The Curse of Oak Island

[Dudester]

The History Channel has some real clunker TV series, but their leading TV series is The Curse of Oak Island. For those who have seen it, forgive me (skip to the next to last paragraph). In 1795, four young men, late evening, saw sailors burying something on an island adjacent to Newfoundland. In the morning, the ship was gone, so the four young men went to the small island.

They found patch of disturbed earth, ten feet by ten feet. The young men began digging. They discovered a shaft and every ten feet they found a platform. When they reached 80 feet, they found a flat stone with some strange carvings. When the stone was pulled up, the shaft began filling with water.
In the next 200 years there was six expeditions to the island. One of those expeditions included future President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Very little was found, but there was wide and wild speculation as to what was buried on the island. 
   
Fast forward to 2014. Brothers Rick and Marty Lagina, as well as Craig Tester came to the island and began their own search, using the History Channel and a reality show concept to continue to finance the search. Where all the other expeditions failed, was using scientific methodology and advanced machinery to further the search.

Roman coins have been found on the island, small bits of gold and silver as well as a pair of gems. Archeology on the island has proven, almost conclusively, that the island did host Vikings a thousand years ago. Also that the island was a base for the French and British between 1400 and 1800.

Lasr season, a lot of hope was placed on the "Garden Shaft" but there was a number of delays and setbacks. When 80 feet was reached and certain treasure was thought to be just an arm's length away, the shaft filled with water. So, the 2023 season was a nothing burger.

Because the island is so far north, work can only be carried out on the island between April and November. With that said, there was a news flash that something big happened on the island last week.

A caravan of cars, with men in suits, drove on to the island. In addition, truckloads of rock were transported to the island, headed for a spot adjacent to the Garden Shaft. New episodes of the show air between November and May, so, we have about 3 1/2 months to wait for any updates. 

[Pornhubby]

I have watched virtually every episode of Oak Island. But they really haven’t had any major “breakthroughs” in a long time. And I seriously doubt there is any treasure to recover. But they are masterful at creating suspense and getting you to watch the next episode. It’s been a “goldmine” for the History Network.

But I have learned a lot of interesting things about the Knights Templar watching the show.

[Writers Bloque]

I have watched virtually every episode of Oak Island. But they really haven’t had any major “breakthroughs” in a long time. And I seriously doubt there is any treasure to recover. But they are masterful at creating suspense and getting you to watch the next episode. It’s been a “goldmine” for the History Network.

But I have learned a lot of interesting things about the Knights Templar watching the show.

There was a drilling expedition years before the show came out. There was gold flakes and chunks in the drill. The supposed pirate that buried it made it trapped so that if you did not enter legit, the whole thing would flood, losing the treasure in the process. Read about it in middle school, along with Diamond Jim. There is still a literal chest of treasure sitting at the bottom of one of the great lakes no one claimed. Between Pensacola and New Orleans, there is supposedly a ton of buried treasure, that Pensacola makes light of every year during the Fiesta of Five Flags, and the huge treasure hunt during. Follow the clues and if you manage to find it, its either money, a car, or a shopping spree downtown (pass). Honestly, I doubt the oak island treasure is worth all the effort, when their is a literal country sized asteroid made of solid gold, just waiting to ruin the worlds gold economy.

[Pornhubby]

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[Writers Bloque]

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Or a round for the house in every pub in Ireland on St. Patty's day. with some change for breakfast in the morning. I kid, I kid.