# 'Patrick' in 1861 reports digging under the platforms and finding it dry, contradicting the flooded-vault…

> 'Patrick' in 1861 reports digging under the platforms and finding it dry, contradicting the flooded-vault account.

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# 'Patrick' in 1861 reports digging under the platforms and finding it dry, contradicting the flooded-vault…

'Patrick' in 1861 reports digging under the platforms and finding it dry, contradicting the flooded-vault account.

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## What it bears on 1 answer

[The story of a worked pit was invented or inflated in the 1840s to 1860s to sell shares; there may have been…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oak-island/answers/ANS0D52X6SA21RX/the-story-of-a-worked-pit-was-invented-or-inflated-in-the)

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Mysteries Department. (2026). 'Patrick' in 1861 reports digging under the platforms and finding it dry, contradicting the flooded-vault… [Evidence EVD0D52X7GR4GT5]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0D52X7GR4GT5
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