Has the ‘Curse of Oak Island’ Treasure Been Found? Inside The Lagina Brothers’ Discoveries
Since 2014, brothers Rick Lagina and Marty Lagina have been documenting their journey to find treasure on Oak Island in Nova Scotia. It’s believed that one of the greatest treasures of all time is hidden on this mysterious island, and The Curse of Oak Island has given the public a look into the Lagina brothers’ search.
With the show returning for its 13th season on November 4, scroll down for an update on what Rick and Marty have found, including the latest on the hunt for the buried treasure.
Has the Oak Island treasure been found?
No, despite more than a decade of searching, Marty and Rick have not found the Oak Island treasure. The men are not the only ones looking, either, but treasure hunters have yet to come across the elusive loot.
In recent years, fans have expressed their concerns that the treasure will never be found. During Season 12 of The Curse of Oak Island, which premiered in 2024, viewers said that too much time was spent on narration and telling backstories, which they complained was just being used as filler because there was no progress on the hunt for the treasure.
Regardless, the show got picked up for another season and will continue documenting Marty and Rick’s hunt.
What has been found on Oak Island?
Although the Laginas haven’t discovered the treasure, they, along with other treasure hunters, have come across some impressive and telling artifacts over the years. Some of those include, per History Channel:
The money pit
The discovery of the money pit in 1795 set centuries of digging for treasure on Oak Island in motion. While it’s widely believed that the treasure could be buried in the money pit, which has not been fully excavated, there have been subsequent discoveries that seemingly reveal there was activity on the island long before the money pit was found.
Garnet pin
“This gemstone brooch dates back as early as the 16th century and is considered the first piece of valuable treasure found by the Laginas and their team.”
1797 cartwheel penny
“While searching Lot 2, Gary Drayton discovered a cartwheel penny with a depiction of King George III made in 1797.”
The copper artifact
“This discovery, which was made by Gary Drayton and Jack Begley in 2022 remains one of the team’s most curious top pocket finds. It features mysterious symbols that have been stamped into its design and is composed of a high amount of copper with much smaller, equal amounts of iron and zinc. According to renown archaeologist Dr. Edwin Barnhart this type of artifact may be connected to 16th century European religious leaders. However, he also speculated it could be much older and related to Viking explorers.”
1652 Spanish Maravedi
“Discovered in the swamp during the first season by the Laginas and their team, this copper coin from 1652 suggests that there was activity on Oak Island long before the 1795 discovery of the Money Pit.”
The Curse of Oak Island, Season 13 Premiere, Tuesday, November 4, 9/8c, History Channel
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Love this. You tell us that people don’t like the constant backstory then you give us 5 paragraphs of back story.
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Ya know. The treasure was gone long ago. We are all being strung along to up the viewership. Believe me if there was something to find or something WAS found the Canadian Government would have nationalized the island and it's surrounding waters and NO ONE would be allowed in there. They would have come in and encircled the money pit area with a coffer dam to cut the sea water off and brought in a REAL mining company and dug the pit up right to the bottom and retrieved what was there.
Let's face it Rick and Marty are getting long in the tooth and how many more years can they keep after it? The public is getting frustrated with the rhetorical announcer and his questions at every find, "Another coin?", "Another spike?" Another potential clue?"
I'd watch Oak Island and DVR my other shows. Now I DVR Oak Island and fast forward through it for anything worth watching.
If they don't find anything THIS YEAR, it should be the LAST season for The Curse of Oak Island.
Oh yea dump Drilling Down too!
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It was a very interesting show until they started sifting through tubes a dirt they drilled up. Every show they jump up and down because there’s a little fragment of wood mixed with the dirt. Then host will say, it’s it possible that this piece of wood could be 400 years old, and if so, could the wood be of brought over by Templars, and if so could the wood be of religious importance, and if so, could the woods be the wood used to …. And if so, could bla bla bla. This hole time the camera flash to each cast member and they each smile and look wide eyed like they actually found something.
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I would love to chip in as a community and toss some items into their grids ( when they arent there) just so my dad has something to watch besides their excitement over a flat rock. It worked for storage wars. Give the old men who watch something to cheer for.
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Jack and the narrator need to go
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When is the History Channel going to realize the Laginas Bros ae scamming them????
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I wonder what they make from the history channel.
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The narratives are getting repetitively boring; we know the characters and their respective titles.
Poor Jack’s contribution is ridiculous; no value except shovel-digging and saying, “oohhh, no way!” I feel for him.
I after watching since the beginning, I now critique each episode…and it matters to no one. It’s time to stop filming and only film IF something of great value is ever found!
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I’ve been watching since inception. Every start up after a commercial break is a repeat of what was already said 3 minutes ago. Editing??? 😠Recently, not lifting up the boulder immediately and waiting weeks to let archeologists dig under it was ridiculous. And then the big drill breaks down??
We had to cut down a 200+ yr old tree and made some fencing. Does that mean activity on my property occurred 200+ years ago? 🤔Finding old wood is boring, not remarkable.y🥱 Dating it seems futile.
Was old stuff simply scattered around for archeologists and detectorists to find…and history channel to make money?
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This is the same story that was found in the sophomore English book where I taught in the 1970's. It doesn't sound like much has changed,
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These guys make such a big deal about the importance of finding the treasure. The show speculates that buried below could be important relics of ancient age. Items of extreme religious and historic importance. Then these clowns start drilling everywhere and push giant metal tubes into the earth and run a huge claw down that will smash and grab whatever it encounters. Do these lame brains realize that they are going to destroy whatever is there? Idiots!
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The narration Is insufferable!
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yeah... still waiting on them to find scrolls & cherubim (you know, like golden statues of angels?)... I mean, there's a lot of interesting historical questions... like how to explain the Roman coins?! But how long can they drag it out? And what happens if it's treasure of real religious significance? Does it just get spirited away to the basement of the Vatican during the off season? Or maybe they accidentally dumped it all in the "solution channel" and it's even less accessible? Archeology with industrial machinery... oops! Be sure to tune in next time!
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Yes, it's true too much beating around the bush. I also think they are stalling, long while ago they probably found something or not and they are just wasting our time.
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