Archeologist advises dig be stopped on Oak Island after ‘artifact’ found

Archaeologist advises dig be stopped on The Curse of Oak Island after 'artifact' found - The treasure hunt by the Money Pit on Oak Island (History Channel) faces being shut down by spoilsport archeologists after “alarming news”.  Culture and Heritage has mandated that archeologists be involved with any digging and now the archeologist is stopping the digging (Julian Cheatle, "Archaeologist advises dig be stopped on The Curse of Oak Island after ‘artifact’ found" Monsters and Critics 20th November 2017)

A dig on The Curse of Oak Island is brought to a halt by an archaeologist in a new sneak peek for Season 5 Episode 3 — after what appears to be a significant discovery. Laird Niven, an archaeologist who has previously worked with Rick and Marty Lagina and the team on the series, is shown telling Marty as he uproots trees using an excavator: “I think we have to stop.” It comes after Laird appears to see something in the ground that is being dug up. Marty, who is at the controls of the excavator, asks him: “You strongly suspect this is an artifact?” Laird says: “Yes, I do.” Footage then shows a close-up of some sort of debris before Laird is seen looking through the dirt that has been dug up [...]  It also sees the team find “hard evidence” of a European presence on the island — thought to be a coin — more than a century before the Money Pit was discovered. Meanwhile, Rick Lagina recently gave a big hint that this season the team uncover evidence of some sort of link on the island to the Knights Templar. 

As has many times been pointed out, all that archeologists are concerned with is exercising control.