Season 4

[n2mini]

Not sure how you can read this first and then bother watching the show the way 99% of them attack it.

 

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[Charlie P. (NY)]

Did you ever catch "Mystery Science Theatre 3000"?

Making fun of old "C" movies. Same principle here.




Even kings enjoyed watching the fool play with a bladder on a stick.

 

[Roadhse2]

I think Charlie is right...

There is a fascination in watching each week just to see what they come up with this time, like an obvious railroad spike, and then try to somehow connect that to being some kind of a clue or proof that the treasure is nearby. And then to sit back and either laugh or groan at the attempt...to see the obvious drama they try to introduce to make the story more appealing to an audience...All in all...great fun!

 

[Customx_12]

Not sure how you can read this first and then bother watching the show the way 99% of them attack it.

It keeps me from going in with high hopes and being disappointed. I usually only watch it when they replay the newest episode later in the week when nothing else is on. Now, if someone were to post here about what an amazing episode it was and how they found something worthwhile, I'd watch it ASAP and probably when it first airs. I'm in California so I can watch it after the east coast people post spoilers.

 

[Stretch Da Truth]

Hi Everyone!

New guy here that was looking for more info on Oak Island, found this site and have been lurking around.

Lots of great threads on OI and some of you guys have cracked me up the last week or two.

So, we all know that the Lagina's will find the Arc, Aztec treasure, Kidd's buried chests, Templar treasure, Golden Manora, Christ's cup and maybe some more items but William Shakespeare lost work? Come on, really? That is absolute rubbish. It would be so soggy by now that you wouldn't be able to read it!

 

[etex]

Hi Everyone!

New guys here that was looking for more info on Oak Island, found this site and have been lurking around.

Lots of great threads on OI and some of you guys have cracked me up the last week or two.

So, we all know that the Lagina's will find the Arc, Aztec treasure, Kidd's buried chests, Templar treasure, Golden Manora, Christ's cup and maybe some more items but William Shakespeare lost work? Come on, really? That is absolute rubbish. It would be so soggy by now that you wouldn't be able to read it!

It won't make any difference, couldn't understand it when I was in school anyway

 

[Stretch Da Truth]

It won't make any difference, couldn't understand it when I was in school anyway

I hear ya! It would be the same read now as it was then! A soggy mess!

Is that the Roman sword they found with the Spanish 8 coin in your Sig? I will trade you the Mc Donalds map... I mean Mac Guinnes map to the treasure for it.... Deal?

 

[Robot]

One Man's "Rubbish"...May be Another Man's Treasure!

William Shakespeare lost work? Come on, really? That is absolute rubbish. It would be so soggy by now that you wouldn't be able to read it!

Sir Francis Bacon was obsessed with the preservation of his manuscripts from a lifetime expenditure creating them.

He feared that some people of his era would plagiarize his works and call it theirs.

He set about experimenting with how to hide and still preserve these manuscripts.

Bacon had seen some ancient manuscripts which were preserved in Mercury, Sulfur, Arsenic, and wrapped in palm leaves and coated with tar and finally placed under water.

He claimed that these books were as good as when centuries ago they had been buried.

He set about experimenting to find the right formula.

From my limited logic on this subject, there are a number of obstacles that need to be overcome in order to mummify or preserve a document.

Humans, animals, rodents, pestilences, fungus, oxidation, mold, rot, moisture, cold, heat, dryness, humidity, etc.

I believe his final recipe was that a document wrapped in burlap, coated with an insoluble Mercury, insoluble Sulfur, a dash of Arsenic, placed in a wooden chest, coated once again with Mercury, Sulfur, and a pinch of Arsenic, wrapped in burlap and finally coating all this in a layer of tar and then placing this chest under water in his Tomb...Would be a good recipe for "Preservation"!

 

[Stretch Da Truth]

Nice post with some interesting thoughts. Preserving like the mummies would be a good idea but if they are in the Chapel Vault they could possibly have been drilled through a few times. Would that ruin what he was trying to accomplish?

"Bacon had seen some ancient manuscripts which were preserved in Mercury, Sulfur, Arsenic, and wrapped in palm leaves and coated with tar and finally placed under water." Do you know what these were? I am really curious.

I see you have a theory on here. I have seen it mentioned a few times. I am new here and will give it a read to see what you propose.

 

[skybolt]

Nice post with some interesting thoughts. Preserving like the mummies would be a good idea but if they are in the Chapel Vault they could possibly have been drilled through a few times. Would that ruin what he was trying to accomplish?

"Bacon had seen some ancient manuscripts which were preserved in Mercury, Sulfur, Arsenic, and wrapped in palm leaves and coated with tar and finally placed under water." Do you know what these were? I am really curious.

I see you have a theory on here. I have seen it mentioned a few times. I am new here and will give it a read to see what you propose.

I can just imagine Dan Blankenship's son finding the manuscripts in a hole, saying "what's this stupid crap?", and then using the remains to build a bonfire.

 

[gazzahk]

So are they ever going back to the railroad spike, or does the show want us to assume it was from a buried 18th century vessel? Perhaps they're saving this BIG reveal for Season 5.

I'm assuming that the money pit excavation will be completed at the end of this season. I can't imagine Marty spending millions more next season if nothing is found in this area. If there is a Season 5, what can they possibly do to keep fans interested? Go back to 10X again and conduct more dives? Dig up the area around Nolan's cross? A lot of us have stuck with this show since we knew they'd explore the money pit area at some point. Everything else seems like a big stretch at this point. It's sort of like misplacing your wallet, but leaving the most obvious place where it could be for last, since you want to keep the small hope alive it might be there. Once that hope is gone, it just becomes a frantic search with very little hope for a positive outcome.

I suppose there is a chance that the cavity they have discovered is the same one that is meant to have existed under the money pit. The holes they dug must be pretty close to where the original pit was. This would mean (if true) they have a chance of solving the mystery as the previous treasure seekers claimed that when they drilled through some 'alleged' chests these fell through to the cavity when the platform they were on gave way.

If this is the same cavity and they do find things in it that were not put there by the current treasure seekers then they must of come from previous digs ie the actual pit. As well as looking for metal stuff on the ground in that cavity they need to be looking at the roof for another hole in it. This is the BIGGEST chance we have of actually seeing if anything was ever buried in the pit.

If this is not the same cavity then the holes they have dug show nothing.

I really hope it is the same cavity.... I think everyone would be very pleased if they are at the bottom of the original pit as this will answer the question with finality. If they are not in the same cavity the legend will go on.....

 

[etex]

Or using it in his outhouse.

 

[gazzahk]

Reading the news this morning and I see the treasure has been found!

 

[lokiblossom]

Reading the news this morning and I see the treasure has been found!

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i had always thought they could deny that kind of payment, evidently not.
Cheers, Loki

 

[marticus]

So i caught up on the last episode. Something that puzzles me. I dont think this c1 site is as deep as they make out. When john c. Dived 10x they used a tri mox gas which has hellium in it which gave john the high pitch squeeky voice. If they used tri mix again. Then why did both divers not be affected by the hellium. The use of mixed gas is to off set narcosis which starts at 100ft. If he was deeper then that. Should he not be using mixed gases. They said his bottom time was like 25min. More then enough time to be affected by narcosis

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[gazzahk]

So i caught up on the last episode. Something that puzzles me. I dont think this c1 site is as deep as they make out. When john c. Dived 10x they used a tri mox gas which has hellium in it which gave john the high pitch squeeky voice. If they used tri mix again. Then why did both divers not be affected by the hellium. The use of mixed gas is to off set narcosis which starts at 100ft. If he was deeper then that. Should he not be using mixed gases. They said his bottom time was like 25min. More then enough time to be affected by narcosis

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The equipment they used seemed pretty much the same as used in 10x (Ie water heated etc). So I would guess they would use tri mix. Can't see a professional expert diver trying to do a dive like that on just air...

 

[marticus]

The equipment they used seemed pretty much the same as used in 10x (Ie water heated etc). So I would guess they would use tri mix. Can't see a professional expert diver trying to do a dive like that on just air...

Thats the point. If it was tri mix he would have had a high pitched voice. Like when we breath in hellium our voice goes squeeky and high.
He would have been the same. If you go back to his old.dive of 10x his voice is squeeky and high. In c1 its normal. So is the 2nd divers. His voice is also normal

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[jeff of pa]

So i caught up on the last episode. Something that puzzles me. I dont think this c1 site is as deep as they make out. When john c. Dived 10x they used a tri mox gas which has hellium in it which gave john the high pitch squeeky voice. If they used tri mix again. Then why did both divers not be affected by the hellium. The use of mixed gas is to off set narcosis which starts at 100ft. If he was deeper then that. Should he not be using mixed gases. They said his bottom time was like 25min. More then enough time to be affected by narcosis

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Maybe some of the Old footage from before & editing in a voice over
so they can pretend to find things

 

[jeff of pa]

i had always thought they could deny that kind of payment, evidently not.
Cheers, Loki

I think they Can deny it. Especially loose Coins.
But I'm sure there are Some tax Workers etc, that either are not aware they can,
Or have enough of a sense of Humor to use it for a Photo Op in a News story.

Last one I saw, they shipped by armored Cars from the Bank to the Office,
took their Photos, Then hauled it back to the bank. all b.S. that caused
the person Paying the Bill, an extra Mint, paying shipping costs just to do it.

 

[South Sea mariner]

i had always thought they could deny that kind of payment, evidently not.
Cheers, Loki

Very interesting in my country there was man who paid a bill with coins and there was fight on if it was legal. The argument ended by lawyers as long as the money was legal tender they have no legal right to refuse it. However they could charge a fee to count it.

Mal