The Curse of Oak Island

If they truly find anything of note you will hear about it in the news long before it hits the show. It is pretty interesting though.

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So do these guys actually find anything of note?

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No. The most solid "find" is an old Spanish coin they discover with a metal detector. I say "find" because I don't trust that the producers didn't plant it. Everything else they do on a larger scale is pretty much a waste and any "discoveries" they claim are pure conjecture based on natural features.

During the middle of the second season there's a TON of filler. First there's an entire episode dedicated to a con man who comes to the island, then they take two episodes to explore various theories on a trip to Europe.

And I don't say that as a hater of the concept, either. I've been into Oak Island since I was a little kid.

Thanks for the heads-up that the new season starts tonight! I didn't know that. I'll be watching. I'm an addict, even though I don't expect anything out of it.

Dude looks just like Hoffman.

I've been watching all day. The sonar pics made it real and not just some ghost story for me.

Makes me want to run out and get a metal detector.

Intriguing as hell... Lots of filler though.

I feel like they could really condense the show. Some of the filler is interesting like their trip to Europe but some of it I could do without.

Looks like they might have found gold

I like watching it you do get some history with this show but that's what it is a reality show.


With today's technological advances and machinery there is no way that they could find out or excavate whatever is down in the money pit or 10X.

I also wonder about the actual chronology. We see seasons change but how many years have actually gone by? As many in the show as in real life? It seems like they could have filmed everything we've seen so far in one year and just chopped it up and parceled it out to have enough to make a several seasons of a show - see the example of the back hoe arriving, doing basically nothing, and disappearing again. They clearly stop and then abandon story lines mid-stream. They might've done other stuff with it that we just haven't been shown yet.

There have been a ton of books, documentaries, etc. about Oak Island. This show is just the latest take based on the myths and earlier scam artists . No one really wants to prove anything, just keep pecking around and making money off of the legend.

Each episode involves a new piece of rented equipment too small to accomplish the task, several meetings at the table to let the brothers take turns with their schtick, and a vague reference to another historical treasure that just might be buried at Oak Island.

If they shortened every episode to one half the time, it might be worth watching occasionally just to see how they play the formula this week.

It reminds me of a dramatic version of another island show with ridiculous close calls and far-fetched scenarios week after week, but Gilligan was more likable than these guys.