Blankenship, who was a staple on the reality TV series The Curse of Oak Island, died Sunday at 95
A funeral will be held next week for famed Nova Scotia treasure hunter Dan Blankenship.The Mahone Funeral Home website says a visitation will be held Sunday afternoon at the funeral home in Mahone Bay, N.S.A funeral service will be held Monday afternoon at St. Mark’s Anglican Church in nearby Martins Point., a reality TV series on the History channel set on the 57-hectare island on Nova Scotia’s south shore.
He had a successful contracting business in Miami, Fla., when he got hooked on the Oak Island mystery after reading aBlankenship co-owned the island with a group of investors, including brothers Rick and Marty Lagina, who are doing the major work on site now. Their search for treasure has been featured during the reality TV show’s six seasons.
The Oak Island legend began in 1795 when curious teenage boys began digging at the site, thinking they might find a pirate’s buried treasure. Theories on who may have buried treasure on the island range from pirate Blackbeard to the Knights Templar.
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