# A plain or naturally marked stone was found, and the inscription was read into it or added later.

> Most likely: A plain or naturally marked stone was found, and the inscription was read into it or added later.

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# A plain or naturally marked stone was found, and the inscription was read into it or added later.

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

**Most likely** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Most likely** Its tests partly supported it: two pieces of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Early witnesses disagree about whether there were marks.
- The "translation" appears only when a company needed investors.

## What would rule it out

- A pre-1893 copy of the symbols, made from the stone, surfaces.

## Evidence 2 for · none against

[A 1935 statement places the stone as a bookbinder's beating stone in Halifax until 1919, worn smooth.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oak-island/evidence/EVD0D52XC5662ED/a-1935-statement-places-the-stone-as-a-bookbinders-beating)

Suggestive

FOR

[The 1893 Oak Island Treasure Company prospectus is the earliest source for the reading 'Ten feet below are…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oak-island/evidence/EVD0D52XBXC5RNW/the-1893-oak-island-treasure-company-prospectus-is-the)

Supported

FOR

## The questions it answers

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

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Mysteries Department. (2026). A plain or naturally marked stone was found, and the inscription was read into it or added later. [Answer ANS0D52XBNJ7CFV]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D52XBNJ7CFV
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**ANS** 0D52XBNJ7CFV

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