Season 5

[etex]

Was Hopalong Cassidy a Freemason?

 

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[gazzahk]

Just screen captured a couple of images from last nights episode





The photo of Dan standing on the U Shaped structure shows that this was a very significant piece of something..

It is interesting that they tell us that Dunfeild dug a "100 foot wide and 143 foot deep hole" but they never raise the possibility that their piece of steel could of come from when this was bulldozed back in...

 

[Singlestack Wonder]

On the show they mention that the hole had an obstruction at 70’ or so. On the extended preview the diver says, “I’m out of the chair” and someone else says they are at 40 some feet....

 

[captain1965]

You would think Dunfeild would have hit the obstruction at 70 feet with his 100 foot wide 143 foot deep hole...
How could he have missed?

 

[MikeN]

On the show they mention that the hole had an obstruction at 70’ or so. On the extended preview the diver says, “I’m out of the chair” and someone else says they are at 40 some feet....

The surface of the water was 27' below the top of the pipe and bottom was about 50' below that for a total of 77'.

 

[MikeN]

You would think Dunfeild would have hit the obstruction at 70 feet with his 100 foot wide 143 foot deep hole...
How could he have missed?

The 'treasure vault' stayed suspended in the center of the hole as Dunfield excavated all around it. Sketch roughly to scale:

 

[Simon1]

If Bobby's gun was plastic, wouldn't the ornamentation on the holster belt be plastic also, not any kind of metal? I know plastic was not used in toys until the 50's? but since the gun was plastic...

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This was me back in 1959. My set was metal. My younger brother's set was metal. How do I know ? We were spinning them in the air and his came down and hit him in the head, required stitches. Our holsters were not a plastic. I do remember them having neat ornate red "probably plastic" stones mounted in a retainer and sewn onto the holster.
I guess I missed where they announced that "gemstone" as 500 years old. If it is, that would be neat. We are still left with the question as to why the gave priority to a piece of wood and and a stone, but a cross found weeks earlier is still setting on the sidelines. Maybe they are trying to speed up the aging process . Really confusing. If they could make the "Phoenician connection it would make more history than a piece of wood or a 500 year old rock, yet they seem to have abandoned it which makes one wonder to its authentic pedigree.

 

[Robot]

Get Ready...Gazzahk!...Season 6...Is Set To Go!

The Curse of Oak Island Season 6: Show looks set to return in 2018




The Curse of Oak Island team look set to return to our screens for Season 6 later in 2018

The Curse of Oak Island Season 6 is looking all but confirmed after a string of developments – including a record number of viewers tuning in and big hints being dropped on the show.

The series is History’s No1 program and the top cable offering on Tuesday nights, and we all know high ratings make a show hard to drop for networks.
But there are lots of other reasons why The Curse of Oak Island Season 6 looks set to be given the green light. Here are just a few of the reasons why we’ll likely see Rick, Marty and the team return to our screens later in 2018…
The team’s success on Season 5

Season 5 has been by far the most successful for the team in terms of discoveries – both in the Money Pit area and elsewhere on the island. But there are still lots of unanswered questions, and these are questions that fans and the team will want to know the answers to.
While a vast cache of priceless treasures or other artifacts is yet to be found in the Money Pit, the team DID uncover all sorts of other fascinating items in it including pearlware pottery, parchment, book binding and even human bones.
Meanwhile, what look set to be the two biggest discoveries ever made on the island – a medieval lead cross and a red gemstone brooch – were found on other parts of the island.
A lot more research needs to be and can be done into all these objects to find out more about where they came from and how they ended up on Oak Island.
The sheer number of discoveries also points to there being many more items of interest waiting to be found in the Money Pit and elsewhere. Where are the rest of the bones? Where is the rest of the book? Is there more jewellery on Lot 8 where the gemstone was found?
Towards the end of Season 5 the team hit what appeared to be a steel plate in the DMT shaft, named in honor of Craig Tester’s son Drake. What’s underneath that?
The search is definitely not over yet, and there are more than enough unanswered questions and leads to fill another season. In addition to which…

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They have more areas of the island to explore

Now that the Fellowship of the Dig have full access to the lots owned by Fred Nolan’s family, as well as the late treasure-hunter’s maps, there are plenty more areas and leads to explore which the team will have a keen interest in investigating.
They were only just getting started on these during Season 5, including exploring the “ancient dump site” – where they found old metal hinges – and the apex of the swamp, where Rick uncovered a stake which boosted Fred Nolan’s theory about it being manmade.
Needless to say, with such promising starts it seems unlikely that the team wouldn’t want to explore these new areas of interest further.
Hints about a Season 6 on the show

The Curse of Oak Island Season 6 was all but confirmed in the penultimate episode of the fifth season when the team started talking about building a giant cofferdam around Smith’s Cove so they could make further investigations there.
This would be a HUGE operation and would take many weeks and months to undertake. Dan Blankenship and David Tobias previously built one there to stop the tide in the 1970s, but they never got to the bottom of the strange u-shaped wooden structure they found under the beach there.
The current Oak Island team would need permits to carry out large-scale work in the cove, but the good news is that money-man Marty Lagina seemed on board with the idea.
He said of carrying out further excavation work there: “It’s going to take a new cofferdam to do it. And a bigger one. It just means that we’re probably not going to do it this year because we have to recamp and rethink about it.”
The Curse of Oak Island remains a ratings winner

The show has been a ratings winner for History since the get-go, and not just in terms of the large number of viewers. A lot of those viewers are of the kind that are worth a lot to advertisers.
The latest season had at the time of writing been watched by a record number of people. But more importantly for History, a large number of those are within the prized 18-49 adult demographic which is so important to advertisers.
Why would a network drop their No1 show if more people are watching it than ever before and it is making them a ton of money?
It brings a lot of money to the area

Every year The Curse of Oak Island gets a big tranche of cash from the Nova Scotian government to help with filming. Why? Because it in turn brings in lots of money to the area.
Not only because of tourism, but also due to the investment in the local economy that operations on the island and filming the show brings.
In 2017, the series got around $1.5million from the Nova Scotia Business Inc.’s Nova Scotia Film and Television Production Incentive Fund. That amount was up more than 50 per cent on what the show got for Season 4.
If it continues to draw in tourists and bring money to the Nova Scotian economy, the local authorities will be keen to continue to support it.
The bottom line

The bottom line is that, in our opinion, The Curse of Oak Island Season 6 is pretty much a done deal. There is still a huge amount of exploring that can be done on the island, and plenty of areas and artifacts from Season 5 that need more investigation.
A cofferdam needs built, and we finally need to get to the bottom of what’s in the Money Pit. With just those two things there is more than enough to fill another summer of exploration work, which in turn will create more than enough content for another season.
Couple that with the fact that more people are tuning in than ever before and the show is a huge money-maker, and it seems unlikely that History wouldn’t sign on the dotted line.
What date would The Curse of Oak Island Season 6 premiere?

As confirmed by executive producer Joe Lessard in our interview with him last year, the team’s operations and filming generally takes place from late spring through summer to the beginning of fall. That’s when it’s warmer on Oak Island, so drilling and digging is much easier.

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The footage from the year then has to be edited and compiled into a season. Ever since Season 2, premieres have taken place on one of the first three Tuesdays in November.
If the show followed that pattern, The Curse of Oak Island Season 6 would premiere on either November 6, November 13 or November 20 2018. We’ll keep this post updated as we know more. Sign up for our newsletter below for the latest.

 

[gazzahk]

This says it all really

Meanwhile, what look set to be the two biggest discoveries ever made on the island – a medieval lead cross and a red gemstone brooch –

In other words NOTHING has been found that even remotely relates to treasure being buried on Oak Island..

What a disappointing season of TV....

 

[RTR]

Why are they fooling around with one guy with one metal detector ? Why not get 10-20 guys with detectors.Form a line .Hit every sq.inch.And be done w/it .

 

[G.A.P.metal]

Well the Lagina brothers seem to think Gary D. is a rocket scientist, and you need to be a genius to operate a metal detector ....they run behind Drayton like children .
The more guys/ringers on the show with metal detectors...will only mean more planted fake targets....it`s a farce !

 

[civil_war22]

Why are they fooling around with one guy with one metal detector ? Why not get 10-20 guys with detectors.Form a line .Hit every sq.inch.And be done w/it .

That would mean a lot of people to pay to sell a false narrative

 

[Singlestack Wonder]

The Curse of Oak Island Season 6: Show looks set to return in 2018


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[FONT=&]The Curse of Oak Island team look set to return to our screens for Season 6 later in 2018
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[FONT=&]The Curse of Oak Island Season 6 is looking all but confirmed after a string of developments – including a record number of viewers tuning in and big hints being dropped on the show.
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[FONT=&]The series is History’s No1 program and the top cable offering on Tuesday nights, and we all know high ratings make a show hard to drop for networks.[/FONT]
[FONT=&]But there are lots of other reasons why The Curse of Oak Island Season 6 looks set to be given the green light. Here are just a few of the reasons why we’ll likely see Rick, Marty and the team return to our screens later in 2018…[/FONT]
The team’s success on Season 5

[FONT=&]Season 5 has been by far the most successful for the team in terms of discoveries – both in the Money Pit area and elsewhere on the island. But there are still lots of unanswered questions, and these are questions that fans and the team will want to know the answers to.[/FONT]
[FONT=&]While a vast cache of priceless treasures or other artifacts is yet to be found in the Money Pit, the team DID uncover all sorts of other fascinating items in it including pearlware pottery, parchment, book binding and even human bones.[/FONT]
[FONT=&]Meanwhile, what look set to be the two biggest discoveries ever made on the island – a medieval lead cross and a red gemstone brooch – were found on other parts of the island.[/FONT]
[FONT=&]A lot more research needs to be and can be done into all these objects to find out more about where they came from and how they ended up on Oak Island.[/FONT]
[FONT=&]The sheer number of discoveries also points to there being many more items of interest waiting to be found in the Money Pit and elsewhere. Where are the rest of the bones? Where is the rest of the book? Is there more jewellery on Lot 8 where the gemstone was found?[/FONT]
[FONT=&]Towards the end of Season 5 the team hit what appeared to be a steel plate in the DMT shaft, named in honor of Craig Tester’s son Drake. What’s underneath that?[/FONT]
[FONT=&]The search is definitely not over yet, and there are more than enough unanswered questions and leads to fill another season. In addition to which…[/FONT]

[FONT=&]
[/FONT]​

They have more areas of the island to explore

[FONT=&]Now that the Fellowship of the Dig have full access to the lots owned by Fred Nolan’s family, as well as the late treasure-hunter’s maps, there are plenty more areas and leads to explore which the team will have a keen interest in investigating.[/FONT]
[FONT=&]They were only just getting started on these during Season 5, including exploring the “ancient dump site” – where they found old metal hinges – and the apex of the swamp, where Rick uncovered a stake which boosted Fred Nolan’s theory about it being manmade.[/FONT]
[FONT=&]Needless to say, with such promising starts it seems unlikely that the team wouldn’t want to explore these new areas of interest further.[/FONT]
Hints about a Season 6 on the show

[FONT=&]The Curse of Oak Island Season 6 was all but confirmed in the penultimate episode of the fifth season when the team started talking about building a giant cofferdam around Smith’s Cove so they could make further investigations there.[/FONT]
[FONT=&]This would be a HUGE operation and would take many weeks and months to undertake. Dan Blankenship and David Tobias previously built one there to stop the tide in the 1970s, but they never got to the bottom of the strange u-shaped wooden structure they found under the beach there.[/FONT]
[FONT=&]The current Oak Island team would need permits to carry out large-scale work in the cove, but the good news is that money-man Marty Lagina seemed on board with the idea.[/FONT]
[FONT=&]He said of carrying out further excavation work there: “It’s going to take a new cofferdam to do it. And a bigger one. It just means that we’re probably not going to do it this year because we have to recamp and rethink about it.”[/FONT]
The Curse of Oak Island remains a ratings winner

[FONT=&]The show has been a ratings winner for History since the get-go, and not just in terms of the large number of viewers. A lot of those viewers are of the kind that are worth a lot to advertisers.[/FONT]
[FONT=&]The latest season had at the time of writing been watched by a record number of people. But more importantly for History, a large number of those are within the prized 18-49 adult demographic which is so important to advertisers.[/FONT]
[FONT=&]Why would a network drop their No1 show if more people are watching it than ever before and it is making them a ton of money?[/FONT]
It brings a lot of money to the area

[FONT=&]Every year The Curse of Oak Island gets a big tranche of cash from the Nova Scotian government to help with filming. Why? Because it in turn brings in lots of money to the area.[/FONT]
[FONT=&]Not only because of tourism, but also due to the investment in the local economy that operations on the island and filming the show brings.[/FONT]
[FONT=&]In 2017, the series got around $1.5million from the Nova Scotia Business Inc.’s Nova Scotia Film and Television Production Incentive Fund. That amount was up more than 50 per cent on what the show got for Season 4.[/FONT]
[FONT=&]If it continues to draw in tourists and bring money to the Nova Scotian economy, the local authorities will be keen to continue to support it.[/FONT]
The bottom line

[FONT=&]The bottom line is that, in our opinion, The Curse of Oak Island Season 6 is pretty much a done deal. There is still a huge amount of exploring that can be done on the island, and plenty of areas and artifacts from Season 5 that need more investigation.[/FONT]
[FONT=&]A cofferdam needs built, and we finally need to get to the bottom of what’s in the Money Pit. With just those two things there is more than enough to fill another summer of exploration work, which in turn will create more than enough content for another season.[/FONT]
[FONT=&]Couple that with the fact that more people are tuning in than ever before and the show is a huge money-maker, and it seems unlikely that History wouldn’t sign on the dotted line.[/FONT]
What date would The Curse of Oak Island Season 6 premiere?

[FONT=&]As confirmed by executive producer Joe Lessard in our interview with him last year, the team’s operations and filming generally takes place from late spring through summer to the beginning of fall. That’s when it’s warmer on Oak Island, so drilling and digging is much easier.[/FONT]

[FONT=&]
[/FONT]​

[FONT=&]The footage from the year then has to be edited and compiled into a season. Ever since Season 2, premieres have taken place on one of the first three Tuesdays in November.[/FONT]
[FONT=&]If the show followed that pattern, The Curse of Oak Island Season 6 would premiere on either November 6, November 13 or November 20 2018. We’ll keep this post updated as we know more. Sign up for our newsletter below for the latest.[/FONT]

A good write-up outlining the fake reality show for those who believe in fairy tales....

 

[etex]

What is the over/under in Vegas on the number of seasons oak island will run?

 

[Stretch Da Truth]

Well the Lagina brothers seem to think Gary D. is a rocket scientist, and you need to be a genius to operate a metal detector ....they run behind Drayton like children .
The more guys/ringers on the show with metal detectors...will only mean more planted fake targets....it`s a farce !

My detector came with a Certified test from NASA and I did pass the test.... does that make me a rocket scientist? LOL!!

That would mean a lot of people to pay to sell a false narrative

You would need a ton of poker players that detect and are able to keep a straight face while shoveling tons and tons of BS!!!

A good write-up outlining the fake reality show for those who believe in fairy tales....

Wait... this is a reality show? And a Fake one at that?
Now you really busted my bubble saying it's a fairy tale... Sad, so sad. LOL
Lets just go to Vermont and get the damn treasure!!

 

[franklin]

It just may not be there. I suggest you go towards Virginia and do not pass go and do not collect $200.

 

[civil_war22]

My detector came with a Certified test from NASA and I did pass the test.... does that make me a rocket scientist? LOL!!



You would need a ton of poker players that detect and are able to keep a straight face while shoveling tons and tons of BS!!!



Wait... this is a reality show? And a Fake one at that?
Now you really busted my bubble saying it's a fairy tale... Sad, so sad. LOL
Lets just go to Vermont and get the damn treasure!!

I’ve thought the same thing. Having one good fool on there already using a detector and the Laginas following him around like a poor puppy. Imagine several guys out there detecting how those guys would be

 

[Stretch Da Truth]

It just may not be there. I suggest you go towards Virginia and do not pass go and do not collect $200.

I'm way past go... got $1000 and a map right to the Templar treasure. Anyone can buy into the adventure for $4500.

I’ve thought the same thing. Having one good fool on there already using a detector and the Laginas following him around like a poor puppy. Imagine several guys out there detecting how those guys would be

That would be fun to watch.
Marty - "Hey guys, lets grab some shovels and split up... we gotta dig for these professionals!"
Rick - "How do we know who to go with?"
Jack - "How about eeny meeny miny moe? That always work!"

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

You would think Dunfeild would have hit the obstruction at 70 feet with his 100 foot wide 143 foot deep hole...
How could he have missed?

He didn't miss it. The obstruction is whatever he pushed down into the hole because he had to fill that huge excavation back in. It's probably a boiler or stationary engine from the 1898 exposition, or the 1905, 1924, 1936, 1954, etc., etc. digs and drillings and abandoned equipment left on the site.

 

[skybolt]

I’ve thought the same thing. Having one good fool on there already using a detector and the Laginas following him around like a poor puppy. Imagine several guys out there detecting how those guys would be

My gut tells me that there are several metal detecting people on the island, and that Gary reenacts what he and others find for the camera. Of course in this scenario it opens the door for the producers to "accidentally" drop something into the ground and call in the Laginas and Gary when their crew comes across it.