Campaign ManagerSince 220 years, this Oak Island Mystery has been a center of attraction for a plethora of explorers. This wild hunt of island’s hidden treasure has resulted in many tragic incidents, causing the loss of lives, fortunes, and families. This island had many intriguing stories and theories. One of them even says that the island will expose up the treasure for sure but for that to happen seven deaths are required. However, this saying didn’t hamper the determination of Lagina Brothers of deciphering the island’s secret.
In 1965, Rick Lagina, who was 11 years old then was reading a copy of “Reader’s Digest” and one of the articles changed his life forever. He was flipping the magazine pages when he came across an article which was pertaining to a 220-year-old mysterious Oak Island, which was located in Nova Scotia, Canada. The article said that there was a treasure hidden in the island. A lot of people had tried to find it out but their efforts went in vain. Rick started to explore the information about the treasure and dreamt of finding it one day.
A Natural Explorer
However, Rick Lagina had gone for his first ever treasure hunt just a year before. He was an innate explorer. He began his journey as an explorer from his hometown of Kingsford, Michigan. His first discovery was of a huge granite rock, which he was determined to move and find out what was hidden beneath that. He with the help of 9 other people, that included his brother Marty, moved the heavy rock. They didn’t find something historic or important but it paved the way for him, for his future endeavors as an explorer. With the course of time, the Oak Island Treasure hunt became their only aim.
Onslow Company and its discoveries
The Onslow Company decided to investigate Oak Island in 1804. Eight years ago, Daniel McGinnis discovered a weird circular depression in the surface of the island, which intrigued the Onslow Company. During their investigation, the team of explorers found layers of oak logs, charcoal, and putty. They also discovered a stone tablet with an inscription on it. Many researchers tried to decode that inscription, but no one was successful. But, in 1866, a professor at Halifax University deciphered that inscription. Its translation revealed a direful message.
The Beginning of it all
It all began in 1795 when a teenager at that time Daniel McGinnis, was roaming around Oak Island, Nova Scotia. It was then when he came across a strange circular depression on its surface. McGinnis was familiar with the rumors of island’s mysterious treasure. He decided to investigate further, so he gathered his friends to help him.
On further investigations, McGinnis and his friends John Smith and Anthony Vaughn found something which surprised them to the core. They dug the surface two feet deeper and found a layer of flagstone. They further dug the surface for 30 feets, they found myriad layers of oak logs which was equal to the length of the pit. Eight years later, they hit the spot again with The Onslow Company. What they discovered changed their world altogether.
First hit at the hidden treasure
After much of drillings, the explorers discovered two chests filled with coins. After getting to these chests of coins, the explorers observed that the surface deep inside the pit was loose so they came back in 1850 to dig another parallel tunnel over to the Money Pit, but that effort went in vain as well. As water began to flow in and pumping was of no help as well. However, an incredulous discovery was made at this moment.
During the pumping process, the explorers observed something at low tide at Smith’s cove. They noticed water coming out of the beach. This indicated that the original designers had created a drain system. So the team came up with several other plans but to no use. Finally, the Truro Company gave up. This was just the start, soon the things got unusual.
TV Shows
Moreover, an episode on the mysterious Oak Island was aired on a TV show “In Search Of…” on January 18, 1979. It was because of this TV show this mysterious island grabbed eyeballs of plenty of people. In 1983, Fred Nolan was sued by Triton Alliance over the ownership rights on seven lots of Oak Island. The place was closed for further exploration till 2005 when the Lagina brothers took the onus upon themselves.
In 2005, a part of the Oak Island was up for sale for an amount of $7 million, and the Lagina brothers from Michigan purchased a 50% stake in Oak Island Tour Inc. They started their quest for the treasure and soon came out with bigger discoveries.
