as a new day dawns on Oak Island
you know he don't know the can is lower
and fell
we should be ground there and there's
not at sea right back there
looks crazy in there they're worried we
should be worried
it's caving caving is it possible that
the h8 shaft has started to collapse in
on itself it looks like it's about 18
inches it's down all the way around and
then it's kind of calling out so we got
to slow it down nothing comforting about
what you're seeing nothing comforting so
we're gonna need it stop oscillating on
this we can definitely continue to dig
with the camera grab oh really yes we
can holder but we want to go forward
with caution
yes the worst case scenario would be to
continue here compromise the integrity
here in this general area it's
concerning enough that I think we're
doing the right thing but it's not
concerning enough that we're evacuating
run everyone's moving out of here right
this minute but as long as we get full
buckets and we're still bringing up wood
and things like we want to keep going
yep hard to walk away right now
yeah because continuing to oscillate the
a chain shaft would risk a larger and
potentially more dangerous collapse
underground Rick and Craig are hoping
that by carefully excavating h8 with a
three-ton hammer grab tool they may
still be able to recover important clues
or treasure without causing further
damage the good news is the hole is not
increasing neither in depth nor an width
so I'm thinking this is a very localized
subsidence and we can deal with it so
I'm quite happy about that
okay let's start hey me grabbing again
later that night after receiving an
urgent call from Charles Barkhouse Rick
lagina hurries to the money pit drill
site hey Rick yeah it's still going what
are we looking at you can hear the piece
of still haven there the cave-in that
occurred around the h8 shaft earlier
today has suddenly become a much larger
sinkhole a sinkhole that is now growing
at an alarming rate 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 I agree we know the
integrity of the earth if you will is
you know it's compromised Oh baby
be careful oh that is huge
the Helen Rick hang on one second
okay everybody that's enough I'm worried
I'll be honest with you I my thoughts
run too we may be done after a harrowing
and near sleepless night on Oak Island
brothers Rick and Marty lagina along
with their partner Craig tester and Dave
Blankenship make their way back to the
money pit area they have come to see if
the sinkhole had opened up at the age
eight drill site has gotten any worse
how bad 8 feet deep
bog 11 feet across this fell in last
night piece just fell right in its
undermined already careful this is a
little dicey on the lip yeah and I'm
glad nobody got hurt
boy definitely found its way to the top
yeah good thing nobody was standing over
that when I went in this is no good the
further collapse of the ground
surrounding the hhf is deeply concerning
for Rick Marty and their partners it
could mean that the entire area is now
too unstable for the 220 ton crane and
oscilator to continue working and that a
catastrophic collapse could be imminent
I'll be honest it was of some concern
that we were in jeopardy I'm worried if
we can't get to that work and get it
done completed we're gonna be in trouble
there are voids underneath here there
are yep if you put a bunch of shafts in
the same area and be pulling them and
moving them and all that stuff one gets
into the water you're gonna get settling
we just were eroding it away underneath
there yes there still is a danger at any
time and we will see there always is yes
that's right well I hate to say it but
one of these days we're all gonna be
standing here and just disappear there's
a decent possibility at any point that
the whole money pit area could collapse
it's not just lip service when we say
safety is paramount out here I mean this
is a very dangerous place it's a very
dangerous undertaking and and we have to
minimize it we're all about safety Rick
is set at a million
we're not gonna do anything foolish okay
well then the key is to wait for the
engineer to come render an opinion and
hopefully proceed so that's a plan yeah
see you guys take care see you guys for
Rick Marty and the Oak Island team a
week that began with great promise now
ends with the most devastating setback
they've ever experienced but is the
money pit area collapsing as the result
of more than two centuries of searchers
digging here or is something more
mysterious and perilous happening like
the flood tunnels could Rick and Marty
have encountered yet another ingeniously
designed booby trap one that was set to
be triggered if anyone got too close
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