Oak Island Previews last night

[Gold Maven]

Did anyone else catch the strange excavator in the previews last night?

It had swamp tracks on, but the weird thing was the double cab. Two places for operators to sit, It looked like Marty was digging, and their full time equipment guy was in the other seat.

I've been in construction all my life, and never saw a two seater, a google search turned up nothing.

Has anyone seen a machine like this?

 

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[No gold in NY]

Been in construction all my adult life. Last 20 years were on large excavators. Never saw one as you described. Not going to tune in either.

 

[Zom]

I've been in construction all my life, and never saw a two seater, a google search turned up nothing.

Has anyone seen a machine like this?

I can't come up with anything. It's some sort of marsh excavator apparently with pontoons... but I can't find anything on line. But this screen shot shows what might be a model number

 

[gazzahk]

google image search shows lots of similar ones

https://www.google.com.hk/search?rl...AR6BAgIEAE&biw=2133&bih=947#spf=1579151277188

 

[Gold Maven]

Yes, but not with a double cab, that's what I have never seen before

 

[gazzahk]

https://traxeq.com/products/amphibious-excavators/

 

[Gold Maven]

Thanks gazzahk, that's the one.

Nice web site, but no explanation for the double cab.

 

[A2coins]

Fun to watch but I think they have spent more than they will ever find lol

 

[RTR]

Until...they find the arc of the covenant.....

 

[A2coins]

Which would be taken from them as soon as they laid eyes on it just like in the Raiders of the lost ARC

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

Or their heads melt and explode.

For better or worse.

Can they get the narrator to open the Ark first?

"What's this? A box full of swirling spirits? And if so . . . " POOM!

 

[freeman]

Says here they are manufactured in china by Anhui Hekuang Machinery and are known under the brand name 'Heking'. Also said this one was "bound for the Canadian lakes".

Re the dual cab reason the article went on to say; "Hu also showed me photographs of a specialised cabin design the engineers have fabricated and installed on a 30-tonne floating excavator for a Canadian client who required dual cabins – one for the operator and another for the relief operator, due to the long hours the operators have to endure and the difficult access conditions across the vast waterways in which the work is undertaken."

 

[AFterBurn]

I LoVE this show! Can’t wait

 

[caretaker]

it's not about the find it's about the adventure

 

[Timecop67]

it's not about the find it's about the adventure

Also about rewriting History or excitement gained from the historical finds even if iron. Same with metal detecting....it is like opening a time capsule but most of us won't get rich doing it.

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

They're not going to "rewrite" history because they are taking no care or detailed measurements. It should be gridded off, any finds analyzed in place and photographed, carefully removed and documented as to the surroundings, position, orientation, etc. These guys are just digging and poking. Any finds will have zero providence and no credibility.

 

[signal_line]

You'd think after so many years that "metal detecting expert" would have found more than two dozen targets. LOL