Written In Stone
The exploration seemed to have hit a dead end, and it was only in 1886 that the inscription could be translated at Halifax University. The translation of the stone gave everybody a jolt to the heart, when they read it. “Forty feet below, two million pounds lie buried.” News quickly spread about the location and the message on the stone, but the legend of the curse that 7 people have to die first wasn’t shared.
Written In Stone
Shakespeare or Marie Antoinette?
Like any event without all the answers, rumors started to run like wild fire around the Oak Island treasure. One theory was that a character by the name of Francis Bacon was the actual writer of Shakespeare’s works and decided to bury his plays and money there. Then came the theory that one of Marie Antoinette’s maids upon arriving in Novia Scotia requested that the Navy bury all the possessions of Marie Antoinette.
Shakespeare or Marie Antoinette?
