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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
00:03:31Woooy ihr
00:03:57Get out of here
00:04:00It's cold out
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.
00:06:39I'm ready to risk everything.
00:06:41This has to be the year.
00:06:43Chasing life-changing gold.
00:06:45Oh!
00:06:46Oh!
00:06:47Carlos!
00:06:47At Nugget Creek.
00:06:49Yeah!
00:06:50Yeah!
00:06:52Oh!
00:06:53Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop!
00:06:55Winches on fire!
00:06:56But 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.
00:07:08Man.
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.
00:07:35Everything.
00:07:35I'm about to fail today.
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,
00:08:54but put the walls of the dive hole at risk of collapse.
00:08:58Now, 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 and find gold this year.
00:09:25All right, you're good to go here?
00:09:28All right, Paul, watch yourself.
00:09:29Daniel's coming in.
00:09:30She might bring some rocks on top of you.
00:09:33All right.
00:09:35It's so clear down here.
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,
00:09:56but they're not covered with any litter.
00:09:58That sounds good.
00:10:00So do you think today will be...
00:10:02Daniel's first day to see bedrock down there?
00:10:05Hopefully.
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.
00:10:18So...
00:10:20Let'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 wear wall.
00:10:30Copy.
00:10:35Basket in the water.
00:10:38Copy that.
00:10:39I got it.
00:10:39Okay.
00:10:49All right, Boston, you're ready to go.
00:10:52All right, Paul.
00:10:53It's coming up.
00:11:05All right, Paul.
00:11:08Coming up.
00:11:08Up!
00:11:10Wes.
00:11:12Watch.
00:11:13Drops to the wall just coming down.
00:11:16That 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 off of that wall
00:11:31and 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.
00:11:38In their push to get down to the monster nuggets,
00:11:43the crew dug almost vertically.
00:11:47Now, 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's raw strength
00:12:00to steer the load clear.
00:12:04I need to practice.
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.
00:12:28Ah, it's heavy.
00:12:30Is 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.
00:12:42That's perfect.
00:12:44That is perfect.
00:12:46Look at that.
00:12:52It's the day 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.
00:13:10But 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 bucks to bedrock.
00:13:34But Danielle and Paul are desperate and refuse to quit.
00:13:39Come on, let's just see some bedrock.
00:13:41Give us a small piece.
00:13:45It was disheartening to hear that they have no sign of frickin' bedrock yet.
00:13:51Very disheartening.
00:13:53Uh, damn.
00:13:56We're supposed to be cleaning up with our frickin' bucket of frickin' riches
00:14:00and gold.
00:14:02I'm not looking for bedrock, so.
00:14:06Damn it.
00:14:10Disheartening, man.
00:14:11Disheartening.
00:14:1715-minute warning.
00:14:1815-minute warning.
00:14:2015-minute warning.
00:14:20You're kidding.
00:14:22I was at a 15-minute warning already.
00:14:27There's no room for your nozzle, Danielle.
00:14:32I'm gonna 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.
00:14:46Oh.
00:14:49Oh.
00:14:50Oh.
00:14:51Yeah, Danielle.
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, Danielle.
00:15:10I think Paul's almost done here.
00:15:12I can throw you this, uh, rope here.
00:15:14I think she found, uh, I found bedrock.
00:15:20Yes!
00:15:21Woo!
00:15:22Woo!
00:15:23Woo!
00:15:24You want to make me out of here?
00:15:27That is amazing that we found bedrock again.
00:15:30Ah, good 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!
00:15:45Woo!
00:15:45Their hopes of saving the Nugget Creek claim are still alive.
00:15:51So we found frickin' bedrock today.
00:15:53Holy frickin' moldy.
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!
00:16:05Ha, ha, ha!
00:16:06Hell yeah!
00:16:15Yeah, I think she found, uh, I found bedrock.
00:16:20Yes!
00:16:22Woo-hoo!
00:16:24Woo-hoo!
00:16:24That is amazing that we found bedrock again.
00:16:27Yeah, Danielle, good 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, uh, tent side wall.
00:16:48She's got that going down.
00:16:49She's following that down.
00:16:51They found a 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, Danielle, I think Paul's almost done here.
00:17:20I'm gonna get out.
00:17:22Paul's coming up.
00:17:22Hop in that.
00:17:28Y'all see how excited Danielle was?
00:17:30That's the first time she ever wanted to stay down.
00:17:33She didn't know it would've come out.
00:17:36All right.
00:17:38Uh, definitely come up.
00:17:40Step right here.
00:17:45Oh!
00:17:46All right.
00:17:48Finally got my eyes on this bedrock business.
00:17:52Good job on bedrock.
00:17:55Good job.
00:17:58But just as I'm finding it, they wanted me to come up,
00:18:02and I was refusing because I thought it was bedrock,
00:18:07and it turns out I was right.
00:18:09All right, we got down to bedrock.
00:18:11We'll 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.
00:18:17Yep.
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 to get to the bottom of this.
00:18:52thing and find gold, because 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.
00:19:07We know there's gold there.
00:19:08Yeah.
00:19:09Danielle found the bedrock, so 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, we'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, we'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.
00:19:53Now we're on some bedrock.
00:19:54We know where it's at.
00:19:55We're going to follow it.
00:19:56And with any 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.
00:20:21It 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.
00:20:32Yeah.
00:20:36It froze big time on top.
00:20:39Saw the water.
00:20:40It's crystal clear.
00:20:41And it dropped.
00:20:42So we're having to make modifications to make sure the dredge fits.
00:20:50Let's get the dredge up.
00:20:52Let's do it.
00:20:53Find some gold.
00:20:55This is the shallowest water I'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 got that.
00:21:09That's probably it right there.
00:21:09That's probably good.
00:21:10Good.
00:21:14If 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 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 float.
00:21:33A little more float.
00:21:34Got you.
00:21:35So right now, we don't have enough water.
00:21:37We've got to raise the water up, you know, two or three inches.
00:21:41And that's going to 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.
00:21:53Yeah, yeah.
00:21:55But now, they must risk opening up part of the weir so they can float the dredge.
00:22:02That should do it.
00:22:04We were restricting it before to keep the kitty litter out, but now we needed more water
00:22:08to run the dredge.
00:22:09It's kind of silly.
00:22:12That's plenty.
00:22:13Cool.
00:22:14See it?
00:22:15Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:22:16Sure do.
00:22:16It tripled it.
00:22:18Okay, good.
00:22:18That's good.
00:22:20I think what they did worked.
00:22:22Wow!
00:22:23Whoo!
00:22:23That's cool.
00:22:24We're floating.
00:22:26Let's go find some gold.
00:22:33Who'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, I think you're ready to rock and roll, dude.
00:22:50All the hoes, wherever I go.
00:22:54Come on, gold!
00:22:57Goldhound is on the prowl.
00:23:01See if I can get some bedrock.
00:23:03Somewhere around here.
00:23:06That's what I was hoping for you, buddy, was to find that wall and go for the bottom.
00:23:12All right.
00:23:13It goes way down here today.
00:23:15How's the depth on you?
00:23:16I'd say 14 feet.
00:23:21All right.
00:23:21Let's find some gold.
00:23:23That's right.
00:23:24Yeah, James.
00:23:25That's the spirit.
00:23:27Nice shot, dude.
00:23:29James' mission?
00:23:31Follow the sloping bedrock to its deepest point, where it should be chock full of season-saving
00:23:37nuggets.
00:23:39Today, 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
00:23:48what it does.
00:23:48I'm wishing the gold.
00:23:50I'm praying the gold.
00:23:51This might be our last dive day for 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.
00:24:18Go!
00:24:18Carlos is in.
00:24:19All right.
00:24:20Oh, .
00:24:21Jogan, head first.
00:24:24I'm happy.
00:24:24Where's this freaking bedrock at?
00:24:26That's it.
00:24:27That's the bedrock.
00:24:28That's the 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 mean, I told y'all existed.
00:24:41Yep.
00:24:41That's the bedrock.
00:24:42All right.
00:24:43It's angling down.
00:24:44Angling down towards the middle of down.
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 down 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.
00:25:32The first winter blizzard is forecast to dump on Nugget Creek in just four days.
00:25:39Yeah, we're on borrowed time right now.
00:25:41Yeah.
00:25:42It'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.
00:25:58I need this to happen.
00:26:01Getting 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, towards that middle.
00:26:13We're uncovering a lot of real estate.
00:26:19We should pluck that boulder.
00:26:22All right.
00:26:23I bet there might be some gold underneath there.
00:26:32They're on a sloping bedrock wall.
00:26:35I haven't found the bottom yet.
00:26:38Damn, they're getting close, it sounds like.
00:26:40You can tell they're getting a little excited about it.
00:26:43You're hearing it breathing, too.
00:26:47Yeah.
00:26:48We're trying to get this boulder to move.
00:26:53We're trying to get this boulder to move.
00:26:54Come 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 got to take both of us.
00:27:32Oh, .
00:27:32I don't know where.
00:27:34Ow.
00:27:37What the .
00:27:39It loves you, dude.
00:27:42That was fun.
00:27:43You got to take both of us.
00:27:43That was an Indiana Jones.
00:27:46Good job.
00:27:47That's a 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.
00:28:0215 feet?
00:28:04Oh, man.
00:28:05Going deeper and deeper.
00:28:10Man, that color that's coming out is 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 down 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.
00:28:52Right across?
00:28:54And it just goes down to the abyss?
00:28:56Yeah, man.
00:28:57It goes straight down, dude.
00:29:00Yeah.
00:29:01I 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,
00:29:26they could trigger a massive landslide that 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, no.
00:29:47I know it's cold.
00:29:48I know they've been in 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.
00:30:06Yeah.
00:30:08But 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.
00:30:17Mm-hmm.
00:30:20The basket's clear.
00:30:22Up to 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.
00:30:38Fifteen minute warning.
00:30:40Oh.
00:30:40You sure?
00:30:41It's starting to get dark up here.
00:30:43Copy that.
00:30:49Yeah.
00:30:51Yeah.
00:30:52I 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.
00:31:32All right.
00:31:35Carlos is exposed five feet, uh...
00:31:38of a vertical-ish wall that's bedrock,
00:31:42and 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!
00:32:33We need some gold.
00:32:34Yeah.
00:32:34This is our pivotal moment.
00:32:36This is it.
00:32:37We need some gold.
00:32:38Holy .
00:32:38You can see all the way down to the bottom, dude.
00:32:40I can see bedrock down there.
00:32:42After a season battling Mother Nature, Dustin's crew believes they are in striking distance of a life-changing payday in
00:32:51gold.
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 gotta 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.
00:33:28Got 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.
00:34:08Danielle, 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 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. Sun is shining. Birds are singing. Crystal clear water. This is a perfect day
00:37:13for gold, amigo.
00:37:18This is the most pristine, clearest water I've ever seen on Nugget Creek. Unbelievable.
00:37:29All right, guys. We've got this high-pressure washer for ya. Don't get tangled up. In 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.
00:38:03Yep.
00:38:15Look at that rusty sucker.
00:38:19That had to have been on bedrock.
00:38:20Yep.
00:38:22Damn near 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,
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've 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.
00:39:35Weir.
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.
00:39:41The cross I thought was going straight down.
00:39:44I'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, it's steep.
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.
00:40:36Gotta be hitting bottom anytime soon.
00:40:39Wow.
00:40:40That boulder was sitting in that bottom beach.
00:40:44Holy .
00:40:46It's coming up bedtime.
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 beach.
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!
00:41:10God damn, look at that.
00:41:11It's coming from the weir.
00:41:13Holy .
00:41:14Oh my god.
00:41:19God damn, look at that.
00:41:21They're making some perfect.
00:41:23Wow, that's so cool.
00:41:29All month I've been thinking, did I put the weir in the wrong spot?
00:41:35And this is going to skunk.
00:41:36We're going to be...
00:41:38We're done.
00:41:39That's it.
00:41:41I feel relieved right now.
00:41:45Look at that.
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.
00:42:20I'm going to...
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?
00:42:39You feel?
00:42:41Are we?
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?
00:42:54Yes.
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 this real?
00:43:07Or am I dreaming?
00:43:10Oh!
00:43:12Isn't it Nugget?
00:43:13Oh my God!
00:43:19Oh my God!
00:43:21No!
00:43:22No!
00:43:22No!
00:43:24No!
00:43:25Look at that!
00:43:26Look at that!
00:43:28No!
00:43:30No!
00:43:31Oh my God!
00:43:44Oh my God!
00:43:50Oh 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?
00:44:17Is it a nugget?
00:44:18Oh my god!
00:44:21Yeah!
00:44:23Yeah!
00:44:27Oh my god!
00:44:29Yeah!
00:44:29Oh my god!
00:44:31Look at that!
00:44:33Woo!
00:44:35Yeah!
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.
00:44:53Wow!
00:44:54Yeah!
00:44:56Yeah!
00:44:57Unreal!
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.
00:45:11Yeah!
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-hoo!
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!
00:45:50Woo-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!
00:46:01We found our first real nugget of season, and, uh, 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.
00:46:23Now, 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.
00:46:33Fine.
00:46:37I'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!
00:47:25Good 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.
00:47:58Yeah, 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.
00:48:32Oh, 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.
00:48:48I 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.
00:49:21What 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, yeah?
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
00:50:03nuggets proof that they're closing in on claim-saving gold today was supposed to
00:50:10be our day but it rained all night so we're in landslide territory right now
00:50:17because of how wet it is I understand we all want to go get back down to the
00:50:22bottom of this thing but it's a death sentence man yeah over the seasons the
00:50:29fractured walls above the dive sites have rained down on the miners below the
00:50:37danger heightened by frequent earthquakes and severe weather the power of this
00:50:46water is this insane this is a frickin nightmare two years ago a coastal
00:50:53typhoon 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 and hurled hundred
00:51:05pound boulders into dive holes they had spent weeks digging out
00:51:13and gold or no gold it's not worth your damn life so 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 I know it's not much but maybe we can see what we got
00:51:36yeah yeah let's do a clean up then let's do it
00:51:46so just a heads up I'm getting a little worried that edge is starting to come
00:51:51loose right here the waterfall oh yeah yeah that's not good there's a waterfall right there
00:52:01that is a lot of water hey Paul I don't think you should be standing there bro the walls are
00:52:08absolutely 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 cleanup we've ever done and get out of here all right
00:52:25copy that let's do it fast 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 yeah I get it did the water just intensify
00:52:39yeah we need to hurry up and get out of here yeah we don't need to be here much longer
00:52:42y'all
00:52:42all of us let's go copy that let's get out of here
00:52:53Dustin still needs at least $85,000 to save his mining future I'm gonna see lots and lots of gold
00:53:02I
00:53:03mean there's six buckets of this but a blizzard is forecast in less than 48 hours which will force
00:53:10them out of their claim if it hits early their season is over a lot of black sand
00:53:28oh man not much here just a gram or so we've only dredged a little bit of bedrock bottom the
00:53:35V
00:53:35that's the deepest spot we're essentially running out of time hopefully doesn't snow because it'd be
00:53:42nice to try to in the season with millions of dollars in gold because we're right there and it's sad
00:53:52you got some gold not much oh that's broke my heart just now looking at that
00:54:00so it looks like we got less than an ounce right as far as fine gold yeah and the nugget
00:54:08two nuggets and some fine gold not the best of seasons so far I don't know how to change that
00:54:14we
00:54:15did what we did and now the seasons come into a crashing hole well we're not ready to give up
00:54:20yet
00:54:20right yeah you gotta remember also we dredged two feet of the bedrock that's all yep it's still a chance
00:54:28still a chance it's just do we have enough time to uncover more of it we got to step our
00:54:35game up
00:54:35somehow some way we need to put in as many hours we possibly can because you can see that snow
00:54:41line
00:54:41coming down is yeah I'll dive every day that we have left I have to it's gonna be a push
00:54:48if we
00:54:49don't push hard we're gonna regret it yeah we're gonna have to do some double shifts though yeah I'm
00:54:54up for it two divers going for five hours come out the next two divers go in for five hours
00:54:58come out
00:54:59I mean we get a lot of hours in the day that way yeah well I think with two teams
00:55:03going in
00:55:04mm-hmm there's a good chance when we get we can uncover more more way more bedrock yeah all right
00:55:09so
00:55:10tomorrow everybody's going in I'm game for that I mean I'll stay on the dredge as long as y'all
00:55:13want
00:55:14to stay in the water I said let's go for it so we'll do a double double double double double
00:55:18we're
00:55:18gonna double double on the deuce sluice
00:55:40hi out of fuel hopefully what we have up there and this will get us through at least one more
00:55:47day
00:55:48are these ready to rock and roll Daniel yeah the predicted snowstorm will drop over two feet of
00:55:56season-ending snow in less than 24 hours shutting down Nugget Creek and potentially their mining careers
00:56:04it's a warning that the winter is here those button drop on ahead it's about the freeze and I'm out
00:56:11of
00:56:12money but we're gonna keep going sorry I'm late guys I had to put on double socks cuz I'm cold
00:56:19it is oh
00:56:24all right so what we're gonna try to do today we're gonna get two drivers in and then you guys
00:56:29are gonna
00:56:30rotate out we're gonna get the longest dive of our existence try to stretch this out as far as we
00:56:36can
00:56:36with the weather so this might be our last chance yeah this is it we're gonna do a blitz all
00:56:44right
00:56:44let's get out of here yo here we go
00:57:04final push huh yeah all right so let's get the Jenny started let's drop this dredge and we're doing
00:57:12this Danielle you can suit up yeah I know there's more gold down there so I just want to get
00:57:20in there
00:57:20and get after it and tap out knowing that I worked the hardest I could and did the best I
00:57:26could down there
00:57:29what the there's shell rock all over the place oh yeah look at that where'd that come from oh there's
00:57:38rocks up there walls saturated and this is where big rocks fall you see it all yeah that's all new
00:57:47look at the size of it yeah any of these would kill you I mean we got waterfalls coming down
00:57:55it's gonna
00:57:55bring three down yeah so it's not gonna be safe on the tent side whatsoever all right y'all just
00:58:06so you
00:58:08know you are welcome to step out of this because this is a high-risk situation that we're in and
00:58:16you
00:58:16all understand that yeah you will not let me down if you walk out of here right now because I
00:58:23understand
00:58:23how dangerous this is so this is your choice to be here right now right everybody feel that
00:58:29happy that I have all right we're doing this aren't we
00:58:40just don't let the fever get a hold of you you mess around too much and the rocks come on
00:58:45top of you
00:58:46I can't help you that's when you'll stay forever don't worry baby I can't help you if I got a
00:58:52stick
00:58:52a hose in my mouth and jump in there naked I'll be down there thank you I feel safe give
00:58:58him a hug for
00:59:01me Tyler I will do that I will do that okay all standing Danielle dive everyone 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
00:59:16here unscathed all right two divers in this is the big push this is probably the most danger we've been
00:59:33in oh yeah hate the way the walls are dripping this is where big rocks fall this is where landslides
00:59:42happen this is the bad stuff right now it's probably our most dangerous day by far just need everybody to
00:59:55get out of here
01:00:04so
01:00:25you're gonna find gold this year village ham with a season-ending blizzard descending on nugget creek
01:00:33within hours there's freaking gold in here nuggets I guarantee there's fucking nuggets today's outcome will
01:00:39decide Dustin's future forever running out of time here and kind of desperate right now we don't get a
01:00:48bunch of gold I could lose claim come on guys
01:01:00we're on bedrock and the race is on because gold is on the bedrock this 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
01:01:24a relay got two divers down nobody's been hit by rock yet and we got two more divers to go
01:01:31I want to see
01:01:32as much bedrock cleaned off as I could possibly get today Danielle and Paul have been diving for nearly
01:01:39four hours with no drop in pace come on I want to go for a dive
01:01:44I'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 yeah all right we just gotta go go go
01:01:53go go
01:02:03God 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.
01:02:18Oh, God.
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 you cold.
01:02:29OK.
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 the frigid creek to avoid
01:03:12hypothermic shock.
01:03:15Cold.
01:03:18Is happening.
01:03:20Seems like our gas has to crash in it, and it's not letting it want to flow to the carburetor.
01:03:25So we know it's not the engines.
01:03:26There'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, you 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 in just a minute.
01:04:08Okay.
01:04:08Yeah, we got to 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 still freaking cold too, but I'm not as bad as my foot.
01:04:22Hey, Carlos, here's what hot water she has to warm a boot up.
01:04:25We got to turn off one of these engines.
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, see how that goes.
01:04:40I don't really know what else to do.
01:04:43I think it's too wet for these engines to keep running like this.
01:04:47No brother.
01:04:48Hold on, hold on, hold on.
01:04:54Here.
01:04:57There it goes.
01:05:02Full right here.
01:05:04Yeah.
01:05:04It's what's stopping us.
01:05:06That wouldn't surprise me a bit.
01:05:08Had 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.
01:05:20That's what it was.
01:05:22That's what it was.
01:05:23Woo!
01:05:24Woo!
01:05:29All right, back in action.
01:05:32All right, hook 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!
01:06:02We can't run it 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, mud.
01:06:16This kid's super dangerous.
01:06:19The walls are absolutely saturated.
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 going to 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 going to tag in, tag out, tag a deal.
01:07:14I'm going to get down, freaking 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 getting 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!
01:07:43Yeah, okay.
01:07:48All right, Paul, coming in.
01:07:50Tough that.
01:07:54Oh, wow.
01:07:56Yeah, I see the bedrock.
01:07:57Danielle, get a good job.
01:08:24The crew has already found a massive nugget.
01:08:27Now, they just need to follow the bedrock
01:08:31to its deepest point
01:08:32and its deposit of monster gold.
01:08:36Jeff, it's going to get some gold out of here today.
01:08:38Oh, all 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 now be a good time to switch?
01:08:53Yes.
01:08:53Yeah.
01:08:55Right now, I am done.
01:08:57Physically done.
01:08:58All right, Carlos, I'm out.
01:09:00All right, brother.
01:09:01Good job, man.
01:09:04I'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.
01:09:26He said 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 planes.
01:09:35All 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,
01:09:48beautiful, 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
01:10:00and 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
01:10:13and create catches for gold.
01:10:15Now, we're going to start
01:10:16taking 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
01:10:33deeper and deeper.
01:10:35They've been down there working their butts off.
01:10:37...an all-out blitz for gold.
01:10:41Man, so close.
01:10:58Yo, Manny!
01:11:00...an all-out blitz for gold.
01:11:01All right, check my, uh...
01:11:04...
01:11:05...
01:11:05...check my compressor.
01:11:10It's rolling.
01:11:11Carlos, are you having trouble breathing?
01:11:15...
01:11:16...
01:11:16...
01:11:17...
01:11:17...
01:11:18Come on up, then.
01:11:19Don't do that s**t.
01:11:20Get up here.
01:11:22Yeah, we're coming up.
01:11:31Goddamn!
01:11:32What happened?
01:11:34Check valve went bad.
01:11:36Dude, it just blowin' air straight out.
01:11:38What a s**t show.
01:11:41It's blue.
01:11:42Sorry.
01:11:46His air compressor just went dead, and we don't have a way to fix it, because one of the pop
01:11:50-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 doin' now is just yankin' him out, because there was nothin' I could do.
01:12:19Uh, I didn't get to finish the mission, man. I just needed air to live. So, I had to cap
01:12:27out early.
01:12:29F**k 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.
01:12:46Countin' 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.
01:13:1114 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.
01:13:32Up ahead.
01:13:34Water drop!
01:13:35Diver up!
01:13:36Diver up!
01:13:36Diver up!
01:13:36We need to get the f**k 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.
01:14:03It only takes 20 minutes of digging in the right spot to change your whole life.
01:14:09So, yeah.
01:14:12I'm secretly hopeful.
01:14:31James?
01:14:32How's it looking down there?
01:14:34I'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.
01:14:55Yeah, I'm fine.
01:14:56Can you check the foot valves?
01:14:59I don't know what's going on with the water.
01:15:01It's cold.
01:15:02We're starting to lose suction.
01:15:05James, we're having trouble with your suction.
01:15:07Both 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...
01:15:16What is happening?
01:15:19Water dropped!
01:15:21Water dropped!
01:15:23The water turned off.
01:15:25Something's...
01:15:26Something's happened.
01:15:27Water dropped.
01:15:29So the water dropped down to nothing.
01:15:32Which means it's building up somewhere, and there is about to be a wall of water coming at us.
01:15:40God damn!
01:15:41About to get a damn flash flood!
01:15:45A landslide up creek has created a dam, potentially trapping thousands of tons of water behind it.
01:15:53When it breaks, a lethal tidal wave of mud and debris could surge down the valley, wiping out everything and
01:16:03anyone trapped in its path.
01:16:06Holy .
01:16:08See any kind of 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!
01:16:19Diver up!
01:16:19Quick!
01:16:20Get up!
01:16:21Get up here!
01:16:25Hey!
01:16:26We need to get the out of here!
01:16:28Turn that off!
01:16:29Turn it off!
01:16:34Okay, okay, okay.
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, come on.
01:16:38Hey, hey, hey, hey!
01:16:39Get up the hill!
01:16:40Get up the hill!
01:16:42Everybody!
01:16:43Get up the hill!
01:16:43Get up the hill!
01:16:44Get up the hill!
01:16:47That 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 it 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 gonna come down in a minute.
01:17:07Is there any way we can hook that dredge up before this goes?
01:17:11Do not get caught in this!
01:17:18Holy s**t, this is kinda eerie.
01:17:30I can't get them f**king winds to work.
01:17:37Generator's not running!
01:17:40There's no f**king 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.
01:17:50Fall, 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 f**king see gold in the f**king box, too.
01:17:57There's f**king nuggets in there.
01:17:59Oh, God.
01:18:00James!
01:18:01There's two f**king nice nuggets.
01:18:02I don't want to keep them in my f**king hand.
01:18:05Don't drop it.
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 s**t.
01:18:17What the f**k?
01:18:29Do you want to plug down that?
01:18:31It's one of my friends.
01:18:32Come on, I can't go away.
01:18:33Come on.
01:18:34Let's go there.
01:18:34Let's go out.
01:18:34Come on.
01:18:35Come on, right.
01:18:39Can we do this or not?
01:18:41Is he going to drag?
01:18:41No, we can get him.
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 on 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!
01:19:03Watching 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, you guys saved the dredge.
01:19:32Holy .
01:19:34I had that worried 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.
01:19:51Let'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.
01:20:37Well, that's it, man.
01:20:39Yeah.
01:20:41So...
01:20:44I think we're done with the season right now.
01:20:49We've been beaten.
01:20:53Yep.
01:20:56This year was pretty damn miserable, honestly.
01:21:00Yeah.
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.
01:21:26And some other little nugs.
01:21:30It pretty much pays for our gasoline.
01:21:34That's about it.
01:21:36So...
01:21:39This 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 gonna 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.
01:22:19Out of time and out of money, Dustin's 14-year treasure hunt for life-changing gold is over.
01:22:31That sucks.
01:22:37I can't believe this.
01:22:38It's just 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,
01:22:52but 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.
01:23:15Time to go.
01:23:31It's already knew you.
01:23:31No.
01:23:31The题, no.
01:23:32No.
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