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00:00:18I
00:00:19Can't believe this is happening
00:00:24Can't find no goddamn gold
00:00:30Oh you can do the 15 20 foot hole doesn't pay the bills does it
00:00:37Brings me back to like my first season doing this stuff
00:00:41Hey Fred watch this technique there. I don't know what I'm doing. I'm starting to learn though. There you go
00:00:50So that's why he's definitely got the gold fever
00:00:5414 years I've been digging for gold and I really have not fully succeeded yet
00:01:00Look at that water coming over it falls. I think that's gonna make you a wealthy man
00:01:07This is hard damn work
00:01:10There's always a chance get hurt dying. This is beyond crazy
00:01:19You'd have to be out of your damn mind to keep going and if you don't get any success
00:01:25It's real hard to continue doing it
00:01:28Look what you just found buddy
00:01:34That's the biggest nugget in gold rush history
00:01:37I was finding that nugget. I thought we would have found more by now, but you can only fail so
00:01:43much before the money runs out
00:01:47Running out of time here
00:01:50We come up completely empty. I don't think I could do this again
00:01:56I'm gonna have to sell the clean
00:02:03Through all the disappointment all the hard work all the everything
00:02:09It only takes an hour digging in the right spot to change your whole life
00:02:15forever forever
00:02:20On the season finale of gold rush whitewater
00:02:24We're trying to hoard us to get everything out of this dig that we can get
00:02:28The fate of dustin's 14 year hunt for gold. This is our pivotal moment. Just can't let this go
00:02:36Will be decided i'm wishing the gold i'm praying the gold the countdown's on over the next five brutal days
00:02:43Find some damn gold
00:02:52All my gear and all my people are worn out
00:02:57Risking everything
00:02:59You are welcome to step out of this because this is dangerous as hell in a battle water drop what
00:03:06the
00:03:07of men
00:03:08Versus mother nature's wrath
00:03:10cover up cover up we need to get the out of here get out of there do it
00:03:16In a final bid to save their gold mining dreams
00:03:22Oh my god
00:03:23Do you see us?
00:03:26Oh my god
00:03:28AHHHHH
00:03:30AHHHHH
00:03:53It's cold out
00:03:56Yeah, I think we're going to be in the snow this morning, though,
00:03:59when we get out there.
00:04:01Oh, yeah, look at all of that fresh snow over there.
00:04:03Yeah, we're about to get hammered, so it's about to happen.
00:04:06I agree.
00:04:07Holy moly.
00:04:08So we're running out of time, and basically, this is our last chance, yeah?
00:04:14We need to get that gold, yeah?
00:04:19This is the last of our money.
00:04:22This is the last of our fuel.
00:04:29Can we just get 40 gallons?
00:04:31Okay.
00:04:32I would get more, but we're not buying more because we can't afford it.
00:04:36It's basically the last of the borrowed money that we have to stay out here.
00:04:44Well, if we don't find any gold, this is over with.
00:04:49The long, harsh Alaskan winter looms heavy across the Chilkat Mountains,
00:04:56and a warning for a season-ending blizzard has just been forecast.
00:05:02Dustin's future at Nugget Creek will be decided in the next five days.
00:05:17When it starts snowing, it's over with.
00:05:21Look how low the frickin' snow is.
00:05:23Oh, my God.
00:05:24The snow is on that mountain now.
00:05:26Yeah, we're...
00:05:27That's not good.
00:05:29Holy crap.
00:05:31We got frickin' fresh snow on the mountain.
00:05:33That's only a couple hundred feet up.
00:05:37All right.
00:05:38This is the last of the fuel, boys.
00:05:41We're about to get hammered with snow is what's about to happen.
00:05:44We've got to find some gold.
00:05:46You want to lay it down?
00:05:47Yeah.
00:05:48There we go.
00:05:50The weather's starting to get so bad right now,
00:05:52but hopefully we get enough gold to get back here next year.
00:05:57Woo-hoo.
00:05:58Colder than a poor bear's toenail.
00:06:05Whew.
00:06:06What do you think?
00:06:08I'm scared because...
00:06:12this, indeed, is our future.
00:06:17We're all desperate.
00:06:22Running out of time.
00:06:24And without any more gold, this is the end of it.
00:06:31This year is going to be the make it or break it.
00:06:33Dustin staked his life savings.
00:06:36I want to succeed.
00:06:38And three seasons.
00:06:40I'm ready to risk everything.
00:06:41This has to be the year.
00:06:43Chasing life-changing gold.
00:06:45Oh, whoa!
00:06:47Carlos!
00:06:47At Nugget Creek.
00:06:49Yeah!
00:06:50Yeah!
00:06:52Oh, f***!
00:06:53Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop!
00:06:55We're just on fire!
00:06:57But the curse of this legendary creek...
00:06:59Oh, f***!
00:07:00Every piece of my equipment is trying to stop us.
00:07:04Our dive hole got buried in.
00:07:07It's kind of a nightmare.
00:07:09Has defeated him at every turn.
00:07:12It looks like it's a bust.
00:07:15Now, deep in debt...
00:07:17If I don't hit it big, I could lose my claims.
00:07:20He has to get to the very bottom of the creek and start pulling out monster nuggets.
00:07:26I'm about to fail.
00:07:27Before the Alaskan winter destroys his dream forever.
00:07:32This is everything I have here.
00:07:35Everything.
00:07:37Uh, Danielle, Paul.
00:07:39Yeah?
00:07:40You guys are diving today.
00:07:42Yeah.
00:07:42Yeah.
00:07:43So far this season, Dustin has mined gold, worth barely $5,000.
00:07:50Paul, you going in first?
00:07:51Yeah.
00:07:51But he needs at least $100,000 to save his claim.
00:07:58This year's been hell on me.
00:08:00I could have made more gold just playing with a pan.
00:08:07I wanted to give up several times, but I didn't see the gold.
00:08:12We're all desperate.
00:08:13We are all desperate.
00:08:15You know?
00:08:15That can take a toll on the person.
00:08:18So all we can pray for is a good dive day.
00:08:23Hopefully, we can find the nugget of our dreams.
00:08:31Definitely frustrating right now.
00:08:35We know bedrock is there.
00:08:36We just got to get right back down to it.
00:08:39Two weeks ago, they finally discovered bedrock and chased it down to the gold layer at 16 feet before a
00:08:48brutal storm buried it.
00:08:51They frantically dug back down to 10 feet, but put the walls of the dive hole at risk of collapse.
00:08:59Now, Danielle and Paul must clear the remaining boulders to get back to the bedrock and follow it down to
00:09:06the deepest point where Dustin is banking on a claim-saving deposit of monster nuggets.
00:09:14Today, my goal is to hit bedrock, and between Paul and I, one of us is going to get there
00:09:21and find gold this year.
00:09:25All right.
00:09:26You're good to go here?
00:09:27Okay.
00:09:28All right, Paul.
00:09:29Watch yourself.
00:09:29Daniel's coming in.
00:09:30She might bring some rocks on top of you.
00:09:32Uh-huh.
00:09:33All right.
00:09:35It's so clear down here.
00:09:38Yeah.
00:09:39We're going to get some shit out now.
00:09:41The clearer the water is, the more production we get.
00:09:45Oh, hey, Paul.
00:09:47I'm not going with you.
00:09:48All right.
00:09:52So all those rocks, they just got a real, real fine layer of sand on them, but they're not covered
00:09:56with any litter.
00:09:59That sounds good.
00:10:00So do you think today will be Daniel's first day to see bedrock down there?
00:10:05Oh, boy.
00:10:06I really hope so.
00:10:09So let's find bedrock.
00:10:10And actually find gold.
00:10:12That would be amazing.
00:10:15Hopefully.
00:10:17So.
00:10:20Let's see.
00:10:25Might be able to load a basket right quick.
00:10:28Where do you want it?
00:10:29Along the air wall.
00:10:30Copy.
00:10:35Basket in the water.
00:10:38Copy that.
00:10:38I got it.
00:10:40I got it.
00:10:40I got it.
00:10:49All right, basket.
00:10:50You're ready to go.
00:10:52All right, Paul.
00:10:53Coming up.
00:11:05What the hell?
00:11:07Stop!
00:11:08Stop!
00:11:10Stop!
00:11:11Watch!
00:11:13Drops to the wall.
00:11:14Coming down.
00:11:15That could have killed a diver.
00:11:17Oh, !
00:11:19This is truly dangerous.
00:11:22James, I need him to not hit that upstream wall and drag it.
00:11:26So once he hooks up, I want you to hold it back off of that wall and then lift it
00:11:32up.
00:11:32And once it's high enough, you can walk with it and not hold on to it.
00:11:36I'll try my hardest.
00:11:38In their push to get down to the monster nuggets, the crew dug almost vertically.
00:11:46Now, if any lift strikes the unstable walls, they risk collapse, crushing the divers below.
00:11:54The solution, use a tagline and James' raw strength to steer the load clear.
00:12:04I need to practice.
00:12:06All right, coming up.
00:12:11James, watch it, watch it, watch it.
00:12:14Don't hook him.
00:12:17Hold it, but keep coming, keep coming right there, stay right there, right there, lift.
00:12:27Keep him off that wall.
00:12:29Ah, it's heavy.
00:12:31Is this too much?
00:12:32No.
00:12:32That's a big rock that you're holding right now.
00:12:36That works.
00:12:37All right, now come on upstream, try not to hit all the rock stuff.
00:12:41Dude, that's perfect.
00:12:43That's perfect.
00:12:44That is perfect.
00:12:46Look at that.
00:12:52Today, I stormed the castle.
00:12:55We shall be victorious.
00:13:00Over the next six hours.
00:13:02Head drop, huh?
00:13:03Double boulder holder.
00:13:05The miners get down to 13 feet.
00:13:08Please find bedrock today.
00:13:09But there's still no sign of bedrock.
00:13:14It's a deep dig.
00:13:18Frustrating, but they're probably this close.
00:13:22We're getting close back to the bedrock, but nothing, nothing yet.
00:13:28Daylight is already fading.
00:13:34But Danielle and Paul are desperate and refuse to quit.
00:13:39Come on, let's just see some bedrock.
00:13:41It was disheartening to hear that they have no sign of freaking bedrock yet.
00:13:51Very disheartening.
00:13:53Uh, damn.
00:13:56We're supposed to be cleaning up with our freaking bucket of freaking riches and gold.
00:14:02I'm not looking for bedrock sale.
00:14:06Damn it.
00:14:10Disheartening, man.
00:14:11Disheartening.
00:14:17This 10.
00:14:1815 minute warning.
00:14:1915 minute warning.
00:14:20You're kidding.
00:14:22How's that 15 minute warning already?
00:14:26There's no room for your nozzle, Danielle.
00:14:30No!
00:14:32I'm going to make this hole my bitch.
00:14:34Send me down a pillow.
00:14:35I'm sleeping here.
00:14:36What?
00:14:39She said, I'm making this hole my bitch.
00:14:43Send me a pillow.
00:14:45I'm sleeping down here.
00:14:50Yeah, Daniel.
00:14:52You can do all you can do.
00:14:53I said, let's go for it.
00:14:59Hey, let's go.
00:15:09All right, Daniel.
00:15:10I think Paul's almost done here.
00:15:12I can throw you this rope here.
00:15:17I found bedrock.
00:15:20Yes!
00:15:21Woo!
00:15:22Woo!
00:15:23You want to make me out of here?
00:15:27That is amazing that we found bedrock again.
00:15:30Ah, that help.
00:15:31Good job.
00:15:32The threat from the coming winter storm forced them to dive for over seven hours, the longest
00:15:39of the season, and finally got them back on bedrock.
00:15:44Woo!
00:15:44Their hopes of saving the Nugget Creek claim are still alive.
00:15:51So we found frickin' bedrock today.
00:15:53Holy frickin' moly.
00:15:55Good frickin' goddamn news.
00:15:57And all we have to do is follow the bedrock.
00:15:59And you know what that frickin' means?
00:16:02We're going to find the frickin' gold.
00:16:04Woo-hoo!
00:16:04Ha-ha-ha!
00:16:06Hell yeah!
00:16:15Yeah, I think she found, uh...
00:16:18Okay, you guys can get...
00:16:18I found bedrock!
00:16:20Yes!
00:16:22Woo-hoo!
00:16:24That is amazing that we found bedrock again.
00:16:27Yeah, Daniel.
00:16:28Good job.
00:16:28Winter about to call time on their failing season.
00:16:33The crew is finally back on bedrock.
00:16:37Any plans out?
00:16:40It looks like it, but they don't have enough uncovered.
00:16:44I think she's on the tent side wall.
00:16:48She's got that going down.
00:16:49She's following that down.
00:16:51They found the tent side of the bedrock wall way down there.
00:16:56That's good news.
00:16:58Beautiful!
00:17:03It's getting dark.
00:17:05It's dangerous.
00:17:06That's never a good thing.
00:17:07We shouldn't be here right now.
00:17:10They must evacuate the dive site before dark
00:17:13to get back to the safety of camp.
00:17:16All right, Daniel, I think Paul's almost done here.
00:17:19Ha!
00:17:20I'm going to get out.
00:17:21Oh, it's coming up.
00:17:23Hop in that!
00:17:28You know, see how excited Danielle was?
00:17:30That's the first time she ever wanted to stay down.
00:17:33She didn't know I wanted to come out.
00:17:36All right.
00:17:38Uh, definitely come up.
00:17:40Stand by here.
00:17:46Woo-hoo!
00:17:47All right.
00:17:48Finally got my eyes done.
00:17:50It's bedrock business.
00:17:52Good job.
00:17:54Found bedrock.
00:17:55Good job.
00:17:58But just as I'm finding it,
00:18:00they wanted me to come up,
00:18:02and I was refusing
00:18:03because I thought it was bedrock,
00:18:07and it turns out I was right.
00:18:09All right.
00:18:09We got down to bedrock.
00:18:11Let's just follow that down.
00:18:12Now we can dig from here on out, right?
00:18:14Yeah, man.
00:18:16Things are looking great.
00:18:17Yeah.
00:18:18Let's get out of here.
00:18:19Come up with a strategy for tomorrow.
00:18:21Copy that.
00:18:22Sounds good.
00:18:44The snow's almost here, y'all.
00:18:46It's here.
00:18:47Like, we're about to get dropped on.
00:18:48Let's just try everything we can
00:18:51to get to the bottom of this thing
00:18:52and find gold,
00:18:53because right now we're at the desperation stage.
00:18:55If I don't hit it big,
00:18:57I could lose everything.
00:19:01I honestly think we're that close
00:19:03to hitting a pastry.
00:19:05I just think we are.
00:19:07We know there's gold there.
00:19:08Yeah.
00:19:09Danielle found the bedrock,
00:19:10so all we got to do is just uncover it, you know?
00:19:13Follow it.
00:19:14Follow it.
00:19:14That's it.
00:19:15All right.
00:19:16So, James Carlos,
00:19:17we're going to find out where this bedrock goes.
00:19:19You can find some gold today.
00:19:20That'd be great, too.
00:19:21Yeah, it would.
00:19:22We assume it's on the bottom, bottom, bottom.
00:19:24So as soon as you find that,
00:19:26we're going to find gold.
00:19:27I'm going to apologize now.
00:19:28I think we left you guys a lot of basket rocks down there.
00:19:31Man, I bet James can get them rocks out quick.
00:19:34He does like six baskets in like 20 minutes.
00:19:39Let's go have a good day.
00:19:41All right.
00:19:41You guys ready?
00:19:42Yeah.
00:19:42Let's get out of here.
00:19:46God, it's cool.
00:19:47Yeah, it is.
00:19:48I need more clothes, man.
00:19:51We can win against the creek.
00:19:52Now we're on some bedrock.
00:19:54We know where it's at.
00:19:55We're going to follow it,
00:19:56and any luck,
00:19:57there's a whole bunch of nugs down there.
00:20:06The crew still has a weather window
00:20:09of four days to strike a jackpot
00:20:11that could net Dustin far more
00:20:14than the $95,000 he needs to save his claims.
00:20:21It looks lower than it did yesterday.
00:20:23Yeah, it definitely does, doesn't it?
00:20:27Is there enough water for the dredge?
00:20:30We'll make it work.
00:20:31Yeah.
00:20:37The crew is big time on top.
00:20:39The side of the water is crystal clear,
00:20:41and it dropped.
00:20:42So we're having to make modifications
00:20:45to make sure the dredge fits.
00:20:50Let's get the dredge up.
00:20:52Let's do it.
00:20:53Fight some gold.
00:20:55This is the shallowest water
00:20:57I've ever set a dredge in.
00:20:58Dredges are meant to float.
00:21:00It's not even shallow.
00:21:01It's, look, I'm standing out of the water.
00:21:05Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
00:21:07I'll get that.
00:21:09That's probably good.
00:21:09That's probably good.
00:21:10Good.
00:21:14We build a dam across here,
00:21:16it'll bring it up.
00:21:17Yeah, we can do it.
00:21:18All hands on deck.
00:21:22This is going to work good.
00:21:24Yep.
00:21:29Go Lowe's.
00:21:30Yes, sir.
00:21:31Let's go open up some water.
00:21:32A little more flow.
00:21:33A little more flow.
00:21:34Gotcha.
00:21:36So right now,
00:21:36we don't have enough water.
00:21:37We've got to raise the water up,
00:21:38you know, two or three inches,
00:21:41and that's going to have to come from upstream.
00:21:44All season,
00:21:46they've shielded their dive hole
00:21:47from the raging creek.
00:21:49Just need a little bit, not a lot.
00:21:52Redirect.
00:21:53Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:21:55But now,
00:21:56they must risk opening up part of the weir
00:21:58so they can float the dredge.
00:22:02That should do it.
00:22:04We were restricting it before
00:22:06to keep the kitty litter out,
00:22:07but now we needed more water
00:22:08to run the dredge.
00:22:09It's kind of silly.
00:22:12That's plenty.
00:22:13Colos.
00:22:14See it?
00:22:15Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:22:16Sure do.
00:22:16It tripled it.
00:22:17Okay, good.
00:22:18That's good.
00:22:20I think what they did worked.
00:22:22Wow!
00:22:23Woo!
00:22:23That's cool.
00:22:24We're floating.
00:22:26Let's go find some gold.
00:22:33What's going on first?
00:22:35Me.
00:22:38We're going to crush this place.
00:22:40We are going to get rich.
00:22:43Y'all got to find some gold today.
00:22:45I'm going for it.
00:22:46All right, James,
00:22:47I think you're ready to rock and roll, dude.
00:22:51All the hoes
00:22:52wherever I go.
00:22:54Come on, gold!
00:22:57Goldhound is on the prowl.
00:23:01Yeah, I'd get some bedrock.
00:23:03Somewhere around here.
00:23:06That's what I was hoping for you, buddy,
00:23:07was find that wall
00:23:09and go for the bottom.
00:23:12All right.
00:23:13It goes way down.
00:23:15How's the depth on you?
00:23:17I'd say 14 feet.
00:23:21All right, let's find some gold.
00:23:23That's right.
00:23:24Yeah, James, that's the spirit.
00:23:27Nice shot.
00:23:29James' mission?
00:23:31Follow the sloping bedrock
00:23:32to its deepest point
00:23:34where it should be chock full
00:23:36of season-saving nuggets.
00:23:39Today, me and James
00:23:41are going to find out
00:23:41what this freaking bedrock does.
00:23:43If we can find bedrock bottom,
00:23:45then the gold should be
00:23:46on bedrock bottom
00:23:47because that's what it does.
00:23:48I'm wishing the gold.
00:23:50I'm praying for the gold.
00:23:51This might be our last dive day
00:23:53for this season.
00:23:54No one knows.
00:23:55It might get snow tonight.
00:23:57So, the countdown's on right now.
00:24:04All right.
00:24:05I think you're ready to go.
00:24:06Hopefully, I'll find some gold today.
00:24:08Game on, man.
00:24:09Game on.
00:24:10Find some gold.
00:24:11Find some damn gold!
00:24:13I'll find some gold.
00:24:18Carlos is in.
00:24:19All right.
00:24:20Holy
00:24:21Jogan, head first.
00:24:24Where's this freaking bedrock at?
00:24:26That's it.
00:24:27That's a bedrock.
00:24:28That looks like bedrock.
00:24:29All right, come on.
00:24:30That's it.
00:24:30Yep.
00:24:31The bottom?
00:24:32Nope.
00:24:33That goes at an angle.
00:24:36We're not covering it right now.
00:24:38I told y'all existed.
00:24:41Yep, that's a bedrock, all right.
00:24:43It's angling down.
00:24:44Angling down towards the middle of the ground.
00:24:46Upstream.
00:24:47They found a vertical wall.
00:24:49They're starting to slope out towards the bottom.
00:24:52And James is downstream.
00:24:54Carlos is upstream.
00:24:55And they're both just following the bedrock
00:24:57down in the middle right now.
00:25:00So, hopefully, they get somewhere.
00:25:03Every dog has his day, you know?
00:25:06Maybe if I do it long enough, I'll get my day.
00:25:09Please be that day!
00:25:25I didn't realize how deep we were.
00:25:28I know.
00:25:29That's what you all get.
00:25:32The first winter blizzard is forecast
00:25:35to dump on Nugget Creek in just four days.
00:25:39Yeah, we're on borrowed time right now.
00:25:41Yeah.
00:25:41It's getting close to the end of the year.
00:25:43But now on bedrock,
00:25:45the crew has a fighting chance
00:25:47to not only save the claim,
00:25:49but uncover the millions in gold
00:25:52they've been hunting for 14 years.
00:25:56Can't let this go.
00:25:57I need this to happen.
00:26:01It's getting a good piece of bedrock uncovered.
00:26:04Oh, yeah.
00:26:05Wow.
00:26:06You're talking about the wall, right?
00:26:08Yeah, we're talking about the wall.
00:26:09It's still going.
00:26:10It's sliding down, man,
00:26:11towards that middle.
00:26:13We're uncovering a lot of real estate.
00:26:19We should pluck that boulder.
00:26:23I think there might be some gold
00:26:24underneath this boulder.
00:26:27There.
00:26:32They're on a sloping bedrock wall.
00:26:35I haven't found a bottom yet.
00:26:38Damn, they're getting close,
00:26:39it sounds like.
00:26:40You can tell they're getting
00:26:41a little excited about it.
00:26:43You're hearing it breathing, too.
00:26:48We're trying to get this boulder to move.
00:26:53Come on.
00:26:55.
00:26:59It's moving.
00:27:00It's moving.
00:27:01Is it?
00:27:02Yeah.
00:27:02It's moving.
00:27:03We got a movement.
00:27:05You think we're ready for the heading ball?
00:27:07Yep.
00:27:07OK.
00:27:09All right.
00:27:10Something's dropping it down on you.
00:27:12OK.
00:27:12Come on down.
00:27:13You guys should back up.
00:27:17All right.
00:27:18You got it hooked up.
00:27:20Up on the heading ball.
00:27:21Up on the heading ball.
00:27:23It's moving.
00:27:24Holy .
00:27:25Look out.
00:27:27That went right toward me.
00:27:29I know.
00:27:30Holy .
00:27:31You're going to take both of us.
00:27:32Holy .
00:27:32I don't know where.
00:27:34Ow.
00:27:37What the ?
00:27:39It loves you, dude.
00:27:42That was an Indiana Jonesy.
00:27:46Good job.
00:27:47That's the side truck.
00:27:49OK.
00:27:49Thank you, man.
00:27:52That was freaky, man.
00:27:55That's a big one.
00:27:58Holy .
00:27:59We're really deep, dude.
00:28:01We're at 15 feet.
00:28:0315 feet?
00:28:04Oh, man.
00:28:05Going deeper and deeper.
00:28:10Man, that color that's coming out of something else.
00:28:13That's all for you, dude.
00:28:15There's going to be gold in there.
00:28:18Everybody's got gold fever.
00:28:19When you hit the bedrock, that's all you can think about.
00:28:25Awesome working conditions, though, here.
00:28:30We're moving baskets quick.
00:28:32That's a good sign.
00:28:34I love it.
00:28:35Y'all are going to find some gold today.
00:28:37I think so.
00:28:42Yeah, it's pretty cool to be on bedrock.
00:28:47How much bedrock you got exposed, bro?
00:28:50Oh, about five feet across.
00:28:54And it just goes down to the abyss?
00:28:56Yeah, man.
00:28:57It goes straight down, dude.
00:28:59I can't go any further down.
00:29:02I get it.
00:29:03I get it.
00:29:07Carlos and James are on the hunt for the creek's deepest point,
00:29:12where the bedrock walls meet.
00:29:14This deep V is the collection point for all the creek's biggest nuggets.
00:29:19But if their search continues too far under the weir,
00:29:24instead of reaching the Bonanza,
00:29:26they could trigger a massive landslide
00:29:29that would bury them alive.
00:29:34So no bottom in sight, huh?
00:29:37No.
00:29:39And it's still going down, man, toward the frickin' middle.
00:29:43I can't pull them out yet.
00:29:45I have to know.
00:29:46Yeah, I know.
00:29:47I know it's cold.
00:29:48I know they've been in a long time,
00:29:50but I need to know what they're seeing.
00:29:52Yeah.
00:29:56James and Carlos have been nonstop digging,
00:30:00chasing down the bedrock for close to eight hours.
00:30:04I'm beat.
00:30:05I'm tired.
00:30:06Yeah.
00:30:08But they're over 16 feet deep,
00:30:10and there's still no sign of the bottom.
00:30:14Hey, James, watch yourself, bro.
00:30:20Basket's clear.
00:30:22Copy that.
00:30:25Could be that we're absolutely skunked on this dig.
00:30:32It's time.
00:30:36Hey, just a heads up, guys.
00:30:3815-minute warning.
00:30:40Oh.
00:30:40You sure?
00:30:41It's starting to get dark up here.
00:30:43Copy that.
00:30:48Easy on the build call.
00:30:49Easy, easy, easy.
00:30:50Don't move, build call.
00:30:51I can't pick you up, man.
00:30:57I think he's just exhausted.
00:31:00You all right?
00:31:01Yeah.
00:31:04Oh, oh, oh.
00:31:07A little dredge drunk.
00:31:11You all right?
00:31:16Oh, it is dark up here.
00:31:18Oh, yeah.
00:31:18Yeah.
00:31:19Whoa.
00:31:20Yeah, it's dark.
00:31:21You guys dug like crazy.
00:31:23That was a lot of digging.
00:31:25Make some headway?
00:31:26Oh, yeah, dude.
00:31:27We got bedrock, dude.
00:31:29It's not the bottom yet, huh?
00:31:30No.
00:31:32All right.
00:31:35Carlos is exposed five feet of a vertical-ish wall.
00:31:41That's bedrock, and it's all the way down there,
00:31:44and it's heading underneath the weir.
00:31:47So it's just shooting straight down.
00:31:49Apparently, it's way, way deeper than we thought.
00:31:59Is there some gold?
00:32:01Not a...
00:32:02Not a thing.
00:32:05Feels like my house just burned down.
00:32:07That's what I feel right now.
00:32:10I have to sell my flames if I fail.
00:32:32God, we need some gold.
00:32:34Yeah.
00:32:34This is our pivotal moment.
00:32:36This is it.
00:32:38Holy .
00:32:38You can see all the way down to the bottom, dude.
00:32:40I can see bedrock down there.
00:32:43After a season battling Mother Nature, Dustin's crew believes they are in striking distance
00:32:49of a life-changing payday in gold.
00:32:53And we still have time to hit it big.
00:32:55The snow's not all the way down the mountain yet, so we just got to hit it hard.
00:32:58But if the bedrock continues to slope under the weir, they'll never get to the bottom before the forecast snowstorm
00:33:07shuts them down.
00:33:11We're all hopeful yesterday until we found out the bedrock shooting underneath the weir.
00:33:17Not sure how to figure this out.
00:33:21Hopefully, Paul and Danielle find some gold because we've run out of time and we can't go anywhere else.
00:33:29Got to make this work because I don't want to sell the claims.
00:33:32And I can see that I've lost my crew a bit because I don't know what I'm doing.
00:33:42Right there.
00:33:43There.
00:33:43We're way past it.
00:33:44That ought to be good.
00:33:47Winter's knocking on its door right now.
00:33:50We're tired, but we're giving her another shot and we still have a chance.
00:33:58You guys want to put on some dive suits to get in the hole?
00:34:02Yeah.
00:34:03Cool.
00:34:08Danielle, on the near side of the dive hole, will follow the exposed bedrock.
00:34:14While Paul hunts for bedrock on the far side, right under the weir.
00:34:19But it's a massive gamble and risks triggering an underwater landslide, burying bolt divers under 20 tons of boulders.
00:34:32Could be that there's enough hard pack to undermine that weir a little bit, but you'd have to be pretty
00:34:37damn brave to do that,
00:34:38because it's a death sentence if it comes down on you.
00:34:43You're buried forever.
00:34:45It'll take us months to find your body.
00:34:51It's going to be a dangerous dive today, but we got to do something drastic to be able to get
00:34:58on this gold line, so I'm just going to undercut the weir.
00:35:06Start listening for that crackle noise.
00:35:08If you hear any crackling, just don't be shy to shove real hard to get away from that wall.
00:35:16I'm 95% sure you're going to find gold today.
00:35:19I hope so.
00:35:21Ready to go?
00:35:22Everything looks good, man.
00:35:30If there's any kind of slope, you can hear the rock hitting before it comes down, and it gives you
00:35:35an extra millisecond to get yourself out of there without dying.
00:35:39If there's a vertical wall or an undercut, no warning except this little crack noise.
00:35:45It's a little crunchy noise, and we all know what it means.
00:35:50Death is coming is what it means.
00:36:00It's going to be a little tight down here, but I think we can manage it.
00:36:07I just really, really want today to be the day that we find some gold.
00:36:12Just like one nugget, and then we can follow that trail to the rest of it.
00:36:21How's it looking down there, Paul?
00:36:23Not bad.
00:36:25A little bit of hard pack over here.
00:36:28No bedrock?
00:36:30Not on the weird side yet.
00:36:33Weird colored hard pack. It's like yellow.
00:36:37Last year, that same color, I found nuggets in it.
00:36:41Hot.
00:36:44Is that good?
00:36:46Yes, sir.
00:36:47All right.
00:36:49A high-pressure hose down there, so it's going to be a spaghetti dinner down there for you guys.
00:36:53So don't get caught up every so often. Check your hoses.
00:36:57All right, Danielle. Looks like you're ready to rock and roll.
00:37:06Couldn't ask for a better day.
00:37:07Sun is shining. Birds are singing. Crystal clear water.
00:37:12This is a perfect day for gold, amigo.
00:37:18This is the most pristine, clearest water I've ever seen on Nugget Creek.
00:37:23Unbelievable.
00:37:29All right, guys. We've got this high-pressure washer for ya.
00:37:33Don't get tangled up.
00:37:34In the water.
00:37:36Oh, perfect. All right.
00:37:50I can use the Gary now.
00:37:53Copy that. Gary that.
00:37:56Right on his head.
00:38:00I can help you if those are on.
00:38:01I've got to get stuff on the boat.
00:38:03Oh.
00:38:04Yep.
00:38:16Look at that rusty sucker.
00:38:19That had to have been on bedrock.
00:38:20Yep.
00:38:22Damn, they're getting close.
00:38:25Got bedrock bottom?
00:38:27Not yet.
00:38:30Bedrock just keeps diving to that corner.
00:38:33We may have to tear it down.
00:38:36I'm worried if the bottom of this creek is underneath that weir,
00:38:42we do not have the time to move that weir.
00:38:52Paul and Danielle slug it out.
00:38:56Inch by inch.
00:38:58Rock by rock.
00:39:04Desperate to reach the deepest point and a season-saving pile of nuggets.
00:39:19They've been in over five hours now, but I got to know what they're seeing.
00:39:24This is our pivotal moment.
00:39:25It can flood all night, and I can't let this moment go just because they're tired.
00:39:35Where you're standing right now, is it going straight down, or is it going across the way?
00:39:39I'm not even on the bedrock anymore.
00:39:41The cross I thought was going straight down.
00:39:44I got to open up some room.
00:39:49Bedrock's still going to that other wall.
00:39:51It's underneath the weir at this point.
00:39:56All my nightmares are coming true.
00:40:03Oh my god, it's steep. Holy .
00:40:12It's a long dive.
00:40:13They're going to be tired when they come out.
00:40:16Right now, they're getting a little bit dredged drunk, you know, silent.
00:40:20They definitely earned their chow and a good night's sleep.
00:40:31Hell yeah!
00:40:32Look at that.
00:40:33That was on bedrock, wasn't it?
00:40:35Yep.
00:40:35Yep.
00:40:36Got to be hitting bottom anytime soon.
00:40:39Wow.
00:40:41That boulder was sitting in that bottom V.
00:40:44Holy .
00:40:46It's coming up back time.
00:40:49That is beautiful.
00:40:51Wow, look at that.
00:40:53It's coming back up.
00:40:55So you're on the bottom and you found the bottom V.
00:40:58Yeah.
00:40:59Yeah.
00:41:01We've got the weir wall.
00:41:03We have got the weir bedrock wall exposed.
00:41:07Oh my god!
00:41:09That's going to have to go back up in theングination of the weir.
00:41:13Holy .
00:41:14Oh my god.
00:41:19God see, look at that.
00:41:23Wow, that's so cool.
00:41:29All month, I've been thinking.
00:41:33Did I put the weir in the wrong spot, and this is going to skunk.
00:41:36We're going to be, we're done.
00:41:39That's it.
00:41:41I feel relieved right now.
00:41:46So, do we follow it backwards or do we follow it up?
00:41:51I'll keep taking this side of it just to stay on that V.
00:41:54Okay.
00:41:58Finding the V, where the bedrock walls meet, has given them a fighting chance.
00:42:04Now, Danielle and Paul need to follow the gold line to its deepest point,
00:42:10cleaning up a trail of claim-saving nuggets as they go.
00:42:17You guys keep on digging.
00:42:18I'm going to go get your meals for you.
00:42:21You can stay the night.
00:42:24I'm game.
00:42:34Oh, my God.
00:42:36What is it?
00:42:37Holy .
00:42:38What?
00:42:39Do you see it?
00:42:41Iron noise?
00:42:42I don't think so.
00:42:45What the ?
00:42:46It is, right?
00:42:47What?
00:42:50It looks like it.
00:42:52Did you find gold?
00:42:54I think, yes.
00:42:57Seriously?
00:42:58A nugget.
00:43:00You might want to take that up.
00:43:02I think it's real.
00:43:04Is it real?
00:43:07Or am I dreaming?
00:43:10Oh!
00:43:12Isn't it nugget?
00:43:13Oh, my God!
00:43:18Oh, my God!
00:43:21Oh, my God!
00:43:25Oh, my God!
00:43:26Look at that!
00:43:26Look at this!
00:43:31Oh, my God!
00:43:52What is it?
00:43:53Holy .
00:43:54What?
00:43:55Do you see us?
00:43:57All right?
00:43:58I don't think so.
00:44:00What the ?
00:44:02It is, right?
00:44:03What?
00:44:04.
00:44:06It looks like it.
00:44:08You might want to take that up.
00:44:10Is this real?
00:44:12Or am I dreaming?
00:44:16Oh, .
00:44:17Is it a nugget?
00:44:18Oh, my God!
00:44:21Yeah!
00:44:23Yeah!
00:44:26Yeah!
00:44:27Yeah!
00:44:28That was real.
00:44:29Oh, my God!
00:44:31Look at that!
00:44:33Yeah!
00:44:35Yeah!
00:44:37That was going to be a moment.
00:44:41For months, the crew has battled setback after setback.
00:44:46But now, with the storm less than three days away, they're finally on the gold.
00:44:53Oh, my God!
00:44:55Yeah!
00:44:56Unreal.
00:44:58It was unreal.
00:44:59Now we need all of his brothers and sisters, aunts and uncles.
00:45:02A large nugget like this is worth more than its weight value alone and could fetch over $10,000.
00:45:12There's going to be more of those.
00:45:15Tripling Dustin's gold count, but not enough to save his claims.
00:45:21Good job, guys!
00:45:23Woo-hoo!
00:45:24Woo-hoo!
00:45:24I'm going to go back down.
00:45:26There might be more.
00:45:28Yeah, we need it, Daniel.
00:45:30Yeah!
00:45:31Oh, my God!
00:45:33That's amazing!
00:45:35Look at that!
00:45:36That is beautiful!
00:45:38That's a museum piece right there!
00:45:40I can't believe it!
00:45:41About damn time!
00:45:43That's easily worth $10,000 right there!
00:45:47If you find one, there's more!
00:45:49Yeah!
00:45:50Woo-hoo!
00:45:51Woo!
00:45:52It's about time!
00:45:55So that's the channel.
00:45:57It's a line of gold.
00:45:59This is awesome.
00:46:00We found our first real nugget of season, and it's beautiful.
00:46:08There's going to be nuggets all the way up that!
00:46:18They're at that max limit.
00:46:19They're tired.
00:46:24Now, what do you need to come up?
00:46:25It's getting dark again.
00:46:29It's not safe.
00:46:31I'll come up.
00:46:33All right.
00:46:36I'm ready to celebrate.
00:46:42They found the V.
00:46:43They're at the bottom.
00:46:45It's on this side of the weir.
00:46:47It's on the tent side of the weir.
00:46:48And there's very obviously nuggets in there.
00:46:53This means we're not fully screwed.
00:46:56And I'm damn excited.
00:46:58I'm going to sleep really well tonight.
00:47:00This is amazing.
00:47:04About damn time.
00:47:08Welcome back.
00:47:11Yay!
00:47:12Good dive.
00:47:13You did great.
00:47:14Can you believe what you just did?
00:47:16No.
00:47:16You just found a two ounce plus nugget, by the way.
00:47:21Congratulations.
00:47:23Daniel!
00:47:24Good job.
00:47:29Oh, wow.
00:47:32Unreal.
00:47:33It's been so heavy.
00:47:36That's beautiful.
00:47:37It's beautiful, isn't it?
00:47:39This just paid for most of our fuel this year, right here.
00:47:42That's good.
00:47:43That's what you did.
00:47:44You found a chunk of gold that paid for pretty much all of our fuel.
00:47:49Holy cow.
00:47:51I wish my first nugget would have been a two ounce nugget.
00:47:58Yeah, Carla.
00:48:02What can I say?
00:48:04This is the best day ever.
00:48:07Best day all season, for sure.
00:48:09I'm, like, so stoked to be a part of this.
00:48:12That was incredible.
00:48:14I...
00:48:15I still think I'm dreaming.
00:48:19That was the long one.
00:48:20Yeah.
00:48:23Good job, Paul!
00:48:25Damn good, man.
00:48:27Do I see it?
00:48:29Yeah.
00:48:29Yeah!
00:48:32Oh, wow.
00:48:33It is a beautiful piece.
00:48:35Good job, man.
00:48:36Damn good dig.
00:48:41We did it!
00:48:45Finally!
00:48:46Got two birds, one stone.
00:48:48You got the nugget.
00:48:49I found the weir wall.
00:48:51The nugget is a massive and long-awaited win for the crew.
00:48:56And for Dustin, it's a lifeline.
00:49:00I'm glad we kept going.
00:49:03This is gonna work out really good now, I think.
00:49:06Just need to keep going.
00:49:19Jesus.
00:49:21What a rollercoaster.
00:49:24I'm gonna celebrate with a seltzer.
00:49:26And you guys, I got extra seltzers if you need one.
00:49:49It's raining like hell, y'all.
00:49:51Yeah, it is.
00:49:52Dustin has sunk his life savings hunting for gold at Nugget Creek.
00:49:57But yesterday, Danielle found what could be the first in a trail of monster nuggets.
00:50:03Proof that they're closing in on claim-saving gold.
00:50:08Today was supposed to be our day, but it rained all night.
00:50:14So, we're in landslide territory right now because of how wet it is.
00:50:20I understand we all want to go get back down to the bottom of this thing, but it's a death
00:50:24sentence, man.
00:50:25Yeah.
00:50:28Over the seasons, the fractured walls above the dive sites have rained down on the miners below.
00:50:34Run, run, run! Get up here, guys! Get up here!
00:50:36The danger heightened by frequent earthquakes.
00:50:40Freaking earthquakes!
00:50:42Go, go, go, go, go, go, go!
00:50:43And severe weather.
00:50:45The power of this water is just insane.
00:50:48This is a freaking nightmare.
00:50:50Two years ago, a coastal typhoon slammed into Nugget Creek until it raged at over nine feet a second.
00:50:59I hate to say it, but I think this is it. I think this is the end.
00:51:03And hurled hundred-pound boulders into dive holes they had spent weeks digging out.
00:51:13And gold or no gold, it's not worth your damn life.
00:51:17So, nobody is going to dive today.
00:51:21God dang it.
00:51:25Well, what do we do while we wait?
00:51:31Well, we're not digging.
00:51:33I know it's not much, but maybe we can see what we got.
00:51:36Yeah.
00:51:36Yeah, let's do a clean-up, then.
00:51:38Let's do it.
00:51:47So, just a heads up. I'm getting a little worried.
00:51:50That edge is starting to come loose right here.
00:51:53A little waterfall.
00:51:55Oh, that, man.
00:51:57Yeah.
00:51:58Yeah, that's not good.
00:51:59There's a waterfall right there.
00:52:01That is a lot of water.
00:52:03Hey, Paul, I don't think you should be standing there, bro.
00:52:07The walls are absolutely saturated.
00:52:12This is not safe.
00:52:16I don't want us to be out here any longer, all right?
00:52:20So, let's go do the fastest clean-up we've ever done and get out of here, all right?
00:52:25Copy that.
00:52:26Let's do it.
00:52:28Fast and furious. We're not picking around, we're just pulling and going.
00:52:32I ain't gonna lie to you, I don't like this at all.
00:52:35This is bad news.
00:52:36Yeah, I get it.
00:52:37Did the water just intensify?
00:52:39Yeah, we need to hurry up and get out of here.
00:52:41Yeah, we don't need to be here much longer, y'all.
00:52:42All of us, let's go.
00:52:44Copy that.
00:52:45Let's get the out of here.
00:52:53Dustin still needs at least $85,000 to save his mining future.
00:53:00Hoping to see lots and lots of gold.
00:53:02I mean, there's six buckets of this.
00:53:05But a blizzard is forecast in less than 48 hours,
00:53:09which will force them out of their claim.
00:53:12If it hits early, their season is over.
00:53:18A lot of black sand.
00:53:28Oh, man.
00:53:30Not much here, just a gram or so.
00:53:32We've only dredged a little bit of bedrock bottom, the V.
00:53:35That's the deepest spot.
00:53:36We're essentially running out of time.
00:53:40Hopefully it doesn't snow,
00:53:41because it'd be nice to try to end the season
00:53:44with millions of dollars in gold, because we're right there.
00:53:47And it's sad.
00:53:52You got some gold?
00:53:53Not much.
00:53:54Oh, .
00:53:56That's broke my heart just now looking at that .
00:54:00So it looks like we got less than an ounce, right?
00:54:03As far as fine gold, yeah.
00:54:05And the nugget.
00:54:08Two nuggets and some fine gold.
00:54:10Not the best of seasons so far.
00:54:13I don't know how to change that.
00:54:14We did what we did.
00:54:16And now the season's coming to a crashing halt.
00:54:18Well, we're not ready to give up yet, right?
00:54:21Yeah.
00:54:21You've got to remember, also, we dredged two feet of the bedrock.
00:54:25And that's all.
00:54:26Yep.
00:54:27Still a chance.
00:54:28Still a chance.
00:54:29It's just, do we have enough time to uncover more of it?
00:54:34We've got to step our game up somehow, some way.
00:54:37We need to put in as many hours as we possibly can,
00:54:40because you can see that snow line coming down.
00:54:42Yep.
00:54:42I'll dive every day that we have left, if I have to.
00:54:47It's going to be a push.
00:54:49If we don't push hard, we're going to regret it.
00:54:51Yep.
00:54:51We're going to have to do some double shifts, though.
00:54:53Yeah.
00:54:54I'm up for it.
00:54:55Two divers go in for five hours, come out.
00:54:57The next two divers go in for five hours, come out.
00:55:00I mean, we get a lot of hours in a day that way.
00:55:02Yep.
00:55:02I think with two teams going in,
00:55:05there's a good chance we can uncover more and more,
00:55:08way more bedrock.
00:55:09Yeah.
00:55:10So tomorrow, everybody's going in.
00:55:11I'm game for that.
00:55:12I mean, I'll stay on the dredge
00:55:13as long as y'all want to stay in the water.
00:55:15I said, let's go for it.
00:55:16So we'll do a double-double.
00:55:17Do a double-double.
00:55:18Double-double.
00:55:18We're going to double-double on the deuce sluice.
00:55:39Hi.
00:55:41Out of fuel.
00:55:42Hopefully what we have up there and this will get us through at least one more day.
00:55:49Are these ready to rock and roll, Daniel?
00:55:51Yeah.
00:55:52The predicted snowstorm will drop over two feet of season-ending snow in less than 24 hours,
00:56:00shutting down Nugget Creek and potentially their mining careers.
00:56:04It's a warning that the winter is here.
00:56:09Snow's about to drop on the head.
00:56:10It's about to freeze.
00:56:11And I'm out of money.
00:56:12But we're going to keep going.
00:56:15Sorry I'm late, guys.
00:56:17I had to put on double socks because I'm cold.
00:56:20It is cold.
00:56:24All right.
00:56:24So what we're going to try to do today, we're going to get two divers in,
00:56:29and then you guys are going to rotate out and we're going to get the longest dive of our existence.
00:56:34Try to stretch this out as far as we can with the weather.
00:56:38So this might be our last chance, y'all.
00:56:41This is it.
00:56:42We're going to do a blitz.
00:56:43All right.
00:56:44Let's get out of here, yo.
00:56:45Here we go.
00:56:47Here we go.
00:57:04Final push, huh?
00:57:05Yeah.
00:57:07All right.
00:57:08So let's get the jenny started.
00:57:09Let's drop this dredge.
00:57:11And we're doing this.
00:57:12Danielle, can you shoot up?
00:57:14Yeah.
00:57:16I know there's more gold down there, so I just want to get in there and get after it and
00:57:22tap out knowing that I worked the hardest I could and did the best I could down there.
00:57:29What the ?
00:57:30There's shell rock all over the place.
00:57:32Oh, yeah.
00:57:33Look at that.
00:57:34Where'd that come from?
00:57:37Oh, there's rocks up there.
00:57:39Walls saturated.
00:57:41And this is where big rocks fall.
00:57:43Holy .
00:57:44You see it all?
00:57:45Yeah.
00:57:46That's all new.
00:57:47Holy .
00:57:48Look at the size of it.
00:57:49Oh, yeah.
00:57:51Any of these would kill you.
00:57:53I mean, we've got waterfalls coming down and it's going to bring the street down.
00:57:57Yeah, so it's not going to be safe on the tent side whatsoever.
00:58:04All right, y'all.
00:58:05Just so you know, you are welcome to step out of this because this is a high-risk situation that
00:58:15we're in.
00:58:16And you all understand that.
00:58:18Yeah.
00:58:18You will not let me down if you walk out of here right now because I understand how dangerous this
00:58:24is.
00:58:25So this is your choice to be here right now, right?
00:58:28Yeah.
00:58:28Everybody feel that?
00:58:29Copy that.
00:58:30Yeah.
00:58:31All right.
00:58:32We're doing this, aren't we?
00:58:40Just don't let the fever get a hold of you.
00:58:43You mess around too much and the rocks come on top of you, I can't help you.
00:58:47That's when you'll stay forever.
00:58:49Don't worry, baby.
00:58:50I can't help you.
00:58:51If I got to stick a hose in my mouth and jump in there naked, I'll be down there.
00:58:57I feel safe.
00:58:58Stay next!
00:59:00Give him a hug for me, Kyla.
00:59:02I will do that.
00:59:04I will do that.
00:59:05Okay.
00:59:05All standing, Danielle.
00:59:07Diver one in the water.
00:59:10Right now, I want to see the gold, but more importantly, I want to make sure that all my people
00:59:15get out of here on skate.
00:59:18Anything good?
00:59:19There it is.
00:59:20Good, man.
00:59:20You ready to rock and roll, dude?
00:59:22Copy that.
00:59:24All right.
00:59:25Two divers in.
00:59:27This is the big push.
00:59:31This is probably the most danger we've been in all year.
00:59:36Hate the way the walls are dripping.
00:59:37This is where big rocks fall.
00:59:41This is where landslides happen.
00:59:44This is the bad stuff right now.
00:59:49This is probably our most dangerous day.
00:59:51By far.
00:59:54Just need everybody to get out alive.
01:00:18This is the bad rock.
01:00:21This is how fun they clean that rock.
01:00:23Yeah, it is.
01:00:25You're gonna find gold this year.
01:00:27Village ham.
01:00:29With a season-ending blizzard descending on Nugget Creek within hours.
01:00:34There's freaking gold in here.
01:00:35Nuggets.
01:00:36I guarantee there's fucking nuggets.
01:00:37Today's outcome will decide Dustin's future forever.
01:00:43Running out of time here.
01:00:46And kind of desperate right now.
01:00:48If we don't get a bunch of gold, I could lose a claim.
01:00:52Come on, guys.
01:00:57All right.
01:01:00We're on bedrock and the race is on.
01:01:04Because gold is on the bedrock.
01:01:06This is the big push.
01:01:11In a desperate attempt to get the $85,000 worth of gold Dustin needs to save his claims, his crew
01:01:20is diving in relay.
01:01:24Got two divers down.
01:01:26Nobody's been hit by rock yet.
01:01:28And we got two more divers to go.
01:01:31I want to see as much bedrock cleaned off as I could possibly get today.
01:01:36Danielle and Paul have been diving for nearly four hours with no drop in pace.
01:01:42Come on.
01:01:43I want to go for a dive.
01:01:45I'll probably have enough time to get this cleared off and get you guys some good bedrock.
01:01:49Y'all are gonna be the ones to find the gold.
01:01:51Yeah.
01:01:52All right.
01:01:52We just gotta go, go, go, go, go.
01:01:59Ready to go?
01:02:00Of course.
01:02:03You guys ready for this?
01:02:12So what's the situation down there right now?
01:02:16We're gonna pull a body brain freeze right now.
01:02:19Oh, gosh.
01:02:20My right foot is frozen, but I was trying to fight through it.
01:02:25Can you get some more hot water down there?
01:02:27Danielle, it's getting cold.
01:02:29Okay.
01:02:43Oh, .
01:02:47Oh, my God.
01:02:50It's this engine.
01:02:53That son of a bitch does not want to run.
01:02:57What's it doing?
01:02:58Good.
01:02:59Just to have power?
01:03:00Yeah.
01:03:01Yeah, I know that's gotta be part of her heat problem.
01:03:03The heat exchange from the dredge engines delivers the vital hot water Danielle needs against the frigid creek to avoid
01:03:12hypothermic shock.
01:03:15It's cold.
01:03:18The **** is happening.
01:03:20It seems like our gas has to crash in it, and it's not letting it want to flow to the
01:03:24carburetor.
01:03:25So we know it's not the engine.
01:03:26It's gotta be our fuel.
01:03:31Oh, I bet it's that son of a bitch right there.
01:03:36I think it's that bowl that goes on the fuel switch.
01:03:40What if I put the 10 mil and cracked it to see if there's any water in it?
01:03:44You can do that.
01:03:45Is there any way to clean those bowls out without the...
01:03:49You gotta turn it off.
01:03:51Yeah.
01:03:52****
01:03:59She's gonna have to come up so we can shut the engines off.
01:04:03Hey, Danielle, come up for a minute, please.
01:04:05We're gonna have to shut this engine off for just a minute.
01:04:07Okay.
01:04:08Yeah, we gotta do this.
01:04:09Sorry.
01:04:11Go ahead.
01:04:12I'm still not getting any hot water to my right foot.
01:04:18My hands are so friggin' cold, too, but I'm not as bad as my foot.
01:04:22Hey, Carlos, use what hot water she has to warm a boot up.
01:04:25We gotta turn off one of these engines.
01:04:27I see that.
01:04:33We're having trouble keeping our engines going.
01:04:35We think that there's water in the fuel.
01:04:37We're gonna drain some of that, see how that goes.
01:04:40I don't really know what else to do.
01:04:42I think it's too wet for these engines to keep running like this.
01:04:48Hold on, hold on, hold on.
01:04:54Here.
01:04:57There it goes.
01:05:02Bowl right here.
01:05:03Yeah.
01:05:04It's what's stopping us.
01:05:06That wouldn't surprise me a bit.
01:05:08It had, like, filth in the bottom of it.
01:05:10Yeah.
01:05:11I think this is the problem.
01:05:14All right, let's see if we can get this thing sorted.
01:05:20Yeah!
01:05:21That's what it was!
01:05:22That's what it was!
01:05:24Woo!
01:05:24Woo!
01:05:29All right, back in action.
01:05:32All right.
01:05:33Put me back up.
01:05:37I can feel my foot again.
01:05:41Good to go?
01:05:43Okay, you're ready.
01:05:44Rock and roll.
01:05:44Go get some gold.
01:05:46Woo-hoo!
01:05:48You just dove in like a frickin' gangster.
01:05:51Bring it on!
01:05:52Come on!
01:06:02It's been running all jagged down here.
01:06:07That's a good sign.
01:06:09This is our final push to get gold this season.
01:06:13Yep.
01:06:15Mud.
01:06:15This kid's super dangerous.
01:06:19The walls are absolutely saturated.
01:06:25Rock!
01:06:26Rocks are falling right now.
01:06:28This is not a good scenario, but we're doing it.
01:06:33Kind of desperate right now.
01:06:35Dustin has spent the last 14 years seeking his fortune in gold.
01:06:41Now, deep in debt, with a snowstorm at his door,
01:06:46he needs a huge score in the next few hours,
01:06:49or he faces the end of his mining career.
01:06:56This is the race against time right now.
01:06:58The weather's coming down.
01:07:00It's gonna bring snow.
01:07:03And Danielle has been in a long time.
01:07:08We don't want her to get dredged drunk,
01:07:10because that's when accidents happen.
01:07:12So, we're gonna tag in, tag out, tag a deal.
01:07:14I'm gonna get down, frickin' get busy,
01:07:17and hopefully get gold, gold, gold, gold, gold.
01:07:21So, Danielle, it's like your time is up.
01:07:26No!
01:07:29Just get in.
01:07:35After nearly five hours,
01:07:37Danielle hands the baton to a fresh diver, Carlos.
01:07:41Good job!
01:07:42Good job!
01:07:43Good job!
01:07:44Yeah, okay.
01:07:48All right, Paul.
01:07:49Coming in.
01:07:50Coming in.
01:07:54Oh, wow.
01:07:56Yeah, I see the bedrock.
01:07:57Danielle, get a good job.
01:07:59Yeah.
01:08:01We're gonna get some f***ing too now.
01:08:03Come on, man.
01:08:04Give me some gold.
01:08:05Hey, Carlos.
01:08:06Yep.
01:08:07Check all that out there.
01:08:09Okay, man.
01:08:15Oh, yeah, Paul!
01:08:17F*** yeah!
01:08:19Good job!
01:08:20Yes, man.
01:08:21Right bottom.
01:08:24The crew has already found a massive nugget.
01:08:27Now, they just need to follow the bedrock to its deepest point,
01:08:32and its deposit of monster gold.
01:08:36Yeah, it's gonna get some gold out of here today.
01:08:38Oh, all right, Paul.
01:08:43We switched out one set of divers.
01:08:47We only got one left.
01:08:50Hey, Paul.
01:08:51Would it now be a good time to switch?
01:08:53Yeah.
01:08:55Right now, I am done.
01:08:57Physically done.
01:08:59All right, Carlos.
01:08:59I'm out.
01:09:00All right, brother.
01:09:01Good job, man.
01:09:05I'm the last one to get in, and this is it.
01:09:07Our final push.
01:09:09They're on bedrock, but we're going with a Hail Mary right now.
01:09:14I want to get in there and do what the gold hound does.
01:09:19I want to get in there and find gold.
01:09:21Millions.
01:09:23Come on, man.
01:09:24We got this.
01:09:27Yeah, it's a final push, man.
01:09:30We got a lot of riding on this, man.
01:09:32I don't want to sell the claims.
01:09:36All right, here we go.
01:09:42You down here, James?
01:09:43Yes, sir.
01:09:44I'm going with you.
01:09:46Paul left you a beautiful, beautiful, beautiful present, man.
01:09:52He left you with some gorgeous bedrock.
01:09:54And I got a lot of bedrock to my side.
01:09:58And I'm working my way forward and working my way down.
01:10:04Now this bedrock is nice and jagged.
01:10:09That's going down into a feed.
01:10:11And there's a lot of jagged area and great catches for gold.
01:10:15Now we're going to start taking like crazy now, James.
01:10:18Yep.
01:10:18There's probably some record-sized nuggets in there.
01:10:25Over the next three hours...
01:10:28Let's do it!
01:10:29Let's find some gold!
01:10:30James and Carlos follow the bedrock deeper and deeper.
01:10:35They've been down there working their butts off.
01:10:37An all-out blitz for gold.
01:10:41Man, so close.
01:10:58Yo, Manny!
01:11:01Hey, check my, uh...
01:11:05Check my compressor.
01:11:09It's rolling.
01:11:11Carlos, are you having trouble breathing?
01:11:15It's starting to pull.
01:11:16It's starting to...
01:11:18Come on up, then.
01:11:19Don't do that .
01:11:20Get up here.
01:11:22Lever coming up.
01:11:31Goddamn!
01:11:32What happened?
01:11:34Check valve went bad.
01:11:36Dude, just blowing air straight out.
01:11:39What a show.
01:11:41It's close.
01:11:42Sorry.
01:11:46His air compressor just went dead.
01:11:48We don't have a way to fix it, because one of the pop-off valves went bad.
01:11:52There's a pressure gauge that allows only a certain amount of pressure, and they call it pop-off valves.
01:11:58And, uh, when they break, gotta replace them. There's no way to fix them, as far as I know.
01:12:04So, all we're doing now is just yanking them out, because there was nothing I could do.
01:12:19Uh, I didn't get to finish the mission, man.
01:12:22I just needed air to live.
01:12:25So, I had to tap out early.
01:12:29F***ing nightmare.
01:12:32So, as of right now, we're broke.
01:12:38Right now, it's all up to James.
01:12:40It's all yours, James.
01:12:42Be careful.
01:12:45Hey, James.
01:12:46Counting on you to do this.
01:12:49All right.
01:12:51Put the last one in, and, uh, hopefully we can win.
01:12:56And it's all bedrock.
01:13:00Hopefully there's a ton of gold.
01:13:04The storm is fast approaching, and with it, the end of Dustin's mining career.
01:13:11Fourteen years, and it's got to this.
01:13:15Whew.
01:13:17But he still has a chance of reaching the claim-saving gold.
01:13:22I know this creek has gold, and there's big damn gold, too.
01:13:26Another foot, and we got this, for sure.
01:13:33Up ahead.
01:13:34Water drop!
01:13:35Stop her up! Stop her up!
01:13:36We need to get the f*** out of here!
01:13:38We're about to get a damn flash flood.
01:13:40Here it comes!
01:13:41Get down to there!
01:13:42Do it!
01:13:51We're up here freezing!
01:13:53Ah, man, is it getting cold!
01:13:58They're killing themselves trying to find this gold.
01:14:02Gold's here.
01:14:04It only takes twenty minutes of digging in the right spot
01:14:07to change your whole life.
01:14:10So, yeah.
01:14:12I'm secretly hopeful.
01:14:32James?
01:14:32How's it looking down there?
01:14:35I'm following the channel real quick.
01:14:38Hopefully there's a ton of gold.
01:14:41This is the first time we've ever put four dollars down in a day.
01:14:45We only got one left.
01:14:47All my gear and all my people are worn out.
01:14:52We're desperate to get gold.
01:14:54Yeah, come on.
01:14:56Can you check the, uh, foot valve?
01:14:59I don't know what's going on with the water.
01:15:01It's cold.
01:15:02We're, uh, starting the instruction.
01:15:05James?
01:15:06We're having trouble with your instruction.
01:15:07Both f***ing engines are running slow again.
01:15:10Both of them.
01:15:11So one of them's running slow, so...
01:15:12Slow!
01:15:13But we have to go.
01:15:14I'm running out of water, so...
01:15:17What is happening?
01:15:19Water dropped!
01:15:20Water dropped!
01:15:23The water f***ing turned off.
01:15:26Something's, something's happened.
01:15:27Water dropped.
01:15:29So the water dropped down to nothing.
01:15:32Which means it's building up somewhere,
01:15:35and there is about to be a wall of water coming at us.
01:15:40God damn!
01:15:42About to get a damn flash flood!
01:15:45A landslide up creek has created a dam,
01:15:49potentially trapping thousands of tons of water behind it.
01:15:53When it breaks, a lethal tidal wave of mud and debris
01:15:58could surge down the valley, wiping out everything
01:16:02and anyone trapped in its path.
01:16:06Holy f*****g
01:16:08You see any kind of f*****g water coming?
01:16:11Run!
01:16:11It's gonna hit us real hard!
01:16:13All at once!
01:16:16Get up!
01:16:17Diver up!
01:16:18Diver up!
01:16:19Quick!
01:16:20Get up!
01:16:21Get up here!
01:16:25Hey!
01:16:26We need to get the f*****g out of here!
01:16:28Turn that off!
01:16:29Turn it off!
01:16:34Okay, okay, okay, let's go, let's go, let's go.
01:16:37Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on.
01:16:38Hey, hey, hey, hey, y'all, get up the hill!
01:16:40Hold on, hold on!
01:16:42Everybody, get up the hill!
01:16:43Get, get, get!
01:16:43There's no water!
01:16:44Get up the hill!
01:16:48That happens now.
01:16:49Y'all are in a bad spot.
01:16:51What the ?
01:16:52When I was over there, I thought there was no water.
01:16:54I've never seen you shut off like this.
01:16:56No.
01:16:56Y'all need to get up that hill!
01:16:59Let's get up here and that.
01:17:05This stuff's gonna come down in a minute.
01:17:07Is there any way we can hook that dredge up before this goes?
01:17:11Ugh.
01:17:12Do not get caught in this!
01:17:18Holy , this is kinda eerie.
01:17:30I can't get the winds to work.
01:17:37Generator's not running!
01:17:40There's no gas in the generator!
01:17:42It's off!
01:17:45We're about to lose that dredge because we ran out of gas.
01:17:48Here, here, gas.
01:17:50Right here.
01:17:50Follow gas.
01:17:51All right.
01:17:51Let's get the jenny started.
01:17:52Make sure it's got fuel in it.
01:17:54I can see gold in the box, too.
01:17:57There's nuggets in there.
01:17:59Oh, God.
01:18:00James!
01:18:01There's two nice nuggets.
01:18:02I don't wanna keep them in my hand.
01:18:05Don't drop it.
01:18:06Don't drop it.
01:18:07All right.
01:18:08That's a long time with no water, man.
01:18:12Here it comes!
01:18:15Holy .
01:18:16What the ?
01:18:21What the ?
01:18:29Well, I think it took the bite.
01:18:31Oh, my God.
01:18:35It's getting worse.
01:18:39Can we do this or not?
01:18:41Is it gonna drag?
01:18:41No, we can get it.
01:18:42Let's pull it.
01:18:43Go!
01:18:45Wes, pull it left.
01:18:46Go downstream instead of upstream.
01:18:49Break that if you have to, but get it out of there.
01:18:52Is this gonna work?
01:18:54You gotta pull it a little bit more, bro.
01:18:56Slow pull it.
01:18:57Get out of there!
01:18:59Get the out of there!
01:19:01Do it!
01:19:03Watch him.
01:19:04My dredge died.
01:19:12Just yank that as hard as you can, man.
01:19:19I'll take that.
01:19:22Better than it was.
01:19:30Oh, my God.
01:19:31You guys saved the dredge.
01:19:32Holy .
01:19:33I had that worry that we're gonna have a 10-foot wave.
01:19:37What the ?
01:19:38I've never seen the water stop like that.
01:19:41I was scared.
01:19:43That was vicious.
01:19:44Oh, my God.
01:19:47All right, guys.
01:19:48Everybody, grab your bags and let's get.
01:19:52Let's get out of here.
01:20:08The leading edge of the storm has arrived.
01:20:14It's snowing on us, dude.
01:20:16Oh, my God.
01:20:17Bringing with it over two feet of snow in the next 24 hours.
01:20:22Call that termination dust.
01:20:26That even sucks the worst.
01:20:28Yep.
01:20:29Absolutely.
01:20:31The miners must get out before they're trapped.
01:20:37Well, that's it, man.
01:20:39Yeah.
01:20:43So, I think we're done with the season right now.
01:20:49We've been beaten.
01:20:53Yep.
01:20:56This shit was pretty damn miserable, honestly.
01:20:59Yeah.
01:21:00I think so, too.
01:21:02This was the hardest dig I have ever done.
01:21:06I agree.
01:21:09I'm in an eternal loop of bad weather and gold.
01:21:21Sorry about the gold count this year.
01:21:23We got a two-ounce nug and some other little nugs.
01:21:30It pretty much pays for our gasoline.
01:21:34That's about it.
01:21:35So, this is a hard failure.
01:21:44Maybe next year will be the good year.
01:21:50Well, with this little gold count, I'm not sure there's going to be a next season.
01:21:57This year was a financial disaster.
01:22:01I blame myself because you guys did your job.
01:22:05Sorry, guys.
01:22:15All right.
01:22:16Let's get out of here.
01:22:20Out of time and out of money, Dustin's 14-year treasure hunt for life-changing gold is over.
01:22:31That sucks.
01:22:36I can't believe this.
01:22:38This is unreal.
01:22:44And I failed completely.
01:22:46I know this creek has big nuggets, and I've beaten my head against the wall throwing cash at this thing.
01:22:51But this isn't working.
01:22:53I'm broke.
01:22:55It hasn't paid for itself.
01:22:58It's just sucking money out of my damn account.
01:23:01That creek beat me.
01:23:04I'm going to sell my claims.
01:23:09I don't know what else to do.
01:23:14Time to go!
01:23:16No!
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