tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11558306.post259701733939733912..comments2024-03-19T11:13:40.642-07:00Comments on A Different Perspective: The Curse of Oak Island - The Fourth SeasonKRandlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06333125414889883920noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11558306.post-52322624399732379522017-03-01T08:32:00.234-08:002017-03-01T08:32:00.234-08:00You would think if there is a booby trap being fed...You would think if there is a booby trap being fed by box drains from Smith's cove then the temporary dam they placed in the cove should stop most if not all water from entering the pit. I think they made a mistake by draining the cove with pumps. Instead they should have left the water inside the dammed area and pumped from the pit to see if it pulled the water from the cove. If there are drains then this should significantly lower the water level in the dammed area..... Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12811185505645291945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11558306.post-80473739773053588032017-02-13T09:47:15.231-08:002017-02-13T09:47:15.231-08:00I too have been interested in oak island since a r...I too have been interested in oak island since a reading the Reader's Digest article as a boy. As an engineer I have tried to see how the booby trapped money pit would have worked, and the only thing I can come up with is that at, or before, 90 feet the shaft should go sideways, instead of deeper. Water pressure at 90 feet below sea level would be around 40 psi and would be impossible to stop with hand tools 200 years ago. The drain to the money pit would need to be found and blocked at the beach and I'm not sure how they could have dug the drains below low tide anyway. My conclusion is that if treasure is still there it is less than 100 ft deep and the "90 ft stone" had instructions to dig in a direction, but not down.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10757096167665406727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11558306.post-65980722861052475942017-01-09T15:55:55.182-08:002017-01-09T15:55:55.182-08:00@NotRichard,
If I were producing the show, I would...@NotRichard,<br />If I were producing the show, I wouldn't want anything that could answer the question once and for all. If I had such technology (it could be GPR), then I'd save it for the Series Finale, after milking the last drop of anything useful out of the concept. Or course, they're probably lining up the next series as we speak. Some other treasure to hunt. We're talking lifetime employment here.<br />.<br />Those heavy steel silo doors should stand out like a sore thumb, even through clouds, at night. :) Still, finding aquifers from space -is- pretty impressive...<br /><br />There's a good wiki on GPR: (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground-penetrating_radar)<br /><br />Fascinating stuff.<br />. .. . .. --- ....<br />alberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547680170328747214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11558306.post-16906115230679807402017-01-08T05:11:55.602-08:002017-01-08T05:11:55.602-08:00Is there really no civilian ground-penetrating tec...Is there really no civilian ground-penetrating technology that could answer this once and for all?<br /><br />I seem to recall DARPA were mapping subterranean aquifers in the 80s, from space, just to show the Soviets they could find an ICBM silo.NotRichardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01950043268430049922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11558306.post-21320479547092385762017-01-07T21:13:07.738-08:002017-01-07T21:13:07.738-08:00See Kevin, this is what has drawn me into it, the ...See Kevin, this is what has drawn me into it, the Samuel Ball thing in particular. It was said he made purchases at the mainland with Spanish coins... also why did he buy more land on Oak Island, what was his reason? And now with this tidbit that he was there right at the beginning of the digging. For me, if you solve the Samuel Ball mystery you solve the Oak Island mystery.<br /><br />The shiny gold thing I don't think will amount to much because the surroundings are gold too.. so I think its just how it looks through the camera. But we'll find out soon of course, just don't think it will be anything special.<br /><br />I did notice they would frequently say "I've Got Wood" without a hint of realisation that they had said a cracking dubel-entendre and multiplied the comedic value of the show by 10,000, but then I thought to myself well no, perhaps its just a sad fact that I did indeed find this funny and they didn't, hehe. <br /><br />The show gives me wood anyway, ;) I like all the little mysteries and sub-mysteries, even if it does drive me mad. I just wish they'd had made a concerted effort to find out about this Samuel Ball character and told us about it, even if they came up with nothing I'd have like to have seen what efforts they had made.<br />TheDimovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15882471911353036958noreply@blogger.com