Season 5

[Dave Rishar]

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To be fair, professional wrestling is not sold as being real. Reality television is. Most wrestling fans know that the outcome is predetermined. Most reality television fans do not.

Both are scripted to some degree, although I'm not sure that WWE is more heavily scripted than reality television at this point.

 

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[n2mini]

I do hope they have found something worth fighting over but as the OP said he isn't sure what they were fighting over and or if it had anything to do with something being found. Could be a matter of where to dig next type thing...

 

[Tom Slikes53]

I do hope they have found something worth fighting over but as the OP said he isn't sure what they were fighting over and or if it had anything to do with something being found. Could be a matter of where to dig next type thing...

or whether they were actually fighting ? If they find a large treasure fairly close to the surface in the swamp, does that make it more or less likely there's something buried deep elsewhere on the island ?

 

[n2mini]

Don't think any treasure found in the swamp will be near the surface. If you believe the theory of a ship being sank there it would have to be pretty deep. 10-20 feet or so I'd think... Depending on how much water that area could have held versus how much is there now, guess it could be alittle closer to the surface, or deeper, who knows...There is 200-300 years of under growth and what not in there now...Would be interesting to see if they were to find a decent size treasure in or near the swamp if they'd quit the money pit area and just walk away being able to say we found it and end it all...

 

[skybolt]

Don't think any treasure found in the swamp will be near the surface. If you believe the theory of a ship being sank there it would have to be pretty deep. 10-20 feet or so I'd think... Depending on how much water that area could have held versus how much is there now, guess it could be alittle closer to the surface, or deeper, who knows...There is 200-300 years of under growth and what not in there now...Would be interesting to see if they were to find a decent size treasure in or near the swamp if they'd quit the money pit area and just walk away being able to say we found it and end it all...

Didn't Dunfield also dig out the swamp? I'd be surprised if they find a buried ship only 10 to 20 ft deep. Also, there were reports of divers being present on the island well into the fall season. I'm not exactly sure how that translates to treasure being found in the swamp. Do they have permits or even the capability to drill down into the swamp and send in divers? I'm thinking that whatever is found it's likely in the money pit area.

 

[n2mini]

Most of the swamp doesn't look deep enough to dive in hardly. there are some areas though, but if permits allow they should drain it and dredge it out some.... Tonight they are going to put a camera down the current hole but nothing to dive into yet and unless they see something that is irrefutable evidence why dive into another hole. None of the divers have done them any good yet...Come up with a way to drain/freeze it and just walk around down there would be better. Extremely risky though...

I don't think there is a ship there either. Figure a ship is 15-25 feet tall without any mast poles, and laying on it's side it would still be 15' or more tall. Unless someone brought in a lot of dirt to bury it, it would just be sitting there as the swamp doesn't look that deep even in the middle... Granted maybe they tore it apart once in there. They did find that metal spike!!! haha!!!

I don't recall reading Dunfield doing much to the swamp area but maybe he did...

 

[Tom Slikes53]

Don't think any treasure found in the swamp will be near the surface. If you believe the theory of a ship being sank there it would have to be pretty deep. 10-20 feet or so I'd think... Depending on how much water that area could have held versus how much is there now, guess it could be alittle closer to the surface, or deeper, who knows...There is 200-300 years of under growth and what not in there now...Would be interesting to see if they were to find a decent size treasure in or near the swamp if they'd quit the money pit area and just walk away being able to say we found it and end it all...[/QUO
Anything around the 10-20 ft level I would consider near the surface when comparing it to what depths they're going down in the bore holes.Seems like it would make sense that the treasure is near Nolan's cross and the man made swamp.

 

[n2mini]

I know alot of people wonder why it took so long for anyone or Fred Nolan to find the "Nolan's Cross".. Main reason I'd think is you can't see all the stones from any one place and can probably only see 1 or 2 at most so no way to realize they lined up in any shape till he surveyed them and even then till he actually put it on paper did he then see them all at one time...

 

[skybolt]

The team probably did find something interesting, but it's more likely leftover metal junk from previous searchers than actual treasure. Call me crazy, but if they had actually found something of great value and/or significance, wouldn't they have promoted the hell out of this season? There's no way they'd keep any significant find hush hush until the last episode instead of spreading the word "to please tune in, because after 200 years, the mystery of Oak Island has finally been solved."

Another possibility is that they did find a metal contraption deep underground, did their best to try and open / retrieve it (or send divers in to inspect it), but had to halt further inspection until after the winter season. In their minds they may have concluded that they did actually find the original vault, which is why there's been reports of internal arguments, but in reality come next spring, it'll likely turn out to be an an old metal chamber constructed during the 1860's as part of the search effort. Also, unless the "steel trap" is located outside the money pit area, or is deeper than 140 ft, Dunfield would've surely dug it up and threw it back in back in the 1960's.

 

[etex]

Could it be a chamber pot, full of Templar do do

 

[Tom Slikes53]

The team probably did find something interesting, but it's more likely leftover metal junk from previous searchers than actual treasure. Call me crazy, but if they had actually found something of great value and/or significance, wouldn't they have promoted the hell out of this season? There's no way they'd keep any significant find hush hush until the last episode instead of spreading the word "to please tune in, because after 200 years, the mystery of Oak Island has finally been solved."

Another possibility is that they did find a metal contraption deep underground, did their best to try and open / retrieve it (or send divers in to inspect it), but had to halt further inspection until after the winter season. In their minds they may have concluded that they did actually find the original vault, which is why there's been reports of internal arguments, but in reality come next spring, it'll likely turn out to be an an old metal chamber constructed during the 1860's as part of the search effort. Also, unless the "steel trap" is located outside the money pit area, or is deeper than 140 ft, Dunfield would've surely dug it up and threw it back in back in the 1960's.

I don't think there would be arguments about leftover metal junk, except maybe who's going to dispose of it :-)

 

[skybolt]

I don't think there would be arguments about leftover metal junk, except maybe who's going to dispose of it :-)

What I meant is that they may actually believe the metal vault was part of the original money pit, but after further investigation this upcoming spring, they may determine it was part of a previous search shaft they had not anticipated. We've certainly seen these guys jump to many head-scratching conclusions over the past 5 years.

 

[port ewen ace]

if CNN or MSLSD do a story on this circus______

we will FINALLY know it's FAKE

 

[gazzahk]

If the swamp was man made as Fred thinks it was. I would guess it was an attempt to make a fresh water dam for whatever industry was being conducted on the island. Naval stores, fishing, farming, timber etc.. It makes no sense that someone hiding treasure would build a swamp.... How does the island get its fresh water?

 

[gazzahk]

No episode this week because of the winter Olympics https://www.monstersandcritics.com/...nd-season-5-finale-date-confirmed-by-history/

Just a special on all their Knights Templar stuff so far (I will be giving this one a miss )......

 

[Tom Slikes53]

Didn't Dunfield also dig out the swamp? I'd be surprised if they find a buried ship only 10 to 20 ft deep. Also, there were reports of divers being present on the island well into the fall season. I'm not exactly sure how that translates to treasure being found in the swamp. Do they have permits or even the capability to drill down into the swamp and send in divers? I'm thinking that whatever is found it's likely in the money pit area.

When you send divers down the money pit, they can only investigate the very bottom of the hole right, because the sides would be a steel caisson unless the bottom leads to a void ? a limiting environment to search for anything I would think....

 

[n2mini]

Just imagine in 300-400 years when someone stumbles upon Oak Island ( probably be called something else then ) and finds the massive pipes in the ground, has to be Missile silos or treasure at the bottom. The search will be on!!

 

[Tom Slikes53]

Just imagine in 400-400 years when someone stumbles upon Oak Island ( probably be called something else then ) and finds the massive pipes in the ground, has to be Missile silos or treasure at the bottom. The search will be on!!

I think in 400 years we'll know whats underground from satellites in space, they will probably be able to spot a single gold coin in the middle of the woods somewhere.

 

[Mike Mercury]

Just imagine in 300-400 years when someone stumbles upon Oak Island ( probably be called something else then ) and finds the massive pipes in the ground, has to be Russian Missile silos...

MSNBC edit

 

[etex]

Glad it's a recap tonight, need a break from all the excitement and great finds from this season