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The Curse of Oak Island
Has anyone else started watching this show? I am a sucker for this kind of thing and so far it has been very interesting. You can watch the first two episodes in the link below. Since this was filmed over the summer, if any of you have figured out what happens please use spoilers for anything that hasn't aired yet.
http://www.history.com/shows/the-curse-of-oak-island For those who aren't familiar, very briefly, it is about an island on the eastern shore of Canada that is rumored to have buried treasure from possibly the Knights Templar dating back to the 1300s. In 1795 an apparent secret hiding space was discovered in which levels of wooden planks were buried every 10 feet. Digging down around a hundred feet, they found some gold link chain and a few other things. Eventually they dug to a point that causes the hold to be flooded by sea water as if it was some sort of boobie trap, which is believed to come from some type of tube that is out in the ocean. Another person in the 1970s dug alongside the original hole but also got his hole flooded by sea water. These guys now who are on the show purchased most of the island and are trying to solve the mystery with help from the guys who dug their own hole in the 1970s. The hole curse aspect is just kind of meh and I don't really pay attention to it, but I am sure the producers just like the added element it presents. The mystery and adventure is really interesting. It is nice to see a show like this that is actually producing some results so far. |
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01-13-2014, 03:12 PM | #16 |
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sounds like a hardy boys book
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I'm not really expecting an answer to any of it, and certainly not holding my breath for treasure.
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01-13-2014, 03:22 PM | #18 | |
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Spoiler!
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01-13-2014, 03:25 PM | #19 | |
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its been quite the ordeal by the sounds of it. |
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01-13-2014, 03:26 PM | #20 | |
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hoping like hell they figure it out |
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01-13-2014, 03:28 PM | #21 |
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01-13-2014, 03:32 PM | #22 |
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Yeah, but suppose you have to dig further. Digging underwater doesn't work so well.
Hell, if all they need is someone crazy sign me up. I'd gladly die for a share of the spoils. |
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01-13-2014, 03:34 PM | #23 |
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It seems like if they just did another big dye release and had divers stationed at the various places offshore, they could find the inlets and plug them up. |
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01-13-2014, 03:40 PM | #25 | |
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01-13-2014, 03:40 PM | #26 |
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Shut off the water.
My solution is to use the corrugated steel flood walls they used to shore up New Orleans. They stand them up straight, have a vibrating attachment for a backhoe, or a cool vertical ranking rig, and drive them well into the ground. Do that close to the shore, where the flood shaft would be at its shallowest depths. Boom. Pump out the shaft. Profit. |
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01-13-2014, 03:41 PM | #27 | |
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and admitting it is the first step. |
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01-13-2014, 03:41 PM | #28 |
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crazy that the whole bay is man made too.
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01-13-2014, 03:43 PM | #29 |
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How do you find the inlets for the water though? This isn't a bucket you can hold up to find the hole.
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01-13-2014, 03:46 PM | #30 |
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My bad, I seen your post, wasnt trying to steal it as my own idea.
Yeah, I mean c'mon... something is weird about the whole damn thing, theres gotta be something down there, something crazy important. |
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