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On The Button
Season 14, Episode 7

On The Button

Corjan Mol Written by Corjan Mol, author & Historical Researcher, Oak Island Team @corjanmol

Blurb by The HISTORY Channel: While a new discovery on Lot 5 might help identify who was behind the Oak Island mystery, the team gets stunning new data about what's buried deep in the Money Pit.

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Written by Corjan Mol · Author & Historical Researcher · Follow on @corjanmol ·
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Oak Island's Lot 5: From Stone Circle to Buried Complex (AI-assisted historical reconstruction, not a photograph)
The Evidence

Oak Island's Lot 5: From Stone Circle to Buried Complex

Lot 5 on Oak Island began as a 13-foot stone circle and became a buried complex of two foundations, ...

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David Tobias: The Business of Oak Island (AI-assisted historical reconstruction, not a photograph)
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David Tobias: The Business of Oak Island

David Tobias funded Oak Island's treasure hunt for forty years. His money built Triton Alliance, pro...

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Black Gold: The Tar Kiln Theory (AI-assisted historical reconstruction, not a photograph)
The Theories

Black Gold: The Tar Kiln Theory

What if the Money Pit was never a vault at all, but a furnace? Researcher Joy A. Steele and marine g...

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Latest finds on the island

Slipway (Lot 5)Slipway (Lot 5)In use in the 1700s, possibly earlier (creamware and bloomery iron from the excavation; Craig Tester, Laird Niven)Lot 8 Giant BoulderLot 8 Giant BoulderCradle binder: post-1200s (Culligan) and pre-mid-1700s (Spooner); described as premodern, possibly medieval; wood within the cradle mortar dated to between 1694 and 1726 (Spooner, Season 14)Cut wood from 214 feet (L.25-11)Cut wood from 214 feet (L.25-11)UndatedWood with the highest gold reading (Shaft 6 tunnel)Wood with the highest gold reading (Shaft 6 tunnel)Undated; from the tunnel dug out of Shaft 6 in 1861
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