The Curse of Oak Island

[ozarkhunter]

I watched 4 seasons faithfully. Coconut fiber? On Oak Island? Does every statement of the narrator have to end with a higher pitch? As if a simple statement were a question?
I swore off of season 5, as I could never get back the time I lost watching the first 4 seasons. With the teasers played to preview this season, I admit I did watch 2 episodes of season 6. I, too am impressed with the equipment and the fascination with "treasure". I, too have a metal detector and get that "just maybe" feeling with every beep or blip. That said, I just can't make myself sit and watch another full episode until I hear that they have found something of significance. I'm sure if/when they do, Discovery will make a huge lead up to the reveal.

[Mistered]

That said, I just can't make myself sit and watch another full episode until I hear that they have found something of significance.

I agree completely.
I have been been following the Oak Island story since I first read about it in Reader's Digest as a kid and while the show started out pretty good with a lot of history of the area and the early attempts at finding whatever might be there it has gotten boring.
I am an active, long time MD'r/relic hunter (in the summer) and I tend to critique MD use in any show I see them being used.
Bottom line they should go 'all in' and massively excavate the whole area to see whats there or let it be - but dragging it on sells Ad time for the show and apparently now paid visitations to the site.

[JEBar]

in tonight's episode they found more fragments of ancient leather and parchment along with possibly another bone fragment .... the teaser for next week sounds interesting but that is usually the case

[JEBar]

good show tonight .... Gary Draper's ability to identify and date the items he finds continues to amaze me .... biggest find of the show, more connection to the Knights Templar .... I'd really love to spend some time having him work with me on how to get the most out of our metal detector

[JEBar]

parts of tonight's episode were reasonably interesting but, all in all, they were just filling air time .... I can see how with their equipment operators on strike, they would need to come up with something to televise .... next week is the season finale .... it will be interesting to see how they come up with a cliff hanger for next weeks show to help keep up interest during the off season

[JEBar]

the 1hr season finale tonight is off to a strong start .... the confirmation the wood in the various structures unearthed in Smith's Cove this season predates the discovery of the Money Pit by 20 some years

[JEBar]

well, the season ended with the customary review of the season and a discussion of where to go next .... about all I'm sure of is they will be back next year .... I'll most probably watch it again next year but I'm not chomping at the bit for next season to start

[JEBar]

tonight they had a season ending "digging deeper" episode to go over the results of blowing all those charges in the swamp .... the explosions showed what might be the long storied sunken ship in the swamp .... with part of it being only a couple of meters down, I suspect that they will jump on that in a hurry .... hated to learn of the passing of Dan Blankenship .... I enjoyed his humor and contributions to the show

[JEBar]

The Curse of Oak Island returns tonight on the History Channel with a 3 hour (8 - 11PM Eastern) .... reruns from episodes from last year's season 6 begin at NOON ....

[JEBar]

last night's 3 hr show was a rehash of last season .... new programs due to start Tuesday night .... season 7 episode 1 airs tomorrow (Tuesday) night on History from 9 - 11:05 PM Eastern

[JEBar]

tonight's hour long (8 - 9PM) Digging Deeper lead in show to introduce season 7 was full of hits for big developments .... can only hope the season will live up to the hype

[JEBar]

the second first hour was mostly recapping the high points of last season and introducing a couple of new team members .... second hour included more finds by Gary Draper, he's remarkable .... also setting up new, large equipment to drill in the swamp + a redesign of the water barrier in Smith's Cove .... teaser for next week suggest major action at Smith's Cove and in the swamp

[Mistered]

can only hope the season will live up to the hype

So do I and I'm giving the show another chance.
I watched tonight's episode and am looking forward to the 'swamp' activities.
I do have a question however and that is why didn't they spend more time diving the 55 depth of the swamp to research the 'anomoly' thought to be a ship?. Maybe they did and not interesting enough to invest show time in it.
The nagging question however is how did any of this get accomplished with 250 + year old technology yet modern technology cannot reveal it much quicker?

[RanchRoper]

I think bigfoot is down there somewhere...keep digging.

[JEBar]

unlike drilling a hole at a spot where they are think something might be down there, the core drilling in the swamp is aimed at a specific target .... the core sample will either contain wood or it won't and they don't have to go down very deep to find it .... I can't help but wonder how thick the layer of sediment is that is covering the "ship?" .... in thinking about it, I can see a determined group digging and building an underground vault to store their "treasure" .... I can also see bobby-trapping it .... to seal off a strip of water between two islands, sink a large ship and fill in behind it, makes no sense to me .... on the one had it makes no sense to go to all that work and sink an empty ship .... it also makes no sense to me sink one with something valuable that I hope to come back and retrieve later .... oh well, I guess we will see

[JEBar]

Season 7 Episode 2 airs tonight on History at 9 - 10:05 PM .... from the promo it appears they will spend most of the show in the swamp

[Mistered]

Ill be watching!

[JEBar]

well, the much ballyhooed sunken Spanish galleon in the swamp has turned out to be another nonstarter .... for me, Gary Draper's finds continue to be most interesting

[Mistered]

well, the much ballyhooed sunken Spanish galleon in the swamp has turned out to be another nonstarter .... for me, Gary Draper's finds continue to be most interesting

Yep - I had my doubts about the 'ship' theory as it was so I was not too surprised.

Ditto on Gary Draper's finds and I wish they would give him more airtime on detecting and his finds.

One thing however most do not realize about metal detecting is anywhere one searches - and specifically areas of long term, human habitation or visitation - it is not uncommon to find a lot of random items not specifically related or connected to the inhabitants or visitors to the area. While some of his finds are unique none are really evidentiary in pointing to anything specific - such as a treasure or artifacts on the scale of what is suggested.

I have long experienced this in my own detecting adventures and buttons, pieces of jewelry, old tools and just random junk are all things I have found as well and are all typically just randomly dropped or left laying around to be forgotten and buried with time. Heck I once found a WW1 German religious medallion in a city park in So Cal. Talk about out of place and random. Also just the other day I dropped a small, metal sight part in my gravel driveway and after looking for it on my hands and knees I drug out my metal detector and after about an hour found it but not after digging up a bunch of random junk in what was about a 4' diameter area. I occasionally get out and search my own property and have found some interesting stuff and because the area I live was one of the known routes of early wagon travel its not unusual to find a lot of odd things.

I believe there IS something of historical importance (and possibly large) on Oak Island but his finds are not of an untypical nature for an area that has been basically beaten to death for over 200 years.

[Mags]

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That's been the case with the whole show from the beginning. I grew tired of it and quit watching. Surprised the show has run for so many seasons.

... While some of his finds are unique none are really evidentiary in pointing to anything specific -
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