# A stone bearing deliberate cut characters was found at about 90 feet by the Onslow Company.

> Disputed: A stone bearing deliberate cut characters was found at about 90 feet by the Onslow Company.

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# A stone bearing deliberate cut characters was found at about 90 feet by the Onslow Company.

A stone bearing deliberate cut characters was found at about 90 feet by the Onslow Company.

**Disputed** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Disputed** One piece of evidence for, three against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Independent witnesses before 1893 describe legible cut symbols.
- A copy made from the stone itself survives.

## What would rule it out

- Every pre-1893 eyewitness describes marks that were faint, scraped or absent.

## Evidence 1 for · 3 against

[McCully (1862) and 'A Member' (1864) report a stone with characters cut into it, found near 90 feet.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oak-island/evidence/EVD0D52XAPA0F30/mccully-1862-and-a-member-1864-report-a-stone-with)

Suggestive

FOR

[An 1864 correspondent (Cooke) said the marks looked scraped rather than cut; the stone was by then walled…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oak-island/evidence/EVD0D52XAY47QXJ/an-1864-correspondent-cooke-said-the-marks-looked-scraped)

Suggestive

AGAINST

[Bowdoin in 1911 described a hard stone with no visible symbols.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oak-island/evidence/EVD0D52XB5Y0A2J/bowdoin-in-1911-described-a-hard-stone-with-no-visible)

Suggestive

AGAINST

[The familiar cipher and its reading appear first in the 1893 prospectus; no drawing from the stone survives.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oak-island/evidence/EVD0D52XBDR0REW/the-familiar-cipher-and-its-reading-appear-first-in-the-1893)

Supported

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

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Part of [What is the Oak Island money pit?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oak-island/questions/QST0D52X2WA4BV7/what-is-the-oak-island-money-pit)

Most likelyA plain or naturally marked stone was found, and the inscription was read into it or added later

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). A stone bearing deliberate cut characters was found at about 90 feet by the Onslow Company. [Answer ANS0D52XAEG7XM2]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D52XAEG7XM2
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**ANS** 0D52XAEG7XM2

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