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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
00:03:31AHHH
00:03:57AHHH
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
00:04:52heavy across 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
00:05:05will be decided in 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.
00:05:38This is the last of the fuel, boys.
00:05:41We're about to get hammered with snow
00:05:43is 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
00:05:54to 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?
00:06:07I'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 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.
00:06:43We're running out of time.
00:06:44Chasing life changing gold.
00:06:45Oh, oh.
00:06:47Carlos.
00:06:47At Nugget Creek.
00:06:49Yeah.
00:06:50Yeah.
00:06:52Oh, oh.
00:06:53Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop.
00:06:55Winches are fire.
00:06:56But the curse of this legendary Creek
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 looks like it's a bust
00:07:15Now deep in debt if I don't hit it big I could lose my claims
00:07:20He has to get to the very bottom of the creek and start pulling out monster nuggets
00:07:26I'm about to fail before the Alaskan winter
00:07:29Destroys his dream
00:07:31Forever this is everything I have here everything
00:07:38Danielle ball. Yeah, you guys are diving today. Yeah. Yeah
00:07:43So far this season Dustin has mined gold worth barely
00:07:48$5,000 all you going in first yeah, but he needs at least a hundred thousand dollars to save his
00:07:55claim
00:07:58This year has been held on me. I could have made more
00:08:03Gold just playing with a pan
00:08:07Wanted to give up several times, but didn't see the gold
00:08:12We're all desperate. We are all desperate, you know that can take a toll on the person
00:08:18So all we can pray for
00:08:20It's 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 we 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
00:08:47Before a brutal storm buried it
00:08:51They frantically dug back down to 10 feet
00:08:55But put the walls of the dive hole at risk of collapse
00:08:59Now Danielle and Paul must clear the remaining boulders to get back to the bedrock
00:09:05And follow it down to the deepest point where dustin is banking on a claim saving deposit of monster nuggets
00:09:14Today my goal to hit that rock
00:09:18And between Paul and I one of us is gonna get there and find gold this year
00:09:25All right, you're good to go here
00:09:28All right, Paul watch yourself. Daniel's coming in. She might bring some rocks on top of you
00:09:35It's so clear down here
00:09:39We're gonna get some out now
00:09:41The clearer the water is the more production we get
00:09:48All right
00:09:52So all those rocks it's got a real real fine layer of sand on them, but they're not covered with
00:09:56any litter
00:09:58That sounds good
00:10:00So do you think today will be Daniel's first day to see bedrock down there?
00:10:05Hopefully
00:10:06I really hope so
00:10:08So let's find bedrock and actually find gold
00:10:12That would be amazing
00:10:15Hopefully
00:10:17So
00:10:20Let's see
00:10:25Might be able to load a basket right quick
00:10:28Where do you want it?
00:10:29Along the layer wall
00:10:30Copy
00:10:35Basket in the water
00:10:38Copy that
00:10:38I got it
00:10:49All right
00:10:49All right, Boston, you're ready to go
00:10:52All right, Paul
00:10:53Coming up
00:11:05What the hell?
00:11:07Stop!
00:11:08Stop!
00:11:11Wes, watch
00:11:16That could have killed a diver
00:11:19This is truly dangerous
00:11:22James
00:11:23I 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
00:11:31And then lift it up and once it's high enough
00:11:34You can walk with it and not hold on to it
00:11:36I'll try my hardest
00:11:38In their push to get down to the monster nuggets
00:11:43The crew dug almost vertically
00:11:47Now if any lift strikes the unstable walls
00:11:51They risk collapse
00:11:53Crushing the divers below
00:11:55The solution?
00:11:56Use a tagline and James's raw strength to steer the load clear
00:12:04I need to practice
00:12:06All right, coming up
00:12:11James
00:12:13Watch it, watch it, watch it
00:12:14Don't hook him
00:12:17Hold it, but keep coming
00:12:19Keep coming right there
00:12:21Stay 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
00:12:35That works
00:12:37All right, now come on upstream
00:12:38Try not to hit all the rock stuff
00:12:40Dude, that's perfect
00:12:42That's perfect
00:12:44That is perfect
00:12:45Look at that
00:12:52Today I stormed the castle
00:12:55We shall be victorious
00:13:00Over the next six hours
00:13:02Good drop, huh?
00:13:03Double boulder holder
00:13:05The miners get down to 13 feet
00:13:08Please find bedrock today
00:13:09But there's still no sign of bedrock
00:13:14It's a deep dig
00:13:18Frustrating, but they're probably this close
00:13:21We're getting close back to the bedrock
00:13:24But nothing, nothing yet
00:13:28Daylight is already fading
00:13:34But Danielle and Paul are desperate
00:13:36And refuse to quit
00:13:38Come on, let's just see some bedrock
00:13:40Damn it, don't stop me
00:13:45It was disheartening
00:13:47To hear that
00:13:48They have no sign of freaking bedrock yet
00:13:51Very disheartening
00:13:53Uh
00:13:54Damn
00:13:56We're supposed to be cleaning up
00:13:58With our freaking bucket
00:13:59Of freaking riches and gold
00:14:02Not looking for bedrock sale
00:14:06Damn it
00:14:10Disheartening
00:14:11Disheartening, man
00:14:11Disheartening
00:14:1715 minute warning
00:14:1815 minute warning
00:14:20You're kidding
00:14:22How's that 15 minute warning already?
00:14:27There'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
00:14:35I'm sleeping here
00:14:36What?
00:14:39She said
00:14:41I'm making this whole my bitch
00:14:43Send me a pillow
00:14:44I'm sleeping down here
00:14:50Yeah, Danielle
00:14:51You can do all you can do
00:14:53I said, let's go for it
00:14:59Hey, let's go
00:15:09All right, Danielle
00:15:10I think Paul's almost done here
00:15:11I can throw you this rope here
00:15:15I think she found
00:15:16Oh, okay
00:15:17I found bedrock
00:15:18I found bedrock
00:15:20Yes!
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
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
00:15:44Their hopes of saving the nugget creek claim
00:15:48Are still alive
00:15:50So we found freaking bedrock today
00:15:53Holy freaking moly
00:15:55Good freaking god dang news
00:15:57And all we have to do is follow the bedrock
00:16:00And you know what that freaking means?
00:16:02We're going to find the freaking gold
00:16:06Hell yeah
00:16:28Winter 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
00:16:41But they don't have enough uncovered
00:16:44I think she's on the tent side wall
00:16:48She's got that going down
00:16:49She's following that down
00:16:51They found the tent side of the bedrock wall
00:16:54Way down there
00:16:56That's good news
00:16:57Beautiful
00:17:03It's getting dark
00:17:04It's dangerous
00:17:05That'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
00:17:17I think Paul's almost done here
00:17:20I'm going to get out
00:17:21I'm going to get out
00:17:22Oh it's coming up
00:17:23Hop in that
00:17:28Yeah see how excited Danielle was
00:17:30That's the first time she ever wanted to stay down
00:17:32She didn't know I want to come out
00:17:38Definitely come up
00:17:40Stand by here
00:17:46I got my eyes on this bedrock business
00:17:51Good job on bedrock
00:17:55Good job
00:17:58But just as I'm finding it
00:18:00They wanted me to come up
00:18:02And I was refusing
00:18:04Because I thought it was bedrock
00:18:06And it turns out I was right
00:18:09All right we got down to bedrock
00:18:10Let's just follow that down
00:18:12Now we can dig from here on out right
00:18:14Yeah man
00:18:16Things are looking great
00:18:17All right
00:18:17Let's get out of here
00:18:19Come up with a strategy for tomorrow
00:18:21Copy that
00:18:21Sounds good
00:18:44The snow's almost here y'all
00:18:46It's here
00:18:46Like we're about to get dropped on
00:18:48Let's just
00:18:50Try everything we can
00:18:51To get to the bottom of this thing
00:18:52And find gold
00:18:53Because right now
00:18:54We're at the desperation stage
00:18:55If I don't hit it big
00:18:57I could lose everything
00:19:01I honestly think we're that close
00:19:03To hitting the pastry
00:19:05I just think we are
00:19:07We know there's gold there
00:19:08Yeah
00:19:08Danielle fell on the bedrock
00:19:10So all we got to do is just
00:19:12Uncover it you know
00:19:13Follow it
00:19:14Follow it
00:19:14That's it
00:19:15All right
00:19:15So uh
00:19:16James Carlos
00:19:17We'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
00:19:23Bottom bottom
00:19:24So as soon as you find that
00:19:26We're gonna find gold
00:19:27I'm gonna apologize now
00:19:28I think we left you guys
00:19:29A lot of basket rocks down there
00:19:30Man
00:19:31That's okay
00:19:31I'll take care of you
00:19:32I bet James can get them rocks out quick
00:19:34He does like six baskets in like 20 minutes
00:19:39Let's go have a good day
00:19:40All right
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 any luck
00:19:57There's a whole bunch of nugs down there
00:20:06The crew still has a weather window of four days to strike a jackpot
00:20:11That could net Dustin far more than the $95,000 he needs to save his claims
00:20:20It looks lower than it did yesterday
00:20:23Yeah it definitely does doesn't it
00:20:25Is there enough water for the dredge?
00:20:30We'll make it work
00:20:31Yeah
00:20:36It froze big time on top
00:20:38Side of water it's 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 it's
00:21:01Look I'm standing out of the water
00:21:05Oh oh oh oh oh oh
00:21:07I got that
00:21:09That probably is right there
00:21:09That's probably good
00:21:10Good
00:21:13If we build a dam across here it'll bring it up
00:21:17Yeah we can do it
00:21:18All hands on deck
00:21:22This is gonna work good
00:21:24Yep
00:21:29Go Lowe's
00:21:30Yes sir
00:21:30Let's go open up some water a little more flow
00:21:33A little more flow gotcha
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
00:21:39And uh that's gonna have to come from upstream
00:21:44All season they've shielded their dive hole from the raging creek
00:21:49Just need a little bit not a lot
00:21:52Redirect
00:21:53Yeah yeah
00:21:54But now they must risk opening up part of the weir so they can float the dredge
00:22:02That should do it
00:22:04We were restricting it before to keep the kitty litter out but now we needed more water to run the
00:22:09dredge
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 sure do
00:22:16It tripled it
00:22:17Okay good that's good
00:22:20I think what they did worked
00:22:22Wow
00:22:23That's cool
00:22:24We're floating
00:22:25Let's go find some gold
00:22:33Who's going on first me
00:22:38We're going to crush this place we are going to get rich
00:22:42Y'all are going to find some gold today
00:22:45I'm going for it
00:22:46All right James
00:22:47I think you're ready to rock and roll dude
00:22:50All the hoes
00:22:52Wherever I go
00:22:54Come on
00:22:56Gold
00:22:57Gold hound is on the prowl
00:23:01Yeah get some bedrock
00:23:03Somewhere around here
00:23:05What I was hoping for you buddy was
00:23:08Find that wall and go for the bottom
00:23:12All right
00:23:12It goes way down
00:23:15How's the depth on you
00:23:16I'd say
00:23:1814 feet
00:23:20All right let's find some gold
00:23:23That's right yeah James that's the spirit
00:23:27Nice shot
00:23:29James's mission
00:23:31Follow the sloping bedrock to its deepest point where it should be chock full of season-saving nuggets
00:23:39Today
00:23:40Today 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 i'm praying the gold this might
00:23:52Be our last dive day for this season no one knows it might get snow tonight
00:23:57So the countdown's on right now
00:24:04All right i think you're ready to go hopefully i'll find some gold today
00:24:08Game on man
00:24:09Game on
00:24:10Find some gold
00:24:10Find some damn gold
00:24:18Carlos is in
00:24:19All right
00:24:20Holy
00:24:22Jogan head first
00:24:23Where'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 not covering it right now
00:24:47They found a vertical wall that's starting to slope out towards the bottom
00:24:52and James is downstream Carlos is upstream and they're both just
00:24:56Following 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
00:25:36In just four days
00:25:39Yeah we're on borrowed time right now
00:25:41Yeah
00:25:41It's getting close to the end of the year
00:25:44But now on bedrock
00:25:45The 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
00:25:55Can't let this go
00:25:57I need this to happen
00:26:01It's getting a good piece of bedrock uncovered
00:26:04Oh yeah
00:26:06You're talking about the wall right
00:26:08Yeah we're talking about the wall
00:26:09It's still going
00:26:10It's sliding down man
00:26:11Towards that middle
00:26:13We're uncovering a lot of real estate
00:26:19We should pluck that boulder
00:26:32We're on a sloping bedrock wall
00:26:35I haven't found the bottom yet
00:26:38Damn they're getting close it sounds like
00:26:40You can tell they're getting a little excited about it
00:26:43You're hearing it breathing too
00:26:47Yeah
00:26:48We're trying to get this boulder to move
00:26:53Come on
00:26:54.
00:26:59It's moving
00:27:00It's moving
00:27:01Is it?
00:27:02Yeah
00:27:02It's moving
00:27:03We got a movement
00:27:05You think we're ready for the heading ball?
00:27:07Yep
00:27:07Okay
00:27:08All right
00:27:09Something's dropping it down on you
00:27:12Okay
00:27:12Okay
00:27:13Come on down
00:27:14You guys should back up
00:27:17All right
00:27:18You got it hooked up
00:27:20Up on the heading ball
00:27:21Up on the heading ball
00:27:23It's moving
00:27:24Holy
00:27:24Look out
00:27:27That went right toward me
00:27:29I know
00:27:30You got to take both of us
00:27:32I don't know it
00:27:37What the
00:27:39It loves you dude
00:27:42That was an Indiana Jones
00:27:46Good job
00:27:47That's the side truck
00:27:49Okay
00:27:49Thank you man
00:27:51That was freaky man
00:27:55That's a big one
00:27:58Holy
00:27:58James
00:27:59We're really deep dude
00:28:00We're at 15 feet
00:28:0215 feet?
00:28:04Oh man
00:28:05It's going deeper and deeper
00:28:10Man that color that's coming out of something else
00:28:13That's all for you dude
00:28:15There's going to be gold in there
00:28:18Everybody's got gold fever
00:28:19When you hit the bedrock
00:28:20That's all you can think about
00:28:34Awesome work
00:28:35We're still going to 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
00:28:57It goes straight down dude
00:29:00Yeah
00:29:00I can't go any further down
00:29:02I get it
00:29:03I get it
00:29:07Carlos and James are on the hunt
00:29:09For the creek's deepest point
00:29:11Where the bedrock walls meet
00:29:14This deep V
00:29:15Is the collection point
00:29:17For all the creek's biggest nuggets
00:29:19But if their search continues too far
00:29:22Under the weir
00:29:24Instead of reaching the bonanza
00:29:27They could trigger a massive landslide
00:29:30That would bury them alive
00:29:34So no bottom inside huh?
00:29:37Nope
00:29:38And it's still going down man
00:29:40Towards the freaking middle
00:29:43I can't pull them out yet
00:29:45I have to know
00:29:46I know it's cold
00:29:48I know they've been in a long time
00:29:50But I need to know what they're seeing
00:29:56James and Carlos have been non-stop digging
00:30:01Chasing down the bedrock for close to eight hours
00:30:07But they're over 16 feet deep
00:30:10And there's still no sign of the bottom
00:30:14Hey James watch yourself for us
00:30:20Basket's clear
00:30:21Up to that
00:30:25Could be that we're absolutely skunked on this dig
00:30:32It's time
00:30:36Hey just a heads up guys
00:30:3815 minute warning
00:30:39Oh
00:30:40You sure?
00:30:41It's starting to get dark up here
00:30:42Copy that
00:30:48Can you see you on the bill?
00:30:49Can you see you on the bill?
00:30:49Can you see you on the bill?
00:30:50Can you see you on the bill?
00:30:51I can't pick you up man
00:30:57I think he's just exhausted
00:30:59I think he's just exhausted
00:31:00You alright?
00:31:01Yeah
00:31:04Oh, oh, oh
00:31:06I'm a little dredge drunk
00:31:11You alright?
00:31:16Oh it is dark up here
00:31:18Oh yeah
00:31:19Yeah
00:31:20It's dark
00:31:20You 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
00:31:30No
00:31:32Alright
00:31:35Carlos is exposed five feet of a vertical-ish wall
00:31:41That's bedrock
00:31:42And it's all the way down there
00:31:44And it's heading underneath the weir
00:31:47So it's just shooting straight down
00:31:49Apparently it's way, way deeper than we thought
00:31:59Is there some gold?
00:32:01Not a
00:32:02Not a thing
00:32:05Feels like my house just burned down
00:32:07That's what I feel right now
00:32:10I get to sell my flames if I fail
00:32:32God we need some gold
00:32:34Yeah
00:32:34This is our pivotal moment
00:32:36This is it
00:32:38Holy
00:32:38You can see all the way down to the bottom dude
00:32:40I can see bedrock down there
00:32:43After a season battling mother nature
00:32:46Dustin's crew believes they are in striking distance
00:32:49Of a life-changing payday in gold
00:32:52And we still have time to hit it big
00:32:55The snow is not all the way down the mountain yet
00:32:57So we just got to hit it hard
00:32:59But if the bedrock continues to slope under the weir
00:33:03They'll never get to the bottom
00:33:05Before the forecast snowstorm shuts them down
00:33:11So 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
00:33:28Anywhere else
00:33:29I've got to make this work because I don't want to sell the claims
00:33:33And I can see that I've lost my crew a bit because I don't know what I'm doing
00:33:42Right there there we're way past it
00:33:44That ought to be good
00:33:47Winter's knocking on its door right now
00:33:50We're tired
00:33:51But we're giving him giving her another shot and we still have a chance
00:33:58You guys want to put on some dive suits to get in the hole?
00:34:02Yeah
00:34:03Cool
00:34:08Danielle on the near side of the dive hole will follow the exposed bedrock
00:34:14While Paul hunts for bedrock on the far side right under the weir
00:34:20But it's a massive gamble and risks triggering an underwater landslide
00:34:26Burying both divers under 20 tons of boulders
00:34:32Could be that there's enough hard pack to undermine that weir a little bit
00:34:36But you'd have to be pretty damn brave to do that because it's a death sentence if it comes down
00:34:40on you
00:34:43You're buried forever it'll take us months to find your body
00:34:51It's gonna be a dangerous dive today
00:34:54But uh we got to do something drastic to be able to get on this gold line so uh
00:35:01I'm just gonna undercut the weir
00:35:06Start listening for that crackle noise
00:35:08If you hear any crackling just don't be shy to shove real hard to get away from that wall
00:35:16I'm 95% sure you're gonna 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
00:35:32You can hear the rock hitting before it comes down and it gives you an extra
00:35:37millisecond to get yourself out of there without dying
00:35:39If there's a vertical wall or an undercut
00:35:42No warning except this little crack noise
00:35:45It's a little crunchy noise
00:35:48And we all know what it means
00:35:50Death is coming is what it means
00:36:00It's gonna be a little tight down here but
00:36:02I think we can manage it
00:36:07I just really really want today to be the day that we find some gold
00:36:13Just like one nugget and then we can follow that trail to the rest of it
00:36:20How's it looking down there Paul?
00:36:23Not bad
00:36:24A little bit of hard pack over here
00:36:28No bad rock?
00:36:30Not on the square side yet
00:36:33Weird colored hard pack it's like yellow
00:36:37Last year that same color I found nuggets in it
00:36:44Is that good?
00:36:46Yes sir
00:36:46All right
00:36:49High pressure hose down there so it's gonna be a spaghetti dinner down there for you guys
00:36:53So don't get caught up every so often check your hoses
00:36:57All right Danielle looks like you're ready to rock and roll
00:37:06Couldn't ask for a better day
00:37:07Sun is shining birds are singing crystal clear water
00:37:12This is a perfect day for gold amigo
00:37:18This is the most pristine clearest water I've ever seen on nugget creek
00:37:23Unbelievable
00:37:29All right guys we've got this high pressure washer for you
00:37:33Don't get tangled up in the water
00:37:36All right
00:37:37Oh perfect
00:37:37All right
00:37:50I can use the gary now
00:37:53Copy that gary that
00:37:56Right on his head
00:37:57Right on his head
00:38:00I can help you with those rocks
00:38:15Look at that rusty sucker
00:38:18That had to have been on bedrock
00:38:20Yep
00:38:21Damn they're getting close
00:38:23You got bedrock bottom?
00:38:27Not yet
00:38:30Bedrock just keeps diving to that corner
00:38:33We may have to tear it down
00:38:36I'm worried if the bottom of this creek is underneath that we're
00:38:42We do not have the time to move that we're
00:38:51Paul and Danielle slug it out
00:38:56Inch by inch
00:38:59Rock by rock
00:39:02I'll do that
00:39:03Desperate to reach the deepest point and a season saving pile of nuggets
00:39:19They've been in over five hours now
00:39:21But I got to know what they're seeing
00:39:23This is our pivotal moment
00:39:25It can flood all night
00:39:26And 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
00:39:41It's what I thought it was going straight down
00:39:43I got to open up some room
00:39:48Bedrock's still going to that other wall
00:39:50It's underneath the weir at this point
00:39:56All my nightmares are coming true
00:40:03Oh my god it's steep
00:40:05Holy
00:40:12It's a long dive
00:40:13They're going to be tired when they come out
00:40:16Right now they're getting a little bit dredged drunk
00:40:19You know silent
00:40:20They definitely earned their chow and a good night's sleep
00:40:31Hell yeah look at that
00:40:33That was on bedrock wasn't it
00:40:34Yep
00:40:35Yep
00:40:35Got to be hitting bottom anytime soon
00:40:39Wow
00:40:41That boulder was sitting in that bottom V
00:40:44Holy
00:40:46It's coming up bedtime
00:40:49That is beautiful
00:40:52Wow look at that
00:40:53It's coming back up
00:40:55So you're on the bottom and you found the bottom V
00:40:58Yeah
00:40:59Yeah
00:41:00We've got the weir wall
00:41:03We have got the weir bedrock wall exposed
00:41:07Oh my god
00:41:12Holy
00:41:13Oh god
00:41:19God damn look at that
00:41:23Wow that's so cool
00:41:29All month I've been thinking
00:41:33Did I put the weir in the wrong spot and this is going to skunk we're going to be
00:41:38We're done that's it
00:41:41I feel relieved right now
00:41:46So do we follow it backwards or do we follow it up
00:41:51I'll keep taking this side of it just to stay on that V
00:41:54Okay
00:41:58Finding the V where the bedrock walls meet has given them a fighting chance
00:42:04Now Danielle and Paul need to follow the gold line to its deepest point
00:42:10Cleaning up a trail of claim-saving nuggets as they go
00:42:17You guys keep on digging I'm gonna go get your meals for you
00:42:20You can stay the night
00:42:24I'm game
00:42:28I'm going to go to the출 of the hotel
00:42:28I'm going to go to the hotel
00:42:29Oh my god
00:42:36What is it?
00:42:38Oh
00:42:38What is it?
00:42:39Are you feeling?
00:42:42No, I don't think so
00:42:44What the ?
00:42:46It is right?
00:42:47What?
00:42:50It looks like it.
00:42:52Did you find gold?
00:42:54Yes.
00:42:57Seriously?
00:42:58A nugget.
00:43:00You might want to take that up.
00:43:02I think it's real.
00:43:05Is this real?
00:43:07Or am I dreaming?
00:43:10Oh!
00:43:12Isn't it a nugget?
00:43:13Oh, my God!
00:43:18Oh, my God!
00:43:22Oh, my God!
00:43:23Oh, my God!
00:43:25Look at that!
00:43:26Look at that!
00:43:30Oh, my God!
00:43:52What is it?
00:43:53Holy .
00:43:54What?
00:43:55Do you see us?
00:43:57All right?
00:43:58I don't think so.
00:44:00What the ?
00:44:02It is, right?
00:44:03What?
00:44:06It looks like it.
00:44:08You might want to take that up.
00:44:10Is this real?
00:44:12Or am I dreaming?
00:44:14Oh, my God!
00:44:16Oh, my God!
00:44:18Is it a nugget?
00:44:18Oh, my God!
00:44:22Yeah!
00:44:23Yeah!
00:44:27Yeah!
00:44:28Yeah!
00:44:28That was real.
00:44:29Oh, my God!
00:44:31Oh, look at that!
00:44:33Oh, look at that!
00:44:35Yeah!
00:44:38That was not to be in that moment.
00:44:41for months the crew has battled setback after setback but now with the storm less than three
00:44:49days away they're finally on the gold
00:45:02a large nugget like this is worth more than its weight value alone and could fetch
00:45:09over ten thousand dollars there's gonna be more of those tripling dustin's gold count
00:45:18but not enough to save his claims good job guys
00:45:31oh my god that's amazing look at that that is beautiful
00:45:38that's a museum piece i can't believe it about damn time that's easily worth ten grand right
00:45:46there yeah if you find one there's more yeah it's about time so that's the channel it's a line of
00:45:57gold
00:45:59this is awesome we found our first real nugget of season and uh it's beautiful
00:46:07there's gonna be nuggets all the way up that
00:46:17they're at that max limit they're tired
00:46:24now what do you need to come up it's dark again
00:46:29it's not safe
00:46:42they found the bee they're at the bottom it's on this side of the weir it's on the tent side
00:46:48of the
00:46:48the weir and there's very obviously nuggets in there this means we're not fully screwed
00:46:56and i'm damn excited i'm gonna sleep really well tonight this is amazing
00:47:04wow damn time welcome back
00:47:09thank you yay good dive
00:47:12did great can you believe what you just did
00:47:16no you just found a two ounce plus nugget by the way
00:47:21congratulations
00:47:29oh wow unreal it's been so heavy
00:47:36that's beautiful it's beautiful isn't it
00:47:39this just paid for most of our fuel this year right here
00:47:42that's what you did you found a chunk of gold that paid for pretty much all of our fuel
00:47:49holy cow i wish my first nugget would have been a two ounce nugget
00:47:58yeah carla
00:48:02what can i say this is the best day ever best day all season for sure
00:48:09i'm like so stoked to be a part of this that was incredible i
00:48:14like i still think i'm dreaming
00:48:19how's the long one yeah
00:48:23good job paul
00:48:25damn good man
00:48:28do i see it
00:48:29yeah
00:48:32oh wow it is a beautiful piece
00:48:35good job man damn good dig
00:48:42oh
00:48:42oh
00:48:43oh
00:48:45finally got two birds one stone you got the nugget i found the weird 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 this is going to work out really good now i think
00:49:06i just need to keep going
00:49:19jesus
00:49:22what a roller coaster
00:49:24i'm going to celebrate with a seltzer and you guys i got extra seltzers if you need one
00:49:49so it's raining like hell yeah yeah it is dustin has sunk his life savings hunting for gold at nugget
00:49:56creek
00:49:57but yesterday danielle found what could be the first in a trail of monster nuggets proof that they're closing in
00:50:06on claim saving gold
00:50:08today was supposed to be our day
00:50:12but 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 but
00:50:23it's a death sentence man
00:50:25yeah
00:50:27over the seasons
00:50:29the fractured walls above the dive sites have rained down on the miners below
00:50:34run run run get up here guys get up here
00:50:36the danger heightened by frequent earthquakes
00:50:43and severe weather
00:50:45the power of this water is just insane
00:50:48this is a freaking nightmare
00:50:50two years ago
00:50:51a coastal typhoon
00:50:54slammed into nugget creek
00:50:55until it raged at over nine feet
00:50:58a 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
00:51:15it's not worth your damn life
00:51:17so nobody is going to dive today
00:51:21god dang it
00:51:25well what do we do while we wait
00:51:31well we're not digging
00:51:33i know it's not much but maybe we can see what we got
00:51:36yeah
00:51:37yeah let's do a clean up then
00:51:38let's do it
00:51:47so 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
00:51:57that is a lot of water
00:52:03hey paul
00:52:04i 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
00:52:18all right
00:52:20so let's go do the fastest cleanup we've ever done
00:52:23and get out of here
00:52:24all right
00:52:24so let's go do the fastest cleanup we've ever done
00:52:25copy that
00:52:25let's do it
00:52:28fast and furious
00:52:29we're not picking around we're just pulling and going
00:52:32i ain't gonna lie to you i don't like this at all
00:52:35this is bad news
00:52:36yeah i get it
00:52:37did the water just intensify
00:52:39yeah we need to hurry up and get out of here
00:52:40yeah we don't need to be here much longer y'all
00:52:42all of us let's go
00:52:43copy that
00:52:44let's get out of here
00:52:52let's get out of here
00:52:53dustin still needs at least eighty five thousand dollars 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
00:53:07in less than 48 hours
00:53:09which will force them out of their claim
00:53:11if it hits early
00:53:13their season is over
00:53:18a lot of black sand
00:53:29not much here just a gram or so
00:53:32we've only dredged a little bit of bedrock bottom
00:53:34the v that's the deepest spot
00:53:36we're essentially running out of time
00:53:40hopefully it doesn't snow
00:53:41because it'd be nice to try to
00:53:43end the season with millions of dollars in gold
00:53:45because we're right there and it's sad
00:53:52you got some gold
00:53:53not much
00:53:54oh
00:53:57that's broke my heart just now looking at that
00:54:00so it looks like we got less than an ounce right
00:54:03as far as fine gold yeah
00:54:05and the nugget
00:54:08two nuggets and some fine gold
00:54:10not the best of seasons so far
00:54:13i don't know how to change that
00:54:14we did what we did
00:54:15and out of seasons come into a crashing hole
00:54:18well we're not ready to give up yet right
00:54:20yeah
00:54:21you got to remember also we
00:54:23dredged two feet of the bedrock
00:54:25that'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
00:54:32uncover 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
00:54:40because you can see that snow line coming down
00:54:41yeah i'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 i'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
00:55:00we get a lot of hours in a day that way
00:55:02yep
00:55:02i think with two teams going in
00:55:04mm-hmm
00:55:04there's a good chance we can get
00:55:06we can uncover more and more
00:55:07way more bedrock
00:55:08yeah
00:55:09all right so
00:55:10tomorrow everybody's going in
00:55:11i'm game for that
00:55:12i mean i'll stay on the dredge
00:55:13as long as y'all want to stay in the water
00:55:14i say let's go for it
00:55:16so we'll do a double double
00:55:17do a double double
00:55:18we're going to double double on the deuce sluice
00:55:39hi
00:55:41out of fuel
00:55:42hopefully what we have up there
00:55:44and this will get us through at least one more day
00:55:49are these ready to rock and roll daniel
00:55:50yeah
00:55:52the predicted snowstorm
00:55:54will drop over two feet of season-ending snow
00:55:57in less than 24 hours
00:56:00shutting down nugget creek
00:56:02and potentially
00:56:02their mining careers
00:56:04it's a warning
00:56:05that the winter is here
00:56:08snow's about to drop on the head
00:56:10it's about to freeze
00:56:11and i'm out of money
00:56:12but we're going to keep going
00:56:15sorry i'm late guys
00:56:17i had to put on double socks
00:56:18because i'm cold
00:56:20there he is
00:56:21cold
00:56:24all right so what we're going to try to do today
00:56:26we're going to get two divers in
00:56:29and then you guys are going to rotate out
00:56:30and 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 y'all
00:56:45here we go
00:56:46here we go
00:57:04final push huh
00:57:05yeah
00:57:07all right so let's get the jenny started
00:57:09let's drop this dredge
00:57:10and we're doing this
00:57:12danielle
00:57:13you can shoot up
00:57:14yeah
00:57:16i know there's more gold down there
00:57:18so i just want to get in there and get after it
00:57:21and tap out knowing that i worked the hardest i could
00:57:25and 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 and this is where big rocks fall
00:57:43holy
00:57:44you see it all
00:57:45yeah
00:57:46that's all new
00:57:47holy
00:57:47look at the size of it
00:57:49oh yeah
00:57:51any of these would kill you
00:57:53but
00:57:54i mean we got waterfalls coming down
00:57:55that's going to bring street down
00:57:56yeah so
00:57:58it's not going to be safe on the tent side
00:58:00whatsoever
00:58:04all right y'all
00:58:05just so you know
00:58:08you are welcome to step out of this
00:58:11because
00:58:13this is a high risk situation that we're in
00:58:16and you all understand that
00:58:18yeah
00:58:18you will not let me down
00:58:20if you walk out of here right now
00:58:22because i understand how dangerous this is
00:58:24so this is your choice to be here right now right
00:58:28everybody feel that
00:58:29copy that
00:58:30yeah
00:58:31all right
00:58:32we're doing this aren't we
00:58:40just don't let the fever get a hold of you
00:58:43you mess around too much
00:58:44and the rocks come on top of you
00:58:46i can't help you
00:58:47that's when you'll stay forever
00:58:49don't worry baby i can help you
00:58:51if i gotta stick a hose in my mouth and jump in there naked i'll be down there
00:58:55thank you
00:58:56i feel safe
00:58:57save it
00:58:59give him a hug for me kyla
00:59:01i will do that
00:59:04i will do that okay
00:59:05all standing danielle
00:59:07dive everyone in the water
00:59:10right now
00:59:11now
00:59:11i want to see the gold
00:59:13but more importantly i want to make sure that all my people get out of here unscathed
00:59:19there 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
00:59:33oh yeah
00:59:34oh yeah
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
00:59:51by far
00:59:53just need everybody to get out alive
01:00:18it
01:00:18needs it
01:00:18that pretty dead rock
01:00:21this is how fun it cleans that rock
01:00:23yeah it is
01:00:24a good guy
01:00:25Where are you going to find gold this year?
01:00:28Village ham.
01:00:29With a season-ending blizzard
01:00:31descending on Nugget Creek within hours...
01:00:34There's freaking gold in here. Nuggets.
01:00:36I guarantee there's fucking nuggets.
01:00:37Today's outcome will decide
01:00:39Dustin'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,
01:00:49I could lose clay.
01:00:52Come on, guys.
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
01:01:13to get the $85,000 worth of gold
01:01:16Dustin needs to save his claims,
01:01:19his crew is diving in relay.
01:01:24We've got two divers down.
01:01:26Nobody's been hit by a rock yet,
01:01:28and we've got two more divers to go.
01:01:31I want to see as much bedrock cleaned off
01:01:34as I could possibly get today.
01:01:36Danielle and Paul have been diving
01:01:38for 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
01:01:46to get this cleared off
01:01:47and get you guys some good bedrock.
01:01:49Y'all are going to be the ones
01:01:50to find the gold.
01:01:51Yep.
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
01:02:13down there right now?
01:02:16We're in a full-body
01:02:17brain freeze right now.
01:02:18Oh, gosh.
01:02:20My right foot is frozen,
01:02:21but I was trying to fight through it.
01:02:25Can you get some more
01:02:26hot water down there?
01:02:27Danielle, it's getting cold.
01:02:29Okay.
01:02:46Oh, my God.
01:02:50It's this engine.
01:02:53That son of a bitch
01:02:54does not want to run.
01:02:57What's it doing?
01:02:59Just have power?
01:03:00Yeah.
01:03:01Yeah, I know that's got to be
01:03:02part of her heat problem.
01:03:04The heat exchange
01:03:05from the dredge engines
01:03:06delivers the vital hot water
01:03:09Danielle needs
01:03:10against the frigid creek
01:03:11to avoid hypothermic shock.
01:03:15It's cold.
01:03:18It's happening.
01:03:20It seems like our gas
01:03:21has to crash in it
01:03:22and it's not letting it
01:03:24want to flow to the carburetor.
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
01:03:34I bet it's that son of a bitch
01:03:35right there.
01:03:36I think it's that bowl
01:03:37that goes on the fuel switch.
01:03:40What if I put the 10 mil
01:03:42and cracked it
01:03:42to see if there's any water
01:03:43in it?
01:03:44You can do that.
01:03:45Is there any way
01:03:47to clean those bowls out
01:03:49without the...
01:03:49You've got to turn it off.
01:03:51Yeah.
01:03:59She's going to have to come up
01:04:00so we can shut the engines off.
01:04:03Hey, Danielle,
01:04:03come up for a minute, please.
01:04:05We're going to have to
01:04:05shut this engine off
01:04:06for 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
01:04:14any hot water
01:04:14to my right foot.
01:04:18My hands are still
01:04:19freaking cold, too,
01:04:20but I'm not as bad
01:04:21as my foot.
01:04:22Hey, Carlos,
01:04:23use what hot water
01:04:24she has to warm up
01:04:25with up.
01:04:25We've got to turn off
01:04:26one of these engines.
01:04:27Cut me that.
01:04:33We're having trouble
01:04:34keeping our engines going.
01:04:35We think that there's
01:04:36water in the fuel.
01:04:38We're going to drain
01:04:39some of that,
01:04:39see how that goes.
01:04:40I don't really know
01:04:41what else to do.
01:04:43I think it's too wet
01:04:44for these engines
01:04:45to keep running like this.
01:04:47No, brother.
01:04:48Hold on, hold on,
01:04:49hold on.
01:04:54Here.
01:04:57There it goes.
01:05:02Full right here.
01:05:04Yeah.
01:05:04It's what's stopping us.
01:05:06That wouldn't surprise me
01:05:07a bit.
01:05:08It had, like,
01:05:09filth in the bottom of it.
01:05:10Yeah.
01:05:11I think this is the problem.
01:05:14All right,
01:05:14let's see if we can
01:05:15get this thing sorted.
01:05:20That's what it was.
01:05:22Yeah.
01:05:22That's what it was.
01:05:24Woo!
01:05:24Woo!
01:05:28All right,
01:05:30back in action.
01:05:32All right,
01:05:33hook me back up.
01:05:37I can feel my foot again.
01:05:41Good to go.
01:05:43Okay, you're ready.
01:05:44Rock and roll.
01:05:44Go get some gold.
01:05:46Woo!
01:05:47Woo!
01:05:48Woo!
01:05:48You just dove in
01:05:49like a freaking gangster.
01:05:51Bring it on!
01:06:06That's a good sign.
01:06:09This is our final push
01:06:12to get gold this season.
01:06:14Yep, mud.
01:06:16This kid's super dangerous.
01:06:19The walls are absolutely saturated.
01:06:26Rocks are falling right now.
01:06:28This is not a good scenario, but we're doing it.
01:06:33Kind of desperate right now.
01:06:35Dustin has spent the last 14 years seeking his fortune in gold.
01:06:41Now, deep in debt, with a snowstorm at his door,
01:06:46he needs a huge score in the next few hours,
01:06:49or he faces the end of his mining career.
01:06:56This is the race against time right now.
01:06:58The weather's coming down.
01:07:00It's going to bring snow.
01:07:03And Danielle has been in a long time.
01:07:08We don't want her to get dredged drunk
01:07:10because that's when accidents happen.
01:07:12So we're going to tag in, tag out, tag a deal.
01:07:14I'm going to get down, freaking get busy,
01:07:17and hopefully get gold, gold, gold, gold, gold.
01:07:21So, Danielle, it's like your time is up.
01:07:26No!
01:07:29Just getting in.
01:07:35After nearly five hours,
01:07:37Danielle hands the baton to a fresh diver, Carlos.
01:07:41Good job!
01:07:42Good job!
01:07:43Yeah, okay.
01:07:48All right, Paul, coming in.
01:07:50Tough that.
01:07:54Oh, wow.
01:07:56Yeah, I see the bedrock.
01:07:57Danielle, get a good job.
01:08:24The crew has already found a massive nugget.
01:08:27Now, they just need to follow the bedrock
01:08:31to its deepest point
01:08:32and its deposit of monster gold.
01:08:36Jeff, it's going to get some gold out of here today.
01:08:38Oh, all right, Paul.
01:08:43We switched out one set of divers.
01:08:46We only got one left.
01:08:50Hey, Paul,
01:08:51would now be a good time to switch?
01:08:53Yes.
01:08:53Yeah.
01:08:55Right now, I am done.
01:08:57Physically done.
01:08:58All right, Carlos, I'm out.
01:09:00All right, brother.
01:09:01Good job, man.
01:09:04I'm the last one to get in,
01:09:06and this is it.
01:09:07Our final push.
01:09:09They're on bedrock,
01:09:10but we're going with a Hail Mary right now.
01:09:14I want to get in there
01:09:15and do what the gold hound does.
01:09:19I want to get in there and find gold.
01:09:21Millions.
01:09:23Come on, man.
01:09:24We got this.
01:09:25Oh, yeah.
01:09:26He said it's a final push, man.
01:09:30We got a lot of riding on this, man.
01:09:32I don't want to sell the planes.
01:09:35All right, here we go.
01:09:42You down here, James?
01:09:43Yes, sir.
01:09:44I'm going with you.
01:09:46Paul left you a beautiful,
01:09:48beautiful, beautiful present, man.
01:09:52He left you with some gorgeous bedrock,
01:09:54and I got a lot of bedrock to my side,
01:09:58and I'm working my way forward
01:10:00and working my way down.
01:10:04Now, this bedrock is nice and jagged.
01:10:09That's going down into a feed,
01:10:11and there's a lot of jagged area
01:10:13and create catches for gold.
01:10:15Now, we're going to start
01:10:16taking like crazy now, James.
01:10:18Yep.
01:10:18There's probably some record-sized nuggets in there.
01:10:25Over the next three hours...
01:10:28Let's do it!
01:10:29Let's find some gold!
01:10:30James and Carlos follow the bedrock
01:10:33deeper and deeper.
01:10:35They've been down there working their butts off.
01:10:37...an all-out blitz for gold.
01:10:41Man, so close.
01:10:58Yo, Manny!
01:11:00...an all-out blitz for gold.
01:11:01All right, check my, uh...
01:11:04...
01:11:05...
01:11:05...check my compressor.
01:11:10It's rolling.
01:11:11Carlos, are you having trouble breathing?
01:11:15...
01:11:16...
01:11:16...
01:11:17...
01:11:17...
01:11:18Come on up, then.
01:11:19Don't do that s**t.
01:11:20Get up here.
01:11:22Yeah, we're coming up.
01:11:31Goddamn!
01:11:32What happened?
01:11:34Check valve went bad.
01:11:36Dude, it just blowin' air straight out.
01:11:38What a s**t show.
01:11:41It's blue.
01:11:42Sorry.
01:11:46His air compressor just went dead, and we don't have a way to fix it, because one of the pop
01:11:50-off valves went bad.
01:11:52There's a pressure gauge that allows only a certain amount of pressure, and they call it pop-off valves.
01:11:58And, uh, when they break, gotta replace them. There's no way to fix them, as far as I know.
01:12:04So, all we're doin' now is just yankin' him out, because there was nothin' I could do.
01:12:19Uh, I didn't get to finish the mission, man. I just needed air to live. So, I had to cap
01:12:27out early.
01:12:29F**k nightmare.
01:12:32So, as of right now, we're broke.
01:12:38Right now, it's all up to James.
01:12:40It's all yours, James. Be careful.
01:12:45Hey, James.
01:12:46Countin' on you to do this.
01:12:49All right.
01:12:51Put the last one in, and, uh, hopefully we can win.
01:12:56And it's all bedrock.
01:13:00Hopefully there's a ton of gold.
01:13:04The storm is fast approaching, and with it, the end of Dustin's mining career.
01:13:1114 years, and it's got to this.
01:13:15Whew.
01:13:17But he still has a chance of reaching the claim-saving gold.
01:13:22I know this creek has gold, and there's big damn gold, too.
01:13:26Another foot, and we got this, for sure.
01:13:32Up ahead.
01:13:34Water drop!
01:13:35Diver up!
01:13:36Diver up!
01:13:36Diver up!
01:13:36We need to get the f**k out of here!
01:13:38We're about to get a damn flash flood.
01:13:40Here it comes!
01:13:41Get down to there!
01:13:42Do it!
01:13:51We're up here freezing!
01:13:53Ah, man, is it getting cold!
01:13:58They're killing themselves trying to find this gold.
01:14:02Gold's here.
01:14:03It only takes 20 minutes of digging in the right spot to change your whole life.
01:14:09So, yeah.
01:14:12I'm secretly hopeful.
01:14:31James?
01:14:32How's it looking down there?
01:14:34I'm following the channel real quick.
01:14:38Hopefully there's a ton of gold.
01:14:41This is the first time we've ever put four dollars down in a day.
01:14:45We only got one left.
01:14:47All my gear and all my people are worn out.
01:14:52We're desperate to get gold.
01:14:55Yeah, I'm fine.
01:14:56Can you check the foot valves?
01:14:59I don't know what's going on with the water.
01:15:01It's cold.
01:15:02We're starting to lose suction.
01:15:05James, we're having trouble with your suction.
01:15:07Both engines are running slow again.
01:15:10Both of them.
01:15:11So one of them's running slow, so...
01:15:12Slow!
01:15:13But we have to go.
01:15:14I'm running out of water, so...
01:15:16What is happening?
01:15:19Water dropped!
01:15:21Water dropped!
01:15:23The water turned off.
01:15:25Something's...
01:15:26Something's happened.
01:15:27Water dropped.
01:15:29So the water dropped down to nothing.
01:15:32Which means it's building up somewhere, and there is about to be a wall of water coming at us.
01:15:40God damn!
01:15:41About to get a damn flash flood!
01:15:45A landslide up creek has created a dam, potentially trapping thousands of tons of water behind it.
01:15:53When it breaks, a lethal tidal wave of mud and debris could surge down the valley, wiping out everything and
01:16:03anyone trapped in its path.
01:16:06Holy .
01:16:08See any kind of water coming?
01:16:11Run!
01:16:11It's gonna hit us real hard.
01:16:13All at once.
01:16:16Get up!
01:16:17Diver up!
01:16:18Diver up!
01:16:19Diver up!
01:16:19Quick!
01:16:20Get up!
01:16:21Get up here!
01:16:25Hey!
01:16:26We need to get the out of here!
01:16:28Turn that off!
01:16:29Turn it off!
01:16:34Okay, okay, okay.
01:16:35Let's go, let's go, let's go.
01:16:37Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on.
01:16:38Hey, hey, hey, hey!
01:16:39Get up the hill!
01:16:40Get up the hill!
01:16:42Everybody!
01:16:43Get up the hill!
01:16:43Get up the hill!
01:16:44Get up the hill!
01:16:47That happens now.
01:16:49Y'all are in a bad spot.
01:16:51What the ?
01:16:52When I was over there, I thought there was no water.
01:16:54I've never seen it shut off like this.
01:16:56No.
01:16:56Y'all need to get up that hill!
01:16:58Get away!
01:16:59Let's get up here and that.
01:17:05This stuff's gonna come down in a minute.
01:17:07Is there any way we can hook that dredge up before this goes?
01:17:11Do not get caught in this!
01:17:18Holy s**t, this is kinda eerie.
01:17:30I can't get them f**king winds to work.
01:17:37Generator's not running!
01:17:40There's no f**king gas in the generator!
01:17:42It's off!
01:17:45We're about to lose that dredge because we ran out of gas.
01:17:48Here, here, gas.
01:17:50Right here.
01:17:50Fall, gas.
01:17:51All right.
01:17:51Let's get the jenny started.
01:17:52Make sure it's got fuel in it.
01:17:54I can f**king see gold in the f**king box, too.
01:17:57There's f**king nuggets in there.
01:17:59Oh, God.
01:18:00James!
01:18:01There's two f**king nice nuggets.
01:18:02I don't want to keep them in my f**king hand.
01:18:05Don't drop it.
01:18:05Don't drop it.
01:18:06Don't drop it.
01:18:07All right.
01:18:08That's a long time with no water, man.
01:18:12Here it comes!
01:18:15Holy s**t.
01:18:17What the f**k?
01:18:29Let's do it.
01:18:30Well, that's a truck.
01:18:30Come by!
01:18:33My god...
01:18:35Get your arm!
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
01:22:57It hasn't paid for itself
01:22:58It's just sucking money out of my damn account
01:23:01That creek beat me
01:23:04I'm gonna sell my claims
01:23:08I don't know what else to do
01:23:14Time to go
01:23:16I'm gonna sell my claims
01:23:16I'm gonna sell my claims
01:23:19I'm gonna sell mycs
01:23:26I'd fail either
01:23:32I'm gonna sell my now
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