Gold Rush White Water Season 9 Episode 13

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00:00all we need is one little pocket of gold think about it one pocket of gold i want to get enough

00:16gold it'll just mound up like that for over a decade dustin and fred hurd have been hunting

00:26it's time to find some gold for a gold deposit is so big holy crap their lives will be changed forever

00:40it has taken them to one of the world's most remote and dangerous places

00:48will kick our ass where there is still riches to be found

00:52i think his thing is filthy rich sparked by gold fever

01:02god i want it back they've endured the most adventurous of treasure hunts

01:07this is gonna be a little more dangerous than i thought you should get it dying that looks angry

01:11as hell never gonna live this is the story of their quest

01:19no more from flakes nice little picker good job joe to what could be dude holy crap there is so much

01:29gold down there

01:34it's great a fortune in gold wow that's the biggest nugget in gold rush history

01:40this is a genuine treasure hunt there it is fred hot damn that is the creek and it's beautiful

02:01their treasure hunt mining in white water begins in 2016

02:12after dustin buys four claims on mckinley creek

02:18whoo look at that water coming over that fall it is kicking butt yeah that's a lot of snow

02:24melt and we're getting in it are we crazy or what a pocket of gold on this creek could be anywhere from

02:32one to four million bucks i think that's gonna make you a wealthy man

02:39gold was first discovered in the historic porcupine mining district in 1898

02:46prospectors flocked here dreaming of striking it rich

02:49and in just five years they mined more than 27 000 ounces of gold valued today at over 65 million dollars

03:04but there's no way they got it all have a good trip

03:12400 feet off the deck

03:14this whole area i think is going to be so hard for anyone else to have gotten to it i think we're

03:20the only ones dumb enough brave enough to go do it now the hard part starts

03:28so hard to mine here all right we go ahead

03:34really sketchy spot just so you know you can use the ladder a little bit but it's all banged up

03:44no no no no no no no no no no just wobbles a little bit that's all jesus christ let's go

03:51don't unclip until you're good and safe up there fred

03:57nice good job fred all right i'm telling you this is where we belong

04:05somewhere high in the rugged peaks of alaska's chill cat mountains a huge deposit of gold the mother

04:19load was formed millions of years ago when a mixture of superheated water quartz and gold erupted through

04:28fissures in the earth's crust

04:33since then glacial melt water has carried nuggets down creek

04:39depositing them in the plunge pools and gold catches below

04:42yeah holy this is beautiful it's on the inside of a bend it's got a plunge pool and big round rocks that

04:58are on a bar are you kidding me yeah it's the trifecta the trifecta of bull mining

05:09we found our spot we found it this is what we've been looking for and it's better than we ever imagined

05:14now that we know it's here there's nothing that can stop us nothing step back

05:19the old timers spent months hauling their supplies out to the mine sites it takes dustin and fred less

05:29than a day we're establishing a home base

05:38that water's seriously raising now with 17 years commercial dive experience the crew turns to 72

05:46year old fred in search of their first taste of gold fred is a good diver he's a great diver actually

05:54and he wants to show us what he's made of it's just like riding a bicycle you don't ever forget

06:05get it fresh

06:05man i can feel that damn current want to drag you right up that hill i know it's not you puller

06:24i'm gonna have to drag a hole right here he wants it out there push it out there

06:28right now it looks like he's doing pretty good down there i see a lot of black material coming

06:37out of the back of it yeah fred you're dredging man

06:45about damn time on the water it's digging dirt

06:48don't go into that white water the water's coming up right now

06:57don't go for the glory go for safety right now

07:10he's got no air hey the tech valve's stuck open bring him in

07:18it's good to get air oh when you just don't quite have enough air coming into that grass

07:45so

07:49mechanical problem with your airflow

07:52that is the last thing you want happening when you're down there you can deal with getting

07:56cold and being pissed off let me catch my breath it was a complete show today

08:02complete

08:08fred's maiden whitewater dive lasted under an hour

08:12but long enough to take a first look at what the creek may hold

08:18and we're going to hope for the best

08:20that's

08:33look at all that small gold that's in there yeah how deep did you get a foot right off the surface

08:39we are going to do great

08:41no no that's real good

08:42i told you

08:43i told you i told you god damn it

08:48these first golden flakes ignite their treasure hunt

08:55we found gold but as the snow on the mountains melts

08:59the current in the creek goes from dangerous

09:05to deadly

09:06man is it bad under there rattled right now crazy

09:10raging at nearly 2 000 gallons per second large boulders hurtled directly through their dive site

09:23a little bit of slack a little bit of slack

09:27going in a little bit more

09:28i'll copy that

09:32all right

09:32we're in the danger zone now

09:37well i can't see right now

09:40white watered in

09:41the river's coming up

09:51the rock just came through that that that's dangerous

09:59it really really beat me up

10:11fred look at that right there i see it there's a little nugget in there

10:16sitting there right next to a screw of all things

10:21oh he's gonna be happy

10:22oh damn are you serious look at that buddy

10:29we found nuggets it's only gonna get bigger

10:33their first nugget proof that the old timers didn't get it all

10:38and that this creek could still hold a life-changing fortune in gold

10:44yeah i hope this makes me a rich man i want to be rich i want to have gold stacked up to the ceiling

10:52that was water

11:00but despite risking their lives every day for months

11:05can't believe how many freaking bones are down here man

11:10and even throwing new technology into the mix

11:13we're in the water

11:21look how fast that water is moving man this is a little bit buku unnerving brother

11:27just this god dang crate don't want us here man

11:32alaska slams the door shut on their first season of whitewater mining

11:37oh my god

11:41this is what kills people right here

11:43get him out of here

11:45come on we gotta get out of here

11:53i'm in disbelief that happened so damn quick

11:56we know that there's gold down there we're not just hopeful we know it up ahead

12:11this is doable i'm gonna mine a waterfall

12:24but for the first time working out fred there's nobody around to tell me

12:33where to dig and how to dig

12:36fred's not here to go oh i think you should go downstream about 50 feet i'm telling you dustin

12:42that's where the gold's at

12:44i'm gonna get gold this year i got too much into this dustin thinks he has learned the harsh lessons

12:54to not just survive but thrive in this deadly terrain

13:00hopefully we can find something up here higher up closer to the source the gold's gonna get bigger

13:06from all the history the source is up here somewhere following the gold trail he heads a

13:12mile further up the mountain in search of a bigger deposit look at this

13:20perfect little waterfall close to the source it looks like a vertical drop

13:27which is what you want the plunge pool thinking that the bottom of this waterfall is a natural gold catch

13:32over time the force of the water digs a hole at its base where the current slows down

13:41and catches the heavy gold

13:52all right brother

13:58let's see where you're at man put your hand up

14:00whoo that's about seven feet man

14:02so happy to dive and help get the gold material looking good

14:13is this the spot that's going to make me rich

14:17rainbow's in

14:18how tough are you that's what it's about

14:38you are hereby shut down

14:40you got a lot of work done

14:51oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh that's gold right there huh

14:55all right little bits

14:57i'll be damned you found gold

15:01there is gold down there that's what i need really good gold

15:10um

15:13determined to clear out the waterfall before winter chases them out

15:19dustin calls in backup first double dive of the season i work on the right side of the

15:24waterfall you try to stay on the left i'm stepping it up man

15:27Okay, got a basket coming down

15:46All right, let's go

15:53Let's get to work man give me some gold

15:57It's a pinball machine down here man

16:05God damn it looks like we're making some progress man

16:12It's spotless

16:15This puppy's finished

16:17Diver out, diver out

16:19Come out

16:27That was a lot of work out there fellas

16:32Two-thirds of the way through their season

16:35Dustin's double dredging has cleaned out the plunge pool in half the time

16:40Okay boys i got us to play the gold

16:44Wow

16:47Dude what holy crap man the gravity on this thing

16:52Do you hear that 10

16:5625

16:5627 and a half ounces right there

17:03Yeah

17:04Hell yeah man

17:06Out of one hole guys come on

17:08Gold worth almost 70 000

17:11Hell yeah

17:12Already doubled their previous year's total

17:15We worked our butts off man

17:17It might not be the millions thereafter

17:21But enough to prove they are on the road to a monster payday

17:27Let's go find some more

17:38Well this is where the walking stops

17:39Look at that

17:45And with just five weeks left in their season

17:48To get the big reward means taking bigger risks

17:54Water looks crazy huh diving in that thing

17:57You sure

17:59Holy cow

18:00Over 100 years ago the old timers diverted mckinley falls through a huge wooden flume

18:12Then mind the dried out plunge pool

18:16Netting over 4500 ounces of gold worth over 11 million dollars today

18:30This looks dangerous to me

18:36Dustin hopes this spot just above the falls

18:41Was deadly enough to scare off other miners from reaching the virgin ground

18:47It's going to be dangerous no matter where we go down because we're after places that the old timers just didn't get to

18:52This car is ridiculous man

19:00What if I got two hours into this thing right now

19:03All right go

19:05Put this over

19:06Come on

19:08Come on

19:15Damn it

19:16I got it

19:17I got it

19:18I got it

19:22Holy crap dude that's a huge freaking rock man

19:31It's an all-out sprint to beat the looming deadly Alaskan winter

19:48It's just going to keep rising on us

19:52It's the biggest nugget they've ever found

20:10That's a one-in-a-lifetime find

20:12You see how big that one?

20:14But it's just the beginning of the life-changing gold to come

20:19Everybody wants to be that person to come up with nuggets

20:23The excitement's just going to boom

20:28That's the biggest nugget in gold rush history right there

20:30So that's what's down there

20:45That's a one-ounce nugget

20:48That we found just before it flooded

20:51We have to figure out how to get in there to get this stuff safely

20:55On the heels of their best season yet

21:02Gold fever has infected the entire crew

21:08We're going diving

21:09That's going to make our crew rich

21:12Carlos is going to have to bring some courage today if he wants to get in this water

21:20This is dangerous people could die

21:22This is the most scariest water i ever dove before in my life ever ever ever ever

21:33Despite the deadly water

21:36Carlos and crew are ready to risk everything in pursuit of their golden dream

21:43All right let's go hard up please please please work

21:46You got it oh i love the sound of the engine running i'd say this drag is ready to go

22:02Dear heavenly father please protect me i've got to get home to my family

22:08How you feeling good i got you you know what i want to do is clip it in right here

22:13Okay

22:15The safe word would be help actually it's

22:22All right

22:23All right

22:25I'm in the water

22:33All right guys i'm dragging it

22:35That's it right

22:36Oh i love it i love it

22:37Yeah nice to see rucks coming across the flutes finally

22:44I'd love to get back down to where we found the one ounce nuggets

22:48You got it

22:50That's perfect man that is perfect

23:01Holy

23:04Oh my god

23:05Did you find gold already

23:10Are you serious

23:11Oh my god

23:16Whoo

23:20Oh my god

23:23Oh yeah

23:25Oh yeah

23:25Oh my god

23:26Oh man

23:27Probably a half ounce nugget

23:32Yeah buddy

23:33Half ounce dog

23:33Good job man

23:35It's cold.

23:43After just a week.

23:44It's pretty amazing.

23:46They are on the gold.

23:48This is like five, six hours of dive right there,

23:50and that's already over an ounce and a quarter?

23:52Yeah, it did.

23:53So many people told me not to waste my time with this.

23:57They kissed my ass.

23:58Yes.

24:04The early gold fans the flames of their fever,

24:08driving them on towards the bedrock treasure.

24:12All right, he's going in.

24:20See anything at all?

24:21Oh, yeah.

24:22I can see flying.

24:28Well, I'll be damned.

24:30There's a granite gold rock down here.

24:33Seven feet around.

24:35Really?

24:36Yeah.

24:39Even a monster roadblock that would have stopped the old timers...

24:43We had to find a different way to deal with that.

24:46...isn't enough to put the brakes on their gold fever.

24:50The whole reason we're here is because we know there's gold down there.

24:53We can't just leave it there, and we can't move the rock.

24:56So this is my only option right now.

24:58We're having to bring in new techniques.

25:00Hopefully, we can blow it to little pieces.

25:04First, they must drill holes in the rock to insert the new blasters.

25:10Wes will fire a trigger and send an electrical current down the blast cord...

25:18...onto the power heads to destroy the boulder.

25:26Three!

25:28Two!

25:29One!

25:30I fell by my feet!

25:31I love it when a plan comes together.

25:32I love it when a plan comes together.

25:36I got a bunch of broken-ass rock down here.

25:39Nugget!

25:40Nugget!

25:41Nugget!

25:42Did you bring it up or what?

25:43Holy crap!

25:44Holy crap!

25:45Holy crap!

25:47Holy man!

25:48Ha ha!

25:49Ha ha.

25:50Yeah!

25:51Oh my God!

25:53Oh my God!

26:07Ha-ha! Yeah!

26:09Ha-ha-ha-ha!

26:11Oh, my God!

26:15Further proof that this is virgin ground,

26:18and perhaps the start of their monster payday.

26:23He hit the jackpot!

26:25Oh, my God!

26:27Ha-ha-ha-ha!

26:29What?

26:31Yeah!

26:33It's honestly the most gold I've ever seen

26:35in our solutions we've been dredging.

26:37Woo!

26:38It's literally everywhere.

26:39Yeah, it's everywhere.

26:40It's everywhere.

26:41Yeah!

26:42The new tools are a game-changer.

26:45No boulder, however big,

26:48can stand in their road to the gold.

26:53Today, possibly, was the very best time.

26:59For over an hour, there was gold constantly.

27:02It was like Christmas forever.

27:05I enjoyed every second of it.

27:07Today was the most fun I've ever had in the water ever.

27:13I don't know how long it'll last,

27:15but I'll remember today for the rest of my life.

27:19Ha-ha-ha-ha!

27:22Up ahead.

27:24You couldn't have picked any easier place to go.

27:29Woo-hoo-hoo!

27:30It's go time.

27:33I've got some gold, man!

27:35Right in the hole!

27:36Woo!

27:37Oh!

27:38Woo!

27:39Come on!

27:40Go, go, go, go!

27:41Oh!

27:42Right now, I'm looking to change our lives.

28:00I'm sick of just making it.

28:02It's time to find some real gold.

28:05After six seasons, Dustin's road to the gold has hit a dead end.

28:11So, I'd like to go look over the top of the mountains,

28:15zero access, middle of nowhere.

28:17In the off season, he gets a once-in-a-lifetime chance

28:21at a legendary gold claim deep in the Alaskan wilderness.

28:26So, it looks like on the map right now that the claim starts right here.

28:31Yeah, it's obviously snowed in right now,

28:34but I don't know how fast this is gonna come away.

28:39So far, Dustin's treasure hunt has led him up Porcupine,

28:43McKinley, and Cahoon Creek,

28:46which in a century produced 80,000 ounces of gold

28:51worth over $200 million.

28:54Dustin is gambling that the new claim at Nugget Creek

28:58is so remote it could still be holding the jackpot.

29:06Right here is where I think the claims start

29:08and go up that way, way the hell up there.

29:11Okay.

29:12Well, it looks like there's some exposed bedrock right up here.

29:15Yeah.

29:17That bedrock, it looks like it goes almost all the way across.

29:20Like a riffle?

29:21Yep.

29:22There's probably been a few hobbyist divers, but nothing like us.

29:26They've gotten gold out of it.

29:27It's been proven, but it's never been ransacked like McKinley has.

29:32First staked in 1899, it was barely mined by the few old timers who managed to get there.

29:42In the 1980s, a small group of prospectors worked the lower reaches.

29:49In spite of finding some of the legendary monster nuggets that gave the crickets name, they were forced out by the harsh conditions.

29:59It is nowhere.

30:00Yeah.

30:01I mean, it's not impossible.

30:02Yeah.

30:03That's what that means.

30:04It's not impossible.

30:05A sight this remote and challenging means bringing in one of the most experienced miners Dustin knows.

30:22Wow.

30:23Holy cow.

30:24You couldn't have picked any easier place to go.

30:29I didn't know we'd get here, but we're here.

30:32Hey, let's go painting.

30:33Okay.

30:34Do what you do.

30:35Hey, that's it.

30:36Holy crap.

30:37I got some gold, man.

30:38I got some gold.

30:39I see five.

30:40Holy cow.

30:41I think you're up in for a bonanza.

31:03Dude, look at that ing boulder.

31:06I see it.

31:08Just seeing that boulder by itself

31:10makes me think of how much gold is underneath it.

31:15The 50-ton boulder blocks so much of the creek,

31:18it could be the ultimate nugget trap

31:21they've been searching for.

31:24There's gold.

31:26It's here.

31:31Dive after dive, the crew dredges down over 10 feet.

31:36Get out.

31:38And the closer they get to bedrock.

31:42I see a gold cap.

31:45The more the sluice box lights up.

31:47I see you.

31:48Wow.

31:48I see you.

31:49Look at that.

31:51It's only going to get better.

31:53Loving it.

31:56But the golden road leads them towards

31:58a deadly head-on collision.

32:02Going underneath that damn thing, man,

32:03that's freaking terrifying.

32:06This thing could fall if you dig underneath it.

32:09I mean, we're talking people's lives out here.

32:13I don't want to spend the entire winter

32:14wondering what's underneath this rock.

32:16We need the gold.

32:18Man, do we need the gold.

32:23Start cracking rocks.

32:25Fire in the hole.

32:26We're gold crazy.

32:27Look at that.

32:28Woo!

32:29It's getting in the big hole.

32:30Hell yeah.

32:31We're getting a lot of work done real fast.

32:33We're going to get more gold than we ever thought,

32:34and it's going to be amazing.

32:35Holy .

32:36Hold on.

32:37Back up.

32:38Back up.

32:39Back up.

32:41Oh .

32:42Move.

32:44Move.

32:46Move, move.

32:47Oh my God.

32:55Oh, Holy...

32:56I just watched half my crew almost die.

33:00I just watched half my crew almost die.

33:08Wow.

33:10That's a sign to leave.

33:21The amount of time that we did find gold, we did pretty well.

33:25Kind of the same big pieces that we got.

33:29We never hit the bottom.

33:32We never hit the deepest part.

33:34No, we didn't either.

33:35And that's where all the big nuggets are.

33:39These few pans of chunky gold proves that the creek could hold a fortune.

33:46But it's their worst gold haul in six years.

33:52It was a hard year.

33:54I don't think I've worked so hard my entire life for so little.

33:58And I actually don't know what we're going to do.

34:01Until Dustin unearths his jackpot, he funds his dream by working the off-season.

34:10Until Dustin unearths his jackpot, he funds his dream by working the off-season.

34:24To do this job, knowing, without a doubt, my mind, that one day, I'm a striker rich,

34:33and I won't have to work like this anymore.

34:36This is what it takes to finally get to my dreams and find the gold.

34:40I'm going to do it.

34:42I'm going to find that gold because I know it's up there.

34:54Despite a disastrous first season at Nugget Creek,

34:58Dustin and his crew are relentless in their quest to unearth millions in gold.

35:05We either weren't going to come back or we were going to have a single crew, and that's it.

35:08I decided on us.

35:11We're going to have to hit it as hard as we can.

35:13We've got to.

35:13We've got to make up for what we didn't do last year.

35:20This is where we're going to dig?

35:21This is what I want.

35:26Where the snow patch is, we're going to go right through that.

35:30It makes a great gold catch because the canyon narrows back down, it's going to slow the water down, and this is a fallout area.

35:39Yep.

35:40That would be the inside pin.

35:41That's chalk.

35:42We could start popping some of these rocks, man.

35:45Why not?

35:46Don't get hurt.

35:46Don't die.

35:47Dustin throws everything he has learned over the years at Nugget Bend, and comes up with a radical new plan.

35:57This is a complete new technique for us.

36:00We're doing it my way.

36:01Before even putting a diver in, they'll first remove the boulders from the creek bed.

36:07We're in the hole!

36:09Woo!

36:10Ow!

36:11Divert the creek.

36:15What I'd really like is to build the wall right there to get all the water on that side.

36:19Got it.

36:21This is going to be a lot of work, but it's going to pay off.

36:23Use jets to wash away the overburden.

36:26That's probably bedrock.

36:28Oh, it is.

36:28That is bedrock.

36:30Wow.

36:32Now, follow that damn wall all the way down.

36:34Let's see where it goes.

36:36On the hunt for the red, gold-rich hard pack.

36:39If this is where the gold settled, this is where we need to be.

36:44It could be way in there.

36:48Hell yeah!

36:49That's hard pack.

36:50That's hard pack, man.

36:51That's what we're looking for.

36:54We are in business.

36:55Yep.

36:57Hard pack has gold in it.

36:59Red dirt, gold.

37:02Good to go.

37:03Diver in.

37:09Find me some gold!

37:18Hopefully I succeed this year.

37:21It was a hell of a long dive today.

37:22James puts in a mammoth dive.

37:25All right, man.

37:25And Nugget Creek starts to deliver on its name.

37:31Oh, my God!

37:32Oh, look at that!

37:33Look at that!

37:34You've blown everybody away!

37:36At least five ounces.

37:37I hit the jackpot today.

37:39Big nuggets!

37:40Finally on some good gold.

37:42If all the stories are true, that one-ounce Nugget is just the beginning.

37:47We got a future, dude!

37:54Everybody wants to be that person to come up with nuggets.

37:58It's a contagious disease.

38:00Once I see the gold, the excitement's just going to boom!

38:04Change everybody's future for the best.

38:11Shh.

38:12Going in the water.

38:22All right.

38:25Nice deep tunnel, guys.

38:27You guys did a great job.

38:32Right about where you're at, Carlos, on that shelf.

38:34That's where I was seeing Nuggets yesterday.

38:37I'm looking.

38:39I'm looking.

38:42That's the color I want to see coming across right there.

38:45The red and the black, both.

38:47That's absolutely what we're looking for.

38:49You know what?

38:50Like, seven years, we've been birds, and we all got that feeling of, like,

38:54is this actually going to happen?

39:00Hey!

39:01Oh, my God!

39:02Oh, my God!

39:03Oh, my God!

39:05Oh, my God!

39:07Oh, my God!

39:11Don't show him.

39:13I can't find him.

39:14Oh, my God!

39:15Holy shit!

39:20Carlos, you ain't going to believe that shit.

39:23You ready for this?

39:25Look what you just found, buddy.

39:27Oh, my God!

39:27Oh, oh, oh, oh!

39:30That's more gold in there.

39:33Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, don't fall.

39:37Holy .

39:38Don't do that .

39:40Oh, my God.

39:44Dustin has dreamt about a nugget this big

39:47since his treasure hunt began.

39:50You found it.

39:51Holy .

39:53Let's see it. Let's see it.

39:55It's so rare, it could sell for more than $50,000.

40:00That ain't no joke right there.

40:03Wow!

40:04That just made history there.

40:06Look at that big, huge sucker.

40:09That's at least four ounces, man.

40:10That's the four-ounce nugget we're all looking for!

40:13Yeah!

40:14That's bigger than four ounces.

40:15That's the biggest nugget in Gold Rush history right there.

40:20But more important,

40:22it could mean they are on the road

40:24to a golden payday

40:26that will make them rich

40:28beyond their wildest dreams.

40:36Good living's coming from here on out.

40:39Got too excited with that big one,

40:41forgot about all the babies, huh?

40:42There you go.

40:44Oh, yeah.

40:44Yeah.

40:49Nugget Ben, man, is owning its name.

40:51This is real, real.

40:53Yeah.

40:53This is happening for us.

40:55About the damn time.

40:56Yeah.

40:58Spent seven years just killing ourselves,

41:01and now we got this bad-ass nugget

41:04that just kind of like a trophy.

41:08We stuck it out.

41:09We put in the effort.

41:10We finally figured out we're the right place

41:12and the right technique to get down here.

41:14We got this.

41:16Now, let's do great.

41:21I can only imagine what's about to happen for us.

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