Oak Island – After the Season

Posted on May 23, 2023 by vanbraman

Season 10 of The Curse of Oak Island finally came to an end after a year of new discoveries and theories. They wandered all over the island and across the pond as they investigated the mystery.

This week they aired a Drilling Down episode with a recap of the past season.

Nova Scotia, Oak Island, AcadiansThe team members were in the office in Michigan as they talked about the status of the different projects.

They covered some of the major work that was done in the Garden Shaft area through the year.

A meeting was held with the team conducting the muon scanning. A preliminary image was shown of the Money Pit area with some underground anomalies.

Curse of Oak Island, History Channel, Did they find anything?They also talked about the swamp area and went over the different findings for the year. It looks like they will possibly make a sheet piling enclosure around a major portion of the swamp next year so that they can again drain the swamp. With the piling they can remove more water than they have before.

Curse of Oak Island, Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia

The old stone well and wall were also talked about, and how they may have a connection to the structures in the swamp.

oak island, curse of oak lsland, satellite, money pitLot 5 was also reviewed, especially as it was just this season that they first had access to it. The round stone structure was talked about and it looks like there will be a disciplined archaeological approach to investigating it. Also, a metal detecting survey of Lot 5 is planned.

They talked about the trips that were made to Europe during the year and what some of their findings were. There was nothing new that wasn’t shown in earlier episodes. I am sure that research is ongoing and we will hear more when the next season begins.

To finish off the episode they talked about some of their favorite theories as to where the treasure was deposited and what it might have been.

There is no question that there will be a season 11, although it has not been officially confirmed.

Now that season10 is over I have a list of related books that I want to read before the next season airs. I may share something about them as I start reading them.

Steven

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Inside the Worksop Priory

Posted on May 22, 2023 by vanbraman

Back in January of 2017 I visited the Worksop Priory Church in England. I had planned on sharing more pictures from the building, but have not done so. Today I was thinking about the visit and decided to look at some of the pictures that I took then. I will also include some material from earlier posts.

First, I will share a picture of the outside of the Worksop Priory church building.

Worksop Priory, Worksop, Anglican, Worksop EnglandThe full name is the Priory Church of our Lady and St. Cuthbert in Worksop.

As large as this church building is, it was even larger in the past before the dissolution of monasteries in 1539.

worksop priory, richard bernard, Nave, church building, Stained glassThe interior of the church building is really interesting. Here is a picture of the nave from the back of the church.

worksop priory, richard bernard, Nave, church building, Stained glassThere are some interesting stained glass windows in the building.

worksop priory, richard bernard, Nave, church building, Stained glassThe architecture of the building is very interesting with some really cool archways. While I was there they were doing some cleanup and reconstruction work on the building.

worksop priory, richard bernard, Nave, church building, Stained glassI also really like the way that the aisles down each side looked.

I need to do some more research on some of the pictures that I took and may share more of them in a future post.

This church building is interesting as my 11th Great Grandfather Richard Barnard was a Vicar there back in the early 1600’s and also was associated with people who lived in nearby Scrooby.

Steven

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