Curse of Oak Island coin

Cob designs are numerous, and most are heavily worn and the overstamps often destroy most of the designs. The are often crudely stuck coins.

 

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OK first picture made it look unusually thick. After looking at some others, and the thin image in the mans hand it looks like it could be one.

 

Regarding the last episode of The Oak Island Treasure- I could have sworn that the diver popped up out of the swamp (where he'd been 'diving' in approximately 2 feet of water?) and held out his hand holding the coin he'd found?? The one brother rushed to him and they stood there examining the coin- while I'm thinking....wouldn't it be something if they dropped it? LOL- Actually- I'm NOT believing this diver just felt around in the muck and vegetation and came up with a coin? Nah...not buying that. I think he planted it- had it on him when he went in- this would excite the treasure hunters and no doubt insure the diver of future employment on Oak Island.... ?

 

All I remember the diver pulling out was some flat greenish rocks. I think one of the other guys pulled the coin out of a clump of rotted vegetation that he pulled out of the swamp?

 

Yes, the diver was brought in later, he managed to find the rocks, then he got a signal for gold, which went away shortly after.

Can't believe this thread has gotten almost 2500 views in less than 24h.

 

Ok. I didn't see the show in Korea but I got home and before I got to the UK I saw the first 3 or 4 episodes. Show got me excited with the thrill of them discovering something.

I am a huge skeptic not onlyofthe sow but that something is down there but I can't be helped...I was hooked.

It is my understanding those two have been on that disobedience at least 2010 and they own about 65% of it. Sort of kills the intrigue of them being new to island and just starting. My guess is there is nothing there and they're trying to turnthe money pit into a money maker.

 

I don't know if it's something there, but 6 people died trying to find something.
Now these guys come over and find coconut fiber and Spanish coin on an island in Canada.

 

Finding Spanish coinage in almost any coastal area of North America wouldn't surprise me too much. Wouldn't you think there might be more (and maybe more easily) to be found around this spot in Maine?

 

Here is another history channel show that talked about Oak Island. The whole episode is pretty interesting, but if you want to go straight to where they talk about oak island it is around the 51:00 mark.

 

Cool is the photo of the coin on white a photo from the show, I don't remember seeing it.

 

Yes, they showed it towards the end when they were all sitting and discussing about the find and the future of their operation. Both pics are from the show.

 

The coin on white is from the show, I'll have to watch it again, at the end you say, Ok.

 

Yup there it was, glad I watched the last half again, still enjoyable

 

i don't have a television.

 

When I watched this I thought the exact same thing. How did they not think to pass the detector over those rocks?? I don't even know much about detectors, but it seemed like common sense to me. You get a bunch of hits, remove certain objects, suddenly the hits stop... check whatever it was you removed!

On the show itself, I love a good history mystery. I Googled around a bit to see what the deal was, since the series seemed more interested in the brothers than presenting the background (ironically...). Found the below website. Lots of info which, if accurate, seems pretty damning for there being much truth to the matter. Kind of ruins the show, but also really makes you wonder how anyone could blow millions on such a project without looking into it more. Was an interesting read anyway!

http://www.criticalenquiry.org/oakisland/index.shtml

 

What I have never understood is why they have never tried excavating the Money Pit using a caisson system. Pressurized air inside the caisson keeps the water out and as the soil is excavated the caisson slides down into the ground. As it drops a water tight collar is added above it continuously so water can't enter above the caisson and it also supports the walls of the pit to prevent collapse. That is how they used to build the underwater footings for bridges.

 

Money (or more correctly, the lack thereof) would seem to be the likely reason. As much as the show producers try to put lipstick on the pig, it's still pretty obviously a shoestring operation.

 

I wasn't aware of this show until now but I remember reading about this story when I was younger. I was just reading about it again on the internet and I think it's really fascinating. Unless you just totally disbelieve everything anyone has said about it, it's hard to deny there is a lot of weirdness here. Someone went to an awful lot of trouble to create a pretty elaborate pit with booby traps and whatnot at least 200 years ago. I think sometimes they get focused on the wrong things, like whether there is a body that was spotted on camera or if the Knights Templar were involved. If you focus on what is actually there, there is still plenty to get your attention. You have these oak layers every ten feet for at least 100 feet, the rock with the writing on it, a piece of parchment that was brought up in a drill sample from 130 feet down, possible reports of gold found there, coconut fibers all over the place when the nearest coconuts are thousands of feet away ... this sort of thing really fascinates me. What frustrates me is that from what I read, they did these drill samples a long time ago and I'm afraid they might have damaged whatever is down there. What if it really was the Ark of the Covenant and someone broke the seal with a drill and now it is destroyed? To me this is far too elaborate for pirate treasure.

 

I liked the show, but was disappointed that it was only 5 episodes though.