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00:00:00It's cold out.
00:00:08Yeah.
00:00:09I think we're going to be in the snow this morning, though,
00:00:11when we get out there.
00:00:13Oh, yeah.
00:00:14Look at all of that fresh snow over there.
00:00:16Yeah.
00:00:17We're about to get hammered.
00:00:18That's what's about to happen.
00:00:19I agree.
00:00:20Holy moly.
00:00:21So we're running out of time.
00:00:23And basically, this is our last chance, yeah?
00:00:27We need to get that gold.
00:00:28Yeah.
00:00:29This is the last of our money.
00:00:34This is the last of our fuel.
00:00:42We just get 40 gallons.
00:00:44OK.
00:00:45I would get more, but we're not buying more
00:00:47because we can't afford it.
00:00:49It's basically the last of the borrowed money
00:00:51that we have to stay out here.
00:00:53Well, if we don't find any gold, this is over with.
00:01:03The long, harsh Alaskan winter looms heavy across the Chilkat Mountains.
00:01:09And a warning for a season-ending blizzard has just been forecast.
00:01:14Dustin's future at Nugget Creek will be decided in the next five days.
00:01:22Yeah, it's cold.
00:01:23When it starts snowing, it's over with.
00:01:35Look how low the frickin' snow is.
00:01:37Oh, my God.
00:01:38The snow is on that mountain now.
00:01:39Yeah, we're...
00:01:40That's not good.
00:01:41Holy crap!
00:01:43We got frickin' fresh snow on the mountain.
00:01:46That's only a couple hundred feet up.
00:01:49All right, this is the last of the fuel, boys.
00:01:53We're about to get hammered with snow is what's about to happen.
00:01:57We gotta find some gold.
00:01:59Wanna lay it down?
00:02:00Yeah.
00:02:01There we go.
00:02:03The weather's starting to get so bad right now,
00:02:06but hopefully we get enough gold to get back here next year.
00:02:09Woo-hoo!
00:02:11Colder than a poor bear's toenail.
00:02:18What do you think?
00:02:21I'm scared because this, indeed, is our future.
00:02:30We're all desperate.
00:02:35We're running out of time, and without any more gold, this is the end of it.
00:02:44This year's gonna be the make it or break it.
00:02:47Dustin staked his life savings.
00:02:49I want to succeed.
00:02:51And three seasons...
00:02:52I'm ready to risk everything.
00:02:54This has to be the year.
00:02:56...chasing life-changing gold...
00:02:58Oh!
00:02:59Oh!
00:03:00Carlos!
00:03:01...at Nugget Creek.
00:03:02Yeah!
00:03:03Yeah!
00:03:04Oh!
00:03:06Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop!
00:03:08Winch is on fire!
00:03:09...but the curse of this legendary creek...
00:03:12Oh!
00:03:13Every piece of my equipment is trying to stop us.
00:03:17Our dive hole got buried in.
00:03:20It's kind of a nightmare.
00:03:22...has defeated him at every turn.
00:03:25Looks like it's a bust.
00:03:27Now, deep in debt...
00:03:30If I don't hit it big, I could lose my claims.
00:03:33...he has to get to the very bottom of the creek and start pulling out monster nuggets.
00:03:39I'm about to fail.
00:03:40...before the Alaskan winter destroys his dream forever.
00:03:45This is everything I have here.
00:03:48Everything.
00:03:51Uh, Danielle, Paul.
00:03:52Yeah?
00:03:53You guys are diving today.
00:03:55Yeah.
00:03:56Yeah.
00:03:57So far this season, Dustin has mined gold worth barely $5,000.
00:04:02Paul, you going in first?
00:04:04Yeah.
00:04:05But he needs at least $100,000 to save his claim.
00:04:11This year's been hell on me.
00:04:13I could have made more gold just playing with a pan.
00:04:18I wanted to give up several times, but need a seed of gold.
00:04:24We're all desperate.
00:04:26We are all desperate.
00:04:27You know?
00:04:28That can take a toll on a person.
00:04:30So all we can pray for is a good dive day.
00:04:34Hopefully, we can find the nugget of our dreams.
00:04:39Definitely frustrating right now.
00:04:49We know bedrock is there.
00:04:50We just got to get right back down to it.
00:04:52Two weeks ago, they finally discovered bedrock and chased it down to the gold layer at 16 feet,
00:05:00before a brutal storm buried it.
00:05:05They frantically dug back down to 10 feet, but put the walls of the dive hole at risk of collapse.
00:05:12Now, Danielle and Paul must clear the remaining boulders to get back to the bedrock and follow it down to the deepest point where Dustin is banking on a claim-saving deposit of monster nuggets.
00:05:26Today, my goal is to hit bedrock, and between Paul and I, one of us is going to get there and find gold this year.
00:05:39All right.
00:05:40You're good to go here?
00:05:41I'm back.
00:05:42All right, Paul.
00:05:43Watch yourself.
00:05:44Danielle's coming in.
00:05:45She might bring some rocks on top of you.
00:05:46Uh-huh.
00:05:47All right.
00:05:48It's so clear down here.
00:05:51We're going to get some out now.
00:05:54The clearer the water is, the more production we get.
00:05:58Oh.
00:05:59Hey, Paul.
00:06:00I have no idea.
00:06:01All right.
00:06:05So all those rocks, they just got a real, real fine layer of sand on them, but they're not covered with any litter.
00:06:12That sounds good.
00:06:13So do you think today will be Daniel's first day to see bedrock down there?
00:06:18Oh, boy.
00:06:19I really hope so.
00:06:21So, let's find bedrock.
00:06:23And actually find gold.
00:06:25That would be amazing.
00:06:27Out the lake.
00:06:28So.
00:06:29Let's see.
00:06:30Might be able to load a basket right quick.
00:06:32Where do you want it?
00:06:33Along the werewolf.
00:06:34Copy.
00:06:35Basket in the water.
00:06:36Copy that.
00:06:37I got it.
00:06:38I got it.
00:06:39All right, basket ready to go.
00:06:40All right, Paul.
00:06:41Coming up.
00:06:42Coming up.
00:06:43All right.
00:06:44I got it.
00:06:45I got it.
00:06:46I got it.
00:06:47All right, basket ready to go.
00:06:48All right, Paul.
00:06:49Coming up.
00:06:50What the hell?
00:06:51I got it.
00:06:52I got it.
00:06:53I got it.
00:06:54I got it.
00:06:55I got it.
00:06:57All right, basket ready to go.
00:06:59All right, Paul.
00:07:00Coming up.
00:07:01Watch.
00:07:02Watch.
00:07:04He's ross of the walton.
00:07:06Coming down.
00:07:07That could have killed the mage.
00:07:08I got it.
00:07:09I got it.
00:07:10I got it.
00:07:11I got it.
00:07:12I got it.
00:07:13All right, Captain.
00:07:14All right, captain.
00:07:15Ready to go.
00:07:16All right, folks.
00:07:17It's coming up.
00:07:18What the hell.
00:07:20Stop!
00:07:21Stop!
00:07:22Stop!
00:07:23Wes.
00:07:25Watch.
00:07:26He dropped the wall, just coming down.
00:07:29That could have killed a diver.
00:07:31Oh, .
00:07:33This is truly dangerous.
00:07:35James, I need him to not hit that upstream wall
00:07:39and drag it.
00:07:40So once he hooks up, I want you to hold it back off of that wall
00:07:44and then lift it up.
00:07:45And once it's high enough, you can walk with it
00:07:48and not hold on to it.
00:07:49I'll try my hardest.
00:07:52In their push to get down to the monster nuggets,
00:07:56the crew dug almost vertically.
00:08:00Now, if any lift strikes the unstable walls,
00:08:04they risk collapse, crushing the divers below.
00:08:08The solution?
00:08:10Use a tagline and James's raw strength
00:08:14to steer the load clear.
00:08:18I need to practice.
00:08:20All right, coming up.
00:08:22James, watch it, watch it, watch it.
00:08:27Don't hook him.
00:08:28I'll hold it, but keep coming.
00:08:32Keep coming right there.
00:08:33Stay right there.
00:08:34Right there, lift.
00:08:36Keep him off that wall.
00:08:41It's heavy.
00:08:42It's heavy.
00:08:43Is this too much?
00:08:44No.
00:08:45That's a big rock that you're holding right now.
00:08:47Ooh.
00:08:48That works.
00:08:49All right.
00:08:50Now come on upstream, try not to hit all the rock stuff.
00:08:53Dude, that's perfect.
00:08:54That's perfect.
00:08:55That is perfect.
00:08:56That is perfect.
00:08:57Look at that.
00:08:58Today I stormed the castle, we shall be victorious.
00:09:13After the next six hours.
00:09:15Good drop, huh?
00:09:16Double boulder holder.
00:09:18The miners get down to 13 feet.
00:09:21Please find bedrock today.
00:09:23But there's still no sign of bedrock.
00:09:27It's a deep dig.
00:09:31Frustrating, but they're probably this close.
00:09:35We're getting close back to the bedrock, but nothing.
00:09:38Nothing yet.
00:09:41Daylight is already fading.
00:09:47But Danielle and Paul are desperate and refuse to quit.
00:09:58It was disheartening to hear that they have no sign
00:10:02of fixing bedrock yet.
00:10:04Very disheartening.
00:10:06Uh, damn.
00:10:10We're supposed to be cleaning up with our frickin' bucket
00:10:12of frickin' riches and gold.
00:10:15Not looking for bedrock, so.
00:10:20Damn it.
00:10:23Disheartening, man.
00:10:24Disheartening.
00:10:3015 minute warning.
00:10:3115 minute warning.
00:10:34I'm gonna make this hole my bitch.
00:10:35Send me down a pillow, I'm sleepin' here.
00:10:36What?
00:10:37She said, I'm makin' this hole my bitch.
00:10:39Send me a pillow, I'm sleepin' down here.
00:10:41Oh.
00:10:42I'm gonna make this hole my bitch.
00:10:43Send me down a pillow, I'm sleepin' here.
00:10:44What?
00:10:46She said, I'm makin' this hole my bitch.
00:10:48Send me a pillow, I'm sleepin' here.
00:10:49Oh.
00:10:50Oh.
00:10:51Oh.
00:10:52Oh.
00:10:53Oh.
00:10:54Oh.
00:10:55Oh.
00:10:56Oh.
00:10:57Oh.
00:10:58Oh.
00:10:59Oh.
00:11:00Oh.
00:11:01Oh.
00:11:02Oh.
00:11:03Oh.
00:11:04Yeah, Daniel.
00:11:05I think Paul's almost done here.
00:11:06I can throw you this rope here.
00:11:07Yeah!
00:11:08Woo!
00:11:09Woo!
00:11:10Woo!
00:11:11Yeah!
00:11:12Woo!
00:11:13Yeah.
00:11:14I think you found a...
00:11:15I foundенное.
00:11:17Yeah!
00:11:18Woo!
00:11:19Woo!
00:11:20Woo!
00:11:21Woo!
00:11:22Dee!
00:11:23Yeah!
00:11:25Woo!
00:11:26Woo!
00:11:27Woo!
00:11:28Woo!
00:11:30Ah, yeah, y'all.
00:11:31Yeah.
00:11:32Woo!
00:11:33Woo!
00:11:34Woo!
00:11:35Do you want to make me out of here?
00:11:40That is amazing that we found bedrock again.
00:11:43Good job.
00:11:45The threat from the coming winter storm forced them to dive for over seven hours,
00:11:51the longest of the season, and finally got them back on bedrock.
00:11:57Their hopes of saving the Nugget Creek claim are still alive.
00:12:02So we found frickin' bedrock today.
00:12:06Holy frickin' moly.
00:12:08Good frickin' goddamn news.
00:12:10And all we have to do is follow the bedrock.
00:12:13And you know what that frickin' means?
00:12:15We're going to find the frickin' gold.
00:12:17Woo-hoo!
00:12:18Ha-ha-ha!
00:12:19Hell yeah!
00:12:28Yeah, I think she found, uh...
00:12:31Okay, you guys can get it.
00:12:32I found bedrock!
00:12:32I found bedrock!
00:12:32Yes!
00:12:33Woo-hoo!
00:12:34That is amazing that we found bedrock again.
00:12:40Yeah, Danielle, good job.
00:12:42Winter about to call time on their failing season.
00:12:46The crew is finally back on bedrock.
00:12:50Did he plant out?
00:12:53It looks like it, but they don't have enough uncovered.
00:12:56They found a tent side of the bedrock wall way down there.
00:13:09That's good news.
00:13:11Beautiful!
00:13:16It's getting dark.
00:13:18It's dangerous.
00:13:19That's never a good thing.
00:13:20We shouldn't be here right now.
00:13:22They must evacuate the dive site before dark
00:13:26to get back to the safety of camp.
00:13:29All right, Danielle, I think Paul's almost done here.
00:13:33I'm going to get out.
00:13:35Paul's coming up.
00:13:36Hop in that.
00:13:41You see how excited Danielle was?
00:13:43That's the first time she ever wanted to stay down.
00:13:46She didn't know I wanted to come out.
00:13:47Oh, definitely come up.
00:13:54Step right here.
00:13:59All right.
00:14:00I got my eyes on this bedrock business.
00:14:05Good job.
00:14:07Good job.
00:14:09But just as I'm finding it, they wanted me to come up and I was refusing because I thought
00:14:19it was bedrock and it turns out I was right.
00:14:21All right, we got down to bedrock, we'll just follow that down.
00:14:25Now we can dig from here on out, right?
00:14:27Yeah, man.
00:14:28Things are looking great, let's get out of here, come up with a strategy for tomorrow.
00:14:34Copy that.
00:14:35Sounds good.
00:14:39The snow's almost here, y'all, it's here, like we're about to get dropped on.
00:15:02Let's just try everything we can to get to the bottom of this thing and find gold because
00:15:06right now we're at the desperation stage.
00:15:09If I don't hit it big, I could lose everything.
00:15:14I honestly think we're that close to hitting a pastry.
00:15:19I just think we are.
00:15:20We know there's gold there.
00:15:21Yeah.
00:15:22Danielle found the bedrock, so all we gotta do is just uncover it, you know?
00:15:27Follow it.
00:15:28Follow it.
00:15:29That's it.
00:15:30All right.
00:15:31So, James Carlos, we're gonna find out where this bedrock goes.
00:15:32You can find some gold today, that'd be great too.
00:15:34Yeah, it would.
00:15:35We assume it's on the bottom, bottom, bottom, so as soon as you find that, we're gonna find
00:15:39gold.
00:15:40I'm gonna apologize now.
00:15:41I think we left you guys a lot of basket rocks down there.
00:15:44That's okay.
00:15:45I'll take care of it.
00:15:46He does like six baskets in like 20 minutes.
00:15:50Yeah.
00:15:51Let's go have a good day.
00:15:53Peace.
00:15:54All right.
00:15:55You guys ready?
00:15:56Yeah.
00:15:57Let's get out of here.
00:15:58God, it's cool.
00:15:59Yeah, it is.
00:16:00I need more clothes, man.
00:16:02We can win against the creek.
00:16:06Now we're on some bedrock, we know where it's at, we're gonna follow it, and any luck, there's
00:16:11a whole bunch of nugs down there.
00:16:20The crew still has a weather window of four days to strike a jackpot that could net Dustin
00:16:26far more than the $95,000 he needs to save his claims.
00:16:33It looks lower than it did yesterday.
00:16:35Yeah, it definitely does, doesn't it?
00:16:40Is there enough water for the dredge?
00:16:43We'll make it work.
00:16:44Yeah.
00:16:49It froze big time on top.
00:16:51It's out of water.
00:16:52It's crystal clear, and it dropped.
00:16:55So we're having to make modifications to make sure the dredge fits.
00:17:03Let's get the dredge up.
00:17:04Let's do it.
00:17:05Let's find some gold.
00:17:06This is the shallowest water I've ever set a dredge in.
00:17:10Dredges are meant to float.
00:17:12It's not even shallow.
00:17:13It's, look, I'm standing out of the water.
00:17:16Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
00:17:19I got that.
00:17:20That's probably it right there.
00:17:22That's probably good.
00:17:23Good.
00:17:24If we build a dam across here, it'll bring it up.
00:17:29Yeah, we can do it.
00:17:30All hands on deck.
00:17:35This is going to work good.
00:17:36Yep.
00:17:41Colos.
00:17:42Yes, sir.
00:17:43Let's go open up some water.
00:17:44A little more flow.
00:17:45A little more flow.
00:17:46A little more flow.
00:17:47Gotcha.
00:17:48So right now, we don't have enough water.
00:17:50We've got to raise the water up, you know, two or three inches.
00:17:53And that's going to have to come from upstream.
00:17:56All season, they've shielded their dive hole from the raging creek.
00:18:01Just need a little bit.
00:18:03Not a lot.
00:18:04Redirect.
00:18:05Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:18:06But now, they must risk opening up part of the weir so they can float the dredge.
00:18:13That should do it.
00:18:14We were restricting it before to keep the kitty litter out, but now we needed more water to
00:18:20run the dredge.
00:18:21It's kind of silly.
00:18:22That's plenty.
00:18:23Colos.
00:18:24See it?
00:18:25Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:18:26Sure do.
00:18:27It tripled it.
00:18:28Okay.
00:18:29Good.
00:18:30That's good.
00:18:31I think what they did worked.
00:18:32Wow!
00:18:33Whoo!
00:18:34That's cool.
00:18:35We're floating.
00:18:36Let's go find some gold.
00:18:38Who's going on first?
00:18:39Me.
00:18:40We're going to crush this place.
00:18:41We are going to get rich.
00:18:44Y'all are going to find some gold.
00:18:46We're going to crush this place.
00:18:49We are going to get rich.
00:18:52Y'all are going to find some gold.
00:18:55Y'all are going to find some gold today.
00:18:57I've got gold for it.
00:18:58All right, James.
00:18:59Look, you're ready to rock the road, dude.
00:19:02All the hounds, forever gold.
00:19:06Come on, gold!
00:19:09Gold hound is on the prowl.
00:19:12You ought to get some bedrock.
00:19:15Somewhere around here.
00:19:17That's what I was hoping for you, buddy, was to find that wall and go for the bottom.
00:19:24All right.
00:19:25It goes way down today.
00:19:27How's the depth on you?
00:19:29I'd say 14 feet.
00:19:32All right.
00:19:33Let's find some gold.
00:19:35That's right.
00:19:36Yeah, James.
00:19:37That's the spirit.
00:19:38Nice shot.
00:19:41James' mission?
00:19:43Follow the sloping bedrock to its deepest point, where it should be chock-full of season-saving nuggets.
00:19:50Today, me and James are going to find out what this freaking bedrock does.
00:19:55If we can find bedrock bottom, then the gold should be on bedrock bottom because that's what it does.
00:20:00I'm wishing the gold.
00:20:02I'm praying for the gold.
00:20:03This might be our last dive day for this season.
00:20:06No one knows.
00:20:07It might get snow tonight.
00:20:09So, the countdown's on right now.
00:20:12All right.
00:20:13I think you're ready to go.
00:20:14Hopefully, I'll find some gold today.
00:20:15Game on, man.
00:20:16Game on.
00:20:17Find some gold.
00:20:18Find some damn gold!
00:20:19Carlos is in.
00:20:20All right.
00:20:21Oh, .
00:20:22He drove in head first.
00:20:23Where's this freaking bedrock at?
00:20:24That's it.
00:20:25That's the bedrock.
00:20:26That looks like bedrock.
00:20:27All right, yeah.
00:20:28That's it.
00:20:29Yep.
00:20:30The bottom?
00:20:31No.
00:20:32That goes at an angle.
00:20:33We're head covering this.
00:20:34All right.
00:20:35We're head covering that.
00:20:36We're head covering that.
00:20:38That's the bedrock.
00:20:39Yeah, I'm ready.
00:20:40That's the bedrock.
00:20:41That's the bedrock.
00:20:42All right, all right.
00:20:43That's it.
00:20:44Yep.
00:20:45The bottom?
00:20:46Nope.
00:20:47That goes at an angle.
00:20:48We're uncovering it right now.
00:20:51They've not told you all existed.
00:20:53Yep, that's that rock, all right.
00:20:55It's angling down, angling down towards the middle of the ground.
00:20:58Upstream.
00:21:00They found a vertical wall that's starting
00:21:02to slope out towards the bottom.
00:21:04And James is downstream, Carlos is upstream,
00:21:07and they're both just following the bedrock
00:21:10down in the middle right now.
00:21:12So hopefully they get somewhere.
00:21:16Every dog has his day, you know?
00:21:18Maybe if I do it long enough, I'll get my day.
00:21:21Please be that day!
00:21:24The first winter blizzard is forecast to dump on Nugget Creek in just four days.
00:21:34Yeah, we're on borrowed time right now.
00:21:36Yeah, it's getting close to the end of the year.
00:21:37But now on bedrock, the crew has a fighting chance to not only save the claim,
00:21:41but uncover the millions in gold they've been hunting for 14 years.
00:21:48Can't let this go.
00:21:49I need this to happen.
00:21:50Getting a good piece of bedrock uncovered.
00:21:51Oh, yeah.
00:21:52Oh, yeah.
00:21:53You're talking about the wall, right?
00:21:54Yeah, we're talking about the wall, right?
00:21:55Yeah, we're talking about the wall.
00:21:56I still go ahead and slap it.
00:21:57I know the rock.
00:21:58This is gonna be a long time right now.
00:21:59I'm a bit of a long time right now.
00:22:00Yeah, it's getting close to the end of the year.
00:22:01But now on bedrock, the crew has a fighting chance to not only save the claim, but uncover
00:22:02the millions in gold they've been hunting for 14 years.
00:22:08I just can't let this go.
00:22:11I need this to happen.
00:22:15Getting a good piece of bedrock uncovered.
00:22:17Oh, yeah.
00:22:18Wow.
00:22:20You're talking about the wall, right?
00:22:21Yeah, we're talking about the wall.
00:22:22It's still going.
00:22:23It's sliding down, man, toward that middle.
00:22:25We're uncovering a lot of real estate.
00:22:32We should pluck that boulder.
00:22:33All right, man.
00:22:36I can see there might be some gold underneath this boulder.
00:22:38Whoa.
00:22:40That's good.
00:22:45They're on a sloping bedrock wall.
00:22:48I haven't found the bottom yet.
00:22:51Damn, they're getting close, it sounds like.
00:22:53You can tell they're getting a little excited about it.
00:22:56You're hearing it breathing, too.
00:23:00Get off.
00:23:01We're trying to get this boulder to move.
00:23:03We're trying to move.
00:23:05Come on.
00:23:06.
00:23:11It's moving.
00:23:12It's moving.
00:23:13It's moving.
00:23:14Is it?
00:23:14Yeah.
00:23:15It's moving.
00:23:16We got movement.
00:23:17You think we're ready for the headache ball?
00:23:20Yep.
00:23:20OK.
00:23:21All right.
00:23:22Something's dropping it down on you.
00:23:24OK.
00:23:25Come on down.
00:23:26You guys should back up.
00:23:30All right.
00:23:31You've got it hooked up.
00:23:33Up on the headache ball.
00:23:34Up on the headache ball.
00:23:35Up on the headache ball.
00:23:36It's moving.
00:23:37Holy .
00:23:38Look out.
00:23:39.
00:23:40That went right toward me.
00:23:42I know.
00:23:43.
00:23:44You've got to take both of us.
00:23:45Oh .
00:23:46I don't know where.
00:23:47Ow.
00:23:48.
00:23:49.
00:23:50What the ?
00:23:51Ted loves you, dude.
00:23:54.
00:23:55That was an Indiana Jonesy.
00:23:57Good job.
00:23:58That's the side truck.
00:23:59OK.
00:24:00Thank you, man.
00:24:01That was freaky, man.
00:24:04That's a big one.
00:24:06.
00:24:07Holy .
00:24:08.
00:24:09We're at 15 feet.
00:24:1015 feet?
00:24:11Oh, man.
00:24:12Going deeper and deeper.
00:24:13.
00:24:14Man, that coming out of something else.
00:24:16.
00:24:17.
00:24:18.
00:24:19.
00:24:20.
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00:24:26.
00:24:27.
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00:24:29.
00:24:30.
00:24:31Everybody's got gold fever.
00:24:32When you hit the bedrock, that's all you can think about.
00:24:36.
00:24:37.
00:24:39Awesome work .
00:24:40.
00:24:41.
00:24:42.
00:24:43.
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00:25:00How much bedrock you got exposed, bro?
00:25:03Oh, about five feet across.
00:25:07And it just goes down to the abyss?
00:25:10Yeah, man. It goes straight down, dude.
00:25:13I can't go any further down.
00:25:15I get it. I get it.
00:25:20Carlos and James are on the hunt for the creek's deepest point,
00:25:25where the bedrock walls meet.
00:25:27But this deep V is the collection point
00:25:30for all the creek's biggest nuggets.
00:25:33But if their search continues too far under the weir,
00:25:37instead of reaching the bonanza,
00:25:39they could trigger a massive landslide
00:25:42that would bury them alive.
00:25:47So no bottom inside, huh?
00:25:50Nope.
00:25:52And it's still going down, man, toward the frickin' middle.
00:25:57I can't pull them out yet. I have to know.
00:25:59Yeah, I know.
00:26:00I know it's cold.
00:26:01Oh, I know.
00:26:01I know they've been in a long time,
00:26:03but I need to know what they're seeing.
00:26:05Yeah.
00:26:09James and Carlos have been nonstop digging,
00:26:14chasing down the bedrock for close to eight hours.
00:26:17I'm beat.
00:26:18I'm tired.
00:26:19Yeah.
00:26:20But they're over 16 feet deep,
00:26:23and there's still no sign of the bottom.
00:26:27Hey, James, watch yourself.
00:26:28Put up.
00:26:33Basket's clear.
00:26:35Copy that.
00:26:38Could be that we're absolutely skunked on this dig.
00:26:42It's time.
00:26:49Hey, just a heads up, guys.
00:26:5115-minute warning.
00:26:53Oh.
00:26:53You sure?
00:26:54It's starting to get dark up here.
00:26:56Copy that.
00:27:01Can you see you on the billboard?
00:27:02Yes, yes, yes.
00:27:03I'm on the billboard.
00:27:05I can't pick you up, man.
00:27:06I think he's just exhausted.
00:27:13You all right?
00:27:14Yeah.
00:27:17Oh, oh, oh.
00:27:20The little dredge drunk.
00:27:24You all right?
00:27:29Oh, it is dark up here.
00:27:31Oh, yeah.
00:27:31Yeah.
00:27:32Yeah, it's dark.
00:27:34You guys dug like crazy.
00:27:36That was a lot of digging.
00:27:38Make some headway?
00:27:39Oh, yeah, dude.
00:27:40We got bedrock, dude.
00:27:42It's not the bottom yet, huh?
00:27:43No.
00:27:45All right.
00:27:48Carlos is exposed five feet of a vertical-ish wall.
00:27:54That's bedrock, and it's all the way down there,
00:27:57and it's heading underneath the weir.
00:28:00So it's just shooting straight down.
00:28:02Apparently, it's way, way deeper than we thought.
00:28:06Is there some gold?
00:28:14Not a, not a thing.
00:28:18Feels like my house just burned down.
00:28:20That's what I feel right now.
00:28:23I get to sell my flames if I fail.
00:28:26God, we need some gold.
00:28:47Yeah.
00:28:47This is our pivotal moment.
00:28:49This is it.
00:28:50Holy ****, you can see all the way down to the bottom, dude.
00:28:53I can see bedrock down there.
00:28:56After a season battling Mother Nature,
00:28:59Dustin's crew believes they are in striking distance
00:29:02of a life-changing payday in gold.
00:29:05And we still have time to hit it big.
00:29:07The snow's not all the way down the mountain yet,
00:29:10so we just got to hit it hard.
00:29:12But if the bedrock continues to slope under the weir,
00:29:16they'll never get to the bottom
00:29:18before the forecast snowstorm shuts them down.
00:29:21We're all hopeful yesterday until we found out
00:29:26the bedrock's shooting underneath the weir.
00:29:30Not sure how to figure this out.
00:29:33Hopefully, Paul and Danielle find some gold
00:29:37because we've run out of time
00:29:39and we can't go anywhere else.
00:29:42Got to make this work
00:29:43because I don't want to sell the planes.
00:29:46And I can see that I've lost my crew a bit
00:29:48because I don't know what I'm doing.
00:29:49Right there. There. Way past it.
00:29:57That ought to be good.
00:30:00Winter's knocking on its door right now.
00:30:03We're tired, but we're giving her another shot
00:30:07and we still have a chance.
00:30:11You guys want to put on some dive suits to get in the hole?
00:30:15Yeah.
00:30:16Cool.
00:30:19Danielle on the near side of the dive hole
00:30:24will follow the exposed bedrock
00:30:26while Paul hunts for bedrock on the far side
00:30:31right under the weir.
00:30:33But it's a massive gamble
00:30:35and risks triggering an underwater landslide
00:30:38burying both divers under 20 tons of boulders.
00:30:43Could be that there's enough hard pack
00:30:47to undermine that weir a little bit,
00:30:49but you'd have to be pretty damn brave to do that
00:30:51because it's a death sentence if it comes down on you.
00:30:56You're buried forever.
00:30:58It'll take us months to find your body.
00:31:00It's going to be a dangerous dive today,
00:31:06but we've got to do something drastic
00:31:10to be able to get on this gold line,
00:31:12so I'm just going to undercut the weir.
00:31:19Start listening for that crackle noise.
00:31:21If you hear any crackling,
00:31:23just don't be shy to shove real hard
00:31:25to get away from that wall.
00:31:26I'm 95% sure you're going to find gold today.
00:31:32I hope so.
00:31:34Ready to go?
00:31:35Everything looks good, man.
00:31:38If there's any kind of slope,
00:31:45you can hear the rock hitting before it comes down,
00:31:48and it gives you an extra millisecond
00:31:50to get yourself out of there without dying.
00:31:53If there's a vertical wall or an undercut,
00:31:55there's no warning except this little crack noise.
00:31:58It's a little crunchy noise,
00:32:00and we all know what it means.
00:32:04Death is coming is what it means.
00:32:13It's going to be a little tight down here,
00:32:15but I don't think we can manage it.
00:32:21I just really, really want today
00:32:23to be the day that we find some gold.
00:32:26Just like one nugget,
00:32:27and then we can follow that trail
00:32:29to the rest of it.
00:32:34How's it looking down there, Paul?
00:32:36Not bad.
00:32:38A little bit of hard pack over here.
00:32:41A little bad rock?
00:32:42It's not on the weird side yet.
00:32:47Weird colored hard pack.
00:32:48It's like yellow.
00:32:50Last year, that same color,
00:32:52I found nuggets in it.
00:32:54Huh.
00:32:57Is that good?
00:32:59Yes, sir.
00:32:59All right.
00:33:00Fake football roll.
00:33:03A high-pressure hose down there,
00:33:04so it's going to be a spaghetti dinner
00:33:05down there for you guys,
00:33:06so don't get caught up every so often.
00:33:08Check your hoses.
00:33:10All right, Danielle.
00:33:11Looks like you're ready to rock and roll.
00:33:19Couldn't ask for a better day.
00:33:21Sun is shining.
00:33:22Birds are singing.
00:33:23Crystal clear water.
00:33:25This is a perfect day for gold, amigo.
00:33:27This is the most pristine,
00:33:33clearest water I've ever seen
00:33:34on Nugget Creek.
00:33:36Unbelievable.
00:33:42All right, guys.
00:33:43We've got this high-pressure washer for you.
00:33:46Don't get tangled up.
00:33:47In the water.
00:33:49Oh, perfect.
00:33:50All right.
00:33:51I can use the Gary now.
00:34:06Copy that.
00:34:06Gary that.
00:34:09Right on his head.
00:34:10I can help you with the zero.
00:34:14I've got to get you.
00:34:15Ow.
00:34:15Look at that rusty sucker.
00:34:18That had to have been on bedrock.
00:34:19Yep.
00:34:20Damn, Nick.
00:34:21Getting close.
00:34:22You got bedrock bottom?
00:34:23Not yet.
00:34:24Bedrock just keeps diving to that corner.
00:34:28We may have to tear it down.
00:34:29I'm worried if the bottom of this creek is underneath that weir,
00:34:34we do not have the time to move that weir.
00:34:39We do not have the time to move that weir.
00:34:40Not yet.
00:34:43Bedrock just keeps diving to that corner.
00:34:46We may have to tear it down.
00:34:50I'm worried if the bottom of this creek is underneath that weir,
00:34:55we do not have the time to move that weir.
00:35:05Paul and Danielle slug it out.
00:35:08Inch by inch, rock by rock.
00:35:17Desperate to reach the deepest point
00:35:20and a season-saving pile of nuggets.
00:35:31They've been in over five hours now,
00:35:34but I got to know what they're seeing.
00:35:36This is our pivotal moment.
00:35:38It can flood all night,
00:35:39and I can't let this moment go just because they're tired.
00:35:48Where you standing right now,
00:35:49is it going straight down,
00:35:51or is it going across the way?
00:35:52I'm not even on the bedrock anymore.
00:35:55The loft I thought was going straight down,
00:35:57I got to open up some room.
00:35:58Bedrock's still going to that other wall.
00:36:04It's underneath the weir at this point.
00:36:09All my nightmares are coming true.
00:36:16Oh my God, it's steep.
00:36:18Holy !
00:36:19It's a long dive.
00:36:20They're going to be tired when they come out.
00:36:21Right now, they're getting a little bit dredged, drunk, you know, silent.
00:36:26They definitely earned their chow and a good night's sleep.
00:36:31Hell yeah!
00:36:32Look at that.
00:36:33That was on bedrock, wasn't it?
00:36:34Yep.
00:36:35Yep.
00:36:36Got to be hitting bottom anytime soon.
00:36:38Wow, that boulder was sitting in that bottom V.
00:36:40Holy !
00:36:41Paul!
00:36:43It's coming up back time.
00:36:45That is beautiful.
00:36:46Wow, look at that.
00:36:48It is coming back up.
00:36:51Oh!
00:36:52It's coming back up.
00:36:53Oh, look at that.
00:36:54He's coming back up.
00:36:56Yeah, I just wanna see her.
00:36:58Oh, look at that.
00:37:02They're going to be starting.
00:37:04Yeah, that's been right.
00:37:06I got to try to do it again.
00:37:07Oh!
00:37:08So you're on the bottom, and you found the bottom V?
00:37:11Yeah.
00:37:12Yeah.
00:37:13Woo!
00:37:14We've got the weird wall.
00:37:17We have got the weird bedrock wall exposed.
00:37:20Oh, my God!
00:37:26Holy .
00:37:28Oh, God.
00:37:32God, damn, look at that.
00:37:34That's amazing.
00:37:36Wow.
00:37:37That's so cool.
00:37:42All month I've been thinking, did I put the weir in the wrong spot,
00:37:48and this is going to skunk.
00:37:50We're going to be, we're done.
00:37:52That's it.
00:37:54I feel relieved right now.
00:37:58Look at that.
00:38:00So do we follow it backwards or do we follow it up?
00:38:04I'll keep cleaning this side of it just to stay on that V.
00:38:07Okay.
00:38:11Finding the V where the bedrock walls meet has given them a fighting chance.
00:38:17Now, Danielle and Paul need to follow the gold line to its deepest point, cleaning up a trail of claim-saving nuggets as they go.
00:38:30You guys keep on digging.
00:38:31I'm going to go get your meals for you.
00:38:33I'm going to...
00:38:34You can stay the night.
00:38:36I'm by the way!
00:38:38It looks like it.
00:38:45What the...
00:38:54Are we?
00:38:56I don't think so.
00:38:58What the ?
00:38:59It is, right?
00:39:00What?
00:39:02It looks like it.
00:39:05Did you find gold?
00:39:07Yes.
00:39:10Seriously?
00:39:11A nugget.
00:39:13You might want to take that up.
00:39:15I just don't know.
00:39:18Is this real?
00:39:20Or am I dreaming?
00:39:23Oh!
00:39:25Is it a nugget?
00:39:26Oh, my God!
00:39:32Oh, my God!
00:39:34Oh, my God!
00:39:36Oh, my God!
00:39:38Look at that!
00:39:40Look at this!
00:39:42Oh, my God!
00:39:53Oh, my God!
00:39:54What is it?
00:39:55Holy .
00:39:56What?
00:39:57Do you see us?
00:39:58All right?
00:39:59I don't think so.
00:40:01What the ?
00:40:02It is, right?
00:40:03What?
00:40:04What?
00:40:05Oh, my God!
00:40:06What is it?
00:40:07Holy .
00:40:08What?
00:40:09Do you see us?
00:40:10All right?
00:40:11I don't think so.
00:40:13What the ?
00:40:15It is, right?
00:40:16What?
00:40:17Oh, .
00:40:19It looks like it.
00:40:21You might want to take that up.
00:40:23Is this real?
00:40:25Or am I dreaming?
00:40:27Ah!
00:40:28Ah!
00:40:29Ah!
00:40:30Ah!
00:40:31Is it a nugget?
00:40:32Oh, my God!
00:40:33Ah!
00:40:34Ah!
00:40:35Yeah!
00:40:36Ah!
00:40:37Yeah!
00:40:38Yeah!
00:40:39Yeah!
00:40:40Oh, my God!
00:40:41Yeah!
00:40:42Oh, my God!
00:40:43Yeah!
00:40:44Look at that!
00:40:45Ah!
00:40:46Yeah!
00:40:47Yeah!
00:40:48Ah!
00:40:49Yeah!
00:40:50for months the crew has battled setback after setback but now with the storm less than three
00:41:02days away they're finally on the gold a large nugget like this is worth more than its weight
00:41:20value alone and could fetch over ten thousand dollars there's gonna be more of those tripling
00:41:28Dustin's gold count but not enough to save his claims good job guys oh my god that's amazing look
00:41:48at that that is beautiful that's a museum piece I can't believe it about damn time that's easily
00:41:57worth 10 grand right yeah if you find one there's more yeah it's about time so that's the channel
00:42:09it's a line of gold this is awesome we found our first real nugget of season and uh it's beautiful
00:42:19there's gonna be nuggets all the way up that
00:42:23they're at that max limit they're tired
00:42:33now what do you need to come up and get dark again it's not safe
00:42:43they found the V they're at the bottom it's on this side of the weir it's on the tent side of the
00:43:01weir and there's very obviously nuggets in there this means we're not fully screwed and I'm damn
00:43:11excited I'm gonna sleep really well tonight this is amazing
00:43:14wow damn Tom
00:43:19welcome back
00:43:22good dive
00:43:25did great can you believe what you just did
00:43:29no you just found a two ounce plus nugget by the way
00:43:33congratulations
00:43:35Daniel good job
00:43:38oh wow unreal it's so heavy
00:43:48that's beautiful
00:43:50it's beautiful isn't it this just paid for most of our fuel this year right here
00:43:55that's what you did you found a chunk of gold that paid for pretty much all of our fuel
00:44:01oh holy cow I wish my first nugget would have been a two ounce nugget
00:44:07yeah Carla
00:44:12what can I say
00:44:17this is the best day ever
00:44:19best day all season for sure
00:44:22I'm like so stoked to be a part of this
00:44:25that was incredible
00:44:27I I still think I'm dreaming
00:44:30how's the long one
00:44:33yeah
00:44:33good job
00:44:37damn good man
00:44:39do I see it
00:44:41yeah
00:44:42oh wow
00:44:46it is a beautiful piece
00:44:48good job man
00:44:49damn good dig
00:44:50finally got two birds one stone you got the nugget
00:45:01I found the weird wall
00:45:03the nugget
00:45:05is a massive and long-awaited win for the crew
00:45:09and for Dustin
00:45:10it's a lifeline
00:45:12I'm glad we kept going
00:45:15this is going to work out really good now I think
00:45:19I just need to keep going
00:45:20Jesus
00:45:32what a rollercoaster
00:45:36I'm going to celebrate with a seltzer
00:45:39and you guys I got extra seltzers if you need one
00:45:42dustin has sunk his life savings hunting for gold at nugget creek
00:45:56but yesterday Danielle found what could be the first in a trail of monster nuggets proof that they're closing in on claim saving gold
00:46:03today was supposed to be our day but it rained all night so we're in landslide territory right now because of how wet it is
00:46:10I understand we all want to go get back down to the bottom of this thing but it's a death sentence man
00:46:11but it's a death sentence man
00:46:12yeah
00:46:13yeah
00:46:14over the season
00:46:15over the season the fractured walls above the dive site
00:46:17the fractured walls above the dive site
00:46:18the fractured walls above the dive site
00:46:22the trail of monster nuggets
00:46:23the trail of monster nuggets proof that they're closing in on claim saving gold
00:46:28today was supposed to be our day but it rained all night
00:46:33I understand we all want to go get back down to the bottom of this thing but
00:46:37it's a death sentence man
00:46:39yeah
00:46:40what the hell
00:46:41over the seasons the fractured walls above the dive sites have rained down on the miners below
00:46:48run run run get up here guys get up here
00:46:50the danger heightened by frequent earthquakes
00:46:54freaking earthquakes
00:46:55go go go go go go go
00:46:57and severe weather
00:46:59the power of this water is just insane
00:47:02this is a freaking nightmare
00:47:04two years ago a coastal typhoon slammed into nugget creek
00:47:09until it raged at over nine feet a second
00:47:12I hate to say it but I think this is it
00:47:15I think this is the end
00:47:17and hurled hundred pound boulders into dive holes they had spent weeks digging out
00:47:26and gold or no gold is not worth your damn life
00:47:30so nobody is going to dive today
00:47:33god dang it
00:47:35well what do we do while we wait
00:47:40well we're not digging
00:47:45I know it's not much but maybe we can see what we got
00:47:49yeah yeah let's do a clean up then
00:47:51let's do it
00:47:59so just a heads up
00:48:01I'm getting a little worried
00:48:03that edge is starting to come loose right here
00:48:06there's a waterfall
00:48:07that was up man
00:48:09yeah that's not good
00:48:12there's a waterfall right there
00:48:13that is a lot of water
00:48:15that is a lot of water
00:48:16hey Paul
00:48:17I don't think you should be standing there bro
00:48:19the walls are absolutely saturated
00:48:22this is not safe
00:48:27I don't want us to be out here any longer
00:48:31alright
00:48:32so let's go do the fastest clean up we've ever done
00:48:35and get out of here alright
00:48:38copy that
00:48:39let's do it
00:48:41fast and furious
00:48:42we're not picking around
00:48:43we're just pulling and going
00:48:44I ain't gonna lie to you
00:48:45I don't like this at all
00:48:47this is bad news
00:48:49yeah I get it
00:48:50did the water just intensify
00:48:52yeah we need to hurry up and get out of here
00:48:53yeah we don't need to be here much longer y'all
00:48:55all of us let's go
00:48:56copy that
00:48:57let's get out of here
00:48:59dustin still needs at least $85,000 to save his mining future
00:49:13hoping to see lots and lots of gold
00:49:16I mean there's six buckets of this
00:49:18but a blizzard is forecast in less than 48 hours
00:49:22which will force them out of their claim
00:49:25if it hits early their season is over
00:49:28a lot of black sand
00:49:32oh man
00:49:42not much here just a gram or so
00:49:45we've only dredged a little bit of bedrock bottom
00:49:47the V that's the deepest spot
00:49:49we're essentially running out of time
00:49:52hopefully it doesn't snow
00:49:54because it'd be nice to try to
00:49:56in the season with millions of dollars in gold
00:49:59because we're right there
00:50:00and it's sad
00:50:05you got some gold?
00:50:06not much
00:50:07oh
00:50:08that's
00:50:10broke my heart just now looking at that
00:50:13so it looks like we got less than an ounce right?
00:50:16as far as fine gold yeah
00:50:18and the nugget
00:50:19two nuggets and some fine gold
00:50:23not the best of seasons so far
00:50:25I don't know how to change that
00:50:28we did what we did
00:50:29and now the season's coming to a crashing halt
00:50:31well we're not ready to give up yet right?
00:50:33yeah
00:50:34you got to remember also we
00:50:36dredged two feet of the bedrock
00:50:38that's all
00:50:39that's all
00:50:40yep
00:50:41still a chance
00:50:42still a chance
00:50:43it's just do we have enough time to
00:50:45uncover more of it
00:50:47we got to step our game up somehow some way
00:50:50we need to put in as many hours as we possibly can
00:50:53because you can see that snow line coming down
00:50:55yeah
00:50:56I'll dive every day that we have left
00:50:58if I have to
00:51:00it's gonna be a push
00:51:02if we don't push hard we're gonna regret it
00:51:04yep
00:51:05we're gonna have to do some double shifts though
00:51:06yeah
00:51:07I'll look for it
00:51:08two divers go in for five hours come out
00:51:10the next two divers go in for five hours come out
00:51:12I mean we get a lot of hours in a day that way
00:51:15yep
00:51:16I think with two teams going in
00:51:17mm-hmm
00:51:18there's a good chance we can get
00:51:19we can uncover more more way more bedrock
00:51:22yeah
00:51:23alright so tomorrow everybody's going in
00:51:24I'm game for that
00:51:25I mean I'll stay on the dredge
00:51:26as long as y'all want to stay in the water
00:51:27I say let's go for it
00:51:29so we'll do a double double
00:51:30do a double double
00:51:31we're gonna double double on the deuce sluice
00:51:33hi
00:51:53out of fuel
00:51:55hopefully what we have up there
00:51:57and this will get us through at least one more day
00:52:01are these ready to rock and roll Daniel?
00:52:04yeah
00:52:05the predicted snow storm
00:52:07will drop over two feet of season ending snow
00:52:10in less than 24 hours
00:52:13shutting down Nugget Creek
00:52:15and potentially their mining careers
00:52:18it's a warning that the winter is here
00:52:21snow's about to drop on the head
00:52:23it's about to freeze
00:52:24and I'm out of money
00:52:25but we're gonna keep going
00:52:27sorry I'm late guys
00:52:29I had to put on double socks
00:52:31cause I'm cold
00:52:32it is cold
00:52:34alright so what we're gonna try to do today
00:52:39we're gonna get two divers in
00:52:41and then you guys are gonna rotate out
00:52:43and we're gonna get the longest dive of our existence
00:52:46try to stretch this out as far as we can with the weather
00:52:50so this might be our last chance yeah
00:52:53this is it
00:52:54we're gonna do a blitz
00:52:56alright
00:52:57let's get out of here yo
00:52:58here we go
00:52:59here we go
00:53:17final push huh?
00:53:18yeah
00:53:19alright
00:53:20so
00:53:21let's get the jenny started
00:53:22let's drop this dredge
00:53:23and
00:53:24we're doing this
00:53:25Danielle
00:53:26you can shoot up
00:53:27yeah
00:53:28I know there's more gold down there
00:53:31so
00:53:32I just wanna get in there and get after it
00:53:34and
00:53:35tap out
00:53:36knowing that I
00:53:37worked the hardest I could
00:53:38and did the best I could down there
00:53:42what the
00:53:43there's shell rock all over the place
00:53:45oh yeah
00:53:46look at that
00:53:47where'd that come from?
00:53:50oh there's rocks up there
00:53:52walls saturated
00:53:54this is where big rocks fall
00:53:56holy
00:53:57you see it all?
00:53:58yeah
00:53:59that's all new
00:54:00holy
00:54:01look at the size of it
00:54:02oh yeah
00:54:03any of these would kill you
00:54:05I mean we got waterfalls coming down
00:54:08and it's gonna bring street down
00:54:09yeah so
00:54:10it's not gonna be safe on the tent side whatsoever
00:54:17alright y'all
00:54:18just so you know
00:54:19you are welcome to step out of this because
00:54:26this is a high risk situation that we're in
00:54:29and you all understand that
00:54:31yeah
00:54:32you will not let me down
00:54:33if you walk out of here right now
00:54:35because I understand how dangerous this is
00:54:38so this is your choice to be here right now right?
00:54:41everybody feel that?
00:54:42copy that
00:54:43yeah
00:54:44alright
00:54:45we're doing this aren't we?
00:54:53just don't let the fever get a hold of you
00:54:55you mess around too much
00:54:57and the rocks come on top of you
00:54:58I can't help you
00:54:59that's when you'll stay forever
00:55:01don't worry baby I can't help you
00:55:03if I gotta stick a hose in my mouth and jump in there naked I'll be down there
00:55:08thank you
00:55:09thank you
00:55:10I feel safe
00:55:11thank you
00:55:12give him a hug for me Kyla
00:55:14I will do that
00:55:16I will do that okay
00:55:18all standing
00:55:19Danielle
00:55:20dive everyone in the water
00:55:24right now
00:55:25I want to see the gold
00:55:26but more importantly
00:55:27I want to make sure that
00:55:28all my people get out of here unscathed
00:55:30there it is good man
00:55:33you ready to rock and roll dude?
00:55:35copy that
00:55:37alright
00:55:38two divers in
00:55:40this is the big push
00:55:44this is probably the most danger we've been in all year
00:55:49I hate the way the walls are dripping
00:55:51this is where big rocks fall
00:55:53this is where landslides happen
00:55:56this is the bad stuff right now
00:55:59this is probably our most dangerous day
00:56:04by far
00:56:06just need everybody to get out alive
00:56:29that pretty bad rock
00:56:34it's so fun to clean bad rock
00:56:36yeah it is
00:56:38you're gonna find gold this year
00:56:40village ham
00:56:42with a season ending blizzard
00:56:44descending on nugget creek within hours
00:56:47there's freaking gold in here
00:56:48nuggets
00:56:49I guarantee there's fucking nuggets
00:56:50today's outcome
00:56:51will decide Dustin's future
00:56:53forever
00:56:54forever
00:56:57running out of time here
00:56:59and kind of desperate right now
00:57:01if we don't get a bunch of gold
00:57:02I could lose
00:57:03clay
00:57:05come on guys
00:57:10alright
00:57:11we are freaking rolling
00:57:13we're on bedrock and the race is on
00:57:17because gold is on the bedrock
00:57:19this is the big push
00:57:25in a desperate attempt to get the $85,000 worth of gold Dustin needs to save his claims
00:57:32his crew is diving in relay
00:57:34got two divers down
00:57:39nobody's been hit by rock yet
00:57:41and uh
00:57:42we got two more divers to go
00:57:44I want to see
00:57:45as much bedrock cleaned off as I could possibly get today
00:57:49Danielle and Paul have been diving for nearly four hours with no drop in pace
00:57:55come on I want to go for a dive
00:57:58I'll probably have enough time to get this cleared off
00:58:00and uh
00:58:01get you guys some good bedrock
00:58:02y'all are going to be the ones to find the gold
00:58:04yep
00:58:05alright
00:58:06we just gotta go go go go go
00:58:12ready to go?
00:58:14of course
00:58:16you guys ready for this?
00:58:18so what's the situation down there right now?
00:58:29we're gonna full body brain freeze right now
00:58:31oh god
00:58:33my right foot is frozen but I was trying to fight through it
00:58:38can you get some more hot water down there?
00:58:40Danielle it's getting cold
00:58:42okay
00:58:48oh
00:58:57oh
00:59:01oh my god
00:59:03it's this engine
00:59:07that son of a bitch does not want to run
00:59:11what's it doing?
00:59:12just half power?
00:59:13yeah
00:59:14I know that's gotta be part of her heat problem
00:59:16the heat exchange from the dredge engines
00:59:20delivers the vital hot water Danielle needs
00:59:23against the frigid creek
00:59:25to avoid hypothermic shock
00:59:29cold
00:59:32is happening
00:59:33it seems like our gas has to crash in it
00:59:35and it's not letting it want to flow to the carburetor
00:59:38so we know it's not the engine
00:59:40it's gotta be our fuel
00:59:41oh
00:59:45oh
00:59:46I bet it
00:59:47I bet it's that son of a bitch right there
00:59:50I think it's that bowl
00:59:51that goes on the fuel switch
00:59:54what if I put the 10 mil and cracked it to see if there's any water in it?
00:59:57we can do that
00:59:59is there any way
01:00:01to clean those bowls out without the
01:00:03you gotta turn it off
01:00:05yeah
01:00:06she's gonna have to come up so we can shut the engines off
01:00:16hey Danielle come up for a minute please
01:00:18we're gonna have to shut this engine off for just a minute
01:00:21okay
01:00:22yeah we gotta do this sorry
01:00:23go ahead
01:00:24thank you
01:00:25I'm still not getting any hot water to my right foot
01:00:29my hands are so friggin cold too but not as bad as my foot
01:00:34hey Carlos use one hot water she has to warm up boot up
01:00:38we gotta turn off one of these engines
01:00:41cut me that
01:00:46we're having trouble keeping our engines going
01:00:48we think that there's water in the fuel
01:00:50we're gonna drain some of that and see how that goes
01:00:53I don't really know what else to do
01:00:55I think it's too wet for these engines to keep running like this
01:00:59still forever
01:01:01hold on hold on hold on hold on
01:01:07here
01:01:10there it goes
01:01:15full right here
01:01:16yeah
01:01:17it's what's stopping us
01:01:18that wouldn't surprise me a bit
01:01:20it had like filth in the bottom of it
01:01:22yeah
01:01:23I think this is the problem
01:01:26all right let's see if we get this thing sorted
01:01:33that's what it was
01:01:34that's what it was
01:01:36that's what it was
01:01:37woo!
01:01:38woo!
01:01:42all right back in action
01:01:43all right
01:01:46pull me back up
01:01:51I can feel my foot again
01:01:55good to go?
01:01:56okay you're ready to rock and roll
01:01:57go get some gold
01:01:58woo!
01:02:00woo!
01:02:01you just dove in like a freaking gangster
01:02:04bring it on!
01:02:05woo!
01:02:06woo!
01:02:07woo!
01:02:08woo!
01:02:09woo!
01:02:10woo!
01:02:11woo!
01:02:12woo!
01:02:13woo!
01:02:14woo!
01:02:15you're gonna rock a little jacket down here
01:02:17woo!
01:02:18woo!
01:02:19woo!
01:02:20woo!
01:02:21woo!
01:02:22woo!
01:02:23woo!
01:02:24this is our final push to keep gold this season
01:02:26yep
01:02:27but
01:02:28this kid's super dangerous
01:02:30the walls are absolutely sagging
01:02:34absolutely saturated
01:02:38rock!
01:02:39rocks are falling right now
01:02:41this is not
01:02:43a good scenario but we're doing it
01:02:46kind of desperate right now
01:02:48Dustin
01:02:49has spent the last 14 years seeking his fortune in gold
01:02:54now
01:02:55deep in debt
01:02:57with a snowstorm at his door
01:02:59he needs a huge score in the next few hours
01:03:02where he faces the end of his mining career
01:03:09this is the race against time right now
01:03:11the weather's coming down
01:03:13it's gonna bring snow
01:03:15and
01:03:17danielle has been in a long time
01:03:20we don't want her to get dredged drunk
01:03:23because that's when accidents happen
01:03:25so we're gonna tag in, tag out, tag a deal
01:03:28i'm gonna get down, freaking get busy
01:03:30and hopefully get gold, gold, gold, gold, gold
01:03:34so danielle looks like your time is up
01:03:38nooo!
01:03:40just getting
01:03:44after nearly five hours
01:03:50danielle hands the baton
01:03:52to a fresh diver
01:03:53carlos
01:03:54good job
01:03:55good job
01:03:56yeah
01:03:57yeah
01:04:02all right Paul, coming in
01:04:03coming in
01:04:08oh
01:04:09yeah i see the bedrock
01:04:10danielle did a good job
01:04:13yeah
01:04:14we're gonna get some
01:04:15down now
01:04:16come on man
01:04:17give me some gold
01:04:18hey carlos
01:04:19yep
01:04:20check all that out
01:04:21down there
01:04:22okay man
01:04:28oh yeah Paul
01:04:30oh yeah
01:04:31good job
01:04:33we got bedrock bottom
01:04:38the crew has already found
01:04:39a massive nugget
01:04:41now
01:04:42they just need to follow the bedrock
01:04:44to its deepest point
01:04:46and its deposit
01:04:47of monster gold
01:04:48james
01:04:50gonna get some gold out of here today
01:04:51oh
01:04:52thanks Paul
01:04:57we switched out
01:04:58one set of divers
01:04:59we only got one left
01:05:03hey Paul
01:05:04would not be a good time to switch
01:05:06yes
01:05:09right now i am done
01:05:10physically done
01:05:12all right carlos i'm out
01:05:13all right brother
01:05:14good job man
01:05:18i am the last one to get in
01:05:19i am the last one to get in
01:05:20and this is it
01:05:21our final push
01:05:22they are on bedrock
01:05:23but we are going with a hail mary
01:05:25right now
01:05:26i want to get in there
01:05:28and do what the gold hound does
01:05:30i want to get in there and find gold
01:05:33millions
01:05:35come on man we got this
01:05:38this is it
01:05:40the final push man
01:05:41we got a lot of riding on this man
01:05:45i don't want to sell the planes
01:05:46all right here we go
01:05:49all right
01:05:50all right here we go
01:05:55you down here james
01:05:56yes sir
01:05:57all right
01:05:58all right
01:06:00Paul left you a beautiful beautiful beautiful present man
01:06:04he left you with some gorgeous bedrock
01:06:07and i got a lot of bedrock to my side
01:06:10and i'm working my way forward and working my way down
01:06:17now this bedrock is uh nice and jagged
01:06:22that's going down into a feed
01:06:24and there's a lot of jagged areas
01:06:26and create catches for gold
01:06:28now we're going to start taking like crazy now james
01:06:30yep
01:06:31there's probably some record sized nuggets in there
01:06:34over the next three hours
01:06:40let's do it
01:06:42let's find some gold
01:06:43james and carlos follow the bedrock deeper and deeper
01:06:47they've been down there working their butts off
01:06:50an all-out blitz for gold
01:06:52man so close
01:06:55so close
01:07:11oh man
01:07:14hey check my uh
01:07:18check my compressor
01:07:20it's rolling
01:07:23carlos are you having trouble breathing
01:07:29it's starting to pull
01:07:30it's starting to
01:07:31come on up dude
01:07:32don't do that
01:07:33get up here
01:07:36nah we're coming up
01:07:45god damn
01:07:46what happened
01:07:47check bob with bed
01:07:48dude it's just blowing air straight out
01:07:52what a show
01:07:54this blows
01:07:55sorry
01:07:59his air compressor just went dead
01:08:01we don't have a way to fix it
01:08:02because one of the pop-off valves
01:08:03went bad
01:08:05there's a pressure gauge
01:08:06that allows only a certain amount of pressure
01:08:08and they call pop-off valves
01:08:11and uh when they break
01:08:13gotta replace them
01:08:14there's no way to fix them as far as i know
01:08:16so
01:08:17all we're doing now is just yanking him out
01:08:19because there was nothing i could do
01:08:33uh i didn't get to finish the mission man
01:08:36i just needed air
01:08:37to live
01:08:38so i had to cap out early
01:08:43night man
01:08:46so as of right now
01:08:48we're broke
01:08:51right now it's all up to james
01:08:54it's all yours james
01:08:55be careful
01:08:56hey james
01:08:59i'm counting on you to do this
01:09:02all right
01:09:04put the last one in and uh
01:09:07hopefully we can win
01:09:09and it's all bedrock
01:09:13hopefully there's a ton of gold
01:09:14the storm is fast approaching
01:09:19and with it
01:09:21the end of dustin's mining career
01:09:24fourteen years
01:09:25and it's got to this
01:09:30but he still has a chance of reaching the claim saving gold
01:09:34i know this creek has gold and it's big damn gold too
01:09:39another foot and we got this for sure
01:09:45up ahead
01:09:47water drop
01:09:48diver up
01:09:49diver up
01:09:50we need to get the out of here
01:09:51we're about to get a damn flash flood
01:09:52here it comes
01:09:53get out of there
01:09:54get out of there
01:09:56do it
01:10:04we're up here freezing
01:10:07ah man is it getting cold
01:10:11they're killing themselves trying to find this gold
01:10:15gold's here
01:10:17it only takes twenty minutes of digging in the right spot
01:10:21to change your whole life
01:10:22so yeah
01:10:25i'm secretly hopeful
01:10:45James?
01:10:46how's it looking down there?
01:10:48i'm following the cattle real quick
01:10:51hopefully there's a ton of gold
01:10:54this is the first time we've ever put four dollars down in a day
01:10:58we only got one left
01:11:00all my gear and all my people are worn out
01:11:05we're desperate to get gold
01:11:07yeah
01:11:08yeah
01:11:10can you check the uh foot valve
01:11:12i don't know what's going on with the water
01:11:14it's cold
01:11:16we're uh starting to suction
01:11:18James? we're having trouble with your suction
01:11:21both engines are running slow again
01:11:23both of them
01:11:24so one of them's running slow so
01:11:26both
01:11:27but we have to go
01:11:28i'm running out of water so
01:11:30what is happening?
01:11:32water dropped! water dropped!
01:11:34water dropped!
01:11:37the water turned off
01:11:39something's happened
01:11:40water dropped
01:11:42so the water dropped down to nothing
01:11:45which means
01:11:47it's building up somewhere
01:11:49and there's about to be a wall of water coming at us
01:11:53god damn!
01:11:55about to get a damn flash flood
01:11:58a landslide up creek
01:12:01has created a dam
01:12:03potentially trapping thousands of tons of water behind it
01:12:07when it breaks
01:12:09a lethal tidal wave of mud and debris
01:12:12could surge down the valley
01:12:14wiping out everything
01:12:16and anyone trapped in its path
01:12:19holy
01:12:21if you see any kind of
01:12:23water coming
01:12:24run
01:12:25it's gonna hit us real hard
01:12:27all at once
01:12:30get up!
01:12:31dive her up!
01:12:32dive her up!
01:12:33quick!
01:12:34get up!
01:12:35get up here!
01:12:39hey!
01:12:40we need to get the out of here
01:12:41turn that off!
01:12:42turn it off!
01:12:43let's go!
01:12:44let's go!
01:12:45let's go!
01:12:46let's go!
01:12:47come on!
01:12:48come on!
01:12:49come on!
01:12:50come on!
01:12:51come on!
01:12:52hey!
01:12:53hey!
01:12:54y'all get up the hill!
01:12:55everybody!
01:12:56get up the hill!
01:12:57there's no water!
01:12:58get up the hill!
01:13:00that happens now
01:13:02y'all in a bad spot!
01:13:04what the ?
01:13:05when i was over there i thought there was no water
01:13:07i've never seen you shut off like this
01:13:08y'all need to get up that hill!
01:13:10get up that hill!
01:13:12let's get up here!
01:13:13that!
01:13:18this stuff's gonna come down in a minute!
01:13:20is there any way we can hook that dredge up before this goes?
01:13:23do not get caught in this!
01:13:31holy this is kinda eerie
01:13:34i can't get the winds to work!
01:13:49generator's not running!
01:13:53there's no gas in the generator!
01:13:55it's off!
01:13:56we're about to lose that dredge because we ran out of gas!
01:14:00here!
01:14:02here!
01:14:03gas!
01:14:04right here!
01:14:05fall!
01:14:06gas!
01:14:07all right!
01:14:08let's get the jenny started!
01:14:09make sure it's got fuel in it!
01:14:10i can see gold in the box too!
01:14:11there's nuggets in there!
01:14:12oh god!
01:14:13james!
01:14:14there's two nice nuggets!
01:14:15i don't want to keep them in my hand!
01:14:17don't drop it!
01:14:18don't drop it!
01:14:19don't drop it!
01:14:20all right!
01:14:21that's a long time with no water man!
01:14:24here it comes!
01:14:26holy!
01:14:28what the!
01:14:30what the!
01:14:43let's see chug's to bite!
01:14:44my god!
01:14:45it's getting worse!
01:14:49Can we do this or not?
01:14:54Is he going to drag?
01:14:55No, we can get it.
01:14:56Let's pull it.
01:14:57Go!
01:14:58Wes, pull it left.
01:14:59Go downstream instead of upstream.
01:15:02Break that if you have to, but get it out of there.
01:15:06Is this going to work?
01:15:08You got to pull it a little bit more, bro.
01:15:10Come on, pull it.
01:15:11Get out of there.
01:15:13Get the out of there.
01:15:15Do it!
01:15:17I'm making my dredge die.
01:15:26Just yank that as hard as you can, man.
01:15:33I'll take that.
01:15:35Better than it was.
01:15:43Oh, my God.
01:15:44You guys saved the dredge.
01:15:45Holy .
01:15:47I had that worry that we were going to have a 10-foot wave.
01:15:50What the ?
01:15:51I've never seen the water stop like that.
01:15:53I was scared.
01:15:56That was vicious.
01:15:57Oh, my God.
01:16:00All right, guys.
01:16:01Everybody grab your bags and let's get.
01:16:04Let's get out of here.
01:16:06The leading edge of the storm has arrived.
01:16:19It's snowing on us, dude.
01:16:21Bringing with it over two feet of snow in the next 24 hours.
01:16:34Call that termination dust.
01:16:36That even sucks to worse.
01:16:38Yep.
01:16:39Absolutely.
01:16:40The miners must get out before they're trapped.
01:16:41Well.
01:16:42That's it, man.
01:16:43Yeah.
01:16:44So.
01:16:46I think we're done with the season right now.
01:16:50We've been beaten.
01:16:51Yeah.
01:16:52This year was pretty damn miserable, honestly.
01:16:56Yeah, I think so, too.
01:16:57This was the hardest dig I have ever done.
01:16:59I agree.
01:17:01My man, eternal loop of bad weather and gold.
01:17:07And I'm sure you're a bad girl.
01:17:12That's why I'm mad.
01:17:14I'm mad.
01:17:15And I'm mad that I'm mad.
01:17:16That's what Mike.
01:17:17Yeah.
01:17:18He's mad.
01:17:19And he's saying, but I, the bullshit thing,
01:17:21I think I'm mad at this.
01:17:22He's mad at all.
01:17:23And this is a big deal.
01:17:24That's the big deal.
01:17:25It's bad weather, it's f***ing gold.
01:17:35Sorry about the gold count this year.
01:17:37We got a two-ounce nug
01:17:40and some other little nugs.
01:17:43It pretty much pays for our gasoline.
01:17:47That's about it.
01:17:49So...
01:17:53This is a hard failure.
01:17:58Maybe next year will be the good year.
01:18:03Well, with this little gold count,
01:18:05I'm not sure there's gonna be a next season.
01:18:10This year was a financial disaster.
01:18:14I blame myself because you guys did your job.
01:18:18Sorry, guys.
01:18:23All right, let's get out of here.
01:18:33Out of time and out of money, Dustin's 14-year treasure hunt for life-changing gold is over.
01:18:44That sucks.
01:18:50I can't believe this. It's just unreal.
01:18:57And I failed completely.
01:18:59I know this creek has big nuggets and I've beaten my head against the wall throwing cash at this thing.
01:19:05But this isn't working.
01:19:07I'm broke.
01:19:09It hasn't paid for itself.
01:19:11It's just sucking money out of my damn account.
01:19:15And the creek beat me.
01:19:16I'm gonna sell my claims.
01:19:17I don't know what else to do.
01:19:18I'm gonna sell my claims.
01:19:22I don't know what else to do.
01:19:23But at some point again
01:19:29And I'm gonna sell my arms to do that.
01:19:33I had a nice way.
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