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And they really think a bunch of 18th. century murderous sea faring psychopaths buried a big pile of money hundreds of feet down in a swamp? Pffftt!

Depends on your definition of the sea-faring psychopaths are. The latest theory was that, I believe it was Ft. Fredrick, the occupants of the Fort knew they were going to be attacked and to hide the gold they held took it to Oak Island and buried it. The credence that gives this theory credibility is that the fort has the same underground architecture fraught with traps as does oak island. While the Ft Frederick was a bastion against those pesky psychopath American Privateers, it has changed hands several times between the English and Spanish. That is part of Oak Island history you would have never have guessed because everyone is so focused on the Templar theory. The last episode called Timeline goes back over all the theories that have come to the island since the show started backed up by artifacts found on the island.

The swamp is interesting not only because of the high levels of mercury found within the blue clay pit but because several experts, an archaeologist and several geologists, have put their reputations on the line that the stone platform found at the bottom of the swamp was man made. This was corroborated through testing of the wood found between the stones on the platform that was excavated.

The swammp’s depth was roughly 10 feet at the most not hundred’s of feet down as you so eloquently put it. That was 10 feet before hitting dry organic matter. But hey you are the expert on swammps and you know exactly how deep the swamp is, reight? Eh?