# The Money Pit - what's new?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-money-pit-whats-new/333418>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [November 30, 2005, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-money-pit-whats-new/333418 "2005-11-30T18:33:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-money-pit-whats-new/333418/21 "2005-12-09T19:35:51Z")

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> **Arky:**
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> If anything happened in that period, it was ‘treasure scrying’ - pretending to divine for treasure in order to get others to pay for digging it up. This was commonplace along the north-eastern seaboard then.

Could you substantiate the claim that treasure scrying was commonplace then? It’s not that I seriously doubt your assertion: I just think that elaboration would prove interesting. (Also, I might think that mine salting would be even more popular, not that Arky has claimed otherwise.)

Those wanting an example of fraudulent treasure scrying can look here:  
[http://oakisland.esolutionswork.com/tiki-index.php?page=Treasure%20Scrying%20Fraud%20Maine%201804](http://oakisland.esolutionswork.com/tiki-index.php?page=Treasure%20Scrying%20Fraud%20Maine%201804)

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