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Becker hole 33 at the Oak Island Money Pit (AI-assisted historical reconstruction, not a photograph)
Borehole Era III, The Machine Age Becker 1967 On the map, position approximate 1 artifact

Becker hole 33

Drilled 1967 by Becker Drilling, 199 ft

Depth199 ft
Below the post-1966 ground at the Money Pit (about 10 ft below original ground)
Year1967
ByBecker Drilling
WhereMoney Pit area
CampaignBecker drilling (1967)

7 ft south of B24. Rock 152 to 190; clay 190 to 192; wood at 192; partial cavity with soil and crude lime mortar 192 to 198; rock at 198. Drilled May to Aug 1967; Becker group 3.

Positions on the map are approximate; each dot marks the top of the hole.

What the Drill Found

  1. 0 ft
    SurfaceTop of the hole
  2. 152 ft
    Stone / rockRock surface (bedrock or anhydrite)
    Les MacPhie (2008), from Blankenship's Becker notes
  3. 190 to 192 ft
    Soil / clayClay
    Les MacPhie (2008), from Blankenship's Becker notes
  4. 192 ft
    WoodLayer of wood
    Les MacPhie (2008), from Blankenship's Becker notes
  5. 192 to 198 ft
    CementPartial cavity with soil and fragments of crude lime mortar
    Les MacPhie (2008), from Blankenship's Becker notes
    Crude lime mortar fragments (Becker Hole B33) →
  6. 199 ft
    BottomWhere the hole stopped, below the post-1966 ground at the Money Pit (about 10 ft below original ground)

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.

Where It Sits

Sources

  • Drilled by Becker Drilling (Alberta) Ltd.
  • MacPhie (2008) App. B Table B2, p5-8
  • MacPhie (2008) App. B Table B2
  • Positions and depths: see how we know this on the Money Pit Map.