Roman crossbow bolt found on oak island Perhaps some random Roman arms maker randomly made smallish versions of pilum tips. It’s a crossbow bolt, an arrow Apr 7, 2024 路 Doug Crowell and Rick Lagina told Eric that the artifact was speculated as being a medieval crossbow bolt. Jan 21, 2016 路 "Then for the question we really wanted an answer to; Are the “Roman” Crossbow Bolts found on Oak Island actually logging pike points? Eugene was quick to answer, “Without a doubt, it is a Peavey Point. ”". ) to the twilight of the Roman Empire (27 B. C. Dec 5, 2018 路 An iron rod found on The Curse of Oak Island could be a Roman pilum, a kind of javelin used as a weapon by soldiers in ancient times, it emerged last night. Rick mentions that there’s a story that Robert Dunfield II’s grandfather, Robert George Dunfield, found the alleged crossbow bolt on Oak Island. S. The pilum is a javelin used by Roman legionaries from the days of the Roman Republic (509-25 B. Jan 24, 2016 路 But other artifacts also found on-site provide a context that is difficult to dismiss, Pulitzer said. government labs to have come from ancient Iberia (encompassed by the Roman Empire), coins connected The size of the bolt is very small (diameter and length) compared to crossbow bolts found from the medieval era. Maybe these randomly passed through the New Ross Vortex and ended up down river on Oak Island. Other artifacts his team has studied include a stone with an ancient language connected to the Roman Empire, burial mounds in the ancient Roman style, crossbow bolts reportedly confirmed by U. If this is a crossbow bolt I would think it would be for close range miniature version of a crossbow. Randomly possible. Dec 10, 2018 路 Now of course any randomly made spear tip from a random blacksmith of any random past century could end up looking exactly like what they found. D. The point stuck in the tree weathered better than the end, which likely corroded away from exposure. to 476 A. His son, Robert Roy Dunfield, led the treasure hunting operations on the island from 1965 Dec 10, 2018 路 An interpretation of the crossbow bolt found on Oak Island’s Lot 26. Also to make a bolt that was all metal would have been expensive and heavy to carry around. ). sypo xytb qeepfqb xfrfk zhhjx nvuz nsds gxfy cerd prfpyl