Historical past Channel followers have cause to excavate their calendars. The Curse of Oak Island, starring brothers Rick and Marty Lagina, is returning for Season 12 on Tuesday, November 12, at 9/8c. However will the fabled treasured hoard lastly be found after a decade of looking and amid some miner issues from followers?
Season 12 of the long-running treasure-hunting present sees the brothers use new expertise and methods to dig deeper into Oak Island’s mysteries. They’ll discover depths by no means reached within the Cash Pit space, South Shore, and Smith’s Cove. In line with the trailer, “Brothers Rick and Marty Lagina return with their boldest plans but.”
Within the trailer, one workforce member excitedly says, “We’re digging up the first-ever searcher shaft on Oak Island.” The Laginas say, “Shaft 2 is just like the Holy Grail,” explaining that they know they’re “14 ft” away from the cash pit.
Oak Island in Nova Scotia, Canada, has captivated treasure hunters for hundreds of years. Most not too long ago, the hunt for the elusive Oak Island Treasure has been taken up by the on-air brothers. Whereas they haven’t discovered the principle treasure hoard, they and different treasure hunters have discovered many intriguing artifacts through the years together with these:
- The Cash Pit: Maybe the most important breakthrough on Oak Island was the famed Cash Pit, which was dug up all the way in which again in 1795 however by no means totally excavated, most of the greatest discoveries have been there.
- Garnet Pin: The Laginas found the Garnet Pin whereas metallic detecting on Lot 8. The gemstone brooch dates again tothe sixteenth century and was precious treasure discovered by the Laginas. It was situated close to the place Daniel McGuiness, who found The Cash Pit, had lived.
- Copper Coin: In Season 1, the Laginas additionally found the 1652 Spanish Maravedi within the swamp. The copper coin from 1652 means that there was exercise on the island lengthy earlier than the invention of the Cash Pit.
- Granite Stone: Discovered 90 ft down the Cash Pit was a granite stone, one carved with distinctive symbols which have by no means been precisely deciphered. The workforce acquired the interpretation: “Forty ft under, two million kilos are buried.”
- Iron Swages: The Laginas discovered two iron objects in Lot 21, on the western finish of the island. These had been then specified as swages, a sort of blacksmith device and dated way back to the 14th century and hinting at early mining operations.
Nevertheless, followers not too long ago voiced their issues that the search has slowed in current seasons and with the format. Forward of Season 12, Rick shared a message with followers on Instagram (above) asking, “give us your suggestions.” Lots of the feedback weren’t complimentary.
“Cease give flash backs each 5 minutes and explaining issues from earlier episodes. If the movie crew can’t discover 42 minutes of recent materials in a single week of capturing, then the island received and the dig has gone bust. I just like the present, however I’m uninterested in previous materials,” one fan wrote.
“Please; the repetitive backstory…persistently…I’ve been watching for the reason that first present, now I sadly watch quick forwarding most of it as a result of it’s the identical factor time and again,” wrote one other.
“Been watching since Day 1! These different commenters are spot on, the backstory is past extreme,” wrote a 3rd. “It feels just like the narrator is stretching for time however the viewers would a lot quite see the precise segments prolonged as an alternative. Both method I’m very excited for the return, and hope the fellows get again into Smith’s Cove, there appeared to be a ton of stuff in there!
A fourth surmised, “Discover the f***ing treasure. It’s getting boring.”
“If you need suggestions, please learn it. EVERYONE needs the narrator gone. He takes over the entire present. The whole lot is repeated 1,000,000 occasions. “Will set my PVR so I can skip the 30 min of commercials and skip the 20 minutes of recaps and watch the precise 10 minutes of latest present info,” wrote a fifth.
In a current Reddit thread, followers theorized the principle treasure had even already been discovered, simply not by the Laginas.
“The Lagina Brothers are good. They will need to have realized the reality years in the past. They’re solely persevering with as a result of they’re paid to take action. They get treasure yearly from the present producers,” they accused. “However like Professional Wrestling, they understand it’s all for present, the Dig is for leisure functions alone.”
The Curse of Oak Island, Season 12 Premiere, Tuesday, November 12, 9/8c, Historical past Channel