# Some finds are genuine pre-1795 objects deposited by whoever dug the pit.

> Disputed: Some finds are genuine pre-1795 objects deposited by whoever dug the pit.

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# Some finds are genuine pre-1795 objects deposited by whoever dug the pit.

Some finds are genuine pre-1795 objects deposited by whoever dug the pit.

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

## Where it stands

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

## What it predicts

- Objects have recorded find contexts in undisturbed layers.
- Independent laboratories publish dates and provenances.

## What would rule it out

- Every dated object proves to be post-1795 or from disturbed searcher fill.

## Evidence 1 for · 1 against

[UNB's laser-ablation lab reported a European lead source for the Smith's Cove cross.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oak-island/evidence/EVD0D52XFTC5S8E/unbs-laser-ablation-lab-reported-a-european-lead-source-for)

Suggestive

FOR

[The cross and other finds were recovered from a beach and from fill worked by searchers since 1850.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oak-island/evidence/EVD0D52XG264ATS/the-cross-and-other-finds-were-recovered-from-a-beach-and)

Supported

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[What do the Lagina-era finds show?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oak-island/questions/QST0D52X3VJ0CBS/what-do-the-lagina-era-finds-show)

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 likelyThe finds are a mix of ordinary colonial and later debris from farming, logging, military use, shipbuilding…

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Some finds are genuine pre-1795 objects deposited by whoever dug the pit. [Answer ANS0D52XFJJ3PV7]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D52XFJJ3PV7
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