The Money Pit: The Story of Oak Island and the World's Greatest Treasure Hunt

by D'Arcy O'Connor

Examines several theories concerning the underground labyrinth, the ingenious system of dams and subterranean flood tunnels, and the strange assortment of objects found on Oak Island off Nova Scotia and tells of expeditions to uncover the area's secrets

Genres: History, Nonfiction

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1978

Reviews

[Sara]

Another Oak Island book. This one had quite a bit of detail up until the end of the 70's. More interesting tidbits about Fred Nolan and Dan Blankenship, plus some photographs. Not sure what I'll do with my spare time since the TV season has ended and I read this book way too fast!

One thing to note. The legend about "7 must die" mentioned on TV wasn't in the other book I read. It is mentioned here on the last page, last sentence. Not sure where that even came from as other legends are discussed throughout the book.

[Warren Benton]

Rating 3.75
In The Money Pit O'Connor gives a nice history of the small island in Nova Scotia. Oak Island has been a place of interest for treasure hunters since the 1700's. O'Connor has interviewed remaining member of crews and put in years of his own research to complete the book. The island has turned up many interesting items such as coins, coconut fibers, and carved stones. But to this point no treasure chamber has been discovered and a treasure has been spent trying to find it.

[Clare]

This book is a marvelous account of all those who keep trying to solve the mystery of what, if anything, is buried on Oak Island. Many have tried, none have succeeded. Some speculate that there is nothing there, but then why are there so many elaborate booby traps found when people search? Quite an enigma!

[Olga Vannucci]

Two hundred years of digging yielded nothing at all.
Yet we're sure there's treasure, we're still in its thrall.

[Erik]

This was a fascinating retelling of the efforts to recover "treasure" on Oak Island in Nova Scotia. I had read of the Oak Island Money Pit on the Internet, and got this book out of the library to try and learn more of the mystery. No treasure has been recovered to date, though this book ends in the 1970s.