The Curse of Oak Island: COLLAPSED 200+ YEAR OLD TUNNEL REVEALED (Part 1) (Season 7) | History
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- Опубликовано: 17 мар 2020
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Rick and Marty may have finally discovered the Oak Island flood tunnels that have lay hidden for more than two centuries! There's only one problem - the excavation site is dangerously unstable, in this scene from Season 7, "To Boulderly Go." #OakIsland
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It would be a lot better as a half-hour show the consent repeating of stuff to stretch the runtime is completely off-putting.
Use drones! Cmon! Its 2020!
A drone would have gotten down and given you more information. There are crime scene mapping drones that can give you the size and dimensions of everything in that hole, and the island surface to boot. It would take less time and you could keep a visual map/record of it all. Try Pix 4D, but there are more versions too.
when Itll be part 2?
@Mike Smith the video is transmitted back to you and can be recorded that way. In some cases transmitted up to 7 miles. Einstein
5 minutes of new material every week
OAK ISLAND Season 25 : Wood found in swamp ! And Gary finds scrap lead , " oo- wee, a real bobby dazler " Don't miss it !
Don't worry folks, in another 50 episodes we'll have this mystery solved!
Joey Wilburn Only 50?
You spelt years wrong
50 series you mean 😂😂. Ill still be watching
Try another 5 years
Straight Bogus, That's probably a tunnel they dug from the other side of the Island 😅😅😅!!!!
I watch a LOT of TV every week and no show is more anxiously anticipated than this one. Treasure is great but to me the riches are in the history of said treasure. Exactly what was worth all the trouble they put into hiding it.
200 years of timbers in a hole by other treasure hunters and every time these guys find wood its an "amazing significant discovery".
Used to watch this show when it first aired in 1967 its unreal that it's still going!!!! The amount of holes they have found is breathtaking!! The amount of wood found Awsome!!!! So cool man it's a real Bobby dazzler
Haha 😂🤣😆
Yeah it is they sure got you didn't they lmaoo
They found the templars septic tank!
Lmao
That is the best comment I read on this video.
Made out of WOOD no less.
they found Don Baskin!
HaaaHaaaaHaaaaa!!!
The treasure these guys will find is experience, good stories, and the knowledge that money can't get you there.
I've started to refer to the show as "The Curse of Nope Island." But, having visited Oak Island in the 70's I will always be hooked.
Kirk Evans I call it “the cursed joke island”.😂
@@jshaw4757 The thing is whatever it is its mab made someone put it there...When and how that is a million dollar queation.
Watching this, I'm more worried about the excavator falling in.
Same here!
Yes!
@@fraydnot lol
Maybe everyone donate their jewelry and drop it in some of the holes. Na they "wood " never air it
The real curse is they keep running around in circles with no end
Oh but wait they found modern wood below ground. Must mean it’s very old and their are rare artifacts behind it.
Adam Hoague yeah it’s retro.
It’s called stay tuned for more...next season. Bunch of guys with money to burn. Amazing we can send men to the moon 50yrs ago and these guys can’t dig a hole without it caving in.
You are only watching for them to find gold treasure. They have figured out alot of history which is interesting in itself.
@@YoureDoingItPeter No.....They have fabricated lies and spread more misinformation as the history channel useually does. A amazon spanish coin, modern wood. 100ft hole with NO records? People are extremely stupid
.... Im starting to find this out
Tune in next week for another exciting episode when Gary spends ten minutes metal detecting, and Marty says, "Wow, a very significant find," as the team continues dragging the world along with their insanity.
lol!😀
"Ooooo, a nail! Real top pocket find!"
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
so true. can't believe this show is still going. these people have been perpetrating a lie for 9 seasons now.
"What a bobby dazzler" STFU, Gary!!
@@captainshitacular2600 Yeah the freaking bobbie dazzler whatever lol
Wouldn't it be easier at this point to surround the island with a giant cason and strip-mine the whole thing?
The dutch would of had that dug up and another island built next to the old one in1/2 the time .😉
Sadly the Canadian government is more intersted in preserving the local ecosystem than allowing some treasure hunters a chance to find a possibly non-existant (or already found and secretly excevated) treasure. They would never be able to get a permit to conduct such a large excavation.
Dig pipes all around the original hole, fill with liquid ammonia, when they're sure all the water is frozen outside the hole, pump out the hole itself.
@@NeoFryBoy that actually one of the major excavation techniques they have been looking at but in order to do it will take a few years and alot of money
@@uncurlhalo His comment was ironical. Of course preserving the local ecosystem and historical constructions is the most important thing. Destroying everything is not treasure hunting anymore. No fun, no challenge, no respect. That island was beautiful and is all f*cked up now, and they're also destroying the structures and potentially the treasure by the way.
I love the narrator, A rock? On oak island? A car.. on oak island? A piece of wood... in Smith’s cove? Love the show , but I think the incredibly rich cabbage farmer found it years ago.
Spot on . And in that ridiculous accent.
🤣🤣🤣
No way
Think you guys been milking this one long enough
Ernsto Africa I stopped watching years ago, shocked to see it still going.
Agreed, it's a joke now.
At least they FINALLY found something.
Dingus Spud i dont know man. i think they should have divers go under the island. stop digging and go at it from underwater.
Idiot#1
The show is a BOBBY DAZZLER. My top pocket find. Love it.
This series is the true curse of oak island. It has been the complete and total demise of a once truly respected informative and interesting channel to watch!
No idea what was buried there but this was a massive project back in the day when they buried it.
You are as stupid as flat earthers with that comment.
Vincent Dolente I think it’s reasonable to be curious what went on on this island as there is no recorded history, yet there are many structures dating back long ago as well as old items no common person would have.
Yes it was a massive project.
Dingus Spud I’m just curious what went on.Something clearly went on, look at the Swamp, but I’m concerned that the flood boxes they found were just old structures and the “flood tunnels” are just underground caves with seawater.
@@racciacrack7579 incorrect
Billy ‘yeah’ ‘yep’ ‘yep’ ‘yeah’ 🤣
The curse was that I started watching this years ago
noel beggs while me like 5 years ago and still no treasure
Hahaha well said Sir
Yeah, uh huh. If you are going to hide treasure secretly, perform a massive year long construction project, resulting in nothing, so no locals notice you're up to something. Yeah, uh huh.
The pirates just loved burying their wood.
aaaaaarrrhhh
Me too, especially in the mornings...
centurion twofivezeroone well done my friend
I love how they have to keep saying everything is "real cool" to deflect from the reality that they never find anything of any significance. But the audience doesn't seem to care, so everyone is in on the scam.
This entire show could be condensed into 2 hours constantly telling us there names.... WE KNOW WHO THEY ARE!! You remind us every 30 seconds arggggghhh
I can not believe it. For me now everything makes sense!!!! Mr Ball, Moneypit, the sump, nolans cross, the cests everything. Even the tree next to the monypit makes sense. I can even explain the tools that were found. You need the nolan cross 2 times to reconstruct the entrances of the tunnels. Every point of interest can be reconstructed multiple times by using the points. As a pirate, all you need is long rope and a piece of wood. No mathematics, no laser no map. Nolans cross shows the measurements. At one point of the island, where a house was build, there was a stone which seems be removed. The sump has been a harbour to repair ships, the flooding tunnels are part of a ventilation system. The coconut fiber kept the insects outside. It became a flooding system when the ground was removed because of storms. The moneypit was also part of the ventilation system. Wood was burned in the moneypit to make the air flow and to remove used air. Pirates were living in the caves. Nobody saw them and they stayed warm. The so called "flooding tunnels" must be located near a tunnel which collapsed. The tunnel was important. Aggressors could have killed people by burning wood in front of the ventilation system. It was hidden behind stones or something. Why did water flood the moneypit? There was an airbubble. When they dig there, the air removed and the treasure chamber was flooded. The treasure chamber is behing the moneypit and included food alcohol weapons and gold. 40 feet below is a treasure. It means "Go down and walk 40 feet down". The Stone does have 3 meanings not 2. Number1 is for the captain, one for the leading crew and the last one for everybody else. The people who kept the fire alive were protectting the chamber. It was always somebody there. On the tree, next to the moneypit, you would find people who watch out for the enemy. Even in winter it was warm there. They are natural caves. The moneypit used to be a natural chamber until it collapsed and was found by pirates. Oak Iland was choosen because it was the perfect habour. Most of the sump must have been dryed to keep the ships save. When I look at my points of interests then everything makes sense. Even the stoneplate makes sense. Because of the natural caves, it was difficult to dig a tunnel, beton was used to make the tunnel waterproof. The old wood is part of the tunnelsystem. When they were diging and water came in they paniced the lost some tools because they were covered with beton and not found anymore. The bones of people were captured people of foreign ships who had to dig the tunnels. In one part of the island you will find a lot of bones. These people did dig the backdoor. When they left the Island they closed the entrances and the ventilation system. Without air people would die if they enter a tunnel that was found. The backdoortunnel goes to the other side of the island. There are a lot of tunnel. Mr Ball found the delivery entrance which collapsed. It is located near to the chamber.
When I have time, I will make a video and explain my point of view.
PS: If My theory is correct then the maked spot of the moneypit is not correct. It should be a little bit higher but if the treasure chamber is long enough then you might hit it.
What happened to the video? Have you developed your theory any further in the year since your last post?? Your theory is very interesting!
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Season 168 , we are so close ! 😂
More drilling required! 160 seasons more.
My bro in law was hooked on this. He made me watch about 4 episodes in a row one Christmas at his house. One of the most boring programmes I've ever seen.
A Waste of viewing time.
A monumental con.
When and if they find anything it will have been planted there by the producers of the show..
Watching paint dry is more exciting.
They should call this show a needle that was never put in a haystack
Exactly it is a decoy
Follow the keystone in newport tower. Shoots a path straight across the country to a rune stone.
You know some dude found it and watches the show like OOOOOOO YA GOTTA BE QUICKER THAN THAT. 🎣
But you are still watching the show uh...quite addictive i might say 😉
Yeah, uh huh. If you are going to hide treasure secretly, perform a massive year long construction project, resulting in nothing, so no locals notice you're up to something. Yeah, uh huh.
When is the "HISTORY CHANNEL" actually going to start showing HISTORY again??
This show is FILLED with history. I have learned a ton from watching it over the years.
History on History channel is history.
If 51% of the class score below average on tests for a few years than the curriculum is dumbed down and rewritten so everyone can pass. Hearst Communications and the Disney Media Network(s) practiced historical revisionism for many years which dumbed down their audience and lost viewership of people with historical knowledge. Now their shows are for the masses or the 51% who consistently scored below average on test scores.
I'm about a hundred years this will be history, so they are making history in the future.
Anyone learn anything from The Learning Channel lately?
Put Gold Rush’s Parker on that, he will have that thing dig out in no time
He would find the money pit as well ,
*”dug” ...not “dig”...
@@72marshflower15 Ok Grammer police thanks
I like that show too
Sources?
The treasure on Oak Island is in TV money, not in the ground. Years and years of this nonsense and nothing found that could not be dropped out of someone's pocket.
DAWGeyes I agree with you on that, my husband said they keep “finding” enough stuff just to keep stringing us along. And he died 4years ago,this is the first time I’ve seen anything about it in that time and it looks like where I left off.
. . . "Yet". Tune in next week for another crumb
yeah I drop tunnels and causeways out of my pockets all the time. I should do something about that
And the brothers are spending more , then the " treasure " is worth
@@scallen3841 And reaping nice financial rewards for keeping the story alive. Really kind of embarrassing they can still draw an audience.
Episode 5999 and we’ve found the same sticks and dirt we found on the surface, amazing.
His bank account is the Money pit
100 million dollars?
sponcers..
Hes worth like 50 million he can afford some fun time
can't wait for season 12 when they find more wood
Can't believe this show has 7 seasons. Remember the song that never ends, well this is the show that never ends.
This is Seinfeld, the show about nothing.
Marty finally puts on a harness and gets to the edge....
Marty: Ok that's enough for me.... just take my money and do it.
The exploratory phase is over. Next season starts the big dig. Let's gooooo!!!!
I've been a professional welder for thirty five years, and I have operated and repaired every piece of heavy equipment known to man , im a federal certified surface and underground miner of mines and minerals, all these cats had to do is dam up the Island, then start benching Down just like a surface mine this show would have been over seven thousand episodes ago.....
They had said early on that they didn't want to just destroy the island like had been done in the past and so there they were being very calculating about everywhere they dug. Not to mention all those flood tunnels everywhere. I think it's part about preserving the island and nature but also trying to tell a long story. They also may have not had the monetary means to do what you are suggesting
@@joshr8666 that could be true 👍....
If the tunnel is on the left wall, it should be on the right wall also.
Doug McKee exactly!!! It’s just more F’in WOOD. LOL
I think all the treasure was taken that day, that's why they left evidence with the block and pulley hanging from the tree cause it didn't matter cause the treasure was no longer there!
The treasure is the amount of money the history channel , is making off this hunt for nothing
This hunt is just for TV drama and ratings. The brothers and History Channel just making money of the show.
They should start building a house with all that wood they have found over the years.... so they have a place to live when they go bankrupt from finding nothing but wood.
10/10 sir
Yeah, uh huh. If you are going to hide treasure secretly, perform a massive year long construction project, resulting in nothing, so no locals notice you're up to something. Yeah, uh huh.
💜
I'm trying to wrap my head around how many man hours each of these structures would have taken.
CrackOfDoom That treasure must be / have been Immense!
@@dustindusten or added on to over time. Or something very important. The dates are curious too. A long time span from earliest to most recent. Discounting searcher.
The Scale, Handtools and Raw Human Muscle. It must have been Worth it.
Probably a couple of years all up with many many workers.
@@titmusspaultpaul5 I think even longer. Massive works with hand tools.
Finally something substantial.
The real treasure is in advertising/commercials,no end insight I’m afraid.
How long can they drag this on?
It seems people who alleged burying treasure 120 years ago with no modern equipment have done a better job than we can dig things up today in the 21st century.
YUP... TRUTH BE TOLD
Permits do not allow them to do what they want..
It is protected land.
If this is a "flood Tunnel" wouldn't it have water in it?
Scary seeing that equipment so close to the edge.
Cofferdam the entire island, pump out the water and peel it like an onion.
NOT A BAD IDEA , I HAVE ALWAYS SAID A PORTION OF THE ISLAND WAS REMOVED TO MAKE THE DRAIN TUNNELS, EVIDENTLY AFTER THE TUNNELS HAD BEEN MADE FIRST AND FILLED WITH COCONUT FIBER. AND THAT SWAMP IS MAN MADE.
Sure seems to be a lot of engineering just to hide a simple stack of treasure chests.
ark of the covenant bro...
T J i knew it
T J the ark has allready been found in Israel beneath where Jesus was crucified. It’s not common knowledge. Nothing worth knowing ever is.
@@tristantroube11 Or the Holy Grail!
@@Wealth_Wisdom_Discernment I think you're the most gullible one here.
Awesome! I hope they find some sweet treasure. These guys won’t quit.
i know and i love them for that, i love seeing all the expertise that goes into project...some did not even know existed.
dollar.... you can't be serious
Amazing series
I also read the story in Readers Digest as a kid and have been intrigued ever since. Never miss an episode and my family never miss an opportunity to tease me about them not finding anything. Like watching The Batchelor is a worth while endeavor.
Wow, you can clearly see the wooden structure that far down. Thats absolutely proof positive of major works. This evidence is amazing.
It's proof positive of nothing more than wood in the ground, you dolt.
@@elel9640 yeah, like wood structures occur naturally and 100 ft down at that... Lol. Your an idiot.
Wood structure yeah but form the people who made something to hold a rare artifact? No. More likely made from other people who explored it trying to find the same treasure that doesn’t exist. On a island and with the old technology a mining type tunnel would have been the most likely way to explore it. That’s probably the “flood tunnel” and the braves walls they keep finding. just old tunnels with water since it’s below the water level.
I have been operating heavy equipment for 40 years. That's a great way to put that excavator in the hole. If you expect to dig down any further, the excavator needs a bench down and dig on a level pad.
Yeah but they are Canadian operators they don't know any better
I can't believe they haven't already either lost a man or a machine into one of these holes dug with the excavator. Jesus H, they're digging in a mix of water logged clay, peat and rotten logs, but haven't learned how to step back the side of the hole. I learned that when digging a 4' deep trench with a shovel.
3:40 minutes long?
This should have had three commercial breaks of AT LEAST 5 minutes each.
Well knowing we all still follow this series up till now means they are doing a good job keeping the suspense every end of their episodes.
Next week on "I Almost Got Away With It" :
Got to create a treasure on oak island.
Hope they don't give up on this hole, instead just widen up the hole so they have better safety to explore it
They won't. They did it this way so they could have a quick check to see what was down there and if it's worth following up. And it 100% is. Now they have good clear evidence they can put in the big dollars to do it properly. This was just a sneak peak.
Sorry, they ran out of time to dig in that same location when the permits for the coffer dam expired. That area is now filled in and they will have to dig further inland. Of course the flood tunnel system will now be filled with water without the dam...
@@davidmanasas6606 you're kidding! The government wouldn't let them keep the dam. That was obviously expensive and time consuming and essential in the search for the treasure. It's also tourism for the area and of great historic value. It seems every country and their governments are short sighted nowadays. I really hope they find the treasure... They deserve it.
I was thinking the exact same thing Herman.that ground is way too unstable and soft to proceed with the hole they're going with so far. I honestly believe, they need to widen it as much as possible, before physically venturing down there. 👍💯
You remember the tale. Seven must die, before the treasure will reveal itself.
That’s what she said!!
50 years from now their kids will still be doing the show an say today we found a button this is truly an important find. My dad would be so proud of this moment if he were alive today at the significants of what this find means to the island an to history lol
😂🤣😅😆
Don't give up.
Love this show and I hope this mystery is solved soon.
Yes. Most of these mfs in the comments act like this is a simple thing to do. Finding a treasure or anything hidden takes time
The whole show is becoming very boring. They don't do anything now. Just stupid questions asked by the commentator all the time? A hole with a tunnel? Could this be the Money Pit? Just repeat after repeat.
Atleast some people realise the lies... Sorry you had to waste allot of your life to those scumbags ...
I agree. Been watching this show since season 1 and wow. Its rinse and repeat. I honestly think their ambitions in the beginning were real, but the producers kind of took over and made this into a cookie cutter tv series with infinite questions and 0 discoveries. Disappointing
@@MDRP_Lemon basically every treasure hunting and big foot tv show ever
@Giant Booger no, it was them turning to the camera frantically after some "discovery" was found every time. They look real quick at another direction while some classic history channel sound effect plays. Its been happening since season 1.
I can't even watch the show anymore because it is always the same episode. Find one insignificant thing and talk about it all episode only to realize that it's a piece of a boat or a nail. At least this 3 minute version just goes through it in 3 mins, lol.
Instead of hangin over the ledge send drone down.
Oh I’m excited. I love this show. The thrill of hunting for a treasure
The thrill of hunting for an old wives tale.
What if this becomes the world's greatest treasure the world has ever known priceless and these guys God appointed to find it for his glory
I remember when they found their first old stick, they were so excited 😂😂
Looks like an ore chute I see in gold mines. I kept waiting for the excavator to take a magic carpet ride into the hole that is collapsing.
Wow more old logs, I found more excitement flushing my own logs down the toilet
@Stapler12 I called them "loggers".
Love the show 😍❤️
A lot of that wood is extinct and is worth more than the whole they're digging
You'd think after all these years of digging they'd have a plan ready for when they hit a flood tunnel...
I follow the show since day one, from Portugal, and it's amazing. Hope they find the real Treasure. If I could, I'll go there visit the island. Good luck for all team.
I forgot I pre-bought this, it now has all the episodes for me to watch loaded into my Vudu! Thx history channel for the reminder, cuz the episodes are released now!!!!
Binge time on lockdown
I can't believe the amount of heavy equipment and length of time it's taking to excavate something that, given it's age and secrecy must have been dug out by hand with less than a hundred people, if that.
They probably took bigger risk in the old days.
Love this show watched this one last night. So exciting. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Dirt and old wood, great find. 😂
This tunnel could lead to the discovery of more wood.
When I was little kid and crying about something my mother would say "Ohh - let's see what I have in my pocket" and it would get my interest. It would only turn out to be a button or something. This show is the same concept. Pirates did not stow away valuables. Like a gang of thugs who rob houses, they got their loot and spent it. That's a proven fact. No treasure is buried on Oak Island. What is being found is from centuries of fisherman and people looking for a fabled treasure.
The curse of watching Oak Island is 20 minutes of video and the rest commercials.
Tô cada vez mais curioso pra ver
When you hear that familiar History narrator voice you know he’ll just say in the end like “we will never know”.
“It looks like a tunnel to me going THAT WAY”. The tunnel would also go the other way. No evidence of that shown on the show.
lets GO!!! love this show an the people in it congrats on the success an well get there!
I love this show these two brothers are living their childhood dream not many get the chance
Their lifelong dream is to dig up a bunch of wood?
I know they will find nothing but i still love the show.
This thing has been way over milked, it’s time to find something of value or leave it buried. How much money have the Bros. invested, I gave up watching this show.
The area seemed to be dug artificially many years ago since its the only place they investigated that crumbles. It has no rock slabs, just soil. Its like its been excavated before and then dumped after.
Yes it's been dug up a lot
WOWW!! You guys are scaring me!! I had no idea you'd be this close to having cave-ins. BE CAREFUL!!! I Love watching you & am So Interested in This Program. I cant wait for the next episodes. I was wondering if Samuel Ball found a back door into the Money Pit, behind the flood tunnels. It seems way safer to me. Praying for your success Guys, Carry On!!💓🤗🙌
I've watched every episode and I'm convinced this tunnel is the key to solving the mystery I cannot believe they have not excavated this hole again but properly to investigate more
How do we know they haven't.
Take the whole top off. Move all that over burden and get a level surface.
Lots of money but a safe way to do it.
Can't, they only had a permit to dig there for 1 year, now time is up.
One guy back in the 40's or 50's already did that. Using earth moving equipment he ploughed a 100 foot deep pit looking for the treasure, but found nothing and was forced by the government to put all the dirt back.
I havent watched every episode but has anyone completed a 3d map of everything found so far? I wish I could view and zoom and manipulate the 3d image myself.
Mrs Kowboy and myself are waiting for this to be on Hulu.
I love this show!
They found the treasure already it's called multiple seasons on tv
So what they find?
@@bartenderzzz they get paid from tv
Insanity - doing the same thing over over again expect different results
"What If" there were so many troops repairing ships on the island that instead of many out houses they dug one very deep one and a tunnel leading to the ocean to flush it all to sea. OH MY GOODNESS, I SOLVED IT!!!!
Been watching this show from the beginning I hope they find something soon
Cant wait till the final episode...you know, the one where they find the treasure but its worth way less then all the money they put into finding it..
Question: Why would they remove the coffer dam if they have not blocked/diverted/dug up the flood tunnel??? Removing the dam means they would be back to square one, and the money pit will be flooded again... Each episode shows so little progress... And now they are starting another TV show??? I’m losing my patience.
I thought the permit was up on the damm? Am I wrong?
All permits are different, their permit gave them 2 years to dig and find something that would give them more time. However the Canadian government needs you to get all permits for trucks, digging, damps and so on. The reason why they only got 2 years is..the health, safety and environment act. They now have to put it back to as close as it was when they started digging.
Their permit ran out. Why they couldn’t just renew is since they found things couldn’t tell ya. But Canada’s kinda Weird anyway so 🤷♂️
@@zeusmacafee5097 Permit is a Permit, no matter what country it is in.
Hollywood is fake. Television is fake. Stop watching it expecting it not to be fake.
Finaly something new and intresting.
You just need a flex capacitor and a 80 model delorean Marty.
A hole! That is amazing!!!
Boggles my mind how they dug there so many many years ago. True engineering
According to the theory, they did more filling than digging. The theory is there were once 2 islands. Coffer dams were created and the water between the 2 islands was pumped out. They dug a big, wide, and deep crater, and then deposited whatever the "treasure" is. Then they started filling the crater and creating the money pit shaft and flood tunnels as they filled and the ground level rose.
History channel is the real gold mine. Ratings baby, ratings!