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Gold Rush: White Water - Season 9 - Episode 08: Mutiny at Nugget Creek
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00:16I feel like we've worked on the worst of that.
00:19Those boulders are bigger than our damn airboat.
00:21There's nothing holding them back.
00:22No, if those come down, we're not getting a diver out in time.
00:25That's going to be a permanent gravesite.
00:28This is a Russian roulette freaking of a sight, bro.
00:33Is it worth the risk of somebody losing their life?
00:35Look, look, look, look, look, look, right here!
00:51All I saw was death, death, death.
00:58That you're not going to die.
01:00I'm going to have to say no.
01:01But you've been doing this the whole time we've been digging.
01:04Yeah, but I didn't know it was there.
01:05Yeah.
01:06No, I'm not doing it.
01:09I can't that.
01:12God damn it.
01:14In light of this new mutiny, make no mistake, that's what this is, is a mutiny.
01:19I might have to find different people.
01:48So I ended up having to go to the doctor to find out what's wrong.
01:53Now, I've got to go up and inform the guys that I have a crippled hand and I'm going to
01:57be on light duty, but I'm still going to be there.
02:00It's going to make my life difficult, but that's all right.
02:03That's real, though.
02:04Here we go.
02:17He's here.
02:19What's up, y'all?
02:20Hey, y'all.
02:21Hey, you're in the back.
02:22They cut your hand off yet?
02:25Got a hook?
02:26Look at the new brace.
02:28Got a new brace.
02:29Oh, wow.
02:29That's sweet.
02:30It's supposed to stop all the fingers, basically, from bending at the knuckle.
02:35Huh.
02:37So what was it, like a tendon?
02:38So there is a ligament that holds the tendon down the center of the knuckle, and it ripped
02:45off.
02:46Oh, f***.
02:47Anyway, it was all good news.
02:49They're not going to cut on me.
02:51And he's like, I've got some healing to do and to take it easy.
02:55Basically, don't lift big rocks.
02:56That might be good for you, because you push things a little far.
02:59Oh, I know.
02:59I mean, I've seen you.
03:00I know.
03:02Anyway, what happened with you guys?
03:04How'd it go?
03:05It went good.
03:06It went good.
03:06It went good.
03:07We got some good news, too.
03:08Danielle found some gold.
03:09So it's set up perfect.
03:10Yes.
03:11That's good news.
03:13Before he left, Dustin set his sights on mining a waterfall a half mile up Creek.
03:20There could be enough gold in here for all of us to retire forever.
03:23But his crew convinced him that before they shift their entire operation...
03:29This straight has got to be loaded.
03:30...they target a spot they called the Golden Straights.
03:34I'll give these guys 8 to 10 feet.
03:378 to 10 feet.
03:38If there's no bedrock and no gold, they're out of here.
03:42Dive in!
03:44Hellbent on proving it could deliver.
03:47Fucking roll, Danielle.
03:48Good job.
03:49His crew fought their way down to hard pack at 8 feet and found their first gold in nearly 3
03:56months.
03:57Look what you found.
03:58A little nugget.
04:00Your first picker.
04:01Now, they could be inches away from a major gold find.
04:06If I didn't have gold fever this morning, I do now.
04:10It's a little nugget of hope.
04:15Are you excited about getting your first gold?
04:17Yeah, it was pretty exciting.
04:18That's pretty cool.
04:19So we're getting back into it.
04:21We're finally going to get into the gold.
04:23Mm-hmm.
04:23I think so, too.
04:24That's what I'm saying.
04:25Get some gold.
04:25See some more gold come out.
04:28Well, the plan is to go do a double dive tomorrow.
04:32Yeah, that's not the plan.
04:34Getting late.
04:36How about we get some rest, y'all?
04:37I'm tired, man.
04:38That's for sure.
04:42Buried in debt, Dustin will be forced to sell his Nugget Creek claim if he doesn't uncover
04:48at least $100,000 in gold in the last few weeks of the season.
04:54They said they're on the gold tomorrow.
04:56I would love for them to hit bedrock and finally pay for this whole situation here because we're
05:04running out of time.
05:24No viz today.
05:25Yikes.
05:28It's up, too.
05:29Look how high it is.
05:30Yeah, but it's going to be...
05:32Woo!
05:33That's great.
05:33Diving in the dark.
05:35A storm has washed tons of dirt into the creek.
05:40Dirt guys, turn this down.
05:42Deadly conditions for even the most experienced diver.
05:47I'll put the batteries in the flashlight today.
05:48It's going to be like being in fog.
05:50I know it's going to be Danielle's first dive with no visibility.
05:53You can't see none of the dangers around you.
05:55You can't see the boulders that are hanging over your head.
05:58So you've got to be a little bit more vigilant because without no visibility, you're not going
06:03to see that rock coming at you.
06:08So far, the water hasn't been a problem.
06:11But today's dive is going to be really murky, cloudy.
06:15I'm not going to be able to see anything.
06:17I'm a little bit nervous that I know that it's going to be harder than some of the other
06:22dives.
06:22So I just need to get used to it.
06:26You want to do this, Carlos?
06:28It's going to be easier.
06:29Two people.
06:30You can dress her up.
06:32That's another one here.
06:34It's better that I don't suit her up.
06:38She'll argue with me, but not them.
06:41There you go.
06:42We're trying to figure out our work relationship.
06:47Kind of a weird thing right now.
06:50Long as I put somebody between me and her, we'll be just fine.
06:56Okay.
06:57All right.
06:58You're ready to rock and roll?
06:59Here I go.
07:00All right, Danielle.
07:24Yeah, it's pretty low-vis down there.
07:27I can't see anything.
07:32In the black, you've got to look and see with your hands.
07:37Okay.
07:45Diver ready.
07:50Though they have already found a few pickers, Dustin has only agreed to dig 10 feet at this
07:57spot to get down to bedrock or significant gold before he pulls the plug and makes the
08:04big move up to the waterfall.
08:06Hey, Paul, so what is your depth?
08:08How deep do you think you're all right now?
08:11Oh, let's see.
08:14About four and a half feet.
08:15We got a lot of kitty litter that washed it last night.
08:17Oh, I got you.
08:18Copy that.
08:19Yeah, I thought we were going to be further.
08:19So we took two steps back is basically what happened.
08:23We just have to regain our depth.
08:24Got you.
08:24Copy that.
08:27The raging creek has dumped over three feet of river gravel into their dive hole, blocking
08:33their route to the gold.
08:37Now, diving blind, they must grind out a path back to the gold they were just inches away
08:44from.
08:46There's a lot of rocks, so I'm trying to figure out where to put a basket.
08:53It's cloudy down here.
08:57I can't see anything.
09:01It's such a pain in the ass.
09:05Uh, coming up, here you go.
09:08Wow, nice basket.
09:10It's tough.
09:15Right now, we got both divers in the water.
09:18Danielle's making friends with the black.
09:21Everything's going good so far.
09:26We're not going to make it.
09:28You're not?
09:32I'm having trouble.
09:33What, Paul?
09:34I don't know.
09:35I don't like it.
09:36I'm freaking out.
09:38Up, up.
09:39She's panicking.
09:44Sorry.
09:47You okay?
09:49Just give me a minute.
09:55Good?
09:56I don't know.
09:58Anxiety.
10:00That's happened to me.
10:02Start panicking.
10:03Yeah, I think it's just lack of, complete lack of visibility that sucks.
10:09This is the real test right here, because you're going to feel it.
10:14We're having trouble, because I can't breathe right.
10:18Focus on your breathing.
10:33We've all felt this.
10:34Every one of us has felt this.
10:39You just have to push through it.
10:47Gold is tough, man.
10:49It's a tough job.
10:50Gold is really freaking tough.
10:56Blackout diving is weird.
10:59There's this feeling of doom.
11:04Confinement.
11:05It's fear.
11:06It wells up so big that it's hard to control.
11:10It's so powerful.
11:12You have to go against your instincts and just go, I'm okay.
11:21And right now, Danielle's just about to quit, because it's freaking her out.
11:26Just a few minor adjustments, and you'll be all right.
11:30I hope that she overcomes it, because, well, I got to cut her loose if she can't die.
11:36That's what she's here for.
11:39We got enough tenders.
11:44You okay?
11:46I don't want to whiff that one, but it's freaking me out right now.
11:51Your job is to overcome this.
11:55I'm not trying to get you riled up.
12:05What do you want to do?
12:06You want to run down?
12:06You be done?
12:24You're not going to make it.
12:33I'm freaking out.
12:35Hey, Danielle.
12:36Hey, for right now, just go to your nozzle and just stay there.
12:41You don't have to move.
12:42You don't have to work.
12:42I can't breathe, right, because my nose stopped up.
12:47Danielle, I'm telling you, if you leave now, you'll never get back in.
12:52Just go back and just hang on to that nozzle and do nothing.
12:55I know, I just, it's weird not seeing anything.
12:58I know, I know.
13:00It's the weirdest thing ever.
13:03But just go and just hang on to the nozzle and do nothing else.
13:26At the Golden Straits, Danielle and Paul braved the pounding whitewater and blackout conditions.
13:37Desperate to prove to mine boss Dustin that in just a few dives, they can reach bedrock and a golden
13:43payday.
13:45Hey, Paul, how is it down there right now?
13:47One of the worst blackout situations I've ever been in.
13:51It's kind of like driving with bright lights on his phone right now.
13:55Today's not as good as the last time, that's for sure.
13:58There's a word for being afraid and doing it anyway.
14:02Courage?
14:03That's it.
14:05Courage.
14:10Over the next four hours...
14:12Oh, my God, my legs are burning.
14:17Danielle and Paul push deeper into the black.
14:24Danielle's spending longer and longer underwater.
14:27She was popping up every minute and a half, two minutes, and now she seems to be doing better.
14:33Oh.
14:35It's freaky down there.
14:37Every party wants to just stop doing this.
14:41This is not the environment that you've ever been put in.
14:47Blacked out with all this stuff on you and hoses and loud noises, whitewater rushing by your face.
14:54Hey, Paul.
14:55I'm either on a big rock or this might be bedrock.
14:59I don't know.
15:00It's hard to tell.
15:01Why don't you give it a look, Paul?
15:03All right.
15:08Someone needs to make it a lot easier.
15:09I know.
15:13Feels like bedrock.
15:15Atta girl.
15:17Oh, my God.
15:18That's exciting.
15:20Holy cow.
15:21She uncovered a big chunk of bedrock.
15:23It's just been the goal the entire season.
15:26We finally frickin' got there.
15:29It has to be the bedrock wall.
15:32Sounds like Danielle's startin' to uncover this side of the bedrock.
15:37Now, bang!
15:39Go right there.
15:41Just keep following it towards Paul.
15:43You guys are gonna get real tight here soon, but keep going.
15:47You should be runnin' into each other soon, right?
15:49We're literally side by side, almost shoulder to shoulder.
15:53I can't tell, but I think it might be coming back up.
15:57Oh, .
15:58Okay.
16:00That could be a hell of a ripple.
16:03That means a good goal catch?
16:05No.
16:08At seven feet deep, it seems Danielle's unearthed a bedrock anomaly cutting directly across the creek.
16:16This obstruction could act as a natural riffle, causing the raging whitewater to slow,
16:23and the gold, 19 times heavier than water, to collect in a nugget-rich hotspot.
16:32I mean, I can barely see it.
16:36It has to be that's just wall.
16:40It's got a little bit more clarity.
16:42What I believe is happening on our dig right now, there is this gigantic white line that
16:50goes down just like this, and at the bottom of this creek, this should be the perfect gold
16:57catch ripple.
16:59That's all I can hope for right now, and man, I really, really need this.
17:06And we found a beautiful anomaly.
17:10This little hole right here can solve all of our damn gold problems.
17:16I'm going to start, uh, coming your way a little bit.
17:20I've got some big rocks being exposed here now.
17:24Yep.
17:25It is definitely starting to look, uh, a little insane.
17:31Oh, that rock's loose.
17:34We've got to be careful upstream.
17:35They're coming loose.
17:37As Danielle and Paul dig deeper, the walls around them are showing signs they could collapse
17:44any second.
17:47We've got some tankers overhead right now that are...
17:50Oh, s***.
17:52I just barely touched that one.
17:53It came down.
17:55It's getting a little bit dangerous, especially on that front wall.
17:58They were locked in earlier, but I touched that one, and it just came right out.
18:01All right, all right.
18:02Well, you know what we'll do.
18:04We'll pull you guys out, then, and then we'll, uh, mitigate some of these rocks.
18:08Let's drop them in a hole if we have to.
18:10I'd rather not fall in on top of me.
18:12All right.
18:13You coming up?
18:13Who's up first?
18:16All right.
18:17Paul, you're up.
18:19Yeah, it's getting too dangerous, man.
18:21Yeah.
18:22See, those are getting pretty overhung right there.
18:24That one's pretty bad, too.
18:26Good call, man.
18:27I'm with you the whole way.
18:28All right, Danielle, you're up.
18:31Oh, s***.
18:32I have no legs.
18:35Welcome back to gravity.
18:39Oh, good job.
18:42Nice dive.
18:43Good long dive.
18:44You're okay.
18:45It didn't start out for good.
18:47No, but you know what?
18:50You overcame.
18:51You did exactly the job you were supposed to do.
18:54Nailed it.
18:55That's right.
18:55Huh?
18:56You're usually right.
18:57I did feel like I was letting Dustin down in the beginning.
19:02I could see it in his face.
19:03That pushed me to not give up.
19:07I don't want to let him down.
19:08I don't want to let anybody down.
19:12Danielle did great.
19:13I was worried there for a minute she was going to back off and leave.
19:16I was going to have to airboat her out of this damn camp, but she persevered.
19:22She conquered her fear.
19:26No visibility.
19:27It definitely makes it more difficult to get a lot of progress going, but I think she found
19:33where she found where that schist is crossed in the creek.
19:35If that's the case, follow that down.
19:37And if we do, we should have sluice boxes full of gold.
19:45Anything in the box, Wes?
19:47I'm not seeing anything.
19:49There's too much material up here to even tell.
19:52So here's my idea about this.
19:54There's a giant schist line.
19:56It goes up that wall and there, and we're hitting it.
19:59Yep.
19:59Well, I hope I'm right.
20:00We'll be rich.
20:02I think James and Carlos are going to confirm it tomorrow morning.
20:05Yep.
20:05Yeah.
20:09But before anyone can dive again, the crew must eliminate the widow makers looming over
20:15the dive hole.
20:17We're trying to make the angle better so this stuff's not dangling over our head right
20:22now.
20:23Right.
20:24Better than dying.
20:30Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, get out of there!
20:40Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, get out of there!
20:45Holy s***!
20:53You okay?
20:56That was close.
20:58Woo, she just about got up as an ass got.
21:03Woo, my heart is racing.
21:06Dustin looked pretty freaked out, too.
21:09And I was right in the line of fire.
21:13So it got my adrenaline going a little bit,
21:17but I'm safe and sound.
21:19Dustin's definitely making a face.
21:21He's rightfully so.
21:22He's worried about me,
21:23and so a little too close for comfort for him.
21:28Holy , dude.
21:31Yikes.
21:31That was close.
21:32Yikes.
21:32That was close.
21:35My first close encounter.
21:38I did think that they were solid.
21:40One rock off, and I learned a lesson.
21:44Be smarter.
21:45And I was safe.
21:45You've got to be smarter.
21:47That's enough of that.
21:49At least you're not hurt.
21:50Yeah, I'm all in one piece still.
21:52We got two rules here.
21:53Yeah.
21:54Don't get hurt, don't die.
21:58Oh, my God.
22:00I almost watched my girlfriend get smashed by a rock
22:05and pinned down to the bottom of a seven-foot water hole.
22:10Yeah, that'll make you yell.
22:12All right.
22:13That's enough excitement for today, right?
22:15Yeah, enough excitement.
22:16God, it scares the out of me, though.
22:19Ain't much that scares me, but that scares me a lot.
22:24It's dangerous.
22:28Hi, baby.
22:29What did you think of today?
22:32It was kind of boring.
22:33It was kind of boring.
22:59Water's back to being clear.
23:00Yeah.
23:01It was a good diving day today.
23:05Today is the dive day.
23:07Me and James are going to do a little bit of excavating,
23:10and we're going to clear off this anomaly,
23:12and we're going to figure out what exactly it is.
23:15Is it a schist?
23:17Is it a boulder, you know?
23:19We're just going to find out what exactly
23:21what we're dealing with.
23:22All right.
23:23You guys ready?
23:24Yep.
23:24Yep.
23:24Let's get the dredge in!
23:29At the Golden Straits,
23:30they've just discovered what could be a bedrock riffle.
23:34Gas is on!
23:36And the massive deposit of gold Dustin needs
23:40to avoid the forced sale of his Nugget Creek claim.
23:44This could be a historical moment today, because having good visibility makes all the difference.
23:49We'll be able to go wherever we need to go.
23:51We'll see if there's any gold at the bottom.
23:54We're ready, Carlos?
23:55Yeah, yeah.
23:57Does that feel good?
23:59More?
23:59Less?
24:00Perfect.
24:01Danielle uncovered an anomaly down there.
24:04It looks like it might be part of the schist that runs across the creek.
24:07Hopefully, that's what that is.
24:09If we find the right anomaly, there should be a pile of nuggets right there behind that thing.
24:16Lights on, so you're good to go.
24:17All right.
24:18Now we're going in.
24:24All right.
24:24Have a good dive.
24:27Carlos, coming in.
24:28Copy that.
24:31All right.
24:31I want a good, clean fight.
24:32Now hit it below the belt.
24:45It's actually looking pretty incredible down here.
24:49Yeah, I could use the old, good old Gary net.
24:52Gary net?
24:53Gary net.
24:54Copy that.
24:55Good.
24:57That visibility is great.
24:59I'm going to get to the bottom and find out what this anomaly is all about.
25:04Oh, this is going to be great to track.
25:06Go ahead and head on upstream.
25:10So this is, if I got it, this is the killer rock that almost got you.
25:15Holy moly.
25:16That's a game changer right there.
25:20I mean, it's a pretty big rock.
25:22It definitely could have taken me out and pinned me underwater, so that's kind of freaky.
25:27I'm just going to be more careful and watch what I do a little bit better.
25:47Awesome.
25:47If you guys could work together to try to get to the bottom of this thing.
25:51It does look like a vein though, doesn't it?
25:55Yeah, it just had like one white line through it.
25:58Yeah, it does.
25:59And it's probably harder to see because you're blacked out.
26:03Yeah, yeah, yeah.
26:06Sounds like visibility is really good down there.
26:09They'll be better able to confirm what I saw yesterday.
26:13There it is.
26:15All right.
26:16That anomaly.
26:19That looks like...
26:30I know.
26:32I know.
26:33I know.
26:33It's just a rock.
26:36Come the off!
26:39Give me a break here!
26:54Come the off!
26:59Bummer.
27:08Give me a break here!
27:18It sounds like what I was seeing yesterday is what I thought was the schist.
27:24But he's saying it's probably just a rock.
27:39That's it, man.
27:41Give me that headache, Bob.
27:42It's all good.
27:42I'm on you.
27:44Got it.
27:49I'm on you.
27:50Over the next five hours, the crew haul out two tons of boulders and scratch their way down past eight
27:58feet.
27:58Hey, how's it looking down there?
28:01Man, it's just rocks and hard pack going down, so no sign of bedrock yet.
28:09It just keeps going down.
28:12Copy that.
28:15All right.
28:16We're pretty much coming to the end of it, man.
28:19I'm going to pull you out, man.
28:20It's five o'clock, bro.
28:22I'm clear.
28:23OK.
28:24Come on up.
28:25Up you go.
28:26Pull me up.
28:26Pull me up.
28:27Oh, OK.
28:28OK.
28:28OK.
28:28Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
28:31Thank you, guys.
28:32Yeah.
28:33Uh, no sign of bedrock, unfortunately.
28:35Pass, pass.
28:37I mean, that's how it goes all the time right now.
28:39That seems like that norm.
28:40Still going down.
28:41No sign of frickin' bedrock at all.
28:43None.
28:49All right.
28:50I'm good.
28:54Whoa.
28:59I mean, everybody thought was the shift was, uh, turned out to just be a boulder, so...
29:06That's a bummer.
29:08Nothing stand out in that one.
29:10Really?
29:11No big nuggets yet?
29:13Nothing that stands out right now.
29:16We're not on bedrock yet.
29:18They're still going down.
29:19Yep.
29:20Weird.
29:21Give me good news, Paul.
29:22Nope.
29:24You don't have good news?
29:25I mean, there's still a lot of material in the box, but there's nothing big.
29:28Just standing out.
29:30All right.
29:31Let's get this thing up in the air.
29:32Yeah.
29:33All right.
29:34No gold.
29:36Pack it up, .
29:37You're off fire.
29:40No gold.
29:43Dustin gave his crew an eight to ten feet ultimatum to hit bedrock gold.
29:48Having reached that limit, he now has a big decision to make.
29:56The only reason we're still here doing this is because we want to feel success and don't go down in
30:04history as the dumbest damn miners ever created on earth.
30:08It's killing me.
30:10It's killing me.
30:10This isn't working.
30:11I'm broke.
30:15All right.
30:17Ugh.
30:17Gotta get out of this .
30:43The streets, it hasn't paid yet and it hasn't proven itself.
30:47You can see all the signs, little flakes.
30:50If there's no real deposit, it's not worth our time anymore because we're running out of season.
30:56Yeah.
30:56And if I don't go to where it's paying, then we might as well just throw all this money that
31:02we spent to be here just out the window.
31:04Just set it on fire.
31:05Absolutely.
31:06That's all it is, is wasted money if we don't get enough gold to pay for all this.
31:10That's true.
31:11And it's getting to a point where if the streets don't pay, we got to go find a payload.
31:16It just has to happen.
31:19This morning, guys, I want to go show you this waterfall.
31:23It's never been touched before.
31:25We will be the first one to the bottom of this waterfall.
31:29And that can be life altering in a big, big way.
31:33And that's, I'm looking for that because we need a win.
31:36Yep.
31:36Waterfalls, they do hold a lot of gold, but it comes down to, you know, the risk.
31:44At the end of last season.
31:46I hear something rumbling big up here.
31:49Dustin and Paul made a game-changing find in a remote corner of his claim.
31:54Now that's a waterfall, man.
31:56It's a natural gold catch.
31:59With the plan to mine it this spring.
32:02Holy .
32:03They found it buried under 80 feet of snow.
32:06There is no waterfall right now.
32:08This is what I was worried about.
32:13Is it worth the risk?
32:14I think it is.
32:16So we need to go check it out.
32:17Let's go see it, man.
32:20I just want to get a look at it.
32:21Okay.
32:22I'm pretty excited about this dig because this straight up could be just as life altering as it gets.
32:28Let's suit up, get stuff ready.
32:30Let's go see what this looks like.
32:33You guys ready?
32:34Yep.
32:35Here we go.
32:39I need gold to pay for this.
32:42It's just eating up all my damn money.
32:44The waterfall is where that's at.
32:46They absolutely will find gold in that waterfall.
33:01This is a really bad area, guys.
33:03Holy .
33:04This is steep.
33:05This might be dangerous.
33:06From the straits, it's another half mile scramble up Nugget Creek's treacherous terrain to get to Dustin's waterfall.
33:17That's the waterfall.
33:21Incredible.
33:25Wow.
33:28That's definitely a plunge pool.
33:30Oh, yeah.
33:30There's a boulder down there.
33:32Gold could be stuck underneath.
33:33See how big it is?
33:34Yeah.
33:34That white boulder in there?
33:35Yep.
33:36There could be huge gold sitting in here.
33:38Every waterfall we must have been picked over.
33:40This has not been touched.
33:42It could be life altering gold down there right now.
33:45Oh, my God, dude.
33:47That could be loaded.
33:48It doesn't get any prettier than this.
33:50No.
33:50That is a good waterfall.
33:51That's a beautiful punch pool.
33:52I like that a lot.
33:55All right, guys.
33:56Check this out.
33:57I really, really want to dig here, Bart.
34:00There's something I have to show you all.
34:02We're going to have to take a walk up above these little brush right here.
34:06And I want you to look at some stuff just this is so you know what you're getting into.
34:13Because once I saw it, I couldn't unsee it.
34:15So let's follow Paul.
34:22Don't drag feet.
34:25Oh, .
34:27Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock.
34:29Watch the rocks.
34:31I went and checked out the waterfall and I figured out what the actual dangers are.
34:36There's a rock slide area with a whole bunch of scree on it.
34:42And there's giant boulders hanging over our head.
34:46Yeah, yeah.
34:47Let's stand over there.
34:48Let's go your way, Wes.
34:49Watch, watch rocks.
34:52Now, those rocks could possibly sit there for the next hundred years and never move.
34:57Or they can move tomorrow.
35:00Oh, man.
35:02I don't know how they're going to react.
35:04Them seeing it might be a problem.
35:07But they've never let me down before.
35:16That's cool.
35:17Wow, look at this view though.
35:19Day four.
35:20Still no sign of the Yeti.
35:22Oh, wait a minute.
35:24Wait, wait, wait.
35:24I'm pretty sure it's in that hole right up there.
35:27See it?
35:27Oh, my God.
35:27That's a bear cave.
35:29You think so?
35:30Look at that.
35:30Yeah, that's what they look like.
35:31Does that look like a bear up there on top of the hill?
35:33Yeah.
35:34That's that bear that's been hanging above the dicey.
35:37Oh, my God.
35:40That's definitely a bear there.
35:48Don't drag feet.
35:50Oh, .
35:52Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock.
35:54Watch the rocks.
35:56Yeah, let's stand over there.
35:58Oh, man.
36:01All right, so I brought you all up here.
36:03I wanted you to know what I'm looking at getting into.
36:09There is an immense amount of rock over the top.
36:17Everything, if it moves, it goes into the waterfall.
36:23I don't know if you can see what's actually going on in there,
36:27but that is the biggest damn rocks we've ever seen.
36:31And there's a lot of them.
36:32Yeah.
36:32There's a lot of them.
36:33They're just on the screen.
36:35Yeah, they're just on the screen.
36:36There's nothing holding them back.
36:37No.
36:39But I need you to understand that that is up there,
36:42because I didn't want to try to fool you,
36:43and I didn't want, you know, none of that stuff.
36:45You need to know what you're getting into
36:46when you start digging this.
36:48Where is the plunge pool in relation
36:49to where we're at right now?
36:51It's directly underneath that.
36:54If those come down,
36:55we're not getting a diver out in time.
36:56That's going to be a permanent grape site.
36:58That's the problem is the diver.
36:59Yeah, everybody else can scatter.
37:01This is a Russian roulette fricking of a site, bro.
37:06I feel like we've worked on the worse than that,
37:09just didn't know it because it was trees.
37:11We just couldn't see it because of the vegetation.
37:14Can you imagine being underwater
37:15just knowing that's over your head?
37:19We're just getting on the gold on the straights.
37:23If it starts to produce,
37:24is there any reason to come out here?
37:26We're putting a lot of eggs in one basket with that dig.
37:30Yeah.
37:30I don't, if it hasn't produced really yet.
37:34And this right here is the first untouched waterfall
37:37that we've ever run into.
37:39This could be all the gold that we ever need ever.
37:43This is where I want to go.
37:48We found a few pickers at the straights,
37:51and, I mean, you just got back.
37:53Look, we haven't paid for anything yet.
37:54I'm pretty damn sure there's gold here
37:57in this plunge pool.
37:59I'm going to want to start setting up here.
38:01Right now.
38:03Look, look, look, look, look!
38:04Right here!
38:09Oh, look at, look at that,
38:10look at the rocks coming down.
38:14It's not even raining right now.
38:19I mean, that's just small rocks now,
38:21but those big ones that are up there,
38:23they're going to come down eventually,
38:24and they're going to come down
38:25right into this dive hole.
38:27Whoa, whoa, watch out!
38:28Run, run, run!
38:30During their years in Alaska,
38:32Dustin's crew has narrowly escaped lethal rockfalls.
38:36Get up here!
38:38In a region with more earthquakes
38:40than any other in the United States.
38:43Dude, this place is trying to kill us!
38:47It could be life-altering gold down there right now.
38:49It could be life-altering.
38:50It could be death gold down there.
38:52Yeah.
38:54Is it worth the risk
38:55of somebody losing their life?
38:59There's no way I would be comfortable
39:00on the bottom diving
39:01knowing that that is all above my head.
39:03It would not be a fun dive at all.
39:05I couldn't do it.
39:06But you've been doing this
39:07the whole time we've been digging.
39:09Yeah, but I didn't know it was there.
39:10Yeah.
39:11I would be fearful the night before, dude.
39:13So you're telling me
39:14if I hadn't shown you this
39:15you would have just been fun to dig here?
39:17Yeah.
39:18Selfishly, I really wish
39:19you would have kept this under your hat, man,
39:20because now I can't forget this.
39:24Damn, dude.
39:25I'm gonna have to say no.
39:27I'm good at eating cup of soups
39:28for the rest of the winter, man.
39:30No. I love doing it.
39:32This is...
39:34that.
39:37So you guys are saying
39:38that you're not gonna dive here?
39:40That's it?
39:41Nope.
39:41That's what I'm saying, bro.
39:43I'm sorry.
39:43I'm sorry, man.
39:44I can't. Sorry.
39:45I can't do it.
39:47God damn it.
39:48The thing that I can do right now
39:49is frickin' work my ass off
39:52as hard as I can to get gold on the straight
39:55so we can never, ever come back here again.
39:59Let's get down, man.
40:00I hate this place.
40:02Holy crap, dude.
40:03That is too dangerous.
40:05I have to say no for the first time in my life
40:09about dive.
40:11I'm not gonna dive here.
40:13And that makes me feel sick to my stomach.
40:15You know?
40:16I feel like somebody ripped out my spine.
40:19All I saw was death, death, death.
40:24He did warn us this was gonna be
40:26the most dangerous season that we would ever have
40:28and if everybody was all in.
40:30Of course, we all agreed to it.
40:32But it's terrifying.
40:34I'm hoping that we really get on some good gold
40:36in the straights
40:37and we don't have to leave that area.
40:39But I know the desperation is running.
40:42It's running thick to him right now.
40:47This could be all the gold that we ever need, ever.
40:51And we might skip over it
40:53because there's a couple rocks overhead.
40:55Come on, man.
40:58I would dive here.
41:00I just am busted right now and I can't.
41:04In light of this new mutiny,
41:07which is, make no mistake,
41:09that's what this is, is a mutiny.
41:12When your crew refuses to do the job,
41:17I might have to find different people.
41:20I might have to find different people.
41:30I'm sure that you can't try to find different people.
41:31I just am using these tools.
41:31But there are many people on the left,
41:31and I have to find different people.
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