![]() ![]() The potential treasure sites are not contained to the Money Pit alone. One theory is that the island is literally two separate islands that someone artificially morphed together purely to confuse would-be treasure hunters. To compound the mystery, there is vast evidence of very early artificial manipulation of the landscape by humans. This is confusingly referred to as “The Swamp,” even though there is an actual swamp on the island already. After almost three centuries of sporadic excavation, an artificial beach has been created. Smith’s Cove is another anomaly on the island. This pattern continued for nine levels when they came across a coded stone tablet with strange runes. ![]() As the excavation progressed, they came across layers of oak beams, coconut fiber, clay, and charcoal at every ten-foot interval. Their goal was to aggressively dig the shaft and find the treasure within weeks. This was a coalition of wealthy businessmen that viewed this as a major investment. It wasn’t until 1810 that the McGinnis party received help from the Onslow Company. Years later, McGinnis found some investors to back the first official treasure hunting venture. However, at that time, none of the locals wanted to help them, due to their superstitions about the island. Two more log platforms at 20 feet and 30 feet perplexed the teenagers, and they realized they had stumbled upon something much bigger than they could handle. At the ten-foot mark, they found a platform of oak logs, under which the shaft continued on. ![]() Under the stones, they found a shaft that was about 12 feet wide. Oddly, the stones appeared as though someone had intentionally shaped and fit them together. This is a type of sedimentary stone that does not normally occur at that modest depth. As they dug down with their shovels they came across a layer of flagstone. McGinnis enlisted the help of two friends to excavate the soil under the branch. Oak Island dig site and structures, 1931. In McGinnis’ mind, the scenario suggested that someone had lowered something heavy and possibly of great value into a pit at that very spot. Above the depression, McGinnis could see an oak branch that appeared to have been used in a pulley system. He stumbled across an unusual oval depression in the ground. How much truth there was in the tale is unknown, however, it told of 16-year-old Daniel McGinnis who was casually exploring the island one day. The original story of the Oak Island treasure may have surfaced in a 1795 newspaper. It said that the island held a dark curse and that someone would indeed find treasure there but not until seven men and all the oak trees on the island died first. So far, six men have died along with all the red oaks on the island. However, their superstitions kept them far away from the area.ĭuring the early days of treasure hunting on the island, another legend surfaced. Additionally, they suspected that pirate treasure was buried somewhere there. In fact, the deaths of two fishermen were purportedly the result of haunting lights on the island. ![]() In the 1700s, locals believed that it was home to spirits and a ghostly black hell hound with piercing red eyes. The island has been the subject of supernatural beliefs and legends for hundreds of years. Young and the artifacts are displayed here in chronological "as found" order.Could Captain Kidd have buried treasure on Oak Island? Public domain. The following copyright protected photographs were taken by Robert S. I am proud to state that every artifact was recovered with nil damage using hand tools only. Each artifact has a bespoke specification sheet listing the pertinent details of its discovery and all were dutifully reported to the appropriate government departments. These objects were discovered under the rules of evidence regarding Treasure Trove License #T-162, Order In Council #1998-418 and Treasure Trove License #T-162, Order In Council #2004-168 between the dates July 1998 and June 2008. To contribute a modicum of reality to the story of Oak Island and for the benefit of those who may be interested, here to follow are the finds recovered from Lot Five. ![]()
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