[jmacusa]

I watched the first season and maybe it’s me but I never found out how it was the two brothers made such a big pile of dough so they could blow just about as much of it trying to find a bigger pile of dough buried in a swamp.

[Joe 6-pack]

When I was a little kid, I couldn't get enough to read, and I was a big consumer of Forteana, Ripley's BION kind of stuff. For my 7th Birthday, they got me this big thick book of "strange stories and amazing facts." There were a couple pages about Oak Island, so I've been familiar with the story my whole life, certainly not obsessed with it like the Laginas. I think one of the brothers did very, very well in the private energy sector in the drilling industry, and on top of his own money, was able to bring enough investors on board to buy into the Oak Island endeavor.

As an adult, I probably would have considered investing in their project, except for the fact that book my parents bought for me many long decades ago also also had several pages in it about PT Barnum...

[zaxtres]

They own a construction business in Detroit. In addition to the proceeds of the show. This season’s finale was a wake up call when they said it was going to take tens of millions to do what they want and if Canaduh will let them.

[21twelve]

The tall gangly guy with the messy hair is the one with the big dream. His brother made a lot of money in the oil business and was/is sort of interested in Oak Island, but needed to be sold on it by his brother. To add some drama I’ve seen him say stuff like “Well, unless we have some real proof by the end of the year I’m not going to fund it anymore.” And then of course, on the last episode of the season they find a piece of gold chain or an old coin 100 feet down!

I watched it for several seasons. I don’t watch much TV anymore, but if I came across it I would stop and watch it again. The last show I watched they went back to Europe to look for clues. One was a church used by the Knight’s Templar.

A fresco in the wall of the church (dated at 1200 AD or whatever) there is an image of what could be a cob of corn - or maybe it was the stalk.

“Could this really be the final clue? A corn of cob on a European church dating to 1200 AD? But how could this be!? Corn only grew in the New World until it was brought back to Europe in the 1500’s! Did the Knight’s Templar leave a clue as to where their Treasure was???”

I’m guessing there are 20 plants in the old world that might look a bit like corn - but it makes for an interesting story. They hit some other places in Europe, and it was interesting to hear the various histories and how it might tie back into the treasure.

Hmm- I used to make up stories and tell them to my kids at night. One of the running themes was some kids looking for a treasure. Fun stuff to imagine.