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This website covers the history of Oak Island but in a more appropriate manner, as it puts forth the timeline of excavations and treasure hunter, but with a skeptical view on the theories and myths surrounding the island. It gives the reader the information without tying in any type of confirmation Bias to the myths surrounding the island. It allows the reader to understand what has happened on the island to date and does not present the different theories surrounding each area. It allows the reader to make informative ideas and decisions on what they may think is the reason for all the in-explained things around the island.

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This website go into detail about the history of the Island and the timeline of different excavations and treasure hunters to attempt to recover the treasure in the "Money pit". As with the previous site, although it recaps a proper timeline, it also leads readers to believe that many of the myths or legends about the island are true and have scientific backing. This would also lead to Proof by Authority as when people access websites they believe the information to be true and that the creator has vetted the information they are putting forth to the reader.

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This website gives the reader an overview of the money pit and the excavations that have gone on there over the years. It recaps all of the foremost believed stories of Oak Island, and pertaining to the 90ft stone. The problem with this website is that is only helps to fuel the front running beliefs about Oak island, as it does not pursue any type of evidence or proof to further strengthen any evidence found to date.  This would lead to the red flag of Proof by Authority because people come across this website and with it being well created, people would mistake this site for a legitimate source of information.

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Samuel Ball was a land owner on Oak Island, who was given a plot of land after the war as payment for his participation.  When he moved to the island he was not wealthy and became a simple farmer.  Over the years he began to buy more plots of land, which has raised questions around how he afford the purchases, and have brought many to speculate that he had located buried treasure on his land which financed the purchases of the other plots. The belief that Samuel Ball had found part of the Oak Island treasure would be fueled by the Unexplained, as many records of Samuel Ball's finances and transactions were not recorded and have been lost to time.

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The Discovery One summer day in 1795 Daniel McGinnis, then a teenager, was wandering about Oak Island, Nova Scotia when he came across a curious circular depression in the ground. Standing over this depression was a tree whose branches had been cut in a way which looked like it had been used as a pulley....

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If I told you that there was a buried treasure on Oak Island. An Island just off the coast of Nova Scotia. In a spot called The Money Pit, would you believe me?

After all this area of North America was a favorite stomping ground for pirates in the 18th century. The treasure might be buried in a deep pit, nicknamed The Money Pit. That was to make sure no one but the pirates found it.

But what if I told you that the Oak Island Money Pit was:

Almost 200 feet deep.

Protected by an elaborate set of booby traps and underground channels to an ocean beach, over 500 feet away.

It has been the subject of countless excavations since 1795, costing millions of dollars.

Six Money Pit Treasure Hunters have died looking for it.

And all they have found so far is remnants of earlier searches.

If you answer: "That's the Oak Island Money Pit Treasure", you are correct! If you are wondering where is Oak Island, read our article Where is Oak Island.

The story of the Oak Island Money Pit Treasure is fascinating and complex.

The History Channel now has a TV Series called The Curse of Oak Island Treasure. It is a story of mystery, greed, controversy and a little humor. The Oak Island Money Pit has been sought by many people and corporations for over 200 years. It has attracted all types of explorers. There were the three teenagers who first discovered the site. Franklin D. Roosevelt, a former US President, whose company Old Gold Salvage group searched in 1909. To the swash-buckling actor Errol Flynn, who wanted to search Oak Island in 1940. He was discouraged when he found the search rights belonged to a company owned by fellow actor John Wayne.

The story of the Oak Island Money Pit Treasure has been written about in many books. To date the treasure has not been found, but tantalizing glimpses of the treasure have been reported. The following are some of the theories on who buried the treasure on Oak Island:

The most popular theory is the early 18th century pirate Captain Kidd, who often visited the Oak Island region for rest and relaxation, and to repair his ships. He seemed to have a habit of burying part of the treasure he plundered far and wide.

The most bizarre theory is the treasure is the original works of William Shakespeare, that Sir Francis Bacon buried on the site in the late 16th century. This theory is based on evidence from a piece of parchment paper brought up from the pit by one of the treasure hunters.

Equally strange is the theory of the crown jewels of France, which went missing in 1791. The jewels were smuggled to Louisburg, (north of Oak Island in Cape Breton). Since Louisburg was often attacked by the British when the French owned it, the jewels were unsafe and transported to Oak Island.

The theories go on but no one knows for sure the origin of the Oak Island Money Pit.

Excavation of The Money Pit has never been successful because of the booby traps that protect it. In the 1860's, while excavating at the 90 feet level, the treasure hunters encountered soggy ground. This was not too surprising because the Pit was only 500 feet from the coast line, and high tide of the ocean was about at the 32 foot level. At 93 feet the water was more pronounced. At 98 feet they struck an extra hard surface. They took the rest of day off and the next morning found that the shaft of the Pit filled with sea water to the 32 foot level. We now know that the miners had inadvertently opened a series of channels to the beach, which were a booby trap to protect the treasure.

Many attempts have been made over the years to discover how the booby trap works. Coffer dams were built on the nearby beach, thought to be the source of the water flow, but to no avail.

In over 200 years that adventurers have searched for the Treasure in the Oak Island Money Pit, they have met oak log platforms every ten feet, to the thirty foot level. From there, a drill probe used in 1849, encountered multiple layers of charcoal, putty, and coconut fiber. At 98 feet a spruce platform guarding two oak chests containing loose metal pieces (pieces of eight?) was discovered.

But the discoveries do not stop there. Continued drilling, in 1897, found there were, layers of wood and iron. Then a 30 foot layer of blue clay (a hand-worked watertight mixture of clay, sand and water). Then a seven-foot deep cement vault at 153 feet, and an iron barrier at 171 feet.

Early in the hunt for the Oak Island Money Pit Treasure, an inscribed stone was found face-down in the Pit. There have been various interpretations made of the inscription. Below is a drawing of the inscription:

The most commonly accepted translation is:

Today, The Oak Island Money Pit Parcel is owned by two individuals who still search for the Treasure of Oak Island.

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Oak Island Money Pit Treasure - Canada History and Mysteries

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After all this area of North America was a favorite stomping ground for pirates in the 18th century. The treasure might be buried in a deep pit, nicknamed The Money Pit. That was to make sure no one but the pirates found it.

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This picture is an ariel view of the swamp located in the middle of Oak Island. Many people believe that the swamp is man made and that the island was actually two islands which were joined to possibly hide treasure, or a ship which was purposefully submerged. There has been coins, large parts of an old sailing ship located in the swamp over the years. There is also the thought that the swamp is man made because of the shape of it being a triangle which is not a naturally occurring shape in nature.  Proof by verbosity has fuelled many people to believe these theories, when there many other possibilities to explain away many of the items which have been found in the swamp. There is also supporting evidence to prove that the swamp is man made, as there has been descriptions in historical documents mentioning the island and that in fact it was possibly two islands at one point in time.

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The box drains located in Smith's Cove are the entrance tunnels believed to be created for the booby traps located on Oak Island. These tunnels allow ocean water to enter into the island and flood tunnels which are created while attempting to find the true Money Pit and location of the supposedly buried treasure. To date, there have been excavations done in Smiths Cove which discovered that indeed there have been man made drains created, and have been well constructed to stand the test of time, by using coconut fibers and eel grass to protect the drains from ever being blocked by sediment. There is no record of these being created, or the reason for them, which has driven the thought that they are protecting the treasure supposedly located on Oak Island. These assumptions about the reason for these box drains could be linked to confirmation Bias, as people believe that  they were created for the one reason of the treasure, when there are also other options such as the oyster farm theory, or possible other option that could explain the purpose of the construction.

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This video covering Nolan's cross attempts to show how the cross correlates to other locations in the world which are also linked to the Knight's Templar. Although the narrator has used some technology and attempted to best place the cross onto google maps, he has not used critical thinking to fully understand how Nolan's cross could possibly be a natural phenomenon. He has fallen prey to Patternicity, as when the Knight's Templar possibly created the cross, they could not have taken into consideration the curvature of the earth as Google maps does and they would have placed to cross on a direct path towards the Island he mentions in the video.  Also to be pointing exactly at the island is very unlikely as with the technology available to them at the time, there could be no way that it would be perfectly aimed at the island. There is also the fact that it is not known if possibly rocks have been moved, or removed completely which could change the entire cross to depict something else, as the island was used for farming and rocks could have possibly been removed because of their location in a field.

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This video covers the topic of Smiths Cove, and as to why it may be a man made.  There is much speculation and talk about Smiths Cove being man made as it does not conform to the islands natural topography, along with the box drains which were constructed underneath the cove, using materials not native to Nova Scotia or the surrounding area.   The issue's with the narrator's idea would come from patternicity, and perception/observation. The narrator has found a pattern while observing maps and other old settlements found in historical documents. The issue that arises from this way of thinking is that Smiths Cove has been excavated multiple times, and with the Atlantic Ocean also changing its features year to year, we cannot directly connect oyster bays to Smiths cove,  as the video continues on, it talks about the box drains under Smiths Cove, which while using critical thinking would help disprove the video's original theory of a man made oyster bay.

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A quick overview of the supposed history of Oak Island.  This video goes over the history of Oak Island from the first reports of findings to the current excavations going on. Although the creator does not give any type of critical thinking to this video, it is a good starting point for people just looking into this topic. The narrator does include some Bias into his narration with the information he is giving as for example when he is speaking about The pirate Captain Kidd, he speaks of what skeptics believe and why they believe it, meanwhile only briefly touches on the idea of Captain Kidd, which shows his bias towards believing the skeptics on that subject.

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Oak Island's Nolan's Cross & The Treasure Source

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Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MysteryHistory Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MysteryHistoryBook/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Mysterytweetery Steemit: https://steemit.com/@mysteryhistory Hello fellow treasure hunters, welcome back. Before we delve into the details of our most recent investigative developments, continuing on with our thread of adventure, discovery, and possible treasure, resting deep within this tree covered rock, we need to give out an update on backstage developments regarding the curse.

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Stuff They Don't Want You to Know - The Money Pit

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Located off the coast of Nova Scotia, Oak Island seems like an unremarkable place -- except, that is, for the mysterious site known as the money pit. But what is it, exactly? Who built it? Most importantly, what does it contain? Tune in to learn more. http://howstuffworks.com http://facebook.com/ConspiracyStuff http://twitter.com/conspiracystuff http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/stuff-they-dont-want-you-to/