Hey now, doan be dissin the whole oak island thing.
Recognize this guy?
Captain Kidd buried his treasure there long ago in the late 1600s. It was found and recovered by the McGuinness brothers in the late 1700s.
But that was never proven, and lots and lots of people figured it was still there or there was more that hadn't been found yet so they kept looking. There was never a mining operation, it has ALWAYS been a treasure hunt.