1 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:19,517 - Mornin', fellas. - Mornin'. 2 00:00:19,517 --> 00:00:22,310 In remote Southeast Alaska, 3 00:00:22,310 --> 00:00:23,931 Dustin Hurt and his crew 4 00:00:23,931 --> 00:00:27,896 are on the richest gold streak of their lives. 5 00:00:27,896 --> 00:00:29,965 - Hell of a day, James! - Yeah, man. 6 00:00:31,172 --> 00:00:34,000 These guys, they worked so hard. 7 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:35,724 We're getting gold and we're getting it early. 8 00:00:35,724 --> 00:00:38,310 But we're not just getting regular gold, we're getting big gold. 9 00:00:38,310 --> 00:00:40,793 Like, huge gold for this area. 10 00:00:40,793 --> 00:00:43,482 James went down and found more gold in one day 11 00:00:43,482 --> 00:00:45,689 than we've had in entire seasons. 12 00:00:45,689 --> 00:00:48,103 On his last dive, 13 00:00:48,103 --> 00:00:52,551 James delivered the biggest single day gold haul ever. 14 00:00:54,103 --> 00:00:56,482 So, we're gonna weigh this gold up. 15 00:00:56,482 --> 00:00:57,862 All right. 16 00:00:59,310 --> 00:01:03,103 Oh, my God! 1.19. 17 00:01:03,103 --> 00:01:06,000 - I told you! I told you! - Holy moly, dude! 18 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:07,379 Put some of them other ones on there. 19 00:01:07,379 --> 00:01:09,965 That's absolutely the biggest one we've ever had. 20 00:01:15,482 --> 00:01:19,172 - Oh, my God! - 3.87 ounces. 21 00:01:19,172 --> 00:01:21,793 - Wow. - Almost four ounces in one day, James. 22 00:01:21,793 --> 00:01:25,172 - Yeah, man! - Look at the size of those nuggets you got, dude. 23 00:01:25,172 --> 00:01:27,482 - Look at that... - I'm gonna have a heart attack... [bleep] ...nuts. 24 00:01:27,482 --> 00:01:30,896 That's a $3,000 nugget. That one nugget is worth three grand. 25 00:01:30,896 --> 00:01:33,793 - Well, maybe more. - James, you've had the best dive so far, man. 26 00:01:33,793 --> 00:01:35,827 - Ever. Ever! - We've been ever doing 27 00:01:35,827 --> 00:01:39,275 - just about half an ounce per dive until today. - Yeah. 28 00:01:39,275 --> 00:01:42,896 Everybody, just look at this, feel this, and enjoy it. 29 00:01:42,896 --> 00:01:45,310 James found a bunch of nuggets. 30 00:01:45,310 --> 00:01:48,103 We found the gold line, finally. 31 00:01:48,103 --> 00:01:50,517 It's probably only about this wide. 32 00:01:50,517 --> 00:01:53,103 But it's an actual line that goes straight up the damn creek, 33 00:01:53,103 --> 00:01:56,000 and we just need to follow it, and there's gonna be plenty of this. 34 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:57,896 Now we gotta put in the work. 35 00:01:57,896 --> 00:02:00,206 Put in the work, get the gold, 36 00:02:00,206 --> 00:02:03,896 and it's going to change our entire lives. 37 00:02:06,482 --> 00:02:07,896 That wall is coming down on you. 38 00:02:07,896 --> 00:02:10,068 Gonna fall on your head and crush you like a damn bug. 39 00:02:10,068 --> 00:02:13,931 Holy crap, man! You couldn't be in a worse place in the world. 40 00:02:13,931 --> 00:02:16,103 - Ah! Ow, ow, ow, ow! - Get out of there! 41 00:02:16,103 --> 00:02:17,241 Right back! 42 00:02:18,482 --> 00:02:20,379 Watch it, watch it, watch it, watch it! 43 00:02:20,379 --> 00:02:22,448 Oh! 44 00:02:25,379 --> 00:02:28,000 I have visions of it being the worst day. 45 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:29,448 Is the gold worth it? 46 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:31,620 I just don't want to die. 47 00:02:31,620 --> 00:02:35,000 We spent seven years just killing ourselves. 48 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:37,379 We stuck it out. We put in the effort. 49 00:02:37,379 --> 00:02:38,965 We got this. 50 00:02:42,275 --> 00:02:44,689 Whoo-ho! Look at that. 51 00:02:44,689 --> 00:02:46,586 Black gold... 52 00:02:48,482 --> 00:02:49,896 Oh, my God! 53 00:02:49,896 --> 00:02:52,758 Look what you just found, buddy. 54 00:02:53,586 --> 00:02:56,000 Oh, my God! 55 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:01,620 There we go. 56 00:03:01,620 --> 00:03:04,586 That's the biggest nugget in Gold Rush history! 57 00:03:14,931 --> 00:03:17,517 Another day, another dollar. I'm excited. 58 00:03:17,517 --> 00:03:21,793 Just 12 hours after their best day of mining ever, 59 00:03:21,793 --> 00:03:25,275 the crew is ready to pick up right where they left off. 60 00:03:26,793 --> 00:03:29,275 We know that there's gold here now. 61 00:03:29,275 --> 00:03:31,172 We just gotta go get it. 62 00:03:31,172 --> 00:03:33,586 I wanna see it. I gotta hold it. 63 00:03:33,586 --> 00:03:35,482 And then you gonna see that hoop and hollering. 64 00:03:35,482 --> 00:03:37,379 You know what I mean? The jig, you know... 65 00:03:38,482 --> 00:03:40,793 Doing the jig and all that. 66 00:03:40,793 --> 00:03:42,448 I gotta get focused for the gold. 67 00:03:45,620 --> 00:03:47,793 Over two months ago... 68 00:03:50,172 --> 00:03:54,206 ...the miners were handed the ultimate test. 69 00:03:54,206 --> 00:03:55,206 Whoa! 70 00:03:55,206 --> 00:03:57,793 Mother Nature beat us last year. 71 00:03:57,793 --> 00:03:59,896 We couldn't afford to bring everybody back. 72 00:03:59,896 --> 00:04:02,000 So, this is us. 73 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:03,827 We're gonna have to hit it as hard as we can 74 00:04:03,827 --> 00:04:05,896 because we know the rains are coming. 75 00:04:05,896 --> 00:04:09,793 The scaled back operation has meant double the work. 76 00:04:09,793 --> 00:04:12,586 Keep going. Keep going. Keep going. 77 00:04:12,586 --> 00:04:15,103 Keep going. Keep going. It's going underwater. 78 00:04:15,103 --> 00:04:17,482 Pull, pull, pull, pull, pull, pull, pull. 79 00:04:17,482 --> 00:04:19,827 And a relentless fight to overcome 80 00:04:19,827 --> 00:04:23,689 a never-ending barrage of obstacles. 81 00:04:23,689 --> 00:04:26,172 - Oh, watch out behind you! Oh, [bleep]! - Ah! 82 00:04:26,172 --> 00:04:27,689 Carlos is pinned! 83 00:04:28,793 --> 00:04:30,000 Get him out of there! 84 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:32,379 Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. 85 00:04:32,379 --> 00:04:34,068 Whoo. Okay, got it. 86 00:04:34,068 --> 00:04:37,931 Every time Mother Nature tried to knock 'em down... 87 00:04:37,931 --> 00:04:39,931 Ah! 88 00:04:39,931 --> 00:04:41,275 - Ah! - Carlos! 89 00:04:41,275 --> 00:04:42,827 - You all right? - Ah, something popped. 90 00:04:42,827 --> 00:04:46,241 ...the crew fought back with everything they had. 91 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:50,689 Holy moly, man! 92 00:04:50,689 --> 00:04:53,275 Whoo! I kicked its butt! 93 00:04:53,275 --> 00:04:56,896 And their determination paid off. 94 00:04:56,896 --> 00:04:58,896 - , a nugget! - No way! 95 00:04:58,896 --> 00:05:02,103 It's a nugget? 96 00:05:02,103 --> 00:05:04,620 First gold ever this early! 97 00:05:04,620 --> 00:05:08,586 Until a bombshell rocked Dustin and his crew. 98 00:05:08,586 --> 00:05:11,482 I got a message this morning 99 00:05:11,482 --> 00:05:13,379 that, uh, Fred died. 100 00:05:14,793 --> 00:05:17,172 And he went peaceful in his sleep. 101 00:05:17,172 --> 00:05:19,310 He said he wasn't in any pain. 102 00:05:22,310 --> 00:05:24,793 - I'm sorry, man. - Sorry to hear about that. 103 00:05:24,793 --> 00:05:26,275 Try to be patient with me. 104 00:05:26,275 --> 00:05:28,827 - Just lost my father. - Yeah. 105 00:05:28,827 --> 00:05:30,689 And he'd give you the shirt off his back. 106 00:05:30,689 --> 00:05:33,068 That's enough of that. 107 00:05:33,068 --> 00:05:35,103 That's too much. 108 00:05:35,103 --> 00:05:37,517 Driven to honor Fred's legacy... 109 00:05:37,517 --> 00:05:39,275 I wish Fred was here with us. 110 00:05:39,275 --> 00:05:43,586 Maybe from above, he's helping us out. 111 00:05:43,586 --> 00:05:46,000 ...the crew refused to back down 112 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:48,275 from their toughest season ever. 113 00:05:48,275 --> 00:05:51,172 That just drops off, man, to oblivion. 114 00:05:51,172 --> 00:05:53,000 Holy Moly! 115 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:56,000 I hit the jackpot today. Big nuggets! 116 00:05:56,000 --> 00:06:00,862 My first thought was to call to tell Fred. 117 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:09,172 Everybody wants to be that person to come up with nuggets. 118 00:06:09,172 --> 00:06:11,586 It's a contagious disease. 119 00:06:11,586 --> 00:06:13,172 Once I see the gold, 120 00:06:13,172 --> 00:06:16,758 the excitement's just gonna... Boom! 121 00:06:18,172 --> 00:06:21,379 Change everybody's future for the best. 122 00:06:21,379 --> 00:06:23,172 Gold, gold, gold, man. 123 00:06:25,275 --> 00:06:28,275 All right, here's the deal. You're gonna dredge. 124 00:06:28,275 --> 00:06:30,482 All right. 125 00:06:30,482 --> 00:06:33,379 - You're gonna find gold. - Dredge, find gold. 126 00:06:35,517 --> 00:06:37,793 All right, guys. Going in the water. 127 00:06:43,793 --> 00:06:45,137 All right. 128 00:06:47,068 --> 00:06:50,068 Nice deep hole, guys. You guys did a great job. 129 00:06:55,586 --> 00:06:57,206 Right about where you're at, Carlos, 130 00:06:57,206 --> 00:07:00,206 on that shelf, is where I was seeing nuggets yesterday. 131 00:07:00,206 --> 00:07:03,793 Gotcha, man. I'm looking. I'm looking. 132 00:07:03,793 --> 00:07:05,137 I'm looking. 133 00:07:08,724 --> 00:07:10,551 Can I get that sprayer down here, please? 134 00:07:11,586 --> 00:07:15,000 Oh, I got it right here. Thank you. 135 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:17,379 Looking for James' nuggets. 136 00:07:17,379 --> 00:07:19,586 The gold. 137 00:07:19,586 --> 00:07:22,517 Carlos uses the high-pressured hose 138 00:07:22,517 --> 00:07:25,206 to break up the centuries old hardpack 139 00:07:25,206 --> 00:07:30,000 and free the ancient gold locked inside. 140 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:33,379 You know what, like, [bleep] seven years we've been burned, 141 00:07:33,379 --> 00:07:37,724 so we all got that feeling of, like, "Is this actually gonna happen?" 142 00:07:37,724 --> 00:07:41,172 And it still doesn't feel like it. 143 00:07:41,172 --> 00:07:45,000 - Yeah, I know. - Well, let's see how this goes. 144 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:47,172 I know it seems too good to be true. 145 00:07:47,172 --> 00:07:50,448 It might be that we blow this out and... 146 00:07:52,103 --> 00:07:54,275 - Yeah, yeah, yeah! - Yeah. 147 00:07:54,275 --> 00:07:57,517 I know there's nuggets left behind because I didn't finish it. 148 00:07:57,517 --> 00:07:59,793 - Yeah. - I wanted it so bad. 149 00:07:59,793 --> 00:08:03,000 I'm like, "You know what? I'm gonna let Carlos get some of that glory." 150 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:07,206 In this hole, 151 00:08:07,206 --> 00:08:11,586 and I am finding the small gold 152 00:08:13,310 --> 00:08:15,827 in the layer and the hardpack. 153 00:08:15,827 --> 00:08:17,586 Yeah, yeah. 154 00:08:17,586 --> 00:08:19,517 - All right. - Yeah. 155 00:08:19,517 --> 00:08:24,896 And it seems it's going toward the weir. 156 00:08:24,896 --> 00:08:26,344 So, it's the weir. 157 00:08:28,689 --> 00:08:30,896 So, I mean, it's going down. 158 00:08:32,172 --> 00:08:33,620 I'm at hardpack. 159 00:08:33,620 --> 00:08:35,551 All right. I like to hear that. 160 00:08:36,793 --> 00:08:39,172 Following the deepest part of the bedrock 161 00:08:39,172 --> 00:08:43,172 on the center line, Carlos found an anomaly. 162 00:08:43,172 --> 00:08:47,793 Instead of going up, the creek bed is dropping down 163 00:08:47,793 --> 00:08:50,862 into what could be the perfect nugget catch. 164 00:08:53,275 --> 00:08:55,241 Carlos is finding gold. 165 00:08:57,103 --> 00:08:58,517 Which I love. 166 00:08:58,517 --> 00:09:00,896 He said this bedrock's coming up on the right side, 167 00:09:00,896 --> 00:09:03,655 and it looks like it's going deeper towards the weir. 168 00:09:07,827 --> 00:09:09,034 Whoo! 169 00:09:12,689 --> 00:09:16,068 That's the color I wanna see coming across right there. 170 00:09:16,068 --> 00:09:19,344 The red and the black both, that's absolutely what we're looking for. 171 00:09:20,896 --> 00:09:23,344 That's what I call acing nuggets. 172 00:09:37,517 --> 00:09:40,793 We've gotta keep an eye on the blocks on that one rock right there. 173 00:09:40,793 --> 00:09:42,068 I don't like that. 174 00:09:42,068 --> 00:09:43,896 Those aren't so bad, but that one, 175 00:09:43,896 --> 00:09:45,655 well, that one's too, but... 176 00:09:47,275 --> 00:09:50,517 He might be able to pull it off the wall and pull it right behind him. 177 00:09:50,517 --> 00:09:52,827 The more he comes into the weir, 178 00:09:52,827 --> 00:09:55,413 the steeper the wall gets, the more chance 179 00:09:55,413 --> 00:09:58,896 of some of these rocks falling in on top of him so... 180 00:09:58,896 --> 00:10:01,275 Following the nugget-rich center line 181 00:10:01,275 --> 00:10:04,000 is taking Carlos straight into the weir, 182 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:06,379 where towering 12 ft above him 183 00:10:06,379 --> 00:10:11,448 are a thousand boulders that could come crashing down at any time. 184 00:10:13,586 --> 00:10:15,172 I come over here periodically, 185 00:10:15,172 --> 00:10:17,000 check 'em, make sure nothing's moving. 186 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:19,896 If they move, I'll get them out of the way. 187 00:10:20,586 --> 00:10:22,586 We do not wanna crush the divers. 188 00:10:26,827 --> 00:10:28,172 Man, that's pretty good. 189 00:10:28,896 --> 00:10:31,241 This is a little bit deeper spot. 190 00:10:33,827 --> 00:10:36,344 Getting a lot of material out, for sure. 191 00:10:40,172 --> 00:10:41,620 It's a crack, man. 192 00:10:41,620 --> 00:10:44,655 It goes underneath the hardpack. 193 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:55,965 Carlos, get out of there! 194 00:11:00,413 --> 00:11:02,689 - What happened? - I don't know. 195 00:11:04,103 --> 00:11:05,586 Come get him. 196 00:11:08,206 --> 00:11:09,793 - You all right? - Yeah. 197 00:11:09,793 --> 00:11:12,206 Did you get clipped. 198 00:11:12,206 --> 00:11:13,482 Yeah. Right there. 199 00:11:13,482 --> 00:11:16,206 That was a close one, dude. How big was it? 200 00:11:16,206 --> 00:11:19,172 Uh... ...that big. It just took off my index finger. 201 00:11:19,172 --> 00:11:22,172 - You good? - It's good. It's good. I got this. 202 00:11:24,103 --> 00:11:26,965 Despite being hit by falling rocks, 203 00:11:28,517 --> 00:11:33,275 for three hours Carlos fights on, 204 00:11:33,275 --> 00:11:37,068 determined to cash in on their golden hot streak. 205 00:11:41,275 --> 00:11:43,689 What's the story, Carlos? 206 00:11:43,689 --> 00:11:46,275 It's time to double down and check the box, huh? 207 00:11:46,275 --> 00:11:48,310 Yeah, it'd be good time to double down, man, 208 00:11:48,310 --> 00:11:50,206 and check the box. 209 00:11:50,206 --> 00:11:53,068 I'm at bedrock right here. It's just bedrock right here. 210 00:11:57,000 --> 00:11:58,413 I'm just curious. 211 00:11:58,413 --> 00:12:01,482 Did he get all of it... 212 00:12:02,482 --> 00:12:04,482 They found... 213 00:12:04,482 --> 00:12:05,482 Hey! 214 00:12:05,482 --> 00:12:07,896 Oh, my God! Carlos. 215 00:12:07,896 --> 00:12:09,482 I gotta see it. 216 00:12:09,482 --> 00:12:12,103 I gotta see it! 217 00:12:12,103 --> 00:12:13,896 Oh, my God. 218 00:12:15,896 --> 00:12:17,275 Let me go show him. 219 00:12:17,275 --> 00:12:19,482 Oh, my God. 220 00:12:19,482 --> 00:12:21,896 - Holy [bleep]! - I gotta see it! 221 00:12:24,103 --> 00:12:27,103 Carlos, you ain't gonna believe this [bleep]. 222 00:12:27,103 --> 00:12:28,551 You ready for this? 223 00:12:29,275 --> 00:12:31,172 Look what you just found, buddy. 224 00:12:31,172 --> 00:12:34,413 Oh, my God! 225 00:12:37,275 --> 00:12:40,793 Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay. Don't, don't, don't... 226 00:12:40,793 --> 00:12:43,000 Holy [bleep]! 227 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:44,482 Don't lose that 228 00:12:46,896 --> 00:12:48,551 Oh, my God! 229 00:12:49,931 --> 00:12:52,862 Can you believe that? 230 00:12:54,379 --> 00:12:57,172 You found it. - Holy [bleep]! 231 00:12:57,172 --> 00:12:59,103 Let's see it. Let's see it. 232 00:12:59,103 --> 00:13:01,344 Oh, my God. 233 00:13:02,379 --> 00:13:06,275 That ain't no joke right there. 234 00:13:06,275 --> 00:13:08,586 That is no [bleep] joke. 235 00:13:08,586 --> 00:13:11,689 - Wow! - That's the biggest nugget in Gold Rush history. 236 00:13:11,689 --> 00:13:13,275 Yup. 237 00:13:21,482 --> 00:13:22,655 Oh, my God! 238 00:13:22,655 --> 00:13:25,862 Carlos, Carlos. I gotta see it! 239 00:13:25,862 --> 00:13:27,275 You ready for this? 240 00:13:27,275 --> 00:13:29,689 Look what you just found, buddy. 241 00:13:29,689 --> 00:13:32,482 Oh, my God! 242 00:13:35,517 --> 00:13:36,896 Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay. 243 00:13:39,103 --> 00:13:40,896 At Nugget Bend, 244 00:13:40,896 --> 00:13:43,689 Carlos has just uncovered a nugget 245 00:13:43,689 --> 00:13:47,344 that could change the course of their lives. 246 00:13:48,620 --> 00:13:51,689 - Look at that big piece of gold. - Wow! 247 00:13:51,689 --> 00:13:53,379 That's at least four ounces, man. 248 00:13:53,379 --> 00:13:55,862 That's the four ounce nugget we're all looking for! 249 00:13:55,862 --> 00:13:58,275 - Yeah! - No, that's bigger than four ounces. 250 00:13:58,275 --> 00:14:01,482 That's the biggest nugget in Gold Rush history right there. 251 00:14:01,482 --> 00:14:05,482 Now, we were talking about, like, a $2,000 nugget, 252 00:14:05,482 --> 00:14:09,586 - that's about a $15,000 or $20,000 nugget. - Yeah, dude. 253 00:14:09,586 --> 00:14:11,586 That's gonna be a hard one to beat, man. 254 00:14:11,586 --> 00:14:14,896 - Yeah. - Damn it, it's got clay on it, doesn't it? 255 00:14:14,896 --> 00:14:16,103 Yeah, it still does. 256 00:14:16,103 --> 00:14:17,862 - Oh, my. - Oh, my. 257 00:14:17,862 --> 00:14:20,172 Nugget Bend, man, it's owned its name. 258 00:14:20,172 --> 00:14:22,172 - This is real, real. - Yeah. 259 00:14:22,172 --> 00:14:24,275 - This is happening for us. - This is happening. 260 00:14:24,275 --> 00:14:26,620 - Oh, my God. I mean... Yeah. - About damn time. 261 00:14:28,896 --> 00:14:32,275 Holy stinkin' moly, man. 262 00:14:32,275 --> 00:14:34,241 You see the size of that nugget? 263 00:14:43,379 --> 00:14:45,241 I wish Fred was here to see that. 264 00:14:45,931 --> 00:14:47,241 I literally do. 265 00:14:48,586 --> 00:14:51,793 Amen. Amen. Amen. 266 00:14:51,793 --> 00:14:53,551 Double amen. 267 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:56,551 Ah, wow. 268 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:03,241 Good livin's comin' from here on out. 269 00:15:04,689 --> 00:15:06,275 Got too excited with that big one, 270 00:15:06,275 --> 00:15:07,862 forgot about all the babies, huh? 271 00:15:07,862 --> 00:15:11,275 - Yup. It's gonna be a good cleanup. - Should be. 272 00:15:12,517 --> 00:15:14,068 - Oh, yeah. - Yeah. 273 00:15:14,068 --> 00:15:15,862 Oh, yeah, dude. 274 00:15:20,689 --> 00:15:22,172 We lost Fred. 275 00:15:23,758 --> 00:15:25,310 He's the one that got us all here, 276 00:15:25,310 --> 00:15:28,896 but he's still here with us. He's helping us out. 277 00:15:28,896 --> 00:15:31,241 I know he'd be so proud right now, so... 278 00:15:32,275 --> 00:15:35,689 This is definitely the high that we needed today. 279 00:15:35,689 --> 00:15:38,310 We spent seven, eight years just killing ourselves. 280 00:15:38,310 --> 00:15:42,482 And now, we got this badass nugget that just... 281 00:15:42,482 --> 00:15:44,517 Kinda like a trophy. 282 00:15:44,517 --> 00:15:47,793 We stuck it out. We put in the effort. 283 00:15:47,793 --> 00:15:49,931 We finally figured out where the right place 284 00:15:49,931 --> 00:15:51,793 and the right technique to get down here. 285 00:15:51,793 --> 00:15:53,310 We got this. 286 00:15:53,310 --> 00:15:55,551 Now, let's do great. 287 00:15:56,689 --> 00:16:00,241 Hell yeah. We freaking did it. 288 00:16:06,862 --> 00:16:09,103 Hell yeah, fellas. Not a bad haul. 289 00:16:09,103 --> 00:16:10,206 Not at all. 290 00:16:10,206 --> 00:16:12,103 After nearly a decade of mining 291 00:16:12,103 --> 00:16:14,103 in the harshest environments, 292 00:16:14,103 --> 00:16:16,758 Carlos' discovery is proof 293 00:16:16,758 --> 00:16:19,655 there's ancient gold here for the taking. 294 00:16:20,931 --> 00:16:24,275 Good job, everybody. Way to stick it out. 295 00:16:24,275 --> 00:16:27,310 They say that, uh, definition of a winner 296 00:16:27,310 --> 00:16:30,586 is someone that didn't let losing stop them. 297 00:16:30,586 --> 00:16:32,517 - Yup. - And, uh... 298 00:16:32,517 --> 00:16:34,206 - Like that. - ...we've lost a lot. 299 00:16:34,206 --> 00:16:36,103 Yeah, we have. 300 00:16:36,103 --> 00:16:38,689 - Not giving up. - It's about damn time. 301 00:16:38,689 --> 00:16:40,862 Set that baby on there and let's see what it weighs. 302 00:16:41,793 --> 00:16:43,103 Moment of truth. 303 00:16:43,103 --> 00:16:45,551 Dun-dun-dun-dun dun-dun-dun. 304 00:16:47,896 --> 00:16:49,689 - Wow. - 5.8. 305 00:16:49,689 --> 00:16:52,758 - Yeah! - Dude, that's freaking... Man! 306 00:16:52,758 --> 00:16:54,896 Wow. Almost six ounces. 307 00:16:54,896 --> 00:16:56,172 Hell yeah! 308 00:16:56,172 --> 00:16:58,965 That might be $20,000, guaranteed. 309 00:16:59,793 --> 00:17:02,068 For a specimen like that? 310 00:17:02,068 --> 00:17:04,793 - Yeah. - No, you don't get gold like that for a gold price. 311 00:17:04,793 --> 00:17:06,482 - That [bleep]'s gonna be almost double. - Wow. 312 00:17:06,482 --> 00:17:08,275 A nugget this big 313 00:17:08,275 --> 00:17:11,482 is worth far more than its weight in gold, 314 00:17:11,482 --> 00:17:13,275 and could be just the beginning 315 00:17:13,275 --> 00:17:15,586 of what Nugget Creek has to offer. 316 00:17:17,275 --> 00:17:19,310 Well, I went completely broke last year, 317 00:17:19,310 --> 00:17:21,068 so this is a great start. 318 00:17:21,068 --> 00:17:22,413 - It's a great start, isn't it? - Yeah, it is. 319 00:17:22,413 --> 00:17:27,862 That one nugget is more gold than we did at our site last year. 320 00:17:27,862 --> 00:17:29,689 There's no way there's only one nugget like that 321 00:17:29,689 --> 00:17:31,103 - in that whole freaking creek. - No. 322 00:17:31,103 --> 00:17:34,620 The whole deal is there were stories up until today. 323 00:17:34,620 --> 00:17:37,000 - Yeah. - But it's reality for us now that 324 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:39,482 - there are big nuggets in this creek. - Yeah. 325 00:17:39,482 --> 00:17:41,896 I absolutely guarantee it. 326 00:17:41,896 --> 00:17:44,551 - I couldn't say that before. - That's true. 327 00:17:45,275 --> 00:17:47,517 Well, soak it up. 328 00:17:47,517 --> 00:17:49,689 - We earned it. - Yup. 329 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:53,275 I've gone bankrupt twice, almost, 330 00:17:53,275 --> 00:17:55,586 trying to do this [bleep]. 331 00:17:55,586 --> 00:17:57,931 It's finally gonna pay for itself the right way. 332 00:17:57,931 --> 00:18:02,379 We're at the very beginning. The first 200 ft of the claim. 333 00:18:02,379 --> 00:18:03,896 I got a mile to go. 334 00:18:03,896 --> 00:18:06,379 This is it. We found it. 335 00:18:06,379 --> 00:18:07,793 We have arrived. 336 00:18:07,793 --> 00:18:09,586 I live for this [bleep]. 337 00:18:10,275 --> 00:18:12,000 Up ahead... 338 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:14,620 Oh, holy [bleep], man. 339 00:18:14,620 --> 00:18:15,931 He's flanked by rock. 340 00:18:15,931 --> 00:18:18,172 Hey, hey! 341 00:18:18,172 --> 00:18:20,103 Everything above it. 342 00:18:20,103 --> 00:18:22,000 Watch it. Watch it. Watch it. Watch it. Watch it. 343 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:23,482 Watch, watch, watch, watch, watch! 344 00:18:23,482 --> 00:18:25,034 He would've been dead! 345 00:18:36,896 --> 00:18:38,344 Today, I'll be getting in the water. 346 00:18:38,344 --> 00:18:41,551 Hopefully, I can get back down to where Carlos was at. 347 00:18:41,551 --> 00:18:43,241 Clean up that bedrock wall, 348 00:18:43,241 --> 00:18:46,551 and see if we can't put a few more of them six-ounce nuggets in the box. 349 00:18:46,551 --> 00:18:48,172 At Nugget Camp, 350 00:18:48,172 --> 00:18:51,586 on the heels of their biggest gold find ever, 351 00:18:51,586 --> 00:18:55,862 expectations for another record-breaking day are high. 352 00:18:57,172 --> 00:18:59,000 We are on the gold line right now. 353 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:01,551 We keep following it and, uh, 354 00:19:01,551 --> 00:19:03,551 get as much gold as we possibly can. 355 00:19:05,275 --> 00:19:08,034 I have a good feeling about the dive, dude. 356 00:19:08,034 --> 00:19:09,379 We'll see gold. 357 00:19:09,379 --> 00:19:11,034 We'll see lots of it today. 358 00:19:11,034 --> 00:19:12,379 It should be something. 359 00:19:12,379 --> 00:19:13,862 We'll get so much done today. 360 00:19:13,862 --> 00:19:15,344 We're gonna get a lot done. 361 00:19:15,344 --> 00:19:17,551 Whoo... 362 00:19:24,655 --> 00:19:26,137 Hey, Paul? 363 00:19:26,137 --> 00:19:27,103 Yeah? 364 00:19:27,103 --> 00:19:29,000 You got a couple solids on the bottom, 365 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:31,965 but everything on top is getting dangerous, man. 366 00:19:31,965 --> 00:19:33,241 Yeah. 367 00:19:33,241 --> 00:19:35,689 So, I'll work all this, we'll do some box checks, 368 00:19:35,689 --> 00:19:37,344 and then I'll go over to the weir. 369 00:19:37,344 --> 00:19:40,862 The promise of more giant nuggets 370 00:19:40,862 --> 00:19:44,137 means Paul is ready to put his life in danger 371 00:19:45,137 --> 00:19:49,000 as he follows the center line up creek, 372 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:53,793 undermining the weir, that could trigger a fatal rock fall. 373 00:19:57,000 --> 00:19:58,724 All this undercut. 374 00:20:00,241 --> 00:20:04,655 All this comes down, those rocks are coming down right here. 375 00:20:05,482 --> 00:20:07,172 This is where the diver's at. 376 00:20:13,137 --> 00:20:16,379 It's always been one of my biggest fears, is being trapped underwater. 377 00:20:16,379 --> 00:20:20,275 So, if I end up undercutting it too much, 378 00:20:20,275 --> 00:20:23,172 that'll be my permanent home. I don't wanna do that. 379 00:20:23,172 --> 00:20:24,482 Something lands on you, 380 00:20:24,482 --> 00:20:26,758 - grab your mask and keep it on. - Yeah. 381 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:31,448 - If that don't... ...knock me out. - If you can keep your mask on, 382 00:20:31,448 --> 00:20:33,344 - we can get you out. - Yeah. 383 00:20:34,172 --> 00:20:35,793 I'll be right there. 384 00:20:35,793 --> 00:20:37,172 Be certain of it. 385 00:20:43,448 --> 00:20:46,000 You tight? Nope, that feels good. 386 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:48,379 All right, brother. Good luck, man. 387 00:20:48,379 --> 00:20:49,931 Sense that six ounce! 388 00:20:49,931 --> 00:20:52,793 I know, you set the bar high. I got my work ahead of me now. 389 00:20:52,793 --> 00:20:55,379 All right, man. Let's find some more nugs, huh? 390 00:20:55,379 --> 00:20:56,655 Oh, yeah. 391 00:20:59,655 --> 00:21:03,000 All righty. Where's the hole at? 392 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:05,344 All right, here we go. 393 00:21:10,379 --> 00:21:12,241 Little bit of overburden down here, but... 394 00:21:13,482 --> 00:21:15,862 - It'll go back. - Yeah, I think so. 395 00:21:19,103 --> 00:21:21,655 Need you to think about big nuggets. 396 00:21:21,655 --> 00:21:23,862 If you get that image in your head, baby, 397 00:21:23,862 --> 00:21:26,379 maybe you'd be, you know, direct into it. 398 00:21:26,379 --> 00:21:28,482 All right. 399 00:21:28,482 --> 00:21:31,344 I've got a vision of a big black nugget. 400 00:21:35,482 --> 00:21:37,241 James, is that bedrock right there? 401 00:21:38,586 --> 00:21:40,103 - Right here? - Yeah. 402 00:21:40,896 --> 00:21:42,862 - It sure is. - That is. 403 00:21:42,862 --> 00:21:43,965 - Paul. - Yeah? 404 00:21:43,965 --> 00:21:46,551 That bedrock comes straight up this wall. 405 00:21:46,551 --> 00:21:48,758 - Right up. - Really? That's a waterfall. 406 00:21:48,758 --> 00:21:51,758 This is a little waterfall and that's the bottom of it right there. 407 00:21:51,758 --> 00:21:54,586 - So this is a big boulder? - Yes, that's what's going on. 408 00:21:54,586 --> 00:21:57,931 - I think we'll really get gold catch. Whole nuggets. - Yeah? 409 00:21:59,482 --> 00:22:02,586 Every gold diver dreams of a plunge pool 410 00:22:02,586 --> 00:22:04,551 beneath an ancient waterfall. 411 00:22:05,862 --> 00:22:07,206 Hope it goes down deep. 412 00:22:09,448 --> 00:22:10,827 And spotted with gold. 413 00:22:12,896 --> 00:22:14,034 Yeah. 414 00:22:14,034 --> 00:22:16,793 Paul, this is all wanting to slide right now. 415 00:22:16,793 --> 00:22:19,103 - Copy that. - It's moving by itself. 416 00:22:19,103 --> 00:22:20,896 - And it's getting dangerous. - All right. 417 00:22:20,896 --> 00:22:22,172 Paul, just so you know, 418 00:22:22,172 --> 00:22:24,965 Carlos is going to be permanently on your line right now. 419 00:22:24,965 --> 00:22:27,931 - Copy that. - Got real, bro. It got real. 420 00:22:28,275 --> 00:22:29,413 You know. 421 00:22:30,034 --> 00:22:31,896 Things got crazy... 422 00:22:31,896 --> 00:22:35,275 when you had to put a tender on a diver's hose. 423 00:22:35,275 --> 00:22:40,689 So when something happens, in an instant, I have to pull the diver back. 424 00:22:46,758 --> 00:22:49,000 Holy [bleep], man. 425 00:22:49,793 --> 00:22:51,172 He's flanked by rocks. 426 00:22:54,172 --> 00:22:55,068 Go! Go! 427 00:22:57,793 --> 00:22:58,827 Damn it. 428 00:22:59,689 --> 00:23:01,758 Stand back for a second. Hold on. 429 00:23:01,758 --> 00:23:04,034 It's being undermined. Let it settle for a second. 430 00:23:07,896 --> 00:23:09,068 - All right. - He's good to go? 431 00:23:09,068 --> 00:23:10,758 - We're good to go. - [bleep] yeah. 432 00:23:16,655 --> 00:23:19,172 I'm on the bedrock wall, but... 433 00:23:19,172 --> 00:23:20,931 I might almost be at the bottom. 434 00:23:23,241 --> 00:23:25,862 He's exactly on that bedrock on that slope. 435 00:23:25,862 --> 00:23:28,275 - Oh, is he? - That's where I was at. 436 00:23:28,275 --> 00:23:30,448 That's where you were getting the nuggs? 437 00:23:30,448 --> 00:23:32,655 That's exactly where I left off at. 438 00:23:37,275 --> 00:23:40,655 Hey, Paul, whatever that is, it looks good in the box. 439 00:23:40,655 --> 00:23:42,758 That's the color we're looking for right there. 440 00:23:42,758 --> 00:23:44,862 The next color after that is jet black. 441 00:23:44,862 --> 00:23:47,965 So when we get this red and jet black, there's always gold in it. 442 00:23:48,793 --> 00:23:50,551 Come on, Paul. You can do it, baby. 443 00:23:51,172 --> 00:23:53,000 You can do it, Paul. 444 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:55,379 Yeah, man. That was the first good material 445 00:23:55,379 --> 00:23:57,482 you look like you put across the box so far. 446 00:23:57,482 --> 00:23:59,586 - I've had it. - Do we look at the box? 447 00:23:59,586 --> 00:24:01,241 - Go for it. - Double it down. 448 00:24:04,896 --> 00:24:06,413 Yeah, there's a piece right there. 449 00:24:07,344 --> 00:24:09,689 Yep. Yep, yep, yep. 450 00:24:09,689 --> 00:24:11,965 You got a few pieces for sure. 451 00:24:11,965 --> 00:24:14,241 They're just underneath the screen right now. 452 00:24:14,241 --> 00:24:16,172 We gonna keep adding. Just keep adding. 453 00:24:16,172 --> 00:24:17,482 Do this, come back up. 454 00:24:17,482 --> 00:24:19,275 - Copy that. - You're on it. 455 00:24:19,275 --> 00:24:21,241 You're on again. That's it. 456 00:24:21,793 --> 00:24:23,689 Come on, man. 457 00:24:23,689 --> 00:24:27,000 - Seven ounce nugget. - Holy [bleep]. 458 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:28,310 What are you doing? 459 00:24:28,896 --> 00:24:29,965 Wow. 460 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:32,275 That's a weird color. 461 00:24:32,275 --> 00:24:35,482 - It's root beer. Red root beer. - Look at that. 462 00:24:35,482 --> 00:24:37,034 Whatever you're doing, just keep doing that. 463 00:24:37,034 --> 00:24:40,586 - Copy that. - Here's the black. Look at the black. 464 00:24:40,586 --> 00:24:42,689 - The black-- - Holy [bleep]. There it is. 465 00:24:42,689 --> 00:24:45,448 - Black. - Look at that [bleep]. 466 00:24:45,448 --> 00:24:48,034 Black gold. Check to see. 467 00:24:48,034 --> 00:24:49,758 Watch it, watch it, watch it, watch it, watch it. 468 00:24:49,758 --> 00:24:52,137 Watch, watch, watch, watch, watch, watch, watch... 469 00:24:52,793 --> 00:24:54,482 You gotta be kidding me. 470 00:24:54,482 --> 00:24:56,655 Sorry. You gotta back up, back up, back up, 471 00:24:56,655 --> 00:24:59,137 back up, back up. That wall's coming down on you. 472 00:24:59,137 --> 00:25:01,172 Just as he's getting on to something. 473 00:25:01,655 --> 00:25:03,379 Finally, right? 474 00:25:03,379 --> 00:25:06,275 All right. Back at it. 475 00:25:06,275 --> 00:25:09,896 Come on, Paul. Get me some gold. Get me some gold. 476 00:25:09,896 --> 00:25:13,655 Hey, Paul. Hey, Paul. The whole thing's gonna go, dude. 477 00:25:13,655 --> 00:25:15,448 That big boulder, man, it's starting to come down. 478 00:25:15,448 --> 00:25:18,034 Paul, Paul, Paul, come on. 479 00:25:19,275 --> 00:25:20,965 [bleep]. 480 00:25:20,965 --> 00:25:22,758 It's gonna fall in, man. 481 00:25:25,482 --> 00:25:27,896 It's just getting more and more dangerous. 482 00:25:27,896 --> 00:25:29,379 This is about to get out of hand. 483 00:25:29,379 --> 00:25:32,034 I gotta pull him out. 484 00:25:32,034 --> 00:25:34,448 If they're gonna fall on your head, it'll crush you like a damn bug. 485 00:25:35,896 --> 00:25:39,068 Another three feet in there I can't see. 486 00:25:39,068 --> 00:25:42,448 It's just too fast. It'll be on you. We'll just go, oh, [bleep]. 487 00:25:42,448 --> 00:25:44,551 This is just freakin' freaking me out. 488 00:25:44,551 --> 00:25:46,862 Let's double down. Let's get the nozzle out. 489 00:25:51,482 --> 00:25:53,000 Yeah, man. 490 00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:54,724 That thing's coming down right there, dude. 491 00:25:56,862 --> 00:25:58,862 They know the gold is here. 492 00:25:58,862 --> 00:26:00,793 But it's just out of reach. 493 00:26:00,793 --> 00:26:03,172 Less than two hours in, 494 00:26:03,172 --> 00:26:05,758 Dustin won't let Paul push any further. 495 00:26:11,448 --> 00:26:12,758 At least there's two pickers. 496 00:26:18,482 --> 00:26:19,724 You didn't see much? 497 00:26:20,448 --> 00:26:22,482 - Anything? - Nah-uh. 498 00:26:22,482 --> 00:26:26,172 Two little pieces. What a waste of a [bleep] dive. 499 00:26:26,172 --> 00:26:27,724 I didn't get a chance to do anything. 500 00:26:28,137 --> 00:26:29,551 frustrating... 501 00:26:30,586 --> 00:26:33,000 to get pulled out every five minutes. 502 00:26:35,137 --> 00:26:36,965 I guess they seeing a rock move, but... 503 00:26:40,241 --> 00:26:41,344 It's [bleep] annoying. 504 00:26:47,379 --> 00:26:49,103 He's upset that we pulled him. 505 00:26:49,103 --> 00:26:52,448 But, better than getting squashed. 506 00:26:52,448 --> 00:26:55,379 It's that black rock up there. It looked like it sagged a little bit 507 00:26:55,379 --> 00:26:56,793 to that whole wall. 508 00:26:56,793 --> 00:26:59,413 - That might be one we can knock in the morning. - Yeah. 509 00:27:00,586 --> 00:27:03,172 Make it, uh, safe for James. 510 00:27:03,793 --> 00:27:05,172 I don't wanna dive in that. 511 00:27:06,793 --> 00:27:09,241 kidding me? That [bleep] unstable. 512 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:13,758 Are we that stupid or what the [bleep] going on? 513 00:27:15,172 --> 00:27:17,241 - Try not to get so frustrated. - Yeah. 514 00:27:17,241 --> 00:27:19,793 You get upset with something and you gonna get yourself killed. 515 00:27:19,793 --> 00:27:22,068 And you'll be like, "Oh, that's what they were bitching about." 516 00:27:23,034 --> 00:27:25,448 And here we go. Holy [bleep]. 517 00:27:26,896 --> 00:27:29,137 That would have killed you. 518 00:27:29,137 --> 00:27:31,482 That would have got your legs. You legs were up. Your legs were there. 519 00:27:31,482 --> 00:27:34,586 Yeah. We'd be trying to pull it off your legs right now. 520 00:27:34,586 --> 00:27:36,482 A half ton widow maker 521 00:27:36,482 --> 00:27:41,137 just dropped under the spot right where Paul was diving. 522 00:27:41,137 --> 00:27:43,482 I'd rather you be mad than dead or pinned. 523 00:27:43,482 --> 00:27:44,793 - I get it. - Go ahead and get mad. 524 00:27:44,793 --> 00:27:46,896 Yeah, man. You would have been peg legged, dude. 525 00:27:46,896 --> 00:27:50,551 That was like some, wild ass timing right there. 526 00:27:50,551 --> 00:27:52,586 That ain't no lie. 527 00:27:52,586 --> 00:27:54,896 You could have kept dredging and that would have happened. 528 00:27:54,896 --> 00:27:56,310 He would have been dead. 529 00:27:57,172 --> 00:27:58,862 And now they're laughing about it. 530 00:28:04,275 --> 00:28:05,758 Is that rock on top of this? 531 00:28:05,758 --> 00:28:07,689 - Oh, I bet you that rock-- - That rock was on top of it. 532 00:28:07,689 --> 00:28:09,758 - That rock's on top of it. - All right. 533 00:28:09,758 --> 00:28:12,862 Great call, guys. Great call. 534 00:28:12,862 --> 00:28:15,034 He'd have been on the end of that [bleep] nozzle, 535 00:28:15,034 --> 00:28:17,758 right there pinned, and we'd have been trying to get him out. 536 00:28:23,793 --> 00:28:25,172 I never saw that danger. 537 00:28:25,793 --> 00:28:27,103 Not once. 538 00:28:27,103 --> 00:28:29,068 You guys had my back. I appreciate that. 539 00:28:29,068 --> 00:28:32,137 - You saved my life, dude. - Oh, dude. Oh, man. 540 00:28:32,137 --> 00:28:34,000 - That's... That's us. - Yeah. 541 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:38,586 It's nice knowing as a diver that you can trust your team to keep you safe. 542 00:28:38,586 --> 00:28:41,068 We're just... We're one big family here, so... 543 00:28:42,965 --> 00:28:46,379 Credit to those guys. They saved my life. 544 00:28:46,379 --> 00:28:50,965 White water gold mining is like a game of high-stakes poker. 545 00:28:50,965 --> 00:28:56,689 The chance of life-changing gold could cost you everything. 546 00:28:56,689 --> 00:28:58,724 I ain't diving in that hole tomorrow. 547 00:29:00,103 --> 00:29:02,862 no. He could fire me. 548 00:29:16,586 --> 00:29:18,586 It's my turn in the rotation to dive. 549 00:29:18,586 --> 00:29:22,103 And, I did not sleep at all last night. 550 00:29:22,103 --> 00:29:24,103 I knew that rock was gonna come down. 551 00:29:24,103 --> 00:29:26,689 I'd just seen it. I had visions of it. 552 00:29:26,689 --> 00:29:28,344 Visions of it being the worst day... 553 00:29:29,689 --> 00:29:31,689 of him getting crushed and we can't get him out. 554 00:29:31,689 --> 00:29:34,172 Broken ribs, smashed head. 555 00:29:34,172 --> 00:29:35,862 That was all going through my mind. 556 00:29:37,862 --> 00:29:39,862 I just don't want to die. 557 00:29:42,482 --> 00:29:43,620 Is the gold worth it? 558 00:29:49,482 --> 00:29:51,896 Dustin and his crew have proven 559 00:29:51,896 --> 00:29:55,344 there's life-changing gold in Nugget Creek. 560 00:29:55,344 --> 00:29:59,137 But to get to it, they'll have to put their lives on the line. 561 00:30:13,896 --> 00:30:17,413 We got to a place where we can no longer be safe and dive. 562 00:30:18,103 --> 00:30:19,689 The guys are scared. 563 00:30:19,689 --> 00:30:21,517 They should be. Paul almost died. 564 00:30:22,137 --> 00:30:23,551 Well... 565 00:30:23,551 --> 00:30:27,448 now I'm filling in the hole that we've been digging for days. 566 00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:30,310 This sucks. 567 00:30:31,965 --> 00:30:34,068 To move forward at nugget bend 568 00:30:34,068 --> 00:30:37,586 and clean out every ounce of gold from the plunge pool 569 00:30:37,586 --> 00:30:40,758 Dustin and his crew must take a major step back. 570 00:30:42,379 --> 00:30:45,379 Hole's getting filled in. Hell lot of work. 571 00:30:45,379 --> 00:30:47,586 Start, start, start again. 572 00:30:47,586 --> 00:30:50,758 But the upside... It's safer. 573 00:31:02,379 --> 00:31:06,000 That sound is the scariest sound in the world. 574 00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:09,586 Especially, when the diver's at the receiving end. 575 00:31:09,586 --> 00:31:11,758 My job is to keep everybody safe here. 576 00:31:12,448 --> 00:31:15,379 I'm not the safety guy. 577 00:31:15,379 --> 00:31:18,965 , I've become the safety guy. Oh, my God, I've become the safety guy. 578 00:31:20,241 --> 00:31:22,551 How the hell did I become the safety guy? 579 00:31:25,241 --> 00:31:28,344 I gotta keep these guys alive. That's all there is to it. 580 00:31:30,241 --> 00:31:32,241 We'll anchor this one back to that. 581 00:31:32,241 --> 00:31:34,172 - To that chain? - We'll tie that one off. 582 00:31:34,172 --> 00:31:36,172 - Maybe tie that one off. - That one? 583 00:31:36,172 --> 00:31:39,689 We'll anchor this one back and then that big one down there, 584 00:31:39,689 --> 00:31:41,310 we'll anchor it back as well. 585 00:31:43,586 --> 00:31:46,275 We're gonna start pulling all those boulders back downstream, 586 00:31:46,275 --> 00:31:49,586 so, we can get a diver in and get back on the gold. 587 00:31:49,586 --> 00:31:51,862 Dude, we can put the basket there and drop them right in. 588 00:31:53,482 --> 00:31:54,620 There you go. 589 00:31:56,689 --> 00:31:57,862 Woo-hoo. 590 00:31:58,965 --> 00:32:00,448 Friggin' send it. 591 00:32:05,448 --> 00:32:07,965 - I love it, dude. - That thing's badass. 592 00:32:17,655 --> 00:32:19,275 Run another cable here, 593 00:32:19,275 --> 00:32:22,379 up over that way, makes the perfect Y. 594 00:32:22,379 --> 00:32:25,758 Should hold this rock in place and all this will stay right there. 595 00:32:27,586 --> 00:32:29,551 Better to be too safe than not safe. 596 00:32:30,862 --> 00:32:32,379 What do you think, James? 597 00:32:32,379 --> 00:32:35,379 - That one is not a big risk but... - Nope. 598 00:32:35,379 --> 00:32:37,655 ...these three are all tagged up. 599 00:32:39,689 --> 00:32:41,827 All right. Well, I'll get suited up. 600 00:32:43,793 --> 00:32:47,275 If gets in there, he can get to the bottom where I was at yesterday. 601 00:32:47,275 --> 00:32:49,482 - We gotta remember it's gonna rain tonight... - Yup. 602 00:32:49,482 --> 00:32:52,758 - ...so, we have no idea what to expect tomorrow. - That's true. 603 00:32:52,758 --> 00:32:56,172 This might be the only chance we get for that thing. 604 00:32:56,172 --> 00:33:01,068 Now that it's mitigated, boulder's all tethered up, I feel safe. 605 00:33:01,068 --> 00:33:04,620 That six ounce nugget is stirring up gold fever for everybody. 606 00:33:05,896 --> 00:33:08,620 We can't leave the hole without finishing it. 607 00:33:14,379 --> 00:33:16,379 I need to do this by the numbers. 608 00:33:16,379 --> 00:33:19,034 I need you to do yardage. 609 00:33:19,034 --> 00:33:21,344 Get the yardage out of there, make sure it's clean. 610 00:33:21,344 --> 00:33:25,000 Slick it, slick it, slick it and when we run out we run out, all right? 611 00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:26,551 Okay, copy that. Yup. 612 00:33:26,551 --> 00:33:28,241 I appreciate you going in. 613 00:33:28,241 --> 00:33:30,172 All right, James, you're good to go, amigo. 614 00:33:35,793 --> 00:33:38,034 - How is your vis? - [James] It's about a foot. 615 00:33:38,034 --> 00:33:40,034 - Foot-and-a-half. - All right. 616 00:33:44,896 --> 00:33:46,896 Top get back to the pay layer 617 00:33:46,896 --> 00:33:49,137 that held the six ounce nugget 618 00:33:49,137 --> 00:33:52,448 James must first remove all the material 619 00:33:52,448 --> 00:33:54,551 they washed into their hole. 620 00:33:58,379 --> 00:34:02,103 Also, don't forget, you're gonna have a giant black rock down there. 621 00:34:02,103 --> 00:34:05,379 - That's the rock that almost got him. - Oh, man. 622 00:34:05,379 --> 00:34:06,758 That's your rock, Paul. 623 00:34:07,758 --> 00:34:10,103 Oh, yeah. The rock's pretty big. 624 00:34:11,275 --> 00:34:13,103 I can't even get my arms all the way around 'em. 625 00:34:13,103 --> 00:34:14,206 What are you thinking? 626 00:34:14,206 --> 00:34:16,620 - How about a choker? - Choker? 627 00:34:17,896 --> 00:34:19,068 Yeah! 628 00:34:28,689 --> 00:34:30,344 Good wrap, James. Good wrap. 629 00:34:30,689 --> 00:34:32,586 Holy [bleep]. 630 00:34:32,586 --> 00:34:34,862 Holy moly, Paul. That's yours. 631 00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:37,862 I'll get it right here to the shore. 632 00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:41,413 - Oh, my God. - Holy moly. 633 00:34:42,103 --> 00:34:44,448 Holy [bleep]. 634 00:34:48,275 --> 00:34:49,862 That's half my body. 635 00:34:51,586 --> 00:34:53,655 - Wow! - That is half of my body. 636 00:34:53,655 --> 00:34:55,241 Hey, man, that would've hurt, I ain't gonna lie. 637 00:34:55,241 --> 00:34:57,000 - Yeah. - I don't think he would've felt it, man. 638 00:34:57,000 --> 00:34:59,000 That would've had me from head to [bleep] tail. 639 00:35:07,379 --> 00:35:09,793 Hey, you remember the rock that almost killed you? 640 00:35:09,793 --> 00:35:11,758 - Yeah. - This is it. 641 00:35:11,758 --> 00:35:16,551 At nugget bend Paul comes face-to-face with the widow-maker 642 00:35:16,551 --> 00:35:18,482 that nearly ended his life. 643 00:35:18,482 --> 00:35:19,586 That's the goddamn meteorite 644 00:35:19,586 --> 00:35:21,448 - that killed the dinosaurs, bro. - Yup. 645 00:35:22,482 --> 00:35:25,000 That would've ended my life. 646 00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:27,448 I would still be in the bottom of that hole. 647 00:35:27,448 --> 00:35:29,655 There would be a body recovery going on. 648 00:35:31,689 --> 00:35:33,551 Holy [bleep]. 649 00:35:42,758 --> 00:35:47,965 So, I need dredge a little bit right here till I find that wall. 650 00:35:49,068 --> 00:35:51,689 Over five hours into his dive 651 00:35:51,689 --> 00:35:55,551 James is still searching for more of the six ounce nuggets 652 00:35:55,551 --> 00:35:58,862 that nugget creek has proven to hold. 653 00:36:00,068 --> 00:36:01,896 Let's find the bottom of that bedrock wall. 654 00:36:01,896 --> 00:36:05,172 It already warmed up today and that water's gonna come up again, 655 00:36:05,172 --> 00:36:08,896 and then that [bleep] wall's gonna start caving in again. 656 00:36:08,896 --> 00:36:12,103 Let's get... let's get everything we can get done today. 657 00:36:13,586 --> 00:36:16,000 Not sure but... 658 00:36:18,586 --> 00:36:20,000 James, you find gold? 659 00:36:20,000 --> 00:36:22,172 Sitting in the crack on the side of the bedrock. 660 00:36:24,758 --> 00:36:27,862 Oh, my God! Whoa! 661 00:36:29,689 --> 00:36:31,206 Look at that. 662 00:36:33,310 --> 00:36:34,862 I love it. 663 00:36:35,793 --> 00:36:37,862 - That's the pretty stuff, huh? - It is. 664 00:36:37,862 --> 00:36:40,241 - I love that patina on there. - Ruby gold, man. 665 00:36:41,241 --> 00:36:42,413 That's beautiful. 666 00:36:44,551 --> 00:36:47,137 That's amazing. We're on to it now. 667 00:36:47,965 --> 00:36:49,344 Hopefully, there's more. 668 00:36:50,206 --> 00:36:52,034 Make it spotless, man. 669 00:36:52,034 --> 00:36:54,758 And, um, I see everything down there now. 670 00:36:54,758 --> 00:36:57,137 Lick it all, man. Lick it all. 671 00:36:59,103 --> 00:37:00,758 I know. 672 00:37:00,758 --> 00:37:02,655 - He's just like, "Oh, hey. Look at this." -"Oh, look." 673 00:37:02,655 --> 00:37:03,827 "Yup, there it is." 674 00:37:06,241 --> 00:37:08,137 Good looking stuff. 675 00:37:08,137 --> 00:37:12,172 I just... I think what I'm looking for now is 676 00:37:12,172 --> 00:37:14,620 - that pile of six ounce nuggets. - Yeah. 677 00:37:15,275 --> 00:37:17,000 We're spoiled. 678 00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:18,896 All right, I'm just about done with that hole. 679 00:37:18,896 --> 00:37:20,689 I got one minute left. 680 00:37:20,689 --> 00:37:22,793 James was freaking out all yesterday, 681 00:37:22,793 --> 00:37:24,965 but as soon as he gets in the water, man, it just... 682 00:37:24,965 --> 00:37:27,000 - it all goes away. - It does. 683 00:37:27,000 --> 00:37:29,172 I think that's it. 684 00:37:29,172 --> 00:37:33,000 The bedrock channel rises up in front of me just before the weir. 685 00:37:34,413 --> 00:37:35,862 It's a dead-end, man. 686 00:37:37,000 --> 00:37:38,655 Over the last two months 687 00:37:38,655 --> 00:37:41,000 Dustin and his crew have dredged 688 00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:45,206 through 100 feet of prime big nugget real estate 689 00:37:46,655 --> 00:37:50,344 and cleared nearly 200 tons of boulders 690 00:37:50,344 --> 00:37:52,551 as they chase the gold line. 691 00:37:53,310 --> 00:37:57,137 Now, James has dredged the hole clean 692 00:37:57,137 --> 00:38:01,275 and the rising bedrock signals the end of the line. 693 00:38:02,793 --> 00:38:03,931 The hole's done. 694 00:38:04,655 --> 00:38:05,931 This hole is done. 695 00:38:05,931 --> 00:38:07,379 Good deal. Can we do a double down right quick 696 00:38:07,379 --> 00:38:09,413 and check and see what's in there? 697 00:38:09,413 --> 00:38:10,793 - Yeah. - Okay. 698 00:38:18,896 --> 00:38:21,379 I'd be blown away if there's nothing in the bottom. 699 00:38:37,655 --> 00:38:39,689 I don't see anything in here. 700 00:38:39,689 --> 00:38:42,655 Wow. Gold does weird things. 701 00:38:42,655 --> 00:38:44,241 I don't get it, man. 702 00:38:44,241 --> 00:38:47,517 Well, I'm glad you got that six ounce nugget out 'cause it shows something. 703 00:38:47,517 --> 00:38:49,551 I think we tap this thing out, man. 704 00:38:49,551 --> 00:38:51,896 - Yeah. - That might be all of it, man. 705 00:38:51,896 --> 00:38:53,137 If you're good, I'm good. 706 00:38:53,137 --> 00:38:54,965 - I'mma call it then. Good? - Yeah. 707 00:38:55,793 --> 00:38:57,137 I need to hear it. 708 00:38:57,137 --> 00:39:00,758 - Do you think there's any more gold down here? - No. 709 00:39:00,758 --> 00:39:03,206 All right. Time to move on. 710 00:39:03,206 --> 00:39:05,103 - Let's pack, then. - All right. 711 00:39:06,206 --> 00:39:08,862 Good dive, man. Good dive. Tapped out. 712 00:39:08,862 --> 00:39:10,413 On to bigger and better gold, man. 713 00:39:10,413 --> 00:39:12,448 - That's true. - That's it. Moving on. 714 00:39:12,448 --> 00:39:16,034 It's beyond me why there wasn't a pot of gold at the bottom. 715 00:39:16,034 --> 00:39:18,448 Gold is where you find it. 716 00:39:18,448 --> 00:39:22,379 I think we can leave this spot knowing that we didn't leave anything behind. 717 00:39:24,241 --> 00:39:27,793 After eight hard weeks, dredging 12 ounces 718 00:39:27,793 --> 00:39:30,655 of the biggest nuggets they've ever found 719 00:39:30,655 --> 00:39:36,551 the empty sluice box shows it's time to move on to the next opportunity. 720 00:39:38,586 --> 00:39:40,689 Finally getting gold. 721 00:39:40,689 --> 00:39:43,586 The only thing that's been missing in my life 722 00:39:43,586 --> 00:39:45,965 is more gold and we're getting there. 723 00:39:45,965 --> 00:39:50,862 Not as much as I wanted but nugget bend produced a six ounce nugget. 724 00:39:51,896 --> 00:39:54,862 I can only imagine what's about to happen for us. 725 00:39:54,862 --> 00:39:59,241 This is gonna be our best year, ever. It already is. 726 00:39:59,241 --> 00:40:01,137 It's already our best year. 727 00:40:01,758 --> 00:40:02,862 This is awesome. 728 00:40:09,551 --> 00:40:11,862 Up ahead, this season... 729 00:40:12,689 --> 00:40:14,206 We're done with you! 730 00:40:14,206 --> 00:40:16,689 Time for us to move on! 731 00:40:17,689 --> 00:40:19,517 This is gonna be a challenge again. 732 00:40:19,517 --> 00:40:20,862 This is the rematch. 733 00:40:21,344 --> 00:40:22,827 We got a solid plan. 734 00:40:24,586 --> 00:40:27,482 and we have to win or else we're done for, y'all. 735 00:40:30,517 --> 00:40:32,000 Welcome to my nightmare. 736 00:40:32,000 --> 00:40:33,689 Almost got killed just now. 737 00:40:33,689 --> 00:40:35,103 Oh, [bleep]. 738 00:40:35,103 --> 00:40:36,896 - Hurry up. Come on. - Lift. Come on. 739 00:40:36,896 --> 00:40:38,896 Help me lift this mother[bleep]. 740 00:40:40,379 --> 00:40:42,172 This place is trying to kill us... 741 00:40:42,172 --> 00:40:43,862 Holy [bleep]. 742 00:40:45,241 --> 00:40:46,517 ...Are we gonna let it? 743 00:40:46,517 --> 00:40:48,413 You all right, man? You look beet red. 744 00:40:51,793 --> 00:40:52,862 I'll let you know. 745 00:40:54,689 --> 00:40:57,172 I'd like to see what our future's gonna be. 746 00:40:58,689 --> 00:41:00,620 I swear I can hear a waterfall. 747 00:41:00,620 --> 00:41:02,655 Now, that's a waterfall, man. 748 00:41:02,655 --> 00:41:04,413 Holy [beep], dude. 749 00:41:04,413 --> 00:41:06,310 Looks like it's holding a bunch of gold. 750 00:41:06,310 --> 00:41:08,896 Get that gold! Woo-hoo! 751 00:41:08,896 --> 00:41:09,965 There it is! 752 00:41:12,862 --> 00:41:13,896 Holy [bleep]. 753 00:41:13,896 --> 00:41:15,413 What would you sell this for, man? 754 00:41:15,413 --> 00:41:17,206 $60,000 or $70,000. 755 00:41:18,068 --> 00:41:19,689 About damn time, man. 756 00:41:19,689 --> 00:41:22,344 We know there's big gold. All we gotta do is go get it. 757 00:41:22,344 --> 00:41:24,206 We're dredging! 758 00:41:24,206 --> 00:41:25,620 I got something for ya. 759 00:41:27,103 --> 00:41:30,793 This place is gonna pay for the rest of my damn life. 760 00:41:30,793 --> 00:41:32,689 Oh, my God! 761 00:41:32,689 --> 00:41:33,965 That's beautiful. 762 00:41:35,310 --> 00:41:37,655 Finally, we made it.