I'm finding it hard to believe that there is anything new to say about the Oak Island Money Pit at this point. Everyone and their grandma has stuck a shovel in it by now, and the only things of any note whatsoever that most recent excavations have found has been crap left there by the previous excavations. There is no suspense. There is no new discovery. There is no big reveal. There is no treasure there and there never was.

Oak Island at this point is just a lame joke, a meme of about the same caliber as all those little old ladies in the tabloids who totally saw Elvis alive and walking around at a motel outside of Omaha.

The fact that anyone can continue to blather about this "story," and that anyone will still listen, is just a testament to just how badly our education system has failed everyone for the last half a century. The only topic about which it says anything at all is the stupidity and credulity of the public. So, business as usual for the History Channel these days.

By the earliest accounts, McGinness (and the original "kids") gave up after digging 30 feet. It wasn't until the Onslow group that they excavated down to 90 feet.

I would accept that the original pit was a natural sinkhole except for the coconut fiber evidence. As we all know, palm trees don't grow in that region. Coconut fiber, called coir, was a common trade item because it was used like hemp. Common applications were rope, mattress stuffing, and matting. It can also be mixed with pitch to make a substitute for oakum - a common material used to waterproof ships hulls.

(I know... I know... "Why Finland?" That's where the lemmy.world servers are.)