Lee Restall Lamb has very kindly shared a collection of photographs from the time her family was working on the island. Below she provides detailed captions which provide a fascinating insight into the Restall involvement on Oak Island.

The Money Pit (Hedden and Chappell Shafts) as they appeared in Oct.59 when the Restalls arrived on Oak Island.

The A-frame being raised (necessary to keep the weight of the pump off the deteriorating Hedden shaft timbers).

Rick & Mom (wearing bug gear)with Rick pointing to a dome of stones discovered over a shaft approximately 18" by 31 ft. deep, constructed by whomever did the original work on the Island.

This was named The Vertical Shaft by Dad and Bobby. By the way, that's one of the famous hand-drilled rocks in the left foreground of the picture (discovered by Hedden, I believe).

Fred Sparham (Dad's friend and first major investor) with Bobby and my Dad, drilling into the Vertical Shaft (spring 1961).

Bobby inspecting the remains of wooden boxes uncovered when they started one of their beach shafts.

Apparently the boxes protected drill holes left by previous treasure-hunters.

Ricky riding fuel tanks from the beach to the Money Pit area. The tanks were loaded on the boat float which was rigged to pull itself up the hill.

Mom and Carney in front of Oak Island's famous rosebush.

If you wish to use any of the photographs, please This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  Joanna Atherton who will try and to obtain permission on your behalf.