La Buse Cryptogram: Levasseur's Unsolved Code and Oak Island
The Pirate La Buse threw a 17-line pigpen cryptogram to the crowd at his 1730 hanging. Every solu...
Borehole
Era I, Pick and Shovel
Triton / Bowmaster 1969-70 Not placed on the map
1 artifact
1897 hole 5
Drilled 1897 by Oak Island Treasure Company, 175 ft
Depth175 ft
As reported by the source
As reported by the source
Year1897
ByOak Island Treasure Company
WhereIn the Money Pit
CampaignTreasure Company Money Pit holes (1897)
On the mapOpen the Money Pit Map →
Cement 150 to 170; ended at 175.
No public source gives this hole's position.
What the Drill Found
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0 ft
SurfaceTop of the hole
- 150 to 170 ft
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175 ft
BottomWhere the hole stopped, as reported by the source
Rows are in depth order; the column on the left is the hole, and a figure between rows is the stretch with nothing logged. Depths as reported by each source.
Sources
- Harris and MacPhie, Oak Island and its Lost Treasure, 3rd ed. (2013); scan p55
- Harris and MacPhie, Oak Island and its Lost Treasure, 3rd ed. (2013); scan p55
- Positions and depths: see how we know this on the Money Pit Map.
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Recommended Reading
The Knights Templar: History & Mystery
Holy Blood, Holy Grail
The Jerusalem Files
The Curse of Oak Island: The Story of the World's Longest Treasure Hunt
Secret Treasure of Oak Island
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