The Curse of Oak Island Season 13 Premiere Recap: “The Comeback”

Welcome Back to the Madness

Is this thing on?
We’re back — The Curse of Oak Island Season 13 has officially begun with a two-hour premiere titled “The Comeback.”
So, what happened? Let’s dive into the mud pit of mystery, metal detectors, and misplaced optimism.

The Arrival of the “Misfit Boys”

The episode opens with a carload of cooks — sorry, “crew” — rolling onto Oak Island.
Rick and Marty Lagina’s grand arrival sparks a round of applause so awkward it makes you want to hide behind the couch.

Once the fanfare fades, the team gets straight to what they do best: digging boreholes in the Money Pit and talking endlessly about the elusive “solution channel” — that mythical underground river that supposedly flows toward treasure but always ends up somewhere else.

Mud, Metal, and More Nothing

The first “mud sausage” — aka the core sample — turns up nothing.
The second? Also nothing.
Then comes excitement when they dredge up metal — until they realize it’s just broken drill bits from previous seasons.
You can almost hear the ghosts of failed digs laughing in the background.

Lot 5: Hope Springs (Briefly) Eternal

Next stop, Lot 5, where archaeologist Miriam Kia shows up.
Whenever she’s around, something noteworthy should happen… but doesn’t.
She unearths some iron garbage, before Gary Drayton swoops in with his metal detector and finds:

• Lead shot
• An “iron thing” of no significance
• A piece of glass
• And several other artifacts that scream “ancient trash heap”

The archaeologists take over, discovering yet more bits: pottery, iron fragments, a bead.
A little bit underwhelming? You’re not alone.

The Lab Confirms… Nothing Modern

Over to the lab!
Emma, armed with the mighty XRF scanner, confirms the iron isn’t modern.
That’s it. That’s the science.
Congratulations, everyone — it’s officially old junk.

The War Room Welcomes a New “Expert”

Back in the war room, we meet Steve Solomon, the latest recruit to the Cook Club.
He tells a story so vague it could double as a fever dream:
Some guy in the 1800s found something, another guy saw it, then someone wrote a letter — and somehow this all leads to proof of treasure.

Then Steve produces a Portuguese coin — one his mother-in-law got from someone else, who got it from… someone else.
Chain of custody? None.
Historical provenance? Also none.
But on Oak Island, that’s close enough to a revelation.

When in Doubt, Blame the Templars

To prove the coin’s authenticity, the team shows a timeline chart that doesn’t actually match the coin’s history.
In fact, it hurts their own argument.
But no worries — Emma examines the artifact and declares it a 14th-century Portuguese coin with mysterious Templar-like symbols.

And just like that, every random object is once again linked to the Knights Templar.
Case closed. Treasure confirmed. Probably.

Self-Aware Sign-Off

And that’s Season 13, Episode 1 — two hours of digging, guessing, and finding absolutely nothing new.

Our narrator sums it up perfectly:

“You may think I have terrible taste in TV shows — but that’s only because I rarely put them in my mouth.”

Same energy. Same humor. Same endless hunt for treasure and meaning.

He closes with the usual YouTuber call to action —
Like, subscribe, and comment, because, as he says,

“The stuff you guys write is way more entertaining than the show.”

See you next week for more mud, metal, and mild disappointment.