Comments on: Oak Island Money Pit

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:19:16 +0000

Interesting read

By: Kid

Kid — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 09:06:56 +0000

yarr,
they be not finding me loot

By: chingpower

chingpower — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:08:09 +0000

reminds me of the National Treasure movie.

By: theanswer

theanswer — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:52:22 +0000

the true treasure is no longer on the island. where is you might wonder? your guess might be as good as mine. perhaps area 51, perhaps fort knox, perhaps at a norad bunker deep in colorado. notice the guidestone disappeared not to long after franklin roosevelts involvement with the project. it has been revealed to me through a undisclosed informant that mr roosevelt shortly after becoming president secretly ordered the sight excavated by the army core of engineers on an appropiate scale which was covered up by the 1930’s tractor excavations that failed to uncover any treasure despite having far superior equipment then those who originally hid the tresure their in the first place,the knights templar. notice that the united states went from the great depression to the greatest super power in the world over roosevelts watch. what did roosevelt find there, the ark of the covenant? the rod of god? the holy grail? vast amounts of gold and silver? the lost scrolls of egypt, isreal, and rome? what roosevelt uncovered was the same items that the knights templar recovered buried beneath the dome of the rock and the foundation stone in the jews hidden vaults of the temple mount in the holy lands of isreal. ive probably already said to much. i just didnt want the secret to be lost with me

By: jfrater

jfrater — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:25:08 +0000

I hadn’t until now – very interesting. Thanks for mentioning it

By: grawdey

grawdey — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:19:34 +0000

Hey jfrater,

I love both this and listverse – kudos.

As a suggestion for a future article; have you ever heard of “Robert the doll”. Well worth a wikipedia, youtube and maybe a visit…

By: BuzzDJT

BuzzDJT — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:01:38 +0000

Also like to say congratulations on the new site, love the format, this is the kind of thing I read on Wiki all the time, and its great to have a more reliable forum.

My personal theory (I have a background of geology and am a construction engineer by trade) is that rather than digging the hole themselves they merely found a deep sink hole or cave system entrance and backfilled it, This would leave more scope for engineering the place to be easily accessible, plus as its on an island, there are probably other entrances below the waterline. I’ld say they mapped these and knew an easy (or easier at least) way into the pit, like a priest’s bolthole in old temples.

Mapping techniques around that time were incredibly detailed especially inside the armed forces of the european countries, just look at a british O.S. map from the 1800’s to early 20th century the detail is amazingly defined and accurate.

By: grubthrower

grubthrower — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:31:16 +0000

To anyone interested in the Money Pit story, I suggest checking out the excellent novel Riptide by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child.

They used a fictional island off the coast of Maine, but pretty much all of the history of the Money Pit is included. Red Ned Ockham is their choice for the originating pirate, and for the mysterious super-artifact they chose St. Michael’s sword.

The writing is crisp, the story engaging, the plot and pace exceptional… but great characterization is what ultimately makes this one of my favorite mainstream novels.

By: empresszien

empresszien — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:04:22 +0000

cool.

By: chongsmoke

chongsmoke — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 18:22:32 +0000

I actually read about this in depth a few years ago. There is a far more detailed source for information on this than Wikipedia but unfortunately I have forgotten it
Just wanted to say congrats on the new site. I’ve been a Listverse regular for a long time so I’m sure this site will keep me interested too. Also, In search Of…. is awesome.