"Curse of Oak Island" recap: Rick Lagina and Gary Drayton discover a gem brooch
The “Curse of Oak Island” team returned in a new episode of season six Tuesday night. Members of the team uncovered a gem brooch and other artifacts on Oak Island on the south shore of Nova Scotia, Canada. The Island has been a place of mystery since teen Daniel McGinnis and two of his friends discovered a booby-trapped, flooding pit with wood every ten feet down in 1795. Other excavators found a stone slab with strange symbols rumored to translate to 40 feet below 200 pounds is buried. The episode also recapped previous finds. They included another brooch with a semi-precious gem possibly from the 1600s. The team discovered a bone of Middle Eastern and a bone of European descent from drilling 160 feet down. Also, the team found 17th Century coins. Perhaps the most interesting find is a lead cross, which looks similar to a Templar cross carving in a Templar prison in Domme France. Members of the team took the lead cross for a laser oblation t...