FreeBirdTim
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Could it be, a rusty nail? Must be from a pirate shipwreck! Their treasure chest must be around here somewhere deep in the ground, even though they only had shovels to dig with!
Yet another silly season of "The Curse of Oak Island" coming up!
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too_pointer
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I don't mind watching this show, Enter attainment , I enjoy watching the show, not always good , but sometimes. it is o.k.
VirginiaBikeGirl
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Well, I'm sticking to real stuff. Like the Ghost Hunters.
Tom_in_CA
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Tim, Years ago, when dialoguing with an O.I. "faithful", I tried this tactic ^ ^ , of trying to show the absurdity and impossibility of hand-labor (with "shovels") being able to dig to the insane depths that the O.I. tale entails. But the faithful had an interesting push back . They merely pointed to the Cornish mines of antiquity, where depths had reached 2,000+ feet deep. With nothing but human hand labor. Tsk tsk. Or they point to the pyramids and note that they too were done by hand, without heavy equipment. Therefore, shucks, who are WE to say that persons in antiquity *couldn't* have made holes that deep ??
Here's what you have to say to the person who pushes back with something like that : You tell them : Just because something is *POSSIBLE*, does not make it *REASONABLE*. I mean, at some point, for crying out loud, we have to apply Occam's razor, don't we ?
Tom_in_CA
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Yes. And that probably falls afoul of some law in that area that forbids "harming wildlife", right ?
Not only that, but I am deeply offended that they have done nothing to mitigate their carbon footprint. Notice that they're not using solar powered or electric powered heavy equipment. Instead they're using diesel powered excavators. Which belch pollution. How could they be so rude and careless, eh ?
FreeBirdTim
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Six hours have gone by so far this season, but nothing found? How does this show stay on the air? There's a fine line between treasure hunting and baloney. This show is just baloney, period.
That craps fake I will only watch real fake foot videos .sube
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Mate I love oak island it’s good I heard they found the mother load
FreeBirdTim
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Oak Island and Dent's Run gold are two tall tales of treasure that need to go away forever. They give real treasure hunters like all of us a bad name.
too_pointer
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I'm not a faithful watcher, but have seen it several times. I get a kick on how much they really use metal detectors. 
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Sure, the “mother load” from advertisers! No real treasure yet.
Tom_in_CA
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Aaaahhh, but notice the operative word : "yet" ^ ^
Most assuredly they will some day find a fabulous treasure. A little deeper, a little more to the right, or a little more to the left. BUT AT NO POINT is there NOT a fabulous treasure on Oak Island
FreeBirdTim
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The most ridiculous premise from this tale is believing that pirates dug a hole 150 feet deep! I've buried a quite few cats and dogs in my lifetime and believe me, it's not easy! I usually dig an area three feet square and about three feet deep. Takes me a good hour to do it. Just silly to think a few pirates would have the time, stamina and ambition to dig a huge hole there to hide their booty. If there was ever treasure there (doubtful), it was probably less than six feet down and it's long gone...
Tom_in_CA
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Yup. If you've ever been a bottle digger (and hand dug out a 6 ft. deep outhouse pit). Or if you've ever been in Army bootcamp and had to dig foxholes, you begin to see how this is just silly. It makes utterly no sense. And a treasure is equally hidden whether it's 5 ft. deep, or 50 ft. deep. As long as the top is fluffed up and packed (leaving no trace of your hole dug), then presto: It's hidden. Why does anyone think that burying an item 50 ft. deep makes it *more* hidden ??
Why does anyone think that burying an item 50 ft. deep makes it *more* hidden ??
Tom it just sounds better no different than saying I dug a seated dime at 3 inches . Compared to I dug a seated dime at 12 inches with a six pack of miller and 2 iron truck rims . sube
Tom it just sounds better no different than saying I dug a seated dime at 3 inches . Compared to I dug a seated dime at 12 inches with a six pack of miller and 2 iron truck rims . sube
FreeBirdTim
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Which is why this whole story is baloney. If you bury your treasure a few feet deep on a big island, no one will ever find it. You might not even find it again, unless you make a good map of the spot or mark it in some inconspicuous way. No reason to make a booby trapped hole 150 feet deep that fills with water.
Really...
Its all BS to get people to tune in... that picture they showed was them comparing gold foil wrapped chocolate coins they got when they went trick or treating.... 
FreeBirdTim
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And don't forget, gold gilt buttons also count as gold!Really...
