The Hunt

A Hunt with no End

From teenage boys with shovels to million-dollar excavations, the hunters who gave everything.

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The Real Daniel McGinnis of Oak Island

The story of how Daniel McGinnis found the Money Pit in 1795 is the founding legend of Oak Island...

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Frederick Blair: The Man Who Held Oak Island for Sixty Years

Frederick Blair held Oak Island's treasure trove license from 1893 until his death in 1951, shapi...

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The Chappell Family and the Vault Beneath Oak Island

In 1897 William Chappell drilled into a sealed wooden vault at 153 feet. His son Melbourne spent ...

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The Roosevelt Connection

Franklin D. Roosevelt's Oak Island obsession spanned thirty-six years, from a boyhood visit to th...

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Gilbert Hedden and Edwin Hamilton: The Engineers Who Mapped the Oak Island Money Pit

Between 1935 and 1943, a New Jersey car dealer and a New York University engineer spent over $110...

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The Restall Tragedy

Robert Restall traded a career as a carnival daredevil for six years of primitive living on Oak I...

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Fred Nolan, the Oak Island Surveyor

Fred Nolan surveyed every inch of Oak Island, bought a quarter of it for $2,500, and spent 58 yea...

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Robert Dunfield and the Destruction of Oak Island

In 1965, California geologist Robert Dunfield brought heavy machinery to Oak Island and conducted...

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Dan Blankenship and Borehole 10-X

Dan Blankenship gave up everything for Oak Island. In 54 years he drilled the deepest shaft, surv...

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Equipment and Technology on Oak Island

From the pot auger of 1849 to the 135-ton telescoping drill rig of 2025, the equipment used on Oa...

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