Answer · Oak Island money pit
A shaft at least 90 feet deep was dug and refilled with platforms before 1795 to hide a deposit.
A shaft at least 90 feet deep was dug and refilled with platforms before 1795 to hide a deposit.
Where it stands
DisputedTwo pieces of evidence for, two against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.
What it predicts
- Cores or excavation below the searchers' disturbance show worked timber or masonry in a cut with defined walls.
- Wood from the structure dates to before 1795.
- An engineered channel or tunnel connects the shaft to the shore.
What would rule it out
- Cores to bedrock across the pit area show only natural collapse breccia, till and fallen timber with no cut walls.
Evidence 2 for · 2 against
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The questions it answers
Most likelyThe depression was a natural sinkhole over a dissolved cavity in Windsor Group gypsum; the platforms were…
Cite it
Mysteries Department. (2026). A shaft at least 90 feet deep was dug and refilled with platforms before 1795 to hide a deposit. [Answer ANS0D52X4B62ZZW]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D52X4B62ZZW
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title = {A shaft at least 90 feet deep was dug and refilled with platforms before 1795 to hide a deposit.},
author = {{Mysteries Department}},
year = {2026},
note = {Answer, catalog key ANS0D52X4B62ZZW},
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