The search for the Oak Island treasure gets more exciting with every episode, and this week's installment, "Hi Ho Silver," is no exception. There have been numerous theories regarding what the treasure is; everything from holy relics to pirate booty to the original manuscripts of William Shakespeare have been posited. Now, the Lagina brothers and their team may just have received confirmation on what the treasure is. Enter the Fellowship of the lost Ark!
RUNDOWN The major takeaways of this episode for me come from the research of John Edwards and a silver artifact uncovered in the stone foundation on Lot 5. It is no secret that the Knights Templar are said to have recovered such relics as the Ark of the Covenant, the Holy Grail, and King Solomon's Menorah during the Crusades to Jerusalem. Neither is it a secret that there is a strong Templar connection to Oak Island. While it has been speculated that the Templars' treasure is buried on the island, that theory may just soon be declared as fact. In a War Room meeting, researcher John Edwards shares information he had gathered from deciphering texts of the Freemasons, and by extension, the Knights Templar. Edwards concludes with confidence that the decoded text indicated that the Ark of the Covenant is hidden somewhere on the island. Regarding its location, he said that Nolan's Cross is the key to solving that mystery. He also notes that the cross feature is likely part of a bigger construct: the Tree of Life, a theory I had put forth in my first "Oak Island Rundown" post (February 15, 2024). The Fellowship granted Edwards permission to inspect Nolan's Cross, which will be covered in next week's episode. While excavating the stone foundation on Lot 5, archaeologist Jamie Kouba, MA, RPA discovered a gold-plated button and a silver artifact. After further analysis in the lab, the button was suggested to be of English origin. The silver, Rick Lagina theorized, may very well be among the silver valuables Sir William Phips salvaged from the wreck of the Spanish ship Concepcion. In a previous episode, Scott Clarke, a 32nd degree Freemason, posited that Sir Phips had indeed secured his silver treasure on Oak Island. You may recall that the Lot 5 foundation dates back to the time of Sir Phips, so Lagina's theory is plausible. Adding credence to the theory, Jack Begley notes that treasure may have been housed in what was once a building on Lot 5 before being buried in the Money Pit; it was revealed in another past episode that the stones used to construct the Lot 5 feature are of the same composition as those found in the Money Pit, and putting two and two together, one can infer that the rocks quarried from the would-be Money Pit were used in the Lot 5 foundation. CONCLUSION More loose ends are being tied as the Fellowship of the Dig put names to faces and dates to events. If the highlights for next week's episode are any indication, they will face another challenge in recovering the treasure. As they have proved, nothing, not even a curse, will stop them from accomplishing not just their quest, but the quest of those who came before them. As mentioned above, learning that the treasure could be the Ark of the Covenant was among the highlights of this episode since that is what I've always thought was buried on the island. Not to mention, Giorgio Tsoukalos of Ancient Aliens fame told me a few years back that the Ark is what he believes is on the island! We have a whole week before we find out what has happened since John Edward presented his findings in the War Room. Until then, as Matty Blake says, "Keep the faith, Acorns!"
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