Location
Borehole 8-A, Money Pit area
Discovered
Season 7
Date Range
1600 AD – 1795 AD
Category
Artifact
Era
Pre-Discovery
About This Artifact
Small handwrought iron hinge found at the wash table by Jack Begley and Steve Guptill during the 8-A excavation. Archaeologist Laird Niven identified it as non-mining-related and possibly from a chest. Recovered alongside hand-hewn ax-cut wood, leather fragments, and a massive oak timber consistent with the oak-log platforms described by Daniel McGinnis during the original 1804 excavation.
Historical Context
Jack Begley, Steve Guptill, Laird Niven; The Curse of Oak Island Season 7 Episode 20
Where It Was Found
Found at Borehole 8-A, Money Pit area — the original 1795 excavation shaft on Oak Island, Nova Scotia.