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"According to authors Graham Harris and Les MacPhie, Borehole 10X terminated in a cavity carved out of bedrock. Within the stone chamber were what appeared to b

"According to authors Graham Harris and Les MacPhie, Borehole 10X terminated in a cavity carved out of bedrock. Within the stone chamber were what appeared to be a severed hand, a corpse and several treasure chests (2005). Prompted by the video images, the Triton Alliance initiated approximately 10 diving excursions into the subterranean cavern. No treasure was extracted as a result of the divers' investigations." Any chance of recovering that video? Personally I thought of something like Nemo's underground/underwater base. Unfortunately by simply smashing through layers of timber treasure hunters most likely flooded/collapsed entire tunnel system.

terhechte 12y ago
I remember seeing pictures from that video in a book that I once owned. Calling it "treasure chests" is a bit overly optimistic. I'd say "square shadow". I concur though that, whatever was there (if there even was anything to begin with) has long been destroyed now by all the treasure hunters.
- thaumaturgy 12y ago
  That for me is the greatest tragedy of this: if there ever was treasure there, its historical value would have been far greater than the value of the supposed gold there, and the historical value has been entirely destroyed in the pursuit of the gold. Regardless of what it actually belonged to -- even a ship's manifest -- that parchment would have been valuable, and it's destroyed forever now.
  - Houshalter 12y ago
    On the other hand it would have anyway. Without the incentive on treasure, it would have been abandoned entirely. And anything degradable would have deteriorated long ago by now.
OakIslandRobot 12y ago
I do not believe that Borehole 10X was the location where the Masons buried this treasure. It would not have been logical for these educated Masons to have left the treasure below the water table where the destruction and deterioration of it could occur from salt water. I believe what was located at Borehole 10X was a cavern created by the Masons off of the main treasure tunnel to locate an underground ``Burial Site``. After their return from Havana and losing thousands of their comrades to sickness, it was inevitable that deaths would occur on the island and In order to keep their location secret, they could not bury them in the ground or at sea, but placed the bodies in caskets made from the ship's wood and put them in the cavern. What was seen from the camera lowered into Borehole 10X were the remnants of this. I believe the parchment material found with the letters VI was a piece of the King James VI Bible, placed within a casket. The printing of this bible was done by a John Baskerville a printer, Freemason, and good associate of both Grand Masters – Benjamin Franklin and Washington Shirley. In 1757 John Baskerville had invented a woven cloth paper which he used to print his Bibles. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baskerville http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baskerville

terhechte 12y ago

I remember seeing pictures from that video in a book that I once owned. Calling it "treasure chests" is a bit overly optimistic. I'd say "square shadow". I concur though that, whatever was there (if there even was anything to begin with) has long been destroyed now by all the treasure hunters.

thaumaturgy 12y ago
That for me is the greatest tragedy of this: if there ever was treasure there, its historical value would have been far greater than the value of the supposed gold there, and the historical value has been entirely destroyed in the pursuit of the gold. Regardless of what it actually belonged to -- even a ship's manifest -- that parchment would have been valuable, and it's destroyed forever now.
- Houshalter 12y ago
  On the other hand it would have anyway. Without the incentive on treasure, it would have been abandoned entirely. And anything degradable would have deteriorated long ago by now.

OakIslandRobot 12y ago

I do not believe that Borehole 10X was the location where the Masons buried this treasure. It would not have been logical for these educated Masons to have left the treasure below the water table where the destruction and deterioration of it could occur from salt water. I believe what was located at Borehole 10X was a cavern created by the Masons off of the main treasure tunnel to locate an underground ``Burial Site``. After their return from Havana and losing thousands of their comrades to sickness, it was inevitable that deaths would occur on the island and In order to keep their location secret, they could not bury them in the ground or at sea, but placed the bodies in caskets made from the ship's wood and put them in the cavern. What was seen from the camera lowered into Borehole 10X were the remnants of this. I believe the parchment material found with the letters VI was a piece of the King James VI Bible, placed within a casket. The printing of this bible was done by a John Baskerville a printer, Freemason, and good associate of both Grand Masters – Benjamin Franklin and Washington Shirley. In 1757 John Baskerville had invented a woven cloth paper which he used to print his Bibles. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baskerville http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baskerville