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28th February 2011, 19:46
The Money Pit on Oak Island was discover in 1795 when 16-year-old Daniel Vandruff saw blue lights coming from Oak Island. He went to the Island the next day and discovered a circular depression in a clearing on the southeastern end of the island with an adjacent tree which had a tackle block on one of its overhanging branches.
Vandruff, with the help of friends John Smith (in early accounts, Samuel Ball) and Anthony Vaughan, excavated the depression and discovered a layer of flagstones a few feet below. On the pit walls there were visible markings from a pick. As they dug down they discovered layers of logs at about every 10 feet (3.0 m). They abandoned the excavation at 30 feet (9.1 m).
Since then, many people have tried to find out whats in the Money Pit, including FDR.
http://www.unmuseum.org/oakdiag.jpg
What is remarkable about the money pit is what the began to find. Every 10 feet there was a layer of flagstones and Oak logs. They also found a mat of coconut fiber, obviously not native to Canada.
There was also 2 stones with inscriptions on it.
This is the first one that was found at 90 feet.
http://circa71.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/2006_0816eoid060063.jpg?w=450&h=299
http://www.activemind.com/Mysterious/Topics/OakIsland/images/stone_inscription.gif
The markings were recorded and translated by a Halifax University language professor around 1866. Unfortunately the stone itself has since disappeared. There is some debate about whether the translations are correct but the professor believed they say:
Forty feet below two million pounds are buried
There was also another stone fragment found in 1936
http://www.activemind.com/Mysterious/Topics/OakIsland/images/stone_inscription_fragment.gif
This one hasn't been translated.
The biggest mystery is what is at the bottom of the Money Pit and who build this?
http://circa71.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/oak_island_cross_section.gif?w=450&h=945
No one has been able to get to the bottom of the Money Pit because of the flood shafts that the creator of this pit built.
There are many theories about who built this pit and what is at the bottom.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Hw-lCOHbya8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6D4e8MxGLE&feature=player_detailpage
What do you think is at the bottom and who do you think built it?
One thing is clear to me. Who ever built this had a very good understanding of engineering and hydraulics. To design something this complex takes a great mind. What ever it is hiding is very important to someone.
Vandruff, with the help of friends John Smith (in early accounts, Samuel Ball) and Anthony Vaughan, excavated the depression and discovered a layer of flagstones a few feet below. On the pit walls there were visible markings from a pick. As they dug down they discovered layers of logs at about every 10 feet (3.0 m). They abandoned the excavation at 30 feet (9.1 m).
Since then, many people have tried to find out whats in the Money Pit, including FDR.
http://www.unmuseum.org/oakdiag.jpg
What is remarkable about the money pit is what the began to find. Every 10 feet there was a layer of flagstones and Oak logs. They also found a mat of coconut fiber, obviously not native to Canada.
There was also 2 stones with inscriptions on it.
This is the first one that was found at 90 feet.
http://circa71.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/2006_0816eoid060063.jpg?w=450&h=299
http://www.activemind.com/Mysterious/Topics/OakIsland/images/stone_inscription.gif
The markings were recorded and translated by a Halifax University language professor around 1866. Unfortunately the stone itself has since disappeared. There is some debate about whether the translations are correct but the professor believed they say:
Forty feet below two million pounds are buried
There was also another stone fragment found in 1936
http://www.activemind.com/Mysterious/Topics/OakIsland/images/stone_inscription_fragment.gif
This one hasn't been translated.
The biggest mystery is what is at the bottom of the Money Pit and who build this?
http://circa71.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/oak_island_cross_section.gif?w=450&h=945
No one has been able to get to the bottom of the Money Pit because of the flood shafts that the creator of this pit built.
There are many theories about who built this pit and what is at the bottom.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Hw-lCOHbya8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6D4e8MxGLE&feature=player_detailpage
What do you think is at the bottom and who do you think built it?
One thing is clear to me. Who ever built this had a very good understanding of engineering and hydraulics. To design something this complex takes a great mind. What ever it is hiding is very important to someone.