- 7/24/2025
Gold Rush White Water Season 9 Episode 12 - Full Movie
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00:00:00It's cold out.
00:00:09Yeah.
00:00:10I think we're going to be in the snow this morning, though,
00:00:12when we get out there.
00:00:14Oh, yeah, look at all of that fresh snow over there.
00:00:17Yeah, we'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.
00:00:32This is the last of our money.
00:00:36This 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.
00:00:50It's basically the last of the borrowed money
00:00:52that we have to stay out here.
00:00:53Well, if we don't find any gold, this is over with.
00:01:00The long, harsh Alaskan winter looms heavy across the Chilkat Mountains.
00:01:07And a warning for a season-ending blizzard has just been forecast.
00:01:15Dustin's future at Nugget Creek will be decided in the next five days.
00:01:21God, it's cold.
00:01:23When it starts snowing, it's over with.
00:01:27Look how low the frickin' snow is.
00:01:29Oh, my God.
00:01:30The snow is on that mountain now.
00:01:31Yeah, we're in.
00:01:32That's not good.
00:01:33Holy crap.
00:01:34We got frickin' fresh snow on the mountain.
00:01:35That's only a couple hundred feet up.
00:01:36All right.
00:01:37This is the last of the fuel, boys.
00:01:38We're about to get hammered with snow is what's about to happen.
00:01:40We got to find some gold.
00:01:41You want to lay it down?
00:01:42Yeah.
00:01:43There we go.
00:01:44The weather's starting to get so bad right now, but hopefully we get enough gold to get
00:02:08back here next year.
00:02:09Woo-hoo!
00:02:11Colder than a poor bear's toenails.
00:02:18Whew.
00:02:19What do you think?
00:02:21I'm scared because this, indeed, is our future.
00:02:29We're all desperate.
00:02:35We're running out of time.
00:02:37And without any more gold, this is the end of it.
00:02:44This year's gonna be the make it or break it.
00:02:46Dustin 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.
00:02:56Chasing life-changing gold.
00:02:58Oh!
00:02:59Oh!
00:03:00Carlos!
00:03:01Yeah!
00:03:02Yeah!
00:03:03Oh!
00:03:04Stop!
00:03:05Stop!
00:03:06Stop!
00:03:07Stop!
00:03:08Stop!
00:03:09Stop!
00:03:10Winches on fire!
00:03:11But 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.
00:03:22Has defeated him at every turn.
00:03:25Looks like it's a bust.
00:03:28Now, deep in debt.
00:03:30If I don't hit it big, I could lose my claims.
00:03:33He has to get to the very bottom of the creek and start pulling out monster nuggets.
00:03:39I'm about to fail.
00:03:40Before 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.
00:03:54Yeah.
00:03:55Yeah.
00:03:56So far this season, Dustin has mined gold worth barely $5,000.
00:04:02Paul, you going in first?
00:04:03Yeah.
00:04:04But he needs at least $100,000 to save his claim.
00:04:08This year has been hell on me.
00:04:13I could have made more gold just playing with a pan.
00:04:19I wanted to give up several times.
00:04:22But need a seed of gold.
00:04:25We'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.
00:04:35Hopefully, we can find the nugget of our dreams.
00:04:44Definitely frustrating right now.
00:04:48We know bedrock is there.
00:04:49We just got to get right back down to it.
00:04:51Two weeks ago, they finally discovered bedrock and chased it down to the gold layer at 16 feet, before a brutal storm buried it.
00:05:04They frantically dug back down to 10 feet, but put the walls of the dive hole at risk of collapse.
00:05:11Now, 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.
00:05:25Today, my goal is to hit bedrock.
00:05:31And between Paul and I, one of us is going to get there and find gold this year.
00:05:38All right.
00:05:39You're good to go here?
00:05:40I'm back.
00:05:41All right, Paul.
00:05:42Watch yourself.
00:05:43Daniel's coming in.
00:05:44She might bring some rocks on top of you.
00:05:45Uh-huh.
00:05:46All right.
00:05:48It's so clear down here.
00:05:51Yeah!
00:05:52We'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.
00:06:00How's it going with you?
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 and actually find gold.
00:06:26That would be amazing.
00:06:28Hopefully.
00:06:30So...
00:06:34Let's see...
00:06:39Might be able to load a basket right quick.
00:06:41Where do you want it?
00:06:42Along the rear wall.
00:06:43Copy.
00:06:48Basket in the water.
00:06:51Copy that.
00:06:52I got it.
00:07:02All right.
00:07:03Basket ready to go.
00:07:05All right, Paul.
00:07:06Coming up.
00:07:12What the hell?
00:07:21Stop!
00:07:22Stop!
00:07:24Wes.
00:07:25Watch.
00:07:29That could have killed a diver.
00:07:31Oh, .
00:07:32This is truly dangerous.
00:07:33James, I need him to not hit that upstream wall and drag it.
00:07:39So, once he hooks up, I want you to hold it back off of that wall and then lift it up.
00:07:45And once it's high enough, you can walk with it and not hold on to it.
00:07:49I'll try my hardest.
00:07:51In their push to get down to the monster nuggets, the crew dug almost vertically.
00:08:00Now, if any lift strikes the unstable walls, they risk collapse, crushing the divers below.
00:08:08The solution?
00:08:09Use a tagline and James' raw strength to steer the load clear.
00:08:18I need to practice.
00:08:20All right, coming up.
00:08:25James.
00:08:26Watch it, watch it, watch it.
00:08:27Don't hook him.
00:08:28Hold it, but keep coming.
00:08:29Keep coming right there.
00:08:30Stay right there.
00:08:31Right there.
00:08:32Lift.
00:08:33Keep him off that wall.
00:08:34It's heavy.
00:08:35Is this too much?
00:08:36No.
00:08:37That's a big rock that you're holding right now.
00:08:38That works.
00:08:39All right, now come on upstream.
00:08:40Try not to hit all the rock stuff.
00:08:41Dude, that's perfect.
00:08:42That's perfect.
00:08:43That is perfect.
00:08:44Look at that.
00:08:46Today I stormed the castle.
00:08:49We shall be victorious.
00:08:51We shall be victorious.
00:08:52All right, here, everybody.
00:08:55Right there, I rocked up.
00:08:56It's heavy.
00:08:57Is this too much?
00:08:58No.
00:08:59That's a big rock that you're holding right now.
00:09:01No.
00:09:02That works.
00:09:03All right, now come on upstream.
00:09:04Try not to hit all the rock stuff.
00:09:05Dude, that's perfect.
00:09:07That's perfect.
00:09:09That is perfect.
00:09:10That is perfect.
00:09:11Look at that.
00:09:12Over the next six hours, the miners get down to 13 feet, but there's still no sign of bedrock.
00:09:26It'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, nothing yet.
00:09:39Daylight is already fading, but Danielle and Paul are desperate and refuse to quit.
00:09:58It was disheartening to hear that they have no sign of fixing bedrock yet.
00:10:04Very disheartening.
00:10:06Uh, damn.
00:10:09We're supposed to be cleaning up with our frickin' bucket of frickin' riches and gold.
00:10:15Not looking for bedrock, Sal.
00:10:19Damn it.
00:10:23Disheartening, man. Disheartening.
00:10:30Fifteen-minute warning. Fifteen-minute warning.
00:10:33Not looking for your nozzle, Danielle.
00:10:34No.
00:10:34I'm gonna make this hole my bitch. Send me down a pillow. I'm sleepin' here.
00:10:37What?
00:10:38She said, I'm making this hole my bitch. Send me a pillow. I'm sleeping down here.
00:10:43Oh.
00:10:43I'm gonna make this hole my bitch. Send me down a pillow. I'm sleepin' here.
00:10:49What?
00:10:52She said, I'm making this hole my bitch. Send me a pillow. I'm sleeping down here.
00:10:59Yeah, Danielle. You can do all you can do.
00:11:04I said, let's go for it.
00:11:08Hey, like this.
00:11:09All right, Danielle. I think Paul's almost done here. I can throw you this, uh, rope here.
00:11:28I think she found, uh...
00:11:30Okay, you guys...
00:11:31I found bedrock!
00:11:32Yeah!
00:11:34Woo! Woo!
00:11:36You wanna make me outta here?
00:11:38That is amazing that we found bedrock again.
00:11:43Ah, that helped. Good 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.
00:11:56Woo! Woo!
00:11:58Their hopes of saving the Nugget Creek claim are still alive.
00:12:03So we found frickin' bedrock today! Holy frickin' moly!
00:12:08Good frickin' goddamn news!
00:12:10And all we have to do is follow the bedrock.
00:12:12And you know what that frickin' means?
00:12:14We're going to find the frickin' gold.
00:12:17Woo-hoo!
00:12:18Ha, ha, ha!
00:12:19Hell, yeah!
00:12:29I think she found, uh...
00:12:31Okay, you guys...
00:12:32Bedrock!
00:12:32Yes!
00:12:33Yes!
00:12:34Woo-hoo!
00:12:35Woo-hoo!
00:12:36Woo-hoo!
00:12:37That is amazing that we found bedrock again.
00:12:39Yeah, Danielle, good job.
00:12:41Winter about to call time on their failing season.
00:12:46The crew is finally back on bedrock.
00:12:48Did they flatten out?
00:12:51It looks like it, but they don't have enough uncovered.
00:12:56I think she's on the, uh, tent side wall.
00:12:59She's got that going down.
00:13:01She's following that down.
00:13:03They found a tent side of the bedrock wall way down there.
00:13:08That's good news.
00:13:10Beautiful!
00:13:16It's getting dark.
00:13:17It's dangerous.
00:13:18That'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.
00:13:28All right, Danielle, I think Paul's almost done here.
00:13:32I'm gonna get out.
00:13:34Paul's coming up.
00:13:35Hop in that.
00:13:41You all see how excited Danielle was?
00:13:43That's the first time she ever wanted to stay down.
00:13:45She didn't know it would have come out.
00:13:51Uh, definitely come up.
00:13:53Down by here.
00:13:58Woo-hoo!
00:13:59All right.
00:14:00All right, I got my eyes on this bedrock business.
00:14:04Good job on Bedrock.
00:14:07Good job.
00:14:09But just as I'm finding it,
00:14:13they wanted me to come up,
00:14:15and I was refusing because I thought it was Bedrock,
00:14:19and it turns out I was right.
00:14:21All right, we got down to Bedrock.
00:14:23We'll just follow that down.
00:14:24Now we can dig from here on out, right?
00:14:27Yeah, man.
00:14:28Things are looking great.
00:14:30Yeah.
00:14:31Let's get out of here.
00:14:32Come up with a strategy for tomorrow.
00:14:34Copy that.
00:14:34Sounds good.
00:14:35Sounds good.
00:14:57The snow's almost here, y'all.
00:14:59Like, we're about to get dropped on.
00:15:02Let's just try everything we can
00:15:04to get to the bottom of this thing and find gold
00:15:06because right 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
00:15:16to hitting a pastry.
00:15:18I just think we are.
00:15:20We know there's gold there.
00:15:21Yeah.
00:15:22Danielle fell on the bedrock,
00:15:23so all we got to do is just uncover it, you know?
00:15:26Follow it.
00:15:27Follow it.
00:15:28That's it.
00:15:28All right.
00:15:29So, James Carlos,
00:15:30we're going to find out where this bedrock goes.
00:15:32You can find some gold today.
00:15:33That'd be great, too.
00:15:34Yeah, it would.
00:15:35We assume it's on the bottom, bottom, bottom.
00:15:37So as soon as you find that,
00:15:39we're going to find gold.
00:15:40I'm going to apologize now.
00:15:41I think we left you guys a lot of basket rocks down there.
00:15:44Man, that's okay.
00:15:45I'll take care of it.
00:15:46I bet James can get them rocks out quick.
00:15:48He does like six baskets in like 20 minutes.
00:15:51Yeah.
00:15:52Let'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.
00:16:00God, it's gold.
00:16:01Yeah, it is.
00:16:02I need more clothes, man.
00:16:04We can win against the creek.
00:16:06Now we're on some bedrock.
00:16:07We know where it's at.
00:16:08We're going to follow it.
00:16:09And with any luck, there's a whole bunch of nugs down there.
00:16:13The 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.
00:16:30It looks lower than it did yesterday.
00:16:31Yeah, it definitely does, doesn't it?
00:16:32Is there enough water for the dredge?
00:16:33We'll make it work.
00:16:34Yeah.
00:16:35Yeah.
00:16:36It froze big time on top.
00:16:37It's out of water.
00:16:38It's crystal clear and it dropped.
00:16:42So we're having to make modifications to make sure the dredge fits.
00:16:43Let's get the dredge up.
00:16:44Let's do it.
00:16:45Let's find some gold.
00:16:46This is the shallowest water I've ever set a dredge in.
00:16:49The dredge is the shallowest water I've ever set a dredge in.
00:16:51Dredges are meant to flow.
00:17:00It's not even shallow.
00:17:01It's, look, I'm standing out of the water.
00:17:16Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
00:17:19Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
00:17:20I'll get that.
00:17:22That's probably it right there.
00:17:22That's probably good.
00:17:23Good.
00:17:27We build a dam across here, it'll bring it up.
00:17:30Yeah, we can do it.
00:17:31All hands on deck.
00:17:35This is going to work good.
00:17:37Yep.
00:17:42Go Lowe's.
00:17:43Yes, sir.
00:17:44Let's go open up some water.
00:17:45A little more flow.
00:17:47A little more flow.
00:17:47Gotcha.
00:17:49So 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.
00:17:57All season, they've shielded their dive hole from the raging creek.
00:18:02Just need a little bit, not a lot.
00:18:05Redirect.
00:18:06Yeah, yeah.
00:18:08But now, they must risk opening up part of the weir so they can float the dredge.
00:18:15That should do it.
00:18:16We were restricting it before to keep the kitty litter out, but now we needed more water
00:18:21to run the dredge.
00:18:23It's kind of silly.
00:18:25That's plenty.
00:18:26Colos.
00:18:27See it?
00:18:28Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:18:29Sure do.
00:18:30It tripled it.
00:18:31Okay, good.
00:18:31That's good.
00:18:33I think what they did worked.
00:18:35Wow!
00:18:36Woo!
00:18:36That's cool.
00:18:37We're floating.
00:18:39Let's go find some gold.
00:18:40Who's going on first?
00:18:48Me.
00:18:51We're going to crush this place.
00:18:53We are going to get rich.
00:18:56Y'all got to find some gold today.
00:18:58I'm going for it.
00:18:59All right, James, look, you're ready to rock and roll, dude.
00:19:01All the hoes, wherever I go.
00:19:07Come on, gold!
00:19:10Goldhound is on the prowl.
00:19:14See you, I'd get some bedrock.
00:19:16Somewhere around here.
00:19:19What I was hoping for you, buddy, was find that wall and go for the bottom.
00:19:25All right.
00:19:26It goes way down.
00:19:27How's the depth on you?
00:19:29All right, I'd say 14 feet.
00:19:34All right, let's find some gold.
00:19:36That's all right.
00:19:37Yeah, James, that's the spirit.
00:19:40Nice shot.
00:19:42James' mission?
00:19:44Follow the sloping bedrock to its deepest point, where it should be chock full of season-saving
00:19:50nuggets.
00:19:52Today, me and James are going to find out what this freaking bedrock does.
00:19:56If we can find bedrock bottom, then the gold should be on bedrock bottom, because that's
00:20:01what it does.
00:20:02I'm wishing the gold.
00:20:03I'm praying for the gold.
00:20:04This might be our last dive day for this season.
00:20:07No one knows.
00:20:08It might get snow tonight.
00:20:09So, the countdown's on right now.
00:20:17All right.
00:20:18I think you're ready to go.
00:20:19Hopefully, I'll find some gold today.
00:20:21Game on, man.
00:20:22Game on.
00:20:23Time to go.
00:20:24Find some damn gold!
00:20:31Carlos is in.
00:20:33All right.
00:20:33They found a vertical wall that's starting to slope.
00:21:03out towards the bottom, and James is downstream, Carlos is upstream, and they're both just
00:21:09following the bedrock down in the middle right now.
00:21:13So, hopefully, they get somewhere.
00:21:16Every dog has his day, you know?
00:21:19Maybe if I do it long enough, I'll get my day.
00:21:22Please be that day!
00:21:24The first winter blizzard is forecast to dump on Nugget Creek in just four days.
00:21:52Yeah, we're on borrowed time right now.
00:21:54Yeah.
00:21:54It's getting close to the end of the year.
00:21:57But now on bedrock, the crew has a fighting chance to not only save the claim, but uncover
00:22:03the millions in gold they've been hunting for 14 years.
00:22:09Can't let this go.
00:22:11I need this to happen.
00:22:12It's getting a good piece of bedrock uncovered.
00:22:17Oh, yeah.
00:22:18Wow.
00:22:19You're talking about the wall, right?
00:22:21Yeah, we're talking about the wall.
00:22:22Let's go ahead.
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.
00:22:33They'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.
00:22:58We're trying to get this boulder to move.
00:23:07Come on.
00:23:07.
00:23:08It's moving.
00:23:13It's moving.
00:23:14Is it?
00:23:15Yeah.
00:23:15It's moving.
00:23:16We got movement.
00:23:19You think we're ready for the heading ball?
00:23:20Yep.
00:23:21OK.
00:23:22All right.
00:23:23Something's dropping it down on you.
00:23:25OK.
00:23:25Come on down.
00:23:26You guys should back up.
00:23:30All right.
00:23:31You got it hooked up.
00:23:33Up on the heading ball.
00:23:34Up on the heading ball.
00:23:36It's moving.
00:23:37Holy .
00:23:38Look out.
00:23:39That went right toward me.
00:23:42I know.
00:23:43Holy .
00:23:44You got to take both of us.
00:23:45Oh, boy.
00:23:50What the ?
00:23:52It loves you, dude.
00:23:54That was an Indiana Jones.
00:23:59Good job.
00:24:00That's a side front.
00:24:02OK.
00:24:03Thank you, man.
00:24:05That was freaky, man.
00:24:08That's a big one.
00:24:11Holy .
00:24:11We're really deep, man.
00:24:14We're at 15 feet.
00:24:1615 feet?
00:24:17Oh, man.
00:24:18Going deeper and deeper.
00:24:19Man, that color that's coming out of something else.
00:24:24That's all green, dude.
00:24:25There's going to be gold in there.
00:24:26Everybody's got gold fever.
00:24:27When you hit the bedrock, that's all you can think about.
00:24:30Awesome working conditions down here.
00:24:34We're moving baskets quick.
00:24:35That's a good sign.
00:24:37I love it.
00:24:38Y'all are going to find some gold today.
00:24:39I think so.
00:24:40Yeah, it's pretty cool to be on bedrock.
00:24:44How much bedrock you got exposed, bro?
00:24:45Oh, about five feet across.
00:24:48It just goes down to the abyss?
00:24:49Yeah, man.
00:24:50It goes straight down, dude.
00:24:51I can't go any further down.
00:24:52I get it.
00:24:53I get it.
00:24:54I get it.
00:24:55I get it.
00:24:56.
00:25:18Carlos and James are on the hunt for the creek's deepest point where the bedrock walls meet.
00:25:27This deep V is the collection point for all the creek's biggest nuggets.
00:25:33But if their search continues too far under the weir, instead of reaching the Bonanza,
00:25:40they could trigger a massive landslide that would bury them alive.
00:25:46James and Carlos have been non-stop digging, chasing down the bedrock for close to eight hours.
00:26:08James and Carlos have been non-stop digging,
00:26:14chasing down the bedrock for close to eight hours.
00:26:18I'm beat. I'm tired.
00:26:20Yeah.
00:26:21But they're over 16 feet deep, and there's still no sign of the bottom.
00:26:27Hey, James, watch yourself, bro.
00:26:33Basket's clear.
00:26:35Look at that.
00:26:39Could be that we're absolutely skunked on this dig.
00:26:45It's time.
00:26:49Hey, just a heads up, guys.
00:26:5115 minute warning.
00:26:52Oh.
00:26:53You sure?
00:26:54It's starting to get dark up here.
00:26:56Copy that.
00:26:57Easy on the bill.
00:26:58Easy on the bill.
00:26:59Easy on the bill.
00:27:00Easy on the bill.
00:27:01Easy on the bill.
00:27:02Easy on the bill.
00:27:03Easy on the bill.
00:27:04I can't pick you up, man.
00:27:06I think he's just exhausted.
00:27:11You all right?
00:27:12Yeah.
00:27:13Oh, oh, oh.
00:27:14A little dredge drunk.
00:27:16You all right?
00:27:17Oh, it is dark up here.
00:27:18Oh, yeah.
00:27:19Yeah.
00:27:20Whoa.
00:27:21Yeah, it's dark.
00:27:22You guys dug like crazy.
00:27:23That was a lot of digging.
00:27:24Make some headway?
00:27:25Oh, yeah, dude.
00:27:26We got bedrock, dude.
00:27:27It's not the bottom yet, huh?
00:27:28No.
00:27:29All right.
00:27:30Carlos is exposed five feet of a vertical-ish wall.
00:27:35That's bedrock, and it's all the way down there,
00:27:37and it's heading underneath the weir.
00:27:39Oh, yeah.
00:27:40It's all the way down there, and it's heading underneath the weir.
00:27:43Oh, yeah.
00:27:44Oh, yeah.
00:27:45Oh, yeah.
00:27:46Oh, yeah.
00:27:47It's dark.
00:27:48You guys dug like crazy.
00:27:49That was a lot of digging.
00:27:50Make some headway?
00:27:51Oh, yeah, dude.
00:27:52We got bedrock, dude.
00:27:53It's not the bottom yet, huh?
00:27:54No.
00:27:55All right.
00:27:56Carlos is exposed five feet of a vertical-ish wall.
00:27:59So it's just shooting straight down.
00:28:02Apparently, it's way, way deeper than we thought.
00:28:12Is there some gold?
00:28:14Nada.
00:28:15Nada 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 planes if I fail.
00:28:29Got it.
00:28:30You need some gold.
00:28:31Yeah.
00:28:32This is our pivotal moment.
00:28:33This is it.
00:28:34Holy .
00:28:35You can see all the way down to the bottom, dude.
00:28:36I can see bedrock down there.
00:28:37After a season battling Mother Nature, Dustin's crew believes they are in striking distance of a life-changing payday in gold.
00:28:50And we still have time to hit it big.
00:28:51The snow is not all the way down the mountain yet, so we just got to hit it hard.
00:28:55But if the bedrock continues to slope under the weir, they'll never get to the bottom before the forecast snowstorm shuts them down.
00:29:02All hopeful yesterday until we found out the bedrock shooting underneath the weir.
00:29:15Not sure how to figure this out.
00:29:16Hopefully Paul and Danielle find some gold because we've run out of time and we can't go anywhere else.
00:29:22Got to make this work because I don't want to sell the planes.
00:29:23And I can see that I've lost my crew a bit because I don't know what I'm doing.
00:29:24All hopeful yesterday until we found out the bedrock shooting underneath the weir.
00:29:29Not sure how to figure this out.
00:29:33Hopefully Paul and Danielle find some gold because we've run out of time and we can't go anywhere else.
00:29:42Got to make this work because I don't want to sell the planes.
00:29:45And I can see that I've lost my crew a bit because I don't know what I'm doing.
00:29:54Right there.
00:29:55There.
00:29:56We're way past it.
00:29:57That ought to be good.
00:29:59Winter's knocking on its door right now.
00:30:03We're tired, but we're giving her another shot and 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.
00:30:17Daniel on the near side of the dive hole will follow the exposed bedrock.
00:30:27While Paul hunts for bedrock on the far side right under the weir.
00:30:33But it's a massive gamble and risks triggering an underwater landslide.
00:30:39Burying both divers under 20 tons of boulders.
00:30:43Could be that there's enough hard pack to undermine that weir a little bit.
00:30:48But 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.
00:31:04It's going to be a dangerous dive today.
00:31:06But we got to do something drastic to 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, just don't be shy to shove real hard to 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.
00:31:36If there's any kind of slope, you can hear the rock hitting before it comes down.
00:31:48And it gives you an extra millisecond to get yourself out of there without dying.
00:31:53If there's a vertical wall or an undercut, no warning except this little crack noise.
00:31:59It's a little crunchy noise.
00:32:00And we all know what it means.
00:32:03Death is coming is what it means.
00:32:13It's going to be a little tight down here, but I think we can manage it.
00:32:21I just really, really want today to be the day that we find some gold.
00:32:25Just like one nugget, and then we can follow that trail to the rest of it.
00:32:33How's it looking down there, Paul?
00:32:36Not bad.
00:32:38A little bit of hard pack over here.
00:32:41No bad rock?
00:32:43Not on the weird side yet.
00:32:46Weird colored hard pack. It's like yellow.
00:32:50Last year, that same color, I found nuggets in it.
00:32:53Ha!
00:32:57Is that good?
00:32:59Yes, sir.
00:33:00All right.
00:33:02A high-pressure hose down there, so it's going to be a spaghetti dinner down there for you guys.
00:33:06So don't get caught up every so often. Check your hoses.
00:33:10All right, Danielle. Looks like you're ready to rock and roll.
00:33:12Couldn't ask for a better day. Sun is shining. Birds are singing. Crystal clear water. This is a perfect day for gold, amigo.
00:33:27Let me go.
00:33:32This is the most pristine, clearest water I've ever seen on Nugget Creek.
00:33:36Unbelievable.
00:33:42All right, guys. We've got this high-pressure washer for ya.
00:33:46Don't get tangled up. In the water.
00:33:49Oh, perfect.
00:33:51All right.
00:33:57All right.
00:33:58Let's go.
00:34:00I can use the Gary now.
00:34:04Copy that, Gary.
00:34:06Right on his head.
00:34:08I can help you if those are on.
00:34:10I've got to get your foot off the boat.
00:34:12Oh.
00:34:14Yeah.
00:34:16Oh.
00:34:17No.
00:34:18Look at that rusty sucker.
00:34:20That had to have been on bedrock.
00:34:22Yep.
00:34:24Damn, they're getting close.
00:34:28You got bedrock bottom?
00:34:30Not yet.
00:34:32Bedrock just keeps diving to that corner.
00:34:36We may have to tear it down a little bit,
00:34:38but I don't know what to do.
00:34:40I don't know what to do.
00:34:42I don't know what to do.
00:34:44I don't know what to do.
00:34:46We may have to tear it down.
00:34:48I'm worried if the bottom of this creek
00:34:52is underneath that weir,
00:34:54we do not have the time to move that weir.
00:35:04Paul and Danielle slug it out.
00:35:08Inch by inch.
00:35:12Rock by rock.
00:35:14Desperate to reach the deepest point
00:35:20and a season-saving pile of nuggets.
00:35:24They've been in over five hours now,
00:35:34but I got to know what to see it.
00:35:36This is our pivotal moment.
00:35:38It can flood all night, and I can't let this moment go
00:35:42just because they're tired.
00:35:44The way you're standing right now,
00:35:46is it going straight down,
00:35:48or is it going across the way?
00:35:50I'm not even on the bedrock anymore.
00:35:52The cloth I thought was going straight down,
00:35:54so I got to open up some room.
00:36:00Bedrock's still going to that other wall.
00:36:02It's underneath the weir at this point.
00:36:06All my nightmares are coming true.
00:36:08All my nightmares are coming true.
00:36:16Oh my God, this is deep.
00:36:18Holy .
00:36:24It's a long dive.
00:36:26They're going to be tired when they come out.
00:36:28Right now, they're getting a little bit dredged drunk,
00:36:32you know, silent.
00:36:34They definitely earned their chow and a good night's sleep.
00:36:44Hell yeah!
00:36:45Look at that.
00:36:46That was on bedrock, wasn't it?
00:36:47Yep.
00:36:48Yep.
00:36:49Got to be hitting bottom any time soon.
00:36:52Wow.
00:36:53That boulder was sitting in that bottom V.
00:36:58Holy .
00:37:00It's coming up bedtime.
00:37:02That is beautiful.
00:37:05Wow, look at that.
00:37:06It's coming back up.
00:37:08So you're on the bottom, and you found the bottom V.
00:37:11Yeah.
00:37:12Yeah.
00:37:14We've got the weir wall.
00:37:17We have got the weir bedrock wall exposed.
00:37:19Oh my God!
00:37:25Holy .
00:37:27Oh, God.
00:37:32God, look at that.
00:37:36Wow.
00:37:37That's so cool.
00:37:42All month, I've been thinking,
00:37:44did I put the weir in the wrong spot,
00:37:47and this is going to skunk.
00:37:49We're going to be...
00:37:51We're done.
00:37:52That's it.
00:37:54I feel relieved right now.
00:37:58Look at that.
00:37:59Oh, do we follow it backwards?
00:38:01Or do we follow it up?
00:38:03No, I'll keep taking this by the way,
00:38:05just to stay on that V.
00:38:07Okay.
00:38:09Finding the V, where the bedrock walls meet,
00:38:14has given them a fighting chance.
00:38:17Now, Danielle and Paul need to follow the gold line
00:38:22to its deepest point,
00:38:24cleaning up a trail of claim-saving nuggets as they go.
00:38:27You guys keep on digging.
00:38:28I'm going to go get your meals for you.
00:38:29I'm going to...
00:38:31You can stay the night.
00:38:33I'm game.
00:38:35Oh, my God.
00:38:37What is it?
00:38:38Holy .
00:38:39What?
00:38:40Do you feel?
00:38:42Are we?
00:38:44No, I don't.
00:38:45No, I don't think so.
00:38:46What the ?
00:38:47It is, right?
00:38:48What?
00:38:49.
00:38:50It looks like it.
00:38:51Did you find gold?
00:38:52Yes.
00:38:53Seriously?
00:38:54A nugget.
00:38:56You might want to take that up.
00:38:58Oh, my God.
00:38:59Oh, my God.
00:39:00Oh, my God.
00:39:01Oh, my God.
00:39:02What is it?
00:39:03Holy .
00:39:04What?
00:39:05Do you feel?
00:39:06Are we?
00:39:07I don't think so.
00:39:08What the ?
00:39:09It is, right?
00:39:10What?
00:39:11It looks like it.
00:39:12Did you find gold?
00:39:13Yes.
00:39:14I'm going to take that up.
00:39:15I don't know.
00:39:18Is this real?
00:39:20Or am I dreaming?
00:39:23Oh.
00:39:24Is it a nugget?
00:39:26Oh, my God.
00:39:27Oh, my God.
00:39:32Oh, my God.
00:39:34Oh, my God.
00:39:36Oh, my God.
00:39:37Oh, my God.
00:39:38Look at that.
00:39:39Look at that.
00:39:40Look at that.
00:39:41Oh, my God.
00:39:42Oh, my God.
00:39:43What is it?
00:39:44Holy .
00:39:45What?
00:39:46Do you feel?
00:39:47All right.
00:39:48I don't think so.
00:39:49What the .
00:39:50It is, right?
00:39:51What?
00:39:53Oh, my God.
00:39:54Oh, my God.
00:39:55What?
00:39:56Oh, my God.
00:39:57Oh, my God.
00:39:58Oh, my God.
00:39:59Oh, my God.
00:40:00Oh, my God.
00:40:01What is it?
00:40:02Holy .
00:40:03What?
00:40:04Do you feel?
00:40:05All right?
00:40:06I don't think so.
00:40:07What the ?
00:40:08Do 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?
00:40:19It looks like it.
00:40:21You might want to take that up.
00:40:23Is this for real?
00:40:25Or am I dreaming?
00:40:30Is it a nugget?
00:40:31Oh my god!
00:40:33Yeah!
00:40:35Yeah!
00:40:36Yeah!
00:40:37Yeah!
00:40:38Yeah!
00:40:39Yeah!
00:40:40That was unreal.
00:40:41Oh my god!
00:40:43Yeah!
00:40:44Look at that!
00:40:45Woo!
00:40:46Yeah!
00:40:47That was underneath that moment.
00:40:54For months, the crew has battled setback after setback.
00:40:59But now, with the storm less than three days away, they're finally on the gold.
00:41:05Woo!
00:41:06Woo!
00:41:07Yeah!
00:41:08Yeah!
00:41:09Unreal!
00:41:10Unreal!
00:41:11Unreal!
00:41:12Now we need all of his brothers and sisters, aunts and uncles.
00:41:16A large nugget like this is worth more than its weight value alone, and could fetch over
00:41:23$10,000.
00:41:24There's going to be more of those.
00:41:27Tripling Dustin's gold count, but not enough to save his claims.
00:41:34Good job, guys!
00:41:35Woo-hoo!
00:41:36Woo-hoo!
00:41:37I'm going to go back down.
00:41:38There might be more.
00:41:39Hell yeah, Daniel.
00:41:40Yeah!
00:41:41Oh my god!
00:41:42That's amazing!
00:41:43Look at that!
00:41:44That is beautiful!
00:41:45That's a museum piece right there!
00:41:46I can't believe it!
00:41:47About damn time!
00:41:48That's amazing!
00:41:49Look at that!
00:41:50That is beautiful!
00:41:51That's a museum piece right there!
00:41:52I can't believe it!
00:41:53About damn time!
00:41:55That's easily worth $10,000 right there!
00:41:58Oh yeah!
00:41:59If you find one, there's more!
00:42:02Yeah!
00:42:03Woo-hoo!
00:42:04Woo!
00:42:05It's about time!
00:42:06So that's the channel!
00:42:08It's a line of gold!
00:42:10This is awesome!
00:42:11We found our first real nugget of the season, and it's beautiful!
00:42:17There's going to be nuggets all the way up that!
00:42:22They're at that max limit.
00:42:27They're tired.
00:42:28Now, what do you need to come up and start again?
00:42:39It's not safe.
00:42:40I'll come up.
00:42:41All right.
00:42:42It's not safe.
00:42:44I want to come up.
00:42:45Fine.
00:42:54They found the V. They're at the bottom.
00:42:58It's on this side of the weir.
00:43:00It's on the tent side of the weir.
00:43:02And there's very obviously nuggets in there.
00:43:06This means we're not fully screwed.
00:43:09And I'm damn excited.
00:43:11I'm going to sleep really well tonight.
00:43:13This is amazing.
00:43:17Bow damn time.
00:43:21Welcome back.
00:43:24Yay.
00:43:25Good dive.
00:43:26You did great.
00:43:27Can you believe what you just did?
00:43:29No.
00:43:30You just found a two ounce plus nugget, by the way.
00:43:34Congratulations.
00:43:36Daniel!
00:43:38Good job.
00:43:41Oh wow.
00:43:44Unreal.
00:43:45It's so heavy.
00:43:47That's beautiful.
00:43:49It's beautiful, isn't it?
00:43:51This just paid for most of our fuel this year, right here.
00:43:55That's good.
00:43:56That's what you did.
00:43:57You found a chunk of gold that paid for pretty much all of our fuel.
00:44:01Holy cow.
00:44:02I wish my first nugget would have been a two ounce nugget.
00:44:07Yeah, Carlos.
00:44:11What can I say?
00:44:16This 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.
00:44:24That was incredible.
00:44:26I still think I'm dreaming.
00:44:30That was a long one.
00:44:32Yeah.
00:44:33Good job, Paul.
00:44:34Damn good, man.
00:44:35Do I see it?
00:44:36Yeah.
00:44:37Oh wow.
00:44:38It is a beautiful piece.
00:44:39Good job, man.
00:44:40Damn good dig.
00:44:41Oh.
00:44:42We hit it.
00:44:43Oh wow.
00:44:44It is a beautiful piece.
00:44:48Good job, man.
00:44:49Damn good dig.
00:44:53Oh.
00:44:54I hit it.
00:44:55Oh!
00:44:56Finally, got two birds, one stone.
00:45:00You got the nugget.
00:45:01You got the wall.
00:45:04The nugget is a massive and long-awaited win for the crew and for Dustin,
00:45:10Justin, it's a lifeline.
00:45:14I'm glad we kept going.
00:45:16This is gonna work out really good now, I think.
00:45:19Just need to keep going.
00:45:32Jesus.
00:45:35What a rollercoaster.
00:45:38I'm gonna celebrate with a seltzer
00:45:40and you guys, I got extra seltzers if you need one.
00:46:02So it's raining like hell, yo.
00:46:04Yeah, it is.
00:46:05Dustin has sunk his life savings
00:46:07hunting for gold at Nugget Creek.
00:46:10But yesterday, Danielle found what could be the first
00:46:14in a trail of monster nuggets.
00:46:16Proof that they're closing in on claim-saving gold.
00:46:22Today was supposed to be our day,
00:46:24but it rained all night.
00:46:26So, we're in landslide territory right now
00:46:30because of how wet it is.
00:46:33I understand we all want to go get back down
00:46:34to the bottom of this thing, but it's a death sentence, man.
00:46:38Yeah.
00:46:39What the hell?
00:46:40Over the seasons, the fractured walls above the dive sites
00:46:45have rained down on the miners below.
00:46:47Run, run, run!
00:46:48Get up here, guys! Get up here!
00:46:49The danger heightened by frequent earthquakes.
00:46:53Freaking earthquake!
00:46:54Go, go, go, go, go, go, go!
00:46:56And severe weather.
00:46:57The power of this water is just insane.
00:47:00This is a frickin' nightmare.
00:47:02Two years ago, a coastal typhoon slammed into Nugget Creek
00:47:08until 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.
00:47:16And hurled hundred-pound boulders into dive holes
00:47:20they had spent weeks digging out.
00:47:25And gold or no gold, it's not worth your damn life.
00:47:29So, nobody is going to dive today.
00:47:33God dang it.
00:47:38Well, what do we do while we wait?
00:47:44Well, we're not digging.
00:47:46I know it's not much, but maybe we can see what we got.
00:47:49Yeah.
00:47:50Yeah, let's do a clean-up, then.
00:47:51Let's do it.
00:47:59So, just a heads up.
00:48:02I'm getting a little worried.
00:48:03That edge is starting to come loose right here.
00:48:07It's a waterfall.
00:48:08Oh, that's new.
00:48:09Yeah, that's not good.
00:48:12There's a waterfall right there.
00:48:14That is a lot of water.
00:48:16Hey, Paul, I don't think you should be standing there, bro.
00:48:20The walls are absolutely saturated.
00:48:25This is not safe.
00:48:28I don't want us to be out here any longer, all right?
00:48:33So, let's go do the fastest clean-up we've ever done and get out of here, all right?
00:48:38Copy that.
00:48:39Let's do it.
00:48:41Fast and furious.
00:48:42We're not picking around, we're just pulling and going.
00:48:45I ain't gonna lie to you, I don't like this at all.
00:48:48This 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.
00:48:54Yeah, we don't need to be here much longer, y'all.
00:48:56All of us, let's go.
00:48:57Copy that.
00:48:58Let's get the out of here.
00:49:07Dustin still needs at least $85,000 to save his mining future.
00:49:13I'm hoping 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, which
00:49:23will force them out of their claim.
00:49:25If it hits early, their season is over.
00:49:31A lot of black sand.
00:49:41Oh, man.
00:49:43Not much here, just a gram or so.
00:49:45We've only dredged a little bit of bedrock bottom, the V.
00:49:48That's the deepest spot.
00:49:50We're essentially running out of time.
00:49:53Hopefully it doesn't snow, because it'd be nice to try to end
00:49:57the season with millions of dollars in gold,
00:49:59because we're right there, and it's sad.
00:50:05You got some gold?
00:50:06Not much.
00:50:07Oh, .
00:50:10That's broke 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.
00:50:20Two nuggets and some fine gold.
00:50:23Not the best of seasons so far.
00:50:26I don't know how to change that.
00:50:28We did what we did, and 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 dredged two feet of the bedrock.
00:50:38And that's all.
00:50:39Yep.
00:50:40Still a chance.
00:50:41Still a chance.
00:50:42It's just, do we have enough time to uncover more of it?
00:50:46We've got to step our game up somehow, some way.
00:50:49We need to put in as many hours as we possibly can,
00:50:52because you can see that snow line coming down.
00:50:54Yeah.
00:50:55I'll dive every day that we have left, if I have to.
00:50:58Whew.
00:51:00It's going to be a push.
00:51:02If we don't push hard, we're going to regret it.
00:51:04Yep.
00:51:05We're going to have to do some double shifts, though.
00:51:06Yeah.
00:51:07I'm up for it.
00:51:08Two divers go in for five hours, come out.
00:51:09The next two divers go in for five hours, come out.
00:51:11I mean, we get a lot of hours in a day that way.
00:51:14Yep.
00:51:15I think with two teams going in, there's
00:51:17a good chance we can uncover more, more, way more bedrock.
00:51:21Yeah.
00:51:22All right, so tomorrow, everybody's going in.
00:51:24I'm game for that.
00:51:24I mean, I'll stay on the dredge as long
00:51:25as you all want to stay in the water.
00:51:27I say let's go for it.
00:51:28So we'll do a double-double.
00:51:29Do a double-double.
00:51:30Double-double.
00:51:31We're going to double-double on the Deuce Sluice.
00:51:41All right, out of fuel.
00:51:56Hopefully what we have up there and this will get us
00:51:59through at least one more day.
00:52:02Are these ready to rock and roll, Danielle?
00:52:04Yeah.
00:52:05The predicted snowstorm will drop over two feet
00:52:09of season-ending snow in less than 24 hours,
00:52:13shutting down Nugget Creek and potentially
00:52:16their mining careers.
00:52:18It's a warning that the winter is here.
00:52:22Snow's about to drop on our head.
00:52:23It's about to freeze.
00:52:24And I'm out of money.
00:52:25But we're going to keep going.
00:52:28Sorry I'm late, guys.
00:52:30I had to put on double socks because I'm cold.
00:52:33It is cold.
00:52:37All right, so what we're going to try
00:52:38to do today, we're going to get two divers in.
00:52:42And then you guys are going to rotate out.
00:52:44And we're going to get the longest dive of our existence.
00:52:47Try to stretch this out as far as we can with the weather.
00:52:51So this might be our last chance, yeah?
00:52:54This is it.
00:52:55We're going to do a blitz.
00:52:57All right, let's get out of here, yo.
00:52:59Here we go.
00:53:08Final push, huh?
00:53:09Yeah.
00:53:10All right, so let's get the jenny started.
00:53:13Let's drop this dredge.
00:53:14And we're doing this.
00:53:15Danielle, you can shoot up.
00:53:17Yeah.
00:53:17I know there's more gold down there.
00:53:19So I just want to get in there and get after it and tap out knowing
00:53:25that I worked the hardest I could and did the best I could down there.
00:53:30What the ?
00:53:31There's shell rock all over the place.
00:53:32Oh, yeah.
00:53:33Look at that.
00:53:34Where'd that come from?
00:53:35Oh, there's rocks up there.
00:53:36Walls saturated.
00:53:37And this is where big rocks fall.
00:53:38Holy .
00:53:39You see it all?
00:53:40Yeah.
00:53:41That's all new.
00:53:42Oh, yeah.
00:53:43That's all new.
00:53:44Oh, yeah.
00:53:45Oh, yeah.
00:53:46Oh, yeah.
00:53:47Oh, yeah.
00:53:48Oh, yeah.
00:53:49Oh, yeah.
00:53:50Oh, yeah.
00:53:51Oh, yeah.
00:53:52Oh, yeah.
00:53:53Oh, yeah.
00:53:54Oh, yeah.
00:53:55Oh, yeah.
00:53:56Oh, yeah.
00:53:57Yeah.
00:53:58You see it all?
00:53:59Yeah.
00:54:00That's all new.
00:54:01Holy .
00:54:02Look at the size of it.
00:54:03Oh, yeah.
00:54:04Any of these would kill you.
00:54:06I mean, we got waterfalls coming down.
00:54:08That's going to bring the street down.
00:54:09Yeah, so it's not going to be safe on the tent side whatsoever.
00:54:17All right, y'all.
00:54:18Just so you know, you are welcome to step out of this,
00:54:24because this is a high-risk situation that we're in,
00:54:28and you all understand that.
00:54:30Yeah.
00:54:31You will not let me down if you walk out of here right now,
00:54:34because I understand how dangerous this is.
00:54:37So this is your choice to be here right now, right?
00:54:40Yeah.
00:54:41Everybody feel that?
00:54:42Copy that.
00:54:43Yeah.
00:54:44All right.
00:54:45We're doing this, aren't we?
00:54:53Just don't let the fever get a hold of you.
00:54:55If you mess around too much and 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.
00:55:02I can help you.
00:55:03If I got to stick a hose in my mouth and jump in there naked,
00:55:07I'll be down there.
00:55:09I feel safe.
00:55:10David!
00:55:12Give him a hug for me, Kyla.
00:55:14Yeah.
00:55:15I will do that.
00:55:16I will do that.
00:55:17OK.
00:55:18All standing, Danielle.
00:55:19Diver one in the water.
00:55:23Right now, I want to see the gold,
00:55:25but more importantly, I want to make sure
00:55:27that all my people get out of here unscathed.
00:55:31I got it.
00:55:32There it is.
00:55:33Good, man.
00:55:34You ready to rock and roll, dude?
00:55:35Copy that.
00:55:37All right.
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.
00:55:49Hate the way the walls are dripping.
00:55:51This is where big rocks fall.
00:55:54This is where landslides happen.
00:55:57This is the bad stuff right now.
00:56:02This is probably our most dangerous day, by far.
00:56:07Just need everybody to get out alive.
00:56:09This is the bad rock.
00:56:10This is so fun to clean that rock.
00:56:11It is.
00:56:24with a season-ending blizzard descending on nugget creek within hours there's freaking gold in here
00:56:48nuggets i guarantee there's nuggets today's outcome will decide dustin's future
00:56:53forever
00:56:55running out of time here and kind of desperate right now if we don't get a bunch of gold i could lose
00:57:03clay come on guys
00:57:06all right we're on bedrock and the race is on because gold is on the bedrock this is the big push
00:57:23in a desperate attempt to get the 85 000 worth of gold dustin needs to save his claims his crew is diving in relay
00:57:37we got two divers down nobody's been hit by rock yet and uh we got two more divers to go i want to see as much bedrock cleaned off as i could possibly get today
00:57:50and paul have been diving for nearly four hours
00:57:53with no drop in pace come on i want to go for a dive
00:57:56i'll probably have enough time to get this cleared off and uh get you guys some good bad rock
00:58:02y'all are gonna be the ones to find the gold
00:58:03yeah all right we just gotta go go go go go
00:58:07ready go
00:58:13of course
00:58:15you guys ready for this
00:58:21so what's the situation down there right now
00:58:27oh god my 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
00:58:44oh
00:59:00oh my god
00:59:03it's this engine
00:59:06that son of a should not want to run
00:59:10what's it doing just have power
00:59:13yeah yeah i know that's got to be part of her heat problem
00:59:17the heat exchange from the dredge engines delivers the vital hot water danielle needs
00:59:23against the frigid creek to avoid hypothermic shock
00:59:29cold
00:59:32is happening it seems like our gas has to crash in it and uh it's not letting it want to flow to the
00:59:37carburetor so we know it's not the engine it's got to be our fuel
00:59:43oh
00:59:45oh i bet it i bet it's that son of a bitch right there
00:59:49i think it's that bowl that goes on the fuel switch
00:59:54if i put the 10 mil and cracked it to see if there's any water you can do that
00:59:57is there any way to clean those bowls out without the you got to turn it off yeah
01:00:05she's gonna have to come up so we can shut the engines off
01:00:16hey danielle come up for a minute please we're gonna have to shut this engine off for just a minute
01:00:20okay yeah we got to do this sorry go ahead thank you i'm still not getting any hot water to my
01:00:28right foot my hands i'm still freaking cold too but i'm as bad as my foot
01:00:35hey carlos here's what hot water she has to warm a boot up we got to turn off one of these engines
01:00:40we're having trouble keeping our engines going we think that there's water in the fuel we're gonna
01:00:51drain some of that see how that goes i don't really know what else to do
01:00:55i think it's too wet for these engines to keep running like this hold on hold on hold on
01:01:07here
01:01:10there it goes
01:01:15bowl right here yeah is what's stopping us that wouldn't surprise me a bit
01:01:20it had like filth in the bottom of it yeah i think this is the problem all right let's see if we
01:01:27get this thing started
01:01:33that's what it was that's what it was
01:01:42all right back in action
01:01:50you can feel my foot again
01:01:55good to go okay you're ready rock and roll go get some gold
01:02:01you just dove in like a freaking gangster bring it on
01:02:20that's a good sign this is our final push to skip gold this season
01:02:27yep but this kid's super dangerous
01:02:32the walls are absolutely saturated
01:02:38rock rocks are falling right now this is not a good scenario but we're doing it
01:02:46kind of desperate right now dustin has spent the last 14 years seeking his fortune in gold
01:02:54now deep in debt with a snowstorm at his door he needs a huge score in the next few hours
01:03:03or he faces the end of his mining career
01:03:06this is the race against time right now the weather's coming down it's going to bring snow
01:03:16and danielle has been in a long time
01:03:22we don't want her to get dredged drunk because that's when accidents happen so we're going to tag
01:03:26in tag out tangadale i'm going to get down freaking get busy and hopefully get gold gold gold gold gold
01:03:33gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold gold
01:04:03Oh, yeah, I see the bedrock.
01:04:07Daniel, get a good job.
01:04:11Yeah, we're going to get some too now.
01:04:14Come on, man, get me some gold.
01:04:17Hey, Carlos.
01:04:18Yeah?
01:04:19Check all that out there.
01:04:21OK, man.
01:04:27Oh, yeah, Paul.
01:04:29Oh, yeah.
01:04:31Yeah, good job.
01:04:33Yes, bedrock bottom.
01:04:37The crew has already found a massive nugget.
01:04:41Now, they just need to follow the bedrock
01:04:44to its deepest point and its deposit of monster gold.
01:04:49Josh is going to get some gold out of here today.
01:04:51Oh, I think, Paul.
01:04:57We switched out one set of divers.
01:05:00We only got one left.
01:05:03OK, Paul.
01:05:04Would that be a good time to switch?
01:05:06Yeah.
01:05:08Right now, I am done, physically done.
01:05:11All right, Carlos, I'm out.
01:05:13All right, brother.
01:05:14Good job, man.
01:05:18I'm the last one to get in, and this is it.
01:05:20Our final push.
01:05:21They're on bedrock, but we're going with a Hail Mary right now.
01:05:27I want to get in there and do what the gold hound does.
01:05:31I want to get in there and find gold.
01:05:34Millions.
01:05:36Come on, man.
01:05:37We got this.
01:05:38Yeah.
01:05:39That's it.
01:05:40The final push, man.
01:05:43We got a lot riding on this, man.
01:05:45I don't want to sell the planes.
01:05:48All right.
01:05:49Here we go.
01:05:55You down here, James?
01:05:56Yes, sir.
01:05:57I'm down with you.
01:05:58All right.
01:05:59Paul 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.
01:06:11And I'm working my way forward and working my way down.
01:06:17Now, this bedrock is nice and jagged.
01:06:22It's going down into a peak,
01:06:24and there's a lot of jagged areas
01:06:26and great catches for gold.
01:06:28Now we're going to start digging like crazy now, James.
01:06:30Yep.
01:06:31There's probably some record-sized nuggets in there.
01:06:38Over the next three hours...
01:06:41Let's do it!
01:06:42Let's find some gold!
01:06:43James and Carlos follow the bedrock deeper and deeper.
01:06:48They've been down there working their butts off.
01:06:50...in an all-out blitz for gold.
01:06:54Man, so close.
01:06:58Oh, man.
01:06:59Hey, check my, uh...
01:07:01...check my compressor.
01:07:03It's rolling.
01:07:04Carlos, are you having trouble breathing?
01:07:06It's starting to pull.
01:07:07It's starting to...
01:07:08Come on up, dude.
01:07:09Don't do that .
01:07:10Get up here.
01:07:11Never coming up.
01:07:12Oh, man.
01:07:13Hey, check my, uh...
01:07:14...check my compressor.
01:07:15It's rolling.
01:07:16Carlos, are you having trouble breathing?
01:07:17It's starting to pull.
01:07:18It's starting to...
01:07:19Come on up, dude.
01:07:20Don't do that .
01:07:21Get up here.
01:07:22Never coming up.
01:07:23Goddamn!
01:07:24What happened?
01:07:25Check, Bob.
01:07:26Went bad.
01:07:27Dude, it's just blowing air straight out.
01:07:29It's going out.
01:07:30You're going back.
01:07:31I'm coming up.
01:07:32Here we go.
01:07:33It's rolling.
01:07:34Carlos, are you having trouble breathing?
01:07:36Carlos, are you having trouble breathing?
01:07:38It's starting to pull.
01:07:39It's starting to...
01:07:40Come on up, dude.
01:07:41Don't do that .
01:07:42Get up here.
01:07:43No, we're coming up.
01:07:45Goddamn!
01:07:46What happened?
01:07:47Check, Bob.
01:07:48Went bad.
01:07:49Dude, it's just blowing air straight out.
01:07:51What a f***ing show.
01:07:54It's close.
01:07:55Sorry.
01:07:58His air compressor just went dead.
01:08:00We don't have a way to fix it,
01:08:01because one of the pop-off valves went bad.
01:08:04There's a pressure gauge
01:08:06that allows only a certain amount of pressure,
01:08:08and they're called pop-off valves.
01:08:10And, uh, when they break, gotta replace them.
01:08:13There's no way to fix them, as far as I know.
01:08:16So, all we're doing now is just yanking him out,
01:08:19because there was nothing I could do.
01:08:32Uh, I didn't get to finish the mission, man.
01:08:35I just needed air to live,
01:08:38so I had to tap out early.
01:08:41F***ing nightmare.
01:08:44So, as of right now, we're broke.
01:08:48Right now, it's all up to James.
01:08:51It's all yours, James.
01:08:53Be careful.
01:08:57Hey, James.
01:08:58Counting on you to do this.
01:09:00All right.
01:09:02Put the last one in, and, uh, hopefully we can win.
01:09:07And it's all bedrock.
01:09:10Hopefully there's a ton of gold.
01:09:13Hopefully there's a ton of gold.
01:09:16The storm is fast approaching,
01:09:19and with it, the end of Dustin's mining career.
01:09:2214 years, and it's got to this.
01:09:28Whew.
01:09:30But he still has a chance of reaching the claim-saving gold.
01:09:34I know this creek has gold,
01:09:36and there's big damn gold, too.
01:09:38Another foot, and we got this for sure.
01:09:45Up ahead.
01:09:46Water drop!
01:09:47Driver up! Driver up!
01:09:48We need to get the f*** out of here!
01:09:50We're about to get a damn flash flood.
01:09:52Here it comes!
01:09:53Go! Get down in there!
01:09:55Do it!
01:10:04We're up here freezing.
01:10:06Ah, 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 20 minutes of digging in the right spot
01:10:20to change your whole life.
01:10:23So, yeah.
01:10:25I'm secretly hopeful.
01:10:45James, how's it looking down there?
01:10:47I'm following the channel 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.
01:11:04We're desperate to get gold.
01:11:07Yeah, but...
01:11:09Can you check the, uh, foot valves?
01:11:12I don't know what's going on with the water.
01:11:13It's cold.
01:11:15We're, uh, struggling in 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 throw.
01:11:28I'm running out of water, so...
01:11:30What is happening?
01:11:33Water dropped!
01:11:34Water dropped!
01:11:37The water turned off.
01:11:39Something's happened.
01:11:40Water dropped.
01:11:41So the water dropped down to nothing.
01:11:45Which means...
01:11:47It's building up somewhere.
01:11:49And there is 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 has created a dam,
01:12:02potentially trapping thousands of tons of water behind it.
01:12:07When it breaks, a lethal tidal wave of mud and debris could surge down the valley,
01:12:14wiping out everything and anyone trapped in its path.
01:12:19Holy .
01:12:21If you see any kind of water coming, run!
01:12:25It's gonna hit us real hard.
01:12:27All at once.
01:12:29Get up!
01:12:30Diver up!
01:12:31Diver up!
01:12:32Quick!
01:12:34Get up!
01:12:35Get up here!
01:12:38Hey!
01:12:39We need to get the out of here!
01:12:41Turn that off!
01:12:42Turn it off!
01:12:44Okay, okay, okay, let's go, let's go, let's go!
01:12:50Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on!
01:12:51Hey, hey, hey, hey!
01:12:52Get up the hill!
01:12:53Hold on!
01:12:54Hold on!
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 it shut off like this!
01:13:08No!
01:13:09Y'all need to get up that hill!
01:13:10Get away!
01:13:11Get up the 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?
01:13:23Ugh!
01:13:24Do not get caught in this!
01:13:31Holy , this is kinda eerie.
01:13:41I can't get the winds to work.
01:13:50Generator's not running!
01:13:53There's no gas in the generator!
01:13:55It's off!
01:13:58We're about to lose that dredge because we ran out of gas.
01:14:00Here!
01:14:01Here!
01:14:02Gas!
01:14:03Right here!
01:14:04Fall!
01:14:05Gas!
01:14:06All right!
01:14:07Let's get the jenny started!
01:14:08Make sure it's got fuel in it!
01:14:09I can see gold in the box, too!
01:14:10There's nuggets in there!
01:14:11Oh, God!
01:14:12James!
01:14:13There'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!
01:14:21I've had a long time with no water, man!
01:14:25Here it comes!
01:14:28Holly!
01:14:30What the ?
01:14:42Well, I see Chuck's the bike!
01:14:44Oh, my God!
01:14:48It's getting worse!
01:14:51Can we do this or not?
01:14:53Is it gonna drag?
01:14:54No, we can get it!
01:14:55Let's pull it!
01:14:56Go!
01:14:57Wes!
01:14:58Pull it left!
01:14:59Go downstream instead of upstream!
01:15:01Break that if you have to, but get it out of there!
01:15:04Is this gonna work?
01:15:06Yeah, pull on a little bit more, bro!
01:15:09Go pull it!
01:15:10Get out of there!
01:15:12Get the out of there!
01:15:14Do it!
01:15:16Watch him, my dredge die!
01:15:21Just yank that as hard as you can, man!
01:15:32I'll take that!
01:15:34Better than it was!
01:15:40Oh, my God, you guys saved the dredge!
01:15:44Holy !
01:15:45I had that worry that we're gonna 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!
01:15:55That was vicious!
01:15:57Oh, my God!
01:16:00All right, guys!
01:16:01Everybody grab your bags and let's get!
01:16:03Let's get out of here!
01:16:05Let's get out of here!
01:16:21The leading edge of the storm has arrived.
01:16:24It's snowing on us, dude!
01:16:29Bringing with it over two feet of snow in the next 24 hours.
01:16:35Call that termination dust!
01:16:39That even sucks the worst!
01:16:41Yep!
01:16:42Absolutely!
01:16:44The miners must get out before they're trapped.
01:16:49Well...
01:16:51That's it, man.
01:16:52Yeah.
01:16:54So...
01:16:57I think we're done with the season right now.
01:17:02We've been beaten.
01:17:07Yep.
01:17:09This year was pretty damn miserable, honestly.
01:17:13Yeah, I think so, too.
01:17:15This was the hardest dig I have ever done.
01:17:19I agree.
01:17:22I'm in an eternal loop of bad weather and gold!
01:17:34Sorry about the gold count this year.
01:17:37We got a two-ounce nug and some other little nugs.
01:17:42It, uh, pretty much pays for our gasoline.
01:17:46That's about it.
01:17:48So...
01:17:52This is a hard failure.
01:17:57Maybe next year will be the good year.
01:18:02Well, with this little gold count,
01:18:05I'm not sure there's gonna be a next season.
01:18:06See you 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.
01:18:20Whew.
01:18:28All right.
01:18:30Let's get outta here.
01:18:32Out of time and out of money,
01:18:36Dustin's 14-year treasure hunt for life-changing gold is over.
01:18:42That sucks.
01:18:43I can't believe this.
01:18:44It's just unreal.
01:18:45And I failed completely.
01:18:47I know this creek has big nuggets, and I've beaten my head against the wall throwing cash at this thing, but this isn't working.
01:18:52I'm broke.
01:18:54It hasn't paid for itself.
01:18:56It's just sucking money out of my damn account.
01:18:58And that creek beat me.
01:19:00I'm gonna sell my claims.
01:19:01I don't know what else to do here.
01:19:02I don't know what else to do here.
01:19:20What the hell?
01:19:22I'm gonna sell it.
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