Have you ever heard of a real buried treasure? This is a story about a real treasure hunt that has not yet come to an end. It started one summer day in 1795 when Daniel McGinnis was wandering about Oak Island outside Nova Scotia in Canada. He came across a curious circular depression in the ground and leaning over the depression was a tree which had been cut in a way which looked like it had been used as a pulley. He went home but came back the next day with two friends and started digging. After 10 feet they ran into a layer of oak logs spanning the pit. The same thing awaited them at 20 and 30 feet. At this point they were not able to dig deeper but returned 8 years later. They continued digging to 90 feet finding oak logs every 10 feet. At this point the pit suddenly filled up with water. The gang had sprung a booby trap.
Later it was found that the pit was connected with sloping tunnels to a bay on the island and the whole bay had once been dammed. It seemed there was a vault down in the pit and the oak logs had been placed to take the load of the ceiling of the vault. If someone dug close to the vault the pit would fill with water. Up to this day the treasure in the vault has not been recovered even though much work has been put into it. What do you think lies buried here? Who put so much work into hiding something on this island?
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