I dont remember the blue clay being mentioned before on the show, but i am currently reading the curse of oak island by randall sullivan and the book mentions the blue clay a lot. But sam and his sister, beth, havent been to oak island in almost three years grandpa and their mom had. Curse oak island 90 foot money pit stone and decoding. Kempton never says that any of these three people were retired. He appears to have sent a copy of his money pit story which is indeed very. One lazy summer day, i picked up a book my grand parents had about oak island. He is of native canadian descent and has used his native background to find a message on the stone. The curse of oak island is a reality television multiseason series that chronicles the efforts of an eclectic team of treasure hunters searching for legendary treasure on the infamous oak island, on the atlantic shore of southern nova scotia, canada. A puzzle book for a treasurehunt competition, published by priory publications gb ltd, in october of 2015. The reading cited above for the 90 foot stone has been rejected by many oak island researchers. One of the key elements in the oak island legend is the inscribed stone said to have been found somewhere accounts vary around the 90 foot level. In theory, it was the treasure of grayson ozias iv, a fictional friend of levi strausss nephew.
Oak island has been a place of interest for treasure hunters since the 1700s. The shepherds monument depicts a woman and three shepherds standing around a tomb. An investigative report into oak islands long lost 90 foot stone. The rhodolite garnet was found by metaldetecting expert gary.
The book is a guide to indirect knowledge of historical context. The markings were recorded and translated by a halifax university language professor around 1866. The money pit 1986 cast and crew young lovers walter tom hanks and anna shelley long are housesitting the new york city apartment owned by max alexander godunov, annas exhusband, who. Book 4 of 7 in the brian sadler archaeological thrillers series. Translation of the oak island 90 foot stone along with author anita meyers books. It is an american television production that first premiered in canada on the history network on january 5, 2014. In 1803, a stone was found on oak island that has become known as the 90foot stone. This stone, allegedly from the money pit, contains a coded inscription. The next serious attempt at excavation started in 1893 when the oak island treasure company took over. Robert kiyosaki reveals the shocking truth about whats coming in the future.
Curse oak island 90 foot money pit stone and decoding analysis. Rennes le chateau oak island money pit crystalinks. Stone with inscriptions found at 90 feet in the money pit. Inscribed 90 foot stone oak island money pit mystery. Wikipedia the mysterious inscription that has yet to be decoded is located beneath the relief, and contains the letters o u o s v a v v. At that point in the ciphers history, it seems nobody had decrypted it. Blog archives the oak island compendium the oak island. Oak island is noted as the location of the socalled money pit, a site of numerous excavations to recover treasure believed by many to be buried there. The micronesian island of yap is known for its stone money, known as rai yapese. A sean wyatt archaeological thriller the lost chambers trilogy. In the money pit on oak island, a mysterious stone inscription was found. Finally, at a depth of 90 feet, a mysterious stone was discovered with symbols that to this day have not been definitively decoded.
The most famous, and generally accepted, translation is that offered by reverend a. Making good homes better, this is the money pit home improvement show. Chronology of the oak island treasure hunt 18611908. See more ideas about oak island, island and oak island mystery. It was found 90 feet below ground in the socalled money pit. Some years ago, sceptic joe nickell from csicop committee for the scientific investigation of the claims of the paranormal proposed that the oak island money pit started out as a natural sink hole, which are apparently common in that part of nova scotia, and a masonic legend somehow attached itself to that natural sink. The previous treasure hunters thought it might be an entrance to the money pit and decided to blow it up and see if there was anything beneath it. According to author lee lamb, upon investigating the island for the source of the lights, mcginnis noticed a peculiar circular depression approximately feet in diameter on the islands. Exciting signs of treasure kept being unearthed, such as the presence of coconut shells, which are not native to the region. Oak island money pit cipher stone solved, though alleged treasure still unrecovered in 1795, a teenager discovered a deep pit on oak island in nova scotia, along with hints that there was a great treasure at the bottom. Feb 18, 2017 oak island ancient stone workings revealed exclusive footage. They clear the money pit down to 111 feet, finding a 2. Blockhouse investigations nova scotia in our last installment, we told you the story of oak islands daniel mcginnis from his 1783 arrival in nova scotia as a practically destitute united empire loyalist, until just before the discovery of the famed money pit. The 90ft stone is used as part of a chimney in a house on oak island.
Just look at all the destruction dunfield did to oak island itself trying to get down to the bottom of the money pit. Keith ranville has come up with a differing translation from the generally accepted one. Every company that has tried to locate this treasure has failed. The story has it that on one of the rocky beaches on oak island close to the money pit area, a large flat stone was found with templar inscriptions. Who built the oak island money pit and whats hidden. The stone, which was taken from the money pit, and used in the fireplace of.
The island has turned up many interesting items such as coins, coconut fibers, and carved stones. By 1897, they managed to clear out the money pit down to a staggering 111 feet. However, their work resulted in the bottom of the money pit caving in. At some point after being taken from the money pit, the stone was used in the chimney of house on oak island. German archaeologist dr heinrich kusch, in his book on the ancient.
It was said to resemble dark swedish granite and to have an olive tinge, and was not a stone common to the area. Oak island, located on the scenic mahone bay about an hours drive south of the provincial capital of halifax, has been associated with buried treasure since the late 18th century. In this, the last part of the series, well pick up where we left off in 1794 when poll tax records show him living on oak island. A fragment of stone with similar symbols was found nearby in smiths cove in the 1930s. This finding set off the insane pursuits of wealth at the pit for centuries to come. The stone story is probably embellished or completely made up, but it isnt out of the question that the stone would be put to use doing something else. Oak island ancient stone workings revealed exclusive. Treasure has finally been found on the curse of oak island, in the form of a brooch containing a 500yearold faceted red gemstone. This is a facsimile drawing of the larger stone which was found at the 90 foot level in the money pit. The stone tablet itself has gone missing, but a record of its symbols remains. The secrets of oak island the mystery files youtube. The oak island mystery refers to stories of buried treasure and unexplained objects found on or.
Learn about the mysterious inscribed stone with strange markings found deep in the oak island money pit. Inscribed 90 foot stone reports of the size of the stone found in 1804 somewhere between the 8090 level in the pit varied to between 23 long by 1216 wide. Read my historical research credits for descriptively translating the money pit symbols and for ciphering the oak island stone triangle that lead to discovering oak islands latest discovery the birch island treasure triangle for more information on oak islands exclusive new research theoriesdiscoveries. Then the author of the kidd book came forward and said that he just made up the map. Anita meyer on the mothership connection translates oak island.
One final attempt was made in 1864 to intersect the money pit, resulting in an alleged flood tunnels again being breached. It has been found on the island over the years in the money pit, various other shafts, etc. Oconnor has interviewed remaining member of crews and put in years of his own research to complete the book. Appendix the oak island legend as an expression of masonic symbolism.
Oak island guards its secret with water from deep flood tunnels. The search for the oak island treasure continues in nova scotia. Inscribed stone a cryptic stone discovered almost 90 down in the money pit in 1804. List of the curse of oak island episodes wikipedia. The followup to jeffery deavers massive bestseller the bone collector also a feature film starring angelina jolie and denzel washington the stone monkey is a simply outstanding san jose mercury news addition to the lincoln rhyme series. Letter to drcooke, geology department, dalhousie university from darcy oconnor august 20, 1976.
Oak island treasure news narrator what treasure is large enough to bring a young franklin delano roosevelt to the island with a pick and shovel in hand, or cause the great matinee idol errol flynn to leave the luxury of hollywood for the cold and mud of a obscure island is this the repository of the worlds greatest single treasure or just some 18th century engineers idea of a practical joke. Wayne herschel author the hidden records discovered. The message concerns an island two islands to the east of oak island birch island which has a distinctive triangle carved into the north side of the island. Since the tablet was discovered 90 feet below ground, excavators subscribing to leitchis translation set their sights on a depth of feet. Over the next two hundred years, multiple wellfinanced attempts have been made to learn what is hidden, but have been. In a movie called big deal on madonna street, a gang of crooks was trying to break through a wall into a bank building.
Work addresses the gaunche like inscription stones of numidian berber and its underlying meaning. Jerry lutgen decodes the 90foot stone scott wolter answers. The district does not want to hold on to the nearly 50year old school for very much. The inscription is said to read forty feet below two million pounds are buried. Oak island money pit the last great unsolved mystery. Today robin and alex discuss the mystery surrounding oak island.
More evidence that ancient romans may have made it to oak. One of the most fascinating artifacts from the pit was said to be a flat stone recovered at the 90 foot depth, carrying a mysterious inscription. Money pit the mystery began here in 1795 with the discovery of the money pit. The enigma of the shugborough inscription ancient origins.
Journalist have been making logical serious inquiries about a real possibilities that oak islands treasure is on a alternate island, oppose to what everyone have been eluded to believe that the treasure is in the relentless oak island money pit. There are around 6,000 of the large, circular stone disks carved out of limestone formed from aragonite and calcite. A cardinal decodes pages of ancient symbols to learn the secret of oak island and its. The very bright irish teacher who supposedly decoded the characters on the stone is a third person. Digging in the presumed money pit gets down to 110 feet, when they find a tunnel dug in 1860s. And if you pick up the phone and give us a call, you might just win a copy of our book, my home, my money pit. One of the key elements in the oak island legend is the inscribed stone said to have been. It turns out that this reading of the 90 foot stone is correct. Treasure found on the curse of oak island as 500yearold. The first treasure hunters on the island were a group of young men who saw a depression in the ground and a pulley in a large oak tree above it. In the money pit oconnor gives a nice history of the small island in nova scotia. While in halifax we examined the stone found in the money pit, the. Applying this approach to cryptography, leitchi resolved that the stone from the money pit read lamb, 2006. They begin drilling in the area of the famed money pit and discover pottery from far underground.
You can get instantly matched with toprated pros for any home project and book appointments online for free. We talk to the surveyor, who says that the triangle pointed at the money pit. The money pit mystery sam cant decide what he likes best about visiting oak island. Curse oak island 90 foot money pit stone and decoding analysis buried treasure. Ranville believes that the answer to the riddle may be found on nearby birch island.
The 90ft stone is found in the money pit on oak island. Based on a unique reading of an inscription once found in the money pit, mr. They rigged up a system that was going to penetrate the wall, and braced it against another wall, and of course it was the other wall that collapsed. Unfortunately the stone itself has since disappeared. Letter to darcy oconnor from dr cooke, geology department, dalhousie university september 14, 1976. The stone with the weird writing is decoded to say 40 feet down, two million pounds are buried. Oak island mystery decoded by a native weird, bizarre. Borehole 10x a deep shaft 180 ne of the money pit with tantalizing clues. According to the legend, this stone was cut with mysterious markings that no one could read or decipher. Brothers marty and rick lagina travel from michigan to oak island, determined to resume the search for treasure on the island and solve the oak island mystery.
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