Talk:Oak Island

box drains and triangles?

"The five box drains made from flat stones did exist and were identified and recorded by the Restalls.[14]Oak Island stone triangle formation related to the nearby Birch Island triangle, theorized by First Nations Keith Ranville." The article doesn't mention the drains elsewhere, so the sentence is oddly written. As for the triangles, I'm not sure what that sentence fragment is about at all? Шизомби (talk) 21:59, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

I would like to see more on the "Cocos nucifera' fibres. Definitely not a native of that clime, the Vikkins did not use it, and we hve no indication that southern folk travelled there in numbers that early.

The radiocarbon date does not compute. Did they know cal BP? Also, the Smithsoinan by when the fibres wer ID'd did make mistakes A LOT by modern standards.

Biochemical tests would be useless after time in seawater probably, but a good plant anatomist could recognize something. A fresh sample of material would be necessary. Dysmorodrepanis (talk) 21:04, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

Notably absent from recent history is the account of the informal organization calling themselves TROUVER (pronounced tru-vey, the French word for “to find”). The group formed in 1967 consisted of three young men; Carl Merz, Eric Hensen and Terry Scheid. They were granted written permission for access and excavation to the site for a brief period of time. In July of 1967 Carl and Eric (both from Deer Park, NY) visited and examined the pit site and the previous dig. A radically different plan for excavation and recovery was devised by them, circumventing the flooding issues. It required a fair investment to implement. The money was never raised and the rights passed back to holder at the time, soon after. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.169.39.231 (talk) 17:48, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

Vaughan ownership of Oak Island

The article makes it sound as though the boys were exploring some previously unknown location. The island had been platted and the parents of Anthony Vaughan owned 7 lots covered with trees on the island including the one directly adjacent to the pit location. The Vaughan family were ship builders and operated a lumber mill. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.192.132.65 (talk) 03:27, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

This article states that the island is underlain by water filled limestone cavities (anhydrite). Limestone is predominately Calcium carbonate(CaCO3), or Dolomite (Mg,Ca(CO3)2). Anhydrite(CaSO4) is an evaporite mineral closely related to gypsum. Calling anhydrite a limestone is like saying salt is sugar. These form in separate environments, and are not the same.