OAK ISLAND

[vmc1161]

Well, just let me say this about the show. I like when they show the picture of them as kids. What's that... why you ask. Well they looked just as bad as me wearing my big brothers hand me downs back then. OK, I admit I was cuter by far but still yikes. I looked like a TV test pattern.
Me wife was going through some old stuff and found pictures of me back in the fifties and sixties. WoW what a laugh.

Maybe in a new thread I'll post a picture of me at about eight years old in my cowboy get up... if you guys promise to not poke fun at me.

Well let me conclude with this ...

 

[SS_Wonder]

In the end the show is a fictional dramatized production intended for entertainment purposes only.

If folks enjoy watching it, by all means do.

 

[Grizz]

HHhhhmmm, so this can only mean one thing. Right ? Fabulous treasure. Right ? And of course it must be at insane depths which would have taken an army of people to dig, etc.... Right ? And we can be certain of this because of some out of place stones, eh ? There can be utterly no other reason for the stones, other than : Fabulous treasure. Just want to make sure I'm understanding you correctly.

Nope, you're not even close to being right because you're too lazy to watch and for some reason feel it necessary to comment.. Maybe being a troll????

 

[Tom_in_CA]

In the end the show is a fictional dramatized production intended for entertainment purposes only.
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"fictional" ? For "entertainment purposes only" ? HHhhhmm, there are scores of people who haven't gotten this memo.

 

[Captain Silver]

Call it what it is...Joke Island

 

[Cfmct]

In all honesty I'm surprised they haven't had a spinoff of this show yet called the housewives of Oak Island.

The wives were smart.... they already left years ago

 

[Coin-Saver]

Something tells me the retired postal worker Rick has made more from the show than he saved as a postal worker. Some estimates say it's $100,000 per episode. Hell, I'll go there for far less and look for treasure too. Now that I think about it I don't have a brother worth 100 million to fund me. It's always them pesky details

 

[SS_Wonder]

Nope, you're not even close to being right because you're too lazy to watch and for some reason feel it necessary to comment.. Maybe being a troll????

We all watched the show when it first came on 10 years ago, each of us with a tiny glimmer of hope that there was actually something there that all the previous searchers, “just missed”.

However, the scripted storyline became apparent and the show has a model it follows where the script is always the same just the tall tale for the episode is new.

After doing intense research on all the previous searchers coupled with the website that debunked the previous hoaxers (the website the laginas purchased and took down to cover their tracks), I easily came to the correct conclusion that the story has always been fictional.

While some previous searchers truly believed something was there, once they discovered there wasn’t, some invented stories to hoax investors out of funds in an attempt to recoup their losses (I.e. 90 foot stone, log platforms, flood tunnel traps, etc.).

Robert Dunfield went to the island to prove once and for all if there was a treasure or not. He found there was no treasure after digging vast excavations on the island, both in the money pit area and smith’s cove (previously illustrated in this thread).

The laginas are just turning over dirt that everyone else already did many times.

 

[Coin-Saver]

I wonder in all these years if anyone has ever thought to dive all around the Island. At this point it seems more plausible that something would be found that way. Could possibly squeeze another 10 years out of it and call it "The Curse Around Oak Island" or "Oak Island Treasure coast" or better yet build a hotel and try to lure unsuspecting metal detectorists and divers for week long excursions (guided of course. Wouldn't want some half wit diver from Arizona finding the goods) at the low price of $3400 a week. A "WEEK " meaning 5 days/4 nights. I mean the crew needs a few days off too .
This way in 5 years when some poor guy or gal sues the Oak Island crew claiming to have been scammed, I can jump up and down and scream at the TV "That's EXACTLY what Tom was trying to tell them" Geeeeesh

PS. If you have a Two Box detector sitting around shine that puppy up because I predict a possible huge market for them.

 

[SS_Wonder]

Of course maybe the fbi stole the oak island treasure and stored it with the dents run treasure?

 

[Coin-Saver]

 

[Tom_in_CA]

Of course maybe the fbi stole the oak island treasure and stored it with the dents run treasure?

Well yes. Of course. And the evidence is plain to see : When you can not show this ^ ^ with evidence, then : That *IS* the "evidence". Because it merely goes to show you how crafty and clever those FBI guys are, to cover their tracks . I mean, shucks, did you think they were stupid ? Therefore : Lack of evidence merely means : ALL THE MORE evidence. Tsk tsk.

As silly as that sounds, William Shatner even appealed to such silly logic, in the UnXplained episode on Dents Run show episode. It went something like this :

He acknowledges that there is no historical documentation , at the time of the CW recorded history (govt. records) that tells of any such loot, or travel, or payroll, or missing $$, or the names of persons , etc.... But the reason for this glaring lack of evidence is easily explained by Shatner : The govt. was embarrassed of the fiasco, and didn't want others to be searching for it, so : All records of the movement of $$ (and loss, etc...) were whitewashed from the records.

Hey, how can you argue with this iron-clad evidence, eh ?

 

[Grizz]

We all watched the show when it first came on 10 years ago, each of us with a tiny glimmer of hope that there was actually something there that all the previous searchers, “just missed”.

However, the scripted storyline became apparent and the show has a model it follows where the script is always the same just the tall tale for the episode is new.

After doing intense research on all the previous searchers coupled with the website that debunked the previous hoaxers (the website the laginas purchased and took down to cover their tracks), I easily came to the correct conclusion that the story has always been fictional.

While some previous searchers truly believed something was there, once they discovered there wasn’t, some invented stories to hoax investors out of funds in an attempt to recoup their losses (I.e. 90 foot stone, log platforms, flood tunnel traps, etc.).

Robert Dunfield went to the island to prove once and for all if there was a treasure or not. He found there was no treasure after digging vast excavations on the island, both in the money pit area and smith’s cove (previously illustrated in this thread).

The laginas are just turning over dirt that everyone else already did many times.

Thats fine, do as you please BUT try starting your own thread "why I hate Oak Island", of spew your drivel over there instead of trying to drag us down to your level of unhappiness.

Many of us would like to discuss the show as adults without having to sift through the hatred and BS.

 

[SeabeeRon]

Thats fine, do as you please BUT try starting your own thread "why I hate Oak Island", of spew your drivel over there instead of trying to drag us down to your level of unhappiness.

Many of us would like to discuss the show as adults without having to sift through the hatred and BS.

Johnnyboy25 created this thread and titled it "Oak Island".
His initial post i

Thats fine, do as you please BUT try starting your own thread "why I hate Oak Island", of spew your drivel over there instead of trying to drag us down to your level of unhappiness.

Many of us would like to discuss the show as adults without having to sift through the hatred and BS.

Johnnyboy25 started this thread. It is up to him to report anything he may not like.

 

[SS_Wonder]

Thats fine, do as you please BUT try starting your own thread "why I hate Oak Island", of spew your drivel over there instead of trying to drag us down to your level of unhappiness.

Many of us would like to discuss the show as adults without having to sift through the hatred and BS.

I was under the assumption that this thread concerns oak island, the good, the bad, the perpetual hoaxers.

It sounds like you are a fan of the fictional drama tv show, “the curse of oak island”.

Perhaps you should start a thread about the tv show and it’s actors? Spin-offs such as “civil war gold”, etc. would also be discussed.

At the end of the day, the show is not about hunting a treasure, it’s about ratings and obtaining advertiser dollars.

 

[Tom_in_CA]

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Many of us would like to discuss the show as adults without having to sift through the hatred and BS.

Grizz, I appreciate your passion. And you're not alone. The show wouldn't be on for this long, if it didn't have persons sympathetic to the yarns' proposal. Because everyone LOVES a good treasure story. That's what sold so many treasure magazines in the 1960s & '70s after all. Eg.: Lost mine and stolen stage coach loot, etc.... And here are the 5 clues, blah blah . Yes, it's infectious . Granted.

However, to say that disbelievers and skeptics are not "discussing the show as adults", or that they, of necessity, must be "hateful and BS" is not accurate. It would only be accurate if the O.I. story were true. But that would merely be "begging the question". Ie.: Says who ?

And to be fair, I'm not denying that locker-room talk doesn't fly the other direction too. Skeptics are also guilty of "begging the question" and resorting to ad hominems.

As for "begging the question", I think it's safe to start with the default of "no treasure". And that the burden of proof is on the claimant. So maybe the skeptics aren't *really* 'begging the question'. Eh ?

 

[scoundrel]

Many of us would like to discuss the show as adults without having to sift through the hatred and BS.

If it wasn’t for the BS, you guys would have nothing to discuss.

 

[Grizz]

I was under the assumption that this thread concerns oak island, the good, the bad, the perpetual hoaxers.

It sounds like you are a fan of the fictional drama tv show, “the curse of oak island”.

Perhaps you should start a thread about the tv show and it’s actors? Spin-offs such as “civil war gold”, etc. would also be discussed.

At the end of the day, the show is not about hunting a treasure, it’s about ratings and obtaining advertiser dollars.

If you believe that than why spend so much time and energy coming on here and talking about it? It seems more and more common for people to all their efforts into things they don't enjoy for some reason

Grizz, I appreciate your passion. And you're not alone. The show wouldn't be on for this long, if it didn't have persons sympathetic to the yarns' proposal. Because everyone LOVES a good treasure story. That's what sold so many treasure magazines in the 1960s & '70s after all. Eg.: Lost mine and stolen stage coach loot, etc.... And here are the 5 clues, blah blah . Yes, it's infectious . Granted.

However, to say that disbelievers and skeptics are not "discussing the show as adults", or that they, of necessity, must be "hateful and BS" is not accurate. It would only be accurate if the O.I. story were true. But that would merely be "begging the question". Ie.: Says who ?

And to be fair, I'm not denying that locker-room talk doesn't fly the other direction too. Skeptics are also guilty of "begging the question" and resorting to ad hominems.

As for "begging the question", I think it's safe to start with the default of "no treasure". And that the burden of proof is on the claimant. So maybe the skeptics aren't *really* 'begging the question'. Eh ?

You're right, there is no treasure. Now you can stop coming here to complain about the show and all those involved, its getting tiresome

If it wasn’t for the BS, you guys would have nothing to discuss.

And yet you still come here to add, well add nothing...

Don't you have anything positive in your life to share or is it all something negative stuff about whatever others find enjoyable?

 

[scoundrel]

If you believe that than why spend so much time and energy coming on here and talking about it? It seems more and more common for people to all their efforts into things they don't enjoy for some reason

You're right, there is no treasure. Now you can stop coming here to complain about the show and all those involved, its getting tiresome

And yet you still come here to add, well add nothing...

Don't you have anything positive in your life to share or is it all something negative stuff about whatever others find enjoyable?

I’m enjoying this. The show is fiction. It deserves to be ridiculed. Get over it.

 

[Tom_in_CA]

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Don't you have anything positive.....

Here's a thought : If it were true (a big "if") that there were no treasure, then : It would be "positive" to point that out.

Let me give you an example: When my buddies and I research far away stage stop type affairs (that are going to require long-distance travel), we go into hyper-drive to kill-joy it with skepticism. Ie.: We seek out the reasons why/how it might be lame. Eg.: Lack of heavy usage, or modern junk covers the site, or probability that others have exploited it, etc....

This is because of many decades of hard-knocks-experiences of having knocked ourselves silly to research and get to a site, yet : Only to discover it was no good . And we begin to examine our original research to see how we could-have-known-better. Hence, GOING FORWARD, we apply the same scrutiny of evaluation of potential.

So you might think "That's being negative". But actually, it's being positive. Because then it allows us to focus our energy and attention and time on the spots that have the better proofs of ingredients, and that don't have "defeaters".