some group OF or related to the Knights Templar order built Oak Island pit i guarantee that!

one can debate on age and which nation or 2 these particular templars were from....( whether scotland, Spain/Portugal, etc but I have no doubt myself



the picture of the pirate sketch is ridiculous IMO

it could just as easily be a knight templar with a shield in front of him...wearing his tunic w/ hood and light chain mail.

and there is precedence for it...the Westford Knight. GOOGLE it if you don't know what i'm talking about

how about googling the Hooked X while you are at it because the ROCK they found there with symbols/letters reminds me of this as well

If the stone with the symbols on it was made hundreds of years ago, why would they describe the treasure to be 40 "feet" below? I'm not an historian but I would think that it would be measured in meters. Also, if I was digging and got to the "130 ft" depth and found nothing there, I would start digging horizontal in every direction and pay close attention to the soil.

By looking at the diagrams of where the water rushes in from the traps, I would walk the opposite direction and look for a place to start digging (maybe some kind of sign?) diagonally to the bottom of the original pit as to not disturb the traps. Then again, Birch Island is a huge question mark and the triangle that covers over half the island is very intriguing. Awesome thread!

Originally posted by JulianAlien
Fact is if the universities were to accept the treasure hunting community as equals(if not superior)then nothing would be lost or melted down.Arrgh!!..

Context is key to archaeology. If treasure hunters did more than just dig, grab, and run for it then they might get a little more respect from the pros. Looting is not archaeology.

Originally posted by AGWskeptic
The reports say them found a link of gold chain and a few other things.

I recently heard a local say on the CBC that the Pit offered an opportunity to grab some paying work, and when things started to slow down they were not adverse to throwing a few links of gold into the back dirt to stay employed a little longer.

I say that as a believer in the Money Pit. Sometimes you have to put the science on the back-burner and just go in pursuit of a great story.