Oak Island is a small island off Nova Scotia, Canada, where people have dug for more than two hundred years in search of something buried beneath it. Discovered in 1795 as a strange depression with man-made oak platforms below, the Money Pit has never given up its secret. The search continues today.

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Daniel McGinnis discovered evidence of a previously excavated shaft on Oak Island around 1795. He recruited John Smith and Anthony Vaughan to help dig, and they found oak log platforms at regular intervals before stopping at roughly 30 feet. The earliest published sources disagree on nearly every detail of the discovery, including who McGinnis was, what he found, and who helped him.

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Captain William Kidd is the name most closely linked to the origin of the Oak Island legend. A dying sailor's confession, first recorded in 1863, placed treasure worth two million pounds on an island "east of Boston." Kidd is the only major pirate known to have buried treasure, confirmed by recoveries from Gardiners Island in 1699. Four maps found hidden in furniture attributed to Kidd between 1929 and 1934 depict an island some believe resembles Oak Island, while 17th century coins recovered on the island during the television series fall within his operating period. Whether Kidd acted alone or in partnership with Henry Every, the "King of Pirates," the tradition connecting him to Oak Island is the oldest and most persistent of all the theories.

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