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Oak island project
Daniel McGinnis discovered a mysterious depression on Oak Island off the coast of Nova Scotia in 1795. He and some friends dug down 30 feet until they were forced to stop, beginning the long mystery of what lies buried in the island's "money pit". Subsequent excavation attempts discovered different layers of materials and artifacts, including an ax and scissors. Modern excavations using cameras and digging technology have found tools, chests and human remains, but the pit continues to flood, preventing access to its secrets. To this day the origin and contents of the Oak Island money pit remain unknown.
Oak island project
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- 2. The island islocated off the coast of
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- 4. Daniel McGinnis discovereda shallow depression in the ground on the island Thus the mystery begins…
- 5. Daniel and hisfriends dug down 30 fe They were forced to stop and find capable
- 6. Daniel McGinnis, JohnSmith and Anthony Vaughan return with the Onslow Company eight years later to continue
- 7. This is the diggingsite of the money pit.
- 8. They discovered differentlayers in the pi made of wood, coconut fiber, and rock.
- 9. While excavating thepit a mysterious slab was found The slab is said to say “forty feet below, two million pounds lie buried “.
- 10. Artifacts discovered includedan ax, anchor, and other A pair of old scissors were also found
- 11. During a moremodern excavation, a camera was placed in a hole dug Human remains, tools, and three large chests were
- 12. The team thoughtthey were about to hit pay until the pit began to fl
- 13. hers would cometo the island in search of the solution to the m
- 14. More modern attemptsat digging
- 15. This is amodern picture of the money pit
- 16. Today Oak Islandis still being researched and there are even television shows about it.
- 17. The exploration ofthe money pit proved to be deadly and several people have died during the dig.
- 18. The origin ofthe money pit is a mystery
- 19. Legend says thatthere could be pirate treasure buried in the pit… Hence the name, “Money
- 20. Others believe itto be a natural sink hole…
- 21. Whatever lies withinthis pit may one day be discovered.
- 22. Works Cited • Fanthrope,L &. R. (1995). The Oak Island Mystery: The Secret of the World’s Greatest Treasure Hunt. Toronto, Ontario: Hounslow Press. • Joltes, R. (2015, February/March). Oak Island’s Money Pit: From History to Legend. History Magazine. Pp 8-12. • Keyes, B. (1996). The Discovery. Retrieved from: http://www.activemind.com/Mysterious/topics/oakisland/story.html • Krystek, L. (1998). The Mystery Pit of Oak Island. Retrieved from: http://www.unmuseum.org/oakisl.htm • Nickell, J. (2000) The Secrets of Oak Island. Retrieved from: http://www.csicop.org/si/show/secrets_of_oak_island/ • O’Connor, D. (1978). The Secret Treasure of Oak Island: The Amazing True Story of a Centuries-Old Treasure Hunt. Guilford, CT: The Lyons Press. • Strochlic, N. (2014). Treasure Hunt to Discover Oak Island’s Mysterious Booty. Retrieved from: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/02/27/treasure-hunt-to-discover-oak-island-s-mysterious-booty.html • (2014). The Lost Treasure of Oak Island and the Centuries-Old Quest to Find It. Retrieved from: http://www.ancient- origins.net/unexplained-phenomena/lost-treasure-oak-island-and-centuries-old-quest-find-it-002427
Editor's Notes
- #5 Daniel McGinnis discovered the depression. He discovered decaying parts of a ship on a tree right above the depression, possibly being a pulley system (Fanthrope). He also had two friends, John Smith and Anthony Vaughan help dig on the site. They dug about thirty feet and found layers of stone and oak logs. They needed more machinery to continue and had to leave the island for several years (Keyes).
- #6 Daniel’s friends included Anthony Vaughan and John Smith (Keyes).
- #7 *(Keyes).
- #9 Oak logs were found at ten feet intervals, forty feet of charcoal as well as putty and coconut fiber layers were found (Keyes).
- #10 At about the ninety foot mark, a slab with a secret message was found (Kyrstek). The slab is said to translate as “forty feet below, two million pounds lie buried” (Joltes).
- #11 It is unclear if the ax and anchor fluke were left behind by another discovery crew or not (Ancient Origins). The scissors were found in 1967 near the money pit and were discovered to be Spanish and over three hundred years old! (Keyes)
- #12 Due to the poor quality of the picture, this cannot be confirmed. The hole eventually caved into itself making it now impossible to explore the finding. The hole dug was located about 180 feet away from the actual money pit (Keyes).
- #13 The team ditched the island after the pit had flooded and bailing and pumping were no help. It is said that the team tripped a booby trap set by the money pit’s designers (O’Connor)
- #14 The Truro Company (1849), The Oak Island Association, Oak Island Eldorado Company (1866), The Oak Island Treasure Company (1897), Dan Blankenship and David Tobias (1966), Triton Alliance (investor) (1968), were among the top explorers of the money pit (Nickell) Franklin Roosevelt was also one of the more famous explorers of Oak Island (Strochlic).
- #15 Many others had come to try and solve the mystery of the money pit for many years without success.
- #16 Today Blankenship and Triton Alliance are at work at the island (Keyes).
- #17 Daniel Blankenship, who began his exploration in 1965, and Triton are still trying to solve the mystery today (Keyes)
- #18 Those individuals include, Bob Restall, his son and two other workers. They were believed to have died from carbon monoxide poisoning from a generator (Keyes). Maynard Kaiser lost his life in 1897 while excavating the pit as well as an unidentified worker in 1861 (Ancient Origins).
- #20 Some theories are that the treasure belongs to Captain Kidd, Blackbeard, (Kyrstek), the freemasons (Nickell) among other theories.
- #21 The debate on whether it is man-made or natural continues to this day. With everything found down in the pit, it would be hard to believe that it was natural sink hole (Nickell).