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Picture: Dave Van Vugt Image of the interior of the Borehole 10x shack. Remnants of those involved in the last dig litter the area, such as working gloves, hats and even mugs, as though it were yesterday.
The hole on the floor in the centre is the entrance to the famed shaft. Picture: Joanna Atherton Looking down Borehole 10x.
The shaft descends to a depth of over 200 feet. Picture: Dave Van Vugt The home of long time Oak Island enthusiast, Dan Blankenship. Picture: Joanna Atherton Example of some of the smaller boring shafts that currently litter the island from past excavation attempts. Picture: Joanna Atherton View looking from mainland across the causeway to Oak Island.
This is the view Oak Island enthusiasts have had to be content with for over a decade, since in was last open to the public. Picture: Dave Van Vugt Oak Island Memorial Picture: Dave Van Vugt A harsh reminder of the risks associated with hunting for the mysterious treasure. Picture: Dave Van Vugt The Money Pit: the original pit dug by McGinnis and friends is thought to be located a short distance behind this shaft but this is where a great deal of excavation activity has taken place over the past 200 years. Picture: Dave Van Vugt
Image looking from Oak Island across to the mainland. It is thought that the small island visible in the centre of the picture is surplus material which was dumped out in the bay when the pit was originally created. Picture: Dave Van Vugt
Local sign pointing in the direction of treasure. Picture: Joanna Atherton
View looking from Borehole 10x across Smith's Cove at sunset. This is the artificial beach where coconut fibre was found as a drainage mechanism it is thought, to supply the flood tunnels with the sea water necessary to flood the Money Pit. The flood tunnels reach the sea, just beyond the beach in this photograph. Picture: Joanna Atherton
Smith's Cove at sunset. Picture: Dave Van Vugt
The above picture shows the Oak Island swamp - some of whom believe to be artificial and part of the larger workings of the Pit. Picture: Dave Van Vugt
Original Oak Island Tours building.
It is hoped by the Oak Island Tourism Society that the government will purchase the island and develop it as a heritage site.The presence of buildings such as those seen above could soon be a common site on the island. Picture: Dave Van Vugt
Image of the interior of the Borehole 10x shack. The hole on the floor in the centre is the entrance to the famed shaft. Picture: Dave Van Vugt
Sign detailing the workings of the Triton Alliance shaft.
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