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Gold Rush: White Water - Season 9 - Episode 12: The Last Stand
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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
00:03:31AHHHHH
00:03:35AHHHHH
00:03:59AHHHHH
00:04:01Oh, yeah, look at all of that fresh snow over there.
00:04:03Yeah, we're about to get hammered.
00:04:05That's what's about to happen.
00:04:06I agree.
00:04:07Holy moly.
00:04:08So we're running out of time.
00:04:11And basically, this is our last chance, yeah?
00:04:14We need to get that gold.
00:04:15Yeah.
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?
00:04:31OK.
00:04:32I would get more, but we're not buying more
00:04:34because we can't afford it.
00:04:36It's basically the last of the borrowed money
00:04:39that 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
00:04:52is heavy across the Chilkat Mountains.
00:04:56And a warning for a season-ending blizzard
00:04:59has just been forecast.
00:05:02Dustin's future at Nugget Creek will be decided
00:05:06in the next five days.
00:05:09God, it's cold.
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 in.
00:05:27That's not good.
00:05:29Holy crap.
00:05:30We got frickin' fresh snow on the mountain.
00:05:33That's only a couple hundred feet up.
00:05:37All right, this 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 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 polar bear's toenail.
00:06:04Oh.
00:06:05Whew.
00:06:06What do you think?
00:06:08I'm scared because this, indeed, is our future.
00:06:16We're all desperate.
00:06:22We're running out of time, and without any more gold,
00:06:26this is the end of it.
00:06:31This year's 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!
00:06:52Yeah!
00:06:52Oh, .
00:06:53Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop!
00:06:55Winch is on fire!
00:06:57But the curse of this legendary creek.
00:06:59Oh, .
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.
00:07:12Looks 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
00:07:23and 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, everything.
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,
00:07:47worth 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 has 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,
00:08:09but 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 a person.
00:08:17So 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
00:08:43and chased it down to the gold layer at 16 feet,
00:08:47before a brutal storm buried it.
00:08:51They frantically dug back down to 10 feet,
00:08:55but put the walls of the dive hole at risk of collapse.
00:08:59Now, Danielle and Paul must clear the remaining boulders
00:09:03to get back to the bedrock
00:09:05and follow it down to the deepest point
00:09:07where Dustin is banking on a claim-saving deposit
00:09:11of monster nuggets.
00:09:14Today, my goal is to hit bedrock,
00:09:18and between Paul and I,
00:09:20one 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?
00:09:27All right, Paul.
00:09:29Watch yourself.
00:09:29Danielle's coming in.
00:09:30She might bring some rocks on top of you.
00:09:32All right.
00:09:33All right.
00:09:35It's so clear down here.
00:09:38Yeah.
00:09:39We're going to get some out now.
00:09:41The clearer the water is,
00:09:42the more production we get.
00:09:45Oh, hey, Paul.
00:09:47How's it going with you?
00:09:48All right.
00:09:52So all those rocks,
00:09:53they just got a real, real fine layer of sand on them,
00:09:55but they're not covered with kitty litter.
00:09:58That sounds good.
00:10:00So do you think today will be Daniel's first day
00:10:03to see bedrock down there?
00:10:05Oh, boy.
00:10:06I really hope so.
00:10:08So let's find bedrock and actually find gold.
00:10:12That would be amazing.
00:10:15Hopefully.
00:10:20So let's see.
00:10:25You might be able to load a basket right quick.
00:10:28Where do you want it?
00:10:29Along the rear wall.
00:10:30Copy.
00:10:35Basket in the water.
00:10:38Copy that.
00:10:39I got it.
00:10:49All right, baskets are ready to go.
00:10:51All right, Paul.
00:10:53It's coming up.
00:11:05What the hell?
00:11:07Stop!
00:11:08Stop!
00:11:11Wess, watch.
00:11:15That could have killed a diver.
00:11:18Oh, .
00:11:19This is truly dangerous.
00:11:22James, I need him to not hit that upstream wall
00:11:26and drag it.
00:11:26So once he hooks up, I want you to hold it back
00:11:29off of that wall and then lift it up.
00:11:32And once it's high enough, you can walk with it
00:11:35and not hold on to it.
00:11:36I'll try my hardest.
00:11:39In their push to get down to the monster nuggets,
00:11:41the crew dug almost vertically.
00:11:46Now, if any lift strikes the unstable walls,
00:11:51they risk collapse, crushing the divers below.
00:11:55The solution?
00:11:56Use a tagline and James' raw strength
00:12:00to steer the load clear.
00:12:04I need to practice.
00:12:06All right, coming up.
00:12:12James, watch it, watch it, watch it.
00:12:14Don't hook him.
00:12:17Hold it, but keep coming.
00:12:20Keep coming right there.
00:12:21Stay right there.
00:12:23Right there.
00:12:23Lift.
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.
00:12:35Ooh.
00:12:36That works.
00:12:37All right, now come on upstream.
00:12:38Try 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.
00:13:02Good 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.
00:13:25Nothing yet.
00:13:28Daylight is already fading.
00:13:32We've got three blocks to bedrock.
00:13:34But Danielle and Paul are desperate and refuse to quit.
00:13:39Come on, let's just see some bedrock.
00:13:41Two to four feet.
00:13:45It was disheartening to hear that they have no sign of freaking bedrock yet.
00:13:51Very disheartening.
00:13:53Uh...
00:13:54Damn.
00:13:56We're supposed to be cleaning up with our freaking bucket of freaking riches and gold.
00:14:02We're not looking for bedrock sale.
00:14:06Damn it.
00:14:10Disheartening, man.
00:14:11Disheartening.
00:14:17Fifteen minute warning.
00:14:19Fifteen minute warning.
00:14:20Fifteen minute warning.
00:14:21Just kidding.
00:14:22I was in a fifteen minute warning already.
00:14:27I've got no room for your nozzle, Danielle.
00:14:30My.
00:14:32I'm going to make this all my bitch.
00:14:34Send me down a pillow.
00:14:35I'm flipping here.
00:14:36what she said I'm making this hole my bitch send me a pillow I'm sleeping down
00:14:59here all right Danielle I think Paul's almost done here I can throw you this rope here
00:15:31the threat from the coming winter storm forced them to dive for over seven hours the longest of the
00:15:39season and finally got them back on bedrock their hopes of saving the Nugget Creek claim are still
00:15:49alive so we found frickin bedrock today holy frickin moly good frickin god dang news and all we have to
00:15:58do is follow the bedrock and you know what that frickin means we're going to find the frickin gold
00:16:28winter about to call time on their failing season
00:16:32the crew is finally back on bedrock
00:16:51they found a tent side of the bedrock wall way down there that's good news
00:17:03it's getting dark it's dangerous that's never a good thing we shouldn't be here right now
00:17:10they must evacuate the dive site before dark to get back to the safety of camp
00:17:16all right Danielle I think Paul's almost done here
00:17:20I'm gonna get out
00:17:21Paul's coming up
00:17:28you see how excited Danielle was that's the first time she ever wanted to stay down
00:17:32she didn't know it wouldn't come out
00:17:34she didn't know it wouldn't come out
00:17:34she didn't know it wouldn't come out
00:17:36she didn't know it wouldn't come out
00:17:38definitely come up
00:17:40step right here
00:17:46all right
00:17:48finally got my eyes on this bedrock business
00:17:51good job
00:17:53found that good job
00:17:57but just as I'm finding it they wanted me to come up and I was refusing because I thought
00:18:06it was bedrock and turns out I was right
00:18:09all right we got down to bedrock let's just follow that down now we can dig from here on
00:18:13out right yeah man things are looking great let's get out of here come up with a strategy for tomorrow
00:18:21copy that sounds good
00:18:43the snow is almost here y'all it's here like we're about to get dropped on
00:18:48let's just try everything we can to get to the bottom of this thing and find gold
00:18:53because right now we're at the desperation stage
00:18:55if I don't hit it big I could lose everything
00:19:01I honestly think we're that close to hitting a pastry
00:19:05I just think we are we know there's gold there
00:19:08yeah Danielle found the bedrock so all we gotta do is just uncover it you know
00:19:13follow it follow it that's it
00:19:15all right so uh James Carlos we're gonna find out where this bedrock goes
00:19:19you can find some gold today that'd be great too
00:19:21yeah it would
00:19:22we assume it's on the bottom bottom bottom so as soon as you find that we're gonna find gold
00:19:27I'm gonna apologize now I think we left you guys a lot of basket rocks down there
00:19:30man that's okay I'll take care of you
00:19:32I 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
00:19:40all right you guys ready
00:19:42yeah let's get out of here
00:19:46god it's cool yeah it is
00:19:48I need more clothes man
00:19:51we can win against the creek now we're on some bedrock we know where it's at we're gonna follow it
00:19:56and
00:19:56any luck there's a whole bunch of nugs down there
00:20:06the crew still has a weather window of four days to strike a jackpot that could net Dustin far more
00:20:14than the $95,000 he needs to save his claims
00:20:20it looks lower than it did yesterday yeah it definitely does doesn't it
00:20:27there enough water for the dredge we'll make it work yeah
00:20:36it froze big time on top saw the water it's crystal clear and it dropped so we're having to make
00:20:44modifications to make sure the dredge fits
00:20:50let's get the dredge up
00:20:51let's do it fight some gold
00:20:55this is the shallowest water I've ever set a dredge in
00:20:58dredges are meant to float
00:20:59it's not even shallow it's look I'm standing out of the water
00:21:05oh oh oh oh oh oh oh I'll get that
00:21:09that's probably good
00:21:09that's probably good
00:21:10if we build a dam across here it'll bring it up
00:21:17yeah we can do it
00:21:18all hands on deck
00:21:22this is gonna work good
00:21:24yep
00:21:29go loose
00:21:30yes sir
00:21:30let's go open up some water a little more flow
00:21:33little more flow gotcha
00:21:35so right now we don't have enough water we gotta raise the water up you know two or three inches
00:21:39and uh that's gonna have to come from upstream
00:21:44all season they've shielded their dive hole from the raging creek
00:21:49just need a little bit not a lot
00:21:52redirect
00:21:52yeah yeah
00:21:54but now they must risk opening up part of the weir
00:21:58so they can float the dredge
00:22:04we were restricting it before to keep the kitty litter out
00:22:07but now we needed more water to run the dredge
00:22:09it's kind of silly
00:22:12that's plenty
00:22:13go loose
00:22:14see it
00:22:15oh yeah yeah yeah sure 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
00:22:22wow
00:22:23woo that's cool
00:22:24we're floating
00:22:25let's go find some gold
00:22:33who's going on first
00:22:34me
00:22:38we're gonna crush this place we are going to get rich
00:22:43y'all gonna find some gold today
00:22:45I'm going for it
00:22:46I'm going for it
00:22:47alright James look you're ready to rock and roll dude
00:22:50all the hoes
00:22:52wherever I go
00:22:54come on
00:22:56gold
00:22:57gold
00:22:58gold hound is on the prowl
00:23:01gold
00:23:01see you like get some bedrock
00:23:03somewhere around here
00:23:05what I was hoping for you buddy was
00:23:08find that wall
00:23:09and go for the bottom
00:23:11alright
00:23:12it goes way down
00:23:14I think
00:23:15how's the depth on ya
00:23:16I'd say
00:23:17fourteen feet
00:23:21alright let's find some gold
00:23:23that's right yeah James that's the spirit
00:23:29James' mission? Follow the sloping bedrock to its deepest point where it should be chock-full
00:23:36of season-saving nuggets. Today, me and James are going to find out what this freaking bedrock does.
00:23:43If we can find bedrock bottom, then the gold should be on bedrock bottom because that's what
00:23:48it does. I'm wishing the gold. I'm praying the gold. This might be our last dive day for this
00:23:54season. No one knows. It might get snow tonight. So, the countdown's on right now.
00:24:04All right. I think you're ready to go. Hopefully, I'll find some gold today. Game on, man.
00:24:09Game on. Find some gold. Find some damn gold.
00:24:18Carlos is in. All right.
00:24:20Holy . He drove in head first.
00:24:26That's it. That's the bedrock.
00:24:28That looks like bedrock. All right.
00:24:30That's it. Yep.
00:24:31The bottom?
00:24:32Nope. That goes at an angle.
00:24:35We're not covering it right now.
00:24:38I mean, I told y'all existed.
00:24:41Yep. That's bedrock. All right.
00:24:43It's angling down. Angling down towards the middle of ground on the street.
00:24:47They found a vertical wall that's starting to slope out towards the bottom. And James
00:24:53is downstream. Carlos is upstream. And they're both just following the bedrock down in the
00:24:58middle right now. So, hopefully, they get somewhere. Every dog has his day, you know? Maybe
00:25:06if I do it long enough, I'll get my day. Please be that day.
00:25:32The first winter blizzard is forecast to dump on Nugget Creek in just four days. Yeah, we're
00:25:40on borrowed time right now. Yeah. It's getting close to the end of the year.
00:25:44But now on bedrock, the crew has a fighting chance to not only save the claim, but uncover
00:25:50the millions in gold they've been hunting for 14 years.
00:25:56Can't let this go. I need this to happen.
00:26:01It's getting a good piece of bedrock uncovered.
00:26:04Oh, yeah. Wow.
00:26:06You're talking about the wall, right?
00:26:08Yeah, we're talking about the wall. It's sliding down, man, toward that middle.
00:26:13We're uncovering a lot of real estate.
00:26:19We should pluck that boulder.
00:26:32They're on a sloping bedrock wall. I haven't found the bottom yet. Damn, they're getting
00:26:39close, it sounds like. You can tell they're getting a little excited about it. You're hearing
00:26:44of breathing, too.
00:26:47Yeah. We're trying to get this boulder to move.
00:26:53Come on.
00:26:55.
00:26:59It's moving. It's moving.
00:27:01Is it?
00:27:02Yeah.
00:27:02It's moving. We got a movement.
00:27:05You think we're ready for the heading ball?
00:27:07Yep.
00:27:07Okay.
00:27:09All right.
00:27:10Something's dropping it down on you.
00:27:12Okay. Come on down.
00:27:14You guys should back up.
00:27:17All right. You got it hooked up.
00:27:20Up on the heading ball. Up on the heading ball.
00:27:23It's moving.
00:27:24Holy . Look out.
00:27:27That went right toward me.
00:27:29I know.
00:27:31Holy .
00:27:32I'm away.
00:27:34Ow.
00:27:37I'm away.
00:27:38I'm away.
00:27:38What the ?
00:27:39Heck, love you, dude.
00:27:42That was an Indiana Jonesy.
00:27:46Good job.
00:27:47That's a side cross.
00:27:49Okay.
00:27:49Thank you, man.
00:27:52That was freaky, man.
00:27:55That's a big one.
00:27:58Holy .
00:27:59Hey, we're a really deep dead.
00:28:01We're at 15 feet.
00:28:0215 feet?
00:28:04Oh, man.
00:28:04Look at that!
00:28:05It's going deeper and deeper.
00:28:10Man, that color that's coming out of something else.
00:28:13That's all clean, dude.
00:28:15There's gonna 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 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 gonna 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?
00:28:57Yeah, man.
00:28:57It goes straight down, dude.
00:29:00I 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, where 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, instead of reaching the bonanza, they could trigger a massive
00:29:28landslide that would bury them alive.
00:29:34So no bottom in sight, huh?
00:29:37Nope.
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 there a long time, but I need to know what they're seeing.
00:29:52Yeah.
00:29:56James and Carlos have been nonstop digging, chasing down the bedrock for close to eight hours.
00:30:04I'm beat.
00:30:05I'm tired.
00:30:06I'm beat.
00:30:07But they're over 16 feet deep, and there's still no sign of the bottom.
00:30:14Hey, James, watch yourself, bro.
00:30:15Hey, James, watch yourself, bro.
00:30:20Basket's clear.
00:30:22Right after 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.
00:30:40Huh?
00:30:40You sure?
00:30:41It's starting to get dark up here.
00:30:42Copy that.
00:30:48Can you see you on the billboard?
00:30:49Can you see?
00:30:50Can you see?
00:30:50Don't move, billboard.
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.
00:31:07The little dredge's 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.
00:31:31Yeah.
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, and 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!
00:32:33We 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
00:33:05before the forecast snowstorm shuts them down.
00:33:11Well, hopefully yesterday until we found out the bedrock's 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.
00:33:28I've got to make this work because I don't want to sell the claims.
00:33:33And 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.
00:33:43Going 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.
00:34:08Daniel on the near side of the dive hole will follow the exposed bedrock, while Paul hunts for bedrock on
00:34:17the far side, right under the weir.
00:34:19But it's a massive gamble and risks triggering an underwater landslide, burying both 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 because 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.
00:35:05Start 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, this little crunchy noise, and
00:35:48we 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, just like one nugget, and
00:36:15then 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 bad rock?
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.
00:36:41Huh.
00:36:44Is that good?
00:36:46Yes, sir.
00:36:46All right.
00:36:49A high-pressure hose down there, so it's going to be a spaghetti dinner down there for you guys, so
00:36:53don'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.
00:37:08Sun 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.
00:37:37All right.
00:37:50I can use the Gary now.
00:37:53Copy that. Gary that.
00:37:56Right on his head.
00:37:57He likes it.
00:38:00I can help you if those are on.
00:38:02I've got to get stuff off the boat.
00:38:03Oh.
00:38:04Oh.
00:38:04Yep.
00:38:07Oh.
00:38:08Oh.
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 into 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, we do not have the time to move
00:38:44that weir.
00:38:52Paul and Danielle slug it out.
00:38:56Inch by inch.
00:38:59Rock by rock.
00:39:00Rock by rock.
00:39:02Rock by rock.
00:39:03Rock by rock.
00:39:04Desperate to reach the deepest point and a season-saving pile of nuggets.
00:39:18They've been in over five hours now, but I got to know what they're seeing.
00:39:24This is our pivotal moments.
00:39:25It can flood all night, and I can't let this moment go just because they're tired.
00:39:35Where are you standing right now?
00:39:36Is it going straight down, or is it going across the way?
00:39:39I'm not even on the bedrock anymore.
00:39:41As far as I thought was going straight down, I've 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, this is deep.
00:40:05Holy .
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 any time soon.
00:40:39Wow.
00:40:41That boulder was sitting in that bottom V.
00:40:44Holy .
00:40:47It's coming up bedtime.
00:40:49That is beautiful.
00:40:51Wow.
00:40:52Look 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!
00:41:08God!
00:41:09Ah!
00:41:10Who the the the weir?
00:41:12Holy .
00:41:14Oh, my God!
00:41:19God, did I look at that?
00:41:21I think it's so perfect.
00:41:23Wow.
00:41:24That's so cool.
00:41:26Oh, my God.
00:41:29All month I've been thinking, did I put the weir
00:41:34in 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.
00:41:58Finding the V where the bedrock walls meet
00:42:01has given them a fighting chance.
00:42:04Now, Danielle and Paul need to follow the gold line
00:42:08to its deepest point, cleaning up a trail
00:42:12of 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.
00:42:20I'm going to, you 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 feel it?
00:42:41Iron noise?
00:42:42I don't think so.
00:42:45What the ?
00:42:46It is, right?
00:42:47What?
00:42:49.
00:42:50It looks like it.
00:42:53Did you find gold?
00:42:54I think, yes.
00:42:57.
00:42:57Seriously?
00:42:58A nugget.
00:43:00.
00:43:00You might want to take that up.
00:43:02I think it's real.
00:43:04.
00:43:05Is this real?
00:43:07Or am I dreaming?
00:43:10.
00:43:11Oh!
00:43:12.
00:43:12Is it a nugget?
00:43:13Oh, my God!
00:43:15.
00:43:16.
00:43:16.
00:43:16.
00:43:16.
00:43:17.
00:43:18.
00:43:19.
00:43:19.
00:43:20.
00:43:21.
00:43:21.
00:43:21.
00:43:25Look at that!
00:43:26Look at that!
00:43:28Look at that!
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?
00:44:05.
00:44:06It looks like it.
00:44:08You might want to take that up.
00:44:10Is this for real?
00:44:12Or am I dreaming?
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!
00:44:31Yeah!
00:44:32Look at that!
00:44:33Woo!
00:44:35Yeah!
00:44:37That was going to be in that 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.
00:44:53Woo!
00:44:54Woo!
00:44:55Yeah!
00:44:56Yeah!
00:44:57It was unreal!
00:44:59Now we need all of his brothers and sisters, aunts and uncles.
00:45:03A large nugget like this is worth more than its weight value alone and could fetch over $10,000.
00:45:13There's going to be more of those.
00:45:15Tripling Dustin's gold count.
00:45:18But not enough to save his claims.
00:45:22Good job, guys.
00:45:23Woo!
00:45:23Woo!
00:45:24I'm going to go back down.
00:45:26There might be more.
00:45:28Yeah, we did it, Daniel.
00:45:30Yeah!
00:45:32Oh 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!
00:45:44That's easily worth $10,000 right there!
00:45:47If you find one, there's more!
00:45:49Yeah!
00:45:51Woo!
00:45:52It's about time!
00:45:55So that's the channel!
00:45:56It's a line of gold!
00:45:58This is awesome!
00:46:01We found our first real nugget of the season, and it's beautiful.
00:46:07There's going to be nuggets all the way up that!
00:46:17They're at that max limit.
00:46:19They're tired.
00:46:24No, what do you need to come up?
00:46:26It's getting dark again.
00:46:29It's not safe.
00:46:31I'll come up.
00:46:33Fine.
00:46:37I'm ready to celebrate.
00:46:42They found the bee.
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!
00:47:25Good job.
00:47:29Oh, wow.
00:47:31Unreal.
00:47:33It's so heavy.
00:47:36That's beautiful.
00:47:37It's beautiful, isn't it?
00:47:39That's just paid for most of our fuel this year.
00:47:42Right 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.
00:47:54I don't know how it works.
00:47:56I don't know how it works.
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.
00:48:19How's 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.
00:48:32Oh, wow.
00:48:33It is a beautiful piece.
00:48:35Good job, man.
00:48:36Damn good dig.
00:48:41You did it!
00:48:43Oh!
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 going to work out really good now, I think.
00:49:06I just need to keep going.
00:49:19Jesus.
00:49:22What a rollercoaster.
00:49:24I'm going to 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.
00:50:37The danger heightened by frequent earthquakes.
00:50:40Freaking earthquake.
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 frickin' nightmare.
00:50:50Two years ago, a coastal typhoon slammed into Nugget Creek until it raged at over 9 feet a second.
00:50:59I hate to say it, but I think this is it.
00:51:02I think this is the end.
00:51:03And hurled 100-pound boulders into dive holes they had spent weeks digging out.
00:51:13And gold or no gold is 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.
00:51:37Yeah, let's do a clean-up, then.
00:51:38Let's do it.
00:51:46So, just a heads up.
00:51:48I'm getting a little worried.
00:51:50That edge is starting to come loose right here.
00:51:53There's a waterfall.
00:51:55Oh, that's me.
00:51:57Yeah, 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.
00:52:06The 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.
00:52:29We're not picking around.
00:52:30We'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.
00:52:44Let's get the out of here.
00:52:53Dustin still needs at least $85,000 to save his mining future.
00:53:00I'm going to see lots and lots of gold.
00:53:02I mean, there's six buckets of this.
00:53:04But a blizzard is forecast in less than 48 hours, which will force them out of their claim.
00:53:12If it hits early, their season is over.
00:53:18A lot of black sand.
00:53:27Oh, 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 with millions of dollars in gold.
00:53:46Because 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.
00:54:15We 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 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 got to step our game up somehow, some way.
00:54:37We need to put in as many hours as we possibly can, because you can see that snow line coming
00:54:41down.
00:54:41Yeah.
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.
00:54:59I mean, we get a lot of hours in a day that way.
00:55:02Yep.
00:55:02I think with two teams going in, there's a good chance we can uncover more, more, way more bedrock.
00:55:09Yeah.
00:55:09All right, so tomorrow everybody's going in.
00:55:11I'm game for that.
00:55:12I mean, I'll stay on the dredge as long as y'all want to stay in the water.
00:55:15I say let's go for it.
00:55:16So we'll do a double-double.
00:55:17Do a double-double.
00:55:18We're going to double-double on the deuce sluice.
00:55:39All right.
00:55:41Out of fuel.
00:55:43Hopefully 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, Danielle?
00:55:51Yeah.
00:55:52The predicted snowstorm will drop over two feet of season-ending snow in less than 24
00:55:59hours, shutting down Nugget Creek and potentially their mining careers.
00:56:05It'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 and 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 drivers in.
00:56:29And then you guys are going to rotate out and we're going to get the longest dive of our
00:56:33existence.
00:56:34Try to stretch this out as far as we can with the weather.
00:56:38So this might be our last chance, yeah?
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.
00:56:46Here we go.
00:57:04Final push, huh?
00:57:06Yeah.
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, you can shoot up.
00:57:15Yeah.
00:57:16I know there's more gold down there.
00:57:18So I just want to get in there and get after it and tap out knowing that I worked the
00:57:25hardest
00:57:25I 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?
00:57:46Yeah.
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 got waterfalls coming down and it's going to bring Stree down.
00:57:56Yeah, 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
00:58:15that we'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
00:58:24this is.
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.
00:59:00Give him a hug for me, Kyla.
00:59:02I will do that.
00:59:04I will do that.
00:59:05Okay.
00:59:06All 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 unscathed.
00:59:19There it is good, 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.
00:59:38This 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, by far.
00:59:54Just need everybody to get out alive.
01:00:21You're going to find gold this year.
01:00:28Village 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.
01:01:24We've got two divers down.
01:01:26Nobody's been hit by a rock yet, and we've 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.
01:01:42I 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 going to be the ones to find the gold.
01:01:51Yeah.
01:01:52All right.
01:01:52We just got to 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 in a full 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, let's get some 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?
01:02:58Just to have power?
01:03:00Yeah.
01:03:01I know that's got to be part of her heat problem.
01:03:04The heat exchange from the dredge engines delivers the vital hot water Danielle needs against
01:03:10the frigid creek to avoid hypothermic shock.
01:03:15It's cold.
01:03:18It's 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 got to 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?
01:03:44We can do that.
01:03:45Is there any way to clean those bowls out without the...
01:03:49You've got to turn it off.
01:03:51Yeah.
01:03:59She's going to 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 going to have to shut this engine off for just a minute.
01:04:08Okay.
01:04:08Yeah.
01:04:09We've got to do this.
01:04:10Sorry.
01:04:11Go ahead.
01:04:12I'm still not getting any hot water to my right foot.
01:04:18My hands are so freaking 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've got to 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 going to drain some of that.
01:04:39See 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.
01:04:47No, brother.
01:04:48Hold on.
01:04:49Hold on.
01:04:49Hold 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.
01:05:14Let'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.
01:05:30Back 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.
01:05:43You'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.
01:06:14Yep.
01:06:15But this gets 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,
01:06:45he 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, friggin' get busy,
01:07:17and hopefully get gold, gold, gold, gold, gold.
01:07:21So, Danielle, looks 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, sir.
01:07:48All right, Paul, coming in.
01:07:50Tough that.
01:07:54Oh!
01:07:55Yeah!
01:07:56Yeah!
01:07:56I see the bedrock.
01:07:57Danielle, get a good job.
01:08:00Yeah!
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.
01:08:06Yeah?
01:08:07Check all that out down there.
01:08:09Okay, man.
01:08:15Oh, yeah, Paul!
01:08:17F*** yeah!
01:08:19Good job!
01:08:20We got bedrock bottom!
01:08:24The crew has already found a massive nugget.
01:08:28Now, they just need to follow the bedrock
01:08:31to its deepest point,
01:08:32and its deposit of monster gold.
01:08:36Yeah, it's gonna get some gold out of here today.
01:08:38All right, Paul.
01:08:43We switched out one set of divers.
01:08:46We only got one left.
01:08:50Hey, Paul.
01:08:51Would that 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,
01:09:06and this is it.
01:09:07Our final push.
01:09:09They're on bedrock,
01:09:10but we're going with a Hail Mary right now.
01:09:14I want to get in there
01:09:15and 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!
01:09:25Oh, yeah.
01:09:27It's the final push, man.
01:09:30We got a lot riding on this, man.
01:09:32I don't want to sell the claims.
01:09:35All right.
01:09:36Here we go.
01:09:42You down here, James?
01:09:43Yes, sir.
01:09:44I'm down here with you.
01:09:45All right.
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.
01:11:10It'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.
01:11:22Yeah, we're coming up.
01:11:31God damn!
01:11:32What happened?
01:11:34Check valve went bad.
01:11:36Dude, it's 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 him 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. Be 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.
01:13:06And with it, the end of Dustin's mining career.
01:13:1114 years, and it's got to this.
01:13:16But he still has a chance of reaching the claim-saving gold.
01:13:22I know this creek has gold, and it's big damn gold, too.
01:13:26Another foot, and we got this, for sure.
01:13:32Up ahead.
01:13:34Water drop!
01:13:35Dabra up! Dabra 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!
01:13:54Man, is it getting cold!
01:13:58They're killing themselves trying to find this gold.
01:14:02Gold's here.
01:14:03It only takes 20 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?
01:14:35We're 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 in the right spot.
01:14:43We're going to get the garbage down in a day.
01:14:45We only got one left.
01:14:47All my gear and all my people are worn out.
01:14:51We're desperate to get gold.
01:14:55Yeah.
01:14:55Can you check the, uh, foot valves?
01:14:59I don't know what's going on with the water.
01:15:01It's cold.
01:15:02We're, uh, starting 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...
01:15:12Both!
01:15:13What we have to...
01:15:14Oh, I'm running out of water, so...
01:15:16What is happening?
01:15:19Water dropped!
01:15:21Water dropped!
01:15:23The water f***ing turned off.
01:15:26Something's...
01:15:26Something's happened!
01:15:27Water dropped!
01:15:29So, the water dropped down to nothing.
01:15:32Which means,
01:15:33it's building up somewhere,
01:15:36and there is about to be a wall of water coming at us.
01:15:40God damn!
01:15:42We're about to get a damn blast flush!
01:15:45A landslide up creek has created a dam,
01:15:49potentially trapping thousands of tons of water behind it.
01:15:54When it breaks,
01:15:55a lethal tidal wave of mud and debris could surge down the valley,
01:16:00wiping out everything and anyone trapped in its path.
01:16:06A through-
01:16:07Holy f***!
01:16:08See any kind of f***ing 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*** out of here!
01:16:27Turn that off.
01:16:29Turn it off.
01:16:34OK, OK, OK, OK.
01:16:35Let's go, let's go, let's go.
01:16:37Come on, come 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, there'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.
01:16:58Get away.
01:16:59Let's get up here and that.
01:17:05This stuff's going to come down in a minute.
01:17:07Is there any way we can hook that dredge up before this goes?
01:17:11Ugh.
01:17:11Do not get caught in this.
01:17:18Holy , this is kind of 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.
01:17:50Call gas.
01:17:51All right, let'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, there's two nice nuggets.
01:18:02I don't want to keep them in my hand.
01:18:05Don't drop it.
01:18:05Don't drop it.
01:18:06Don't drop it.
01:18:07All right, that's a long time with no water, man.
01:18:12Here he comes!
01:18:16What the ?
01:18:19What the ?
01:18:21What the ?
01:18:29Let's not see how to survive.
01:18:31Oh, my God.
01:18:35Get the arm.
01:18:39Can we do this or not?
01:18:41Is he going to 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 going to work?
01:18:54You got to pull on a little bit more, bro.
01:18:56Let's go pull it.
01:18:57Get out of there.
01:18:59Get the out of there.
01:19:01Do it!
01:19:03Watching my dreads die.
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 going to have a 10-foot wave.
01:19:37What the ?
01:19:38I've never seen the water stop like that.
01:19:40I was scared.
01:19:43Yeah.
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.
01:19:51Let's get out of here.
01:20:08The leading edge of the storm has arrived.
01:20:14It's snowing on us, dude.
01:20:16Bringing 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.
01:20:30.
01:20:31The miners must get out before they're trapped.
01:20:36Well, that's it, man.
01:20:39Yeah.
01:20:39Yeah.
01:20:43So, I think we're done with the season right now.
01:20:49We've been beaten.
01:20:53Yeah.
01:20:56This year was pretty damn miserable, honestly.
01:20:59Yeah.
01:21:01I 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, let's get out of here.
01:22:19Out of time and out of money, Dustin's 14-year treasure hunt for life-changing gold is over.
01:22:30That sucks.
01:22:37I can't believe this.
01:22:38It's just unreal.
01:22:43And 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.
01:22:52But 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 gonna sell my claims.
01:23:09I don't know what else to do.
01:23:13Time to go.
01:23:16What else are we going to do?
01:23:17No.
01:23:18No.
01:23:20No.
01:23:22No.
01:23:23No.
01:23:24No.
01:23:25No.
01:23:25You
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