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Gold Rush: White Water - Season 9 - Episode 07: The Beginning of the End
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00:06Oh my God, I'm way down there.
00:08That's scary, dude.
00:09He is freaking deep as hell.
00:13That's freaking burying your own grave, dude.
00:16Right now, I've decided to let James tunnel down to see if he can find a bottle.
00:25He is doing nothing to go. He can't go any deeper.
00:31I don't know if I'm doing the right thing.
00:33I'm just getting desperate at this point.
00:38Holy this is deep.
00:41Not what I wanted.
00:43That's dangerous, yeah.
00:44That's what I was afraid of.
00:47It looks like it's absolutely impossible.
00:50I don't know what to do.
00:53It would be great to get to the bottom of it, but I don't want to see anybody get injured.
00:58After digging for over three months at the wall, Dustin must make a season-defining decision.
01:06It's getting dangerous.
01:08Risk the lives of his men in pursuit of the gold on bedrock, or cut his losses and run.
01:17What's going to happen is it's just going to fill in on top of him.
01:20So what you're saying is it's not safe?
01:21It's dangerous.
01:27I don't want to do this, but I have to.
01:30Just hang it up.
01:31This is done, done, and more done.
01:36All right, guys, have a call in.
01:39Dive up.
01:39Dive up.
01:41God damn it.
01:43I'm coming up.
01:45Copy that.
01:51Oh, kick off.
01:54Good job, man.
01:57James?
01:58Yep.
01:59Diver up.
02:00Diver up.
02:01Diver up.
02:01Real slow, like.
02:02Come up slow.
02:03All right.
02:12You got it.
02:18I think we're going to have to abandon ship on that one, bro.
02:22Thank you for your effort, though.
02:23I needed to know, and now I kind of do.
02:25Yeah.
02:30It's way too deep.
02:31Yeah, it's too deep.
02:32I got it.
02:33You just proved that.
02:36That's what you did.
02:39You good?
02:40Ah.
02:43I thought for sure I was going to find the bomb today, and who knows, I could have been within
02:49inches.
02:54Gosh.
02:58We need to find gold, though.
03:02This ain't cutting it.
03:03That's way too deep.
03:10Wow.
03:11It's not a thing.
03:15It's not our fault.
03:17We're trying.
03:19We're good at this, and this one's kicking our ass.
03:28So, I don't know.
03:31I don't know.
03:34I don't know.
03:38I don't know.
03:55I'm not having this anymore, and we're done with this dig.
03:58We're not finding gold, but it's not a lack of trying.
04:03I mean, we just dug a 20-foot hole.
04:06Why?
04:07I mean, I'm picking the bad spots for whatever reason.
04:16Nothing I've done has worked, so, I've got to rethink this.
04:23It's a disaster.
04:25We're done.
04:48We actually have to hit the bottom in order to find gold, and we haven't hit the bottom
04:53yet.
04:53Yeah.
04:54This dig has become a nightmare for me.
04:58It took up half of my season without the show clutter.
05:01There's no doubt that there's freaking gold there, man.
05:04But it's just too dangerous to get it, you know what I mean?
05:08Nobody's life is worth that.
05:14I got no hopes, bro.
05:16Not here.
05:18I'm sick of it, man.
05:21Yeah.
05:22After abandoning the wall, the future of Dustin's mining career sits on a knife's edge.
05:28To pay off his mounting debts and hold on to his Nugget Creek claim, he needs gold, and
05:36fast.
05:37Let's just open us up a new hole right up here, where it's really wide.
05:42Yeah.
05:42Yeah.
05:42I know we can find gold right here.
05:44I mean, so running here would be like the start of Nugget Bin.
05:47Yeah.
05:49The guys are kind of pushing me to stay here.
05:53They want to see what's what, 20 feet up or some nonsense.
05:58It's hard for me to plan more digging here when I'm already, my brain is already done with
06:03this dig.
06:04There's a waterfall that I'm almost certain has tons of gold in it.
06:09But truly what I want to do right now, I want to go check it out.
06:13I want to see if I can start setting it up.
06:16I want to focus all of my energy into this waterfall.
06:22At the end of last season.
06:25Now that's a waterfall, man.
06:28Dustin discovered a waterfall high on Nugget Creek, which he's convinced contains a fortune
06:34in gold.
06:35It looks like a vertical drop, which is what you want in the plunge pool.
06:42For the last four weeks.
06:45Everything we've done that we thought was dangerous is a playground compared to this.
06:51Dustin and Paul have been attempting to build the half mile of access the site needs.
06:57We know there's gold in this waterfall, but it's going to take a lot of work to get access
07:01up here.
07:02But getting this site ready for diving operations is a massive undertaking and will cost them valuable
07:10time late in their season.
07:15Where are you looking to dig, man, for real?
07:18Try to get all the gold up the middle right there.
07:20That's where it starts to widen out.
07:22I mean, my theory about the whole thing is it's five times as wide as where we're trying to dig
07:27right now.
07:28As we go upstream, is the bedrock going to come up then?
07:31Yeah.
07:32It's going to be just like starting at Nugget Bent when we found a six-ounce Nugget.
07:36We're here already, man.
07:37We can have this ready in a heartbeat.
07:39That's where we need to be digging.
07:42The crew dug to a death-defying 20 feet at the wall.
07:48Now, they're trying to convince Dustin to move 30 feet up creek to where it widens,
07:55which should mean shallower bedrock and a jackpot that's way easier to reach.
08:01Just like Nugget Bend where they found a huge nugget worth over $50,000.
08:09I got a lot of money involved in this spot now because this one didn't pay.
08:15So basically, we have 10 years of holes in the creek that need to pay off.
08:23Yeah.
08:24If this doesn't work out, we are going to fail in the most miserable way ever.
08:30This straight has got to be loaded.
08:32I think so.
08:33I think it's going to be golden.
08:35Golden straights.
08:36Is that what you're going to call it?
08:37Golden straights.
08:38Well, I hope you all are right because I'm putting a lot of eggs in this basket.
08:43Give us three to four days and we'll find out.
08:45Yeah.
08:46After that, I might push y'all off.
08:50I hope they hit the bottom and they find a ton of gold.
08:53That's my hopes and dreams.
08:55We're more than halfway through the season now and we dunk one hole with no gold.
09:01Not okay.
09:02This might be our last chance.
09:04This might be it.
09:07I'll give these guys eight to ten feet.
09:10Eight to ten feet if there's no bedrock and no gold,
09:13they're out of here.
09:26At first light, the crew make the 13-mile journey to civilization
09:31to collect vital reinforcements in their quest for gold.
09:40I'm back, Carlos.
09:42Yeah, you're back.
09:44Here to save the day.
09:48I'm pretty exhausted though.
09:50I got my ass kicked back at home trying to rescue my house.
09:58Just a week after joining Dustin's crew.
10:02Devastating.
10:04His long-term girlfriend, Danielle, was forced to return to Juneau to battle flash floods that threatened their home.
10:12There's so much water down here.
10:15I'm just standing over the pump.
10:19If I would have gone, my house would have been underwater.
10:29Hey guys.
10:31Hey, Daniel.
10:31Hey, you made it back.
10:33We need your help.
10:35To stand any chance of finding the gold they need to ensure their future on Nugget Creek, Dustin urgently needs
10:44a fourth diver on his crew.
10:46Let's see about...
10:47We're going to try to dive, right?
10:49What if we do a test?
10:51A test for me?
10:52Yes.
10:53Just put her in.
10:54She's here to help us, so what do you say?
10:59Yeah, I just want to get in the water.
11:01Yeah.
11:02We were also thinking that it would be a good starter for you to see how you do instead of
11:07a 20-foot dive with death overhangs.
11:09Yeah.
11:09No fun.
11:10Yeah, I didn't want you down there.
11:12That's not a bad idea.
11:13Alright, let's get out of debt.
11:14Suit up.
11:16Today's going to be Danielle's first dive day.
11:19Ever.
11:20In my soul, I don't want this to happen.
11:22I'm bringing my loved one out, the person I love the most in life, and I'm putting her in the
11:27most dangerous situation you could possibly put a human.
11:30I don't want her to get injured or hurt.
11:32I don't like that this is happening, but it's a necessity at this point is what I feel like.
11:37We need some help.
11:39I'm finally getting in the water, which is what I came here to do, is to dive, to help relieve
11:44the guys from diving day after day.
11:48How did the first time you dove in whitewater make you feel versus diving in the ocean?
11:55All the dives that I did in the ocean never prepared me for this whitewater at five feet.
11:59It was scary.
12:01But just maintain the calm.
12:03Yeah.
12:03So did you freak out on your first dive?
12:05No, you can't freak out, man.
12:14I know myself, and I'll feel nervous until I actually do it.
12:23Are you ready to pull the dredge board?
12:25I don't see why not.
12:27Along with 20 years' experience in the construction industry, Danielle is also a qualified ocean diver.
12:37That's good.
12:38That's cool.
12:39That's cool.
12:39Plenty good.
12:40But this will be her first time ever in whitewater.
12:46Should I suit up, or am I waiting a little bit?
12:49Everything we're doing, we're going to have to do a lot of checks and all that stuff.
12:52So why don't you get suited up?
12:54Hey, are you going to put Paul in there first to pave the way?
12:57No.
12:58No?
12:58You going to put her first first?
12:59Yes.
13:00We're going to suit her up, and she's going to be ahead of it.
13:02Okay, copy that.
13:04Here I go.
13:05All right.
13:17I only got one hand.
13:19A hand is killing me, dude.
13:22This sucks, trying to work like this.
13:25It'll bend a little bit, but not too much.
13:29It does suck, though.
13:32I want my hand back.
13:34I just can't have it yet.
13:37We'll get there.
13:41The plan is let her take some of the heavier water.
13:43It's a little bit fast for your first time, but shallow.
13:46Let's go ahead and piss Danielle off to start off with.
13:49Frustrate her.
13:50So it's just gumption.
13:52Like, how much grit do you have to keep this going?
13:56That's it.
13:59To get Danielle up to speed and add a fourth diver to his crew as quickly as possible, Dustin
14:06starts her dive in the roughest section of the creek.
14:11I'm still feeling kind of nervous, but I just want to get in the water and, um, you know,
14:16get rid of those butterflies in my belly.
14:22Make sure your hair peels all the way back the best you can.
14:28Better.
14:29Don't lean your head back, okay?
14:33All right.
14:33All right.
14:34We're going to pull you tight.
14:37It's going to be uncomfortable.
14:40How's that?
14:46Reach back with your right hand.
14:48Grab that umbilical.
14:50You're in control of it now.
14:53Now you're going to walk out there to the nozzle.
14:59So, what you want to do is get that basket.
15:01We're going to get a basket close to you.
15:03And you pick up every rock that doesn't go in the nozzle and it goes in the basket.
15:09Get it?
15:14So, it's like, hard to push against the current.
15:17Make yourself a hole.
15:18Make yourself a hole.
15:19It's really tough in the beginning.
15:21We all went through it.
15:24I can barely move it forward.
15:27Really?
15:31It's really tough.
15:36It kind of feels impossible.
15:39Oh.
15:42Oh.
15:45Oh.
15:48Oh.
15:50Oh.
15:59Just get used to it.
16:01To stand any chance of hitting bedrock gold before the end of the season.
16:06The courage is going to keep kicking your butt, all right?
16:11Dustin's counting on long-term partner, Danielle, to earn her spot on the crew as a fourth diver.
16:19And he's thrown her in at the deep end.
16:23She's in that pound zone.
16:25She is getting a full trek of a frickin' washing machine.
16:32There's no certificate in the world that can get you ready for this.
16:36None.
16:38We just want to let her do this for a little bit by herself.
16:40Suit up.
16:41Go out there and do a lesson.
16:48So, it's like hard to push against the current.
16:54Right now, she's figuring out how hard this job really is.
16:58This is the moment where she's like, they do this all day?
17:02Every day?
17:05Hey, James, get her back over to the hole, please.
17:08Oh.
17:09If anybody looks at this and says, oh, I'd do it so much better, jump in this damn water.
17:17Come find out.
17:19Most people can't handle this.
17:22There you go.
17:23Yeah.
17:24I feel like I can't move in here.
17:30Would it be easier to lay in it?
17:32No wonder.
17:33See what you got.
17:42I know she's a certified diver, but she's never been in white water.
17:47I don't know if she's actually had a full face mask.
17:49So, this is a little bit new for her.
17:52It could be very claustrophobic for the first time.
18:03Ready to get in?
18:05Here we go.
18:06Dive in!
18:19What does it feel like to you?
18:24Every time I start working, I just feel like I can't breathe, right?
18:33Just relax for a second.
18:35You're doing great.
18:37She's working hard.
18:38She's breathing.
18:39Heavy.
18:46You got to calm down.
18:48This is a marathon, not a sprint.
18:50Relax.
18:51You got all day.
18:53All day.
18:58It's like breathing in the goddamn paper bag, man.
19:01You're going to freaking, like, you're going to pass out.
19:03And it sounds silly.
19:05How can somebody get in trouble at three feet of water?
19:07I've seen it happen.
19:09It's when you freak out.
19:10And when you start hyper-vinylating and you're not getting all oxygen, you're done for.
19:17Way harder than I thought it would be.
19:22What do you think?
19:23She could quit?
19:24She wouldn't quit by now.
19:27It's the worst job in the world, man.
19:30I don't know if I'm going to be any good at this.
19:32You mean you're not pro first day?
19:36Look, you're just struggling and tired.
19:38Just keep at it.
19:40See how it goes.
19:42Hey, Paul.
19:43Yeah.
19:43Is there any way she can join you in that dig you're doing right there?
19:47Because she's getting hit with so much white water, it's just putting a stop to it.
19:52Hey, they can swap.
19:53Yeah.
19:57Your legs will feel wobbly.
19:58You're going to be tired.
20:00Got a deep little hole right there.
20:02Yeah.
20:02Yeah, it's nice to calm there.
20:10There you go.
20:11That's good breathing.
20:24My left hand is getting swollen as hell, even on the poem.
20:29That's new.
20:31I'm complaining about it quite a bit, but I'm still going.
20:36Hands.
20:37I've been swollen up on the inside.
20:40I've never seen that before.
20:53Over the next four hours...
20:57Damn, y'all are just down there now.
21:01That's so much better.
21:04They're making damn good progress, man.
21:08Danielle knuckles down and dredges three feet deep at the Golden Straits.
21:14Somewhere in there, that's pretty good for our first dive, man.
21:18It's really good.
21:20Hey, I think that's a long enough dive for your first time.
21:23How about you come on up?
21:26Okay.
21:27I'm not arguing.
21:32What do you want me to do?
21:37My legs don't work.
21:38I know.
21:41Welcome back to gravity.
21:48How are you feeling?
21:50Not so fresh.
21:51Good job.
21:52You killed it.
21:53I don't know about that.
21:54You did great.
21:54You did really good.
21:56That was ridiculous.
21:57That was ridiculous.
21:57You guys are ridiculous.
22:00That was like being thrown into the gates of hell.
22:05It's really hard, especially right from the start.
22:08But once I got under the water a little bit, it was so much better, for sure.
22:13That was a lot of work.
22:14These guys are impressive.
22:18She did about a four-foot hole on her first dive in white water.
22:22Yeah.
22:24Yeah.
22:24My girlfriend's a badass.
22:25That's what's up.
22:32Up ahead.
22:33We're running out of time, so we need some gold.
22:36We're past midway in the season right now.
22:38This could be the end of us.
22:41Got to get a hole again.
22:42Find them nothing.
22:44Got to keep digging.
22:45What did you get?
22:47Oh, my God.
23:00Danielle, had a good dive yesterday.
23:02Got her butt kicked a little bit.
23:03How do you feel?
23:05I didn't feel like it was a great dive, but I survived.
23:09You didn't quit, so that's...
23:10Yeah, well, I didn't hesitate to get out as soon as he asked me to.
23:15So, I did a lot of rock moving, guys, and I didn't sleep all night.
23:19My hand is swollen in a way that is freaking me out a little bit.
23:23It actually swole on the inside of the palm.
23:27I saw that yesterday.
23:28You showed that to me.
23:29It puffed up so damn big.
23:30It throbbed all night.
23:32It was just pounding.
23:34It's getting to a next level, and there's nothing in town here that can help me.
23:38It feels like I did something permanent.
23:40Because it's on fire.
23:46At the start of the season...
23:48Got f***ed.
23:50Dustin tore a tendon in his hand while setting up their Skyline police system.
23:57It hurts so f***ing bad.
24:02Since then, he's been relying on a homemade brace to prevent further injury.
24:09I gotta channel my inner Fred.
24:11Just put some tape on it, keep going.
24:16It's not getting any time to heal, because you're just overworking it still.
24:19That's true.
24:20Well, I'm going to go get it checked out.
24:22So I made an appointment in Seattle, and I'm going to head out of here.
24:26And you guys are going to be on your own.
24:29I need some information.
24:31Yeah.
24:31Some more information on this thing.
24:33That's better if you do it now.
24:34You're not really replaceable.
24:35So Danielle's in charge.
24:37No, I'm just joking.
24:39Don't put that pressure on me.
24:41So yeah, I'm going to get out of here, and I need y'all to find some damn gold.
24:45For real.
24:46Like, it looks promising where y'all are digging right now.
24:49I think so, too.
24:50We're running out of time, so we need some gold.
24:53So, you guys ready to go, Dov?
24:55Yep.
24:55All right.
24:55We got our plan.
24:56Let's do it.
24:57Oh, yeah, yeah.
25:01Sucks that I have to go, but this is what it is.
25:04We're past midway in the season right now, and we still haven't found gold.
25:09This could be the end of us.
25:22We've got to get some gold.
25:24The season's flying by, and we have nothing to show for it.
25:27Today's the day.
25:29Today's the day.
25:29You guys need a pick-me-up, especially Dustin.
25:34The crew face an ultimatum.
25:36To convince Dustin to hold off on the time-consuming move to the waterfall,
25:42they must find bedrock or gold within 10 feet.
25:51I'm going to dig like a maniac.
25:53Hopefully I can get some gold today in the box.
25:56Hey, James.
25:57All right.
26:01You got your fingers in all the holes?
26:03All right.
26:04Hey.
26:04Walk the road.
26:14Ask what you can do, man.
26:19Hey, Daniel.
26:21Give me a basket right here.
26:23Let's just update.
26:30Well, Dustin, this is Seattle.
26:32I want to do something amazing today,
26:34like grab some gold at the bottom and come up with it.
26:39James.
26:40He feels them fast.
26:42Damn.
26:45Pull out the nice rock, James.
26:46Good deal.
26:49We've got to get some gold.
26:52You know, I think right now,
26:54James is definitely in beast mode.
26:56He is so driven to find the gold that he moves some amazing-sized rocks.
27:05It's now a race to get down to what they hope is shallow bedrock as fast as possible,
27:11where the monster nuggets they need to ensure their futures may have settled.
27:22And over the next four hours of hard dredging,
27:25I don't know what my stomach muscles say.
27:28They're down to almost six feet deep, heading towards the bedrock.
27:36Hold on a second.
27:40What are you seeing down there?
27:45I can't believe this.
28:01Hold on a second.
28:02What are you seeing down there?
28:05I can't believe this.
28:09A nice layer of hard pack all the way across.
28:14Yeah.
28:16That's what we want.
28:17At the Golden Straits,
28:19James and Carlos may be close to proving their theory.
28:24They've hit hard pack at just six feet.
28:28Usually the last layer before hitting bedrock and a jackpot in gold.
28:33Yeah.
28:35It's all nice hard pack, and it's going down,
28:38and there's a granite rock down below the deepest point right here.
28:43You want to go ahead and get out?
28:44You've had a pretty good dive today.
28:46Got to get a hole again.
28:47Find them nuggets.
28:49Got to keep digging.
28:50We need to clear out this mess.
28:51Get back down to gold.
29:01How's it going down there, guys?
29:02How deep are you?
29:05100 feet.
29:07Well, they said 100 feet, but I know they're pulling my leg.
29:10They're making a hole.
29:12I love it.
29:18Determined to break through the hard pack to reach gold,
29:21James and Carlos push into their sixth hour underwater.
29:27James, you starting to get tired?
29:33I can hear he's starting to labor right now,
29:35so it's time to get him out.
29:37Need a hand?
29:40You did awesome.
29:41Give me a second.
29:42I weigh like 400 pounds.
29:44I know.
29:45That's how I fell yesterday.
29:49How you doing, my friend?
29:51I'm tired.
29:57Is there anything in the box?
30:00Look in that one.
30:01I didn't see anything in this one.
30:07Nothing?
30:09I don't visibly see a speck.
30:12I don't know what to say.
30:14I mean, I'm not going to try to be negative about anything.
30:17I'm just going to continue to work.
30:23But what I'm not enjoying is not getting gold because this is a problem.
30:35Is that gold or is that pyrite?
30:41That's gold, isn't it?
30:44That could be gold.
30:46It's been so long since we've seen any, I don't remember.
30:48It looks like it.
30:50What did he get?
30:52A little piece of gold.
30:54Holy crap.
30:55What?
30:56Oh, my God.
30:58Yeah.
31:00Pain goes away, bro.
31:03That's a start.
31:05I got goosebumps.
31:07That just means we're on the right path.
31:10Hey, that's our first gold at the Straits.
31:11That makes me happy.
31:13That makes me happy because we dug probably 20 feet right there and there was nothing.
31:19After striking out for over two months, the first gold from the Golden Straits is a much-needed morale boost.
31:29That means I get to call home to my senorita and say, hey, yeah, this is not a waste of
31:34time.
31:35We're getting gold.
31:36The first thing I can tell her how big it is, just gold is gold.
31:40You know what I mean?
31:41Just one little picker is enough to bring everybody's spirits up.
31:45Whoever gets to the bottom first, whoever sees the bedrock, they're going to get the glory of finding some good
31:50nuggets.
31:50So the race is on.
32:00You guys are going to find more gold today.
32:02Yeah, because y'all got down at the hard pack.
32:03Hopefully.
32:04That's the plan.
32:04And Dustin is not here and he trusts you guys with my life, so remember that.
32:11Jeez, thank you for that.
32:14I'm definitely excited to dive today, especially after seeing that little flake of gold yesterday.
32:17So hopefully, while Dustin's in Seattle getting his hand worked on, we can put a lot of gold in the
32:22box.
32:23It's all on you, Danielle.
32:26My life is all on you, Carlos.
32:28Let's get to diving.
32:31Don't let these be my last words.
32:33Oh, stop!
32:38Oh, you guys.
32:40Carlos.
32:46It's down to Danielle and Paul to hopefully chase the gold down to bedrock and a pile of monster nuggets.
32:56I'm feeling a little nervous still.
32:58I'm going to take a little bit more time once I get in the water, I think, and just adjust.
33:03I thought I would have that first dive, but it was just too rough.
33:09I'm just going to get in and get my breathing down and then see what I can get done.
33:15Got a good dive site.
33:17Starting to get on the gold.
33:18I think it's going to be a golden day today.
33:23Yep, absolutely.
33:25There you go.
33:29Yeah?
33:29Rock and roll?
33:30Air good?
33:46All right.
33:52I don't know if I'm going to be able to keep up.
33:54I don't want to let him down.
33:55I don't want to let anybody down.
34:11When the boss is away, we might go play.
34:16You think we'll be doing that when Dustin's here?
34:18No.
34:18Oh, my gosh.
34:23Woo!
34:25Got a James Pinata on the way back.
34:28Let's take a look out of the water real quick.
34:30Don't tell Dustin.
34:31You're going to get me in trouble.
34:33Welcome aboard the Nugget Express basket.
34:36One way to make me happy.
34:49I got you a basket inbound, didn't you?
35:00Nothing's going down there.
35:02It's hard packed.
35:06There's a lot of boulders.
35:09There's also some big rocks that I'm still working on right here.
35:14They're just kind of like everywhere.
35:19Almost full in basket, I think.
35:22I need a headache ball.
35:26Danielle's been kicking ass.
35:30That's amazing.
35:30It's only her second dive in this creek, so that's the fastest way to learn.
35:34Having to do what she's having to do, sling rocks, load baskets.
35:39That's a good learning lesson for her right now.
35:45Good basket. Good basket.
35:48Whoo, first basket done, and that was in five minutes.
35:54Perfect.
35:55That's what we like to see.
35:57Basket come out every five minutes.
35:59She's gonna earn chow and sleep tonight.
36:05All right, Danielle, Paul's headed your way.
36:09Watch out for the big splash.
36:14All right, guys, let's find some gold.
36:16Oh, yeah.
36:30Look at this, it's starting to come up.
36:31All right.
36:33Dude, that's the hard stuff I was in yesterday.
36:35Yeah, but it's got, uh, it's got granite rock stuck in it.
36:40Hard pack, I like to call it prehistoric concrete.
36:45Thousands upon thousands of years it takes to make something like this.
36:48Once you get to this, no one's been to the gold yet.
36:52This is a safety seal, man. Look at that.
36:57Danielle and Paul grind out the next four hours, breaking through hard pack and get down to around eight feet.
37:06Looking at it like this, so far I'm at least a foot and a half down into this hard pack.
37:12So this dive is going flawlessly, man.
37:16They're getting dirty red water, and that's what we're looking for.
37:22Red water means they're digging in iron rich material, a good sign they're close to gold.
37:31Diver one up, diver one up.
37:36All right, Danielle, I'm going to pull up on your umbilical.
37:42Just breaking through the hard pack and she's getting the rocks up.
37:46Definitely, definitely great progress.
37:50All right, Paul, you're good to go. You're free, amigo.
37:52Good job, man.
37:59Is that just a rock? It's hard to see from here.
38:01I can't get to it.
38:02Pull this up.
38:08Look at that.
38:09It's a little nug.
38:12Look what you found.
38:14That's really cool.
38:16That's what gold looks like.
38:19Danielle got herself a picker.
38:21Oh, yeah.
38:21That's pretty cool.
38:22That's a nice one.
38:24Congratulations.
38:24I'm getting into gold.
38:26Yeah.
38:27Second dive.
38:29Your first picker.
38:37Danielle got her first gold.
38:38That is frickin' awesome.
38:40I knew once we moved up, got away from the wall, got in the golden straight, that we're going to
38:44start getting on gold, and we're starting to get on gold.
38:46Wait till Dustin hears about it.
38:49Yeah, I can't wait to tell us.
38:52After months of disappointment, the crew are finally on the gold.
38:57And with two chunks in their first three dives, this should be enough to convince Dustin the golden straights contain
39:05the payday that will save his claim.
39:10If I didn't have gold fever this morning, I do now.
39:16It's a little nugget of hope.
39:19That's our name of the game.
39:21Gold!
39:21Gold!
39:22Gold!
39:28On the season ahead.
39:31We are out of money.
39:34It's bad.
39:39We're running out of season.
39:42If I don't go to where it's paying, I could lose everything.
39:49Whoa!
39:49Get out of there!
39:52That's the waterfall.
39:54This could be all the gold that we ever need, ever.
39:58Look, look, look, look, look!
39:59Right here!
40:01This is a Russian roulette site, bro.
40:03I want to live to enjoy gold.
40:05I don't want to die getting it.
40:08All right, Danielle.
40:10I'm having trouble.
40:11I'm freaking out.
40:12I don't know if you're just afraid of being down there, or there's an actual problem.
40:18This could be all the gold that we ever need, ever.
40:22And we might skip over it, because there's a couple rocks over ahead.
40:25Is it worth the risk of somebody losing their life?
40:27I couldn't do it.
40:28I'm going to have to say no.
40:30Make no mistake, that's what this is, is a mutiny.
40:33When your crew refuses to do the job.
40:39So the weather changed on us, and it doesn't look great.
40:42It's like a ticking time bomb.
40:45Hey!
40:45We need to get the out of here!
40:47Turn that off!
40:48Turn it off!
40:49You got two rules here.
40:50Yes.
40:51Don't get hurt.
40:52Don't die.
40:55We want to feel successful.
40:58And don't go down in history as the dumbest damn miners ever created on Earth.
41:09Oh, my God.
41:11What is it?
41:12Holy .
41:14I don't think so.
41:16What?
41:17Did you find gold?
41:18No!
41:20No!
41:23Yeah!
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