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Ron,
I had an opportunity to work on Oak Island a few years ago when a
landowner asked me to look at a feature on his property. We had to
take a boat because the owner of the causeway, Blankenship, I
believe, wouldn't allow him access through his property, which
includes the so-called Money Pit. When we arrived at his lot, he
pointed out that his neigbour, whose land surrounds his on three
sides, had cut a 30-foot buffer along their property line so he could
easily see any incursions onto his property. There is an overwhelming
sense of paranoia amongst the landowners on the island and I can
never see them agreeing to any real archaeology, especially now that
I see there were further explorations planned for this past summer.
These people work under our Treasure Trove Act and, because of that,
there is no requirement for a professional archaeologist on the
project (even though they don't hesitate to use to word archaeology
when they describe it). I have no doubt that there is no treasure on
Oak Island and can't help but wonder how the face of archaeology in
Nova Scotia would have changed if we were able to spend the tens of
millions of dollars wasted down the "Money Pit".
Laird Niven
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
On 24-Mar-07, at 4:21 AM, Ron May wrote:
> Does anyone know the truth about Oak Island? I figure someone here in
> HISTARCH can tell me if people have wasted the past 200 years
> digging for a myth or
> real pirate treasure?
>
> Ron May
> Legacy 106, Inc.
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