The Oak Island Money Pit

The Oak Island Money Pit is one of the more curious treasure mysteries know to man. It has a history that boasts ties to everything from The Holy Grail to Shakespeare, and the buried fortunes of famous pirates. The ‘pit’ itself is an incredibly deep hole which contains an astonishingly complex design that’s kept both treasure-seekers and excavators out for two centuries. It’s unclear who dug the highly-intricate structure.

Early search parties of the pit were successful to a depth of around 90 feet, where they discovered an inscribed tablet that was eventually decoded and read “forty feet below, two million pounds lie beneath.” Excavation beyond that has caused immense flooding within the pit, which to this day quickly fills itself back up when water is removed.