The narrator announces that Dan Blankenship has died. The first meeting in the war room acknowledges his absence. This year's objectives are discussed – looking for the large anomaly in the swamp, further drilling in the money pit area and extending the Smith's Cove coffer dam. Gary and Charles start metal detecting on Isaac's Point. They find a silver button that conservator Kelly Bourassa dates to a period between 1726 and 1776. Gary and Alex later find a hand mirror and an iron spike. Rick and Gary take the spike to Carmen Legge who explains that it is a pre-1800 hand-point chisel, stonemasons tool. In the swamp, Tony Sampson finds something solid, like a path. The position is compared with that of the large anomaly by Steve Guptil. The team decides to drill into the anomaly and subsequently meet there with Tom, Fred Nolan's son, and Brennan McMahon from Choice Drilling. Tom has now become part of the Oak Island team. A drilling barge is assembled and begins drilling in the swamp. At Smith's Cove, team members meet Mike Jardine from Irving Equipment to prepare a 120 ft × 50 ft (37 m × 15 m) extension (called a bump-out) to the coffer dam.
Note: This is a two-hour episode.