The Money Pit of Oak Island, NS

[Professor S]

Have you Canadians heard of this? I just saw it on TV and looked it up. This damn thing facinates me. I need to know who built it and whats at the bottom!!!

What appears to be a complex flooding trap has thwarted efforts to reach the bottom of the Money Pit ever since. Some think the pit was purposely flooded with seawater, via a series of artificial swamps and tunnels, to hide its contents.

Through the murk, drill borings and shafts dug by the island's series of owners have detected what seem to be cement vaulting, wooden chests, and scraps of parchment paper. Radiocarbon dating of these artifacts is consistent: whoever constructed the shaft likely did so sometime in the 16th Century.

http://www.livescience.com/history/0...ak_island.html