# Coconut fibre samples from the pit and Smith's Cove

> Identification as coconut is reported for some samples (1970 analysis, three of four; the 1995 Woods Hole sample). No laboratory report for any analysis…

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**ART** 0D52XM7008RK·Artifact · sample

# Coconut fibre samples from the pit and Smith's Cove

SampleCollected at various times from 1850 to the present

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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

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

## Sources 3

- [Appendix: Woods Hole Explores Oak Island](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D52WTAW2JA6/appendix-woods-hole-explores-oak-island)_SRC_
- [Oak Island mystery](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D52WRW07XRG/oak-island-mystery)_SRC_
- [Skeptoid #129: The Oak Island Money Pit](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D52WQD46NPJ/skeptoid-129-the-oak-island-money-pit)_SRC_

## Cite it

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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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**ART** 0D52XM7008RK

Kind

Sample

Held by

various private holders and the Oak Island Interpretive Centre

Dated

collected at various times from 1850 to the present; 1995: a sample dug up on the north-east shore by Triton staff and handed to Woods Hole scientists; identified as coconut, radiocarbon date about 1100 CE

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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