The Curse of Oak Island

[kcfanXIII]

Oh yeah. I agree its interesting. That's why I cant stop watching. Its just the pace and the narrator. Its interesting stuff, and the more they find the more questions there are. Would just like to get some answers, even if not the answer to THE question.

[Easy 6]

Rep for anyone willing to give a brief synopsis of recent finds that amount to anything interesting...

[mr. tegu]

Originally Posted by Easy 6

Rep for anyone willing to give a brief synopsis of recent finds that amount to anything interesting...

This season has produced the best and most quantity so far. Many of these items would have been season finale reveals a few years ago.

So far from one area they have found:

- numerous pieces of pottery at depths of 160 feet down to 190 feet.
- piece of leather that is thought to be book binding after lab analysis.
- two different human bones have been found and tested. One is from the Middle East and the other is from Europe. They are dated late 1600s to early 1700s. There seems to be more bones found on next week’s episode.
- a machine detected a large metal object deep in the ground in this same hole.
- currently the drillers feel like they have drilled through a solid flat service and have found a void.

Other interesting things not from that specific hole:

- more metal spikes that are pre 1800s.
- old coin but can’t tell exactly what they are.
- just recently a metal cross made of lead was found on the beach that the metal detector guy thinks is at least 400 years old. It definitely looks the part.
- also as they keep looking at the stories the are finding some interesting leads centered around potentially Knights Templar and a well know French family who has some links to the region across generations.

[Pitt Gorilla]

Originally Posted by mr. tegu

This season has produced the best and most quantity so far. Many of these items would have been season finale reveals a few years ago.

So far from one area they have found:

- numerous pieces of pottery at depths of 160 feet down to 190 feet.
- piece of leather that is thought to be book binding after lab analysis.
- two different human bones have been found and tested. One is from the Middle East and the other is from Europe. They are dated late 1600s to early 1700s. There seems to be more bones found on next week’s episode.
- a machine detected a large metal object deep in the ground in this same hole.
- currently the drillers feel like they have drilled through a solid flat service and have found a void.

Other interesting things not from that specific hole:

- more metal spikes that are pre 1800s.
- old coin but can’t tell exactly what they are.
- just recently a metal cross made of lead was found on the beach that the metal detector guy thinks is at least 400 years old. It definitely looks the part.
- also as they keep looking at the stories the are finding some interesting leads centered around potentially Knights Templar and a well know French family who has some links to the region across generations.

The void is exciting, whether natural or otherwise. If there is "treasure" of some sort, it will likely be here. The cross find feels like it might have actually happened at another time and then they shoehorned it into the timeline after the trip.

[KCUnited]

[mr. tegu]

Originally Posted by Pitt Gorilla

The void is exciting, whether natural or otherwise. If there is "treasure" of some sort, it will likely be here. The cross find feels like it might have actually happened at another time and then they shoehorned it into the timeline after the trip.

I felt the same way about the cross find actually. I still wonder about the legitimacy of that map though. It was interesting hearing that lady’s translation.

[Easy 6]

Originally Posted by mr. tegu

This season has produced the best and most quantity so far. Many of these items would have been season finale reveals a few years ago.

So far from one area they have found:

- numerous pieces of pottery at depths of 160 feet down to 190 feet.
- piece of leather that is thought to be book binding after lab analysis.
- two different human bones have been found and tested. One is from the Middle East and the other is from Europe. They are dated late 1600s to early 1700s. There seems to be more bones found on next week’s episode.
- a machine detected a large metal object deep in the ground in this same hole.
- currently the drillers feel like they have drilled through a solid flat service and have found a void.

Other interesting things not from that specific hole:

- more metal spikes that are pre 1800s.
- old coin but can’t tell exactly what they are.
- just recently a metal cross made of lead was found on the beach that the metal detector guy thinks is at least 400 years old. It definitely looks the part.
- also as they keep looking at the stories the are finding some interesting leads centered around potentially Knights Templar and a well know French family who has some links to the region across generations.

Thank you very much for that, rep incoming

The thing that began gnawing at me a few seasons ago is... just how freaking advanced were the supposed people secretly storing a supposed artifact there way back in the days of the Templars?

I've come to think that some of these 'trap door/flooded tunnel' type things they keep encountering, are just natural geological features of the island itself

All of the modern technology in the world cant seem to bust through all of the little traps built in by people who fought with swords and thought draining blood from from sick people was medicine

I just have a very hard time seeing anything truly revolutionary being down there... not to be a smartass in ANY way at all, but its starting to sound like it was an ancient sinkhole where ancient explorers dumped their dead bodies and various junk

Granted, there have been a few features that seem to put the lie to my take... but I've just reached the limits of my imagination on what a few ships worth of explorers were able to accomplish given the tools they had at hand, and whats known of the technological prowess of that time

[mr. tegu]

Originally Posted by Easy 6

Thank you very much for that, rep incoming



The thing that began gnawing at me a few seasons ago is... just how freaking advanced were the supposed people secretly storing a supposed artifact there way back in the days of the Templars?



I've come to think that some of these 'trap door/flooded tunnel' type things they keep encountering, are just natural geological features of the island itself



All of the modern technology in the world cant seem to bust through all of the little traps built in by people who fought with swords and thought draining blood from from sick people was medicine



I just have a very hard time seeing anything truly revolutionary being down there... not to be a smartass in ANY way at all, but its starting to sound like it was an ancient sinkhole where ancient explorers dumped their dead bodies and various junk



Granted, there have been a few features that seem to put the lie to my take... but I've just reached the limits of my imagination on what a few ships worth of explorers were able to accomplish given the tools they had at hand, and whats known of the technological prowess of that time

I think my view is still that basically all of the best stuff was found by that Samuel Ball guy or the original money pit discoverers. Let’s not forget that a descendant of one of those guys has a pure gold cross with some jewels that apparently came from the money pit. My hope is that there really was something deeper down though that wasn’t discovered and over the years fell and settled in this potential void and they are now onto it or perhaps it just wasn’t able to be reached. Or it’s simply possible they are finding the remnants of what was once there.

I also still think that swamp area looks odd. One thing they need to do for sure is a more thorough metal detecting job on the beach. Use the larger equipment they had in the swamp in the past.

I do think it’s cool though that they really seem to be proving something out of the ordinary happened here and that there is a good chance there really was treasure there at some point. They have quite a bit more evidence to support the stories than most of these types of things ever get. Whether there is any left to be found who knows, but hopefully there is still going to be some pretty cool stuff uncovered.

[Pitt Gorilla]

Originally Posted by Easy 6

Thank you very much for that, rep incoming

The thing that began gnawing at me a few seasons ago is... just how freaking advanced were the supposed people secretly storing a supposed artifact there way back in the days of the Templars?

I've come to think that some of these 'trap door/flooded tunnel' type things they keep encountering, are just natural geological features of the island itself

All of the modern technology in the world cant seem to bust through all of the little traps built in by people who fought with swords and thought draining blood from from sick people was medicine

I just have a very hard time seeing anything truly revolutionary being down there... not to be a smartass in ANY way at all, but its starting to sound like it was an ancient sinkhole where ancient explorers dumped their dead bodies and various junk

Granted, there have been a few features that seem to put the lie to my take... but I've just reached the limits of my imagination on what a few ships worth of explorers were able to accomplish given the tools they had at hand, and whats known of the technological prowess of that time

I don't think that's an unreasonable take at all. I tend to agree that there probably aren't flood tunnel traps at all and that seawater rushes in because they're below the water line. Still, though, I've interested in seeing what they find.

[lcarus]

Originally Posted by Easy 6

Thank you very much for that, rep incoming

The thing that began gnawing at me a few seasons ago is... just how freaking advanced were the supposed people secretly storing a supposed artifact there way back in the days of the Templars?

I've come to think that some of these 'trap door/flooded tunnel' type things they keep encountering, are just natural geological features of the island itself

All of the modern technology in the world cant seem to bust through all of the little traps built in by people who fought with swords and thought draining blood from from sick people was medicine

I just have a very hard time seeing anything truly revolutionary being down there... not to be a smartass in ANY way at all, but its starting to sound like it was an ancient sinkhole where ancient explorers dumped their dead bodies and various junk

Granted, there have been a few features that seem to put the lie to my take... but I've just reached the limits of my imagination on what a few ships worth of explorers were able to accomplish given the tools they had at hand, and whats known of the technological prowess of that time

That's probably the case. Especially considering Oak Island, surrounding islands, and even parts of the mainland supposedly have a ton of sinkholes and cavernous landscapes. It wouldn't surprise me at all if the bones and other stuff they've found washed into the underground from the sea.

Then again...maybe not.

[jjjayb]

Originally Posted by kcfanXIII

Oh yeah. I agree its interesting. That's why I cant stop watching. Its just the pace and the narrator. Its interesting stuff, and the more they find the more questions there are. Would just like to get some answers, even if not the answer to THE question.

In the narrator's voice...."The Narrator? The narrator that does this show? Could it be the narrator gets on your nerves?"

He drives me crazy too. I think its the way he always repeats everything as a question.

"A small metal button? In the area of the money pit? Could it be related to the Knights Templar?"

"A piece of cloth? On the ground? Could it be clothing from the Knights Templar?"

[Pitt Gorilla]

Originally Posted by jjjayb

In the narrator's voice...."The Narrator? The narrator that does this show? Could it be the narrator gets on your nerves?"

He drives me crazy too. I think its the way he always repeats everything as a question.

"A small metal button? In the area of the money pit? Could it be related to the Knights Templar?"

"A piece of cloth? On the ground? Could it be clothing from the Knights Templar?"

A man named Smith? From Canada? Who is a Raptors fan?

[mr. tegu]

Originally Posted by jjjayb

In the narrator's voice...."The Narrator? The narrator that does this show? Could it be the narrator gets on your nerves?"



He drives me crazy too. I think its the way he always repeats everything as a question.



"A small metal button? In the area of the money pit? Could it be related to the Knights Templar?"



"A piece of cloth? On the ground? Could it be clothing from the Knights Templar?"

It’s even better on Ancient Aliens.

“How could ancient man have done this? And if they couldn’t, how did they do it? Did aliens intervene? Ancient astronaut theorist believe yes. What did these aliens want? What was their purpose? Could it be they were trying to teach their science and technology to help advance the human civilization?”

I love how in just a few sentences he goes from some ambiguity to why the aliens did it all while keeping the statements as questions.

[Frazod]

I seem to have stumbled upon a show on Discovery last night that kind of reminds me of this - except it's about Tesla's Death Ray. One group attempting to build it, another tracking down research and investing Tesla's death. Apparently they think Hitler did it.

Anyway, it provided a diverting few minutes while eating dinner, but I'm not going to watch it. As if these clowns could ever duplicate this without the government raining down destruction on their heads. At least there's a chance the Oak Island guys might someday find something.

[Pitt Gorilla]

Eh, I'm still watching religiously. I understand that they slow things down to keep us watching, but I like it anyway. Also really like the Hunting Hitler show that follows it.