About This Artifact
A sizable heart-shaped stone discovered by Fred Nolan on his property during the late 1960s and 1970s, when he was conducting extensive searches across his land on the island. Nolan found the stone alongside other unusual objects including drilled rocks with survey-like bore holes, an arrowhead-shaped stone, rocks with primitive cement and metal ringbolts embedded in them, and the remains of a very old well and smithy next to the swamp. As a professional surveyor, Nolan believed that many of the marked rocks and stone structures found on his property were part of a massive man-made grid-like map containing a mysterious pattern that pointed to the hiding place of the main treasure. He spent years trying to unravel this system, shooting transit lines between various stones and discovering additional unusual rocks at points of intersection or along sight lines. His conviction that the original architects had laid out a deliberate surveying network across the island was strengthened by the sheer number of worked and positioned stones he encountered. While draining the swamp in 1970, Nolan also recovered very old stakes, a piece of wood with a metal hinge still attached that he believed may have been part of a chest, and what appeared to be a gold-bar branding iron. These discoveries, along with a small piece of a wooden ship's gunwale, were later interpreted as evidence that the swamp may have been used as a docking or boat-repair yard. The heart-shaped stone fits within this broader pattern of intentionally placed objects on Nolan's land, though unlike the Smith's Cove heart stone, it was never submitted for formal expert analysis.
Historical Context
Found by Fred Nolan, late 1960s–1970s. Documented in Finn, Oak Island Secrets.
Where It Was Found
Found at Fred Nolan's property, Oak Island — Oak Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.
