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[@prcdguyaustralia5659]

Please put some money into the editting of your clips

[@bettylouallen5459]

I think there are clues on the US dollar bill.... Just saying!

[@soonerclark]

HISTORY 90 foot stone; here you shall come but no further and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

[@paranormalviewmaster1to173]

@Donold Trump I had heard that it was canceled when they pulled Dead Files and several other Fake shows at the start of the year. So you might get that wish if you wish hard enough, then again it does seem to have a way of creeping back out of the crud and ending back on the air. No matter how bad the ratings are or if no one watches it. Could be that the Million ares are simply paying to keep it on air, would not be the first time some rich jerk at the very least tried that move. A show comes to mind "Who wants to work for a Narcissistic Criminal" or something to that effect??? I am sure it had a shorter title but you get the point, though I never watched it. We just called it The Annoying Azzhat on TV, and watched something else or read a book when that show was on.

[@corneliomangadap4638]

HISTORY what if is a burial site your finding

[@keithdmaust1854]

This show attracts persons with addictive personality types. My partner states that she knows there is no treasure and despises the endless commercials and repeated content - but every Tues night she's glued to tv set...

[@sscott2747]

That’s me. 😏

[@brunofiorio2294]

I just love the narrator, "a iron spike possibly from a ship" so corny you have to love it. I'm hooked too!

[@derekjevid2]

I can't believe I'm still watching this show

[@rodneydoane4410]

I can't stop watching it either! It's such a fast paced action packed show i can't stop!

[@Carplife_dk]

Me 2. From Denmark 🇩🇰

[@amyrios5548]

Here too

[@jetrick105]

It must be a psychological thing, they pump you up till the end so you can’t wait till next week to do it all over again!

[@Regan4491]

Why? This is reality it doesn’t take a couple months to find this stuff. For 200+ years people have been looking

[@jasonstarr6419]

The real treasure is the income from advertisers that are paying to keep this show on the air. Likely nothing they find at the bottom will bring in more money than the show. I can see it now: Doc Brown and Marty McFly will read TV Guide in the year 2355 and see Episode 4,522 "Shaft 647 has been discovered and explored!"

[@MrKarmoy1]

I love this program. It has uncovered history and put a new light on what we thought we knew. It's not all about treasure but the wealth of information about our past. Keep digging and good luck.

[@georgehenry76]

Seeing Rick burst into a smile always lights me up to. I love that guy.

[@TurokRC]

One day they will find treasure. I commend these guys for being out there. The thrill of the hunt sure beats the 9-5 most of us do.

[@aliengranpa]

I commend their determination, but there's nothing out there..I'm almost sure of it.

[@joshuaswanson1977]

@@aliengranpa I tend to think the same thing, anything that was there is likely long gone. BUT, proving that something was there is almost as big as actually finding something. However, it would only add more questions to the equation that might never be answered.

[@thickhazepromo]

This show takes forever

[@Regan4491]

little wolf people have been looking for 200+ year straight. You’re just impatient this is reality this stuff doesn’t happen in “a few seasons” it takes decades

[@swirvinbirds1971]

I think what he means is how little actually happens in each 1 hour episode. If they would cut the 'before the commercial break recaps' and all the recap/flashbacks to prior seasons, they would be struggeling to fill a 30 minute time slot.

[@Aswaguespack]

How long did it take Mel Fisher to find the Spanish Galleon Nuestra Señora de Atocha? His search became an obsession covering a couple decades. He experienced financial setbacks and great personal tragedies in his quest but succeeded finally in 1985. The Oak Island Searches, Mysteries, and Legends are several centuries old. The Laginas have come closer than any of the previous searchers (including FDR) to finding out what exactly is under Oak Island.

[@gdeezy]

@@Aswaguespack there is nothing under oak island. That's the point.

[@johnnysmoke612]

Oh no, they have dug into Dan Blakenship's septic tank.

[@TacoMonster4eva]

Lol

[@stevenmichaellewis5720]

or worse they dug up dan ;-(

[@pete8475]

Tremendous

[@edwardeverson7039]

Ha ha nice....

[@Regan4491]

One of the greatest discovery’s in the history of mankind will eventually be found on Oak Island Change my mind

[@leethomasbennett6864]

Not more wood

[@DadBodDrumming]

7 years of watching this show and never missing an episode. I wish they would condense it and put less episodes on the air but more content in each episode. These episodes seem to drag on without finding anything but old searcher stuff. I mean they have found depositor things but so far, they havent followed up on it. If nothing else I would have started with that.

[@johnwoa]

@Chad Sanborn if they followed up on "depositor things" they found, they would run the risk of solving the Oak Island mystery and there would be no more Reality Show and no one would be making money anymore.

[@creepybunny255]

@@johnwoa No, these shows have a "valued lifespan" expectancy. Even look at The Walking Dead... they tried milking that cow and now have droped viewers significantly. This show MUST conclude very soon, or it's going to die the same way. If they're smart business men / people, they'd be hoping for the story to conclude so they can do up a big finale, chocked full of ads :)

[@johnwoa]

@@creepybunny255 Thanks for your reply! What you wrote would be nice. People have been complaining for years in the 'Comments' on these videos regarding this sensation-oriented "Entertainment" Reality Show. I hope they completely solve this 224-year mystery and hopefully a no-nonsense multi-episode DOCUMENTARY ("possibly produced by the CBC") could be made showing and explaining the findings. There would be a lot of material to be had. Many official entities have been involved with this Oak Island mystery over the decades--- the Canadian federal government (i.e. Geological Survey of Canada and a government research vessel), the Nova Scotia provincial government, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in the U.S. and even the United States Air Force (i.e. in the early-1950's). If the Oak Island mystery was finally completely solved and the findings were not "Classified" by the Canadian government and placed under a publication ban for some geopolitical reason(s), there would be a TON of information that could be incorporated into many episodes of a television Documentary. Right now, History Channel is milking this top-rated Reality Show for all it's worth. Hopefully, clearer heads will prevail if and when the entire mystery is solved. BTW, if the Federal Trudeau Liberals took over that entire Oak Island and Vicinity search and excavations and allocated (taxpayer) money to fund it, I guarantee you that the entire mystery would be solved in two years or less! Sorry so Lengthy. --- John

[@CS-en5xz]

Who thinks another season will go by seeing them drinking beers at the bar explaining the same thing they showed 5 times before while finding nothing? Stay tuned for next season

[@sandral2178]

I have watched every episode of this show, and will continue to do so, as long as they film and show it, I will watch! Love it!

[@niagarascenes]

It seems like they're getting closer and closer, inch by inch. Still a big fan of the show... never missed an episode.

[@scottlambert2949]

When they found the shaft it was a awesome find and that big box like thing could be the chapel vault with the treasure

[@redxiii3159]

Your getting warmer, oh ooh now your colder 😕

[@johntinus9438]

Another hole in the ground! An exciting discovery on Oak Island! Only one hundred and fifty more holes to go before we get to see the grand finally when Marty throws his hands up, points at Rick and says I told you so! There ain't no bloody treasure!

[@charlesboyle5455]

Officially the longest running prank in history 🤣

[@jimsinnovations2737]

i cant wait to see what they find one day when they actually get there ya know, if anyone can find whats down there these guys are the ones

[@kl3579]

They will find wood and a button.

[@amyrios5548]

@@kl3579 and a pull tab!!!😂😂😂😂😬

[@thehorsesmouth5439]

Amy Rios yah and an old penny.

[@Krupnoklipac]

They will show you only what you payed for. Imagine a camera that enters a room full of gold...lol not gonna happen. It would be the same as someone capture a real ufo .

[@Regan4491]

Kukuruz Krupnoklipac that doesn’t make any sense they’ll show what they found

[@jackiechimera4315]

My favorite show,!

[@HISTORY]

Hi Jackie! Thanks for being a Curse of #OakIsland fan!

[@divinemaniac7983]

It's all coming together!

[@maddmavic]

That's what she said LOL

[@icelineman]

To build a system like this is insane

[@scotttraber2897]

I like the series. I am concerned that the team does not “appear” to use osha requirements for excavation and basic construction site PPE. With soils that have been disturbed in the past proper shoring techniques would be mandatory in the US. Hopefully I’m just an old PM that worries a lot and the team will get to the treasure with out any incidents. Remember...safety first (right behind profit)

[@Aswaguespack]

Scott Traber Canadian Regulations May possibly differ much from what OSHA requires in the US.

[@DamienAshorTV]

Fantastic show, I really enjoy it. Something very important is or was on this island, it's just a matter of solving the mysteries.

[@dannybauldree829]

It's amazing the work they did with basic tools and these guys have earth movers.

[@iVETAnsolini]

It’s getting so good. I’m glad I didn’t give up on this show. Also i lived in northern Maine. Not to too far from oak island

[@creepybunny255]

Just started watching again. I can't wait for future episodes, I think something big is coming.. not THE jackpot, but I think they've found something good. The guy writing a book on the island and all his research said he can't speak on certain things, have stopped writing on his book and won't restart until certain things get aired. Plus, THEY are hiding a few details from him! I got a feeling they already found something and that will push them to keep going. I know that not too long ago they had talked privately about stopping the search. From researching, this was about the time that the network was rumored to have bumped them some cash for budget and all the budget talk on the show stopped. So IDK, we will see.

[@masterdingus7074]

This show has provided as much evidence as finding bigfoot

[@lindasmith161]

My family and I enjoy oak Island very much, we enjoy the history of it and proving the history as they goTo us finding the cross was interesting showing that really it comes from other sources then ChristianityWe hope the show stays on for many years

[@ralphnabozny8494]

you dig you find

[@dianebouchard7438]

Savez-vous quand on auras la chance de voir la saison 7???

[@savitrrakatamatah7256]

Ok so the tunnels flood each time. Then dredge out channels to let the water escape the tunnels. Then study fluid dynamics to figure out which tunnel or tunnels you need to block to create a vacuum effect; that stops the water from flowing back in the tunnel you wish to explore.

[@abbynormal206]

i just want to get my hands on ricks eyebrows. SNIP THOSE SHAGGY THINGS, PLEASE!

[@GunSlinger221]

I can see them all standing around talking, "A new shaft, and Aww ha moment" I can see where this may be going. It is going deep and long into the the History Channels pocket. This show has been giving all of us the "Shaft"

[@jquest43]

Diggings easy. Rock,millions of tons of wet sand,no problem. You are brilliant. Let's dig up Mount Everest!

[@palanipaidaiya4337]

Where can I watch full episodes of season 7??

[@sdcoinshooter]

So they found a searcher shaft that was documented to have been dug in the 1860s..... Oh boy. And that helps solve the “mystery” exactly how?

[@Regan4491]

Paulous how doesn’t it they located a tunnel hahaha

[@iVETAnsolini]

Watch the show. It tells you.

[@MsSugercrisp]

hmmm its going to the water? to that island i think

[@johntinus9438]

We struck water! We're on the right path. Look it must of been in the ground at least two hundred years.

[@youngpro211]

Been waiting a long time for whats about to happen.... 🙏🏽💪🏽

[@creepybunny255]

Me too! Just started watching again. With that one fella talking about having to stop working on his book to get all this new data... I think we're in for a few really good episodes. I think season 8 will be the last season. :)

[@gdeezy]

Nothing is gonna happen.

[@barnehurs]

So essentially this show is about guys digging tunnels and shafts to find treasure and failing. The shafts and tunnels are then deserted only to be dug up by new deluded old guys hoping for mystical treasure!? Wow what a masterful piece of tv making! It doesn’t bear thinking about the amount of money wasted on this madness, and this is coming from a fan of the show 20 seasons ago! Unfortunately I can envisage the Laginas in old age still scraping away on their knees desperate to find something long after everybody else has upped sticks

[@chrismack4320]

I have great faith in Marty and the boys. With crack metal detector Gary on the team they'll definitely find another rusty nail soon!!

[@richarddixon3639]

Well, he's a millionaire and you're not.

[@sandydeleon6412]

Como yo seguirá para ver todos los capítulos que van pasando

[@johntinus9438]

If that hole caves in there goes the whole crew. Those guys aren't too smart. Them vests and hard hats ain't a gonna save em!

[@johnnysmoke612]

They missed the treasure. The treasure would be in building a sub division on Oak Island to make a profit.

[@darrendixon2184]

Imagine the amount of money invested.

[@denicecarlagordon3040]

I cant wait for next tuesday episode.

[@lynettedalton-stitchinmyst7358]

very cool

[@RICKRATT1]

This is where they put Jimmy Hoffa and they won’t find him either.

[@gallifreybarnett3924]

So all these years in dan henske just now tells them about this spot?

[@MrSanteeclaus]

Gallifrey Barnett I didn’t think he knew how to talk

[@seetheforest]

I wish I could fast forward 20 years to see if they ever find anything.. I doubt anyone watching this will live long enough to see any major find.

[@beerlover5000]

OH LOOK!!! WOW!!! They found more wood!!

[@tedc3895]

Money Pit is a good name for it considering the money wasted over the years looking for it..

[@blancaobom9093]

and a tv show! in my country there was a place called serra pelada, the discovery of a subterranean vein of gold, on a day of work with tools, only with a blade and swelling.the diggers managed to open a hole 50 times bigger and deeper, in a dangerous terrain,in one day more than 1 ton of gold was removed ,this goes on for years and as dimensions of the excavation are gigantic , so .... i think i really wanted to find something on this island that you dig, already found, and just a show ! ..

[@iversonjcameron]

Pretty sure they have used gpr with a 400mhz antennae to confirm the tunnel location...... maybe they just wanted to just see it

[@rnr442]

Hey Marty , Dave, Rick ..................You want answers ??? Give ALL this Information to the Real Rainman ! He would figure this out in a Heart Beat !!!

[@williamcurtis4919]

comcast Lancaster Pa ,now charges $2.99 per episode why?

[@johnpatrickmatthewsmusic]

My shaft is 6 by 12 too!

[@dr4062]

The cruse of Oak island is the cruse of Oak island !!

[@garybrown8767]

I wonder if Canada has an organization called OSHA. If so, they should be on the job as there are so many safety factors that are not in place, it is scary. Let's start with, WHERE ARE THE TRENCH BOXES?????

[@nmac3718]

Maybe even before all the searchers shafts were dug the" original "shaft was also just a searcher shaft of another searcher shaft and so on way further back and no one deposited anything- its all just a big mess of logs water and rocks

[@PerforminGorman]

Has anyone rebuilt the cofferdam in the cove where the flood tunnel inlets were originally located? The tunnels, five or more, were supposedly lined with rock and very identifiable, should be pretty easy to locate them and follow them to the original pit and then build a cofferdam around the pit and follow it down? It’s seemed to work the first time until the cofferdam was washed away (storm?) they didn’t rebuild the dam. curious.

[@j6j66]

we want more!!!!!

[@rbyrne1975]

Finding evidence that other people once looked for evidence too... isn't actually anything

[@nathueil1]

I agree and i believe there would be evidence to support exactly what your sayin!🤣

[@Marioxy10]

Could it be...

[@bloodOntheStep]

I feel like they should dredge on the outside edges of the island

[@jquest43]

How about the ocean? Should they drain it?

[@bloodOntheStep]

jquest43 no they build a barrier around the edges then drain in between

[@rickyrick5586]

Speaking of shafts ..everyone who has continued to watch this show knows what getting shafted is like

[@schaerffenberg]

One of more than 40 failed shaft attempts. That's encouraging.

[@creepybunny255]

Eh, no. Just because there was 40 mining / searching operations doesn't mean they all built tunnels. This tunnel is one of HUGE undertaking. I'm sure most didn't do this extent of mining.

[@kyletracey5819]

If the keep digging they will come up the other end of the shaft in china

[@robertjohnson8938]

Wonder if they will find anything

[@tamirlan239]

Is there end to it. ..

[@johntinus9068]

Forty failed holes. When these guys get through it will be more like two hundred failed holes but their getting closer and closer to the money pit treasure.

[@MsSugercrisp]

why is it point or going to the water and not the other way if you took a headen of where its going its going off the island to the other island why dug a hole going off the island? and that was 100 plus years ago?

[@jagc1969]

I know what the "treasure" is : the wreck of an old ship that sunk with its full load of coconut fiber...

[@williamsumrall7333]

Aquachigger would have found it by now.

[@dejavu1975]

Ancient astronaut theorists say “yes”

[@crusaderiii477]

Ancient Aliens references unite

[@neohippe1]

For the amount of money spent, I could have dug the whole island 120 feet down lolz

[@rbyrne1975]

What kind of beer is rick drinking there at 3:22?

[@sammccloud3395]

Take a shovel and dig = find stuff...

[@dialdoc5704]

These people have shafted so many people yet they continue to keep finding shafts

[@kyletracey5819]

I discovered a shaft that goes strait through the earth to china from canada !!

[@urbanhesse6084]

Leave those china girls alone boy

[@thnd3rb1rd]

when did the backhoe operator become a "treasure hunter expert"?

[@naldobalkaran2732]

Were can I watch more of this?

[@RedBeard76]

Next tuesday

[@diggerchristiaannl8704]

When will it continue on TV? Until now, only repetitions.

[@denicecarlagordon3040]

I Really love this show

[@HISTORY]

Hi Denice! Thanks for being a Curse of #OakIsland fan!

[@linejumper9741]

I found a tunnel in my garden .

[@johnnysmoke612]

If they keep getting into those holes without proper shoring. A cave in gets us #7.

[@scotttraber2897]

Understood there may be differences in specific code requirements. If they were working in the States and subjecting their crew( employees) to the all the code violations we see every week I would venture to guess that they would need to find the “treasure” just to pay the fines...

[@jeffleblanc8850]

They own a lot of the property also the government is not going trump let know one in they are part of this they have money tied up into this it’s private property. Believe on private property you put up a gate and no one can get in even labour board

[@Verisetti]

I just wonder how they're going to dig the treasure borehole or shovel. I wouldn't think to tear it up with borehole would be good?

[@genarofernandogueret5727]

Al fin

[@jakeroark570]

That one coin from 1979 was the money pit and that old chunk of wood ancient coconut husk and billion tons of rock man thoses pirates must have put it deep.hahahlol

[@diovannyoliveira6953]

Melhor emprego do mundo

[@dozer1642]

How long can this go on?

[@patriciaallen5667]

Need my Oakland.

[@jakecooper5855]

So they discovered an old shaft which was dug by previous treasure hunters 150 years ago, which didn't find anything. Nice.

[@rickjudgejr1435]

Just dig up the island

[@johnwoa]

@Rick Judge Jr Unfortunately, you have to apply for and obtain government permits to do any digging on Oak Island, even though it is private property!

[@tonyspade3447]

What good does it do to find that? If someone already dug and tunneled it then they'd have already taken any items that were down there. What a waste of money!

[@richardmerrifield8186]

OSHA needs to pay them a visit .

[@johnwoa]

@Richard Merrifield Can't do! Oak Island is not in the United States.

[@kahponeboneruthlessrecords356]

How much money they spending to find basically nothing

[@zeekot4064]

Most likely history channel is paying for it these days.. they stopped mentioning a budget couple seasons ago i think

[@leethomasbennett6864]

No they found Wood and coconut fibre's come on

[@kahponeboneruthlessrecords356]

@@leethomasbennett6864 lol

[@kahponeboneruthlessrecords356]

@@zeekot4064 thanks

[@ScoreGuru123]

If you dug a shaft all the way through the earth, would you fall all the way through it, or would you float in the middle?

[@caroltenge5147]

this series gives the viewers the shaft.

[@vivianbond7449]

Why dint they dig it out more to ground level ???

[@jawa5669]

They got down 30 ft people have been down further and not found it yet

[@daniell2837]

Any treasure will have to be scattered by dynamite