Oak Island Research Paper

Oak Island Treasure Exists A small island located in Nova Scotia, off the coast of Canada possesses one of the last known mysteries in the world. The Oak Island treasure hunt now has more evidence than ever and people are willing to do anything and everything to find the treasure hidden in the money pit. Many theories offer whose treasure is on Oak Island or how it got there but first people must believe it is there. Looking at the history and the searches conducted on Oak Island, it can be proved that the Oak Island Treasure is real. Oak Island is a one hundred-forty acre, privately owned sector of land located on an island off of Canada. For over two hundred years the island has been bought and sold numerous times and through the hands …show more content…
One of the first searches conducted on Oak Island was by the Onslow Company, beginning in 1804. The Onslow Company dug where the depression was originally found and they came across something suspicious. While digging, the Onslow Company dug through layers log, putty, charcoal, and coconut fibers. These findings go to prove that whoever buried the treasure was trying to hide what they put in their hole. This could also go to show that the people who buried the treasure were constructing a trap or a barrier so that nobody could reach the treasure. This was just the first of multiple discoveries made by the Onslow Company that help prove the treasure is on Oak Island. The next landmark discovery by the Onslow Company happened in the early 1800s, “..., a stone was found at a depth of 90 feet that had mysterious symbols carved on it. Records note that someone deciphered these markings as saying, “Forty Feet Below, Two Million Pounds Are Buried.” “ (Murock Hussein 53). Before this stone was deciphered, and all people knew was that it had a message on it, the finding sparked an interest in the island and gave people hope that the treasure is actually underground. Once it had been deciphered, it became set in stone that treasure was, in fact, buried on Oak Island. This catapulted the search efforts and caused the Onslow Company to dig even deeper. “When the logs were pried loose, the trap was sprung. By means of an elaborate system of dams and drains, seawater gushed into the shaft, preventing anyone from reaching whatever lay 40 feet beneath” (David 32). The Onslow Company sprung a trap in what was beginning to be known as the money pit. Water flooding the pit demonstrates that the construction and the burying of the treasure was thought out appropriately. In the case that there was no treasure, there would have been no water