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If something was buried, who buried it?

Asked 26 Oct 2026 by ·Part of What is the Oak Island money pit?·4 answers·0·0 following
Four answers, none aheadNone is ahead yet. See what would settle it.

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Four answers have been proposed. None is ahead on the evidence yet. Four are still possible.

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Candidates have multiplied for 150 years. The question only has content if Q-WHAT is answered in favour of a worked shaft, but the candidates make different predictions about date and materials⁠[1].

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History

  1. DesBrisay puts forward: pirates or privateers (Kidd is the usual name) buried loot in the late 1600s or early 1700s.
  2. DesBrisay: the pirate reading is the one DesBrisay records as local belief.For: Pirates or privateers (Kidd is the usual name) buried loot in the late 1600s or early 1700s.
  3. DesBrisay: nova Scotia was a war zone through the period, and Halifax a naval base from 1749.For: A colonial power (British, French or Spanish) cached pay or plate during the wars of 1740 to 1783.
  4. Prometheus Entertainment / History (A+E Networks) puts forward: medieval Europeans (Templars or others) deposited something in the 1300s to 1400s.
  5. Prometheus Entertainment / History (A+E Networks): television has presented the lead cross and radiocarbon dates on wood as medieval.For: Medieval Europeans (Templars or others) deposited something in the 1300s to 1400s.
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