[jeffc]

Do people really think pirates would dig 150 feet down to bury treasure? Seems too far and too long to dig!

[vannrox]

Oak Island Links

• Oak Island - by Bill Milstead and MtBeers
• The Oak Island Enigma - by Penn Leary
• Oak Island - by Bradley Keyes
• Oak Island Primer - by Michael Linton
• Oak Island: a Complete History - by Michael Linton (expanded version)
• Oak Island Information Page - by Dick Joltes, debunking various theories
• Oak Island Bibliography - by Dick Joltes
• oak island treasure - by Dick Joltes, debunking for Urban Legends Archive
• Re: Oak Island Mystery - by John Coldrick, debunking main theories
• Treasure Hunters Sniffing Holy Grail - by the Calgary Herald
• Focus (April 96) - Oak Island is mentioned briefly in an article on mysteries
• The Halifax Herald Ltd. - past articles about Oak Island available on disk
• Oak Island Inn - hotel with a view of Oak Island
• Untitled
• Deja News Retrieved Document
• Holy Knights, Holy Grail
  

[ZGuy]

That's why one theory is that it wasn't pirates at all, but a ship of the British Admiralty which ran into trouble while carrying precious metals back to Britain. The military crew would have had the expertise and manpower to design the site for safekeeping until another ship could return and retrieve the cargo.
They of course, would have been in possession of the secret to disarming the traps when they returned.