D'Arcy O'ConnorSecret Treasure of Oak Island: The Amazing True Story of a Centuries-Old Treasure

I learned of the Oak Island story about 6 years ago and have a bookshelf filled with books about it. This one is my favorite. D'arcy has done a lot of research and conducted a lot of first person interviews which shows in this well rounded book. It's a great 1st book about Oak Island, as it summarizes all the searches from beginning through the Triton Alliance (not yet updated to cover the Michigan gang, the Laginas, the subjects of the 2014/2015 TV show on Oak Island), and is well written. I liked it so much I bought one as a gift for someone who knows nothing about Oak Island.

Having heard of Oak Island a few years ago, and more recently started watching "The Curse of Oak Island" on the History Channel I was interested to learn more. Fortunately this book is very detailed, as it goes through the history of the various attempts to excavate the illusive "Money Pit" and even touches on the majority of theories behind who buried something on the Island, what might be buried there and why it was buried. One theory it completely omits however is the Knights Templar. I finished reading the book in 24 hours, finding it hard to put down and I thoroughly enjoyed it.One thing though, is that the book was published in 2004. And so I am left with 10 or so years of missing information, however I don't think anything of significance happened on Oak Island during that time [that hasn't been shown on "The Curse of Oak Island"].

I received the book about a week after ordering. Given that I live in Canada and the book was posted from England, I was very impressed. The book is a great insight into the Oak Island mystery, the author has done a great deal of research and each chapter keeps you riveted. Having watched numerous documentaries online and read several articles, I feel that the book leaves you with all of the information you could need on the subject. I couldnt recommend this book more.

One of the best books for it's size and price on Oak Island...

This is a very complete history of the Oak Island mystery. It seems to be very well researched and gives a complete chronological history of the search for treasure on Oak Island. Without being there it is very hard for me to understand how there could have been this much time and this much money spent on something with such meager results. It sounds like there were some very experienced and intelligent people involved over the many years but the way the story unfolds it almost sounds like they were a bunch of clowns. Surely with the scientific ground survey equipment that is available today it would be possible to see what is underground without having to dig a thousand "dry" holes? This book is a great way to get some understanding of this great mystery but it cannot give answers to this age old mystery.