The Curse of Oak Island: Disaster at the Money Pit (Season 6) | History

[music playing]
NARRATOR: As a new dawn dawns on Oak Island, the can is low.
The can fan fell? I don’t know.

CHARLES: There should be there, and there’s…
See right back there? Looks crazy in this.

RICK: If they’re worried, we should be worried.

CRAIG: Absolutely.

NARRATOR: Caving? Is it possible that the shaft has started to collapse in on itself?
How far down is it? It looks like it’s 8 inches-ish down all around, and then is kind of crawling on… so we gotta slow down.
Nothing comforting about what you see.
Nothing comforting, so we’re going to stop oscillating. We can definitely go to dig with the heavy…

• Oh, really?
• Yes, we can.
• Oh, OK.
• But we want to go forward with caution.

CRAIG: Yes.
The worst-case scenario would be to continue, compromising the integrity here in this area.
It’s concerning enough that I think we’re doing the right thing, but it’s not concerning enough that we’re evacuating—everyone’s moving off here right this minute.
But as long as we’re getting full buckets and still bringing up wood and things, we want to keep going.
OK.

NARRATOR: Because to oscillate the H8 shaft would risk a larger, potentially more dangerous collapse underground, Rick and Craig are carefully excavating. They are hoping that with a three-ton hammer and tools, they may still be able to recover important clues without causing further risk.
The good news is the size is not increasing, neither in length nor in width, so I’m thinking this is a very localized issue, and we can deal with it.
So, I’m quite happy.
OK.
Let’s grab again. Let’s start hammering.
Dig it.

NARRATOR: Later, after receiving a call from Charles Barkho, Rick Laginagina hurries to the money pit drill.

CHARLES: Hey, Rick.
Yeah?
CHARLES: It’s still…
That ain’t good.
CHARLES: Nope.

NARRATOR: The cave in to the H8 shaft earlier today has suddenly become a much larger sinkhole that is growing at an alarming rate.

RICK: You can hear rumblings underground, and I have no idea what’s about to happen.
Let’s go take a look. Let’s do this. Eyes and boots.
CHARLES: I agree.

RICK: We know now the integrity of the earth, if you will… you know, it’s compromised.
Oh, baby.
CHARLES: Be careful.
Holy…
That is huge.
The hell…

CHARLES: Rick?
RICK: Hang on one sec.
Get out!
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
OK, everybody, that’s enough curiosity. Let’s go.
I’m worried. I’ll be honest with you. Thoughts run to, we may…

NARRATOR: After a hard and near-sleepless night on Oak Island, Rick and Marty Lagina, along with their partners, Tester and Dave Bve, make their way back to the money pit area.
They have come to see if the sinkhole that opened up at the site has gotten any worse.

MARTY: How bad?
RICK: 8 feet deep, about 11 feet across.
This fell in last night. A piece just fell right in.
It’s undermined already. Careful.
It is a little dicey on the lip.
Yeah, and I’m glad nobody got hurt.

RICK: It’s way to the void.
Yeah. Good thing nobody went over it when it went.
This is no good.

NARRATOR: The future of the ground surrounding the H8 shaft is deeply concerning for Rick, Marty, and their team.
It could mean that the entire area is too unstable for continued work, and a catastrophic collapse could be imminent.

RICK (VOICEOVER): Realize that we were in jeopardy.
I’m worried.
If we can’t get to work and get it done, we’re gonna be in trouble.
There are voids underneath here.
There are.
Yeah.
There are shafts in the same spot.
If you put a bunch of them and start pulling things up and down—you’re gonna get sore, and you’re gonna get hurt.

MARTY: There’s still a danger at any time.
There are always issues.
I mean, we see that there are always issues.
Yes, that’s right.

MARTY: Well, I hate to say it, but one of these days, we’re all gonna be stuck here and just disappear.

MARTY (VOICEOVER): A decent possibility that the pit area could collapse, which would mean the whole project could be doomed.
When we say “service,” we mean that safety is paramount.
I mean, this is a very dangerous place.
It’s a very dangerous undertaking.
And we have to mind that.
We’re all about safety.
Rick has said it a million times.
We’re not going to do anything foolish.

OK.
Well, then, the key is to wait for the engineers to come render an op, and hopefully proceed.

MARTY: See you guys.
Yep.
Take care.
See you guys.

NARRATOR: For Rick and the Oak Island team, a week that began with great promise ends with the most devastating setback they’ve ever experienced.
But is the money pit area collapsing as the result of more centuries of soft earth, or is something more mysterious and perilous happening?
Like the flood tunnel, could Rick and Marty have encountered another ingenious trap set to trigger if anyone gets too close?