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A shocking new discovery at Smith’s Cove on this week’s The Curse of Oak Island suggests that the origin of the enigmatic Oak Island mystery could date much earlier, and be much more profound, than we could have ever imagined! It’s safe to say that the treasure-hunting team led by Rick and Marty Lagina expected wood, lots of wood, to be dredged up as they excavated the now dry Smith’s Cove. But concrete? Last week they were stunned to find not one but two unexplained wooden constructions. One looks to be the L-shaped structure that Dan Blankenship stumbled across […]

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Join our newsletter to get more stories like this This week on The Curse of Oak Island, the team discovered just how vital the words and wisdom of patriarch Dan Blankenship are to the treasure hunt — when they spied what could be a crucial clue hiding in plain sight. The team led by Rick and Marty Lagina also uncovered a new structure sunk in the muck of Smith’s Cove, plus revealing documents that could prove vital to their search. But are these enigmatic finds true clues or clever decoys? The episode, Fingers Made of Stone, starts with the team deep […]

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Join our newsletter to get more stories like this A string of amazing finds, including what may be the fabled 90-foot stone, were revealed on last week’s special two-hour episode of The Curse of Oak Island. But this week the team uncover something they have waited years to uncover — and possibly more than they bargained for. In the preview for History’s hit show, the earth movers have scraped away an impressive land mass from the cofferdam area. As Rick Lagina says, “the objective is to dig up and see with our own eyes what that ‘u-shaped structure’ is.” In the […]

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Dan Blankenship from The Curse of Oak Island celebrated an incredible milestone birthday this week — when he turned 95! A celebration at his home on Oak Island saw him surrounded by friends and family, who decked out his home with “Happy Birthday” signs and balloons. Pictures of the birthday bash on Wednesday showed a smiling and healthy looking Dan posing by a table with a celebratory table cloth on. Another showed a picture of his cake, which was decorated with balloons and the message “Happy 95th Birthday Dad.” More birthday party pictures provided by Dan's granddaughter, Dawn Rubio. Originally […]

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The Curse of Oak Island finally returns to our screens tonight with a historic episode which sees the team drilling down into what they believe is the original Money Pit. Rick and Marty Lagina and their partners have been trying to uncover the famous shaft’s location for more than a decade after taking over the treasure hunt in 2006. Tonight we see them look on as long-time treasure hunter Dan Blankenship presses the button that starts the drilling of a huge caisson down into the location they believe lies directly above it. Marked H-8, the exploratory borehole dug there has...read more...

The Curse of Oak Island will be taking a break over the festive period, History have confirmed. The next episode, Season 5 Episode 8, will air on January 2 rather than next Tuesday, which falls on Boxing Day. We can also exclusively reveal that title of the next episode is “Dan’s Breakthrough”, suggesting long-time treasure hunter Dan Blankenship plays a significant role. It could possibly include the moment Dan presses the button to start the drilling of a huge caisson down into what the team believe is the original Money Pit, a scene which was previously shown on the Drilling Down...read more...