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Oak Island  The famous “Money Pit” at Oak Island has sucked treasure hunters from all over the world in from 1795 on. Discovered by Daniel McGinnis while walking through the woods, initially was a curious depression in the ground. McGinnis came back with some friends and began to dig. Around 10 feet down, they found a flagstone covered floor. Thinking they had found some pirate’s treasure trove, worked on the pit for the next dew years. Later digs hit an ingenious booby trap that flooded the Pit Over the years, a number of digs have gone on at the Pit. Rumors float around every few years of something else that have been dredged from the Pit, but most cannot be confirmed. Even the original stone pulled from the Pit has been lost since the mid 1800’s. The site has attracted a number of theories as to whom and why it was constructed. The prevalent theories include that the pit was in fact a pirate’s booty stash. Another says that the Pit holds the wealth of the Templars who fled to North America after Black Friday in 1307. Today the island is privately owned and supposedly the Pit is being worked once more. |
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The Active Mind
– Has a number of resources; including a time line, drawings of the stone’s
inscription, and items supposedly found in the “pit”.
Mysteries of
Canada – Are there any others besides
Keith Ranville: Translation of the Oak Island Flag Stone
The Oak Island Enigma – A 1953 article by Penn Leary with some period maps and pictures.
The Oak Island Mystery Native Treasure Hunter –
Oak Island Treasure Tales – Andrew Gough writes of his
e-mail encounters with those who are “in the know” about
The Secrets of Oak Island – The Skeptical Enquirer is a little wary of the Pit.
Researcher Seeks to Unlock Oak Island Mystery -
Headlines
For Sale: Island with Mysterious Money Pit
