- Who Found
- Not clear
- When Found
- Pre - 1990
- Where Found
- From Money Pit area
- Firsthand / Secondhand
- References
- According to Bowdoin's prospectus of 1909, "Gold Shavings" had been retrieved. Rupert Furneaux's, "The Money Pit Mystery", pg.70
- Location Today
- Oddity Factor
- Assessment of Authenticity
- Comments
- Blair's affidavit in 1926 swears that Putnam had discovered privately to a few principle shareholders that he was convinced the drill had gone through gold in 1897. This may have convinced the source of Bowdoin's claim.
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