This section brings together a selection of material which relates to the excavations of Borehole 10X. Read about the excavation attempts, view photos and hear about Dan Blankenship's terrifying ordeal of when the shaft collapsed around him.

The Borehole 10X severed hand - http://www.oakislandtreasure.co.uk/content/view/137/129/ 

Images taken from withing the Borehole 10X shaft - http://www.oakislandtreasure.co.uk/content/view/129/122/

Borehole 10X excavation gallery I - http://www.oakislandtreasure.co.uk/content/view/133/125/

Borehole 10X excavation gallery II - http://www.oakislandtreasure.co.uk/content/view/134/127/

Read about the day Dan Blankenship was trapped inside Borehole 10X - http://www.oakislandtreasure.co.uk/content/view/134/127/

Media speculation about the severed hand during the early 1970s:

TV camera picks up 3 chests, Nov 23, 1971 - http://www.oakislandtreasure.co.uk/archive/borehole10x/10xarticle23111971.pdf 

Explanation of hand said 'utter nonsense', Dec 1 1971 - http://www.oakislandtreasure.co.uk/archive/borehole10x/10xarticle01121971.pdf

Dives 235 feet beneath Oak Island cavern 'could extend to Money Pit', Dec 7, 1971 - http://www.oakislandtreasure.co.uk/archive/borehole10x/10xarticle07121971.pdf

Hand in Oak Island 'possible', Dec 14, 1971 - http://www.oakislandtreasure.co.uk/archive/borehole10x/10xarticle14011972.pdf