Season 5

[gazzahk]

This person has put together a great list of everything that has been found on Oak Island and the pit

https://www.reddit.com/r/OakIsland/comments/5lpi45/comprehensive_list_of_artifacts_found_to_date/

Items confirmed:

•Wood - lots of wood dated from post 1950 (1)
•Wood - dated 1620-1780 (2)
•Wood - dated 1600-1740 (3)
•Wood - dated 1490-1660 (4)
•Parchment paper with "vi" or "ri" found by Chappell in 1897. (34)
•Boatswain's whistle found in 1901. (6)
•1704 rock found by Robert Restall circa 1959. (33)
•Wrought Iron Ruler found ~1965 by Dunfield dated pre 1783. (5)
•Heart shaped stone found by Blankenships in 1967? Appears hand carved. (31)
•Wrought iron scissors found by Blankenships in 1967 beneath box drains. Possibly 300 years old and Spanish American in nature. (8)
•After penetrating 32 feet of continuous rock, a sequence of 4 inches of wood, 12 inches of clay, 4 inches of wood and then a 6 foot cavity was found in borehole 24 in 1967. (21)
•After penetrating 45 feet of continuous rock, a 7 foot high cavity was found, that extended to 198 feet in borehole B25 in 1967. (21)
•6" - 8" of wood found at 181 feet in borehole 35 in 1967. (21)
•Original cofferdam logs marked every four feet with roman numerals found by Triton ~1967. (9)
•Thin brass was recovered at 176 feet from borehole 21 in 1967. (21)
•Stone with "G" carved in it discovered by Dan Blankenship in 1967. (35)
•Coconut Fiber found on Smith's Cove by Triton from 1969-1993 dated 1200-1300's (1)
•Nolan's Cross - A collection of large boulders potentially shaped like a cross discovered by Fred Nolan in 1992. (29)
•Coconut Fiber from Smith's Cove found by Lagina's in 2015 and dated 1200-1400 (30)
•A 1600's 8 Maradevis Spanish Coin found in 2015 by Lagina's. (26)
•Copper disk (likely a penny) found by the Lagina's in 2015? (25)
•Piece of long wooden board found in the swamp by Lagina's 2015?. (27)
•Metal spike in the swamp by the Lagina's in 2016 (28)
•Shoe with wooden pegs dated ~1700 (source needed) (36)
•Belt buckle, nails, brooch, modern bullet casing and many smaller, non consequential items. (36)
•Fancy button found on Samuel Ball's lot 24 in 2016 by Lagina's (37)


Items reported to be found:

•Flagstones at 2 feet, logs every 10 feet and coconut fiber in the original money pit 1799-1806. (16)
•90 foot stone (or 80 foot stone) found in 1803-1806. (10)
•Gold chain, remnants of three oak chests and a jewel. Date unknown. (22)
•Metal in pieces, Spruce, Oak and Clay at 98 feet in 1849. (14)
•Axe, Anchor and Cornish miner's poll pick found in 163 foot shaft by Chappell in 1931 (12)
•Fragment of inscribed stone found by Hadden/Blair in 1936. (32)
•Old timbers with wooden pins found on Smith's Cove circa 1936. (32)
•Broken flasks of mercury were found in 1937 - Unverified (24)
•Rocks and Gravel at 190 ft. limestone and oak found in 1938 by Hamilton. (32)
•"Oak buds" were found at 196 feet of borehole 11 in 1967. (21)
•Face on the rock - A stone in Nolan's cross when overturned had a carving of a face in it. ~1992 (Unverified)
•Lead ingot, 17th Century King George II coin, 5 other coins and autographed pistol piece 2016 by Lagina's (37)
•Oak Island idols - Presented by Joy Steele after meeting with Chappell relatives. Questionable authenticity.


Tales:

•In 1862, treasure hunter J.B. McCully of Truro, Nova Scotia wrote that the early settlers of the Oak Island area had brought with them a story of a dying sailor of Captain Kidd's crew claiming that 2 million pounds value in treasure had been buried on an island. (16)
•Daniel McGinnis was in posession of a treasure map obtained from an old sailor. (26)
•The 90 foot stone was built in to a fireplace of the Smith family on Oak Island, removed in 1865 and taken to a book bindery in Halifax where it was last seen when the store closed in 1919. (18)
•The Smith family went on to great wealth after leaving Oak Island. (20)
•A Historical Society of Nova Scotia predates the current Royal Nova Scotia Historical Society (inc. 1878). Searchers of the 90 foot stone represented the original society and stories of them obtaining the stone may be real. (23)
•Tom Wilkin's "Captain Kidd and his Skeleton Island" contains a map of Oak Island. (11)
•Forty feet below two million pounds are buried. 90 foot stone deciphering in 1951. (15)
•Three sources of water found in 1959 with red dye testing. (13)
•Hidden Shaft found 30 feet South of Nolan's Cross by Dan Blankenship in 1965. (19)
•While the distinctive sound of a diamond bit on metal was constantly being heard. The conclusion drawn was that the floor of borehole B25 the 7 foot high cavity was covered by a ½ inch iron plate. (21)
•Fred Nolan found three old oak chests in the swamp in the 1980's. (26)
•In 2015, descendents of the McGinnis and Vaughn families claim that McGinnis, Vaughn and Smith took three treasure chests out in 1795. Also claim a cross remains of that treasure. (26)

Certainly justifies the millions of dollars being spent to recover the treasure hoard..

 

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[gazzahk]

I came across the above list when looking into the mercury that was alleged to have been found In relation to last episodes wacko theory ("Sir Francis Drake"). Here is a very good article about the possible finds of mercury The Blockhouse Blog - The Oak Island Compendium It is worth noting the mercury did not come from the pit area. It is also interesting in the comment section the following observation is made..

The other comment that I'd like to make, is that there has been a significant amount of gold mining done in the general vicinity of Oak Island. Mercury was commonly used by gold miners - mercury dissolves gold to form an amalgam, so miners would add mercury to a dirty mixture of gold dust and sand etc.

So I would suggest that the comment made in last weeks show was quite misleading. To suggest that mercury had been recovered from the pit and could of been from F.Drakes coffin....

 

[Robot]

For All Those...Who Claim...They Do Not Watch...The Curse Of Oak Island!



This Week's Ratings...Number One...With a Bullet!

https://www.monstersandcritics.com/smallscreen/the-curse-of-oak-island-tops-cable-ratings-charts/

The episode got a 0.9 18-49 rating – meaning 0.9 per cent of all TV-watching adults in the US within that age group watched the show on average every minute it was on, according to the Nieslen figures. The 18-49 age group is the most important for advertisers.

 

[bjw]

O.K. anothershow and let me see if I understand. They have a piece of parchment and leather which could be a part of what? A journal? One book? But somehow it becomes “Books”? Two pieces of bone that are determined to be European and the Middle East (possibly a slave?) And now we reintroduce the Knights Templar. Of course the show has to repeat what was just shown before the commercial to help fill in the hour. What happens if they sink their 50 inch hole and they recover a few more bits of bone and not much of anythingelse? Or do we save that for the last show of the season and not reveal the results until next season? Of course there will be another season because of their ratings. And I am in part responsible because I continue to watch the show even though I fast forward through the commercials. To be continued…

 

[bjw]

Hey, here’s a question.. with all the islands around there, has anything ever been found on any other island? What about past exploring? What’s the history there?

That's next season!
Pap

 

[cyberdan]

Of course the show has to repeat what was just shown before the commercial to help fill in the hour.

What irritates me even more is the constant showing of the person's name and relationship to somebody. I bet if someone counted them for all the episodes and seasons it has probably been done 10,000 times.

 

[etex]

Sneak preview l a st night. Gaaaaary finds a piece of horseshoe.

 

[RW]

Sneak preview l a st night. Gaaaaary finds a piece of horseshoe.

Yah but the Knights of Templar rode horses right so... Was it made of poo-uh?

 

[skybolt]

What struck me as odd from the sneak peak is that the group was astonished to find 2 ft deep search holes on Oak Island. Am I missing something or hasn't this island already been searched by everyone and their grandmother in the last 200 years? No, it had to have been dug by the original people burying the treasure!

 

[RW]

Minelab ought to pay Gary not to use their product. (embarrassed emoji)

 

[Singlestack Wonder]

Last night's episode was another fluff filled fiasco. Someday they will find a real metal detecting expert......

 

[reale bill]

those bones belong to Al Capone and Jimmy Hoffa !

 

[RTR]

Last night's episode was another fluff filled fiasco. Someday they will find a real metal detecting expert......

"fluff" is where the money is.They, the "producers"probably could of told the entire story w/in a 2-4 hr.show.But @ (6) commercials per Hr. its not a money maker.....
Now if you draw the thing out into years we are talking BIG commercial money flow/profit .

 

[gr88bd]

I just wish they'd stop referring to him as a metal detecting "expert"

 

[port ewen ace]

and AGAIN_____ GAWWY can't ID ANY targets, can't dig his own hole, ---finds a "COYIN"--- maybe take a minute to TRY to clean & ID it

GRAPESHOT ----- or rusty nut----- nitwit

next week he will swing over his steel toe boot and claim it's a cannon

another joyride to a castle---- COULD IT BE______________________another hour of a SUBWAY footlong---- all lettuce & NO 'n MEAT----

then--- rick, marty and the team go to ---------


YUPPPPP___THE WAR ROOM

 

[gazzahk]

What a waste of an hour that episode was... At least they showed how the "tea cup" got down the hole... The same way the new coin got down there... Next they will be digging up that coin and asking " How did a 2014 coin get to 190 feet down?"

This series really shows the massive budget they have been given to waste. It must of cost a fortune to get that oscillator made for drilling there new hole.

The whole trip to France is such a joke (shown in shorts for next week). The guy who reckons the graffiti carvings done in the wall with the Knights Templer teeth or finger nails... Yeh right.. really believable...

 

[etex]

The Grand Canyon was carved by the Templars using their fingernails too

 

[Peyton Manning]

What a waste of an hour that episode was... At least they showed how the "tea cup" got down the hole... The same way the new coin got down there... Next they will be digging up that coin and asking " How did a 2014 coin get to 190 feet down?"

This series really shows the massive budget they have been given to waste. It must of cost a fortune to get that oscillator made for drilling there new hole.

The whole trip to France is such a joke (shown in shorts for next week). The guy who reckons the graffiti carvings done in the wall with the Knights Templer teeth or finger nails... Yeh right.. really believable...

any equipment they pay for you won't see the name. They don't buy minelab equipment, or the excavation machines

 

[b3y0nd3r]

Yea the worst episode by far...all bread no meat. I can't see how they could have the "expert" still freeloading. I mean there are so much better candidates. As for the date on the bones, mid 1600s to late 1700s. IF confirmed below searcher, these bones would confirm with my theory that the pit was created only 10 to 15 years BEFORE Mcguiness found it. Anyway, the next episode looks like fluff too.

 

[Junkironkid]

In one pic, Marty is seen chopping down a tree with a chainsaw, while another sees him at the controls of an excavator. A panoramic picture also shows two cranes set up around the Money Pit area — which were also seen. How do you chop a tree down with a chainsaw. Unless it ain’t got no gas in it.