5. The Oak Island Money Pit Mystery

Located off the shores of Nova Scotia, along Canada’s Atlantic Coast is Oak Island. It is here that there is said to be buried under 130 feet of ground – pirate’s treasures. Captain William Kidd, a notorious pirate even admitted to burying treasure in the area before his capture in 1699.

Initially discovered by a teenage boy, then taken up by several excavation teams, engineers, etc., the pit has not coughed up any treasure other than “marks” of pickaxes and tools, and layers of wood timbers and soil. At 90 feet deep, a clay tablet with mysterious symbols was discovered. The words remained a mystery until 1860 when it was deciphered to read: “Forty feet below, two million pounds are buried.”

But when the digging crew took a break at around 98 feet, they returned to find the pit filled with around 60 feet of water. Although there have been repeated efforts to dig the hole up and clear the water by several parties, none have been successful. Still, the Oak island Money Pit it has managed to provide just enough “evidence” to keep the interest of treasure-hunters piqued even to this day.