Samuel Ball, Born in South Carolina 1765, died in 1846.

The format for most of these type of shows are annoying. Repeating the last bit that was aired before the commercial break. Or 6 minutes from the last episode. We do not get a full hour of TV show, and do not get me started on airing the same 3 or 4 repetitive commercials. That Searching for Hitler is the winner hands down for repeating the last scene.

Oak Island is interesting, wonder how much the guys will actually get, if a treasure is discovered? Canadian, and Nova Scotia governments surely will have plenty of say over what happens to any antiquities. Might have to look this up. Canada is unlike the UK where everything goes to the government, and the finders are paid a recovery fee.

One has to realize that trees on Oak Island are all 2nd or 3rd growth. A over a hundred years ago it was farm land, a farm hand, could of slipped while plowing, coins could of fallen out of pockets fairly easily. Also 150 years ago a pocket was an accessory it looked like a small apron with 1 or 2 bags that held stuff.
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From watching this show, there appears to be only a small amount of involvement from either the provincial or federal government. Either governments must be more involved than the show lets on. Even if they find more human remains, they run the risk of a shut down, if the remains can be traced to being of Native Indian origin. If more of a skeleton is found surely the local RCMP would have to be notified. The viewers are not being shown this or it is not being filmed.
Oak Island must be covered with some kind of Nova Scotia or Canadian laws that protect it some what.

Rick and Marty Legina own Oak Island Tours. Oak Island Tours owns 78% of the island, those guys will be around for some time. If absolutely nothing is found, this island will continue to a tourist attraction for many years. If they stick around for to long they might have to become Canadian citizens.

Funny, but if a franchise goes up on Oak Island it will most likely by a Tim Hortons Donuts.

He was on 'Expedition Unknown', a couple of years ago.

Might be something to do with an accidental death, and passing away from natural causes?

Looks like GMC and Chevrolet are paying for their trucks to be on the show, as the company logos are not blurred out. Also those are new GMs

Besides the Native Americans which were here. That whole thing regarding Christopher Columbus being the first to North America will have to be re-written if the Knights Templer were here. Lets not forget that the Vikings (Eric the Red 985, and Leif Erikson 1000) were on the eastern seaboard, way before Columbus landed in the Caribbean in 1479. It is also known that the Chinese were sailing large ships around the Pacific way before Columbus, and they have maps of the West Coast.

I will speculate that Oak Island was once 2 islands. The 2 islands created a natural dry(ish) dock at low tide. The swamp is what remains of that gap between the islands. If it was a natural dry dock, there should be tons of man made stuff that was left behind.

Yep. It is good. It is filmed in and around Vancouver BC. It is no X-Files, but none of the episodes have been weak. There have been a few CGI parts, that blended in well.

Yes, as it is winter now. Technically Winter ends on March 21st, but other regions of Canada winter can remain until mid or late April.

The question I have is how they got a permit for the dam at all. Must be because of the fact that previous digs have been done there, and that area is not an undisturbed area. All that sea life and shore line flora and fauna must be protected, according to the environmentalists.

Sad news. 95 and not making new friends every morning is a good life. RIP. There will an episode on him for sure.

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That swamp area with the stones, has to be a man made dry dock. Ocean levels were different hundreds of years ago. Sail or semi float (drag) a boat into that shallow area at high tide. Wait for the tide to go out, and make repairs to the hull. That just makes sense.

William Shatner needs to make more money. I saw something that one Unexplained Show will be done there.

Had a great laugh during the episode when they send Gary down a well near the Money Pit. People toss coins in wells all the time, what was he suppose to find?

If they plan to dig out that entire money pit area. That will extend the show a few more years.

"A Plumb Bob?" 'You would need that to dig a shaft' (OMG People!)

Fooee. No sailors on Oak Island? Gary may of never seen a weight on a sounding line.

What would be really interesting, is, if they find the remains of the unknown victim. Recovering the bones of that poor soul could cover 2 episodes at the least.

The show we are watching now, would of been recorded last summer and fall of 2023. It is currently spring, and there would be fairly cool temperatures for filming in.