Yarrrgh! Treasure!

[Sean of the Thread]

After watching National Treasure I was reminded of the fascinating Oak Island Money Pit shit.

This is just a basic site of many many.
http://www.activemind.com/Mysterious/Topics/OakIsland/index.html

Anyone else have interest in it?

I remember seeing a program on tv about this thing. History Channel, I believe. They way they made it out to be was it had a pretty ingenious design, but did people back then have the smarts to do it?

- Arkans

[Warriorbird]

Yeah. Engineering was pretty formalized in some circles at that point. I'm theoretically related to Daniel McGinnis, the fellow from 1795.



[Edited on 9-2-2005 by Warriorbird]

[Sean of the Thread]

The movie made me think about the Free Masons in conjunction with the pit. All kinds of theories but fascinating none the less.

Click Me.

[Edited on 9-2-2005 by Xyelin]

[Warriorbird]

I could see it as Masonic. Family tends to regard the Captain Kidd theory.

[Sean of the Thread]

Originally posted by Warriorbird
Yeah. Engineering was pretty formalized in some circles at that point. I'm theoretically related to Daniel McGinnis, the fellow from 1795.

[Edited on 9-2-2005 by Warriorbird]

What does "theoretically related" mean exactly? I'm think I'm theoretically related to Adam and Eve (or Bobo the circus ape perhaps).

[Warriorbird]

My grandmother was a McGinnis. She had laid out a connection but I always thought it was tenuous. She was obsessed with geneology.

[Sean of the Thread]

Ah awesome. I can now partially blame you for your ancestor starting this entire debacle.

[Warriorbird]

Yeah. I wonder if they'll ever successfully find anything after that collapse.

[Skeeter]

always found this fascinating. someone pitch the idea to James Cameron, maybe he'll make a movie about it, and someone will crack the mystery.

[Sean of the Thread]

Well two assholes own the island who used to be partners and Canadian govt only issued one treasure-trove license to the other partner... blah blah.. they are both 80 years old and pissed off. I don't think anything is going to happen for quite some time sadly.

[hectomaner]

Originally posted by Xyelin
Well two assholes own the island who used to be partners and Canadian govt only issued one treasure-trove license to the other partner... blah blah.. they are both 80 years old and pissed off. I don't think anything is going to happen for quite some time sadly.

so send in ana nichole smith

[Sean of the Thread]

Man why didn't I think of that. She can even do all the GOLD DIGGING herself.. HAHAHAHAHA. Ok not that funny.

[Warriorbird]

People'd watch the reality tv show.

[Sean of the Thread]

Actually that would be a great idea. I'm calling the networks.