The Curse of Civil War Gold

DVR the show and fast forward through it. There is so much repetition with lame side stories that you only need to watch 50% of the show. If that much at all. They all sit around bobbing their heads in agreement. I stuck with Oak Island (barely). CWG is more the same but much more boring. Also, I can't stand Robert Clotworthy, the narrator.

The key 'Treasure Hunters' clearly have passion in plenty. But are also So Dumb! Every if, could be or maybe is translated into a definitely. In short I liked the show for all the wrong reasons. You do get to see some off the grid parts of the US, the camera work is good and the UK narrator was also great.

I have made it thru three episodes, but can't take it anymore. The show tries hard to be like Oak Island, but misses by a wide margin. Unfortunately, it continues all the annoying practices such as lots of repetition, "war room" meetings, grand speculation, and obsession with Knights Templar. In addition, it misses the boat on some of the redeeming value of Oak Island, such as interesting characters, history of the area, and use of other experts and parties to solve problems. Marty and Rick are interesting to watch in using management skills, and interpersonal skills in addressing issues that come up on Oak Island. Civil War Gold is the other extreme, with an an apparent control freak who wants to do everything himself - and thus is not very interesting from any standpoint. The historical topic was what interested me to watch, but I cannot overcome the other negatives to continue.

I enjoyed the show. What I do not enjoy. Is the narration over and over of the same subject. Why do they feel the need to tell you the same thing at least five times in the same show? It gets very annoying. And I'm beginning to lose interest. We do not have to keep hearing over and over the same things.

Like the show! Just to be clear though, a sinking boxcar does not "explode"... they "implode". One would think the air needs to escape so it goes boom... but the opposite happens. Pressure "crushes" the airspace.