I would have thought more of the "crew" would have sat in with Rick to listen to the man that owns that small island near by, and where has he been the last couple of years with this info..
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Well they told us there will be another season..... Rick is coming back to dig in Smiths cove next year because they found something and decided to give up this year...
Oh yeh also the wood from last week (smiths cove) was nothing significant because it was never mentioned again.
The bald guy seems to think box drains and flood tunnels are the same thing.
Once again the told us the idea to look at Dans documents was just a recent thing (they obviously didn't bother for the first 4.5 seasons).. Hey what would Dan know....
They found another looney that has more treasure then all the other treasure put together stored on his own (tinny) island and Oak island. So much treasure I cannot remember exactly what but included tonnes of gold, ancient valuable stuff and that was just the begining.
So I imagine that they will agree to his deal to justify digging holes all over the place next season. I actually felt a bit sorry for 'Gary' Could not afford OI so brought a tinny island next door. There must be treasure there too... Right... He found a cavity under his island... Must be man made arrgghh..
There are cavities all through the bedrock around OI and none of them even seem remotely man made.
http://www.oakislandcompendium.ca/blockhouse-blog/cavities-under-and-around-oak-island Cavities under and around Oak Island
As for finds..
Some rocks which may or may not be part of previously found box drains..
Some more timber.. Including logs which they claim "may" be part of the original pit.
They told us that all there efforts in the swamp, 10X and the first two holes had come to nothing (Damm I thought the chicken bone was going to be the answer to everything).
So now they are looking for 6 more pieces of old document because God made the universe in 7 days (That is what the 'helpful' voice told us)
There coming back next year to dig Smiths cove again --- Because they cannot be bothered doing it this year and the afternoon was coming.
They are considering a deal with there latest looney visitor because... He said he knows where the treasure is...
One episode left. The shorts did not offer much hope for that...
Oh yeh also the wood from last week (smiths cove) was nothing significant because it was never mentioned again.
The bald guy seems to think box drains and flood tunnels are the same thing.
Once again the told us the idea to look at Dans documents was just a recent thing (they obviously didn't bother for the first 4.5 seasons).. Hey what would Dan know....
They found another looney that has more treasure then all the other treasure put together stored on his own (tinny) island and Oak island. So much treasure I cannot remember exactly what but included tonnes of gold, ancient valuable stuff and that was just the begining.
So I imagine that they will agree to his deal to justify digging holes all over the place next season. I actually felt a bit sorry for 'Gary' Could not afford OI so brought a tinny island next door. There must be treasure there too... Right... He found a cavity under his island... Must be man made arrgghh..
There are cavities all through the bedrock around OI and none of them even seem remotely man made.
http://www.oakislandcompendium.ca/blockhouse-blog/cavities-under-and-around-oak-island Cavities under and around Oak Island
As for finds..
Some rocks which may or may not be part of previously found box drains..
Some more timber.. Including logs which they claim "may" be part of the original pit.
They told us that all there efforts in the swamp, 10X and the first two holes had come to nothing (Damm I thought the chicken bone was going to be the answer to everything).
So now they are looking for 6 more pieces of old document because God made the universe in 7 days (That is what the 'helpful' voice told us)
There coming back next year to dig Smiths cove again --- Because they cannot be bothered doing it this year and the afternoon was coming.
They are considering a deal with there latest looney visitor because... He said he knows where the treasure is...
One episode left. The shorts did not offer much hope for that...
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Excellent summary, thanks!
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But that looney guy found big foot. I don't mean that big foot, but a BIG foot 
I was really confused with last night's episode. Didn't Robert Dunfield basically excavate out a 100' wide x 100' long x 140' deep pit within the Money Pit area, and then toss everything back in after inspecting it carefully? So how can these guys claim that the pieces of wood they found 100 ft deep in the ground were from the original Money Pit and/or from an old searcher shaft? I'm assuming anything excavated by Dunfiled could be anywhere within the dimensions provided above at this point. Why would he take the effort to reinstate the old searcher shafts and original wood from the money pit area back into the same spots they came from? Did Dunfield leave the original searcher shafts in place during excavation? Was the 140 ft excavation depth only at some locations within that 10,000 square foot area? Is the area they're currently searching in not excavated by Dunfield? At least when they located the Chappel searcher tunnel with the first bore hole, it was located more than 140 ft below ground. Did I mention I'm super confused!
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After watching last night's episode I'm now fully convinced that no one on the show (except perhaps for the 93 year old Dan Blankenship) expects to find anything of value on this island. It's now clear to me that they're just looking to find any piece of circumstantial evidence, like old wood or weird pieces of rock, to make a case for additional funding for a 5th season. Heck, even the ever gullible Rick thought that creepy acting guy Gary (from the neighboring island) was nutty. It made zero sense to get 2 tries at building a coffer dam to then realize it didn't extend far enough to do a proper excavation. I'm also puzzled as to why Marty and crew don't revisit some of their previous proclamations in the war room. The last mention of the swamp was that they were still thinking something was buried there due to the plank of wood found and the spike. Same thing with 10X when Marty stated we can't put an "X" thru that just yet due to the old wood / bone found. If the tests came back negative, shouldn't these guys at least tell the audience that there's no further justified reasons to revisit these sites? They just keep things open-ended based on unverified evidence and then hope no one remembers the lab results came back negative.
Also, that one archaeologist guy who has very little to say, just seems like a "yes" man to me. Next episode Jack will tell everyone that he saw the Lochness monster in Smith's Cove, and the guy will be like "yeah, yeah Lochness monster". Could they at least have tried to find a guy less boring?
Also, that one archaeologist guy who has very little to say, just seems like a "yes" man to me. Next episode Jack will tell everyone that he saw the Lochness monster in Smith's Cove, and the guy will be like "yeah, yeah Lochness monster". Could they at least have tried to find a guy less boring?
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isn't he there as a govt rep/overseer?
I seem to remember being mentioned that the government wanted a person on-site to witness Smiths Cove draining and exploration...
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Yes you're right. It's on the treasure act.
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So they are going to make a season out of what has already been dug up then re burried by dan himself.
The man that cannot be mentioned in this board. has already released photographs of the exact timbers jack found and the same area and timbers dan had excavated the in the early years of his own search for flood tunnels.
This will be my last season of the show.
Ill save myself the 12 or so hours next year and find something else to do
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The man that cannot be mentioned in this board. has already released photographs of the exact timbers jack found and the same area and timbers dan had excavated the in the early years of his own search for flood tunnels.
This will be my last season of the show.
Ill save myself the 12 or so hours next year and find something else to do
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This show is like a trip down memory lane with respect to all the previous excavations. They get super excited when they find something already discovered by previous searchers. How many more seasons will it take for Rick and Marty to stop getting enthused over finding wood or rock? Oh, we found old wood, black wood, sawed wood, round wood, chipped wood, rectangular wood, wet wood, previously discovered but thrown back in the hole wood, wood sticking out of a rock pit, wood resembling Rick's beard, etc.
Even if those 6" wide drains were constructed back in the 1700's as a flood tunnel, there's no way they won't be clogged with debris or silt over so many years. As a drainage engineer we're constantly televising 30" and larger diameter storm sewer systems that are half filled with silt due to backwater impacts, low travel velocities, etc. after only 20 to 30 years without cleaning. How could a 6" or even 12" box drain still be operational 150 years since it was last discovered?
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Oh, quit talking sense.
Packing vegetable fibers in a opening is called a "gasket". Oakum is what the iron men in wooden ships used to seal leaks. ;-)
(I work at a wastewater treatment plant and we know VERY well the misery local municipal users have in getting flow to us, storm or sanitary).
Packing vegetable fibers in a opening is called a "gasket". Oakum is what the iron men in wooden ships used to seal leaks. ;-)
(I work at a wastewater treatment plant and we know VERY well the misery local municipal users have in getting flow to us, storm or sanitary).
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Your right. Its like they have taken the 200 year od search..and started at the begining again. Re doing it all over for tv
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So I was under the assumption next week's episode is the Season finale, but apparently there's at least one more episode on the 21st (according to wiki) titled "Blood is Thicker". The description just states that the team makes a discovery. Not sure what that means. Apologies if the title was mentioned up thread.
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The Reason You Are Confused...Dunfield saying he did...Does not mean he actually did!
It was impossible for Dunfield to have dug past the the 40 foot water level in the area or below the 90 foot level where the Money Pit Shaft was flooded by flood shafts.
What the picture shows is Dunfield having created a huge 100 foot wide Swimming Pool, but not near the depth that people say.
It was impossible for Dunfield to have dug past the the 40 foot water level in the area or below the 90 foot level where the Money Pit Shaft was flooded by flood shafts.
What the picture shows is Dunfield having created a huge 100 foot wide Swimming Pool, but not near the depth that people say.
Reading some of the chronological accounts (per this website: Chronology of the Oak Island Treasure Hunt (1960-1972)) it does say that Dunfield excavated down to a level of 140 ft. Perhaps they were localized excavations going down that far.
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Yep.. Also where they are finding those 'alleged' drains is a long way out in the cove. This did not look like the beach. Therefore it must of been dug up by previous treasure hunters. As you said Dunfeild dug this whole area then bulldozed it all back in. We already know that huge amount of rocks were used to make the beach. So they found a rock pile.... Even if it is a box drain way out there what difference does it make? They know the drains existed it is well documented. There is no way they are going to exist all the way back to the dry land and the sump/well/flood tunnel entrance thus what will finding them add to what the brothers want to do?
To me I hate the way they just give up and say 'We will come back and do it next year"...
I sort of understand why Dan and Fred thought the whole island was riddled with tunnels.. because it seems that cavities exist in the bedrock everywhere. I don't think that they have dug a hole over 170+ feet and not hit a cavity. The problem is the Laginas must by now know these cavities are natural and common.
They must know that the hole they are now digging is not the pit because they have dug through truo company's mine shaft. Given they were flooded before getting back to the pit the hole cannot be over the pit. I suppose they will dig down to the cavity in the bed rock and put in a camera/get diver to take a look.. I don't think there could be to many people left that think they will find any treasures in it.
I cannot believe they think they have enough left undone to do a 5th season.. Unless they are going to now dig up there latest looney's island also.
Still I should say thank you Marty and Rick I no longer wonder if a treasure exists in the money pit... (Still disappointed they have never made any effort to check out the validity of the ancestors of the original finders of the pits claims re that treasure they claim was found and removed).
I no longer think they will because it does not fit the narrative. They only want to talk about everything as being an indication that treasure is still there....
maybe I will come up with a wacko theory and get flown out there for a free trip... What should it be?
I know.. Imperial Seal of China created by Emperor Qin Shi Huang... This will get them additional funding from Chinese government...
Why not the Chinese... right?
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