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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
00:03:31Enjoy just read the surf
00:03:33And now
00:03:46Get a look at us
00:03:56Here we are
00:03:57of the sand
00:03:58South
00:03:58this morning, though, when we get out there.
00:04:01Oh, yeah, look at all of that fresh snow over there.
00:04:03Yeah, we're about to get hammered,
00:04:05so it'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.
00:04:29We 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 heavy
00:04:52across the Chilkat Mountains.
00:04:56And a warning for a season-ending blizzard
00:04:58has 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 poor bear's toenail.
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, oh, Carlos.
00:06:47At Nugget Creek.
00:06:49Yeah!
00:06:50Yeah!
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.
00:07:35Everything.
00:07:37Uh, Danielle, Paul.
00:07:39Yeah?
00:07:40You guys are diving today.
00:07:42Yeah.
00:07:42Yeah.
00:07:43So far this season, Dustin has mined gold,
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, but need to 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.
00:08:18So all we can pray for is a good dive day.
00:08:23Hopefully, we can find the nugget of our dreams.
00:08:31Definitely frustrating right now.
00:08:35We know bedrock is there.
00:08:36We just got to get right back down to it.
00:08:39Two weeks ago, they finally discovered bedrock
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.
00:08:58Now, Danielle and Paul must clear the remaining boulders
00:09:03to get back to the bedrock and follow it down
00:09:06to the deepest point where Dustin is banking
00:09:09on a claim-saving deposit of monster nuggets.
00:09:14Today, my goal is to hit bedrock.
00:09:18And between Paul and I, one of us is going to get there
00:09:21and find gold this year.
00:09:25All right, you're good to go here?
00:09:27I'm back.
00:09:28All right, Paul, watch yourself.
00:09:29Daniel's coming in.
00:09:30She might bring some rocks on top of you.
00:09:32Uh-huh.
00:09:33All right.
00:09:35It's so clear down here.
00:09:38Yeah, we're going to get some out now.
00:09:41The clearer the water is, the 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, they just got a real, real fine layer
00:09:55of sand on them, but 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?
00:10:05Hopefully.
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.
00:10:20So let's see, we might be able to load a basket right quick.
00:10:28Where do you want it?
00:10:29Along the layer wall.
00:10:30Copy.
00:10:35Basket in the water.
00:10:38Copy that.
00:10:39I got it.
00:10:49All right, Boston, you're ready to go.
00:10:52All right, Paul, it's coming up.
00:11:05What the hell?
00:11:07Stop!
00:11:08Stop!
00:11:10What?
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
00:11:30of 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.
00:11:38In 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.
00:12:06All 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, lift.
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.
00:12:36That works.
00:12:37All right, now come on upstream.
00:12:38Try not to hit the, 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.
00:12:52Today 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.
00:13:10But there's still no sign of bedrock.
00:13:13It's a deep dig.
00:13:18Frustrating, but they're probably this close.
00:13:21We're getting close back to the bedrock, but nothing.
00:13:25Nothing yet.
00:13:28Daylight is already fading.
00:13:34But Danielle and Paul are desperate and refuse to quit.
00:13:39Come on, let's just see the bedrock.
00:13:41It was disheartening to hear that they have no sign of
00:13:49frickin' bedrock yet.
00:13:50Very disheartening.
00:13:53Uh, damn.
00:13:56We're supposed to be cleaning up with our frickin' bucket of
00:13:59frickin' riches and gold.
00:14:02I'm not looking for bedrock, Sel.
00:14:06Damn it.
00:14:10Disheartening, man.
00:14:11Disheartening.
00:14:17You're right.
00:14:1815-minute warning, 15-minute warning.
00:14:20Just kidding.
00:14:22Well, that was a 15-minute warning already.
00:14:27I'm not know room for your nozzle, Danielle.
00:14:30No!
00:14:32I'm gonna make this all my bitch!
00:14:34Send me down a pill, I'm flippin' here!
00:14:36What?
00:14:39She said, I'm making this hole my bitch, send me a pillow, I'm sleeping down here.
00:14:49Oh, yeah, Daniel, you can do all you can do.
00:14:53I said, let's go for it.
00:14:59Hey, let's go.
00:15:09All right, Daniel, I think Paul's almost done here.
00:15:12I can throw you this rope here.
00:15:17I found bedrock!
00:15:20Yes!
00:15:21Woo!
00:15:22Woo!
00:15:23You want to make me out of here?
00:15:27That is amazing that we found bedrock again.
00:15:30Ah, 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!
00:15:45Their hopes of saving the Nugget Creek claim are still alive.
00:15:51So we found frickin' bedrock today.
00:15:53Holy frickin' moly.
00:15:55Good frickin' goddamn news.
00:15:57And all we have to do is follow the bedrock.
00:15:59And you know what that frickin' means?
00:16:02We're going to find the frickin' gold.
00:16:04Woo-hoo!
00:16:05Ha, ha, ha!
00:16:06Hell yeah!
00:16:15Yeah.
00:16:15I think she found, uh...
00:16:18Okay, you guys...
00:16:18I 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, Daniel, good job.
00:16:29Winter about to call time on their failing season.
00:16:33The crew is finally back on bedrock.
00:16:37Did it flatten 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 the tent side of the bedrock wall, way down there.
00:16:56That's good news.
00:16:58Beautiful!
00:17:03It's getting dark.
00:17:05It's dangerous.
00:17:06That's never a good thing.
00:17:07We shouldn't be here right now.
00:17:10They must evacuate the dive site before dark to get back to the safety of camp.
00:17:16All right, Daniel, 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.
00:17:35All right.
00:17:38Uh, definitely come up.
00:17:40Step right here.
00:17:46All right.
00:17:48I finally got my eyes on this bedrock business.
00:17:51Good job on that one.
00:17:55Good job.
00:17:58But just as I'm finding it, they wanted me to come up and I was refusing because I thought it
00:18:06was bedrock and turns out I was right.
00:18:09All right.
00:18:09We 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.
00:18:15All right.
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 is almost here y'all it's here like we're about to get dropped on let's just try
00:18:50everything we can to get to the bottom of this thing and find gold because right now we're at
00:18:54the desperation stage if i don't hit it big i could lose everything i honestly think we're that close
00:19:03to hitting a pastry i just think we are we know there's gold there yeah danielle found the bedrock
00:19:10so all we gotta do is just uncover it you know follow it follow it that's it all right so
00:19:16uh
00:19:16james carlos we're gonna find out where this bedrock goes you can find some gold today that'd
00:19:20be great too yeah it would we assume it's on the bottom bottom bottom so as soon as you find
00:19:25that
00:19:26we're gonna find gold i'm gonna apologize now i think we left you guys a lot of basket rocks down
00:19:30there man that's okay i'll bet james can get them rocks out quick he does like six baskets in like
00:19:3720 minutes let's go have a good day all right you guys ready yeah let's get out of here
00:19:46god it's cool yeah it is i need more clothes man we can win against the creek now we're on
00:19:53some bedrock
00:19:54we know where it's at we're gonna follow it and any luck there's a whole bunch of nugs down there
00:20:07the crew still has a weather window of four days to strike a jackpot
00:20:12that could net dustin far more than 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
00:20:27is there enough water for the dredge we'll make it work yeah
00:20:36it froze big time on top side of water it's crystal clear and it dropped so we're having to make
00:20:45modifications to make sure the dredge fits
00:20:55this is the shallowest water i've ever set a dredge in dredges are meant to float it's not even shallow
00:21:01it's look i'm standing out of the water oh oh oh oh oh i'll get that that's probably good okay
00:21:14we build a dam across here it'll bring it up yeah we can do it all hands on deck
00:21:22this is gonna work good yep
00:21:29go lose yes sir let's go open up some water a little more flow a little more flow gotcha
00:21:35so right now we don't have enough water we've got to raise the water up you know two or three
00:21:39inches
00:21:39and uh that's gonna have to come from upstream all season they've shielded their dive hole from the
00:21:48raging creek just need a little bit not a lot redirect yeah yeah but now they must risk opening up
00:21:57part of the weir so they can float the dredge back and do it we were restricting it before to
00:22:06keep the kitty litter out but now we needed more water to run the dredge it's kind of silly
00:22:12that's plenty colos see it oh yeah yeah yeah sure do it tripled it okay good that's good
00:22:20i think what they did worked wow that's cool we're floating let's go find some gold
00:22:33what's going on first me
00:22:38we're gonna crush this place we are going to get rich y'all gonna find some gold today
00:22:45i'm going for it all right james like you're ready to rock the road dude
00:22:50all the holes wherever i go
00:22:54come on gold gold
00:22:58gold hound is on the prowl
00:23:01yeah get some bedrock
00:23:03somewhere around
00:23:05what i was hoping for you buddy was find that wall
00:23:09gold and go for the bottom all right it goes way down i think
00:23:15how's the depth on you i'd say 14 feet all right let's find some gold
00:23:23that's right yeah james that's the spirit
00:23:27nice shot james's mission follow the sloping bedrock to its deepest point where it should be
00:23:35chock full of season saving nuggets today me and james is going to find out what this freaking
00:23:42bedrock does if we can find bedrock bottom then the gold should be on bedrock bottom because that's
00:23:48what it does i'm wishing the gold i'm praying the gold this might be our last dive day for this
00:23:54season
00:23:54no one knows it might get snow tonight so the countdown's on right now
00:24:04all right all right i think you're ready to go hopefully i'll find some gold today
00:24:08game on man game on let's go find some damn gold
00:24:19all right
00:24:20go in head first
00:24:24where's this freaking bedrock at that's it that's the bedrock
00:24:28that looks like bedrock all right that's it
00:24:30yep the bottom nope that goes at an angle
00:24:35we're not covering it right now
00:24:47they found a vertical wall that's starting to slope out towards the bottom and james is downstream
00:24:54carlos is upstream and 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 maybe if i do it long enough i'll get my day please be
00:25:10that 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 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
00:25:49but uncover the millions in gold they've been hunting for 14 years can't let this go i need this to
00:25:58happen
00:26:01getting a good piece of bedrock uncovered oh yeah
00:26:06you're talking about the wall right yeah we're talking about the wall let's go
00:26:09go ahead it's sliding down man towards that middle we're uh 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
00:26:38damn they're getting close it sounds like you can tell they're getting a little excited about it
00:26:43you're hearing it breathing too
00:26:46yeah
00:26:48we're trying to get this builder to move
00:26:53come on
00:27:11you guys should back up
00:27:17uh right you got it hooked up up on the headache ball up on the headache ball
00:27:22it's moving
00:27:23it's moving
00:27:24oh look out
00:27:27that went right toward me
00:27:28i know
00:27:30holy
00:27:31you gotta take both of them
00:27:32oh
00:27:32i don't know the way
00:27:33ow
00:27:37what the
00:27:38heck loves you dude
00:27:42that was an indiana jones
00:27:46good job that's the sidestruck
00:27:49okay thank you guys
00:27:51that was freaky man
00:27:55that's a big one
00:27:58holy james we're really deep dude
00:28:00we're at 15 feet
00:28:0215 feet oh man going deeper and deeper
00:28:10man that color that's coming out of something else
00:28:13that's all for you dude
00:28:15there's gonna be gold in there
00:28:18everybody's got gold fever when you hit the bedrock that's all you can think about
00:28:25awesome working conditions here
00:28:30we're moving baskets quick that's a good sign
00:28:34i love it y'all gotta find some gold today
00:28:36i think so
00:28:42yeah it's pretty cool to be on bedrock
00:28:47how much bedrock you got exposed bro
00:28:50oh about five feet across
00:28:54and it just goes down to the abyss
00:28:56yeah man it goes straight down dude
00:29:00yeah i can't go any further down
00:29:02i get it i get it
00:29:07carlos and james are on the hunt for the creek's deepest point where the bedrock walls meet
00:29:13this deep v is the collection point for all the creek's biggest nuggets but if their search
00:29:20continues too far under the weir
00:29:24instead 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
00:29:36no
00:29:43i can't pull them out yet i have to know
00:29:46yeah no i 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 non-stop digging
00:30:00chasing down the bedrock for close to eight hours
00:30:05i'm beat i'm tired yeah
00:30:07but they're over 16 feet deep and there's still no sign of the bottom
00:30:14hey james watch yourself for us
00:30:20basket's clear
00:30:21could be that we're absolutely skunked on this dig
00:30:32it's time
00:30:36hey just a heads up guys 15 minute warning
00:30:39okay
00:30:39oh you sure it's starting to get dark up here
00:30:42copy that
00:30:47can you see on the bill
00:30:49i can't pick you up man
00:30:57i think he's just exhausted
00:31:00you all right yeah
00:31:04oh oh oh
00:31:07well dredd's drunk
00:31:11you all right
00:31:16oh it is dark up here oh yeah
00:31:18yeah it's dark
00:31:21you guys dug like crazy that was a lot of digging
00:31:25make some headway oh yeah dude we got bedrock dude
00:31:29it's not the bottom yet huh no
00:31:32all right
00:31:35we got lost 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 apparently it's way way deeper than we thought
00:31:59is there some gold not a not a thing
00:32:05feels like my house just burned down that's what i feel right now
00:32:10i get to sell my flames if i fail
00:32:32god we need some gold yeah this is our pivotal moment this is it
00:32:38that's what i feel right now
00:32:38holy you can see all the way down to the bottom dude i 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 and we still have time to hit it big the snow is not
00:32:56all the
00:32:56way down the mountain yet so we just got to hit it hard but if the bedrock continues to slope
00:33:02under the weir
00:33:03they'll never get to the bottom before the forecast snowstorm shuts them down
00:33:11oh hopefully yesterday until we found out the bedrock's shooting underneath the weir
00:33:17we're not sure how to figure this out hopefully paul and danielle find some gold because we've run out of
00:33:26time and we can't go
00:33:27anywhere else got to make this work because i don't want to sell the claims
00:33:32and i can see that i've lost my crew a bit because i don't know what i'm doing
00:33:42right there there we're way past it that ought to be good winter's knocking on its door right now
00:33:50we're tired but we're giving 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 yeah cool
00:34:08so
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 but it's a massive gamble
00:34:22and risks triggering an underwater landslide burying both divers under 20 tons of boulders
00:34:32it could be that there's enough hard pack to undermine that weir a little bit but you'd have
00:34:37to be pretty damn brave to do that because it's a death sentence if it comes down on you
00:34:43you're buried forever it'll take us months to find your body
00:34:51it's going to be a dangerous dive today but uh we got to do something drastic to be able to
00:34:58get on
00:34:58this gold line so uh i'm just going to undercut the weir
00:35:06start listening for that crackle noise if you hear any crackling just don't be shy to shove real hard to
00:35:12get away from that wall i'm 95 sure you're going to find gold today i hope so
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
00:35:36extra millisecond to get yourself out of there without dying
00:35:40if there's a vertical wall or an undercut no warning except this little crack noise this
00:35:45it's a little crunchy noise and we all know what it means death 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
00:36:15can follow that trail to the rest of it
00:36:21how's it looking down there paul not bad
00:36:25a little bit of hard pack over here
00:36:28no bedrock it's not on the weird side yet
00:36:33weird colored hard pack it's like yellow last year that same color i found nuggets in it
00:36:44that good all right high pressure hose down there so it's going to be a spaghetti dinner
00:36:52down there for you guys so don't get caught up every so often check your hoses
00:36:57all right danielle looks like you're ready to rock and roll
00:37:06couldn't ask for a better day sun is shining birds are singing crystal clear water this is a
00:37:13perfect day for 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 you don't get tangled up in the water
00:37:36oh perfect all right
00:37:49i can use the gary now copy that gary that
00:37:55right on his head
00:38:00i can help you with those rocks
00:38:16whoop look at that rusty sucker that had to have been on bedrock yep damn they're getting close
00:38:25that bedrock bottom not yet bedrock just keeps diving into that corner we 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
00:38:51paul and danielle slug it out inch by inch rock by rock
00:39:04desperate to reach the deepest point and a season-saving pile of nuggets
00:39:18i've been in over five hours now but i gotta know what they're seeing this is our pivotal moments
00:39:25it can flood all night and i i can't let this moment go just because they're tired
00:39:35where you're standing right now is it going straight down or is it going across the way
00:39:39i'm not even on the bedrock anymore bedrock still going to that other wall it's underneath the weir at
00:39:52this point
00:39:56all my nightmares are coming true
00:40:03oh my god it's deep holy
00:40:12it's a long dive they're going to be tired when they come out right now they're getting a little
00:40:18bit dredged drunk you know silent they definitely earned their chow and a good night's sleep
00:40:31hell yeah look at that that was on bedrock wasn't it yep yep gotta be hitting bottom anytime soon
00:40:49wow that is beautiful wow look at that it's coming back up so you're on the bottom and you found
00:40:57the bottom v yeah yeah we've got the weird wall we have got the weird bedrock wall exposed
00:41:09we found the weird bedrock wall we found the weird bedrock wall that's so cool
00:41:13ooh
00:41:14oh god
00:41:17oh god god god look at that
00:41:20oh god god damn look at that
00:41:20they need some purpose
00:41:23wow that's so cool
00:41:29All month, I've been thinking, did I put the weir in the wrong spot, and this is going
00:41:36to skunk.
00:41:36We're going to be...
00:41:37We'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 feet.
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, cleaning up
00:42:11a 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 tonight.
00:42:24I'm game.
00:42:35Oh my God.
00:42:36What is it?
00:42:37Holy .
00:42:38What?
00:42:39Do you feel?
00:42:41Are we?
00:42:42I don't think so.
00:42:45What the ?
00:42:46It is, right?
00:42:47What?
00:42:49.
00:42:50It looks like it.
00:42:52Did you find gold?
00:42:54I...
00:42:55Yes.
00:42:57Seriously?
00:42:58A nugget.
00:43:00You might want to take that up.
00:43:01I think so.
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!
00:43:18Oh my God!
00:43:22Oh my God!
00:43:23Oh my God!
00:43:25Oh my God!
00:43:52What is it?
00:43:53Holy .
00:43:54What?
00:43:55Do you feel?
00:43:58I don't think so.
00:44:00I don't think so.
00:44:00I don't think so.
00:44:01What 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 real?
00:44:12Or am I dreaming?
00:44:17Is it a nugget?
00:44:18Oh my God!
00:44:22No!
00:44:23No!
00:44:23No!
00:44:24No!
00:44:24No!
00:44:24No!
00:44:26No!
00:44:27No!
00:44:32No!
00:44:36No!
00:44:38No!
00:44:38No!
00:44:38No!
00:44:40No!
00:44:40No!
00:44:41No!
00:44:41No!
00:44:42For 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.
00:44:52Whoa!
00:44:54Whoa!
00:44:55Yeah!
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
00:45:10$10,000.
00:45:11Yeah!
00:45:13There's going to be more of those.
00:45:15Tripling Dustin's gold count, but not enough to save his claims.
00:45:21Good job, guys!
00:45:23Woo-hoo!
00:45:24Woo-hoo!
00:45:24I'm going to go back down.
00:45:26There might be more.
00:45:28Yeah, we need it, Daniel.
00:45:30F*** yeah!
00:45:31Oh my God!
00:45:33That's amazing!
00:45:35Look at that!
00:45:36That is beautiful!
00:45:38That's a museum piece right there!
00:45:40I can't believe it!
00:45:41About damn time!
00:45:44That's easily worth 10 grand right there!
00:45:47If you find one, there's more!
00:45:49F*** yeah!
00:45:50Woo-hoo!
00:45:51Woo-hoo!
00:45:52Woo-hoo!
00:45:53It's about time!
00:45:54F***!
00:45:55So that's the channel.
00:45:56It's a line of gold.
00:45:59This is awesome.
00:46:01We found our first real nugget of 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.
00:46:23Now, 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.
00:46:36I'm ready to celebrate.
00:46:42They found the V. They're at the bottom.
00:46:45It's on this side of the weir.
00:46:47It's on the 10th 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.
00:47:04Wow, 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.
00:47:32Unreal.
00:47:33It's so heavy.
00:47:36That's beautiful.
00:47:37It's beautiful, isn't it?
00:47:39This just paid for most of our fuel this year, right here.
00:47:42That's good.
00:47:43That's what you did.
00:47:44You found a chunk of gold that paid for pretty much all of our fuel.
00:47:49Holy cow.
00:47:50Wow.
00:47:51I wish my first nugget would have been a two ounce nugget.
00:47:58Yeah, Carla.
00:48:03What 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 you want to 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.
00:48:41Oh!
00:48:41We did it!
00:48:42Oh!
00:48:45Finally!
00:48:46got two birds, one stone.
00:48:48You got the nugget.
00:48:49You got the one.
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.
00:49:06We 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.
00:49:49So it's raining like hell, yo.
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.
00:50:04Proof that they're closing in on claim-saving gold.
00:50:09Today was supposed to be our day.
00:50:11But it rained all night.
00:50:14So we're in landslide territory right now because of how wet it is.
00:50:19I understand we all want to go get back down to the bottom of this thing.
00:50:23But it's a death sentence, man.
00:50:25Yeah.
00:50:28Over the seasons, the fractured walls above the dive sites
00:50:32have rained down on the miners below.
00:50:34Run, run, run.
00:50:35Get up here, guys.
00:50:36Get up here.
00:50:37The danger heightened by frequent earthquakes.
00:50:40Freaking earthquake.
00:50:41Go, go, go, go, go, go, go.
00:50:43And severe weather.
00:50:45The power of this water is just insane.
00:50:48This is a freaking nightmare.
00:50:50Two years ago, a coastal typhoon slammed into Nugget Creek
00:50:55until it raged at over nine 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 hundred-pound boulders into dive holes
00:51:07they 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.
00:52:07The walls are absolutely saturated.
00:52:12This is not safe.
00:52:16I don't want us to be out here any longer, all right?
00:52:20So let's go do the fastest clean-up we've ever done
00:52:23and 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.
00:52:32I 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.
00:52:40Yeah, we don't need to be here much longer, y'all.
00:52:42All of us, let's go.
00:52:44Copy that.
00:52:45Let's get the out of here.
00:52:53Dustin still needs at least $85,000 to save his mining future.
00:53:00Hoping to see lots and lots of gold.
00:53:02I mean, there's six buckets of this.
00:53:05But a blizzard is forecast in less than 48 hours,
00:53:09which will force them out of their claim.
00:53:12If it hits early, their season is over.
00:53:18A lot of black sand.
00:53:28Oh, man.
00:53:30Not much here, just a gram or so.
00:53:32We've only dredged a little bit of bedrock bottom, the V.
00:53:35That's the deepest spot.
00:53:36We're essentially running out of time.
00:53:40Hopefully it doesn't snow, because it'd be nice to try to end the season
00:53:44with millions of dollars in gold, because we're right there.
00:53:47And it's sad.
00:53:52You got some gold?
00:53:53Not much.
00:53:54Oh, .
00:53:56That's broke my heart just now, looking at that .
00:54:00So it looks like we got less than an ounce, right?
00:54:03As far as fine gold, yeah.
00:54:05And the nugget.
00:54:08Two nuggets and some fine gold.
00:54:10Not the best of seasons so far.
00:54:13I don't know how to change that.
00:54:15We 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,
00:54:40because you can see that snow line coming down.
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
00:55:06we can uncover more and 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.
00:55:18Double-double.
00:55:18We're going to double-double on the deuce sluice.
00:55:39Hi.
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.
00:55:51The 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, it'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 divers in and then you guys
00:56:29are going to rotate out and we're going to get the longest dive of our existence.
00:56:34Try to stretch this out as far as we can with the weather.
00:56:38So this might be our last chance, y'all.
00:56:41This is it.
00:56:42We're going to do a blitz.
00:56:43All right.
00:56:44Let's get out of here, yo.
00:56:45Here we go.
00:56:47Here we go.
00:57:04Final push, huh?
00:57:05Yeah.
00:57:07All right.
00:57:08So let's get the jenny started.
00:57:09Let's drop this dredge and we're doing this.
00:57:12Danielle, can you shoot up?
00:57:14Yeah.
00:57:16I know there's more gold down there, so I just want to get in there and get after it
00:57:21and tap out knowing that I worked the hardest I could and did the best I could down there.
00:57:29What the ?
00:57:30There's shell rock all over the place.
00:57:32Oh, yeah.
00:57:33Look at that.
00:57:34Where'd that come from?
00:57:37Oh, there's rocks up there.
00:57:39Walls saturated.
00:57:41This 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've got waterfalls coming down and it's going to bring the street down.
00:57:57Yeah, so it's not going to be safe on the tent side whatsoever.
00:58:04All right, y'all.
00:58:05Just so you know, you are welcome to step out of this because this is a high risk situation
00:58:15that we're in and 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.
00:58:30All right.
00:58:32We're doing this, aren't we?
00:58:40Just don't let the fever get a hold of you.
00:58:43If you 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 help you.
00:58:51If I got to stick a hose in my mouth and jump in there naked, I'll be down there.
00:58:57I feel safe.
00:58:58Give 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.
00:59:18Anything good?
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.
00:59:36I hate 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.
01:00:25You're gonna 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 got two divers down.
01:01:26Nobody's been hit by a rock yet.
01:01:28And we got two more divers to go.
01:01:31I want to see as much bedrock cleaned off as I could possibly get today.
01:01:36Danielle and Paul have been diving for nearly four hours with no drop in pace.
01:01:42Come on.
01:01:42I want to go for a dive.
01:01:45I'll probably have enough time to get this cleared off.
01:01:47And 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?
01:02:59Just have power?
01:03:00Yeah.
01:03:01I know that's got to be part of her heat problem.
01:03:03The heat exchange from the dredge engines delivers the vital hot water Danielle needs against the frigid creek to avoid
01:03:12hypothermic shock.
01:03:15It's cold.
01:03:18It's 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 engine. It's got to be our fuel.
01:03:31Oh, I bet it's that son of a bitch right there. I think it's that bull that goes on the
01:03:39fuel switch.
01:03:40What if I put the 10 mil and cracked it to see if there's any water in it?
01:03:45Yeah.
01:03:46Is there any way to clean those bowls out without the... you'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. We're going to have to shut this engine off in just a
01:04:07minute.
01:04:08Okay.
01:04:08Yeah, we've got to do this. Sorry.
01:04:11Go ahead. Thank you.
01:04:12I'm still not getting any hot water to my right foot.
01:04:18My hands are still frigid 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. We've got to turn off one of
01:04:26these engines.
01:04:27I see that.
01:04:33We're having trouble keeping our engines going. We 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.
01:04:42I 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.
01:05:02Bowl right here.
01:05:04Yeah, it'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.
01:05:12I think this is the problem.
01:05:14All right, let's see if we can get this thing sorted.
01:05:21That's what it was.
01:05:22Yeah.
01:05:22That's what it was.
01:05:24Woo!
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.
01:05:45Woo!
01:05:47Woo!
01:05:48You just dove in like a frickin' gangster.
01:05:51Bring it on!
01:05:52Oh, my God!
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 kid's super dangerous.
01:06:19The walls are absolutely saturated.
01:06:25Rock!
01:06:26Rocks are falling right now.
01:06:28This is not a good scenario, but we're doing it.
01:06:33Kind of desperate right now.
01:06:35Dustin has spent the last 14 years seeking his fortune in gold.
01:06:41Now, deep in debt, with a snowstorm at his door.
01:06:46He needs a huge score in the next few hours,
01:06:49or he faces the end of his mining career.
01:06:56This is the race against time right now.
01:06:58The weather's coming down.
01:07:00It's gonna bring snow.
01:07:03And Danielle has been in a long time.
01:07:08We don't want her to get dredged drunk,
01:07:10because that's when accidents happen.
01:07:12So, we're gonna tag in, tag out, tag a deal.
01:07:15I'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 kidding.
01:07:35After nearly five hours,
01:07:37Danielle hands the baton to a fresh diver, Carlos.
01:07:41Good job! Good job!
01:07:43Yeah, sir.
01:07:48All right, Paul, coming in.
01:07:50Tough that.
01:07:54Oh!
01:07:56Yeah, I see the bedrock.
01:07:57Danielle, get a good job.
01:07:59Yeah, we're gonna get some f***ing too now.
01:08:03Come on, man.
01:08:04Give me some gold.
01:08:05Hey, Carlos.
01:08:06Yep.
01:08:07Check all that out there.
01:08:09Okay, man.
01:08:15Oh, yeah, Paul!
01:08:17F*** yeah!
01:08:19Good job!
01:08:20We got the bedrock bottom.
01:08:24The crew has already found a massive nugget.
01:08:27Now, they just need to follow the bedrock to its deepest point,
01:08:32and its deposit of monster gold.
01:08:36Yeah, it's gonna get some gold out of here today.
01:08:38Oh, all right, Paul.
01:08:43We switched out one set of divers.
01:08:47We only got one left.
01:08:50Hey, Paul.
01:08:51Would it now be a good time to switch?
01:08:53Yeah.
01:08:55Right now, I am done.
01:08:57Physically done.
01:08:58All right, Carlos, I'm out.
01:09:00All right, brother.
01:09:01Good job, man.
01:09:05I'm the last one to get in, and this is it.
01:09:07Our final push.
01:09:09They're on bedrock, but we're going with a Hail Mary right now.
01:09:14I want to get in there and do what the gold hound does.
01:09:19I want to get in there and find gold.
01:09:21Millions.
01:09:23Come on, man.
01:09:24We got this.
01:09:25Oh, 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, here we go.
01:09:42You down here, James?
01:09:43Yes, sir.
01:09:44All right.
01:09:46Paul left you a beautiful, beautiful, beautiful present, man.
01:09:51He 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 create catches for gold.
01:10:15Now, we're going to start digging 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.
01:10:42Don't let them get me.
01:10:46Don't let them get me.
01:10:57No man.
01:11:00Hey, check my compressor.
01:11:09It's rolling.
01:11:11Carlos, are you having trouble breathing?
01:11:15It's starting to pull.
01:11:16It's starting to...
01:11:18Come on up, dude.
01:11:19Don't do that .
01:11:20Get up here.
01:11:22All right, we're coming up.
01:11:31God damn!
01:11:32What happened?
01:11:34Check Bob went bad.
01:11:35Dude, 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,
01:11:49because one of the pop-off valves went bad.
01:11:52There's a pressure gauge
01:11:53that allows only a certain amount of pressure,
01:11:55and they call pop-off valves.
01:11:58And, uh, when they break,
01:12:00gotta replace them.
01:12:01There's no way to fix them, as far as I know.
01:12:04So, all we're doing now
01:12:05is just yanking him out,
01:12:06because there was nothing I could do.
01:12:20Uh, 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.
01:12:29Nightmare.
01:12:32So, as of right now,
01:12:35we're broke.
01:12:37Right now, it's all up to James.
01:12:40It's all yours.
01:12:41It's all yours, James.
01:12:42Be careful.
01:12:45Hey, James.
01:12:46Counting on you to do this.
01:12:49All right.
01:12:51Put the last one in,
01:12:53and, 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,
01:13:07the end of Dustin's mining career.
01:13:1114 years,
01:13:12and it's got to this.
01:13:16Whew.
01:13:16But he still has a chance
01:13:19of reaching the claim-saving gold.
01:13:22I know this creek has gold,
01:13:24and there's big damn gold, too.
01:13:26Another foot,
01:13:27and we got this for sure.
01:13:32Up ahead.
01:13:34Water drop!
01:13:35Diver up! Diver 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 in 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
01:13:59trying to find this gold.
01:14:02Gold's here.
01:14:03It only takes 20 minutes
01:14:05of digging in the right spot
01:14:08to 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
01:14:42we'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
01:14:49are worn out.
01:14:51We're desperate to get gold.
01:14:54Yeah, I'm on.
01:14:56Can 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 to be suction.
01:15:05James?
01:15:06We're having trouble with your suction.
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... something's happened.
01:15:27Water dropped.
01:15:29So the water dropped down to nothing.
01:15:32Which means it's building up somewhere
01:15:35and there is about to be a wall of water coming at us.
01:15:40God damn!
01:15:41About to get a damn flash flood.
01:15:45A landslide up creek has created a dam,
01:15:49potentially trapping thousands of tons of water behind it.
01:15:54When it breaks, a lethal tidal wave of mud and debris
01:15:58could surge down the valley, wiping out everything
01:16:02and anyone trapped in its path.
01:16:06Holy f***!
01:16:08See any kind of f***ing water coming, run!
01:16:11It's gonna hit us real hard.
01:16:13All at once.
01:16:16Get up!
01:16:17Diver up! Diver 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!
01:16:28Turn that off!
01:16:29Turn it off!
01:16:34Let's go!
01:16:34Okay, okay, 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!
01:16:38Hey!
01:16:38Hey, hey, hey!
01:16:39Y'all get up the f***ing hill!
01:16:40Hold on!
01:16:41Hold on!
01:16:42Everybody!
01:16:43Get up the hill!
01:16:43There's no f***ing water!
01:16:44Get up the f***ing hill!
01:16:47That f***ing happens now!
01:16:49Y'all are in a bad f***ing spot!
01:16:51What the f***?
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 f***ing hill!
01:16:59Let's get up here and f*** 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***, this is kind of eerie!
01:17:30I can't get the f***ing winds to work!
01:17:37Generator's not running!
01:17:40There's no f***ing 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!
01:17:49Here!
01:17:49Gas!
01:17:50Right here!
01:17:50Follow the 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***ing see gold in the f***ing box too!
01:17:57There's f***ing nuggets in there!
01:17:59Oh, God!
01:18:00James!
01:18:01There's two f***ing nice nuggets!
01:18:03I don't want to keep them in my f***ing hand!
01:18:05Don't drop it!
01:18:06Don't drop it!
01:18:06Don't drop it!
01:18:07All right!
01:18:08That's a long time with no water, man!
01:18:12Here it comes!
01:18:15Holy!
01:18:16What the f***?
01:18:39Can we do this or not?
01:18:41Is he gonna drag?
01:18:41No, we can get it!
01:18:42Let's pull it!
01:18:43Go!
01:18:45West boy left go downstream instead of upstream
01:18:49Break that if you have to but get it out of there. Is this gonna work?
01:19:01Do it watching my dreads die
01:19:12Just yank that as hard as you can man
01:19:19I'll take that better than it was
01:19:29Oh my god, you guys saved the dredge. Holy
01:19:33I had that worried that we're gonna have a ten-foot wave
01:19:37What the I've never seen the water stop like that. I was scared
01:19:43That was vicious. Oh my god
01:19:47All right guys everybody 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 there
01:20:16Bringing with it over two feet of snow in the next 24 hours call that termination dust
01:20:26That even sucks the worst yep, absolutely
01:20:31The miners must get out before they're trapped
01:20:37Well, that's it man. Yeah
01:20:41So
01:20:44I 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, I think so too. This was the hardest dig I have ever done. I
01:21:07Agree
01:21:09I'm an eternal loop of bad weather and gold
01:21:21Sorry about the gold count this year. We got a two-ounce snug and
01:21:27Some other little nugs
01:21:30It pretty much pays for our gasoline
01:21:34That's about it, so
01:21:39This is a hard failure
01:21:44Well, maybe 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, let's get out of here
01:22:17All right, let's get out of here
01:22:20Out of time and out of money
01:22:24Dustin's 14-year treasure hunt for life-changing gold
01:22:29Is over
01:22:31This sucks
01:22:37I can't believe this
01:22:38I 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
01:22:51But this isn't working
01:22:53I'm broke
01:22:55It hasn't paid for itself
01:22:58It's just sucking money out of my damn account
01:23:00It's just sucking money out of my damn account
01:23:01And the creek beat me
01:23:03And the creek beat me
01:23:04I'm gonna sell my claims
01:23:08I'm gonna sell my claims
01:23:09I don't know what else to do
01:23:14Time to go
01:23:15Time to go
01:23:24voiceover
01:23:27When the grave isn't
01:23:28The room isn't
01:23:28The room isn't
01:23:32The room
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