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Nova Scotia Archives 1947 - What Lies Below? Historical and aerial photographs of the famous Oak Island in Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia. See the Money Pit, Borehole 10-X, the original Oak Trees, early Oak Island searchers, Dan Blankenship, and more. The legend of Oak Island in photos.
- Timeline of Searchers
1795: Daniel McGinnis, John Smith, and Anthony Vaughn: 1804...
- Popular Theories
The Oak Island Money Pit is discovered: While populations...
- Stone
Learn about the mysterious inscribed stone with strange...
- 1795, The Year of Discovery
The search for the famous Oak Island, Money Pit Treasure...
- The Money Pit
The Oak Island Money Pit. At the heart of the Oak Island...
- Artefacts Discovered
Beginning with the first tier of oak logs found in the Money...
- Timeline of Searchers
The Oak Island Money Pit. At the heart of the Oak Island mystery is the original pit first discovered by Daniel McInnis, John Smith, and Anthony Vaughn in the summer of 1795. Soon and forever after known as the “Money Pit”. Undoubtedly named for what was expected to come out of it but alas, a name equally appropriate to represent the vast ...
Located on the east side of Oak Island, the Money Pit is—or was—a shaft more than 100 feet deep. According to island lore, it first drew the attention of a local teenager in 1795, who noticed ...
Link to this page. The mystery began here in 1795 with the discovery of the Money Pit! Oak island guards its secret with water from deep flood tunnels. A deep shaft 180' NE of the Money Pit with tantalizing clues. A cryptic stone discovered almost 90' down in the Money Pit in 1804. Was this stone triangle used by the original architects of the ...
Apr 22, 2024 · From between the 1909 to the 1990’s, most of the activities involved clearing and draining existing shafts, however, William Chappel, former member of the Oak Island Treasure Company, sunk a shaft near to where the original Money Pit was located and found several artefacts, including an axe, a flute anchor, a pick, and remnants of an oil lamp.
Jun 6, 2011 · The hunt for treasure on Oak Island has been going on for over two hundred years. Without a single return, and conflicting theories of what hunters are actually looking for, the so-called Money ...
The Money Pit (1897 – 1909) The following photos are part of D’Arcy O’Connors collection and cannot be used without prior permission of this website. These photographs depict some of the workings that have taken place on Oak Island over the last hundred years or so. Note one of the remaining oak trees lurking in the background of the ...
