The show is a scripted reality show surrounding the longest running hoax in history.
Like so many other cable Tv shows, anyone will spin tales for the right amount of money. The laginas are well paid for their roles as well as the equipment companies from advertiser dollars. Plus the equipment companies get free advertising,
The money pit myth was proven to be fiction long ago with the entire area dug to over 140 feet with no flood tunnels, oak platforms, etc. ever being found.
Even the fake crytic stone was thrown away after investors back then stopped the money flow (let’s see, a stone with cryptic carvings pointing to the most spectacular treasure ever being used as an anvil and ending up as a stone in a basement wall. That’s a “clue”).
Even Dan Blankenship said in an episode 4-5 years ago that nothing was ever there (and the camera immediately changed scenes).
it’s unbelievable in today’s time that folks are so easily duped.
The channel and the laginas will continue to milk the advertisers for as long as possible.
If season 10 happens, they will find (gasp) more items from common human habitation, then hire more fiction promoters to come on the show to tell their stories.