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Areas of interest on the island with regard to treasure hunters include a location known as the "Money Pit", which is allegedly the original searchers’ spot. Located on the east side of Oak Island, the Money Pit is—or was—a shaft more than 100 feet (30 m) deep. According to island lore, it first
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for several thousand years. The area that encompasses Oak Island was once known as the "Segepenegatig" region. While it is unknown when
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in 1761, and Oak Island was officially surveyed and divided into 32 four-acre lots in the following year. A large part of the island was owned at the time by the Monro, Lynch, Seacombe, and Young families who had been granted the land in 1759. In the early days of
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The most recent owners include a treasure hunter named Dan
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renamed the island "Gloucester Isle" in 1778. Shortly thereafter, the locally used name "Oak Island" was officially adopted for the Island. Early residents included Edward Smith in the 1760s and
Anthony Vaughn Sr. in the early 1770s. In 1784, the government made additional
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drew the attention of a local teenager in 1795, who noticed an indentation in the ground and, with some friends, started to dig—only to find a man-made shaft featuring wooden platforms every 10 feet (3.0 m) down to the 90-foot (27 m) level of depth.
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about a group of modern treasure hunters. These hunters include brothers Rick and Marty Lagina of the "Michigan Group". The series has documented finds such as centuries-old coins, an antique
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intrusion" occurred as recently as the late 1300s or early 1400s. While
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have been found there. More recent archaeological discoveries in the Smith's Cove area have included an allegedly pre-15th-century lead cross and various wooden earthworks.
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deeper down. Researchers Les MacPhie, and John
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resting on bedrock and are from different phases of
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698:The Unsolved Oak Island Mystery 3-Book Bundle
1008:"For Sale: Island with Mysterious Money Pit"
810:"Bathymetry Analysis of the Oak Island area"
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952:. Toronto: W. Briggs. p. 619.
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985:History of the county of Lunenburg
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544:. In January 2014, the
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25:. For other uses, see
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1090:www.marivineyards.com
850:www.oakislandtours.ca
525:The Money Pit Mystery
332:searched for treasure
268:Leach's storm petrels
1442:Oak Island Money Pit
1364:. Prism Publications
1273:Monsters and Critics
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