SEASON 8

[franklin]

Oak Island Fortifications and Well, 1730 painting.

 

[gazzahk]

Oak Island Fortifications and Well, 1730 painting.View attachment 1910846

Thats a cool painting.. What is the source?

 

[franklin]

I lost the source a long time ago. But the painting is hanging in a hospital in Nova Scotia.

 

[n2mini]

Yes, need more info as to what we're supposedly looking at. Guessing your showing that the MP was actually the Well. That's a nice painting for someone who had never seen the island from above... Where do the other parts of the "arrow" lead to?

 

[franklin]

Looks like in the direction of Halifax.

 

[Singlestack Wonder]

This quickly became an arrow pointing to treasure in Halifax....

 

[n2mini]

No one mentioned treasure. and if that painting is real which I have my doubts but that arrow would be pointing towards Halifax. Of course there are other areas along that same path.. Not sure if the painting was done in 1730 or it is some ones idea of what it would have looked like in 1730...

 

[ECS]

... Where do the other parts of the "arrow" lead to?

Santa's workshop at the North Pole.

 

[Al D]

Just an observation I want to throw out here to everyone.
the suspected “cane topper” found by Gary which actually turned put to be the top of a lipstick case.
this was embarrassing even by Garys standards and made him out to look like a......well, not the detectorist expert like his title.
here is my point, why didn’t they edit that out of the episode?

p.s. those rusty metal things are probably part of some horse drawn farming equipment.

 

[ECS]

Because Gary believes that one man's trash is another man's treasure.

 

[Singlestack Wonder]

Does the top of a lipstick case indicate that templar treasure is buried on the island?

 

[Al D]

I did not know that the Templars used lipstick, but hey, whatever it takes to get through the day.

 

[n2mini]

They were probably counting on the excitement of the find to the tv viewers, and that most wouldn't pay too much attention to whoever it was in the War Room that said they think it is a lipstick case.

 

[Al D]

They were probably counting on the excitement of the find to the tv viewers, and that most wouldn't pay too much attention to whoever it was in the War Room that said they think it is a lipstick case.

Yes, it seems that the show is all hype with very little else, what a wasted opportunity to show the real history of OI

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

I did not watch but I read that they found "evidence of a battle" in the form of bits of a cannon?

This is an image of the causeway.

This is an image looking at Oak Island from just to the right of the causeway showing the three cannons they drive past EVERY DAY beside the causeway road. How hard were they looking? You can see the breech of one in the lower right of the first image.





In eight years they didn't notice there were cannons? Does not prove a battle. Proves cannons.

 

[MikeN]

the suspected “cane topper” found by Gary which actually turned put to be the top of a lipstick case.
this was embarrassing even by Garys standards and made him out to look like a......well, not the detectorist expert like his title.
here is my point, why didn’t they edit that out of the episode?

Was it actually a confirmed lipstick case, or just an offhand comment? In any case, a good detectorist is not necessarily a good appraiser.

p.s. those rusty metal things are probably part of some horse drawn farming equipment.

Not the type of farming equipment from the 18th and 19th century. It is a safe bet that it is part of some sort of animal-drawn vehicle.

 

[xaos]

Just an observation I want to throw out here to everyone.
the suspected “cane topper” found by Gary which actually turned put to be the top of a lipstick case.
this was embarrassing even by Garys standards and made him out to look like a......well, not the detectorist expert like his title.
here is my point, why didn’t they edit that out of the episode?

What was even more embarrassing was that it was from his own lipstick case...

In eight years they didn't notice there were cannons? Does not prove a battle. Proves cannons.

Exactly...cannon are everywhere... love the concrete mounts...

 

[Al D]

What was even more embarrassing was that it was from his own lipstick case...

....

 

[gazzahk]

I do hope you realize they are drilling holes everyday and we only see which ones they want us to each week.

Of course.. That is why it is just pointless. They must of dug all those holes in a couple of days and they pretend it is contemporary with everything they are doing ie digging up the road. This means they know that they find nothing and are just dragging that nothing out for 20 episodes. They are just re-drilling ground that has been drilled before. When the exact location of the money pit was unknown that was not by 100+ feet. They know where the old shafts are and they have drilled all the area around them. To imply anything else would be to suggest all previous search efforts (including the alleged finding of chappel vault) were hundreds of feet away from where the "real " pit is. The location of these earlier digs are known. So what are they digging for? The only answer is to spin out there show for as long as they can...

I know some of ya'll have claimed that the stone road thru the swamp has been found before. Was it completely uncovered as they are doing or just a small area found?

n2mini those earlier posts referred to source material that referenced the stone roads from years ago. Not just things "posters have claimed" Do you read any of the referenced material or just watch the show? I am sure that they are digging up bits of the road not previously been dug as earlier searchers were not interested in stone roads as they have no relationship to the pit. So why would anyone bother uncovering them. The Laginas are doing it because they have run out of other things to do. It is not because they have "discovered" hidden roads. These stone roads are referred to in numerous historic documents.

Which would also most likely mean that most of that road has not been uncovered before..

This should say Some parts of the stone roads have previousally been left uncovered. You do not need to uncover every bit of a road to know that a road existed... Why would anyone bother to uncover them?

 

[auximenes]

Oak Island Fortifications and Well, 1730 painting.View attachment 1910846

Interesting. I hope somebody can find the origin of this painting. It certainly seems to show the feature they are calling the 'Eye of the Swamp'. And what are those lines through the woods supposed to be? Paths? Paved road?

Was it actually a confirmed lipstick case, or just an offhand comment?

It certainly looks like a lipstick case to me. I've found a couple old ones during my detecting and the size looks just right.