The Curse of Oak Island: BIG TROUBLE in The Money Pit (Season 11)

The team makes a shocking discovery in the money pit. See more in this scene from Season 11.
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"The Curse of Oak Island" follows brothers Marty and Rick Lagina as they investigate the mystery of a buried treasure on Oak Island off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada.
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[@JamesCochran-pg8qd]

I also think that the money pit was put there to throw people off from where the real treasure is and I think leif Ericson could be a contender he did discover Canada in 1000 and they talk about going to that area to get hardwood for building

[@Sosant260]

Love it

[@Biketunerfy]

⁠@@JamesCochran-pg8qdIf Leif Ericson had treasure in the Americas he certainly would have taken it back home with him where he could spend it. It’s more likely a state player like the British or the French or possibly Spanish or a Privateer/Pirate. It took someone with a high amount of intelligence to construct the pit with flood tunnel traps, someone like Sir Frances Bacon. Let us also not forget they have also found signs of the Templars and Romans so it might have been the Romans first who discovered the Americas but we still don’t have enough cross corroborating evidence for that yet.

[@vlad_w47fk19]

BULSHIT

[@lindsaykaizer8474]

@@JamesCochran-pg8qd lief eriksson and his sons and grandsons were traders and would need a place close to the Skraelings their word not mine. to use as a trading hub there are stories of them in labrador

[@brendalee8831]

I started watching this with my brother,we were both disabled,we watched this together every Tuesday. Without fail my brother passed in 2015,I vowed I'd watch it until they show the last episode I have never missed a show,it's important to me and for my beloved brother.go go brothers of the dig,go rick,Marty and team😊

[@orion5star]

At this point If they do find the treasure, I think I deserve some with the amount of years I've invested into this show😂🤣😂

[@KM-em9me]

Never finished a.ten minute clip. It's like they are trying as hard as possible to be the stupidest bumbling idiots in the history of treasure hunters.

[@victorialawhon2251]

Right??

[@anarchist-_-6962]

😝

[@user-xz4bn8uf4p]

I second that motion i watched all of them plus❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤1❤❤❤❤❤❤million

[@danielmohr1705]

I'll have what he's having as well

[@davidsorensen7438]

At this point y’all just need to call aquaman- no one else can help you

[@antoinetteharris2851]

😂😂😂😂

[@ronaldworth4146]

Agree I’m retired now I think I was in my 20,s when this program started

[@user-fi5wz5si6o]

There is more than one flood tunnel. Go straight off the four points of Nolan's cross to the shoreline and start looking for flood tunnels. Markers had to be left where to shut the water off. It took a big crew to put the treasure down there.

[@roosterd6904]

They should bring in Josh Gates, he travels the world not finding stuff. Expedition unfound 😂

[@Papalegba22]

He actually finds more stuff than you say. Yes there's plenty of episodes that yield nothing but that's not the point of the show. It's about history and seeing these great ancient places around the world.

[@stevendunlap503]

It's a simple solution. Start at the money pit. Find the direction that the water is flowing from ( that is your flood tunnel) follow the direction of tunnel to the ocean. Come inland 50-100 yards dig down until you find water flow. Dam up the flow. Proceed the same process cause it's obvious there are more than 1 flood tunnel.

[@clivelambert-oe7kg]

Shh they make more money milking it

[@redfeather1450]

they don't know where the 'original' money pit is. Too many vigorous 'seekers' destroyed the original location many decades ago. Best thing would be to find a flood tunnel & follow it inland.

[@mikeyrobson5165]

They know the location to the openings of 5 or 6 box drains. Maybe they could start there...​@@redfeather1450

[@andyneil5371]

£100m dollar world wide franchise they already struck gold

[@plainsman]

Barnum would be impressed...

[@katherinepotter1528]

I love how the history of the region is unfolding, although I wish it was going faster

[@alw8355]

None of you can deny that something of large scale took place on that island long before any searchers arrived.

[@devschlong]

I can and am.

[@willymaykit1482]

​@@devschlongme too.

[@toddmiller7876]

We all know, the world is flat.

[@alw8355]

@@devschlong so you're in denial tht someone dug tunnels 100+ foot below ground even though it's been proven? What about the human bone fragments that were found in said tunnel dating back to the 1400s?... you should see what they don't show you on t.v. I recommend the oak island tour, well worth it.

[@sdcoinshooter]

@@alw8355Yes, it has been proven someone dug 100+ feet below ground, it was the other suckers looking for a non-existent treasure.

[@cannonEDHA]

The people that deposited the treasure in the first place were very clever indeed to be so cryptic with the clues we wouldn’t think of doing anything like that today

[@daz2372]

Mate its all a hoax

[@vldazzman5625]

​@daz2372 if you are correct they went to great lengths to bury all that ancient timber just to lead you astray ! That would be next level decoy indeed !

[@user-uc6go1fb3b]

@@vldazzman5625 the majority of the timber they find is from previous searchers.

[@pooman2]

We’re being brutish. We need to be more intelligent.

[@rsnell22]

"Finding The Next TV Contract"

[@djgrom9542]

The most suspenseful part was thinking that he was going to drop Rick's phone into the water

[@lotusluciditys3rdrealm]

My thoughts exactly! I was just waiting in suspense for it... 😅

[@kfh1]

I was thinking the same thing... Just waiting for that phone to drop, and then 200 hundred years from now someone will find said phone!!! lol

[@pooooornopigeon]

Pirate phone so not an iphone but an arrrrrrrrrr phone.

[@jimbobf8017]

There must be a lot of money in the dairy business. Because they are really milking this show.

[@Michael-oz3dj]

Take a drink any time someone says "Yeah".

[@ScienceSpaceandTechnology]

thank you

[@hungsolo8948]

How many times are these guys going to be inches away from the treasure? 😂 😅 thousands!

[@alw8355]

They're closer to it than anyone else before them.

[@BeardedRealm]

Should be this show is played

[@rich3124]

Love the way you pass your phone around losely while leaning over the railing of the garden shaft.

[@kfh1]

I was waiting for that phone to drop!!! lol

[@chefartiebucco22]

I'm on ep 20. Been behind. 2 things of note. During a pan overhead zooming into lot 5 structure, you can see a clear n obv disruption in how the trees grow... an arched path of missing foliage. 2. The drawings from the French book CLEARLY depict the flood tunnels converging at the $ pit

[@christophermeehan984]

They found treasure, it’s called reality tv, specifically a show that has run for years called The Curse of Oak Island.

[@ianjohnson8522]

Collapsing the tunnel would generally mean that they were not planning on returning, perhaps the treasure has been claimed by searchers and if it's as big as purported to be perhaps the tunnel collapsed while the searchers were in there. You could be uncovering a multiple grave sight. There's so many perhaps's it could be anything

[@m3doc24]

I've faithfully watched every episode, but I'm getting weary with the lack of results. I've always maintained that nobody would leave a significant treasure buried without coming back to retrieve it or pass on the location to someone else that could.

[@questort]

Amen. They'll find an iron spike and talk about it for 20 minutes while the narrator surmises it must mean that the arc of the covenant is nearby.

[@deadmanwalking6342]

im sure they found that flood tunnel 13 years ago, i remember it quite well.

[@bassproable]

Do they think she was just going to lift up her skirt? This treasure was meant to never be recovered.

[@wayneiona]

Wow they didn’t know about the water problem 😂😂😂😂😂 Good luck investors

[@cbLassie]

Great discoveries takes time to find all the pieces of the puzzle IMO. It's an enigma!😃

[@ArcticMenace22]

Wrapped within an enigma

[@marshaworthington223]

10 years is way to long.

[@jcrichardbueno3938]

Esta temporada...tango tango!

[@jennifergoldsmith2155]

Bring in the Army core of engineers. Build a dam around the entire island a mile deep. Pump out all the water and find those doubloons! Then you could reconstruct the tunnels and charge money for tours. Turn Oak Island into an amusement park.

[@davidhutch8880]

Use two brass rods. You'll find every tunnel with water in them

[@eltel4498]

This was inevitable. They already know from drillings in the area that tunnels/caverns/voids are flooded. If you break through to them, water will flood the shaft.

[@susannawebb2552]

Yup break through a wooden barrel struck and water goes in..is it same salty as that ocean. Or is it salt fresh. Or fresh / salt or fresh water.meaning clear.purified

[@moegamatabrahams6773]

When are they going to try and sacrifice the 7th person.. according to legend you can't find the treasure if they Don't

[@TheBrubaker2]

We should get to vote on who they sacrifice. I vote for one of those young Laginas who are riding their dad's coattails.

[@michaelfay9032]

I offer Jack Begley....he's worthless!

[@dashriprock5720]

The 7th already died searching..Old man Dan

[@lawrenceveinotte]

I grew up 30min. from this place, been to the island a couple times, the format of this show is like running red hot needles in my eyes.

[@Sosant260]

That is absolutely hilarious man

[@Sosant260]

🤪🤪🤪🤪

[@efrenlopez5303]

Me too i been watching since season 1

[@johnwoa]

I know I won't get an answer on this but how did those huge wood beams get placed over 100 feet underground "beneath the Garden Shaft" before any shaft or borehole was excavated on Oak Island??? How did those wood beams get that deep underground before any shaft was dug on the island? Who was down there that deep underground in the very distant past? I find it puzzling that professionals such as the geoscientists, geologists or even Archaeologist Laird Niven can't seem to figure it out. That underground horizontal tunnel existed long before the Garden Shaft ever existed. Maybe they should once again turn to the Geological Survey of Canada and their staff for assistance in getting answers. Maybe the peoples in the very distant past accessed the underground workings FROM BELOW via accessible shoreline entrances when the sea level was much lower upwards of over a millennium ago. I would have many questions for those guys up there.

[@19jody72]

Exactly what I wonder.wondered.. THAT got my attention more than anything on this show ever since it first aired.

[@johnwoa]

@@19jody72 Absolutely! Let me expound on my original Comment. "They" have to know something about those wood beams and that alleged tunnel that "they" are not disclosing on the show. Think about it!--- The Garden Shaft was originally 83 feet deep and those wood beams were located approximately twenty (20) feet BENEATH the bottom of the Garden Shaft and that twenty (20) feet was solid dirt and clay and had to be excavated in order to expose the wood beams at a depth of just over 100 feet. The only way I can see those large wood beams being placed there is if it was accomplished FROM BELOW the Garden Shaft, and that would have had to be done in the very distant past (i.e. "ancient" times) when the sea level surrounding the island was much lower. Hence, those workings they uncovered have to be much, much older and ancient than they are leading on to in the TV show and they might be hiding the true age of it all to avoid the Canadian government getting directly involved with everything in regards to it being transformed into a bona fide archaeological project. This is an "Entertainment" Reality TV show and I have long maintained that not everything about Oak Island is told or disclosed to the viewer. Sorry so lengthy!

[@19jody72]

@@johnwoa Oh no man, no need to apologize for a long post.. its a good read. But you're right.. they know more than they are telling.

[@johnwoa]

@@19jody72 Thanks for your Reply! ....And now the show has them flying back to Europe for more "investigating" to take everyone's attention and focus off of the Garden Shaft and what lies beneath the original bottom of that 83-foot-deep "searchers shaft". The Oak Island mystery is very real but this TV show is frustrating.

[@19jody72]

@@johnwoa Yes.. my honest opinion.. Samuel Ball found the treasure and left the island and never looked back and kept his mouth shut

[@zztuber]

I need repartitions for watching this show since the beginning. I cant get this time back. a couple of grand will do

[@tomcourneya5863]

@HISTORY put the cofferdam back in Smiths Cove to stop the flow and start pumping it dry.

[@darindorethy9755]

Good

[@crystalbluewaters]

With the green copper etchings they found resembling knights templar & vikings constellation/navigation symbols & tools, is there a chance those symbol markings are on the 90ft stone and its not just a phrase but coordinates using those navigations symbols for treasure location?

[@ryszardeastwoodski2941]

The symbols say; “Removed all treasure and went back home. Sorry we couldn’t say goodbye but we left you some gold on Lot #25.”

[@redfeather1450]

The symbols say; "Killroy was here" 🙊

[@crystalbluewaters]

You both may joke most likely don't care for the show, but i like watching the show for the mystery & history as much as i do their chances to find treasure. If i had given up every dream i had out of failure at the first try, i wouldn't have accomplished some of my own feats that i'm proud of. The lagina brothers had a dream from an early age & worked hard to get to where they are financially to see where their dream leads them. Many have tried unsuccessfully to find it. Its not their fault. Their digging for answers & the possibility is hurting no one, so i don't see what your issues are aside from either jealousy that they have the funds to do this or highly opinionated on how they should spend their money the way you would if having it yourself. Either way, i'll still use my time as i see fit, & watch the new episode this coming tuesday.😁✌️🌰🌰🌰

[@Lstn2urmama]

Needs to have a huge piece of cement dropped inside ..so they can look and see if can drain on either side to see where the less water is and pump out to give access !😮😮😮😊

[@jannoyes6248]

I would probably have to think if you are still alive the curse is messing with you and wants your money.😂❤

[@user-wo1wu5eq2o]

I like watching this show

[@sharonwilliams2198]

What was awesome

[@BaconKongen]

WHY dont they drill a paralell well close to the shaft and use this as the pump well, to get all of the incomming water out, then they can continue digging/drilling in the shaft.

[@BaconKongen]

WHY didnt i think of that 🤣 @@NSGNT

[@TheBrubaker2]

That's season 12

[@grahamgraham1624]

They need to let the water keep filling up the shaft till it stops and see if it the same height as sea level!! If it is there is no point in trying to pump it out as it is still connected to the sea. So will have to dame the flood tunnel by the sea .

[@martincerno6899]

But that's EXACTLY what I was expecting to happen when they have stated they want to drill from within the garden shaft some weeks ago. Because the original work *must* be now flooded for long time, most probably since the Truro efforts already. Oh, boys. How unfortunate. And preventable. :-(

[@michaelarzola7881]

When will episode 23 run and what is the finale episode for season 11? Can't seem to find anything on it or the season 11 finale.

[@nostalgic_pokemon_memories]

love this show!

[@maxsoon1097]

Things may happens without our control.

[@lisalambrecht6676]

I am amazed that could be dug by hand in that time period 🤔

[@IvanKosta-dv5mw]

The Templars explored older tunnels in Jerusalem and had great builders and engineers among them !

[@corona271]

I carry tapered wooden plugs in my boat in case of a breach. Why were they not prepared?

[@seanmichael91dr]

Would spoil everything for the rest of the season

[@alw8355]

While working on a natural gas pipeline in North Atlanta we accidentally penetrated a water main with our drill, was about a 1 inch hole. I took a push broom and cut about 6 inches off the handle and tapered it, hammered it into hole and as far as I know it's still like that lol.

[@broskee6149]

They've been doing this show since I was in middle school I'm almost 32ysr old 😂

[@jaredharris1970]

What I don’t understand is why didn’t they focus on finding and plugging the main flood tunnel first to keep water from getting in plug that and drain any water remaining in them

[@vldazzman5625]

Time to get the gpr (Ground Penetrating radar) out and block the water off from the Source

[@sandbarbob1]

I would try the dye again, put it in the shaft and fill it with water to reverse the flow and see where it comes out.

[@DogWithHangover]

Good idea

[@cr-cg7kn]

Season 487 Ep. 9,827 “we begin the process of drilling new holes” -rick

[@willymaykit1482]

Drilled 97 feet into an island and found water. Absolutely amazing. 😂

[@jcricket-vr5xr]

😂😭🤣

[@johnhellstern6588]

I woulda never thunk it 😂

[@waynerandles6126]

How far below sea level is that 😳

[@drtomintucson]

Luckily, the island didn't sink.

[@user-jj4yh3jb6x]

Seems like a natural event, right? And it's sea water, too. Hmm

[@charlesdaniel2313]

So. Soo sorry.. Those who dunnit came back.. And all them others.. Still...!

[@efrenchavez6974]

Guys r digging for water 😂

[@johneble9012]

Reminds of al copones vault

[@jcft2012]

This treasure was hidden so that no one would ever find it... someone coming back to look for it was never the goal...

[@TheBrubaker2]

This is a really valid point. If the alleged treasure was ever to be recovered again, the maze of flood tunnels must have had some sort of bypass ormethod of shutting them down. This is what our hunters should be looking for. Work backwards.

[@billbradley2480]

I don’t believe it’s worth the pursuit. It’s already cost lives. Now they’re spending $millions and risking more lives for what? A treasure that’s probably not worth what they’ve already spent trying to find it.

[@rsnell22]

The most important thing is not any alleged treasure, but the next TV contract. Just like the rest of the line up on History and so many others with circular "researchers".

[@maureenjacobs3697]

They are making a ton doing the show

[@IvanKosta-dv5mw]

It’s a search for history !

[@billbradley2480]

@@IvanKosta-dv5mw they’re finding some history in their search for treasure.

[@marshaworthington223]

Water has always been a problem for people.

[@shawntaco-ve6xd]

Who is your favourite character on oak ISLAND I like Spooner the best very smart fella

[@nostalgic_pokemon_memories]

Gary

[@sandralidster473]

This is becoming more than a joke. The obvious elevation of Oak Island above sea (or lack of) level, means they are obviously digging below sea level where any natural fissure in the rock would cause a natural flood, it shows in the sub sea level caverns they already know of. You would have to cofferdam the whole island to prevent natural flooding at the depths they are trying to drill or dig. If wood, rocks and old iron were treasure, they would be rich men by now.

[@IvanKosta-dv5mw]

Well there seems to be evidence of many tunnels constructed down there without flooding problems !

[@gregschutz3938]

Maybe it's underneath the boards somewhere!

[@MiemKing]

Why don't they just dig a massive whole like they do for open cut coal mining 🤔

[@kylerittenhouse5426]

The scary part was when they were fighting over the phone over the water pit.

[@OutdoorTonez]

The only guy that tastes the most richest water in the world with a pinch of salt. 😂

[@scottarmstrong1196]

So guys hundreds of years ago dug tunnels,shafts and under ground vaults with hand tools hundreds of feet underground and now guys with state of the art multi million dollar pieces of equipment can’t seem to do it?

[@waydewynn4191]

Turn the water off at it's source. Find the supply tunnel and terminate it.

[@jannoyes6248]

And please remember let go of my ego.😂

[@brendantwemlow4360]

Yeah it's called the water table

[@Ice_Queen_Empress]

Come on guys Woot WOOT! 🏆

[@daleh7733]

Why don't they block the entrance to the flood tunnels that they found years ago at the shoreline? That could possibly stop the tunnel flooding from the source, and give them a chance to avoid any more flooding!

[@vickileawoodall3797]

Maybe it's not a tunnel. Maybe it's the next level of the original money pit. Did they check for a layer of clay over the logs?

[@misspacman4709]

Oh my Word... I don't know why I keep coming back since 2014!! Even skipped a few Years.. and still no Treasure..... 😆.. Only Fool's gold.. Who is here the Fool ?? Me.. for keep coming back😁😂🥰

[@StoffelDilligas]

Don't be too down on yourself. Your watching highlights of highlights. Just like me, your filtering down what you watch. It beats watching the whole programme

[@jannoyes6248]

Anyway we call it the american eagle game where you rob peter to pay paul.😂

[@genarofernandogueret5727]

Túneles de inundacion esta vez podran con ellos ✌️💪

[@skymama65]

So... why not trace & close the flooding shaft??

[@DeeSmith001]

😂 Legends here in Atlantic Canada say that before the 1st century AD and before the water level rose to where it is now, it was a gold mine. Now it's a hole in the ground people throw money into.

[@user-uc6go1fb3b]

Its not bad news! They are searching for a void, whos to say that void isnt already full of water?

[@user-uc6go1fb3b]

@@DogWithHangover yes! The booby trap system uses salt water👍

[@IvanKosta-dv5mw]

Yes, they know the original find of the treasure vault flooded, so of course they should have anticipated more flooding if they poked around in the vicinity of treasure…

[@jblizzard5577]

Rick’s hair / wig lol😂

[@tjweklak]

It seems to me that they know all this time that the flood tunnel was triggered, so why isn’t the first priority to block it off before assuming you can just go down at garden shaft and dig without a n issue?

[@genarofernandogueret5727]

Big problem 😂😂😂

[@guilhermeaandrade]

@BostonDynamics must build a robot for this.

[@sandralidster473]

My thoughts are that the original engineering works done were a failour as well, grand plans for something?? But it failed, so was never complete or used. It would not be any surprise to find remains of some of the original tunnelers who didn't make it out in their failed attempt. They have just drilled into a section of tunnel that has been dismantled and back filled, sealed up, so not a surprise there is water behind that section. There are many failed mines around the world including the USA, that failed and are just abandoned junk sites, or graves.

[@dashriprock5720]

A dozen years of flooded shafts, nails, iron spikes and a few coins, and people still watch

[@huntsman1771]

If this is truly a flood tunnel then once the water stops rising you can monitor it to see if it changes with the tied . If so then it is definitely connected to the sea . Now you just have to figure out where the inlet is.

[@HerbertHansen-vq4ti]

When are they going to find the valve on Zena’s map and shut the flood tunnels off?

[@mikestein6011]

CORN...POUR THE CORN IN

[@lindsaykaizer8474]

breached aladins cave

[@timwade4397]

The real treasure is the artifacts they find a new look at the history of the area is needed.

[@bugs825]

It's almost like our history books were fiction for some reason.

[@brianlebreton7011]

Why don’t they shove the same metal sheets they used in earlier seasons down far enough in smiths cove (or wherever the can find evidence of flood tunnel entrances) to block off the flow into the area. Even if they don’t know where the tunnel is specifically, a wall of metal put in the way would stop the flow.

[@patrickbateman7369]

These knuckleheads weren't expecting water to come flooding in!!???? Didn't have a way to plug it up!????

[@skidooboy8977]

this comment tells me more about your intelligence than theirs

[@carlhokanson9160]

The Big trouble is they never find anything worth any money, the amount of wood they find I could get from Lowe's for under 10 buxs.

[@davidkern9154]

I know where the treasure is buried, it’s under Fred Nolan’s house. It’s the perfect place no one would look.

[@anonymous_PR]

For me this is a clear example that they don't know what they're doing and they're just waisting time and money. Before excavating and doing all the drill holes that they have being doing for years you first do a x-ray geographic study to know where are the tunnels and underground anomalies, second you do a hydrologic study because you know about the water tunnels so you need to know the source of the water to cut it off before all the excavation

[@IvanKosta-dv5mw]

Didn’t they do that a year or so ago ….but I think those guys who did the scanning were scamming ! They were also using some new “military technology “ and drew up a map of where precious metal and gems were located. A lot of those were in the water off shore !🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Nothing in the money pit area !

[@maureenjacobs3697]

I’m guessing the water level was lower.

[@johnwoa]

You are correct! The sea level surrounding Oak Island is rising at the rate of 30 centimetres (12 inches) every one hundred years (SOURCE: Geological Survey of Canada).

[@user-jh4ck2ld4r]

They made the tunnel without any sides or ceiling. Now it all makes sense.

[@noelmcnern9095]

10 plus years digging?? We would have done it in less than a season.... 😢