 4, 2022 The Unusual Suspects Charles Barkhouse and Terry Matheson supervise the drilling of Borehole HI-4, positioned 12.5 feet from G-2 in the search for Shaft 6, which at 118 feet should contain a tunnel leading directly to the Money Pit. The previous week, stacked timbers were found at 80 to 90 feet in G-2, suggesting the team was hitting a shaft. A core from 69 to 75 feet in HI-4 reveals stacked timbers as well, and… 10 Episode 10Jan 11, 2022 Chamber of Secrets The team meets by video conference with geophysicist Jeremy Church, who has used new software to re-evaluate the 2018 seismic surveys of the eastern drumlin. The original data revealed a possible chamber, but the updated analysis shows something more: a tunnel running from Shaft 12 past C1 and leading to a 12-by-12-foot chamber at approximately 160 feet deep. Jeremy displays the Money Pit in… 11 Episode 11Jan 18, 2022 A Boatload of Clues Terry Matheson, Craig Tester, and Charles Barkhouse supervise the drilling of Borehole A13, positioned two and a half feet north of AB13 where an eruption of air at approximately 68 feet last week indicated a cavity or offset chamber. The team hopes A13 will confirm the chamber and provide evidence of valuables inside it. A core from 48 feet shows loose till, consistent with proximity to an… 12 Episode 12Jan 25, 2022 The Silver Liner Terry Matheson and Charles Barkhouse supervise the drilling of Borehole AB13.5, positioned two and a half feet from the east side of the suspected offset chamber. Adam brings over a core from eighteen feet that reveals only solid, dense blue-gray till, with the team hoping to encounter the chamber at approximately 65 to 70 feet. Alex Lagina arrives as additional samples are examined, but neither… 13 Episode 13Feb 1, 2022 Go Big or Go Home The team meets in the War Room to decide where to place the first ten-foot caisson of the year. Of the twenty new boreholes drilled this season, D2 is chosen because of the water testing results showing gold and silver, the wooden structures found there, and the piece of metal recovered at ninety feet that tested positive for gold. Irving Equipment and ROC Equipment will bring in heavy machinery… 14 14 Episode 14Feb 8, 2022 Premier of the Dig Heavy equipment begins arriving at the Money Pit for the ten-foot shaft excavation. Vanessa Lucido of ROC Equipment and Andrew Beaulieu of Irving Equipment supervise the delivery of ten-foot caissons that will replace the eight-foot versions used in previous years, giving the team fifty percent more spoils to examine. A thirty-five-foot, 58-ton oscillator will follow the next week. The first… 15 15 Episode 15Feb 15, 2022 Eyes and Boot in the Ground Rick and the team arrive at the Money Pit to begin excavating TF1, the first ten-foot shaft of the season. The borehole site produced high concentrations of gold and silver in water samples, wood from a possible tunnel dating to as early as 1488, and pieces of metal containing gold. A steel caisson will be driven to a depth of up to 170 feet by the 48-ton oscillator, while the 22-ton hammer grab… 16 Episode 16Mar 1, 2022 Gold Diggers Rick and the team continue work at TF1, where Vanessa Lucido reports the caisson is at 104 feet and the dig has reached 92 feet. After recovering a Kaufman rubber boot manufactured in the early 1900s, the team believes they may be digging in the location of the Roosevelt shaft, where the Old Gold Salvage and Wrecking Company excavated to approximately one hundred feet before cave-ins and flooding… 17 17 Episode 17Mar 8, 2022 Blast From The Past Rick, Marty, Craig Tester, and Dan Henskee meet the team at the Money Pit to begin the second ten-foot shaft. Dan starts the oscillator and names the caisson Early Christmas One, or EC1, positioned eight feet east of TF1 in an area where evidence of tunnels was found at ninety feet deep, wood dated 1488 to 1650, and traces of gold and silver. The previous week the team stopped TF1 after hitting… 18 18 Episode 18Mar 15, 2022 Playing the Dunfield Craig Tester and the team watch as the EC1 shaft nears 150 feet, positioned one foot east of C1 and eight feet northeast of TF1, on course to reach the seven-foot-tall vault first reported at 153 feet in 1897. Rick arrives and Craig reports they are at 147 feet with the plug six feet behind. Gary Drayton scans the spoils and finds only slurry and limestone. Peter Fornetti spots a piece of wood in… 19 Episode 19Mar 22, 2022 Shoal Me the Money Rick and members of the team supervise the excavation of DH82 as Terry Matheson reports they are at approximately eighty feet, just ten feet above the depth where water samples revealed gold and silver earlier in the year. Peter Fornetti notes that this shaft captures almost the entire center of the Dunfield dig from 1965, which was halted by flooding and cave-ins just ten feet before reaching… 20 Episode 20Mar 29, 2022 The Hedden Truth DH82 reaches a depth of one hundred feet, the level where water samples earlier in the year revealed the presence of gold and silver. The shaft sits at the center of the massive hole Robert Dunfield excavated in 1965 before flooding and cave-ins halted his dig at 143 feet. Over the previous two weeks, the team recovered an old tool, a leather shoe sole possibly dating to the 13th century, and… 21 Episode 21Apr 5, 2022 A Lot of Secrets Rick and the team continue monitoring the DMT2 shaft, which has reached an excavation depth of 72 to 74 feet. Dr. Ian Spooner notes that the wood pieces coming up have been significantly larger since they passed the seventy-foot mark. The team hopes DMT2 is on course to intersect the Chappell Vault, first reported at 153 feet in 1897 by William Chappell. Rick and Charles Barkhouse discuss the… 22 22 Episode 22Apr 12, 2022 Yes We Can Excavation of the DMT2 shaft continues in the Money Pit as Andrew reports the caisson has reached 137 feet. Craig Tester notes that once they pass the remains of the Hedden Shaft they should be in undisturbed ground until 145 feet. Gary Drayton scans the next bucket of spoils and gets a signal, and Peter Fornetti digs out a piece of metal similar to fragments that tested positive for gold earlier… 23 Episode 23Apr 19, 2022 Follow the Cobblestone Road Marty and the team watch as excavation begins on B4-C, the fifth ten-foot shaft, positioned five feet north of Borehole C1 where traces of gold and silver and evidence of possible tunnels dating to 1488 were found at ninety feet. Andrew reports the shaft is down fourteen feet. On Lot 8, Gary Drayton and Marty recover a hinge and a musket lock plate that Gary identifies as a flintlock. Carmen… 24 24 Episode 24Apr 26, 2022 On the Road The team continues to monitor the excavation of B4-C, the fifth ten-foot shaft of the year, located five feet north of Borehole C1 in an area where earlier drilling revealed evidence of tunnels at ninety feet, along with water samples showing traces of gold and silver. Sam from Irving Equipment reports the shaft has reached approximately 57 feet. Terry Matheson describes the material as dense… 25 25 Episode 25May 3, 2022 Treasure Island Rick and Alex return from a two-week research trip to Portugal alongside Doug Crowell, Peter Fornetti, author and researcher Corjan Mol, and Templar historian Joao Fiandeiro. The group visited several 12th-century Templar strongholds and later sites of the Order of Christ, where they found stone carvings matching symbols on the 90 Foot Stone and the H+O stone, a Roman road resembling the…