An atmospheric mystery adventure about an island, a centuries-old treasure and a story that may have been better left buried. Explore Oak Island, solve handcrafted puzzles and follow a trail that reaches far beyond the legend itself.
For more than two centuries, people have tried to discover what lies hidden on Oak Island. But behind the stories of shafts, treasure and vanished expeditions lies a mystery that reaches far deeper than the legend everyone knows.
What begins as a simple research assignment draws Jamie Watson deeper and deeper into the mystery of Oak Island. For more than two centuries, treasure hunters have searched the island, leaving behind stories of mysterious shafts, strange discoveries and unexplained events.
But Jamie is not the only one whose path is connected to the island. While Annie Pilgrim uncovers an old document during her research, Ryan Porter crosses the Atlantic aboard a ship, trying to escape his own past.
Three stories, three perspectives, and a mystery far greater than a simple treasure hunt.
Since 1795, the so-called Money Pit has drawn treasure hunters to Oak Island. Reports of flooded shafts, mysterious finds and repeated excavations have turned the search for the Oak Island Treasure into one of North America’s best-known treasure legends. This timeline traces the key events from the earliest treasure hunters to the modern search.
Three young woodcutters come across a strange depression in the ground. In a tree above the depression, they discovered rotted scraps of rope and a branch with strange notches. So they started digging. Just below the surface they found a weird stone circle. At a depth of three meters, another discovery: a layer of thick oak trunks that were neatly laid and anchored in the side walls of the shaft.
In about 1804, the Onslow Company excavated down to about 90 feet (27 m), with layers of logs found about every ten feet along with charcoal, putty, coconut fibre, and a stone inscribed with strange symbols. The pit flooded with 60 feet of water shortly thereafter.
The Truro Company re-excavated the pit back down to 86 feet before it flooded again. Drilling boreholes into the shaft brought up metal pieces, oak, spruce platforms, and coconut fiber from deep underground.
The Oak Island Association dug multiple offset shafts down to 105 feet. Collapsing flood tunnels and boiler explosions caused tragic accidents during early excavation attempts.
Boring samples extracted a tiny fragment of sheepskin parchment with 'vi' or 'wi' written in India ink. Red dye poured into the pit revealed three distinct ocean flood tunnel outlets.
Robert Restall and his family attempted to seal storm drains in Smith's Cove. In 1965, toxic hydrogen sulfide fumes in a 27-foot shaft tragically took four lives.
Dan Blankenship and Triton Alliance excavated a 235-foot steel caisson shaft known as Borehole 10-X, capturing early subterranean camera recordings deep beneath the island bedrock.
Rick and Marty Lagina lead modern archaeological excavations on Oak Island using heavy machinery and scientific analysis, unearthing ancient coins, medieval lead crosses, and historical relics.
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