"Curse of Oak Island reignites centuries-old treasure hunt"

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Curse of Oak Island reignites centuries-old treasure hunt

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/curse-of-oak-island-reignites-centuries-old-treasure-hunt-1.2532813

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As legend has it, in 1795 a trio of young men noticed a depression in the ground. Recalling local lore that said pirates had stashed their booty on many of the islands in Mahone Bay, they began to dig.

A layer of flagstones gave way to two wood platforms farther down, but nothing turned up. Disheartened, the three abandoned the dig.

Nine years later, in 1804, they returned as part of a syndicate formed to retrieve the island's buried secret. Thirty metres down, they said, they found a slab carved with unfamiliar symbols and felt certain they were close to the treasure.

But when they returned the next morning, the shaft was two-thirds full of water — the result of what some say was an elaborate booby trap designed to keep greedy hands off the prize.





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1. Should be an interesting show. I imagine the two groups will be competing with

each other to find the treasure. When I was visiting Mahone Bay with my parents we drove to Oak Island to see it. We ran across some college students who had jumped in a car and drive a day to find the island. They had made pirate hats and carried swords. It is amazing how such an island with a story causes such a fever.

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2. do you think that will air in US?

Or just in Canada?

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3. You don't get the History Channel? I just assumed you did.

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A new television series is fuelling the dreams of treasure hunters in the search for Nova Scotia's legendary treasure trove at Oak Island on the province's South Shore.

For more than 200 years, treasure hunters have flocked to the small island in Mahone Bay, hoping to find the treasure alleged to been buried on Oak Island.

The Curse of Oak Island, a new series airing on the History Channel, follows two brothers from Michigan — Rick and Marty Lagina, who have purchased part of the island — and their attempts to find the treasure.

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4. yes, we have History Channel

I just wondered if History Channel shows different things to different markets, like the CBC appears to do.

I will look forward to seeing this.

Thanks.

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5. At one point they got a look 200 feet down the hole and saw the bones of a hand.

220 years of fever have produced many a tale about that island.

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6. wow

I'll have to google it. Thanks again.