# Lead cross from Smith's Cove

> Laser-ablation isotope work by Christopher McFarlane and Brandon Boucher indicated a European lead source but did not date the object. Found on a beach…

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**ART** 0D52XKZ67GN8·Artifact · object

# Lead cross from Smith's Cove

ObjectFound 2017; lead isotopes measured at UNB, 2018

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Laser-ablation isotope work by Christopher McFarlane and Brandon Boucher indicated a European lead source but did not date the object. Found on a beach reworked by searchers since 1850. No photograph with a free licence, conservation record or find-context report has been published.

## Copies 0

## Where it was made

[Smith's Cove](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D52WTAW3PR4/smiths-cove) · Cove and beach

## Sources 1

- [UNB researchers have moment in the spotlight on History Channel show](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D52WR4J6TEJ/unb-researchers-have-moment-in-the-spotlight-on-history)_SRC_

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Lead cross from Smith's Cove [Artifact ART0D52XKZ67GN8]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0D52XKZ67GN8
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Key

**ART** 0D52XKZ67GN8

Kind

Object

Held by

Oak Island Tours Inc. (licensee); reported to be displayed at the Oak Island Interpretive Centre

Dated

found 2017; lead isotopes measured at UNB, 2018

Place

[Smith's Cove](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D52WTAW3PR4/smiths-cove)

Part of

[Oak Island money pit](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oak-island)

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