Passionate about Oak Island?

This is the opportunity you have been waiting for!

The Oak Island Tourism Society are looking for enthusiastic volunteers to help out at their annual Explore Oak Island Days on 20-22 June 2008.

The jobs do not demand any heavy physical activity and will include:
security for historical displays
assisting in the collection of admission money
handing out tickets for various tours
running the "movie house"
assistant for the sale table
assistant for "front door"
assistant for speakers
room security for Loyalist Arms and Repair table
general girl/guy runners

If you are interested, please contact Danny or Yvonne Hennigar in the first instance - tel 902-275-3718 or email flhs@eastlink.ca

See you in June!

Oak Island Treasure Newsletter - March 2008

This edition of our newsletter brings you the news you've been waiting
for - the hunt for treasure has finally begun again on Oak Island.

Read about the latest attempt to recover riches on the small island in
Nova Scotia which has had treasure hunters baffled for over 200 years:
http://www.oakislandtreasure.co.uk/content/view/145/134/

From the Oak Island in the present, next we step back to 1976 in our
ever-expanding Oak Island archive. We are pleased to bring you a
fascinating scrap of Oak Island history - a transcribed conversation
which took place between Dan Blankenship and his son the moment
Borehole 10X bean to collapse:
http://www.oakislandtreasure.co.uk/content/view/146/135/

Browse our online archive for a growing collection of historical
documents and photographs relating to the world's greatest treasure
hunt: http://www.oakislandtreasure.co.uk/content/view/73/96/

We also bring you the latest agenda for this years' Oak Island Tourism
Society's Explore Oak Island Days on June 20-22:
http://www.oakislandtreasure.co.uk/content/view/135/128/

We are always interested in hearing from you - whether this may be
your own theory on the mystery or feedback on the site, we welcome any
comments you may have.

As always, we thank you for your interest in the Oak Island mystery
and look forward to bringing you the news when the hoard of treasure
is brought up to the surface on Oak Island!

Kind regards,

Jo Atherton

Website Manager
Oak Island Treasure
http://www.oakislandtreasure.co.uk

World's greatest treasure hunt has begun!

Oak Island Treasure has been informed that the hunt for treasure has begun again on Oak Island. This is the latest attempt to recover riches on the small island in Nova Scotia which has had treasure hunters baffled for over 200 years.

Our source reports that Oak Island Tours Inc have started their investigation by digging a series of shafts which, according to Oak Island author, D'Arcy O'Connor, are several feet north of the famed Money Pit.

This original site is where, as legend has it, a group of boys on a fishing expedition to the island discovered disturbed earth beneath a block and tackle hanging from an Oak Tree back in 1795.

Often called 'the world's greatest treasure hunt' due to the millions of dollars which have been spent on trying to overcome the ingenious set of traps devised to protect what some believe may be the biggest repository of treasure the world has seen.

Other speculators suggest the lost works of Shakespeare, Templar treasure and even that Oak Island could be the final resting place for the Holy Grail.

Today, interest is high as new investors from Michigan have teamed together with long time Oak Island treasure Dan Blankenship.

It would seem efforts are concentrated further north than the original Money Pit as three holes have been dug - one to 160 feet and two more to a huge depth of 300 feet.

This initial exploration has not resulted in any significant finds, but digging is to continue very soon as more of the island is probed to try and uncover its mysterious past.

New additions to the Oak Island Archive

A collection of newspaper articles from 1971 which debate the existence of human hand in Borehole 10X. These articles were written shortly after Triton lowered cameras in to shaft and include interviews with those who have worked on Oak Island over the years. Read more

A collection of documents spanning Fred Blair's life (1867-1951) and in particular his sixty years involvement with Oak Island. Read more

Documents from Peter Beamish, an employee of The Institute of Oceanography in the 1960's. Includes letters relating to this establishment's findings on Oak Island. Read more

Oak Island Treasure Archive

New additions to the Oak Island Treasure Archive this week include photos of Dan Blankenship being lowered down into Borehole 10X in 1976, and some amazing photos of treasure hunters at work on Oak Island.


Dan Blankenship in the original Money Pit, Oak Island 1976



Dan Blankenship - Oak Island September 1976

Treasure Hunting

To view these images and many more, please use the following links:


Borehole 10X Gallery I

Borehole 10X Gallery II


Blankenship excavations

Oak Island engineering images

Oak Island Treasure - Borehole 10X Video

Oak Island Treasure is pleased to share with you a selection of images which have been added to our main website this week.

Firstly the following image was taken from the famous Borehole 10X video. In this piece of film shot when a camera was lowered deep into the flooded caverns of Borehole 10X, many believed they were seeing what they thought to be a collection of chests.

Other images in this collection include what some have interpreted to be wooden beams supporting a roof - similar to a mine shaft, and intriguing of all, a photo of what has been identified as a body.

These photos were taken of the TV monitor displaying the video, and as a result are not the best quality. Coupled with sediment strewn waters, and it is easy to understand the ambiguity which surrounds these controversial pictures.

One must be wary when viewing such 'evidence', as for anyone passionate about the Oak Island mystery, the temptation is to see what you wish to see, much like forming shapes out of the clouds in the sky. However, these photos undoubtedly remain a fascinating chapter in the history of Oak Island.

Visit Oak Island Treasure now to view these new images.

*NEW* images of Oak Island treasure hunting

As part of the ongoing project to digitise Oak Island material and get it online for you all to enjoy, (and also protect it from inevitable deterioration), I bring you a sneak peak of some of the images which will be added to Oak Island Treasure resources over the coming weeks.

The following images are of exploration taking place on Oak Island during the 1960s/70s (actual date to be confirmed soon).