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Money Pit discovered
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”. -
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Discovery of Oak Island
Oak Island was discovered -
Inscribed Stone found
An inscribed stone with strange symbols was found in 1804 -
Gold links found
During the 1804 boring operations three links, resembling those of an old watch chain were retrieved. -
Cofferdam
Early searchers built a cofferdam in 1850 in an effort to uncover and stop the flood tunnel system -
Boatswains whistle
Made of bone or Ivory was found at Smith’s Cove in 1885. -
Parchment found
A piece of parchment was extracted from an auger bit during an 1897 drilling effort. -
Stone Triangle discovered
In the grass, just above the high-water mark, a triangle of beach stones was found and they formed an equilateral triangle pointing true north. The discovery was made in 1897. -
Scissors found
Wrought iron scissors was recovered from an area beneath what was believed to be the flood tunnel system at Smith's Cove. The discovery was made in 1967. -
Brass
Thin brass was retrieved from borehole 21 in 1967 at a depth of 176'. -
Coins
A number of coins have been found on oak Island and many more recently through the use of metal detectors. Two of the oldest are believed to be an 11 Maravedis dated 1598, found by a student on the beach at Smith's cove in 1965 and a similar 8 Maravedis circa 1600, found in the swamp in 2016.
