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Gold Rush: White Water - Season 9 - Episode 12: The Last Stand
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00:00:18I
00:00:19Can't believe this is happening
00:00:24Can't find no goddamn gold
00:00:30Oh you can do the 15 20 foot hole doesn't pay the bills does it
00:00:37Brings me back to like my first season doing this stuff
00:00:41Hey Fred watch this technique there. I don't know what I'm doing. I'm starting to learn though. There you go
00:00:50So that's why he's definitely got the gold fever
00:00:5414 years I've been digging for gold and I really have not fully succeeded yet
00:01:00Look at that water coming over it falls. I think that's gonna make you a wealthy man
00:01:07This is hard damn work
00:01:10There's always a chance get hurt dying. This is beyond crazy
00:01:19You'd have to be out of your damn mind to keep going and if you don't get any success
00:01:25It's real hard to continue doing it
00:01:28Look what you just found buddy
00:01:34That's the biggest nugget in gold rush history
00:01:37I was finding that nugget. I thought we would have found more by now, but you can only fail so
00:01:43much before the money runs out
00:01:47Running out of time here
00:01:50We come up completely empty. I don't think I could do this again
00:01:56I'm gonna have to sell the clean
00:02:03Through all the disappointment all the hard work all the everything
00:02:09It only takes an hour digging in the right spot to change your whole life
00:02:15forever forever
00:02:20On the season finale of gold rush whitewater
00:02:24We're trying to hoard us to get everything out of this dig that we can get
00:02:28The fate of dustin's 14 year hunt for gold. This is our pivotal moment. Just can't let this go
00:02:36Will be decided i'm wishing the gold i'm praying the gold the countdown's on over the next five brutal days
00:02:43Find some damn gold
00:02:52All my gear and all my people are worn out
00:02:57Risking everything
00:02:59You are welcome to step out of this because this is dangerous as hell in a battle water drop what
00:03:06the
00:03:07of men
00:03:08Versus mother nature's wrath
00:03:10cover up cover up we need to get the out of here get out of there do it
00:03:16In a final bid to save their gold mining dreams
00:03:22Oh my god
00:03:23Do you see us?
00:03:26Oh my god
00:03:28AHHHHH
00:03:30AHHHHH
00:03:31AHHHHH
00:03:32AHHHHH
00:03:34AHHHHH
00:03:35AHHHHH
00:03:44AHHHHH
00:03:46AHHHHH
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00:03:59AHHHHH
00:04:01Oh, yeah, look at all of that fresh snow over there.
00:04:03Yeah, we're about to get hammered.
00:04:05That's what's about to happen.
00:04:06I agree.
00:04:07Holy moly.
00:04:08So we're running out of time.
00:04:11And basically, this is our last chance, yeah?
00:04:14We need to get that gold.
00:04:15Yeah.
00:04:19This is the last of our money.
00:04:22This is the last of our fuel.
00:04:29Can we just get 40 gallons?
00:04:31OK.
00:04:32I would get more, but we're not buying more
00:04:34because we can't afford it.
00:04:36It's basically the last of the borrowed money
00:04:39that we have to stay out here.
00:04:44Well, if we don't find any gold, this is over with.
00:04:49The long, harsh Alaskan winter looms
00:04:52is heavy across the Chilkat Mountains.
00:04:56And a warning for a season-ending blizzard
00:04:59has just been forecast.
00:05:02Dustin's future at Nugget Creek will be decided
00:05:06in the next five days.
00:05:09God, it's cold.
00:05:17When it starts snowing, it's over with.
00:05:21Look how low the frickin' snow is.
00:05:23Oh, my god.
00:05:24The snow is on that mountain now.
00:05:26Yeah, we're in.
00:05:27That's not good.
00:05:29Holy crap.
00:05:30We got frickin' fresh snow on the mountain.
00:05:33That's only a couple hundred feet up.
00:05:37All right, this is the last of the fuel, boys.
00:05:41We're about to get hammered with snow is what's about to happen.
00:05:44We got to find some gold.
00:05:46You want to lay it down?
00:05:47Yeah.
00:05:48There we go.
00:05:50The weather's starting to get so bad right now,
00:05:52but hopefully we get enough gold to get back here next year.
00:05:57Woo-hoo!
00:05:58Colder than a polar bear's toenail.
00:06:04Whoo!
00:06:06What do you think?
00:06:08I'm scared because this, indeed, is our future.
00:06:16We're all desperate.
00:06:21We're running out of time, and without any more gold,
00:06:26this is the end of it.
00:06:31This year is going to be the make it or break it.
00:06:34Dustin staked his life savings.
00:06:36I want to succeed.
00:06:38And three seasons.
00:06:40I'm ready to risk everything.
00:06:41This has to be the year.
00:06:43Chasing life-changing gold.
00:06:45Oh!
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.
00:06:55Winch 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 worth barely $5,000.
00:07:49Paul, you going in first?
00:07:51Yeah.
00:07:51But he needs at least $100,000 to save his claim.
00:07:58This year's been hell on me.
00:08:00I could have made more gold just playing with a pan.
00:08:07I wanted to give up several times, but 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 and chased it down to the gold layer at 16 feet, before a
00:08:48brutal storm buried it.
00:08:51They frantically dug back down to 10 feet, but put the walls of the dive hole at risk of collapse.
00:08:58Now, Danielle and Paul must clear the remaining boulders to get back to the bedrock and follow it down to
00:09:06the deepest point where Dustin is banking on a claim-saving deposit of monster nuggets.
00:09:14Today, my goal is to hit bedrock.
00:09:18And between Paul and I, one of us is going to get there and find gold this year.
00:09:25All right, you're good to go here?
00:09:27Okay.
00:09:28All right, Paul, watch yourself.
00:09:29Danielle'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.
00:09:39We're going to get some out now.
00:09:41The clearer the water is, the more production we get.
00:09:45Oh, hey, Paul.
00:09:47I don't have any idea.
00:09:48All right.
00:09:52So, all those rocks, they just got a real, real fine layer of sand on them, but they're not covered
00:09:56with any litter.
00:09:59That sounds good.
00:10:00So, do you think today will be Daniel's first day to see bedrock down there?
00:10:05Oh, boy.
00:10:06I really hope so.
00:10:08So, let's find bedrock and actually find gold.
00:10:12That would be amazing.
00:10:15Hopefully.
00:10:18So...
00:10:22Let's see...
00:10:25Might be able to load a basket right quick.
00:10:28Where do you want it?
00:10:29Along the layer wall.
00:10:30Copy.
00:10:35Okay.
00:10:35Mask it in the water.
00:10:38Copy that.
00:10:39I got it.
00:10:49All right, masks are ready to go.
00:10:52All right, Paul.
00:10:53Coming up.
00:11:05What the hell?
00:11:07Stop!
00:11:08Stop!
00:11:10Wes!
00:11:11Watch!
00:11:15That could have killed a diver.
00:11:17Oh, .
00:11:19This is truly dangerous.
00:11:22James, I need him to not hit that upstream wall and drag it.
00:11:26So, once he hooks up, I want you to hold it back off of that wall and then lift it
00:11:32up.
00:11:32And once it's high enough, you can walk with it and not hold on to it.
00:11:36I'll try my hardest.
00:11:39In their push to get down to the monster nuggets, the crew dug almost vertically.
00:11:46Now, if any lift strikes the unstable walls, they risk collapse, crushing the divers below.
00:11:55The solution?
00:11:57Use a tagline and James' raw strength to steer the load clear.
00:12:04I need to practice.
00:12:06All right, coming up.
00:12:12James, watch it, watch it, watch it. Don't hook him.
00:12:17Hold it, but keep coming. Keep coming right there. Stay right there.
00:12:23Right there. Lift.
00:12:27Keep him off that wall.
00:12:29It'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. Try not to hit all the rock stuff.
00:12:41Dude, that's perfect.
00:12:43That's perfect.
00:12:44That is perfect.
00:12:46Look at that.
00:12:52Today I stormed the castle.
00:12:55We shall be victorious.
00:13:00Over the next six hours.
00:13:02Good 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.
00:13:21We're getting close back to the bedrock, but nothing, nothing yet.
00:13:28Daylight is already fading.
00:13:34But Danielle and Paul are desperate and refuse to quit.
00:13:45It was disheartening to hear that they have no sign of fricking bedrock yet.
00:13:51Very disheartening.
00:13:53Uh, damn.
00:13:56We're supposed to be cleaning up with our fricking bucket of fricking riches and gold.
00:14:02I'm not looking for bedrock sale.
00:14:06Damn it.
00:14:10Disheartening, man. Disheartening.
00:14:1715-minute warning.
00:14:1815-minute warning.
00:14:2015-minute warning.
00:14:21Just kidding.
00:14:22How is that 15-minute warning already?
00:14:26There's no room for your nozzle, Danielle.
00:14:30No.
00:14:32I'm gonna make this all my bitch.
00:14:34Send me down a pillow. I'm flippin' here.
00:14:36What?
00:14:39She said, I'm makin' this hole my bitch.
00:14:43Send me a pillow. I'm sleeping down here.
00:14:46Oh.
00:14:50Yeah, 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.
00:15:04Yeah, I think it's bedrock.
00:15:09All right, Danielle.
00:15:10I think Paul's almost done here.
00:15:12I can throw you this, uh, rope here.
00:15:15I think she found, uh...
00:15:17Okay, you guys...
00:15:18I found bedrock!
00:15:20Yes!
00:15:21Woo!
00:15:23You wanna break me out of here?
00:15:27That is amazing that we found bedrock again.
00:15:30Ah, that helped. Good job.
00:15:32The threat from the coming winter storm
00:15:34forced them to dive for over seven hours,
00:15:38the longest of the season,
00:15:40and finally got them back on bedrock.
00:15:44Woo!
00:15:45Their hopes of saving the Nugget Creek claim
00:15:48are still alive.
00:15:50So 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!
00:16:06Hell yeah!
00:16:16I think she found, uh...
00:16:18Okay, you guys...
00:16:18I found bedrock!
00:16:20Yes!
00:16:22Woo-hoo!
00:16:24That is amazing that we found bedrock again.
00:16:27Yeah, Danielle, 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 on cover.
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.
00:16:54Way 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.
00:17:35All 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.
00:17:54Found that one.
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.
00:18:17Uh, let'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 thing and find gold.
00:18:53Because right now we're at the desperation stage.
00:18:55If I don't hit it big, I could lose everything.
00:19:01I honestly think we're that close to hitting a pastry.
00:19:05I just think we are.
00:19:07We know there's gold there.
00:19:08Yeah.
00:19:09Danielle found the bedrock, so all we gotta 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 gonna 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 gonna find gold.
00:19:27I'm gonna 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 cold.
00:19:47Yeah, it is.
00:19:48I need more clothes, man.
00:19:51We can win against the creek.
00:19:52Now we're on some bedrock.
00:19:54We know where it's at.
00:19:55We're gonna 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
00:20:13far more than 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.
00:20:37It froze big time on top.
00:20:39The side of the water is crystal clear and 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 flow.
00:21:33A little more flow.
00:21:34Gotcha.
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.
00:21:51Not a lot.
00:21:52Redirect.
00:21:53Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:21:54But now, they must risk opening up part of the weir so they can float the dredge.
00:22:02Back and do it.
00:22:04We were restricting it before to keep the kitty litter out.
00:22:07But now we needed more water to run the dredge.
00:22:09It's kind of silly.
00:22:12That's plenty.
00:22:13Colos.
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?
00:22:34Me.
00:22:38We're going to crush this place.
00:22:40We are going to get rich.
00:22:43Y'all are going to find some gold today.
00:22:45I've got gold for it.
00:22:46All right, James.
00:22:47Look, you're ready to rock and roll, dude.
00:22:51All the hounds, forever gold.
00:22:54Come on, gold!
00:22:58Goldhound 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, I think.
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.
00:23:29James' mission?
00:23:30Follow the sloping bedrock to its deepest point, where it should be chock-full of season-saving nuggets.
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 what it does.
00:23:48I'm wishing the gold.
00:23:50I'm praying for the gold.
00:23:51This might be our last dive day 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.
00:24:11Find some damn gold!
00:24:18Carlos is in.
00:24:19All right.
00:24:21Holy .
00:24:21Go in head first.
00:24:24Where's this freaking bedrock at?
00:24:26That's it.
00:24:27That's the bedrock.
00:24:28That looks like bedrock.
00:24:29All right.
00:24:29That's it.
00:24:30Yep.
00:24:31The bottom?
00:24:32Nope.
00:24:33That goes at an angle.
00:24:35We're uncovering it right now.
00:24:38They not told y'all existed.
00:24:41Yep.
00:24:41That's 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 the millions
00:25:51in 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, man.
00:26:23There might be some gold underneath this boulder.
00:26:27That's there, dude.
00:26:32They're on a sloping bedrock wall.
00:26:35I haven't found a bottom yet.
00:26:38Damn, they're getting close, it sounds like.
00:26:40You can tell they're getting a little excited about it.
00:26:43You're hearing it breathing, too.
00:26:48We're trying to get this boulder to move.
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 headache 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.
00:27:20Oh, yeah.
00:27:20Up on the headache ball.
00:27:21Up on the headache ball.
00:27:22Up on the headache 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, .
00:27:32Oh, boy.
00:27:34Ow.
00:27:37What the ?
00:27:42That 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 green, 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 work.
00:28:26There's a little bit of detail here.
00:28:30We're moving baskets quick.
00:28:32That's a good sign.
00:28:34I love it.
00:28:35Y'all are going to find some gold today.
00:28:37I think so.
00:28:42Yeah, it's pretty cool to be on bedrock.
00:28:47How much bedrock you got exposed, bro?
00:28:50Oh, about five feet across.
00:28:54And it just goes down to the abyss?
00:28:56Yeah, man.
00:28:57It goes straight down, dude.
00:29:00Yeah.
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.
00:29:13This deep V is the collection point for all the creek's biggest nuggets.
00:29:19But if their search continues too far under the weir, instead of reaching the Bonanza, they could trigger a massive
00:29:28landslide that would bury them alive.
00:29:34So no bottom in sight, huh?
00:29:37No.
00:29:39And it's still going down, man, toward the frickin' middle.
00:29:43I can't pull them out yet. I have to know.
00:29:46Yeah, no.
00:29:46I know it's cold.
00:29:48Oh, I know.
00:29:48I know they've been there a long time, but I need to know what they're seeing.
00:29:52Yeah.
00:29:56James and Carlos have been nonstop digging, chasing down the bedrock for close to eight hours.
00:30:04I'm beat.
00:30:05I'm tired.
00:30:06Yeah.
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.
00:30:22After that.
00:30:25Could be that we're absolutely skunked on this dig.
00:30:32It's time.
00:30:36Hey, just a heads up, guys.
00:30:3815-minute warning.
00:30:40Oh.
00:30:40You sure?
00:30:41It's starting to get dark up here.
00:30:43Copy that.
00:30:48Can you see you on the billboard?
00:30:49Can you see you on the billboard?
00:30:50Can you see you on the billboard?
00:30:51I can't pick you up, man.
00:30:57I think he's just exhausted.
00:31:00You all right?
00:31:01Yeah.
00:31:04Oh, oh, oh.
00:31:07A little dredge drunk.
00:31:11You all right?
00:31:16Oh, it is dark up here.
00:31:18Oh, yeah.
00:31:18Yeah.
00:31:19Yeah, it's dark.
00:31:21You guys dug like crazy.
00:31:23That was a lot of digging.
00:31:25Make some headway?
00:31:26Oh, yeah, dude.
00:31:27We got bedrock, dude.
00:31:29It's not the bottom yet, huh?
00:31:30No.
00:31:32All right.
00:31:35Carlos is exposed five feet of a vertical-ish wall.
00:31:41That's bedrock, and it's all the way down there,
00:31:44and it's heading underneath the weir.
00:31:47So it's just shooting straight down.
00:31:49Apparently, it's way, way deeper than we thought.
00:31:59Is there some gold?
00:32:01Not a...
00:32:02Not a thing.
00:32:05Feels like my house just burned down.
00:32:07That's what I feel right now.
00:32:10I have to sell my flames if I fail.
00:32:30Let's go.
00:32:32God, we need some gold.
00:32:34Yeah.
00:32:34Yeah.
00:32:34This is our pivotal moment.
00:32:36This is it.
00:32:38Holy .
00:32:38You can see all the way down to the bottom, dude.
00:32:40I can see bedrock down there.
00:32:43After a season battling Mother Nature, Dustin's crew believes they are in striking distance of a life-changing payday in
00:32:51gold.
00:32:52And we still have time to hit it big.
00:32:55The snow's not all the way down the mountain yet, so we just got to hit it hard.
00:32:59But 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.
00:33:11Oh, hopefully yesterday until we found out the bedrock's shooting underneath the weir.
00:33:17Not sure how to figure this out.
00:33:21Hopefully, Paul and Danielle find some gold because we've run out of time and we can't go anywhere else.
00:33:29Got 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. There. Going way past it.
00:33:44That ought to be good.
00:33:47Winter's knocking on its door right now.
00:33:50We're tired, but we're giving her another shot and we still have a chance.
00:33:58You guys want to put on some dive suits to get in the hole?
00:34:02Yeah.
00:34:03Cool.
00:34:08Daniel, on the near side of the dive hole, will follow the exposed bedrock, while Paul hunts for bedrock on
00:34:17the far side, right under the weir.
00:34:19But it's a massive gamble and risks triggering an underwater landslide, burying 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.
00:35:06Start 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.
00:35:16I'm 95% sure you're going to find gold today.
00:35:19I hope so.
00:35:21Ready to go?
00:35:22Everything looks good, man.
00:35:30If there's any kind of slope, you can hear the rock hitting before it comes down and it gives you
00:35:35an extra millisecond to get yourself out of there without dying.
00:35:39If there's a vertical wall or an undercut, no warning except this little crack noise.
00:35:45It's a little crunchy noise, and we all know what it means.
00:35:50Death is coming is what it means.
00:36:00It's going to be a little tight down here, but I think we can manage it.
00:36:07I just really, really want today to be the day that we find some gold, 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 bedrock?
00:36:29Not on the weird side yet.
00:36:33Weird colored hard pack.
00:36:35It's like yellow.
00:36:37Last year, that same color, I found nuggets in it.
00:36:41Huh.
00:36:44Is that good?
00:36:45Yes, sir.
00:36:47All right.
00:36:49A high-pressure hose down there, so it's going to be a spaghetti dinner down there for you guys, so
00:36:53don't get caught up every so often.
00:36:55Check your hoses.
00:36:57All right, Danielle, looks like you're ready to rock and roll.
00:37:06Couldn't ask for a better day.
00:37:08Sun is shining.
00:37:09Birds are singing.
00:37:10Crystal clear water.
00:37:12This is a perfect day for gold, amigo.
00:37:18This is the most pristine, clearest water I've ever seen on Nugget Creek.
00:37:23Unbelievable.
00:37:29All right, guys.
00:37:30We've got this high-pressure washer for you.
00:37:33Don't get tangled up.
00:37:34In the water.
00:37:36Oh, perfect.
00:37:38All right.
00:37:50I can use the Gary now.
00:37:53Copy that.
00:37:53Gary that.
00:37:56Right on his head.
00:37:57We liked it.
00:38:00I can help you if those are on.
00:38:02I've got to get stuff off the boat.
00:38:03Oh.
00:38:04Yep.
00:38:05Oh.
00:38:05Oh.
00:38:07Oh.
00:38:15Look at that rusty sucker.
00:38:19That had to have been on bedrock.
00:38:20Yep.
00:38:22Damn, they're getting close.
00:38:25You got bedrock bottom?
00:38:27Not yet.
00:38:30Bedrock just keeps diving into that corner.
00:38:33We may have to tear it down.
00:38:36I'm worried if the bottom of this creek is underneath that weir, we do not have the time to move
00:38:44that weir.
00:38:52Paul and Danielle slug it out.
00:38:56Inch by inch.
00:38:59Rock by rock.
00:39:04Desperate to reach the deepest point and a season-saving pile of nuggets.
00:39:19They've been in over five hours now, but I got to know what they're seeing.
00:39:24This is our pivotal moment.
00:39:25It can flood all night, and I can't let this moment go just because they're tired.
00:39:35Where you're standing right now, is it going straight down or is it going across the way?
00:39:39I'm not even on the bedrock anymore.
00:39:41I thought it was going straight down.
00:39:44I got to open up some room.
00:39:49Bedrock's still going to that other wall.
00:39:51It's underneath the weir at this point.
00:39:56All my nightmares are coming true.
00:40:03Oh my god, it's steep.
00:40:05Holy .
00:40:12The long dive, they'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 .
00:40:45Paul.
00:40:46It's coming up big time.
00:40:49That is beautiful.
00:40:51Wow, look at that.
00:40:53It's coming back up.
00:40:55So you're on the bottom and you found the bottom 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!
00:41:10Oh my god!
00:41:12Oh my god!
00:41:14Oh my god!
00:41:16Oh my god!
00:41:18Oh my god!
00:41:19Oh my god!
00:41:19God damn, look at that!
00:41:21Look at that!
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 gonna skunk.
00:41:36We're gonna 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 beach.
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. I'm gonna go get your meals for you.
00:42:20I'm gonna...
00:42:21You can stay the night.
00:42:24I'm game.
00:42:34Oh my god.
00:42:37What 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?
00:42:50It 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.
00:43:02I think it's real.
00:43:05Is this real?
00:43:07Or am I dreaming?
00:43:10Oh!
00:43:12Is it a nugget?
00:43:13Oh my god!
00:43:18Oh my god!
00:43:21Oh my god!
00:43:21Oh 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?
00:43:55I think it's real?
00:43:58Is it real?
00:43:58Yeah!
00:43:59I don't think so!
00:44:00I don't think so!
00:44:00What the ?
00:44:02It is, right?
00:44:03What?
00:44:06It looks like it.
00:44:07You might want to take that up.
00:44:10Is this for real?
00:44:12Or am I dreaming?
00:44:17Is it a nugget?
00:44:18Oh, my God!
00:44:22Yeah!
00:44:24Oh, my God!
00:44:26Yeah!
00:44:27That means it's real.
00:44:29Oh, my God!
00:44:31Oh, look at that!
00:44:32Woo!
00:44:35Go!
00:44:41For months,
00:44:43the crew has battled setback
00:44:45after setback.
00:44:46But now, with the storm
00:44:48less than three days away,
00:44:50they're finally on the goal.
00:44:53Woo!
00:44:54Yeah!
00:44:56Unreal!
00:44:58Now we need all
00:45:00of his brothers and sisters,
00:45:02aunts and uncles.
00:45:03A large nugget like this
00:45:05is worth more than its weight value alone
00:45:08and could fetch over $10,000.
00:45:13There's going to be more of those.
00:45:15Tripling Dustin's gold count.
00:45:18But not enough
00:45:19to save his claims.
00:45:22Good job, guys!
00:45:23Woo-hoo!
00:45:24I'm going to go back down.
00:45:27There might be more.
00:45:28Yeah, we need it, Daniel.
00:45:30Yeah!
00:45:31Oh, my God!
00:45:33That's amazing!
00:45:35Look at that!
00:45:37That 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-hoo!
00:45:52It's about time!
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,
00:46:04and, 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.
00:46:23Uh, 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.
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.
00:47:32Unreal.
00:47:34It'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.
00:47:42Right here.
00:47:42That's good.
00:47:43That's what you did.
00:47:44You found a chunk of gold that paid for pretty much all of our fuel.
00:47:49Holy cow!
00:47:51I wish my first nugget would have been a two ounce nugget.
00:47:54I don't know that.
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.
00:48:28Do I see it?
00:48:29Yeah.
00:48:32Oh, wow.
00:48:33It is a beautiful piece.
00:48:35Good job, man.
00:48:36Damn good dig.
00:48:41You did it!
00:48:43Oh!
00:48:45Finally!
00:48:46Got two birds, one stone.
00:48:48You got the nugget.
00:48:49I found the weir wall.
00:48:51The nugget is a massive and long awaited win for the crew.
00:48:56And for Dustin, it's a lifeline.
00:49:00I'm glad we kept going.
00:49:03This is going to work out really good now, I think.
00:49:06We 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 they had spent weeks digging out.
00:51:13And gold or no gold, it's not worth your damn life.
00:51:16So, nobody is going to dive today.
00:51:21God dang it.
00:51:25Well, what do we do while we wait?
00:51:31Well, we're not digging.
00:51:33I know it's not much, but maybe we can see what we got.
00:51:36Yeah.
00:51:37Yeah, let's do a clean-up then.
00:51:38Let's do it.
00:51:46So, just a heads up.
00:51:48I'm getting a little worried.
00:51:50That edge is starting to come loose right here.
00:51:53There's a waterfall.
00:51:55Oh, that's me.
00:51:57Yeah, that's not good.
00:51:59There's a waterfall right there.
00:52:01That is a lot of water.
00:52:03Hey, Paul, I don't think you should be standing there, bro.
00:52:06The walls are absolutely saturated.
00:52:12This is not safe.
00:52:16I don't want us to be out here any longer, all right?
00:52:20So, let's go do the fastest clean-up we've ever done and get out of here, all right?
00:52:25Copy that.
00:52:26Let's do it.
00:52:28Fast and furious.
00:52:29We're not picking around.
00:52:30We're just pulling and going.
00:52:32I ain't gonna lie to you.
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.
00:52:41Yeah, we don't need to be here much longer, y'all.
00:52:42All of us.
00:52:43Let's go.
00:52:44Copy that.
00:52:45Let's get out of here.
00:52:54Dustin still needs at least $85,000 to save his mining future.
00:53:00I'm hoping 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, which will force them out of their claim.
00:53:12If it hits early, their season is over.
00:53:18A lot of black sand.
00:53:28Oh, man.
00:53:30Not much here.
00:53:31Just a gram or so.
00:53:32We've only dredged a little bit of bedrock bottom, the V. That'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 with millions
00:53:45of dollars in gold because we're right there and it's sad.
00:53:52You got some gold?
00:53:53Not much.
00:53:54Oh, .
00:53:56That's broke my heart just now looking at that .
00:54:00So it looks like we got less than an ounce, right?
00:54:03As far as fine gold, yeah.
00:54:05And the nugget.
00:54:08Two nuggets and some fine gold.
00:54:10Not the best of seasons so far.
00:54:13I don't know how to change that.
00:54:14We did what we did and 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.
00:54:26That'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?
00:54:34That's the thing.
00:54:34We got to step our game up somehow, some way.
00:54:37We need to put in as many hours as we possibly can because you can see that snow line coming
00:54:41down.
00:54:41Yeah.
00:54:42I'll dive every day that we have left.
00:54:44If I have to.
00:54:47It's going to be a push.
00:54:49If we don't push hard, we're going to regret it.
00:54:51Yep.
00:54:51We're going to have to do some double shifts though.
00:54:53Yeah.
00:54:54I'm up for it.
00:54:55Two divers go in for five hours, come out.
00:54:57The next two divers go in for five hours, come out.
00:54:59I mean, we get a lot of hours in a day that way.
00:55:02Yep.
00:55:02I think with two teams going in, there's a good chance we can uncover more, more, way more bedrock.
00:55:08Yeah.
00:55:09All right.
00:55:10So tomorrow, everybody's going in.
00:55:11I'm game for that.
00:55:12I mean, I'll stay on the dredge as long as y'all want to stay in the water.
00:55:15I said, let's go for it.
00:55:16So we'll do a double-double.
00:55:17Do a double-double.
00:55:18Double-double.
00:55:18We're going to double-double on the deuce-sluice.
00:55:39Hi.
00:55:41Out of fuel.
00:55:42Hopefully what we have up there and this will get us through at least one more day.
00:55:49Are these ready to rock and roll, Daniel?
00:55:51Yeah.
00:55:52The predicted snowstorm will drop over two feet of season-ending snow in less than 24 hours,
00:56:00shutting down Nugget Creek and potentially their mining careers.
00:56:04It's a warning that the winter is here.
00:56:09Snow's about to drop on the head.
00:56:10It's about to freeze and I'm out of money, but 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, yeah?
00:56:41This is it.
00:56:42We're going to do a blitz.
00:56:43All right.
00:56:44Let's get out of here, yo.
00:56:46Here we go.
00:57:04Final push, huh?
00:57:05Yeah.
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!
00:57:13You can shoot up.
00:57:15Yeah.
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.
00:57:40Walls saturated and this is where big rocks fall.
00:57:43Holy .
00:57:44You see it all?
00:57:46Yeah.
00:57:46That's all new.
00:57:47Holy .
00:57:48Look at the size of it.
00:57:49Oh, yeah.
00:57:51Any of these would kill you.
00:57:53I mean, we've got waterfalls coming down and it's going to bring Stree down.
00:57:56Yeah, so it's not going to be safe on the tent side whatsoever.
00:58:04All right, y'all.
00:58:05Just so you know, you are welcome to step out of this because this is a high risk situation
00:58:15that we're in.
00:58:16And you all understand that.
00:58:18Yeah.
00:58:18You will not let me down if you walk out of here right now because I understand how dangerous this
00:58:24is.
00:58:25So this is your choice to be here right now, right?
00:58:28Yeah.
00:58:28Everybody feel that?
00:58:29Copy that.
00:58:30Yeah.
00:58:31All right.
00:58:32We're doing this, aren't we?
00:58:40Just don't let the fever get a hold of you.
00:58:43If 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't help you.
00:58:51If I got to stick a hose in my mouth and jump in there naked, I'll be down there.
00:58:57I feel safe.
00:58:58Stay next!
00:59:00Give him a hug for me, Kyla.
00:59:02I will do that.
00:59:04I will do that.
00:59:05Okay.
00:59:06All standing.
00:59:06Danielle, dive everyone in the water.
00:59:10Right now, I want to see the gold.
00:59:13But more importantly, I want to make sure that all my people get out of here unscathed.
00:59:18Anything good?
00:59:19There it is.
00:59:20Good, man.
00:59:20You ready to rock and roll, dude?
00:59:22Copy that.
00:59:24All right.
00:59:25Two divers in.
00:59:27This is the big push.
00:59:31This is probably the most danger we've been in all year.
00:59:36I 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.
01:00:04This is why it's just going into gold.
01:00:11Oh, no.
01:00:16I'm in the rocks.
01:00:18I don't know.
01:00:18That's not gonna be a good part.
01:00:19That's pretty bad rock.
01:00:21It's so fun to clean the grass.
01:00:23Yeah, it is.
01:00:25Where are you going to find gold this year?
01:00:28Village ham.
01:00:29With a season-ending blizzard descending on Nugget Creek within hours...
01:00:34There's freaking gold there!
01:00:34There's gold in here. Nuggets, I guarantee there's fucking nuggets.
01:00:37Today's outcome will decide Dustin's future forever.
01:00:43Running out of time here, and 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.
01:01:12In a desperate attempt to get the $85,000 worth of gold Dustin needs to save his claims,
01:01:19his crew is diving in relay.
01:01:24We got two divers down.
01:01:26Nobody's been hit by a rock yet, and 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. I want to go for a dive.
01:01:45I'll probably have enough time to get this cleared off and get you guys some good bedrock.
01:01:49Y'all are going to be the ones to find the gold.
01:01:51Yeah.
01:01:52All right.
01:01:52We just got to go, go, go, go, go.
01:01:59Ready to go?
01:02:01Of 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.
01:02:18Oh, 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 some cold.
01:02:29Okay.
01:02:42Oh, .
01:02:46Oh, my God.
01:02:49It's this engine.
01:02:53That son of a bitch does not want to run.
01:02:57What's it doing?
01:02:59Just half power?
01:03:00Yeah.
01:03:01Yeah, I 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
01:03:10against the frigid creek to avoid hypothermic shock.
01:03:15It's cold.
01:03:18The is happening.
01:03:20It seems like our gas has to crash in it, and it's not letting it want to flow to the
01:03:24carburetor.
01:03:25So we know it's not the engine.
01:03:26It's got to be our fuel.
01:03:31Oh, I bet it's that son of a bitch right there.
01:03:36I think it's that bowl that goes on the fuel switch.
01:03:40What if I put the 10 mil and cracked it to see if there's any water in it?
01:03:44We can do that.
01:03:45Is there any way to clean those bowls out without the...
01:03:49You've got to turn it off.
01:03:51Yeah.
01:03:59She's going to have to come up so we can shut the engines off.
01:04:03Hey Danielle, come up for a minute please.
01:04:05We're going to have to shut this engine off in just a minute.
01:04:08Okay.
01:04:08Yeah, we've 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 so frigid cold too, but I'm not as bad as my foot.
01:04:21Hey, Carlos, here's what hot water she has to warm a boot up.
01:04:25We've got to turn off one of these engines.
01:04:28Can't be that.
01:04:33We're having trouble keeping our engines going.
01:04:35We think that there's water in the fuel.
01:04:38We'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.
01:04:53Hold on.
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.
01:05:08It had like filth in the bottom of it.
01:05:10Yeah.
01:05:11I think this is the problem.
01:05:14Alright, let's see if we can get this thing sorted.
01:05:20Yeah.
01:05:21That's what it was.
01:05:22That's what it was.
01:05:24Woo!
01:05:25Woo!
01:05:29Alright, back in action.
01:05:36I can feel my foot again.
01:05:41Good to go.
01:05:43Okay, you're ready.
01:05:44Rock and roll.
01:05:44Go get some gold.
01:05:46Woo-hoo!
01:05:48You just dove in like a frickin' gangster.
01:05:51Bring it on!
01:05:52Go get some gold!
01:05:53Go get some gold!
01:06:02It's been running all jagged down here.
01:06:07That's a good sign.
01:06:09This is our final push to get gold this season.
01:06:13Yep.
01:06:15Mud.
01:06:15This kid's super dangerous.
01:06:19The walls are absolutely saturated.
01:06:25Rock!
01:06:26Rocks are falling right now.
01:06:28This is not a good scenario, but we're doing it.
01:06:33Kind of desperate right now.
01:06:35Dustin has spent the last 14 years seeking his fortune in gold.
01:06:41Now, deep in debt, with a snowstorm at his door.
01:06:46He needs a huge score in the next few hours, or 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, because 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, frickin' get busy.
01:07:17And hopefully get gold, gold, gold, gold, gold.
01:07:22So, Danielle, it's like your time is up.
01:07:26No!
01:07:26No!
01:07:29Just get in.
01:07:35After nearly five hours, Danielle hands the baton to a fresh diver, Carlos.
01:07:41Good job!
01:07:42Good job!
01:07:43Yes, sir.
01:07:48All right, Paul.
01:07:49Coming in.
01:07:50Coming in.
01:07:54Good job!
01:07:55Yeah, I see the bedrock.
01:07:57Danielle, get a good job.
01:08:00Yeah!
01:08:01We're gonna get some too now.
01:08:03Come on, man.
01:08:04Give me some gold!
01:08:05Hey, Carlos.
01:08:06Yeah?
01:08:07Check all that out there.
01:08:09Okay, man.
01:08:15Oh, yeah, Paul!
01:08:17Oh, yeah!
01:08:19Good job!
01:08:20We got the bedrock bottom.
01:08:24The crew has already found a massive nugget.
01:08:28Now, they just need to follow the bedrock to its deepest point and its deposit of monster gold.
01:08:36Yeah, it's gonna get some gold out of here today.
01:08:38Oh, all right, thanks, Paul.
01:08:43We switched out one set of divers.
01:08:46We only got one left.
01:08:50Hey, Paul.
01:08:51Would that be a good time to switch?
01:08:53Yeah.
01:08:55Right now, I am done.
01:08:57Physically done.
01:08:59All right, Carlos.
01:08:59I'm out.
01:09:00All right, brother.
01:09:01Get up and out, 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.
01:09:26He 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 claims.
01:09:36All right, here we go.
01:09:42You down here, James?
01:09:43Yes, sir.
01:09:44I'm going with you.
01:09:46Paul left you a beautiful, beautiful, beautiful present, man.
01:09:52He left you with some gorgeous bedrock, and I got a lot of bedrock to my side, and I'm
01:09:59working 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, and there's a lot of jagged area and create catches for
01:10:15gold.
01:10:15Now, we're going to start taking like crazy now, James.
01:10:18Yep.
01:10:18There's probably some record-sized nuggets in there.
01:10:25Over the next three hours...
01:10:28Let's do it!
01:10:29Let's find some gold!
01:10:30James and Carlos follow the bedrock deeper and deeper.
01:10:35They've been down there working their butts off.
01:10:37An all-out blitz for gold.
01:10:41Man, so close.
01:10:58Oh, man!
01:11:01Hey, check my, uh...
01:11:05Check my compressor.
01:11:09It's rolling.
01:11:11Carlos, are you having trouble breathing?
01:11:15It's starting to pull.
01:11:16It's starting to...
01:11:18Come on up, dude. Don't do that .
01:11:20Get up here.
01:11:22Now 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.
01:12:23I just needed air to live.
01:12:25So, I had to cap out early.
01:12:29Night, man.
01:12:32So, as of right now,
01:12:35we're broke.
01:12:38Right now, it's all up to James.
01:12:40It's all yours, James.
01:12:42Be careful.
01:12:45Hey, James.
01:12:46Counting on you to do this.
01:12:49All right.
01:12:51Put the last one in,
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, and 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!
01:13:54Man, 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
01:14:07to change your whole life.
01:14:10So, yeah.
01:14:12I'm secretly hopeful.
01:14:32James?
01:14:32How's it looking down there?
01:14:35We're following the channel real quick.
01:14:38Hopefully there's a ton of gold.
01:14:41This is the first time
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
01:14:52to get gold.
01:14:55Yeah.
01:14:55Can you check the, uh, foot valves?
01:14:59I don't know what's going on with the water.
01:15:01It's cold.
01:15:02We're, uh, struggling with 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...
01:15:12Slow!
01:15:13But we have to throw.
01:15:14I'm running out of water, so...
01:15:16What is happening?
01:15:19Water dropped!
01:15:21Water dropped!
01:15:24The water f***ing turned off.
01:15:26Something's happened.
01:15:27Water dropped.
01:15:29So, the water dropped down to nothing.
01:15:32Which means,
01:15:33it's building up somewhere
01:15:35and there is about to be a wall of water coming at us.
01:15:40God damn!
01:15:42About to get a damn flash flood!
01:15:45A landslide up Creek
01:15:47has created a dam,
01:15:49potentially trapping thousands of tons of water behind it.
01:15:53When it breaks,
01:15:55a lethal tidal wave of mud and debris
01:15:58could surge down the valley,
01:16:00wiping out everything
01:16:02and anyone trapped in its path.
01:16:06Holy f***!
01:16:08See any kind of f***ing water coming,
01:16:11run!
01:16:11It's gonna hit us real hard.
01:16:13All at once.
01:16:16Get up!
01:16:17Diver up!
01:16:18Diver up!
01:16:19Quick!
01:16:20Get up!
01:16:21Get up here!
01:16:25Hey!
01:16:26We need to get the f*** out of here!
01:16:28Turn that off!
01:16:29Turn it off!
01:16:34Okay, okay, okay, okay, let'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!
01:16:44Get up the f***ing hill!
01:16:47That f*** 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?
01:17:11Ugh!
01:17:12Do not get caught in this!
01:17:18Holy s***, this is kinda 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!
01:17:50Fall!
01:17:50Gas!
01:17:51All right!
01:17:51Let's get the jenny started!
01:17:53Make sure it's got fuel in it!
01:17:54I can f***ing see gold in the f***ing box too!
01:17:57F***!
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 wanna keep them in my f***ing hand!
01:18:04F***!
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 is a long time with no water, man!
01:18:12Here it comes!
01:18:15Holly!
01:18:17What the f***?
01:18:29What the f***?
01:18:35Let's get the work!
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!
01:18:43Okay, let's get it!
01:18:43Go!
01:18:45Wes, pull it left.
01:18:46Go downstream instead of upstream.
01:18:49Break that if you have to, but get it out of there.
01:18:52Is this going to work?
01:18:54You got to pull on a little bit more, bro.
01:18:56Slow pull it.
01:18:57Get out of there.
01:18:59Get the out of there.
01:19:01Do it!
01:19:03Watch him, my dreads die.
01:19:12Just yank that as hard as you can, man.
01:19:19I'll take that.
01:19:22Better than it was.
01:19:30Oh, my God.
01:19:31You guys saved the dredge.
01:19:32Holy s***.
01:19:33I had that worry that we're going to have a 10-foot wave.
01:19:37What the f***?
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, absolutely.
01:20:31The miners must get out before they're trapped.
01:20:36Well, that's it, man.
01:20:39Yeah.
01:20:43So, I think we're done with the season right now.
01:20:48We've been beaten.
01:20:56This year was pretty damn miserable, honestly.
01:21:00Yeah, I 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.
01:21:21I'm sorry 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.
01:21:35So,
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,
01:21:52I'm not sure there's going to be a next season.
01:21:57This year was a financial disaster.
01:22:01I blame myself because you guys did your job.
01:22:05Sorry, guys.
01:22:15All right.
01:22:16Let's get out of here.
01:22:20Out of time
01:22:21and out of money,
01:22:24Dustin's 14-year
01:22:25treasure hunt
01:22:26for life-changing gold
01:22:28is 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
01:22:48and I've beaten my head against the wall
01:22:50throwing 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
01:22:59out of my damn account.
01:23:01And that creek beat me.
01:23:04I'm going to sell my claims.
01:23:09I don't know what else to do.
01:23:14Time to go!
01:23:15Time to go!
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