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about a foot thick, with several characters cut on it." In an 1863 newspaper article, the stone was said to have been built into the "chimney of an old house near the pit". Another article, a year later, claimed that the stone was held by the Smith family. On
January 2, 1864, Historical Society of Nova Scotia secretary John Hunter-Duvar contacted treasure hunter George Cooke. In a January 27 letter to Hunter-Duvar, Cooke claimed that Smith built the stone into his chimney in 1824 and said that he was shown the stone by Smith in the chimney around 1850, when "there were some crudely cut letters, figures or characters upon it. I cannot recollect which, but they appear as if they had been scraped out by a blunt instrument, rather than cut with a sharp one". According to Cooke, when he made inquiries in 1864, he discovered that the chimney had been enclosed in wood and surrounded by a staircase; the stone was no longer visible. An undated post-1893 letter by William Blair read, "Jefferson W. McDonald, who first mentioned Oak Island to me in 1893, worked under George Mitchell. Mr. McDonald, who was a carpenter by trade, also told of taking down a partition in Smith's house, in order that he with others might examine the characters cut on the stone used in the fireplace in the house. The characters were there all right, but no person present could decipher them." Mitchell was the superintendent of works for the Oak Island Association, which was formed on April 3, 1861, and ceased operation by March 29, 1865.
261:, while mention of a death came five years later. Another shaft was dug in the spring of 1862, one which was 107 feet (33 m) deep. This new shaft was parallel to and connected with the original shaft. It was used to pump water out of the original shaft to a depth of 103 feet (31 m). Although the pumps could not keep up with the floodwater, tools that had been used by the Onslow and Truro companies were recovered. The Oak Island Association also did some work at Smith's Cove by drilling a few shafts in an attempt to shut off and seal the alleged flood tunnels. All of these attempts were failures in the end, due to the tide which eventually broke through barriers that were put in place. One final attempt was made in 1864 to intersect the money pit, resulting in alleged flood tunnels again being breached. By this time, saltwater was undermining the walls of the original shaft, which some workers refused to enter. The original shaft was inspected by mining engineers who declared it unsafe, and the company abandoned their efforts when their money ran out.
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intersected the original shaft via a branched-off tunnel at around 105 feet (32 m) deep. Both of these shafts were filled with water when an alleged flood tunnel was again breached. At one point, one of the platforms placed in the original shaft at 98 feet (30 m) collapsed and dropped to a lower level. The effect caused the next two platforms to drop as well, with any treasure now resting some 119 feet (36 m) below ground along with an estimated 10,000 board feet (24 m) of lumber. The first of six accidental deaths during excavations occurred during the fall of 1861 when a pump engine boiler burst. The explosion was first mentioned in an 1863 novel titled
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savants were unable to translate the inscription. It was then taken to the home of J.B. McCulley in Truro, where it was exhibited to hundreds of friends of the McCulleys who became interested in a later treasure company. Somehow the stone fell into the hands of a bookbinder, which used it as a base upon which to beat leather for many years. A generation later, with the inscription nearly worn away, the stone found its way to a bookstore in
Halifax, and what happened to it after that I was unable to learn. But there are plenty of people living who have seen the stone. Nobody, however, ever seriously pretended to translate the inscription."
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681:, stirred by family stories originating from his sailing and trading grandfather (and Oak Island financier) Warren Delano Jr., began following the mystery in late 1909 and early 1910. Roosevelt continued to follow it until his death in 1945. Throughout his political career, he monitored the island's recovery attempts and development. Although the president secretly planned to visit Oak Island in 1939 while he was in Halifax, fog and the international situation prevented him from doing so.
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noticeably loose, not as hard-packed as the surrounding soil. The three men reportedly abandoned the excavation at 30 feet (9.1 m) due to "superstitious dread". Another twist on the story has all four people involved as teenagers. In this rendering McGinnis first finds the depression in 1795 while on a fishing expedition. The rest of the story is consistent with the first involving the logs found, but ends with all four individuals giving up after digging as much as they could.
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had purchased 50 percent of Oak Island Tours from David Tobias for an undisclosed sum. The rest of the company is owned by
Blankenship. Center Road Developments, in conjunction with Allan Kostrzewa and Brian Urbach (members of the Michigan group), had purchased Lot 25 from David Tobias for a reported
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known as "Smith's Cove" where they found a flood tunnel system. When efforts failed to shut off the flood system, one final shaft was dug 118 feet (36 m) deep with the branched-off tunnel going under the original shaft. Sometime during the excavation of this new shaft, the bottom of the original
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stories reportedly going back to the late eighteenth century. It wasn't until decades later that publishers began to pay attention to such activity and investigated the stories involved. The earliest known story of a treasure found by a settler named Daniel McGinnis appeared in print in 1857. It then
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The stone was shown to everyone who visited the Island in those days. Smith built this stone into his fireplace, with the strange characters outermost, so that visitors might see and admire it. Many years after his death, the stone was removed from the fireplace and taken to
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Captain H. L. Bowdoin of the stone (which was then in use at Creighton's bookbindery in Halifax). Bowdoin described the rock as "of a basalt type hard and fine-grained". The stone he saw had no symbols on it. Although Bowdoin was told that they had worn off,
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and tidal pressures in the underlying geology (refuting the man-made tunnel theory). The Woods Hole scientists who viewed the 1971 videos reported that nothing conclusive could be determined from the murky images. The reported five finger (or box) drains at Smith's Cove have recently been thought to
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Another pit, similar to the early description of the "money pit", was discovered in the area in 1949 when workmen were digging a well on the shore of Mahone Bay. At a point where the earth was soft, "At about two feet down a layer of fieldstone was struck. Then logs of spruce and oak were unearthed
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describes being a summer resident of
Chester Basin during the later 1860s. DeMille lived on Oak Island for a summer and had firsthand knowledge of the area. The characters in the novel find that the stone had been removed from the chimney when they arrived on the island; until then, no one had been
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Another shaft was then dug 109 feet (33 m) deep northwest of the original shaft, and a tunnel was again branched off in an attempt to intersect the treasure. Once again though, seawater flooded this new shaft; workers then assumed that the water was connected to the sea because the now-flooded
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2 million had been buried on the island. According to the most widely held discovery story, Daniel McGinnis found a depression in the ground around 1799 while he was looking for a location for a farm. McGinnis, who believed that the depression was consistent with the
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alphabet and read: "To escape contagion of plague and winter hardships, he is to pray for an end or mitigation the Arif: The people will perish in misery if they forget the Lord, alas". According to Fell's theory, Coptic migrants sailed from North Africa to Oak Island and constructed the pit. This
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Alliance sued Frederick Nolan over the ownership of seven lots on the island and its causeway access. Two years later, Nolan's ownership of the lots was confirmed, but he was ordered to pay damages for interfering with Triton's tourist business. On appeal, Triton lost again in 1989
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In about 1802, a group known as the Onslow Company allegedly sailed from central Nova Scotia to Oak Island to recover what they believed to be hidden treasure. They continued the excavation down to about 90 feet (27 m), with layers of logs (or "marks") found about every ten feet (3.0 m),
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two feet (61 cm) below. According to later accounts, oak platforms were discovered every 10 feet (3.0 m); however, the earliest accounts simply mention "marks" of some type at these intervals. The accounts also mentioned "tool marks" or pick scrapes on the walls of the pit. The earth was
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Templars, Masons, or Incas seeking to squirrel their treasure away from European persecutors or Spanish conquistadors may have created the money pit, according to William S. Crooker. But Crooker stated it was more likely that British engineers and sailors dug the pit to store loot acquired in the
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article, which mentioned a June 2, 1862, letter by J. B. McCully which retold the story of the stone. Offering a secondhand description of its discovery during the early 1800s excavation, McCully wrote: "Some were charcoal, some putty, and one at 80 feet was a stone cut square, two feet long and
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fumes. His son then went down the shaft, and also lost consciousness. Graeser and two others, Cyril Hiltz and Andy DeMont, then attempted to save the two men. A visitor to the site, Edward White, had himself lowered on a rope into the shaft but was able to bring out only DeMont. Restall, his son,
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had granted them a treasure-trove license which allowed them to resume activities until December 31, 2010. After December 2010, the departments repealed the treasure-trove license and replaced it with an Oak Island Treasure Act. The act, which became effective on January 1, 2011, allows treasure
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In 1928, a New York newspaper published a feature story about Oak Island. William Chappell became interested and excavated the pit in 1931 by sinking a 12-by-14-foot (3.7 m × 4.3 m) 163-foot (50 m) shaft southwest of what he believed was the site of the 1897 shaft (which was
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for exploration on Oak Island. Two years later, Blankenship and Tobias formed Triton Alliance after purchasing most of the island. Several former landowners, including Mel Chappell, became shareholders in Triton. Triton workers excavated a 235 feet (72 m) shaft, known as Borehole 10-X and
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The next major excavation attempt was carried out in 1861 by a company called "The Oak Island Association". The original pit was re-excavated to a depth of 88 feet (27 m), and two more shafts were dug. The first one missed its intended target of an alleged flood tunnel, while the other
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was formed to find the treasure. By this time, there were many shafts, bore holes, and tunnels under Oak Island made by previous treasure hunters. When a plan to shut off the alleged flood tunnels from Smith's Cove didn't work, the company decided to shift focus to the original main shaft.
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359:, an operator of a steel fabricating company, saw the 1928 article and was fascinated by the engineering problems involved in recovering the reported treasure. Hedden made six trips to Oak Island and collected books and articles about the island. He went to England to consult
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platform at 98 feet (30 m), then hit layers of oak, something described as "metal in pieces", another spruce layer, and clay for 7 feet (2.1 m). This platform was hit twice; each time metal was brought to the surface, along with various other items such as wood and
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under the title of "The Oak Island Folly" regarding the contemporary scepticism of there being any treasure. However, the first published account of what had taken place on the Island did not appear until October 16, 1862, when Anthony Vaughan's memories were recorded by
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In 1896, an unknown group arrived on the island with steam pumps and boring equipment. Although the pumps were unable to keep water out of the flooded side shaft, boring samples were taken. It was claimed that one of the samples brought a tiny piece of sheepskin
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Although one expedition claimed to have found a flood tunnel lined with flat stones at 90 feet (27 m), geologist Robert Dunfield wrote that he carefully examined the walls of the re-excavated pit and was unable to locate any evidence of a tunnel.
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When Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette fled Paris during the French Revolution, the jewels were entrusted to a lady-in-waiting who succeeded in escaping. History shows that she did reach Louisberg, a few miles north of Oak Island on the Nova Scotia
472:, purchased 4 acres (1.6 ha) of the island known as Lot Five from Fred Nolan. This property is the only untouched land left on Oak Island. Young died on October 28, 2020, and the land passed to his estate. His finds, including a silver 1781
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for posterity. Activities regarding the Onslow and Truro Companies were also included that mention the mysterious stone and the Truro owned auger hitting wooden platforms along with the "metal in pieces". The accounts based on the
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abandoned. The shaft was later re-dug to 181 feet (55 m), reaching bedrock, but work was halted due to lack of funds and the collapse of the partnership. Divers sent to the bottom of Borehole 10-X in 2016 found no artifacts.
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shaft collapsed. It was later speculated that the treasure had fallen through the new shaft into a deep void causing the new shaft to flood as well. The Truro Company then ran out of funds and was dissolved sometime in 1851.
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670:, but no information was provided as to how or where Kempton obtained them. It was found that Kempton had stated in a letter dated April 1949 that he had obtained his information from "a school teacher long since dead".
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615:. According to the prospectus, the stone was taken out of the chimney and moved to Halifax; there, James Liechti was said to have deciphered the stone as reading: "Ten feet below are two million pounds buried".
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Robert Restall, his 18-year-old son, and work partner Karle Graeser, came to Oak Island in 1959 after signing a contract with one of the property owners. In 1965, they tried to seal what was thought to be a
873:. Freemason Dennis King examines the Masonic aspects of the Oak Island legend in his article, "The Oak Island Legend: The Masonic Angle". Steven Sora speculated that the pit could have been dug by exiled
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Jr. was also a passive investor in Oak Island exploration and treasure hunting, and monitored their status. Byrd advised Franklin D. Roosevelt about the island; the men forged a relationship, forming the
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hunting to continue on the island under the terms of a licence issued by the Minister of Natural Resources. Exploration by the Lagina brothers has been documented in the reality television show
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Wide-ranging speculation exists about how the pit was formed and what it might contain. According to Joe Nickell, there is no treasure; the pit is a natural phenomenon, probably a
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Exploratory holes that were drilled turned up bits of wood, more coconut fiber, soft clay, and blue mud. Having found nothing of interest, the group gave up the search in 1867.
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cavities which may be responsible for the repeated flooding of the pit. This type of limestone easily dissolves when exposed to water, forming caves and natural voids.
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help with digging. With the assistance of two men identified only as John Smith and Anthony Vaughn, he excavated the depression and discovered a layer of
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miner's pick, but by this time the area around the pit was littered with debris from previous excavation attempts and finding the owner was impossible.
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rock with no symbols. He was doubtful that symbols could have worn off the rock, given its hardness. The group left the island in November 1909.
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new pit rose and fell with each tide cycle. The Truro Company shifted its resources to
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in a rock had reportedly been seen. Although the group found the remains of an 1850
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Atlantic Advocate. 1965. Article in October issue, cited in Crooker 1978, 85–86.
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The Oak Island Enigma: A History and Inquiry Into the Origin of the Money Pit.
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The Big Dig: the $ 10 Million Search for Oak Island's Legendary Treasure,
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A History and Inquiry Into The Origin of The Money Pit – Penn Leary 1953
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The Oak Island Mystery: The Secret of the World's Greatest Treasure Hunt
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would purchase the island, a group of American drillers did so instead.
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to the surface. The parchment had two letters, "vi" or "wi", written in
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The Curse of Oak Island: The Story of the World's Longest Treasure Hunt
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Ellerd, Kerry. "Finding Buried Treasure: It's an Expensive Business".
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lies at a depth of 38 to 45 metres (125 to 148 feet) in the pit area.
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It was announced in April 2006 that brothers Rick and Marty Lagina of
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7 million. Although the Oak Island Tourism Society had hoped that the
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external links, and converting useful links where appropriate into
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1138:. Liverpool, Nova Scotia: S. J. M. Allen. p. 2. Archived from
1066:"This 17th-Century Conspiracy May Explain the Oak Island Money Pit"
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What’s the scoop on the mysterious buried treasure at Oak Island?
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1976:"A Solution To The Mystery Of The Oak Island Five Finger Drains"
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1187:"Oak Island – The Reasons for expecting there is Treasure there"
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When the business was closed in 1919, the stone was left behind.
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2507:'Oak Island Secrets'.(Formac Publishing 1995, 1997, 2002, 2009)
2114:. McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1967 – via Toronto Public Library.
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Bowdoin also examined Smith's Cove, where drain tunnels and a
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This section follows Nickell, section "Man-made or Natural?".
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Stories of buried treasure on Oak Island, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Following the Ark of the Covenant : The Treasure of God
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Author Joy Steele suggests that the money pit is actually a
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by numerous individuals and groups of people. The original
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CBC Radio conversation "Nova Scotia's Oak Island mystery"
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The first published account took place in 1857, when the
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Creighton used the stone for a beating stone and weight.
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Oak Island Tours & The Michigan Group (2005–present)
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CBC Television "The Oak Island money pit: how it works"
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2419:"Oak Island mystery: Its history is the real treasure"
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after British forces captured the fortress during the
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Excavation work on Oak Island during the 19th century
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Death Trap Defies Treasure Seekers for Two Centuries
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system and is underlain by a series of water-filled
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into the original shaft. The auger passed through a
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1162:. Liverpool, Nova Scotia: S. J. M. Allen. p. 2
2964:Detailed resource covering the money pit's history
2748:. Science Digest, Incorporated. 1951. p. 46.
2442:Howlett, A. "Mystery of Captain Kidd's Treasure".
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1430:– gives no details of the history of the diggings.
960:incited an angry mob of Parisian working women to
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132:(d. 1701), in which he states that treasure worth
3027:CBC Television "Dan Blankenship, treasure seeker"
2878:may not follow Knowledge's policies or guidelines
2001:"Canadian Newspapers on Microfilm – 2013 Catalog"
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1747:Doyle, Lynn C. "Nova Scotia's Treasure Island".
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2282:Boren, Kerry Ross Boren & Lisa Lee (2000).
2200:"History, Hoax, and Hype The Oak Island Legend"
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1605:Fortune and Glory: A Treasure Hunter's Handbook
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443:which was first broadcast on January 18, 1979.
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332:William Chappell and Gilbert Hedden (1928–1939)
2577:. Westchester House Publishers. Archived from
688:invested in an Oak Island treasure dig. Actor
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378:Restall family and Robert Dunfield (1959–1966)
340:August 1931 aerial photo of digs and buildings
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33:is a series of stories and legends concerning
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3065:History, Hoax, and Hype The Oak Island Legend
2943:Oak Island Treasure Company Prospectus – 1893
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1831:"For Sale: Island with Mysterious Money Pit"
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877:and might be the final resting place of the
437:The island was the subject of an episode of
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1446:. Atlantic Monthly Press. p. unknown.
1274:. Greenhaven Publishing LLC. pp. 6–8.
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507:Department of Tourism, Culture and Heritage
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2980:"Mystery Island Baffles Treasure Hunters".
2519:"The Oak Island Legend: The Masonic Angle"
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1949:"Appendix: Woods Hole Explores Oak Island"
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3076:"Skeptoid #129: The Oak Island Money Pit"
2914:Learn how and when to remove this message
2768:. Vol. 36. D. A. Smart. p. 38.
2006:. Common Wealth Imagining. Archived from
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1481:"A History of The Oak Island Enterprise".
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777:industry". Additionally, as noted above (
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2541:The Lost Treasure of the Knights Templar
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4629:Legends and myths regarding the Titanic
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2794:"Irrationality and Popular Archaeology"
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1719:Oak Island Obsession: The Restall Story
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710:in digging for treasure on the island.
209:, in 1861, which was also published in
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3005:television show, featured in Episode 4
2575:"The Second Cryptographic Shakespeare"
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1762:World Famous Treasures Lost and Found,
1629:Lionel and Patricia Fanthorpe (2012).
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2482:Crooker, Oak Island Gold, pp. 199–210
2473:Crooker, Oak Island Gold, pp. 182–185
2286:. US: Bonneville Books. p. 199.
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700:fortune after his father died on the
4639:Time travel claims and urban legends
3674:Angikuni's disappeared Inuit village
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2970:containing diagrams of the money pit
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1829:Whipps, Heather (November 7, 2005).
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911:The Second Cryptographic Shakespeare
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553:Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
365:Captain Kidd and His Skeleton Island
163:a large stone inscribed with symbols
3553:The babysitter and the man upstairs
2722:. Globe Pequot Press. p. 140.
2599:Loe, Erlend, and Amundsen, Petter.
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1698:"Solving the Mystery of Oak Island"
1590:Decoding the Past: The Templar Code
1517:
1468:"Response to the Oak Island Folly".
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1064:Dupere, Katie (November 14, 2020).
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2949:Mysterious Treasures of Oak Island
2543:(Inner Traditions/Destiny, 1999).
1574:
1506:History of the county of Lunenburg
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1051:"Oak Island carbon dating reports"
952:Some unproven stories allege that
447:and Nolan's damages were reduced.
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2225:"Treasure Hunters in Nova Scotia"
1872:"Treasure Trove License granted!"
1787:MacDonald, David (January 1965).
1664:"The Oak Island Eldorado Company"
1049:Needham, Michael (June 2, 1969).
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479:, are documented on his website.
468:In June 1996, Robert S. Young of
289:The Old Gold Salvage group (1909)
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3729:Black children as alligator bait
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2782:Barry Fell, Saga America, p. 172
2685:Bonnier Corporation (May 1939).
2166:"Statement of Harry W. Marshall"
627:(based on secondhand accounts),
4441:University of Cambridge legends
4238:Lampshades made from human skin
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1185:Phy, Paul (February 19, 1863).
1154:Forks, J.P. (August 13, 1857).
1130:Forks, J.P. (August 20, 1857).
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846:Masonic and religious artifacts
750:trees, damaged by "blowdowns" (
720:United States Antarctic Service
503:Department of Natural Resources
266:The Oak Island Eldorado Company
4704:Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
4297:Legends of Catherine the Great
3734:Black Dog of the Hanging Hills
1974:King, Dennis (February 2010).
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936:Another theory holds that the
813:, valued at about £1,000,000.
529:the ocean beaches to the pit.
301:is third from right, with pipe
146:and also discovered layers of
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3067:, Richard Joltes, August 2006
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2968:The Mystery Pit of Oak Island
2517:King, Dennis (May 12, 2010).
2180:True Tales of Buried Treasure
2150:Driscoll, Charles B. (1929).
2108:Vanderbilt Harris, Reginald.
1268:Shirley Raye Redmond (2011).
1035:
905:'s works and a leader of the
779:§ Water in the money pit
660:True Tales of Buried Treasure
239:Early excavations (1861–1898)
233:A History Of Lunenburg County
4808:Lists of legendary creatures
4389:The Dark Side of the Rainbow
4243:Soap made from human corpses
3846:Lincoln–Kennedy coincidences
3623:Litter boxes in schools hoax
3588:The Dark Side of the Rainbow
3412:Treasure Valuation Committee
3118:
2064:Same book at www.archive.org
1532:"The Oak Island Association"
889:Bacon-Shakespeare authorship
470:Upper Tantallon, Nova Scotia
413:Triton Alliance (1967–1990s)
398:Graeser and Hiltz all died.
259:Rambles Among the Blue-noses
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3618:Lighthouse and naval vessel
2691:The Popular Science Monthly
2457:"50 Great Treasure Islands"
2312:Virginia Historical Society
1635:. Dundurn. pp. 73–74.
1562:. John LovellZ. p. 156
1307:www.oakislandtreasure.co.uk
1090:"The Secrets of Oak Island"
1088:Nickell, Joe (March 2000).
991:
940:and their reported leader,
827:stationed there during the
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586:Stone with alleged markings
464:Robert S. Young (1996–2020)
112:Early accounts (1790s–1857)
10:
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4803:Lists of fictional species
4467:Man Proposes, God Disposes
4250:Lone gunner of Flesquières
3898:Sightings of Elvis Presley
2985:, May 1939, pp. 72–75
2792:Feder, Kenneth L. (1984).
2617:https://vimeo.com/94648238
2613:https://vimeo.com/94648239
2609:https://vimeo.com/94648236
2605:https://vimeo.com/94648237
2061:. Boston: Lea and Shepard.
2043:Early Oak Island Documents
1608:. Bloomsbury. p. 91.
1440:Sullivan, Randall (2018).
1249:"The Oak Island Diggings".
1222:(Nimbus Publishing, 1993)
976:When marine biologist and
684:Australian-American actor
662:by explorer and historian
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264:In 1866, a group known as
96:Location of Oak Island in
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4644:Urban legends about drugs
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3149:List of missing treasures
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2762:Gingrich, Arnold (1954).
2630:"The Shakespeare Mystery"
1917:"Oak Island Treasure Act"
948:Marie Antoinette's jewels
223:articles also ran in the
4634:McDonald's urban legends
4281:Zegrze Reservoir Monster
4039:Hanako-san of the Toilet
3392:List of treasure hunters
3154:Treasure from shipwrecks
2716:D'Arcy O'Connor (2004).
2408:O'Connor (1988, 172–173)
2182:, (Dodd and Mead, 1951)
2058:The Treasure of the Seas
1903:Halifax Chronicle Herald
1705:, August 19, 1911, p. 19
1006:
923:The Seven Steps to Mercy
807:British invasion of Cuba
668:Cambridge, Massachusetts
600:The Treasure of the Seas
297:1909 exploration group;
192:excavating a nearby cove
4412:Strategic steam reserve
4367:999 phone charging myth
3881:Philadelphia Experiment
2993:television show on the
2990:The Curse of Oak Island
2693:. Bonnier Corporation:
2393:Preston, Douglas. 1988
2242:Roosevelt, Franklin D.
2204:www.criticalenquiry.org
2152:The Oak Island Treasure
1602:McIntee, David (2016).
1509:(2 ed.). Toronto:
1501:DesBrisay, Mather Byles
1271:Oak Island Treasure Pit
999:The Curse of Oak Island
674:Investors and explorers
625:The Oak Island Treasure
592:Halifax Sun and Advisor
538:Smithsonian Institution
513:The Curse of Oak Island
489:The Curse of Oak Island
4402:Phantom social workers
4307:Hitler's pet alligator
4074:("Slit-Mouthed Woman")
3876:Phantom social workers
3608:Killer in the backseat
2997:channel (2014–present)
2660:The Oak Island Project
2262:"Oak Island Money Pit"
2111:The Oak Island Mystery
1414:"The Oak Island Folly"
836:Fortress of Louisbourg
634:
609:The Oak Island Mystery
524:Water in the money pit
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4881:Events in Nova Scotia
4857:44.51365°N 64.29466°W
4233:German Corpse Factory
4171:Konstantinos Koukidis
3754:Brown Mountain lights
3074:(November 25, 2008).
2974:The Oak Island Enigma
2521:. CrititalEnquiry.org
2032:Oak Island Compendium
1858:"Oak Island Lot Five"
1193:. column 4. p. 1
694:William Vincent Astor
679:Franklin D. Roosevelt
629:
567:Oak Island lies on a
422:supported by a steel
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307:Franklin D. Roosevelt
299:Franklin D. Roosevelt
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4793:List of creepypastas
4742:_9MOTHER9HORSE9EYES9
4548:Bass Strait Triangle
4518:Elephants' graveyard
4302:Lenin was a mushroom
4217:Vanishing Hotel Room
4026:Curse of the Colonel
3851:Lost Dutchman's Mine
3820:The Hands Resist Him
3679:Oak Island money pit
3658:Vanishing hitchhiker
3543:2016 clown sightings
2962:Oak Island Money Pit
2884:improve this article
2573:Leary, Penn (1991).
2493:This Baffling World.
2463:. 1994. p. 124.
2423:The Chronicle Herald
2229:US National Archives
2013:on February 10, 2015
1923:. November 27, 2017.
1418:Liverpool Transcript
1331:"The Onslow Company"
1252:Liverpool Transcript
1218:Crooker, William S.
1160:Liverpool Transcript
1136:Liverpool Transcript
966:Palace of Versailles
618:On August 19, 1911,
458:Government of Canada
221:Liverpool Transcript
207:Chester, Nova Scotia
125:Company activities.
4862:44.51365; -64.29466
4853: /
4662:Jan Harold Brunvand
4569:Flora and Fauna Act
4290:Soviet Union/Russia
4004:Monkey-man of Delhi
3913:Seven Gates of Hell
3739:Black-eyed children
3694:Thetis Lake Monster
3536:White lighter curse
3334:Republic of Ireland
3191:Classical antiquity
3061:, March/April 2000.
2956:Oak Island Treasure
2896:footnote references
2581:on October 31, 2014
2563:(T. P. Leary, 1953)
2444:World Wide Magazine
2231:. October 30, 2015.
2178:Snow, Edward Rowe.
1980:CriticalEnquiry.org
1953:CriticalEnquiry.org
1876:Oak Island Treasure
1723:. Dundurn. p.
1586:The History Channel
1389:"The Truro Company"
1142:on February 3, 2014
1102:on November 3, 2016
978:pseudoarchaeologist
903:William Shakespeare
883:Ark of the Covenant
829:American Revolution
598:In his 1872 novel,
270:The Halifax Company
63:Ark of the Covenant
57:manuscripts to the
4493:Spring-heeled Jack
4488:Ratman of Southend
4451:Isaac Newton's dog
4446:Croydon Cat Killer
4082:("Wriggling Body")
3812:Lake Worth Monster
3802:Maryland's Goatman
3058:Skeptical Inquirer
2952:A documentary film
2801:American Antiquity
2654:Ronnstam, Daniel.
2318:on October 5, 2017
2126:"Visit Oak Island"
1935:The Globe and Mail
1095:Skeptical Inquirer
931:Sweet Swan of Avon
901:was the author of
893:In his 1953 book,
852:Oak Island Secrets
342:
303:
254:
109:
101:
31:Oak Island mystery
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4461:Manchester Pusher
4351:
4350:
4271:Kraina Grzybów TV
4012:
4011:
3999:Indian rope trick
3943:
3942:
3807:Pope Lick Monster
3459:
3458:
3407:Treasure Act 1996
3380:
3379:
2924:
2923:
2916:
2729:978-1-59228-279-1
2687:"Popular Science"
2666:on August 4, 2018
2656:"The Duel Cipher"
2634:Wisdom from North
2559:Leary, Thomas P.
2308:"Richard E. Byrd"
2248:Heritage Auctions
1937:November 19, 1983
1882:on August 8, 2011
1773:D'Arcy O'Connor,
1715:Lamb, L. (2006).
1702:Colliers Magazine
734:Natural sinkholes
361:Harold T. Wilkins
268:or more commonly
167:The Truro Company
107:Map of Oak Island
4908:
4901:Treasure hunting
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4851:
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4798:List of cryptids
4604:Treasure of Lima
4541:
4540:
4436:British big cats
4360:
4359:
4150:And yet it moves
4142:
4141:
4127:Yamashita's gold
4059:Kisaragi Station
3954:
3953:
3918:Sewer alligators
3903:Richmond Vampire
3797:Goatman's Bridge
3779:Choking Doberman
3744:Blue star tattoo
3684:Screaming Tunnel
3578:Coghlan's coffin
3563:Bermuda Triangle
3524:
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2838:on July 31, 2013
2837:
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2055:DeMille, James.
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1921:nslegislature.ca
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1907:
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1892:
1891:
1889:
1887:
1878:. Archived from
1868:
1862:
1861:
1854:
1848:
1847:
1845:
1843:
1826:
1820:
1819:February 6, 1971
1813:
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1668:Oak Island Tours
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1335:Oak Island Tours
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1156:"Correspondence"
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1132:"Correspondence"
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1085:
1070:
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1061:
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1046:
1029:
1026:
1020:
1017:
954:Marie Antoinette
840:Seven Years' War
811:Seven Years' War
762:Industrial works
744:geological fault
708:passive investor
664:Edward Rowe Snow
455:
395:hydrogen sulfide
229:British Colonist
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4756:No Through Road
4730:
4691:
4682:Patricia Turner
4654:
4648:
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4583:
4579:Poinciana Woman
4552:
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4473:Mistletoe bough
4424:
4407:The Spider Bite
4347:
4321:
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4276:Nazi gold train
4259:
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4049:Inunaki Village
4008:
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3948:Continental and
3939:
3831:JATO Rocket Car
3764:Charlie No-Face
3704:
3698:
3689:St. Louis light
3662:
3613:The Licked Hand
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3347:Channel Islands
3321:
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3201:Medieval Europe
3167:
3158:
3139:Buried treasure
3127:Types and terms
3122:
3117:
3055:, Joe Nickell,
3050:
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2983:Popular Science
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2872:This article's
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1760:Khatri, Vikas,
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4711:MythBusters
4667:Hoax Slayer
4191:Silverpilen
4186:Red mercury
4156:Black Volga
4136:Continental
4115:Philippines
4054:John Zegrus
3935:Tourist guy
3923:Slender Man
3908:Ronald Opus
3866:Midgetville
3856:Melon heads
3836:Kay's Cross
3769:Chase Vault
3724:Ben Drowned
3653:Frank Tower
3638:Snuff films
3583:Cow tipping
3573:Candle Cove
3568:Bloody Mary
3216:By location
2842:December 1,
2771:mainland...
2585:November 3,
2097:pp. 104–105
1955:. p. 1
1886:November 8,
1842:December 5,
1673:January 31,
1648:January 31,
1566:January 29,
1541:January 29,
1398:January 28,
1146:January 26,
1002:– TV series
867:Chase Vault
863:Freemasonry
856:Joe Nickell
795:Henry Avery
793:; Kidd and
686:Errol Flynn
549:David Mugar
430:, in 1971.
385:storm drain
225:Novascotian
161:along with
98:Nova Scotia
43:Nova Scotia
4886:Oak Island
4875:Categories
4848:64°17′41″W
4845:44°30′49″N
4735:In fiction
4672:Linda Dégh
4564:Baby Train
4483:Purple Aki
4372:Baby Train
4098:Sony timer
3861:Mel's Hole
3784:Rodney Cox
3719:Baby Train
3356:Bronze Age
3228:Azerbaijan
3181:Bronze Age
3048:Skepticism
2601:Organisten
2342:South Pole
2293:1555174930
2188:B000OI2EFC
1479:A Member.
1340:January 4,
1036:References
981:Barry Fell
927:Erlend Loe
919:Organisten
909:. Leary's
879:Holy Grail
799:Blackbeard
690:John Wayne
613:prospectus
203:Transcript
171:bore holes
139:flagstones
59:Holy Grail
39:Oak Island
4750:franchise
4696:TV series
4653:Theorists
4557:Australia
4377:Black dog
4255:Nazi UFOs
4166:Herobrine
4105:Teke Teke
4032:Aka Manto
3759:Bunny Man
3593:John Fare
3513:By region
3173:By period
3011:from the
2888:excessive
2829:163298820
2703:0161-7370
2639:April 23,
2086:pp. 85–86
1959:March 20,
1749:MacLean's
1466:Patrick.
1424:April 10,
1197:April 10,
1166:April 15,
915:Norwegian
860:York Rite
620:Collier's
576:anhydrite
557:dye tests
419:syndicate
372:George VI
347:artifacts
318:cofferdam
314:ring bolt
283:India ink
279:parchment
201:Liverpool
175:pod-auger
47:artifacts
4827:Category
4748:Candyman
4196:This Man
4176:Le Loyon
4080:Kunekune
3892:Polybius
3793:Goatmen
3603:The Hook
3438:Category
3361:Iron Age
3238:Bulgaria
3186:Iron Age
3120:Treasure
3081:Skeptoid
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1801:April 8,
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992:See also
871:Barbados
865:and the
752:derechos
740:sinkhole
726:Theories
706:, was a
495:Michigan
407:causeway
173:using a
148:charcoal
4786:Related
4763:Petscop
4537:Oceania
4429:England
4419:Titanic
4226:Germany
4065:Kokkuri
3967:Nale Ba
3531:27 Club
3450:Commons
3372:Ireland
3310:Vietnam
3300:Ukraine
3280:Romania
3260:Germany
3233:Belgium
2995:History
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569:glacial
518:History
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424:caisson
351:Cornish
322:Halifax
156:coconut
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4687:Snopes
4523:Guegue
4511:Africa
4396:Friday
4264:Poland
4205:France
4138:Europe
3713:Aurora
3705:States
3703:United
3667:Canada
3648:Tayopa
3295:Turkey
3285:Russia
3275:Poland
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4326:Spain
4181:Pérák
4018:Japan
3992:India
3366:Roman
3315:coins
3290:Spain
3270:Italy
3265:India
3248:coins
3243:China
3134:Hoard
2836:(PDF)
2825:S2CID
2817:JSTOR
2797:(PDF)
2011:(PDF)
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1792:(PDF)
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925:) by
917:book
403:crane
159:fibre
152:putty
123:Truro
82:curse
75:shaft
4417:RMS
4394:HMS
3504:List
2844:2015
2724:ISBN
2699:ISSN
2672:2017
2641:2023
2587:2014
2545:ISBN
2527:2014
2430:2015
2324:2017
2288:ISBN
2211:2018
2184:ASIN
2019:2017
1987:2014
1961:2010
1888:2010
1844:2005
1803:2024
1777:1988
1764:2012
1729:ISBN
1675:2019
1650:2019
1637:ISBN
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1568:2019
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