u/DogsAndCatsMomma702

I don't have live versions of shows anymore & have to put up with at least 5 commercial breaks per episode. But at least I'm catching up!
Very sad news I've read on Reddit about Duane. And a tragedy that Chad suffered such a mental breakdown!
Here are some questions:

1. how do they get permission to explore & prospect on land outside of the ranch?
2. how do they get permission to take historical artifacts off of land that is not theirs? Is it BLM land? Is it private land? If public, there are a lot of things to negotiate.
3. how are they getting permission to MINE on seemingly public lands?!
   I'm basing my questions on the maps they show where they are mining outside of the ranch property.
   Who is giving them permission & why isn't that clearly stated??
4. Do they have ANY idea how staged the "discovery" of the ore processing site looked?
   This show has always made Oak Island & Skinwalker Ranch look like actual scientific & historic documentaries, which they are not.
   As someone above said, these shows are my "Love Island" my "Big Brother". They are phony-baloney for at least 50% of the time, but with some real science thrown in, and on OI, some very interesting artifacts.
   They will never find the whole treasure or the buried UFO. But it's fun to watch.