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The Curse Of Oak Island

I don't know if they will find anything in 10X but we won't know until next season. I can't see them finding anything of significance in the one show they have left in this one.

The one thing I can tell you is that I would never don scuba gear and go into that hole, especially the narrow hole below! If they really think there is something down there why not finish widening the hole to the bottom. At least that way they would increase the safety factor.

Like I've said before, I think there is something going on on Oak Island and I sure would like to know what it is. I am not sold it is buried treasure though. As for the technology and ability to perform the task, we still don't know how they built the pyramids, stone hinge, etc. But they are still there.


Cliff
 
Bayoutalker said:
I don't know if they will find anything in 10X but we won't know until next season. I can't see them finding anything of significance in the one show they have left in this one.

The one thing I can tell you is that I would never don scuba gear and go into that hole, especially the narrow hole below! If they really think there is something down there why not finish widening the hole to the bottom. At least that way they would increase the safety factor.

Like I've said before, I think there is something going on on Oak Island and I sure would like to know what it is. I am not sold it is buried treasure though. As for the technology and ability to perform the task, we still don't know how they built the pyramids, stone hinge, etc. But they are still there.


Cliff
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Hopefully they'll hire someone with experience to lend a hand. Would rather they did the vacation trips looking for corn during the off season. Instead in the middle of the hunt the whole crew goes on vacation.

Always wondered what was behind that big block that got lowered down in the pyramids. Camera never made it any further.:?:
 
How can they date a tree stump??? I guess I shouldn't question 'science'.

And the date range from the wood in the test hole was from between the 1600s to the 1900s lol, that sure was helpful!
 
Chad said:
How can they date a tree stump??? I guess I shouldn't question 'science'.

And the date range from the wood in the test hole was from between the 1600s to the 1900s lol, that sure was helpful!
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Carbon dating can date it I guess...
 
Anybody notice that when rick was going down the hole with that lady diver and had no shoes,gloves,hard hat or anything on? I mean there was rusted metal and metal hazards everywhere and the guy doesn't even take any precautions? Wow he is pretty brave imop.... :?: Starting to lose my faith in this one.......ha
 
I'm not impressed by the technology or mechanics behind the investigation. Seems hurried, not well thought out, and not enough of a true budget to do this correctly.

"there's 4' of trash at the bottom, really fine material but we don't know what it is...."oh screw it lets send the divers down"

I enjoy a good treasure hunt but in all honesty if they found what they truly think is down there it would make national news regardless of the show. Many countries probably have representative there waiting to claim treasures as soon as they are pulled out.

I wish them the best but in the end I realize it's reality/entertainment.
 
fishnnut said:
Anybody notice that when rick was going down the hole with that lady diver and had no shoes,gloves,hard hat or anything on? I mean there was rusted metal and metal hazards everywhere and the guy doesn't even take any precautions? Wow he is pretty brave imop.... :?: Starting to lose my faith in this one.......ha
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I saw that but the ones taking the real risk are her and her husband. What Rick had to lose was nothing compared to them.

Cliff
 
Those divers were literaly screaming to be lowered faster due to the extreme heat those diving suits produced raising their body temps. I was impressed how Rick handled the 40 degree water with barefeet and Jeans..
 
silver49009 said:
Those divers were literaly screaming to be lowered faster due to the extreme heat those diving suits produced raising their body temps. I was impressed how Rick handled the 40 degree water with barefeet and Jeans..
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I have been a diver for a long time and I know what it feels like to be wrapped up in one of those "zip lock bag" dry suits in the hot sun. It is definitely not something you want to do for very long.

As for Rick in the cold water, I have done that too. It is not as bad as it seems for the first couple of minutes but it starts hurting pretty quick after that. I bet in the heat of the moment he didn't even feel it until later.

Cliff
 
Bayoutalker said:
I have been a diver for a long time and I know what it feels like to be wrapped up in one of those "zip lock bag" dry suits in the hot sun. It is definitely not something you want to do for very long.
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I tried one on too small when my sister was down during the summer. I couldn't get it off. By the time she got it off I was fixing to cut it off with a knife:lol:
 
So let me get this straight, at the bottom of the narrow shaft 220ft down,or however deep, they claim is a large, open cavern? Can't they just lower hi-res camera's and a lighting system down there? I love those photos which they claim show a tool, a body, and a chest. Am I the only one who does not see anything remotely like any of those objects? As for the 4ft of debris, can't they use a bucket type system like they use to dredge canals and stuff?
 
Parker Schnabel from that gold mining show would have dug that whole island 200 ft deep in a weekend.
 
CoiltoSoil said:
So let me get this straight, at the bottom of the narrow shaft 220ft down,or however deep, they claim is a large, open cavern? Can't they just lower hi-res camera's and a lighting system down there? I love those photos which they claim show a tool, a body, and a chest. Am I the only one who does not see anything remotely like any of those objects? As for the 4ft of debris, can't they use a bucket type system like they use to dredge canals and stuff?
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You are not the only one. I can't see what they say either. It would be interesting if there is a cavern down there. With the money they are spending, what is wrong with an ROV to explore the cavern? Also, why not finish widening the hole to the bottom? That shouldn't be hard for those guys to do.

Cliff
 
itsaring! said:
I tried one on too small when my sister was down during the summer. I couldn't get it off. By the time she got it off I was fixing to cut it off with a knife:lol:
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Those things are great in extremely cold water but they seem to be like wearing a body bag with your head out. They get hot quick the way they absorb sunshine.

I have been in 40° water in a wetsuit and that was cold enough for me. I don't need to go where I need to wear a dry suit.

Cliff
 
What does everyone think about the season finale? I know they could not pay me enough to swim down that hole. If it was 8' all the way down, maybe. I was glad to see them abort the second dive. I am not anxious to
see #7 die.

Sending that sonar unit down was a smart move but an ROV with a camera would have been better.

At least it seems they finally decided to do some real digging. I guess we will have to wait until next season. I would have had that hole dug a long time ago.

Cliff
 
FYI

Radiocarbon dating: radioactive carbon decays to nitrogen with a half-life of 5730 years. In dead material, the decayed 14C is not replaced and its concentration in the object decreases slowly. To obtain a truly absolute chronology, corrections must be made, provided by measurements on samples of know age. The most suitable types of sample for radiocarbon dating are charcoal and well-preserved wood, although leather, cloth, paper, peat, shell and bone can also be used. Because of the somewhat short half-life of 14C, radiocarbon dating is not applicable to samples with ages greater than about 50,000 years, because the remaining concentration would be too small for accurate measurement.

Thermoluminescence dating: this method is associated with the effect of the high energy radiation emitted as a result of the decay or radioactive impurities. Because of the half-lives of 238U, 232nd, and 40K are very long, their concentrations in the object, and hence the radiation dose they provide per year, have remained fairly constant. The most suitable type of sample for thermoluminescence dating is pottery, though the date gotten will be for the last time the object was fired. Application of this method of age determination is limited to those periods of pottery and fired clay availability ( from about 6000 BC to the present).
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http://www.si.edu/MCI/english/learn_more/taking_care/dating.html

+- 30 to 50 years is about what you get.
 
I don't understand, that old guy with limited funds and old technology dug it most of the way, why can't these guys with more money and technology at their disposal dig the smaller shaft out to the 8ft diameter? If I thought there was a chest of treasure down there I would not wait until next season, I would have it dug out in a week.
 
CoiltoSoil said:
I don't understand, that old guy with limited funds and old technology dug it most of the way, why can't these guys with more money and technology at their disposal dig the smaller shaft out to the 8ft diameter? If I thought there was a chest of treasure down there I would not wait until next season, I would have it dug out in a week.
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That is my thinking. Of course no matter when they actually dig the hole, we won't see it until next season. I just can't figure out why they haven't done it already.

Cliff
 
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