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ART0D52XM7008RK·Artifact · sample

Coconut fibre samples from the pit and Smith's Cove

SampleCollected at various times from 1850 to the present

Identification as coconut is reported for some samples (1970 analysis, three of four; the 1995 Woods Hole sample). No laboratory report for any analysis or date has been published, and no sample has a documented chain of custody from an original undisturbed context: the 1995 sample was dug by the searchers, not by the scientists. A radiocarbon date gives when the plant died, not when the fibre rea

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Where it was made

HalifaxPortlandMonctonSaint JohnBangorSydneyWaterville1Smith's Cove200 kmPortlandMonctonSaint JohnBangor1200 km
Smith's Cove · Cove and beach

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Coconut fibre samples from the pit and Smith's Cove [Artifact ART0D52XM7008RK]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0D52XM7008RK
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