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00:00:00I
00:00:18Can't believe this is happening
00:00:24Can't find no goddamn gold
00:00:30Oh, you can do the 15 20-foot hole
00:00:34Doesn't pay the bills does it?
00:00:37Brings me back to like my first season doing this stuff
00:00:41Hey Fred
00:00:43Watch this technique there. I don't know what I'm doing. I'm starting to learn though. There you go. Holy
00:00:50So that's why I'm here. He's definitely got the gold fever
00:00:5314 years I've been digging for gold and I really have not fully succeeded yet
00:01:00Look at that water coming over headphones. 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
00:01:15You 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
00:01:30Where are the doctors here?
00:01:31Oh my god
00:01:34That's the biggest nugget in gold rush history
00:01:37I was finding that nugget
00:01:39I thought we would have found more by now, but
00:01:41You can only fail so much before the money runs out
00:01:47Running out of time here
00:01:48We 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 forever forever
00:02:18On the season finale of gold rush whitewater
00:02:24We're trying our hardest to get everything out of this dig that we can get
00:02:29The fate of dustin's 14-year hunt for gold
00:02:32This is our pivotal moment. Just can't let this go
00:02:37Will be decided
00:02:38I'm wishing the gold. I'm praying the gold the countdowns on
00:02:41Over the next five brutal days
00:02:44Find some damn gold
00:02:48All my gear and all my people are worn out
00:02:57Risking everything
00:02:59You are welcome to step onto this because this is dangerous as hell
00:03:03In a battle
00:03:04Water drop
00:03:05What the
00:03:06Of man
00:03:07Here it comes
00:03:08Versus mother nature's wrath
00:03:10Stop her up, stop her up
00:03:11We need to get the out of here
00:03:13Get out of there
00:03:14Do it
00:03:16In a final bid
00:03:17Is this real?
00:03:19To save their gold mining dreams
00:03:22Oh my god
00:03:24Do you see us?
00:03:26Oh
00:03:27Oh my god
00:03:29AHHHH
00:03:31It's cold out
00:03:41Yeah
00:03:42I think we're gonna be in the snow this morning though when we get out there
00:03:47Oh yeah, look at all of that fresh snow over there
00:03:53Yeah, we're about to get hammered is what's about to happen
00:03:55I agree
00:03:56Holy moly
00:03:57So we're running out of time and basically this is our last chance, yeah?
00:04:01We need to get that gold
00:04:02Yeah
00:04:03This is the last of our money
00:04:05This is the last of our fuel
00:04:07We just get 40 gallons
00:04:09Okay
00:04:10I would get more, but we're not buying more because we can't afford it
00:04:28It's basically the last of our fuel
00:04:30We just get 40 gallons
00:04:31Okay
00:04:32I would get more, but we're not buying more because we can't afford it
00:04:36It's basically the last of the borrowed money that we have to stay out here
00:04:40Well, if we don't find any gold, this is over with
00:04:47The long, harsh Alaskan winter looms heavy across the Chilkat Mountains
00:04:54And a warning for a season-ending blizzard has just been forecast
00:05:00Dustin's future at Nugget Creek
00:05:04Will be decided in the next five days
00:05:08God, it's cold
00:05:11When it starts snowing, it's over with
00:05:19Look 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
00:05:27That's not good
00:05:28Holy crap
00:05:30We got frickin' fresh snow on the mountain
00:05:32That's only a couple hundred feet up
00:05:35All right, this is the last of the fuel, boys
00:05:39We're about to get hammered with snow is what's about to happen
00:05:44We gotta find some gold
00:05:45You wanna lay it down?
00:05:47Yeah
00:05:47There we go
00:05:49The weather's starting to get so bad right now
00:05:52But hopefully we get enough gold to get back here next year
00:05:56Woo-hoo
00:05:57Colder than a poor bear's toenails
00:06:00What do you think?
00:06:08I'm scared
00:06:09Because this indeed is our future
00:06:15We're all desperate
00:06:17We're running out of time
00:06:23And without any more gold, this is the end of it
00:06:27This year is gonna be the make it or break it
00:06:33Dustin staked his life savings
00:06:35I want to succeed
00:06:37And three seasons
00:06:39I'm ready to risk everything
00:06:41This has to be the year
00:06:43Chasing life-changing gold
00:06:45At Nugget Creek
00:06:49Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop
00:06:55Winches on fire
00:06:56But the curse of this legendary creek
00:06:59Every piece of my equipment is trying to stop us
00:07:03Our dive hole got buried in
00:07:06It's kind of a nightmare
00:07:08Has defeated him at every turn
00:07:12Looks like it's a bust
00:07:13Now, deep in debt
00:07:17If I don't hit it big
00:07:18I could lose my claims
00:07:20He has to get to the very bottom of the creek
00:07:23And start pulling out monster nuggets
00:07:26I'm about to fail
00:07:27Before the Alaskan winter
00:07:29Destroys his dream
00:07:31Forever
00:07:32This is everything I have here
00:07:34Everything
00:07:35Uh, Danielle, Paul
00:07:39Yeah
00:07:40You guys are diving today
00:07:41Yeah
00:07:42Yeah
00:07:42So far this season
00:07:45Dustin has mined gold
00:07:47Worth barely $5,000
00:07:49Paul, you going in first?
00:07:51Yeah
00:07:51But he needs at least $100,000
00:07:53To save his claim
00:07:55This year has been hell on me
00:08:00I could have made more
00:08:01Gold just playing with a pan
00:08:05I wanted to give up several times
00:08:09But we need a seed of gold
00:08:11We're all desperate
00:08:13We are all desperate
00:08:15You know
00:08:15That can take a toll on a person
00:08:16So all we can pray for
00:08:19Is a good dive day
00:08:21Hopefully
00:08:23We can find
00:08:24The nugget of our dreams
00:08:26Definitely frustrating right now
00:08:32We know bedrock is there
00:08:36We just got to get right back down to it
00:08:38Two weeks ago
00:08:41They finally discovered bedrock
00:08:43And chased it down to the gold layer
00:08:45At 16 feet
00:08:46Before a brutal storm buried it
00:08:50They frantically dug back down to 10 feet
00:08:54But put the walls of the dive hole
00:08:57At risk of collapse
00:08:58Now, Danielle and Paul must clear the remaining boulders
00:09:03To get back to the bedrock
00:09:05And follow it down to the deepest point
00:09:07Where Dustin is banking
00:09:09On a claim-saving deposit
00:09:11Of monster nuggets
00:09:12Today
00:09:15My goal
00:09:16To hit bedrock
00:09:17And
00:09:19Between Paul and I
00:09:20One of us is going to get there
00:09:21And find gold this year
00:09:23All right
00:09:26You're good to go here
00:09:27All right, Paul
00:09:28Watch yourself
00:09:29Daniel's coming in
00:09:30She might bring some rocks
00:09:31On top of you
00:09:32Uh-huh
00:09:33All right
00:09:33It's so clear down here
00:09:37We're going to get some
00:09:40out now
00:09:40The clearer the water is
00:09:42The more production we get
00:09:43Oh, hey, Paul
00:09:46No idea
00:09:48All right
00:09:49So all those rocks
00:09:53They just got a real, real fine layer of sand on them
00:09:55But they're not covered with any litter
00:09:57That sounds good
00:10:00So do you think today will be
00:10:02Daniel's first day to see bedrock down there?
00:10:05Hopefully
00:10:06I really hope so
00:10:07So
00:10:08Let's find bedrock
00:10:10And actually find gold
00:10:12That would be amazing
00:10:14Hopefully
00:10:15So
00:10:18Let's see
00:10:21Might be able to load a basket right quick
00:10:27Where do you want it?
00:10:29Along the land, Walt
00:10:30Copy
00:10:30Basket in the water
00:10:36Copy that
00:10:38Copy that
00:10:39I got it
00:10:39I got it
00:10:40All right, Boston
00:10:50You're ready to go
00:10:50All right, Paul
00:10:53Coming up
00:10:54What the hell?
00:11:06What the hell?
00:11:06Stop
00:11:08Stop
00:11:09What?
00:11:10Watch
00:11:12That could have killed a diver
00:11:17Oh
00:11:18This is truly dangerous
00:11:21James
00:11:22I need him to not hit that upstream wall and drag it
00:11:26So once he hooks up, I want you to hold it back off of that wall, and then lift it up.
00:11:32And once it's high enough, you can walk with it and not hold on to it.
00:11:36I'll try my hardest.
00:11:39In their push to get down to the monster nuggets, the crew dug almost vertically.
00:11:47Now, if any lift strikes the unstable walls, they risk collapse, crushing the divers below.
00:11:55The solution? Use a tagline and James' raw strength to steer the load clear.
00:12:04I need to practice.
00:12:07All right, coming up.
00:12:11James, watch it, watch it, watch it. Don't hook him.
00:12:17I'll hold it, but keep coming. Keep coming right there. Stay right there.
00:12:23Right there. Lift.
00:12:25Keep him off that wall.
00:12:29Ah, it's heavy.
00:12:31Is this too much?
00:12:32No.
00:12:32That's a big rock that you're holding right now.
00:12:34Ooh.
00:12:36That works.
00:12:37All right, now come on upstream. Try not to hit all the rock stuff.
00:12:41Dude, that's perfect.
00:12:43That's perfect.
00:12:45That is perfect.
00:12:46Look at that.
00:12:46Today I stormed the castle.
00:12:55We shall be victorious.
00:13:00Over the next six hours...
00:13:02Good drop, huh? Double boulder holder.
00:13:04The miners get down to 13 feet.
00:13:08Please find bedrock today.
00:13:10But there's still no sign of bedrock.
00:13:14It's a deep dig.
00:13:18Frustrating, but they're probably this close.
00:13:22We're getting close back to the bedrock, but nothing. Nothing yet.
00:13:26Daylight is already fading.
00:13:32But Danielle and Paul are desperate and refuse to quit.
00:13:38Come on, let's just see some bedrock.
00:13:41It was disheartening to hear that they have no sign of fixing bedrock yet.
00:13:50Very disheartening.
00:13:53Uh...
00:13:54Damn.
00:13:56We're supposed to be cleaning up with our frickin' bucket of frickin' riches and gold.
00:14:02Not looking for bedrock, so...
00:14:06Damn it.
00:14:10Disheartening, man. Disheartening.
00:14:1715-minute warning. 15-minute warning.
00:14:20I'm just kidding.
00:14:22I was at a 15-minute warning already.
00:14:27I'm not going to go for your nozzle, Danielle.
00:14:30No.
00:14:32I'm going to make this hole my bitch.
00:14:34Send me down a pillow. I'm sleeping here.
00:14:36What?
00:14:39She said...
00:14:40I'm making this hole my bitch.
00:14:43Send me a pillow. I'm sleeping down here.
00:14:46Oh.
00:14:47Oh.
00:14:49Oh.
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, what's up?
00:15:04I think it's better.
00:15:07Oh, yeah.
00:15:09All right, Danielle.
00:15:10I think Paul's almost done here.
00:15:11I can throw you this, uh, rope here.
00:15:15I think she found, uh...
00:15:17Okay, you guys...
00:15:17I found bedrock.
00:15:20Yes!
00:15:21Woo!
00:15:22Woo!
00:15:23You want to make me out of here?
00:15:25That is amazing that we found bedrock again.
00:15:30Yeah, that helped.
00:15:31Good job.
00:15:32The threat from the coming winter storm forced them to dive for over seven hours, the longest
00:15:39of the season, and finally got them back on bedrock.
00:15:44Woo!
00:15:45Woo!
00:15:45Their hopes of saving the Nugget Creek claim are still alive.
00:15:49So we found frickin' bedrock today.
00:15:53Holy frickin' moly.
00:15:55Good frickin' goddamn news.
00:15:57And all we have to do is follow the bedrock.
00:16:00And you know what that frickin' means?
00:16:02We're going to find the frickin' gold.
00:16:04Woo-hoo!
00:16:05Ha, ha, ha!
00:16:06Hell yeah!
00:16:07Yeah, I think she found, uh...
00:16:18Okay, you guys...
00:16:19I found bedrock!
00:16:20F***!
00:16:21Yeah!
00:16:22Woo-hoo!
00:16:24That is amazing that we found bedrock again.
00:16:27Yeah, Danielle, good job.
00:16:29Winter about to call time on their failing season.
00:16:33The crew is finally back on bedrock.
00:16:35They found a tent side of the bedrock wall, way down there.
00:16:56That's good news.
00:16:58Beautiful!
00:17:03It's getting dark.
00:17:04It's dangerous.
00:17:06That's never a good thing.
00:17:07We shouldn't be here right now.
00:17:10They must evacuate the dive site before dark
00:17:13to get back to the safety of camp.
00:17:16All right, Danielle, I think Paul's almost done here.
00:17:19Ha!
00:17:20I'm gonna get out.
00:17:22Paul'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 it would have come out.
00:17:38Uh, definitely come up.
00:17:41Step right here.
00:17:45All right.
00:17:48I finally got my eyes on this bedrock business.
00:17:51Good job on bedrock.
00:17:55Good job.
00:17:57But just as I'm finding it, they wanted me to come up,
00:18:02and I was refusing because I thought it was bedrock,
00:18:07and it turns out I was right.
00:18:09All right, we got down to bedrock.
00:18:11We'll just follow that down.
00:18:12Now we can dig from here on out, right?
00:18:14Yeah, man.
00:18:16Things are looking great.
00:18:17Yeah.
00:18:18Let's get out of here.
00:18:19Come up with a strategy for tomorrow.
00:18:21Copy that.
00:18:22Sounds good.
00:18:22The snow's almost here, y'all.
00:18:46It's here.
00:18:47Like, we're about to get dropped on.
00:18:48Let's just try everything we can to get to the bottom of this thing and find gold.
00:18:53Because right now we're at the desperation stage.
00:18:56If I don't hit it big, I could lose everything.
00:19:01I honestly think we're that close to hitting a pastry.
00:19:05I just think we are.
00:19:07We know there's gold there.
00:19:08Yeah.
00:19:09Danielle fell in the bedrock, so all we got to do is just uncover it, you know?
00:19:13Follow it.
00:19:14Follow it.
00:19:14That's it.
00:19:15All right, so James Carlos, we're going to find out where this bedrock goes.
00:19:19You can find some gold today.
00:19:20That'd be great, too.
00:19:21Yeah, it would.
00:19:22We assume it's on the bottom, bottom, bottom.
00:19:24So as soon as you find that, we're going to find gold.
00:19:27I'm going to apologize now.
00:19:28I think we left you guys a lot of basket rocks down there.
00:19:31Man, I bet James can get them rocks out quick.
00:19:34He does like six baskets in like 20 minutes.
00:19:39Let's go have a good day.
00:19:41All right, you guys ready?
00:19:42Yeah.
00:19:42Let's get out of here.
00:19:45God, it's cool.
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 going to follow it.
00:19:56And any luck, there's a whole bunch of nugs down there.
00:19:59The crew still has a weather window of four days to strike a jackpot that could net Dustin
00:20:13far more than the $95,000 he needs to save his claims.
00:20:18It looks lower than it did yesterday.
00:20:23Yeah, it definitely does, doesn't it?
00:20:27Is there enough water for the dredge?
00:20:30We'll make it work.
00:20:31Yeah.
00:20:32It froze big time on top.
00:20:39The side of the water is crystal clear, and it dropped.
00:20:42So we're having to make modifications to make sure the dredge fits.
00:20:50Let's get the dredge up.
00:20:51Let's do it.
00:20:53Let's fight some gold.
00:20:55This is the shallowest water I've ever set a dredge in.
00:20:58Dredges are meant to float.
00:21:00It's not even shallow.
00:21:01It's, look, I'm standing out of the water.
00:21:05Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
00:21:07I'll get this.
00:21:09That's probably good.
00:21:10That's probably good.
00:21:10Good.
00:21:14We build a dam across here.
00:21:16It'll bring it up.
00:21:17Yeah, we can do it.
00:21:18All hands on deck.
00:21:22This is going to work good.
00:21:24Yep.
00:21:29Go Lowe's.
00:21:30Yes, sir.
00:21:31Let's go open up some water.
00:21:32A little more flow.
00:21:33A little more flow.
00:21:34Gotcha.
00:21:36So right now, we don't have enough water.
00:21:37We've got to raise the water up, you know, two or three inches.
00:21:40And that's going to have to come from upstream.
00:21:44All season, they've shielded their dive hole from the raging creek.
00:21:49Just need a little bit.
00:21:51Not a lot.
00:21:52Redirect.
00:21:53Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:21:55But now, they must risk opening up part of the weir so they can float the dredge.
00:22:02We were restricting it before to keep the kitty litter out, but now we needed more water to run the dredge.
00:22:10It's kind of silly.
00:22:12That's plenty.
00:22:13Carlos, see it?
00:22:15Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:22:16Sure do.
00:22:16It tripled it.
00:22:18Okay, good.
00:22:18That's good.
00:22:19I think what they did worked.
00:22:22Wow!
00:22:23Woo!
00:22:23That's cool.
00:22:24We're floating.
00:22:26Let's find some gold.
00:22:33Who's going on first?
00:22:35Me.
00:22:35We're going to crush this place.
00:22:40We are going to get rich.
00:22:43Y'all got to find some gold today.
00:22:45I'm going for it.
00:22:46All right, James, we're ready to rock and roll, dude.
00:22:48Follow the hoes, wherever it goes.
00:22:54Come on, gold!
00:22:57Goldhound is on the prowl.
00:23:01Yeah, I'd get some bedrock.
00:23:03Somewhere around here.
00:23:06That's what I was hoping for you, buddy, was find that wall and go for the bottom.
00:23:12All right.
00:23:13It goes way down.
00:23:14I think.
00:23:15How's the depth on you?
00:23:16I'd say 14 feet.
00:23:21All right, let's find some gold.
00:23:23That's right.
00:23:24Yeah, James, that's the spirit.
00:23:27Nice shot.
00:23:29James' mission?
00:23:31Follow the sloping bedrock to its deepest point, where it should be chock full of season-saving nuggets.
00:23:37Today, 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.
00:23:49I'm wishing the gold.
00:23:50I'm praying for the gold.
00:23:51This might be our last dive day for this season.
00:23:54No one knows.
00:23:55It might get snow tonight.
00:23:56So, the countdown's on right now.
00:24:04All right.
00:24:05I think you're ready to go.
00:24:06Hopefully, I'll find some gold today.
00:24:08Game on, man.
00:24:09Game on.
00:24:10Find some gold.
00:24:11Find some damn gold!
00:24:13Follow the bend.
00:24:19All right.
00:24:20Oh, he drove in headfirst.
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, all right.
00:24:30That's it.
00:24:30Yep.
00:24:31The bottom?
00:24:32Nope.
00:24:33That goes at an angle.
00:24:36We're uncovering it right now.
00:24:38They not told y'all existed.
00:24:41Yep, that's bedrock, all right.
00:24:43It's angling down.
00:24:44Angling down towards the middle of the ground.
00:24:46Upstream.
00:24:47They found a vertical wall.
00:24:49They're starting to slope out towards the bottom.
00:24:52And James is downstream.
00:24:54Carlos is upstream.
00:24:55And they're both just following the bedrock down in the middle right now.
00:25:00So, hopefully, they get somewhere.
00:25:03Every dog has his day, you know?
00:25:06Maybe if I do it long enough, I'll get my day.
00:25:09Please be that day!
00:25:13The first winter blizzard is forecast to dump on Nugget Creek in just four days.
00:25:38Yeah, 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, the crew has a fighting chance to not only save the claim,
00:25:49but uncover the millions in gold they've been hunting for 14 years.
00:25:56Can't let this go.
00:25:58I need this to happen.
00:25:59It's getting a good piece of bedrock uncovered.
00:26:04Oh, yeah.
00:26:05Wow.
00:26:06You're talking about the wall, right?
00:26:08Yeah, we're talking about the wall.
00:26:09It's still going.
00:26:10It's sliding down, man, towards that middle.
00:26:12We're uncovering a lot of real estate.
00:26:19We should pluck that boulder.
00:26:22All right.
00:26:23I think there might be some gold underneath this boulder.
00:26:25We're on a sloping bedrock wall.
00:26:35I haven't found a bottom yet.
00:26:38Damn, they're getting close, it sounds like.
00:26:40You can tell they're getting a little excited about it.
00:26:43You're hearing their breathing, too.
00:26:47We're trying to get this boulder to move.
00:26:50Come on.
00:26:54Come on.
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.
00:27:06You think we're ready for the headache ball?
00:27:07Yep.
00:27:08OK.
00:27:09All right.
00:27:10Something's dropping it down on you.
00:27:12OK.
00:27:12Come 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 headache ball.
00:27:21Up on the headache ball.
00:27:23It's moving.
00:27:24Holy look out.
00:27:27That went right toward me.
00:27:29I know.
00:27:30You got to take both of us.
00:27:32Oh, my.
00:27:38What the ?
00:27:39It loves you, dude.
00:27:41That was an Indiana Jones.
00:27:47Good job.
00:27:47That's a nice rock.
00:27:48OK.
00:27:49Thank you, guys.
00:27:52That was freaky, man.
00:27:55That's a big one.
00:27:58Holy .
00:27:59James, we're really deep, dude.
00:28:01We're at 15 feet.
00:28:0315 feet?
00:28:04Oh, man.
00:28:05Going deeper and deeper.
00:28:10Man, that coming out of something else.
00:28:13That's all clean, dude.
00:28:15There's going to be gold in there.
00:28:18Everybody's got gold fever.
00:28:19When you hit the bedrock, that's all you can think about.
00:28:25Awesome working conditions hill here.
00:28:30We're moving baskets quick.
00:28:32That's a good sign.
00:28:34I love it.
00:28:35Y'all are going to find some gold today.
00:28:36All right, thank you 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?
00:28:55And it just goes down to the abyss?
00:28:57Yeah, man.
00:28:57It goes straight down, dude.
00:29:00Yeah.
00:29:00Carlos and James are on the hunt for the creek's deepest point, where the bedrock walls meet.
00:29:14This deep V is the collection point for all the creek's biggest nuggets.
00:29:19But if their search continues too far under the weir, instead of reaching the bonanza, they could trigger a massive landslide that would bury them alive.
00:29:34So no bottom in sight, huh?
00:29:37Nope.
00:29:39And it's still going down, man, toward the frickin' middle.
00:29:43I can't pull them out yet.
00:29:45I have to know.
00:29:46Yeah, no.
00:29:46I know it's cold.
00:29:48I know they've been in a long time, but I need to know what they're seeing.
00:29:52Yeah.
00:29:56James and Carlos have been nonstop digging, chasing down the bedrock for close to eight hours.
00:30:05I'm beat.
00:30:05I'm tired.
00:30:06Yeah.
00:30:07But they're over 16 feet deep, and there's still no sign of the bottom.
00:30:14Hey, James, watch yourself, bro.
00:30:16The basket's clear.
00:30:22Copy that.
00:30:26Could be that we're absolutely skunked on this dig.
00:30:32It's time.
00:30:36Hey, just a heads up, guys.
00:30:3815-minute warning.
00:30:40Oh.
00:30:40You sure?
00:30:41It's starting to get dark up here.
00:30:43Copy that.
00:30:48Can you see on the billboard?
00:30:49Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.
00:30:50Don't move, billboard.
00:30:52I can't pick you up, man.
00:30:57I think he's just exhausted.
00:31:00You all right?
00:31:01Yeah.
00:31:01Oh, it is dark up here.
00:31:18Oh, yeah.
00:31:18Yeah.
00:31:19Yeah, it'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, huh?
00:31:30No.
00:31:32All right.
00:31:35Carlos is exposed five feet of a vertical-ish wall.
00:31:40That's bedrock, and it's all the way down there,
00:31:44and it's heading underneath the weir.
00:31:47So it's just shooting straight down.
00:31:49Apparently, it's way, way deeper than we thought.
00:31:59Is there some gold?
00:32:01Not a 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 you 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 before the forecast snowstorm shuts them down.
00:33:08It's all hopeful yesterday until we found out the bedrock shooting underneath the weir.
00:33:17Not sure how to figure this out.
00:33:20Hopefully, Paul and Danielle find some gold because we've run out of time and we can't go anywhere else.
00:33:28I've got to make this work because I don't want to sell the planes.
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.
00:33:43There.
00:33:43We'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, but we're giving her another shot.
00:33:54And we're still going to 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.
00:34:19But 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,
00:34:38because it's a death sentence if it comes down on you.
00:34:43You're buried forever.
00:34:45It'll take us months to find your body.
00:34:47It's going to be a dangerous dive today,
00:34:53but we've got to do something drastic to be able to get on this gold line,
00:34:59so I'm just going to 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.
00:35:13I'm 95% sure you're going to find gold today.
00:35:19I hope so.
00:35:21Ready to go?
00:35:22Everything looks good, man.
00:35:25Oh!
00:35:25If there's any kind of slope,
00:35:32you can hear the rock hitting before it comes down,
00:35:35and it gives you an extra millisecond to get yourself out of there without dying.
00:35:40If there's a vertical wall or an undercut,
00:35:43no warning except this little crack noise.
00:35:45It's a little crunchy noise,
00:35:47and we all know what it means.
00:35:50Death is coming is what it means.
00:35:52It's going to be a little tight down here,
00:36:02but I 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,
00:36:14and then we can follow that trail to the rest of it.
00:36:17How's it looking down there, Paul?
00:36:23Not bad.
00:36:25A little bit of hard pack over here.
00:36:28No bedrock?
00:36:30Not on the square side yet.
00:36:34Weird colored hard pack.
00:36:35It's like yellow.
00:36:37Last year, that same color, I found nuggets in it.
00:36:41Huh.
00:36:41Is that good?
00:36:46Yes, sir.
00:36:47All right.
00:36:47Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa.
00:36:49A high-pressure hose down there,
00:36:51so it's going to be a spaghetti dinner down there for you guys,
00:36:53so don't get caught up every so often.
00:36:55Check your hoses.
00:36:57All right, Danielle.
00:36:58Looks like you're ready to rock and roll.
00:37:00Couldn't ask for a better day.
00:37:08Sun is shining.
00:37:09Birds are singing.
00:37:10Crystal clear water.
00:37:12This is a perfect day for gold, amigo.
00:37:18This is the most pristine, clearest water
00:37:21I've ever seen on Nugget Creek.
00:37:23Unbelievable.
00:37:24All right, guys.
00:37:30We've got this high-pressure washer for you.
00:37:33Don't get tangled up.
00:37:34In the water.
00:37:36Oh, perfect.
00:37:38All right.
00:37:50I can use the Gary now.
00:37:51Copy that.
00:37:53Gary, that.
00:37:56Right on his head.
00:37:57He liked it.
00:38:00I can help you with the rocks.
00:38:02I've got to get stuff off the boat.
00:38:03Oh.
00:38:04Oh.
00:38:04Oh.
00:38:16Look at that rusty sucker.
00:38:19That had to have been on bedrock.
00:38:20Yep.
00:38:21Damn, they're getting close.
00:38:25You 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
00:38:38is underneath that weir,
00:38:41we do not have the time to move that weir.
00:38:45Paul and Danielle slug it out.
00:38:59Rock by rock.
00:38:59Rock by rock.
00:39:00Rock by rock.
00:39:00I'll be that.
00:39:04Desperate to reach the deepest point
00:39:07and a season-saving pile of nuggets.
00:39:10They've been in over five hours now,
00:39:21but I got to know what they're seeing.
00:39:24This is our pivotal moments.
00:39:25It can flood all night,
00:39:26and I can't let this moment go just because they're tired.
00:39:31Where you're standing right now,
00:39:32is it going straight down,
00:39:33or is it going across the way?
00:39:34I'm not even on the bedrock anymore.
00:39:36The rock I thought was going straight down,
00:39:38I got to open up some room.
00:39:40The bedrock'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.
00:40:02Oh my god, it's steep.
00:40:04Holy .
00:40:10It's a long dive.
00:40:12They're going to be tired when they come out.
00:40:14Right now, they're getting a little bit dredged,
00:40:18drunk, you know, silent.
00:40:20They definitely earned their chow and a good night's sleep.
00:40:31Hell yeah!
00:40:32Look at that.
00:40:33That was on bedrock, wasn't it?
00:40:34Yep.
00:40:35Yep.
00:40:36Got to be hitting bottom any time soon.
00:40:39Wow.
00:40:40That boulder was sitting in that bottom V.
00:40:43Holy .
00:40:45It's coming up back time.
00:40:48That is beautiful.
00:40:51Wow, look at that.
00:40:52It's coming back up.
00:40:54So you're on the bottom, and you found the bottom V.
00:40:57Yeah.
00:40:58Yeah.
00:40:59We've got the weir wall.
00:41:02We have got the weir bedrock wall exposed.
00:41:06Oh my god!
00:41:08God!
00:41:09Ah!
00:41:10Ah!
00:41:11This is a weir.
00:41:13Holy .
00:41:14God.
00:41:15God.
00:41:19God, look at that.
00:41:20This is some perfect.
00:41:22Wow.
00:41:23That's so cool.
00:41:24All month I've been thinking, did I put the weir in the wrong spot,
00:41:34and this is going to skunk.
00:41:36We're going to be, we're done.
00:41:38That's it.
00:41:39Oh, I feel relieved right now.
00:41:44Look at that.
00:41:45Oh, do we follow it backwards or do we follow it up?
00:41:50No, I'll keep taking this side of it just to stay on that V.
00:41:53OK.
00:41:58Finding the V, where the bedrock walls meet,
00:42:01has given them a fighting chance.
00:42:04Now, Danielle and Paul need to follow the gold line
00:42:08to its deepest point, cleaning up a trail
00:42:11of claim-saving nuggets as they go.
00:42:17Can you guys keep on digging?
00:42:18I'm going to go get your meals for you.
00:42:19I'm going to, you can stay the night.
00:42:22I'm game.
00:42:35Oh, my God.
00:42:36What is it?
00:42:37Holy .
00:42:38What?
00:42:39Do you see them?
00:42:41Are they?
00:42:42I don't think so.
00:42:44What the ?
00:42:46It is, right?
00:42:47What?
00:42:48.
00:42:50It looks like it.
00:42:51It looks like it.
00:42:53Did you find gold?
00:42:54I think, yes.
00:42:55Seriously?
00:42:57A nugget.
00:43:00You might want to take that out.
00:43:01I think it's real.
00:43:04Is it real?
00:43:07Or am I dreaming?
00:43:10Oh, isn't it a nugget?
00:43:13Oh, my God.
00:43:15Oh, my God.
00:43:18Oh, my God.
00:43:20Yes!
00:43:22Yes!
00:43:23Ah!
00:43:23Yes!
00:43:24Look at that!
00:43:26Oh, my God!
00:43:26Fuck you, Sam.
00:43:29Look at that!
00:43:30Go.
00:43:31Oh, my God!
00:43:34Oh, my God.
00:43:51What is it?
00:43:53Holy .
00:43:54What?
00:43:55Do you see her?
00:43:57All right?
00:43:58I don't think so.
00:44:00What the ?
00:44:02It is, right?
00:44:03It looks like it.
00:44:07You might want to take that up.
00:44:09Is this real?
00:44:11Or am I dreaming?
00:44:15Oh, .
00:44:17Is it a nugget?
00:44:18Oh, my God!
00:44:21Yeah!
00:44:22Yeah!
00:44:23Yeah!
00:44:24Yeah!
00:44:25Yeah!
00:44:26That makes it real.
00:44:28Oh, my God!
00:44:30Oh, look at that.
00:44:32Oh, my God!
00:44:33Yeah!
00:44:34Oh, my God!
00:44:35Oh, my God!
00:44:36Oh, my God!
00:44:37Oh, my God!
00:44:38Oh, my God!
00:44:39That moment.
00:44:40Oh!
00:44:41Oh, my God!
00:44:42Yeah!
00:44:43has battled setback after setback but now with the storm less than three days away they're finally on
00:44:52the gold a large nugget like this is worth more than its weight value alone and could fetch over
00:45:10ten 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
00:45:30yeah oh 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 10 grand right there
00:45:46yeah if you find one there's more yeah it's about time so that's the channel it's a line of gold
00:45:59this is awesome we found our first real nugget of season and uh it's beautiful
00:46:06there's gonna be nuggets all the way up that
00:46:18they're at that max limit they're tired
00:46:24now what do you need to come up it's dark again it's not safe
00:46:30they found the v they're at the bottom it's on this side of the weir it's on the tent side of the weir
00:46:49and there's very obviously nuggets in there
00:46:52this means we're not fully screwed and i'm damn excited i'm gonna sleep really well tonight
00:47:00this is amazing
00:47:04wow damn tom
00:47:09welcome back
00:47:10thank you yay
00:47:11good dive
00:47:13did 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
00:47:24daniel
00:47:24good job
00:47:29oh wow
00:47:32unreal it's so heavy
00:47:36that's beautiful it's beautiful isn't it this just paid for most of our fuel this year right here
00:47:42that's good that'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 carlos
00:48:03what can i say this is the best day ever best day all season for sure i'm like so stoked to be a part of
00:48:11this that was incredible i i still think i'm dreaming
00:48:19that was a long one yeah
00:48:23good job paul damn good man
00:48:28do i see it yeah
00:48:32oh wow it is a beautiful piece good job man damn good dig
00:48:37oh
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 and for dustin it's a lifeline
00:48:59i'm glad we kept going this is going to work out really good now i think we just need to keep
00:49:07going
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
00:49:37so it's raining like hell yeah yeah it is dustin has sunk his life savings hunting for gold at nugget creek
00:49:57but yesterday danielle found what could be the first in a trail of monster nuggets
00:50:04proof that they're closing in on claim saving gold
00:50:09today was supposed to be our day but it rained all night so we're in landslide territory right now
00:50:17because of how wet it is i understand we all want to go get back down to the bottom of this thing but
00:50:23it's a death sentence man yeah over the seasons the fractured walls above the dive sites have rained
00:50:32down on the miners below run run run get up here guys get up here the danger heightened by frequent
00:50:39earthquakes and severe weather the power of this water is just insane this is a freaking nightmare
00:50:51two years ago a coastal typhoon slammed into nugget creek until it raged at over nine feet a second
00:50:59i hate to say it but i think this is it i think this is the end and hurled hundred pound boulders
00:51:06into dive holes they had spent weeks digging out
00:51:13and gold or no gold it's not worth your damn life so 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 yeah let's do a clean up then let's do it
00:51:38so just a heads up i'm getting a little worried that edge is starting to come loose right here
00:51:52there's a waterfall oh that's there yeah that's not good there's a waterfall right there that is a lot of water
00:52:03hey paul i don't think you should be standing there bro the walls are absolutely saturated
00:52:09this is not safe
00:52:14i don't want us to be out here any longer all right so let's go do the fastest cleanup we've
00:52:22ever done and get out of here all right copy that let's do it
00:52:26all right fast and furious we'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 yeah i get it did the water just intensify yeah we need to hurry up and get out of
00:52:40here yeah we don't need to be here much longer y'all all of us let's go copy that let's get out of here
00:52:54dustin still needs at least 85 000 to save his mining future i'm going to see lots and lots of gold
00:53:03i mean there's six buckets of this but a blizzard is forecast in less than 48 hours which will force
00:53:10them out of their claim if it hits early their season is over a lot of black sand
00:53:28oh man not much here just a gram or so we've only dredged a little bit of bedrock bottom the v
00:53:35that's the deepest spot we're essentially running out of time hopefully doesn't snow because it'd be
00:53:42nice to try to in the season with millions of dollars in gold because we're right there and it's sad
00:53:48you got some gold not much oh that's broke my heart just now looking at that
00:54:00so it looks like we got less than an ounce right as far as fine gold yeah and the nugget
00:54:08two nuggets and some fine gold not the best of seasons so far
00:54:12i don't know how to change that we did what we did and now the season's coming to a crashing hold
00:54:18well we're not ready to give up yet right yeah you got to remember also we
00:54:24dredged two feet of the bedrock that's all yep still a chance still a chance it's just do we have
00:54:30enough time to uncover more of it we got to step our game up somehow some way we need to put in as
00:54:38many hours as we possibly can because you can see that snow line coming down yeah i'll dive every
00:54:43day that we have left if i have to it's going to be a push if we don't push hard we're going to regret
00:54:51it yeah we're going to have to do some double shifts though yeah i'm up for it two divers go
00:54:56in for five hours come out the next two divers go in for five hours come out i mean we get a lot
00:55:01of hours in a day that way yeah well i think with two teams going in mm-hmm there's a good chance
00:55:06we can get we can uncover more more way more bedrock yeah all right so tomorrow everybody's
00:55:11going in i'm game for that i mean i'll stay on the dredge as long as y'all want to stay in the water
00:55:15i said let's go for it so we'll do a double double do a double double we're going to double double on
00:55:19the deuce sluice
00:55:36all right out of fuel hopefully what we have up there and this will get us through at least one more
00:55:47day are these ready to rock and roll daniel yeah the predicted snowstorm will drop over two feet of
00:55:56season-ending snow in less than 24 hours shutting down nugget creek and potentially their mining careers
00:56:05it's a warning that the winner is here snow's about to drop on the head it's about to freeze
00:56:11and i'm out of money but we're going to keep going sorry i'm late guys i had to put on double socks because
00:56:18i'm cold there it is oh all right so what we're going to try to do today we're going to get two
00:56:27divers in and then you guys are going to rotate out and we're going to get the longest dive of our
00:56:32existence try to stretch this out as far as we can with the weather so this might be our last chance
00:56:40yeah this is it we're going to do a blitz all right get out of here yo here we go
00:56:48final push huh yeah all right so let's get the jenny started let's drop this dredge and we're
00:57:11doing this danielle you can suit up yeah i know there's more gold down there so i just want to
00:57:20get in there and get after it and tap out uh knowing that i worked the hardest i could and did the
00:57:26best i could down there what the there's shell rock all over the place oh yeah look at that where'd that come from
00:57:35oh there's rocks up there walls saturated and this is where big rocks fall oh you see it all
00:57:46yeah that's all new oh look at the size of it oh yeah any of these would kill you
00:57:54i mean we got waterfalls coming down that's going to bring scree down yeah so it's not going to be safe
00:57:59on the tent side whatsoever all right y'all just so you know you are welcome to step out of this
00:58:11because this is a high risk situation that we're in and you all understand that yeah you will not let
00:58:19me down if you walk out of here right now because i understand how dangerous this is so this is your
00:58:26choice to be here right now right everybody feel that copy that all right we're doing this aren't we
00:58:40just don't let the fever get a hold of you you mess around too much and the rocks come on top of
00:58:45you i can't help you that's where you'll stay forever don't worry baby i can't help you if i got
00:58:52a stick a hose in my mouth and jump in there naked i'll be down there thank you i feel safe
00:58:57right now i want to see the gold but more importantly i want to make sure that all my people get out of
00:59:16here unscathed all right two divers in this is the big push this is probably the most danger we've been
00:59:33in all year hate the way the walls are dripping this is where big rocks fall this is where landslides
00:59:42happen this is the bad stuff right now this is probably our most dangerous day by far just need
00:59:54everybody to get out of here we need everybody to get out of here we need everybody to get out of here
01:00:08you're gonna find gold this year village ham with a season-ending blizzard descending on nugget creek
01:00:33within hours there's freaking gold in here nuggets i guarantee there's nuggets today's outcome will
01:00:39decide dustin's future forever running out of time here and kind of desperate right now if we don't
01:00:48get a bunch of gold i don't get a bunch of gold i could lose play come on guys
01:00:57all right we're on bedrock and the race is on because gold is on the bedrock this is the big push
01:01:08in a desperate attempt to get the 85 000 worth of gold dustin needs to save his claims his crew is diving in
01:01:21relay
01:01:24we got two divers down nobody's been hit by rock yet and uh we got two more divers to go i want to see
01:01:33as much bedrock cleaned off as i could possibly get today danielle and paul have been diving for
01:01:39nearly four hours with no drop in pace come on i want to go for a dive i'll probably have enough time
01:01:46to get this cleared off and uh get you guys some good bedrock y'all are gonna be the ones to find the goal
01:01:51yeah all right we just gotta go go go go go
01:01:59good to go
01:02:03you guys ready for this
01:02:12so what's the situation down there right now
01:02:14can you get some more hot water down there danielle let's get you cold okay
01:02:39oh
01:02:47oh my god
01:02:50it's this engine
01:02:53that son of us does not want to run
01:02:57what's it doing just add power yeah i know that's got to be part of her heat problem
01:03:03the heat exchange from the dredge engines delivers the vital hot water danielle needs
01:03:10against the frigid creek to avoid hypothermic shock
01:03:16cold
01:03:18is happening it seems like our gas has to crash in it and it's not letting it want to
01:03:24flow to the carburetor so we know it's not the engine it's got to be our fuel
01:03:31oh i bet it i bet it's that son of it's right there i think it's that bowl that goes on the fuel
01:03:39switch if i put the 10 mil and cracked it to see if there's any water you can do that
01:03:44is there any way to clean those bowls out without the you got to turn it off yeah
01:03:59she's gonna have to come up so we can shut the engines off
01:04:03hey danielle come up for a minute please we're gonna have to shut this engine off for just a minute
01:04:07okay okay yeah we got to do this sorry go ahead thank you i'm still not getting any hot water to
01:04:15my right foot my hands are still freaking cold too but that's not as bad as my foot hey carlos
01:04:23here's what hot water she has to warm a boot up we got to turn off one of these engines
01:04:27we're having trouble keeping our engines going we think that there's water in the fuel we're gonna
01:04:38drain some of that see how that goes i don't really know what else to do i think it's too wet for these
01:04:44engines to keep running like this hold on hold on hold on
01:04:54here
01:04:57there it goes
01:05:02bowl right here yeah it's what's stopping us that wouldn't surprise me a bit
01:05:08had like filth in the bottom of it yeah i think this is the problem all right let's see if we get
01:05:15this thing sorted
01:05:20that's what it was that's what it was
01:05:27all right back in action all right let me back up
01:05:37i can feel my foot again
01:05:41good to go okay you're ready to rock and roll go get some gold
01:05:45that's a good sign this is our final push to keep gold this season
01:05:50yep but this kid's super dangerous
01:06:17the walls are absolutely saturated
01:06:26rocks are falling right now
01:06:27this is not a good scenario but we're doing it we're kind 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 he needs a huge score in the next few hours
01:06:50or he faces the end of his mining career
01:06:56this is the race against time right now the weather's coming down
01:07:00it's going to bring snow
01:07:01and danielle has been in a long time we don't want her to get dredged drunk because that's when accidents
01:07:11happen so we're going to tag in tag out tangadale i'm going to get down freaking get busy and hopefully
01:07:18get gold gold gold gold gold gold gold so danielle looks like your time is up
01:07:32after nearly five hours danielle hands the baton to a fresh diver carlos
01:07:41good job good job yeah i see the bedrock
01:08:00yeah we're going to get some
01:08:02the crew has already found a massive nugget
01:08:28now they just need to follow the bedrock to its deepest point
01:08:33and its deposit of monster gold
01:08:36yeah it's going to get some gold out of here today
01:08:38oh all right
01:08:44we switched out one set of divers we only got one left
01:08:50hey paul would now be a good time to switch
01:08:53yeah right now i am done physically done all right carlos i'm out all right brother good job
01:09:05i'm the last one to get in and this is it our final push
01:09:09they're on bedrock but we're going with a hail mary right now
01:09:14i want to get in there and do what the gold hound does
01:09:17i want to get in there and find gold millions come on man we got this
01:09:27it's the final push man
01:09:30they got a lot of riding on this man i don't want to sell the planes
01:09:33all right all right here we go
01:09:42you down here james yes sir i'm down with you all right
01:09:46paul left you a beautiful beautiful beautiful present man
01:09:52he's got to do some gorgeous bedrock and i got a lot of bedrock to my side
01:09:57and i'm working my way forward and working my way down
01:10:04now this bedrock is uh nice and jagged that's going down into a feed
01:10:11and there's a lot of jagged area and three catches for gold
01:10:15now we're going to start taking like crazy now james
01:10:17yep there's probably some record-sized nuggets in there
01:10:20over the next three hours let's do it let's find some gold james and carlos follow the bedrock
01:10:33deeper and deeper they've been down there working their butts off an all-out blitz for gold
01:10:39oh man hey check my uh check my compressor
01:11:10it's rolling carlos are you having trouble breathing
01:11:18come on up dude don't do that get up here
01:11:23now we're coming up
01:11:31god damn what happened check bob went bad
01:11:36dude just blowing air straight out
01:11:37what a show it's close sorry
01:11:46his air compressor just went dead we don't have a way to fix it because one of the pop-up
01:11:50valves went bad there's a pressure gauge that allows only a certain amount of pressure and they call pop-up
01:11:56valves and uh when they break gotta replace them there's no way to fix them as far as i know
01:12:03so all we're doing now is just yanking him out because there was nothing i could do
01:12:15uh
01:12:20uh i didn't get to finish the mission man i just needed air to live so i had to tap out early
01:12:27night man so as of right now we're broke right now it's all up to james
01:12:40it's all yours james be careful
01:12:45hey james i'm counting on you to do this
01:12:47the storm is fast approaching and with it the end of dustin's mining career
01:13:1014 years and it's got to this
01:13:17but he still has a chance of reaching the claim saving gold
01:13:21i know this creek has gold and it's big damn gold too another foot and we got this for sure
01:13:28up ahead water drop stop we need to get the out of here we're about to get a damn flash flood
01:13:39here we're up here freezing ah man is it getting cold
01:13:58they're killing themselves trying to find this gold gold here it only takes 20 minutes of digging in the
01:14:06right spot to change your whole life so yeah i'm secretly hopeful
01:14:25this is the first time we've ever put four dollars down in a day we only got one left all my gear and all my
01:14:48people are worn out for desperate to get gold
01:14:56you check the uh foot valve i don't know what's going on with the water it's cold
01:15:02we're uh starting to instruction james we're having trouble with your instruction
01:15:07both engines are running slow again both of them so one of them's running slow so
01:15:12both what we have to go i'm running out of water so
01:15:15what is happening water dropped water dropped
01:15:24the water turned off something's something's happened water dropped so 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
01:15:39we're about to get a damn flash flood a landslide up creek has created a dam
01:15:49potentially trapping thousands of tons of water behind it when it breaks a lethal tidal wave of
01:15:57mud and debris could surge down the valley wiping out everything
01:16:02and anyone trapped in its path oh see any kind of water coming run it's gonna hit us real hard all at once
01:16:16get up dive her up dive her up quick get up get up here
01:16:22hey we need to get the out of here turn that off turn it off
01:16:34okay okay okay okay let's go let's go let's go come on come on come on come on come on come on
01:16:38come on hey hey hey y'all get up the hill
01:16:40all right everybody get get there's no water get up the hill
01:16:47that happens now y'all in a bad spot what the i when i was over there i thought there was no water
01:16:54shut off like this no y'all need to get up that away hill let's get up here that
01:17:01this stuff's gonna come down in a minute is there any way we can hook that dredge up before this goes
01:17:11do not get caught in this
01:17:18holy this is kind of eerie
01:17:29i can't get the winds to work
01:17:37generator's not running
01:17:40there's no gas in generator it's off
01:17:45we're about to lose that dredge because we ran out of gas
01:17:48here here gas right here call gas all right let's get the jenny started make sure it's got fuel in it
01:17:54i can see gold in the box too there's nuggets in there oh god james
01:18:01there's two nice nuggets i don't want to keep them in my hand don't drop it don't drop it don't drop
01:18:06it all right that's a long time with no water man here it comes
01:18:17you can do this or not is it going to drag no we can get it let's pull it go west pull it left go downstream
01:18:37Can we do this or not?
01:18:41Is it going to drag?
01:18:41No, we can get it.
01:18:42Let's pull it.
01:18:43Go!
01:18:45Wes, pull it left.
01:18:46Go downstream instead of upstream.
01:18:49Break that if you have to, but get it out of there.
01:18:52Is this going to work?
01:18:54You got to pull it a little bit more, bro.
01:18:56Slow pull it.
01:18:57Get out of there.
01:18:59Get the out of there.
01:19:02Do it!
01:19:03Watching my dreads die.
01:19:07Just yank that as hard as you can, man.
01:19:19I'll take that.
01:19:22Better than it was.
01:19:30Oh, my God.
01:19:31You guys saved the dreads.
01:19:32Holy s***.
01:19:34I had that worried that we were going to have a 10-foot wave.
01:19:37What the f***?
01:19:38I've never seen the water stop like that.
01:19:41I was scared.
01:19:43That was vicious.
01:19:45Oh, my God.
01:19:47All right, guys.
01:19:48Everybody, grab your bags and let's get.
01:19:52Let's get out of here.
01:19:52The leading edge of the storm has arrived.
01:20:14It's snowing on us, dude.
01:20:16Bringing with it over two feet of snow in the next 24 hours.
01:20:22Call that termination dust.
01:20:26That even sucks the worst.
01:20:28Yep.
01:20:29Absolutely.
01:20:31The miners must get out before they're trapped.
01:20:35Well, that's it, man.
01:20:39Yeah.
01:20:41So, I think we're done with the season right now.
01:20:49We've been beaten.
01:20:53Yep.
01:20:56This year was pretty damn miserable, honestly.
01:21:00Yeah, I think so, too.
01:21:02This was the hardest dig I have ever done.
01:21:06I agree.
01:21:09I'm in an eternal loop of bad weather and f***ing gold.
01:21:13I'm sorry about the gold count this year.
01:21:23We got a two-ounce nug
01:21:25and some other little nugs.
01:21:30It pretty much pays for our gasoline.
01:21:34That's about it.
01:21:35So,
01:21:39this is a hard failure.
01:21:43Well, maybe next year will be the good year.
01:21:50Well, with this little gold count,
01:21:52I'm not sure there's going to be a next season.
01:21:57This year was a financial disaster.
01:22:01I blame myself because you guys did your job.
01:22:06Sorry, guys.
01:22:10Whew.
01:22:13All right.
01:22:17Let's get out of here.
01:22:20Out of time
01:22:21and out of money,
01:22:24Dustin's 14-year
01:22:25treasure hunt
01:22:26for life-changing gold
01:22:28is over.
01:22:31That sucks.
01:22:37I can't believe this.
01:22:38It's just unreal.
01:22:39And I failed completely.
01:22:46I know this creek has big nuggets
01:22:48and I beat my head against the wall
01:22:50throwing cash at this thing,
01:22:52but this isn't working.
01:22:53I'm broke.
01:22:55It hasn't paid for itself.
01:22:58It's just sucking money
01:22:59out of my damn account.
01:23:01And that creek beat me.
01:23:02I'm going to sell my claims.
01:23:09I don't know what else to do.
01:23:14Time to go!
01:23:15I don't know what else to do.
01:23:16I don't know what else to do.
01:23:17I don't know what else to do.
01:23:18I don't know what else to do.
01:23:18I don't know what else to do.
01:23:18I don't know what else to do.
01:23:19I don't know what else to do.
01:23:19I don't know what else to do.
01:23:20I don't know what else to do.
01:23:20I don't know what else to do.
01:23:20I don't know what else to do.
01:23:21I don't know what else to do.
01:23:21I don't know what else to do.
01:23:22I don't know what else to do.
01:23:22I don't know what else to do.
01:23:23I don't know what else to do.
01:23:24I don't know what else to do.
01:23:25I don't know what else to do.
01:23:26I don't know what else to do.
01:23:27I don't know what else to do.
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