Coconut trees do not grow anywhere near Oak Island, in the show this would trigger the narrator: Coconuts … on Oak Island … could it be? They claim to have found large amounts of coconut fibres inserted in the drains to act as a filtration medium. They claim to have found the finger drains. The many collapses in the pit demonstrates the need for cribbing the pit.Įxtraordinary Claim: There were a large amount of coconut husk fibres discovered under the surface of the beach at Smith’s Cove.Īs we know, in the 1860’s after many attempts at digging directly and indirectly for the treasure had failed, the treasure hunters started looking at Smith’s Cove for the openings for the suspected flood tunnels. No reference has been made to cribbing used by the treasure depositors. The gold chain – lost, the piece of parchment – lost, the 90 foot stone – lost. The important thing here is that there is no evidence in existence of anything of value ever being removed from the Money Pit. With every attempt being met with failure when the treasure was “close at hand”. The specifics of the block and tackle said to have been discovered over the Money Pit has also been abandoned due to plot holes.Įxtraordinary Claim: There is a very valuable treasure buried in the original Money Pit.Īs we all know, many, many attempts have been made to recover the treasure from the Money Pit. This part of the story has largely been abandoned due to numerous plot holes. He told this to American citizens who then emigrated to Nova Scotia and were granted property on Oak Island. The other part of the early Origin Story is that an old sea dog on his deathbed relayed the story of a treasure being buried by Captain Kidd. The important point here is that the stories were told by those looking to recruit shareholders, therefore they are not independent accounts. The logical conclusion here is that it is just a local legend that has stuck.” All the stories are from those invested in finding the assumed treasure. Nothing in the entire history of the search has been properly documented. Money pit discovered in 1795 first written about in the early 1850's. Note all these are stories told by treasure hunters that came after MiGinnis and crew called it a day and others where digging. Oak planks at 10' and the random layers of timber/clay/coir/etc every 10' there after. Oak planks at 10' and then every 10' there after Oak Logs at 10' followed by strange pick like markings at regular intervals Then we have what was found when they started digging. The 3 trees have 3 branches that meet directly over the center of the pit with the block and tackle attached The block and tackle is lying on the ground near the tree There is a single branch with block and tackle still attached The branch(s) has been sawed off and have marking like a block and tackle had been attached We have variations on the Block and tackle The tree has already been cut down and only the stump remains There are 3 trees arranged as the points of a triangle There is a depression and oak tree in the middle of the red clover with the block and tackle. Skelthos explains the issues with the origin story much better than I can:ģ boys out fishing see strange lights on Island and investigateĭaniel MiGinnis, a local farmer is looking for a new place to plant crops and notices the depression with 3 trees around it with a pulley and tree nailĭanial MiGinnis has pastured his cows on the island and is working on rounding them up and notices red clover where he believes only white clover should grow. We disagree on the existence of the treasure but were able to put that aside to work through the history (he did most of it). I will not provide many links here, you guys can search and look through previous posts for the source documents if you so desire. Case Closed!Įxtraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.įunnily enough, the coconuts actually were the key to the mystery all along.
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