Love this show (even though the past couple of seasons have been A LOT of filler). New season starts next month...
The Curse of Oak Island
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Last: 6 yr ago by Redstone
FAT SEXY said:
Been watching this show a bit lately.. I don't know if there is actually real treasure there or if this collective of people will be the ones to find it if there is..
I just wanted to make this thread to say how youthful a lot of those dudes seem, despite their ages.
It's almost like the hunt for the treasure is the treasure.. it keeps them motivated and striving for something in life.
Maybe the key to longevity is wasting your time/resources chasing boyhood dreams.
Love this take, too.
Disappointed that this wasn't some new Scooby Doo movie
FAT SEXY said:
Been watching this show a bit lately.. I don't know if there is actually real treasure there or if this collective of people will be the ones to find it if there is..
I just wanted to make this thread to say how youthful a lot of those dudes seem, despite their ages.
It's almost like the hunt for the treasure is the treasure.. it keeps them motivated and striving for something in life.
Maybe the key to longevity is wasting your time/resources chasing boyhood dreams.
The history aspect has absolutely been one of the most interesting parts of the show, and they really seemed to have veered away from that the past couple of seasons in favor of things like never-ending metal detector sessions. I wish they'd get back to the lore more often.
As for the treasure itself, there has to SOMETHING there. That's what's so cool about this show is that the search isn't based solely on stories or maps or conjecture. It's a fact that someone went to ELABORATE efforts to hide something there, so the story of why is almost just as interesting as the what.
As for the treasure itself, there has to SOMETHING there. That's what's so cool about this show is that the search isn't based solely on stories or maps or conjecture. It's a fact that someone went to ELABORATE efforts to hide something there, so the story of why is almost just as interesting as the what.
I love this show. Back in Elementary I used to read about Oak Island all the time. School library had a book in the same section as the Bermuda Triangle, Ghosts, Nessie, and Bigfoot books.
Good times the 80's.
Good times the 80's.
Ok, guess I am the killjoy..but there is nothing there.
For a long time as a kid I was an enthusiast, especially since I spent a lot of time in Nova Scotia with relatives.
But the basics of the legend are all unverifiable - the stone with the writing was examined and had nothing (and what pirate would announce where his treasure was anyway?), Woods Hole did a study and found the flooding to be a natural phenomena that is common for the region (as are sinkholes thwt would have started the original dig) among other things. No actual evidence has been confirmed. It has been in the interest of the owners and locals over the years to hype the legend, because it meant money for them.
People are free to believe, and the quest is fun of course, just hate that an entire beautiful island had to be more or less ruined over it. Heck it isn't even an island anymore.
Jmo.
For a long time as a kid I was an enthusiast, especially since I spent a lot of time in Nova Scotia with relatives.
But the basics of the legend are all unverifiable - the stone with the writing was examined and had nothing (and what pirate would announce where his treasure was anyway?), Woods Hole did a study and found the flooding to be a natural phenomena that is common for the region (as are sinkholes thwt would have started the original dig) among other things. No actual evidence has been confirmed. It has been in the interest of the owners and locals over the years to hype the legend, because it meant money for them.
People are free to believe, and the quest is fun of course, just hate that an entire beautiful island had to be more or less ruined over it. Heck it isn't even an island anymore.
Jmo.
So you kind of sort of but not really refuted two of the dozens and dozens of obvious signs and hard evidence that something is absolutely there...
I was only pointing to a few of the bigger claims...I am not going to do a point by point on an entertainment board over it, but people are free to believe as wish, and as I said there is something romantic about the idea, I don't begrudge anyone that.
I will only say there's a reason that over 200 years Later, with countless searches, modern technology against a 17th or 18th century problem, the money made is still off the myth/legend and not an actual found treasure.
I will only say there's a reason that over 200 years Later, with countless searches, modern technology against a 17th or 18th century problem, the money made is still off the myth/legend and not an actual found treasure.
Wait people actually watch this garbage?
Remember when the History channel showed documentaries on history?
Pepperidge farms remembers.
Pepperidge farms remembers.
Says the guy who listens to TOOL?
The same guys are also looking for civil war gold and left with a damn good cliffhanger for next season.
Hopefully after this they can team up with Geraldo and find the missing contents of Al Capone's vault and then maybe work with those bigfoot hunter guys. All of this is completely 100% legit. It (the show) was financed by the guys who found Pablo Escobars missing millions and the alaskan gold miners from Gold Rush.Danny Vermin said:
The same guys are also looking for civil war gold and left with a damn good cliffhanger for next season.
Well, guess I'm in good company if TCTTS likes this show too :-D
I keep coming back season after season and end up disappointed. I think it just fits into that Aggie football mentality.
I agree with TCTTS that there has to be something there though or at least there used to be. How the hell else do you explain human bones, pottery, paper fragments, etc at around 180-200ft underground. All that they found in Smith's cove last season too that was all pre-searcher. That island was definitely used to store something back in the 1600's or earlier.
I keep coming back season after season and end up disappointed. I think it just fits into that Aggie football mentality.
I agree with TCTTS that there has to be something there though or at least there used to be. How the hell else do you explain human bones, pottery, paper fragments, etc at around 180-200ft underground. All that they found in Smith's cove last season too that was all pre-searcher. That island was definitely used to store something back in the 1600's or earlier.
HEADSHOTTCTTS said:
Says the guy who listens to TOOL?
count me in as an avid watcher. I first heard about Oak Island just as they did from that Reader's Digest article. I read it as a kid. My grandmother had stacks of them and I found that one. The story only partially stuck in my head and I would periodically try to find out something about it but I had the name and location mixed up from my childhood memory. I always thought it was "Question Mark Island" (shaped somwhat like a question mark) in the Caribbean somewhere. When I saw the first previews for the show I jumped out of my chair and yelled "that's it!". i've been watching ever since. Something happened there and I think these guys will find some kind of answers. They are determined and have some serious money backing the efforts.
This is hilarious, and I like Tool.TCTTS said:
Says the guy who listens to TOOL?
My feeling is that something was there. And it was probably removed well before the 1800s dig.
I find myself watching the show when working from home or doing other stuff and its on in the background, but it is so hard to take serious with the cliffhangers. I mean, if they did find something close to what they think is there, the news would have gotten out way back when they were filming.
I find myself watching the show when working from home or doing other stuff and its on in the background, but it is so hard to take serious with the cliffhangers. I mean, if they did find something close to what they think is there, the news would have gotten out way back when they were filming.
7nine
TCTTS said:
Says the guy who listens to TOOL?
Read this in Ben Affleck voice in Dogma..
This coming from the guy who still owes me ten bucks over which would be the bigger movie: E.T. or Krush Groove?
"Complete waste of time" only if you only consider the destination, not the journey. I, for one, have loved all of the history and lore and exploration. Will I be disappointed if they don't find something? Sure. But I haven't regretted one second of my time watching this show since it began.
Ha, I'll be honest... I have no idea what you're referring to. I've literally never heard the words "Krush Groove" together in my life.
TCTTS said:
"Complete waste of time" only if you only consider the destination, not the journey. I, for one, have loved all of the history and lore and exploration. Will I be disappointed if they don't find something? Sure. But I haven't regretted one second of my time watching this show since it began.
Do you also watch ancient aliens and bigfoot shows for the same reasons (all the "history" tou learn)?
I love Ancient Aliens, but for different reasons. I really enjoy the locations, but I mainly watch it for movie ideas. There are all kinds of little tidbits and "historical" theories - some not even alien related - that I've tabbed for movie ideas or have used to help supplement other ideas I've had. It's also obviously good for a laugh here and there with how comically earnest some of those guys are, though, for all of its ridiculousness, I do find certain episodes extremely captivating.
The Bigfoot stuff is more of just a fun, "what if" kind of thing. It's just an escape and I like being along for the journey, hearing all the reports and tracking something through the woods, even if that something doesn't likely exist.
Frankly, I don't know why people have to look down at this stuff from their high horses just because it doesn't deliver "proof." It's just fun to get caught up in the adventure and speculation of it all, knowing in the the back of your mind that 90% of it is most likely bunk. But that 10% of "Ooooh, that's interesting..." is totally worth it.
The Bigfoot stuff is more of just a fun, "what if" kind of thing. It's just an escape and I like being along for the journey, hearing all the reports and tracking something through the woods, even if that something doesn't likely exist.
Frankly, I don't know why people have to look down at this stuff from their high horses just because it doesn't deliver "proof." It's just fun to get caught up in the adventure and speculation of it all, knowing in the the back of your mind that 90% of it is most likely bunk. But that 10% of "Ooooh, that's interesting..." is totally worth it.
You seem like fun.third coast.. said:
Which is exactly why all these shows trying to find bigfoot or ghosts orntreasure or whatever ste a complete waste of time and energy and your life time watch. Any major breakthrough on anything really isnt going to come out 3-6 months down the line on some trash tv show.
TCTTS said:
Frankly, I don't know why people have to look down at this stuff from their high horses just because it doesn't deliver "proof." It's just fun to get caught up in the adventure and speculation of it all, knowing in the the back of your mind that 90% of it is most likely bunk. But that 10% of "Ooooh, that's interesting..." is totally worth it.
I mean if you admit you know it's fake and just enjoy the sh*t show factor, then I think it is the same as any number of the mtv or cbs or dating reality shows where the joy comes from laughing at the trash people choosing to involve themselves with the trash show - basically schadenfreude. I could sort of see doing that with the bigfoot and alien type shows because they seem to be in on the joke and dont take themselves very seriously. But with Oak Island, the show seems to take itself seriously and so do the fans.
expresswrittenconsent said:TCTTS said:
Frankly, I don't know why people have to look down at this stuff from their high horses just because it doesn't deliver "proof." It's just fun to get caught up in the adventure and speculation of it all, knowing in the the back of your mind that 90% of it is most likely bunk. But that 10% of "Ooooh, that's interesting..." is totally worth it.
I mean if you admit you know it's fake and just enjoy the sh*t show factor, then I think it is the same as any number of the mtv or cbs or dating reality shows where the joy comes from laughing at the trash people choosing to involve themselves with the trash show - basically schadenfreude. I could sort of see doing that with the bigfoot and alien type shows because they seem to be in on the joke and dont take themselves very seriously. But with Oak Island, the show seems to take itself seriously and so do the fans.
Right. Because we believe that something is buried there, based on all the evidence; evidence presented both in the show and before the show ever existed; evidence that is sometimes very real and at other times played up for ratings.
Not all of these shows have to be painted with the same, broad, "It's all a bunch of crap" / "You're so gullible" brush. I can believe 90% in Oak Island, believe 10% in Ancient Aliens, and take it or leave it with Bigfoot. It doesn't ALL have to be 100% hoax or 100% real, they're not ALL either 100% pulling our leg or 100% sincere. These shows feature all levels of belief and credibility. These shows feature everything from the highly plausible to the outright ridiculous, sometimes in the same, five-minute stretch. I can invest/believe more in certain talking heads, reports, episodes than others. I pick and choose what I give credence to on a case by case basis, based on the evidence presented, outrageousness, or lack there of.
The more pertinent question is why you find it necessary to come to this thread and play the role of skeptic/finger-pointer, when this thread/show clearly isn't for someone like you.
Ancient Aliens points out some very interesting facts that we don't know the answers to yet. It just makes wild assumptions, but it is still interesting to watch sometimes.
Oak Island, they are actually searching for treasure that they actually believe is there. Just because I don't believe they will find anything, doesn't make anyone who watches gullible. Perhaps if they think they may see them unearth ancient artifacts from antiquity on the show, when no news of the amazing find has come out yet, they are a bit dense, but it can be fun to watch the process.
Oak Island, they are actually searching for treasure that they actually believe is there. Just because I don't believe they will find anything, doesn't make anyone who watches gullible. Perhaps if they think they may see them unearth ancient artifacts from antiquity on the show, when no news of the amazing find has come out yet, they are a bit dense, but it can be fun to watch the process.
7nine
NSFW, but here is the reference. First 30 seconds.TCTTS said:
Ha, I'll be honest... I have no idea what you're referring to. I've literally never heard the words "Krush Groove" together in my life.
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