OAK ISLAND

[villagenut]

In many ways I like some of the characters and story lines and you have to admire the years of determination in the face of so many costly letdowns (though as in Las Vegas, you have to know when to walk away from the table). But I also find so much absurdity in this show. Take for example he last episode with the "lead token" find by Gary. They had a metallurgist conclude it was indeed lead that originated somewhere from a belt of deposits stretching between Iran and Spain. Now they have a coin specialist saying it could indeed be a Roman coin or token.

I wrote to their website after last week's show to posit what I thought the "lead token" was: a flattened .75 musket ball into a child's whizzer toy. String was run through the two holes and the tooth notching of the edge gave it a whirling sound when spun back and forth. They are a known colonial artifact found in early American excavations. I have found two myself on eastern Long Island, NY. I have a science background. I'm more apt to believe the odds are much higher it was a children's toy rather than an ancient Roman coin. Lead "coins" are not durable objects, they tarnish and deform easily and it is a relatively common mineral. Lead shot itself was a valid form of currency in colonial America.

Last year when they found the Chinese coin, I wrote to them and said not a big deal, I have found two from the late 1700's on eastern Long Island, NY. I've recently found a third. Someone on this site found a cache of Chinese coins. I told them to search this site and they will see many found by TN members. The show starts hypothesizing about Marco Polo and Vikings.

I see too much effort by people with science backgrounds and occupations trying to force the narrative. I am not ready to say Romans were running around the eastern Atlantic seaboard or a 1700's Chinese Junk moored off of Montauk Point. Attached see a photo of my "Roman Lead Token" or child's whizzer toy I found. I think the second set of holes was an effort to balance it through different points.

I likewise watched the mystery artifact go unidentified and could not figure out how they didn't know it was a whizzer. I told my wife and she said I should apply for a job on the show....rofl

 

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[BarBun]

I assume that Gary (the metal detecting expert) has a Masters Degree in Metal Detecting, but If he was to attend some Continuing Education on the subject would he than be allowed to use a shovel?

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

He found a nice ring, once. That's about it.

 

[1637]

i like the show,but by the time i fast forward though all the repeates and the WAR ROOM BS, iam done in about 10 min. then on to watching more bs on a different channel.

 

[gemee]

Oak Island is a dead story to me at this point. I am more interested in

'Mystery At Blind Frog Ranch' .​