Curse of Oak Island Recap: Team finds out artifact is from before the 15th Century
Searchers have been hunting for treasure on Oak Island for more than 200 years. Oak Island is an island off the south shore of Nova Scotia, Canada. On the "Curse of Oak Island" episode that aired Tuesday, December 18, the team found out the cross artifact is from before the 15th Century. Members of the team found the lead cross in Smith's Cove in 2017. After the crosses discovery, the team more information through a laser ablation test, The laser ablation test is when an artifact is eradiated with a laser beam. On Tuesday's episode, a German chemist, named Tobias Skowronek, from the German Mining Museum, performed a test on the lead cross. Skowroneck revealed he could determine region or data from a single quarry depending on the data. He also said when you know the quarry then you can say when it was mined. Skowroneck told the treasure hunters he would compare the lead isotope data to his database of metals. He determined the metal from the cross is not from ...