Curse of Oak Island, S11, premieres Tues. Nov. 7th

[Charmonium]

fyi

 

[Charmonium]

For those of you who consider this just another BS reality show, last night's "pre-season" episode cataloged 10 of the various finds that predate the 1795 discovery of what's affectionately called "the money pit."

These finds are dated primarily by carbon-14 testing and many are to the 16th century and earlier.

I suppose it could all be faked but I've followed this from the beginning and at this point I almost don't care.

Last season ended on a bit of a cliff hanger so I suppose that should make me suspect, but I guess we'll see.

According to the History Channel website, this seems to be the most significant discovery so far.

Considered one of the biggest finds, this lead cross was discovered at Smith's Cove. Testing showed that the material in the lead is from Southern France and dates back to the 1300s or 1400s. This artifact supports the theory that the Knights Templar may have been on the island.

 

[NuclearNed]

I've lost interest in this show - I was a big fan for a long time. Last season was the first that I mostly skipped.

Can someone kindly recap anything of interest from last season? Or was it mostly "they found more wood" like usual?

 

[AdamK47]

They've milked this Oak Island thing for 11 seasons?

How can there be viewers strung along to the next nothing for this long? What's wrong with people?

 

[lxskllr]

Maybe that's the treasure. Perpetual income filming people digging a hole.

 

[AdamK47]

Maybe that's the treasure. Perpetual income filming people digging a hole.

And the production team is the curse.

 

[brianmanahan]

Maybe that's the treasure. Perpetual income filming people digging a hole.

the real treasure was the friends we made along the way

 

[Charmonium]

I do so love these comments.

 

[sdifox]

It's 140 acres. Should have found it by now. I blame the op for keeping this nonsense on the air.

 

[Charmonium]

I think they should have bulldozed the whole island, but where's the fun in that?

Anyway, average viewership seems to be about 1.2M.

 

[nakedfrog]

1.2 million, for a TV show? Those are rookie numbers!

 

[Charmonium]

Yup. That is correct mon sewer. And that after 10 years. That's like, almost a whole decade.

And I've been glued to this side show of a carnival side show the entire time. Why I remember . . . DISCONNECTED

 

[Jon-T]

I remember reading about this as a kid back in the late 70s early 80s. Watching the show I feel that anything that was there has been trampled to death. Any artifacts they are finding now are from the people who first found the pit in the 1700s and not from those who made the pit. In the pre Iphone culture people frequently possessed things much older than themselves such as an old cross

 

[Charmonium]

They discovered what they're calling "the paved area" when they literally drained the swamp and under the stones got plant matter that dated to around 1000 AD. I think range might have gone up to 1100 or 1200.

When you consider that an ancient Viking settlement in Nova Scotia dated from around 990 to 10-something, it's really not at all far fetched that other Europeans thought this might be a good place to hide shit.

I mean, for how long was the prevailing belief that the first Euros to land in N. America was Columbus, et al.?

So for the 500 or so years that the knights templar would have been active - before Columbus - N.A. was virtually terra incognita.

And if you think the Templars were wiped out in the 14th century, guess again. They maintained a presence in Portugal for a few centuries post.

 

[sdifox]

Templar's weren't Vikings...

 

[Charmonium]

haha, but that sort of info tends to get around, even if just by rumor. In fact, it was mere rumors that prodded Leif Erikson to sail to Nova Scotia.

 

[Charmonium]

My guess is that since the Vikings didn't find anything that they considered valuable, plus the fact that according to the viking sagas, some native americans sorta chased them off, there was no reason for anyone to try to follow up on the discovery.

 

[Charmonium]

Oh wow, fans now have a nickname. Hahahaha

We're "ACORNS"

I love it

 

[Charmonium]

2 hour premier. Only halfway thru. Quite good so far.

 

[Charmonium]

I know. Some of still think of this as The Curse of Joak Island.

Eh. There's still a remote chance that you're right.

 

[AdamK47]

There are solid rumors that in a couple episodes ahead there will be proof of gold being found on the island. One of the film crew leaked it on Reddit.

 

[Charmonium]

Well, this week's episode wasn't all that interesting. Some metal junk from the 1700's. Might be a connection to a pirate. Meh.

But Dumas is back and will soon restart work on the Garden Shaft - hopefully. That should be VERY interesting.

They did an incredible job rebuilding the existing shaft, last season. It could easily be a tourist attraction for those wishing to trundle down and up 100ft or so of steps. Pretty wooden steps though.

 

[AdamK47]

Should be nearing the episode with the gold find

 

[Charmonium]

It's starting to sound that way.

I have to admit that given the miniscule quantities of gold and silver they found in the Blob and Baby Blob, I wasn't all that impressed. But the fact of the matter is that there shouldn't be ANY measurable quantities in the middle of Butt F*** Nova Scotia.

 

[Charmonium]

Haven't posted in a while, but at this point they have 3 major operations in progress - garden shaft, swamp and lot 5. There's also the chance of finding the so-called 'Chappelle vault.' It seems that you can't swing a dead cat w/o hitting some sort of artifact.