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What was the Mysterious Object found on Oak Island?

5/9/2016

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By Doug Crowell - Blockhouse Investigations
  A couple of months ago some old Oak Island documents appeared for sale on eBay.  They were associated with the Sprague and Henwood company, who carried out work for Gilbert Hedden on Oak Island in Mahone Bay Nova Scotia.  This was interesting to us because Sprague and Henwood were on the R.V. Harris list of must see documents. 
  It seems as if he never managed to see those documents.  So we followed the auction and were the successful bidders.  These papers did not contain the drilling reports that Harris was looking for when researching his 1958 book The Mystery of Oak Island.  They did however contain several reports and a few letters.

  One of these letters raises an intriguing mystery in its own right.  On August 6th of 1938, Gilbert Hedden wrote to Fred Krupp on Oak Island.  The letter was quite haphazard in its composition, alternating back and forth between various topics, covering concerns from equipment inventory to winterizing the island and hiring a watchman, among some non island related matters. 
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  The letter is an amazing item from days long gone, not only for its connection to Oak Island, but because it is written on stationary from the Lovett House, a luxurious hotel in Chester Nova Scotia in its day.

  The most interesting and enigmatic portion of this letter is found in the very last sentence of the letter. 
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  A "mysterious object"?  Mention of It comes with no warning or hint, as no other reference to this object is found anywhere in the preceding paragraphs.  It is obvious that Krupp, possibly in a previous letter, told Hedden of this object, and it is unfortunate that Hedden did not prompt Krupp for more information on this object in this letter.  If he had, we might have gained a clue as to what this object was.  As it stands, we only have another tantalizing mystery to ponder.  What was the mysterious object found in 1938, and where on Oak Island was it found?  Did it come from the pit, which was what they seemed to be focusing on at the time?  This is classic Oak Island.  Each find, each revelation, seems to only bring more questions.

  If asked to sum up the Oak Island Mystery, right at this moment, in two words or less, I would have to say "frustrating intrigue".

  Goodnight from The Blockhouse!


11 Comments
Jim
5/9/2016 10:08:12 pm

Dagnab it !...Your supposed to be part of the solution, not part of the problem !! I want answers, not more questions. LOL
Good to see these documents fall into responsible hands.

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Leah
5/10/2016 05:29:13 am

Maddeningly mind-boggling!

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Peter Geuzen
5/10/2016 01:57:52 pm

The "where" is it, doesn't necessarily have to be on (or under I suppose) the island. It could be underwater, close by on the mainland, a town, Halifax, who knows.

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Peter Geuzen
5/10/2016 02:03:02 pm

....or even possibly another island.

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John Wonnacott
5/11/2016 03:14:11 am

Do you suppose there is any chance the "mysterious object" is the so-called "Chappel Vault" that was one of the objects of the underground searches at the Money Pit, and never found after Chappel reported drilling into it?

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Rob Flemming
5/11/2016 06:47:37 am

Fred Krupp or one of his crew were the first known to have discovered the timber structure and the log ramp in Smith's Cove . Some of these upright timbers were said to be 15 inches in diameter . And the log ramp extending out into the ocean . It must have been a stormy season that year to expose these artifacts . And yes , a quick bit of googling , it was a lively year , storm wise . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1936_Atlantic_hurricane_season

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