About This Sample
A solid piece of wood found by geologist Terry Matheson and Scott Barlow at 214 feet in the core from 214 to 218 feet of borehole L.25-11, drilled a few feet from the RP1 caisson. The depth lies near the bottom of the solution channel, well below the 118-foot floor of Shaft 6.
Placed in water, the wood sank. One end shows what appear to be two or three knife passes; Marty Lagina thought an adze trimming a larger board could have left the same notch. Matheson described it as roughly tied for the deepest wood recovered from the solution channel. The team took it as support for the idea that material from the Money Pit collapse of 1861 moved down into the channel. It was sent to Dr. Ian Spooner for gold testing, carbon dating and species identification; no results had been reported when the episode ended.
Historical Context
Terry Matheson; Scott Barlow; The Curse of Oak Island Season 14 Episode 1
Where It Was Found
Found at Borehole L.25-11, Money Pit area, in the solution channel. Location: the original 1795 excavation shaft on Oak Island, Nova Scotia.
