1 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:19,517 - [Dustin] Mornin', fellas. - [all] Mornin'. 2 00:00:19,517 --> 00:00:22,310 [narrator] 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 - [chuckles] - [narrator] 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 [Dustin] So, we're gonna weigh this gold up. 15 00:00:56,482 --> 00:00:57,862 [Carlos] All right. 16 00:00:59,310 --> 00:01:03,103 - [all cheering] - Oh, my God! 1.19. 17 00:01:03,103 --> 00:01:06,000 - [Wes] I told you! I told you! - [Carlos] Holy moly, dude! 18 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:07,379 [Paul] Put some of them other ones on there. 19 00:01:07,379 --> 00:01:09,965 [Dustin] That's absolutely the biggest one we've ever had. 20 00:01:13,103 --> 00:01:15,482 [Carlos laughs uncontrollably] 21 00:01:15,482 --> 00:01:19,172 - Oh, my God! - 3.87 ounces. 22 00:01:19,172 --> 00:01:21,793 - Wow. - [Wes] Almost four ounces in one day, James. 23 00:01:21,793 --> 00:01:25,172 - [Carlos laughs] Yeah, man! - Look at the size of those nuggets you got, dude. 24 00:01:25,172 --> 00:01:27,482 - [man 1] Look at that... - I'm gonna have a heart attack... [bleep] ...nuts. 25 00:01:27,482 --> 00:01:30,896 [Wes] That's a $3,000 nugget. That one nugget is worth three grand. 26 00:01:30,896 --> 00:01:33,793 - Well, maybe more. - [Paul] James, you've had the best dive so far, man. 27 00:01:33,793 --> 00:01:35,827 - [Carlos] Ever. Ever! - [Paul] We've been ever doing 28 00:01:35,827 --> 00:01:39,275 - just about half an ounce per dive until today. - [Wes] Yeah. 29 00:01:39,275 --> 00:01:42,896 Everybody, just look at this, feel this, and enjoy it. 30 00:01:42,896 --> 00:01:45,310 James found a bunch of nuggets. 31 00:01:45,310 --> 00:01:48,103 We found the gold line, finally. 32 00:01:48,103 --> 00:01:50,517 It's probably only about this wide. 33 00:01:50,517 --> 00:01:53,103 But it's an actual line that goes straight up the damn creek, 34 00:01:53,103 --> 00:01:56,000 and we just need to follow it, and there's gonna be plenty of this. 35 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:57,896 Now we gotta put in the work. 36 00:01:57,896 --> 00:02:00,206 Put in the work, get the gold, 37 00:02:00,206 --> 00:02:03,896 and it's going to change our entire lives. 38 00:02:06,482 --> 00:02:07,896 That wall is coming down on you. 39 00:02:07,896 --> 00:02:10,068 Gonna fall on your head and crush you like a damn bug. 40 00:02:10,068 --> 00:02:13,931 Holy crap, man! You couldn't be in a worse place in the world. 41 00:02:13,931 --> 00:02:16,103 - [Paul over radio] Ah! Ow, ow, ow, ow! - [Dustin] Get out of there! 42 00:02:16,103 --> 00:02:17,241 [Carlos] Right back! 43 00:02:18,482 --> 00:02:20,379 [Dustin] Watch it, watch it, watch it, watch it! 44 00:02:20,379 --> 00:02:22,448 [man 2 groans] Oh! 45 00:02:25,379 --> 00:02:28,000 I have visions of it being the worst day. 46 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:29,448 Is the gold worth it? 47 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:31,620 I just don't want to die. 48 00:02:31,620 --> 00:02:35,000 We spent seven years just killing ourselves. 49 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:37,379 We stuck it out. We put in the effort. 50 00:02:37,379 --> 00:02:38,965 We got this. 51 00:02:42,275 --> 00:02:44,689 [Wes] Whoo-ho! Look at that. 52 00:02:44,689 --> 00:02:46,586 Black gold... [indistinct] 53 00:02:46,586 --> 00:02:48,482 [all cheering] 54 00:02:48,482 --> 00:02:49,896 [Dustin] Oh, my God! 55 00:02:49,896 --> 00:02:52,758 - [cheering continues] - [Dustin] Look what you just found, buddy. 56 00:02:53,586 --> 00:02:56,000 [Carlos screaming over radio] Oh, my God! 57 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:59,000 [continues screaming, laughing] 58 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:01,620 - There we go. - [Carlos laughing] 59 00:03:01,620 --> 00:03:04,586 [Paul] That's the biggest nugget in Gold Rush history! 60 00:03:14,931 --> 00:03:17,517 [Carlos] Another day, another dollar. I'm excited. 61 00:03:17,517 --> 00:03:21,793 [narrator] Just 12 hours after their best day of mining ever, 62 00:03:21,793 --> 00:03:25,275 the crew is ready to pick up right where they left off. 63 00:03:26,793 --> 00:03:29,275 We know that there's gold here now. 64 00:03:29,275 --> 00:03:31,172 We just gotta go get it. 65 00:03:31,172 --> 00:03:33,586 I wanna see it. I gotta hold it. 66 00:03:33,586 --> 00:03:35,482 And then you gonna see that hoop and hollering. 67 00:03:35,482 --> 00:03:37,379 You know what I mean? The jig, you know... 68 00:03:38,482 --> 00:03:40,793 Doing the jig and all that. 69 00:03:40,793 --> 00:03:42,448 I gotta get focused for the gold. 70 00:03:45,620 --> 00:03:47,793 [narrator] Over two months ago... 71 00:03:47,793 --> 00:03:50,172 [indistinct cheering] 72 00:03:50,172 --> 00:03:54,206 ...the miners were handed the ultimate test. 73 00:03:54,206 --> 00:03:55,206 [Dustin] Whoa! 74 00:03:55,206 --> 00:03:57,793 Mother Nature beat us last year. 75 00:03:57,793 --> 00:03:59,896 We couldn't afford to bring everybody back. 76 00:03:59,896 --> 00:04:02,000 So, this is us. 77 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:03,827 We're gonna have to hit it as hard as we can 78 00:04:03,827 --> 00:04:05,896 because we know the rains are coming. 79 00:04:05,896 --> 00:04:09,793 [narrator] The scaled back operation has meant double the work. 80 00:04:09,793 --> 00:04:12,586 - [man 3 grunts] - [Dustin] Keep going. Keep going. Keep going. 81 00:04:12,586 --> 00:04:15,103 Keep going. Keep going. It's going underwater. 82 00:04:15,103 --> 00:04:17,482 - Pull, pull, pull, pull, pull, pull, pull. - [bleep] 83 00:04:17,482 --> 00:04:19,827 [narrator] And a relentless fight to overcome 84 00:04:19,827 --> 00:04:23,689 a never-ending barrage of obstacles. 85 00:04:23,689 --> 00:04:26,172 - Oh, watch out behind you! Oh, [bleep]! - [Carlos grunts] Ah! 86 00:04:26,172 --> 00:04:27,689 [Dustin] Carlos is pinned! 87 00:04:28,793 --> 00:04:30,000 Get him out of there! 88 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:32,379 - [grunting] - [Carlos] Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. 89 00:04:32,379 --> 00:04:34,068 Whoo. Okay, got it. 90 00:04:34,068 --> 00:04:37,931 [narrator] Every time Mother Nature tried to knock 'em down... 91 00:04:37,931 --> 00:04:39,931 [Carlos painfully] Ah! [bleep] 92 00:04:39,931 --> 00:04:41,275 - [grunting painfully] Ah! - [Dustin] Carlos! 93 00:04:41,275 --> 00:04:42,827 - You all right? - [Carlos] Ah, something popped. 94 00:04:42,827 --> 00:04:46,241 ...the crew fought back with everything they had. 95 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:50,689 Holy moly, man! 96 00:04:50,689 --> 00:04:53,275 - Whoo! I kicked its butt! - [man 4 laughs] 97 00:04:53,275 --> 00:04:56,896 [narrator] And their determination paid off. 98 00:04:56,896 --> 00:04:58,896 - [bleep], a nugget! - [Dustin] No way! 99 00:04:58,896 --> 00:05:02,103 - It's a nugget? - [all clamoring, cheering] 100 00:05:02,103 --> 00:05:04,620 [Wes] First gold ever this early! 101 00:05:04,620 --> 00:05:08,586 [narrator] Until a bombshell rocked Dustin and his crew. 102 00:05:08,586 --> 00:05:11,482 I got a message this morning 103 00:05:11,482 --> 00:05:13,379 that, uh, Fred died. 104 00:05:14,793 --> 00:05:17,172 And he went peaceful in his sleep. 105 00:05:17,172 --> 00:05:19,310 He said he wasn't in any pain. 106 00:05:19,310 --> 00:05:22,310 [breathes deeply] 107 00:05:22,310 --> 00:05:24,793 - [James] I'm sorry, man. - [Wes] Sorry to hear about that. 108 00:05:24,793 --> 00:05:26,275 [Dustin] Try to be patient with me. 109 00:05:26,275 --> 00:05:28,827 - Just lost my father. - [Paul] Yeah. 110 00:05:28,827 --> 00:05:30,689 And he'd give you the shirt off his back. 111 00:05:30,689 --> 00:05:33,068 - [exhales deeply] - [Dustin chuckles] That's enough of that. 112 00:05:33,068 --> 00:05:35,103 That's too much. 113 00:05:35,103 --> 00:05:37,517 [narrator] Driven to honor Fred's legacy... 114 00:05:37,517 --> 00:05:39,275 [Paul] I wish Fred was here with us. 115 00:05:39,275 --> 00:05:43,586 Maybe from above, he's helping us out. 116 00:05:43,586 --> 00:05:46,000 ...the crew refused to back down 117 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:48,275 from their toughest season ever. 118 00:05:48,275 --> 00:05:51,172 [diver over radio] That just drops off, man, to oblivion. 119 00:05:51,172 --> 00:05:53,000 [Carlos yells] Holy Moly! 120 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:56,000 I hit the jackpot today. Big nuggets! 121 00:05:56,000 --> 00:06:00,862 My first thought was to call to tell Fred. [laughs] 122 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:09,172 [Carlos] Everybody wants to be that person to come up with nuggets. 123 00:06:09,172 --> 00:06:11,586 It's a contagious disease. 124 00:06:11,586 --> 00:06:13,172 Once I see the gold, 125 00:06:13,172 --> 00:06:16,758 the excitement's just gonna... Boom! 126 00:06:18,172 --> 00:06:21,379 Change everybody's future for the best. 127 00:06:21,379 --> 00:06:23,172 Gold, gold, gold, man. 128 00:06:25,275 --> 00:06:28,275 [Dustin over radio] All right, here's the deal. You're gonna dredge. 129 00:06:28,275 --> 00:06:30,482 - [Carlos over radio] All right. - [air hissing] 130 00:06:30,482 --> 00:06:33,379 - [Dustin] You're gonna find gold. - [Carlos] Dredge, find gold. 131 00:06:35,517 --> 00:06:37,793 All right, guys. Going in the water. 132 00:06:40,379 --> 00:06:41,965 [air hissing] 133 00:06:43,793 --> 00:06:45,137 [Carlos] All right. 134 00:06:47,068 --> 00:06:50,068 Nice deep hole, guys. You guys did a great job. 135 00:06:55,586 --> 00:06:57,206 [James over radio] Right about where you're at, Carlos, 136 00:06:57,206 --> 00:07:00,206 on that shelf, is where I was seeing nuggets yesterday. 137 00:07:00,206 --> 00:07:03,793 [Carlos] Gotcha, man. I'm looking. I'm looking. 138 00:07:03,793 --> 00:07:05,137 I'm looking. 139 00:07:08,724 --> 00:07:10,551 Can I get that sprayer down here, please? 140 00:07:11,586 --> 00:07:15,000 - Oh, I got it right here. Thank you. - [air hissing] 141 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:17,379 [Carlos] Looking for James' nuggets. 142 00:07:17,379 --> 00:07:19,586 - [laughing] - [Carlos] The gold. 143 00:07:19,586 --> 00:07:22,517 [narrator] Carlos uses the high-pressured hose 144 00:07:22,517 --> 00:07:25,206 to break up the centuries old hardpack 145 00:07:25,206 --> 00:07:30,000 and free the ancient gold locked inside. 146 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:33,379 [Dustin] You know what, like, [bleep] seven years we've been burned, 147 00:07:33,379 --> 00:07:37,724 so we all got that feeling of, like, "Is this actually gonna happen?" 148 00:07:37,724 --> 00:07:41,172 And it still doesn't feel like it. 149 00:07:41,172 --> 00:07:45,000 - Yeah, I know. - [Dustin] Well, let's see how this goes. 150 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:47,172 I know it seems too good to be true. 151 00:07:47,172 --> 00:07:50,448 It might be that we blow this out and... 152 00:07:52,103 --> 00:07:54,275 - [James] Yeah, yeah, yeah! - [Paul] Yeah. 153 00:07:54,275 --> 00:07:57,517 I know there's nuggets left behind because I didn't finish it. 154 00:07:57,517 --> 00:07:59,793 - [Wes] Yeah. - [James] I wanted it so bad. 155 00:07:59,793 --> 00:08:03,000 I'm like, "You know what? I'm gonna let Carlos get some of that glory." 156 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:07,206 - [air hissing] - [Carlos] In this hole, 157 00:08:07,206 --> 00:08:11,586 and I am finding the small gold 158 00:08:13,310 --> 00:08:15,827 in the layer and the hardpack. 159 00:08:15,827 --> 00:08:17,586 [Dustin over radio] Yeah, yeah. 160 00:08:17,586 --> 00:08:19,517 - All right. - [Carlos] Yeah. 161 00:08:19,517 --> 00:08:24,896 - And it seems it's going toward the weir. - [air hissing] 162 00:08:24,896 --> 00:08:26,344 [Dustin] So, it's the weir. 163 00:08:28,689 --> 00:08:30,896 [Carlos] So, I mean, it's going down. 164 00:08:32,172 --> 00:08:33,620 I'm at hardpack. 165 00:08:33,620 --> 00:08:35,551 [Dustin] All right. I like to hear that. 166 00:08:36,793 --> 00:08:39,172 [narrator] Following the deepest part of the bedrock 167 00:08:39,172 --> 00:08:43,172 on the center line, Carlos found an anomaly. 168 00:08:43,172 --> 00:08:47,793 Instead of going up, the creek bed is dropping down 169 00:08:47,793 --> 00:08:50,862 into what could be the perfect nugget catch. 170 00:08:53,275 --> 00:08:55,241 [Dustin] Carlos is finding gold. 171 00:08:57,103 --> 00:08:58,517 Which I love. 172 00:08:58,517 --> 00:09:00,896 He said this bedrock's coming up on the right side, 173 00:09:00,896 --> 00:09:03,655 and it looks like it's going deeper towards the weir. 174 00:09:07,827 --> 00:09:09,034 [Wes] Whoo! 175 00:09:12,689 --> 00:09:16,068 That's the color I wanna see coming across right there. 176 00:09:16,068 --> 00:09:19,344 The red and the black both, that's absolutely what we're looking for. 177 00:09:20,896 --> 00:09:23,344 That's what I call acing nuggets. 178 00:09:31,482 --> 00:09:33,172 [air hissing over radio] 179 00:09:37,517 --> 00:09:40,793 [Wes] We've gotta keep an eye on the blocks on that one rock right there. 180 00:09:40,793 --> 00:09:42,068 [James] I don't like that. 181 00:09:42,068 --> 00:09:43,896 [Wes] Those aren't so bad, but that one, 182 00:09:43,896 --> 00:09:45,655 well, that one's too, but... 183 00:09:47,275 --> 00:09:50,517 He might be able to pull it off the wall and pull it right behind him. 184 00:09:50,517 --> 00:09:52,827 [Paul] The more he comes into the weir, 185 00:09:52,827 --> 00:09:55,413 the steeper the wall gets, the more chance 186 00:09:55,413 --> 00:09:58,896 of some of these rocks falling in on top of him so... 187 00:09:58,896 --> 00:10:01,275 [narrator] Following the nugget-rich center line 188 00:10:01,275 --> 00:10:04,000 is taking Carlos straight into the weir, 189 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:06,379 where towering 12 ft above him 190 00:10:06,379 --> 00:10:11,448 are a thousand boulders that could come crashing down at any time. 191 00:10:13,586 --> 00:10:15,172 [Paul] I come over here periodically, 192 00:10:15,172 --> 00:10:17,000 check 'em, make sure nothing's moving. 193 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:19,896 If they move, I'll get them out of the way. 194 00:10:20,586 --> 00:10:22,586 We do not wanna crush the divers. 195 00:10:26,827 --> 00:10:28,172 [Carlos] Man, that's pretty good. 196 00:10:28,896 --> 00:10:31,241 This is a little bit deeper spot. 197 00:10:33,827 --> 00:10:36,344 Getting a lot of material out, for sure. 198 00:10:40,172 --> 00:10:41,620 It's a crack, man. 199 00:10:41,620 --> 00:10:44,655 It goes underneath the hardpack. 200 00:10:51,896 --> 00:10:54,000 [rocks crumbling] 201 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:55,965 - [Carlos groans] - [James over radio] Carlos, get out of there! 202 00:10:57,000 --> 00:10:58,758 [Carlos grunting] 203 00:11:00,413 --> 00:11:02,689 - [Dustin] What happened? - [James] I don't know. 204 00:11:04,103 --> 00:11:05,586 [Dustin loudly] Come get him. 205 00:11:08,206 --> 00:11:09,793 - [James] You all right? - [Carlos] Yeah. 206 00:11:09,793 --> 00:11:12,206 - [Dustin over radio] Did you get clipped. - [air hissing] 207 00:11:12,206 --> 00:11:13,482 [Carlos] Yeah. Right there. 208 00:11:13,482 --> 00:11:16,206 [Dustin] That was a close one, dude. How big was it? 209 00:11:16,206 --> 00:11:19,172 [Carlos] Uh... [indistinct] ...that big. It just took off my index finger. 210 00:11:19,172 --> 00:11:22,172 - [Dustin] You good? - [Carlos] It's good. It's good. I got this. 211 00:11:24,103 --> 00:11:26,965 [narrator] Despite being hit by falling rocks, 212 00:11:28,517 --> 00:11:33,275 for three hours Carlos fights on, 213 00:11:33,275 --> 00:11:37,068 determined to cash in on their golden hot streak. 214 00:11:41,275 --> 00:11:43,689 [Dustin over radio] What's the story, Carlos? 215 00:11:43,689 --> 00:11:46,275 It's time to double down and check the box, huh? 216 00:11:46,275 --> 00:11:48,310 [Carlos] Yeah, it'd be good time to double down, man, 217 00:11:48,310 --> 00:11:50,206 and check the box. 218 00:11:50,206 --> 00:11:53,068 I'm at bedrock right here. It's just bedrock right here. 219 00:11:57,000 --> 00:11:58,413 [Dustin] I'm just curious. 220 00:11:58,413 --> 00:12:01,482 - Did he get all of it... - [all yelling] 221 00:12:01,482 --> 00:12:02,482 [bleeping] 222 00:12:02,482 --> 00:12:04,482 - [Dustin] They found... - [all clamoring] 223 00:12:04,482 --> 00:12:05,482 [Dustin yells] Hey! 224 00:12:05,482 --> 00:12:07,896 - Oh, my God! Carlos. - [overlapping chatter] 225 00:12:07,896 --> 00:12:09,482 - [bleeping] - [Carlos] I gotta see it. 226 00:12:09,482 --> 00:12:12,103 - I gotta see it! - [cheering in background] 227 00:12:12,103 --> 00:12:13,896 - [Dustin over radio] Oh, my God. - [cheering] 228 00:12:13,896 --> 00:12:15,896 - [all clamoring] - [overlapping chatter] 229 00:12:15,896 --> 00:12:17,275 [Dustin] Let me go show him. 230 00:12:17,275 --> 00:12:19,482 - Oh, my God. - [Carlos speaking indistinctly] 231 00:12:19,482 --> 00:12:21,896 - [Paul] Holy [bleep]! - [Carlos yells] I gotta see it! 232 00:12:21,896 --> 00:12:24,103 [Paul laughing] 233 00:12:24,103 --> 00:12:27,103 [over radio] Carlos, you ain't gonna believe this [bleep]. 234 00:12:27,103 --> 00:12:28,551 You ready for this? 235 00:12:29,275 --> 00:12:31,172 Look what you just found, buddy. 236 00:12:31,172 --> 00:12:34,413 - [Carlos yells] Oh, my God! - [laughter in background] 237 00:12:34,413 --> 00:12:37,275 [Carlos laughing, cheering uncontrollably] 238 00:12:37,275 --> 00:12:40,793 [Dustin] Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay. Don't, don't, don't... 239 00:12:40,793 --> 00:12:43,000 [Wes] Holy [bleep]! 240 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:44,482 Don't lose that [bleep] 241 00:12:46,896 --> 00:12:48,551 [Carlos crying] Oh, my God! 242 00:12:49,931 --> 00:12:52,862 - [man 5] Can you believe that? - [man 6 laughs] 243 00:12:54,379 --> 00:12:57,172 - [Dustin over radio] You found it. - [man 5] Holy [bleep]! 244 00:12:57,172 --> 00:12:59,103 [Dustin] Let's see it. Let's see it. 245 00:12:59,103 --> 00:13:01,344 [Dustin and Carlos] Oh, my God. 246 00:13:02,379 --> 00:13:06,275 - [man 7 laughs] - [Dustin] That ain't no joke right there. 247 00:13:06,275 --> 00:13:08,586 [Paul] That is no [bleep] joke. 248 00:13:08,586 --> 00:13:11,689 - [Wes] Wow! - [Paul] That's the biggest nugget in Gold Rush history. 249 00:13:11,689 --> 00:13:13,275 - [man 8 laughing] - [Wes] Yup. 250 00:13:19,310 --> 00:13:21,482 [all cheering] 251 00:13:21,482 --> 00:13:22,655 [Dustin] Oh, my God! 252 00:13:22,655 --> 00:13:25,862 - Carlos, Carlos. - [Carlos over radio] I gotta see it! 253 00:13:25,862 --> 00:13:27,275 You ready for this? 254 00:13:27,275 --> 00:13:29,689 Look what you just found, buddy. 255 00:13:29,689 --> 00:13:32,482 [Carlos yells] Oh, my God! 256 00:13:32,482 --> 00:13:35,517 [laughing, cheering uncontrollably] 257 00:13:35,517 --> 00:13:36,896 [Dustin] Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay. 258 00:13:36,896 --> 00:13:39,103 [Carlos laughing joyfully] 259 00:13:39,103 --> 00:13:40,896 [narrator] At Nugget Bend, 260 00:13:40,896 --> 00:13:43,689 Carlos has just uncovered a nugget 261 00:13:43,689 --> 00:13:47,344 that could change the course of their lives. 262 00:13:48,620 --> 00:13:51,689 - [Dustin] Look at that big piece of gold. - [Carlos] Wow! 263 00:13:51,689 --> 00:13:53,379 [Dustin] That's at least four ounces, man. 264 00:13:53,379 --> 00:13:55,862 That's the four ounce nugget we're all looking for! 265 00:13:55,862 --> 00:13:58,275 - [all] Yeah! - [Paul] No, that's bigger than four ounces. 266 00:13:58,275 --> 00:14:01,482 That's the biggest nugget in Gold Rush history right there. 267 00:14:01,482 --> 00:14:05,482 Now, we were talking about, like, a $2,000 nugget, 268 00:14:05,482 --> 00:14:09,586 - that's about a $15,000 or $20,000 nugget. - [man 9] Yeah, dude. 269 00:14:09,586 --> 00:14:11,586 [Dustin] That's gonna be a hard one to beat, man. 270 00:14:11,586 --> 00:14:14,896 - [Wes] Yeah. - [James] Damn it, it's got clay on it, doesn't it? 271 00:14:14,896 --> 00:14:16,103 [Wes] Yeah, it still does. 272 00:14:16,103 --> 00:14:17,862 - Oh, my. - [Wes] Oh, my. 273 00:14:17,862 --> 00:14:20,172 [James] Nugget Bend, man, it's owned its name. 274 00:14:20,172 --> 00:14:22,172 - This is real, real. - [man 10] Yeah. 275 00:14:22,172 --> 00:14:24,275 - This is happening for us. - [man 10] This is happening. 276 00:14:24,275 --> 00:14:26,620 - [Wes] Oh, my God. I mean... Yeah. - [Dustin] About damn time. 277 00:14:26,620 --> 00:14:28,896 [Carlos laughing] 278 00:14:28,896 --> 00:14:32,275 Holy stinkin' moly, man. 279 00:14:32,275 --> 00:14:34,241 You see the size of that nugget? 280 00:14:43,379 --> 00:14:45,241 [shakily] I wish Fred was here to see that. 281 00:14:45,931 --> 00:14:47,241 I literally do. 282 00:14:48,586 --> 00:14:51,793 Amen. Amen. Amen. 283 00:14:51,793 --> 00:14:53,551 Double amen. 284 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:56,551 Ah, wow. 285 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:03,241 Good livin's comin' from here on out. 286 00:15:04,689 --> 00:15:06,275 [Paul] Got too excited with that big one, 287 00:15:06,275 --> 00:15:07,862 forgot about all the babies, huh? 288 00:15:07,862 --> 00:15:11,275 - [Wes] Yup. It's gonna be a good cleanup. - [Paul] Should be. 289 00:15:12,517 --> 00:15:14,068 - [Paul] Oh, yeah. - [Wes] Yeah. 290 00:15:14,068 --> 00:15:15,862 [Paul] Oh, yeah, dude. 291 00:15:20,689 --> 00:15:22,172 We lost Fred. 292 00:15:23,758 --> 00:15:25,310 He's the one that got us all here, 293 00:15:25,310 --> 00:15:28,896 - but he's still here with us. He's helping us out. - [exhales heavily] 294 00:15:28,896 --> 00:15:31,241 I know he'd be so proud right now, so... 295 00:15:32,275 --> 00:15:35,689 This is definitely the high that we needed today. 296 00:15:35,689 --> 00:15:38,310 [Dustin] We spent seven, eight years just killing ourselves. 297 00:15:38,310 --> 00:15:42,482 And now, we got this badass nugget that just... 298 00:15:42,482 --> 00:15:44,517 Kinda like a trophy. 299 00:15:44,517 --> 00:15:47,793 We stuck it out. We put in the effort. 300 00:15:47,793 --> 00:15:49,931 We finally figured out where the right place 301 00:15:49,931 --> 00:15:51,793 and the right technique to get down here. 302 00:15:51,793 --> 00:15:53,310 We got this. 303 00:15:53,310 --> 00:15:55,551 Now, let's do great. 304 00:15:56,689 --> 00:16:00,241 [Carlos] Hell yeah. We freaking did it. 305 00:16:06,862 --> 00:16:09,103 Hell yeah, fellas. Not a bad haul. 306 00:16:09,103 --> 00:16:10,206 Not at all. 307 00:16:10,206 --> 00:16:12,103 [narrator] After nearly a decade of mining 308 00:16:12,103 --> 00:16:14,103 in the harshest environments, 309 00:16:14,103 --> 00:16:16,758 Carlos' discovery is proof 310 00:16:16,758 --> 00:16:19,655 there's ancient gold here for the taking. 311 00:16:20,931 --> 00:16:24,275 [Dustin] Good job, everybody. Way to stick it out. 312 00:16:24,275 --> 00:16:27,310 They say that, uh, definition of a winner 313 00:16:27,310 --> 00:16:30,586 is someone that didn't let losing stop them. 314 00:16:30,586 --> 00:16:32,517 - [Wes] Yup. - And, uh... 315 00:16:32,517 --> 00:16:34,206 - [Paul] Like that. - ...we've lost a lot. 316 00:16:34,206 --> 00:16:36,103 - [Wes laughs] Yeah, we have. - [laughing] 317 00:16:36,103 --> 00:16:38,689 - [Paul] Not giving up. - It's about damn time. 318 00:16:38,689 --> 00:16:40,862 Set that baby on there and let's see what it weighs. 319 00:16:41,793 --> 00:16:43,103 [Dustin] Moment of truth. 320 00:16:43,103 --> 00:16:45,551 [Wes] Dun-dun-dun-dun dun-dun-dun. 321 00:16:47,896 --> 00:16:49,689 - [Dustin] Wow. - [Paul] 5.8. 322 00:16:49,689 --> 00:16:52,758 - [Carlos] Yeah! - [Wes] Dude, that's freaking... Man! 323 00:16:52,758 --> 00:16:54,896 - [Carlos laughing] - [Wes] Wow. Almost six ounces. 324 00:16:54,896 --> 00:16:56,172 [Carlos] Hell yeah! 325 00:16:56,172 --> 00:16:58,965 That might be $20,000, guaranteed. 326 00:16:59,793 --> 00:17:02,068 For a specimen like that? 327 00:17:02,068 --> 00:17:04,793 - Yeah. - [Wes] No, you don't get gold like that for a gold price. 328 00:17:04,793 --> 00:17:06,482 - That [bleep]'s gonna be almost double. - Wow. 329 00:17:06,482 --> 00:17:08,275 [narrator] A nugget this big 330 00:17:08,275 --> 00:17:11,482 is worth far more than its weight in gold, 331 00:17:11,482 --> 00:17:13,275 and could be just the beginning 332 00:17:13,275 --> 00:17:15,586 of what Nugget Creek has to offer. 333 00:17:17,275 --> 00:17:19,310 Well, I went completely broke last year, 334 00:17:19,310 --> 00:17:21,068 so this is a great start. 335 00:17:21,068 --> 00:17:22,413 - It's a great start, isn't it? - Yeah, it is. 336 00:17:22,413 --> 00:17:27,862 That one nugget is more gold than we did at our site last year. 337 00:17:27,862 --> 00:17:29,689 [Wes] There's no way there's only one nugget like that 338 00:17:29,689 --> 00:17:31,103 - in that whole freaking creek. - [Paul] No. 339 00:17:31,103 --> 00:17:34,620 The whole deal is there were stories up until today. 340 00:17:34,620 --> 00:17:37,000 - [Paul] Yeah. - But it's reality for us now that 341 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:39,482 - there are big nuggets in this creek. - [Paul] Yeah. 342 00:17:39,482 --> 00:17:41,896 I absolutely guarantee it. 343 00:17:41,896 --> 00:17:44,551 - I couldn't say that before. - That's true. 344 00:17:45,275 --> 00:17:47,517 Well, soak it up. 345 00:17:47,517 --> 00:17:49,689 - We earned it. - [James and Wes] Yup. 346 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:53,275 I've gone bankrupt twice, almost, 347 00:17:53,275 --> 00:17:55,586 trying to do this [bleep]. 348 00:17:55,586 --> 00:17:57,931 It's finally gonna pay for itself the right way. 349 00:17:57,931 --> 00:18:02,379 We're at the very beginning. The first 200 ft of the claim. 350 00:18:02,379 --> 00:18:03,896 I got a mile to go. 351 00:18:03,896 --> 00:18:06,379 - [clanking] - [Dustin] This is it. We found it. 352 00:18:06,379 --> 00:18:07,793 We have arrived. 353 00:18:07,793 --> 00:18:09,586 I live for this [bleep]. 354 00:18:10,275 --> 00:18:12,000 [narrator] Up ahead... 355 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:14,620 [Carlos laughing] Oh, holy [bleep], man. 356 00:18:14,620 --> 00:18:15,931 He's flanked by rock. 357 00:18:15,931 --> 00:18:18,172 - [thudding] - [man 11] Hey, hey! 358 00:18:18,172 --> 00:18:20,103 - [James] Everything above it. - [Carlos speaks indistinctly] 359 00:18:20,103 --> 00:18:22,000 [Dustin] Watch it. Watch it. Watch it. Watch it. Watch it. 360 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:23,482 [Carlos repeatedly] Watch, watch, watch, watch, watch! 361 00:18:23,482 --> 00:18:25,034 He would've been dead! 362 00:18:36,896 --> 00:18:38,344 Today, I'll be getting in the water. 363 00:18:38,344 --> 00:18:41,551 Hopefully, I can get back down to where Carlos was at. 364 00:18:41,551 --> 00:18:43,241 Clean up that bedrock wall, 365 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. 366 00:18:46,551 --> 00:18:48,172 [narrator] At Nugget Camp, 367 00:18:48,172 --> 00:18:51,586 on the heels of their biggest gold find ever, 368 00:18:51,586 --> 00:18:55,862 expectations for another record-breaking day are high. 369 00:18:57,172 --> 00:18:59,000 [Paul] We are on the gold line right now. 370 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:01,551 We keep following it and, uh, 371 00:19:01,551 --> 00:19:03,551 get as much gold as we possibly can. 372 00:19:05,275 --> 00:19:08,034 I have a good feeling about the dive, dude. 373 00:19:08,034 --> 00:19:09,379 We'll see gold. 374 00:19:09,379 --> 00:19:11,034 We'll see lots of it today. 375 00:19:11,034 --> 00:19:12,379 [James] It should be something. 376 00:19:12,379 --> 00:19:13,862 [Paul] We'll get so much done today. 377 00:19:13,862 --> 00:19:15,344 [man 12] We're gonna get a lot done. 378 00:19:15,344 --> 00:19:17,551 [Carlos] Whoo... [indistinct] 379 00:19:24,655 --> 00:19:26,137 Hey, Paul? 380 00:19:26,137 --> 00:19:27,103 [Paul] Yeah? 381 00:19:27,103 --> 00:19:29,000 You got a couple solids on the bottom, 382 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:31,965 but everything on top is getting dangerous, man. 383 00:19:31,965 --> 00:19:33,241 [Paul] Yeah. 384 00:19:33,241 --> 00:19:35,689 So, I'll work all this, we'll do some box checks, 385 00:19:35,689 --> 00:19:37,344 and then I'll go over to the weir. 386 00:19:37,344 --> 00:19:40,862 [narrator] The promise of more giant nuggets 387 00:19:40,862 --> 00:19:44,137 means Paul is ready to put his life in danger 388 00:19:45,137 --> 00:19:49,000 as he follows the center line up creek, 389 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:53,793 undermining the weir, that could trigger a fatal rock fall. 390 00:19:53,793 --> 00:19:55,620 [indistinct scream] 391 00:19:57,000 --> 00:19:58,724 [Carlos] All this undercut. 392 00:20:00,241 --> 00:20:04,655 All this comes down, those rocks are coming down right here. 393 00:20:05,482 --> 00:20:07,172 This is where the diver's at. 394 00:20:13,137 --> 00:20:16,379 It's always been one of my biggest fears, is being trapped underwater. 395 00:20:16,379 --> 00:20:20,275 So, if I end up undercutting it too much, 396 00:20:20,275 --> 00:20:23,172 that'll be my permanent home. I don't wanna do that. 397 00:20:23,172 --> 00:20:24,482 [Dustin] Something lands on you, 398 00:20:24,482 --> 00:20:26,758 - grab your mask and keep it on. - Yeah. 399 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:31,448 - If that don't... [indistinct] ...knock me out. - If you can keep your mask on, 400 00:20:31,448 --> 00:20:33,344 - we can get you out. - Yeah. 401 00:20:34,172 --> 00:20:35,793 [Dustin] I'll be right there. 402 00:20:35,793 --> 00:20:37,172 Be certain of it. 403 00:20:43,448 --> 00:20:46,000 - [over radio] You tight? - [Paul over radio] Nope, that feels good. 404 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:48,379 All right, brother. Good luck, man. 405 00:20:48,379 --> 00:20:49,931 [over radio] Sense that six ounce! 406 00:20:49,931 --> 00:20:52,793 [Paul] I know, you set the bar high. I got my work ahead of me now. 407 00:20:52,793 --> 00:20:55,379 [Dustin over radio] All right, man. Let's find some more nugs, huh? 408 00:20:55,379 --> 00:20:56,655 [Paul] Oh, yeah. 409 00:20:59,655 --> 00:21:03,000 All righty. Where's the hole at? 410 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:05,344 [air hisses] All right, here we go. 411 00:21:10,379 --> 00:21:12,241 Little bit of overburden down here, but... 412 00:21:13,482 --> 00:21:15,862 - [Dustin] It'll go back. - [Paul] Yeah, I think so. 413 00:21:19,103 --> 00:21:21,655 [Dustin] Need you to think about big nuggets. 414 00:21:21,655 --> 00:21:23,862 If you get that image in your head, baby, 415 00:21:23,862 --> 00:21:26,379 maybe you'd be, you know, direct into it. 416 00:21:26,379 --> 00:21:28,482 [Paul] All right. 417 00:21:28,482 --> 00:21:31,344 I've got a vision of a big black nugget. 418 00:21:35,482 --> 00:21:37,241 [Dustin] James, is that bedrock right there? 419 00:21:38,586 --> 00:21:40,103 - [James] Right here? - Yeah. 420 00:21:40,896 --> 00:21:42,862 - [James] It sure is. - That is. 421 00:21:42,862 --> 00:21:43,965 - [Dustin] Paul. - [Paul over radio] Yeah? 422 00:21:43,965 --> 00:21:46,551 That bedrock comes straight up this wall. 423 00:21:46,551 --> 00:21:48,758 - Right up. - [Paul] Really? That's a waterfall. 424 00:21:48,758 --> 00:21:51,758 [Dustin] This is a little waterfall and that's the bottom of it right there. 425 00:21:51,758 --> 00:21:54,586 - [Paul] So this is a big boulder? - Yes, that's what's going on. 426 00:21:54,586 --> 00:21:57,931 - [Paul] I think we'll really get gold catch. Whole nuggets. - [Dustin] Yeah? 427 00:21:59,482 --> 00:22:02,586 [narrator] Every gold diver dreams of a plunge pool 428 00:22:02,586 --> 00:22:04,551 beneath an ancient waterfall. 429 00:22:05,862 --> 00:22:07,206 [Dustin] Hope it goes down deep. 430 00:22:09,448 --> 00:22:10,827 And spotted with gold. 431 00:22:12,896 --> 00:22:14,034 [Dustin] Yeah. 432 00:22:14,034 --> 00:22:16,793 Paul, this is all wanting to slide right now. 433 00:22:16,793 --> 00:22:19,103 - [Paul] Copy that. - It's moving by itself. 434 00:22:19,103 --> 00:22:20,896 - And it's getting dangerous. - All right. 435 00:22:20,896 --> 00:22:22,172 [Dustin] Paul, just so you know, 436 00:22:22,172 --> 00:22:24,965 Carlos is going to be permanently on your line right now. 437 00:22:24,965 --> 00:22:27,931 - [Paul] Copy that. - [Carlos] Got real, bro. It got real. 438 00:22:28,275 --> 00:22:29,413 You know. 439 00:22:30,034 --> 00:22:31,896 Things got crazy... 440 00:22:31,896 --> 00:22:35,275 when you had to put a tender on a diver's hose. 441 00:22:35,275 --> 00:22:40,689 So when something happens, in an instant, I have to pull the diver back. 442 00:22:40,689 --> 00:22:42,551 [Paul breathing through apparatus] 443 00:22:46,758 --> 00:22:49,000 [Carlos laughs] Holy [bleep], man. 444 00:22:49,793 --> 00:22:51,172 He's flanked by rocks. 445 00:22:54,172 --> 00:22:55,068 [Dustin] Go! Go! 446 00:22:57,793 --> 00:22:58,827 [Paul] Damn it. 447 00:22:59,689 --> 00:23:01,758 [Dustin] Stand back for a second. Hold on. 448 00:23:01,758 --> 00:23:04,034 It's being undermined. Let it settle for a second. 449 00:23:07,896 --> 00:23:09,068 - All right. - [Carlos] He's good to go? 450 00:23:09,068 --> 00:23:10,758 - [Dustin] We're good to go. - [Carlos] [bleep] yeah. 451 00:23:16,655 --> 00:23:19,172 [Paul] I'm on the bedrock wall, but... 452 00:23:19,172 --> 00:23:20,931 I might almost be at the bottom. 453 00:23:23,241 --> 00:23:25,862 [Carlos] He's exactly on that bedrock on that slope. 454 00:23:25,862 --> 00:23:28,275 - Oh, is he? - That's where I was at. 455 00:23:28,275 --> 00:23:30,448 That's where you were getting the nuggs? 456 00:23:30,448 --> 00:23:32,655 [Carlos] That's exactly where I left off at. 457 00:23:37,275 --> 00:23:40,655 [Dustin] Hey, Paul, whatever that is, it looks good in the box. 458 00:23:40,655 --> 00:23:42,758 [Wes] That's the color we're looking for right there. 459 00:23:42,758 --> 00:23:44,862 The next color after that is jet black. 460 00:23:44,862 --> 00:23:47,965 So when we get this red and jet black, there's always gold in it. 461 00:23:48,793 --> 00:23:50,551 Come on, Paul. You can do it, baby. 462 00:23:51,172 --> 00:23:53,000 You can do it, Paul. 463 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:55,379 [Dustin] Yeah, man. That was the first good material 464 00:23:55,379 --> 00:23:57,482 you look like you put across the box so far. 465 00:23:57,482 --> 00:23:59,586 - [Paul] I've had it. - [Dustin] Do we look at the box? 466 00:23:59,586 --> 00:24:01,241 - [Paul] Go for it. - [Dustin] Double it down. 467 00:24:04,896 --> 00:24:06,413 [Wes] Yeah, there's a piece right there. 468 00:24:07,344 --> 00:24:09,689 Yep. Yep, yep, yep. 469 00:24:09,689 --> 00:24:11,965 [Dustin] You got a few pieces for sure. 470 00:24:11,965 --> 00:24:14,241 They're just underneath the screen right now. 471 00:24:14,241 --> 00:24:16,172 We gonna keep adding. Just keep adding. 472 00:24:16,172 --> 00:24:17,482 Do this, come back up. 473 00:24:17,482 --> 00:24:19,275 - [Paul] Copy that. - You're on it. 474 00:24:19,275 --> 00:24:21,241 [Carlos] You're on again. That's it. 475 00:24:21,793 --> 00:24:23,689 Come on, man. 476 00:24:23,689 --> 00:24:27,000 - Seven ounce nugget. - [Dustin] Holy [bleep]. 477 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:28,310 What are you doing? 478 00:24:28,896 --> 00:24:29,965 Wow. 479 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:32,275 That's a weird color. 480 00:24:32,275 --> 00:24:35,482 - It's root beer. Red root beer. - [Wes] Look at that. 481 00:24:35,482 --> 00:24:37,034 [Dustin] Whatever you're doing, just keep doing that. 482 00:24:37,034 --> 00:24:40,586 - [Paul] Copy that. - Here's the black. Look at the black. 483 00:24:40,586 --> 00:24:42,689 - The black-- - [James] Holy [bleep]. There it is. 484 00:24:42,689 --> 00:24:45,448 - [James] Black. - [Wes] Look at that [bleep]. 485 00:24:45,448 --> 00:24:48,034 Black gold. Check to see. 486 00:24:48,034 --> 00:24:49,758 [Dustin] Watch it, watch it, watch it, watch it, watch it. 487 00:24:49,758 --> 00:24:52,137 [Carlos] Watch, watch, watch, watch, watch, watch, watch... 488 00:24:52,793 --> 00:24:54,482 [Paul] You gotta be kidding me. 489 00:24:54,482 --> 00:24:56,655 [Dustin] Sorry. You gotta back up, back up, back up, 490 00:24:56,655 --> 00:24:59,137 back up, back up. That wall's coming down on you. 491 00:24:59,137 --> 00:25:01,172 Just as he's getting on to something. 492 00:25:01,655 --> 00:25:03,379 Finally, right? 493 00:25:03,379 --> 00:25:06,275 [Paul] All right. Back at it. 494 00:25:06,275 --> 00:25:09,896 [Dustin] Come on, Paul. Get me some gold. Get me some gold. 495 00:25:09,896 --> 00:25:13,655 [Carlos] Hey, Paul. Hey, Paul. The whole thing's gonna go, dude. 496 00:25:13,655 --> 00:25:15,448 That big boulder, man, it's starting to come down. 497 00:25:15,448 --> 00:25:18,034 [speaking indistinctly] Paul, Paul, Paul, come on. 498 00:25:19,275 --> 00:25:20,965 [Paul] [bleep]. 499 00:25:20,965 --> 00:25:22,758 [James] It's gonna [bleep] fall in, man. 500 00:25:25,482 --> 00:25:27,896 It's just getting more and more dangerous. 501 00:25:27,896 --> 00:25:29,379 [Dustin] This is about to get out of hand. 502 00:25:29,379 --> 00:25:32,034 I gotta pull him out. [bleep] 503 00:25:32,034 --> 00:25:34,448 If they're gonna fall on your head, it'll crush you like a damn bug. 504 00:25:35,896 --> 00:25:39,068 Another three feet in there I can't see. 505 00:25:39,068 --> 00:25:42,448 It's just too fast. It'll be on you. We'll just go, oh, [bleep]. 506 00:25:42,448 --> 00:25:44,551 [Paul] This is just freakin' freaking me out. 507 00:25:44,551 --> 00:25:46,862 [Dustin] Let's double down. Let's get the nozzle out. 508 00:25:51,482 --> 00:25:53,000 [Carlos] Yeah, man. 509 00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:54,724 That thing's coming down right there, dude. 510 00:25:56,862 --> 00:25:58,862 [narrator] They know the gold is here. 511 00:25:58,862 --> 00:26:00,793 But it's just out of reach. 512 00:26:00,793 --> 00:26:03,172 Less than two hours in, 513 00:26:03,172 --> 00:26:05,758 Dustin won't let Paul push any further. 514 00:26:11,448 --> 00:26:12,758 [James] At least there's two pickers. 515 00:26:18,482 --> 00:26:19,724 [Dustin] You didn't see much? 516 00:26:20,448 --> 00:26:22,482 - Anything? - [Wes] Nah-uh. 517 00:26:22,482 --> 00:26:26,172 Two little pieces. What a waste of a [bleep] dive. 518 00:26:26,172 --> 00:26:27,724 [Paul] I didn't get a chance to do anything. 519 00:26:28,137 --> 00:26:29,551 [bleep] frustrating... 520 00:26:30,586 --> 00:26:33,000 to get pulled out every five [bleep] minutes. 521 00:26:35,137 --> 00:26:36,965 I guess they seeing a rock move, but... 522 00:26:40,241 --> 00:26:41,344 It's [bleep] annoying. 523 00:26:47,379 --> 00:26:49,103 [Dustin] He's upset that we pulled him. 524 00:26:49,103 --> 00:26:52,448 But, better than getting squashed. 525 00:26:52,448 --> 00:26:55,379 It's that black rock up there. It looked like it sagged a little bit 526 00:26:55,379 --> 00:26:56,793 to that whole wall. 527 00:26:56,793 --> 00:26:59,413 - [Paul] That might be one we can knock in the morning. - Yeah. 528 00:27:00,586 --> 00:27:03,172 Make it, uh, safe for James. 529 00:27:03,793 --> 00:27:05,172 I don't wanna dive in that. 530 00:27:06,793 --> 00:27:09,241 [bleep] kidding me? That [bleep] unstable. 531 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:13,758 Are we that stupid or what the [bleep] going on? 532 00:27:15,172 --> 00:27:17,241 - Try not to get so frustrated. - [Paul] Yeah. 533 00:27:17,241 --> 00:27:19,793 You get upset with something and you gonna get yourself killed. 534 00:27:19,793 --> 00:27:22,068 And you'll be like, "Oh, that's what they were bitching about." 535 00:27:23,034 --> 00:27:25,448 - And here we go. - [Paul laughs] Holy [bleep]. 536 00:27:26,896 --> 00:27:29,137 [Dustin] That would have killed you. 537 00:27:29,137 --> 00:27:31,482 That would have got your legs. You legs were up. Your legs were there. 538 00:27:31,482 --> 00:27:34,586 [Dustin] Yeah. We'd be trying to pull it off your [bleep] legs right now. 539 00:27:34,586 --> 00:27:36,482 [narrator] A half ton widow maker 540 00:27:36,482 --> 00:27:41,137 just dropped under the spot right where Paul was diving. 541 00:27:41,137 --> 00:27:43,482 [Dustin] I'd rather you be mad than [bleep] dead or pinned. 542 00:27:43,482 --> 00:27:44,793 - [Paul] I get it. - [Dustin] Go ahead and get mad. 543 00:27:44,793 --> 00:27:46,896 [Carlos] Yeah, man. You would have been peg legged, dude. 544 00:27:46,896 --> 00:27:50,551 [Dustin laughs] That was like some, wild ass timing right there. 545 00:27:50,551 --> 00:27:52,586 That ain't no lie. 546 00:27:52,586 --> 00:27:54,896 You could have kept dredging and that would have happened. 547 00:27:54,896 --> 00:27:56,310 He would have been dead. 548 00:27:57,172 --> 00:27:58,862 And now they're laughing about it. 549 00:28:04,275 --> 00:28:05,758 [Dustin] Is that rock on top of this? 550 00:28:05,758 --> 00:28:07,689 - [Paul] Oh, I bet you that rock-- - That rock was on top of it. 551 00:28:07,689 --> 00:28:09,758 - [Paul] That rock's on top of it. - All right. 552 00:28:09,758 --> 00:28:12,862 Great call, guys. Great call. 553 00:28:12,862 --> 00:28:15,034 He'd have been on the end of that [bleep] nozzle, 554 00:28:15,034 --> 00:28:17,758 right there pinned, and we'd have been trying to get him out. 555 00:28:23,793 --> 00:28:25,172 [Paul] I never saw that danger. 556 00:28:25,793 --> 00:28:27,103 Not once. 557 00:28:27,103 --> 00:28:29,068 You guys had my back. I appreciate that. 558 00:28:29,068 --> 00:28:32,137 - You saved my life, dude. - Oh, dude. Oh, man. 559 00:28:32,137 --> 00:28:34,000 - That's... That's us. - [Dustin] Yeah. 560 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. 561 00:28:38,586 --> 00:28:41,068 We're just... We're one big family here, so... 562 00:28:42,965 --> 00:28:46,379 Credit to those guys. They saved my life. 563 00:28:46,379 --> 00:28:50,965 [narrator] White water gold mining is like a game of high-stakes poker. 564 00:28:50,965 --> 00:28:56,689 The chance of life-changing gold could cost you everything. 565 00:28:56,689 --> 00:28:58,724 [James] I ain't diving in that hole tomorrow. 566 00:29:00,103 --> 00:29:02,862 [bleep] no. He could fire me. 567 00:29:16,586 --> 00:29:18,586 [James] It's my turn in the rotation to dive. 568 00:29:18,586 --> 00:29:22,103 And, I did not sleep at all last night. 569 00:29:22,103 --> 00:29:24,103 I knew that rock was gonna come down. 570 00:29:24,103 --> 00:29:26,689 I'd just seen it. I had visions of it. 571 00:29:26,689 --> 00:29:28,344 Visions of it being the worst day... 572 00:29:29,689 --> 00:29:31,689 of him getting crushed and we can't get him out. 573 00:29:31,689 --> 00:29:34,172 Broken ribs, smashed head. 574 00:29:34,172 --> 00:29:35,862 That was all going through my mind. 575 00:29:37,862 --> 00:29:39,862 I just don't want to die. 576 00:29:42,482 --> 00:29:43,620 Is the gold worth it? 577 00:29:49,482 --> 00:29:51,896 [narrator] Dustin and his crew have proven 578 00:29:51,896 --> 00:29:55,344 there's life-changing gold in Nugget Creek. 579 00:29:55,344 --> 00:29:59,137 But to get to it, they'll have to put their lives on the line. 580 00:30:13,896 --> 00:30:17,413 We got to a place where we can no longer be safe and dive. 581 00:30:18,103 --> 00:30:19,689 The guys are scared. 582 00:30:19,689 --> 00:30:21,517 They should be. Paul almost died. 583 00:30:22,137 --> 00:30:23,551 Well... 584 00:30:23,551 --> 00:30:27,448 now I'm filling in the hole that we've been digging for days. 585 00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:30,310 This sucks. 586 00:30:31,965 --> 00:30:34,068 [narrator] To move forward at nugget bend 587 00:30:34,068 --> 00:30:37,586 and clean out every ounce of gold from the plunge pool 588 00:30:37,586 --> 00:30:40,758 Dustin and his crew must take a major step back. 589 00:30:42,379 --> 00:30:45,379 [Carlos] Hole's getting filled in. Hell lot of work. 590 00:30:45,379 --> 00:30:47,586 Start, start, start again. 591 00:30:47,586 --> 00:30:50,758 But the upside... It's safer. 592 00:30:58,482 --> 00:31:01,034 [man 1 exclaiming] 593 00:31:02,379 --> 00:31:06,000 That sound is the scariest sound in the world. 594 00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:09,586 Especially, when the diver's at the receiving end. 595 00:31:09,586 --> 00:31:11,758 My job is to keep everybody safe here. 596 00:31:12,448 --> 00:31:15,379 I'm not the safety guy. 597 00:31:15,379 --> 00:31:18,965 [bleep], I've become the safety guy. Oh, my God, I've become the safety guy. 598 00:31:20,241 --> 00:31:22,551 How the hell did I become the safety guy? 599 00:31:25,241 --> 00:31:28,344 I gotta keep these guys alive. That's all there is to it. 600 00:31:30,241 --> 00:31:32,241 [Paul] We'll anchor this one back to that. 601 00:31:32,241 --> 00:31:34,172 - To that chain? - We'll tie that one off. 602 00:31:34,172 --> 00:31:36,172 - Maybe tie that one off. - [Wes] That one? 603 00:31:36,172 --> 00:31:39,689 We'll anchor this one back and then that big one down there, 604 00:31:39,689 --> 00:31:41,310 we'll anchor it back as well. 605 00:31:43,586 --> 00:31:46,275 We're gonna start pulling all those boulders back downstream, 606 00:31:46,275 --> 00:31:49,586 so, we can get a diver in and get back on the gold. 607 00:31:49,586 --> 00:31:51,862 Dude, we can put the basket there and drop them right in. 608 00:31:53,482 --> 00:31:54,620 [Wes] There you go. 609 00:31:56,689 --> 00:31:57,862 [Carlos] Woo-hoo. 610 00:31:58,965 --> 00:32:00,448 Friggin' send it. 611 00:32:05,448 --> 00:32:07,965 - [Carlos] I love it, dude. - [James] That thing's badass. 612 00:32:17,655 --> 00:32:19,275 Run another cable here, 613 00:32:19,275 --> 00:32:22,379 up over that way, makes the perfect Y. 614 00:32:22,379 --> 00:32:25,758 Should hold this rock in place and all this will stay right there. 615 00:32:27,586 --> 00:32:29,551 Better to be too safe than not safe. 616 00:32:30,862 --> 00:32:32,379 What do you think, James? 617 00:32:32,379 --> 00:32:35,379 - That one is not a big risk but... - [James] Nope. 618 00:32:35,379 --> 00:32:37,655 ...these three are all tagged up. 619 00:32:39,689 --> 00:32:41,827 All right. Well, I'll get suited up. 620 00:32:43,793 --> 00:32:47,275 If gets in there, he can get to the bottom where I was at yesterday. 621 00:32:47,275 --> 00:32:49,482 - [Carlos] We gotta remember it's gonna rain tonight... - [Paul] Yup. 622 00:32:49,482 --> 00:32:52,758 - ...so, we have no idea what to expect tomorrow. - [Paul] That's true. 623 00:32:52,758 --> 00:32:56,172 This might be the only chance we get for that thing. 624 00:32:56,172 --> 00:33:01,068 Now that it's mitigated, boulder's all tethered up, I feel safe. 625 00:33:01,068 --> 00:33:04,620 That six ounce nugget is stirring up gold fever for everybody. 626 00:33:05,896 --> 00:33:08,620 We can't leave the hole without finishing it. 627 00:33:14,379 --> 00:33:16,379 [Dustin over radio] I need to do this by the numbers. 628 00:33:16,379 --> 00:33:19,034 I need you to do yardage. 629 00:33:19,034 --> 00:33:21,344 Get the yardage out of there, make sure it's clean. 630 00:33:21,344 --> 00:33:25,000 Slick it, slick it, slick it and when we run out we run out, all right? 631 00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:26,551 [James over radio] Okay, copy that. Yup. 632 00:33:26,551 --> 00:33:28,241 [Dustin] I appreciate you going in. 633 00:33:28,241 --> 00:33:30,172 [Carlos over radio] All right, James, you're good to go, amigo. 634 00:33:35,793 --> 00:33:38,034 - [Dustin] How is your vis? - [James] It's about a foot. 635 00:33:38,034 --> 00:33:40,034 - Foot-and-a-half. - [Dustin] All right. 636 00:33:44,896 --> 00:33:46,896 [narrator] Top get back to the pay layer 637 00:33:46,896 --> 00:33:49,137 that held the six ounce nugget 638 00:33:49,137 --> 00:33:52,448 James must first remove all the material 639 00:33:52,448 --> 00:33:54,551 they washed into their hole. 640 00:33:58,379 --> 00:34:02,103 Also, don't forget, you're gonna have a giant black rock down there. 641 00:34:02,103 --> 00:34:05,379 - That's the rock that almost got him. - [James] Oh, man. 642 00:34:05,379 --> 00:34:06,758 [Dustin] That's your rock, Paul. 643 00:34:07,758 --> 00:34:10,103 [James] Oh, yeah. The rock's pretty big. 644 00:34:11,275 --> 00:34:13,103 I can't even get my arms all the way around 'em. 645 00:34:13,103 --> 00:34:14,206 [Carlos] What are you thinking? 646 00:34:14,206 --> 00:34:16,620 - [James] How about a choker? - [Carlos] Choker? 647 00:34:17,896 --> 00:34:19,068 [James] Yeah! 648 00:34:28,689 --> 00:34:30,344 [Carlos] Good wrap, James. Good wrap. 649 00:34:30,689 --> 00:34:32,586 Holy [bleep]. 650 00:34:32,586 --> 00:34:34,862 [Carlos] Holy moly, Paul. That's yours. 651 00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:37,862 [Paul] I'll get it right here to the shore. 652 00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:41,413 - Oh, my God. - [Carlos] Holy moly. 653 00:34:42,103 --> 00:34:44,448 Holy [bleep]. 654 00:34:48,275 --> 00:34:49,862 That's half my body. 655 00:34:51,586 --> 00:34:53,655 - [Dustin] Wow! - That is half of my body. 656 00:34:53,655 --> 00:34:55,241 [Dustin] Hey, man, that would've hurt, I ain't gonna lie. 657 00:34:55,241 --> 00:34:57,000 - [Paul] Yeah. - I don't think he would've felt it, man. 658 00:34:57,000 --> 00:34:59,000 That would've had me from head to [bleep] tail. 659 00:35:07,379 --> 00:35:09,793 [Dustin] Hey, you remember the rock that almost killed you? 660 00:35:09,793 --> 00:35:11,758 - Yeah. - [Dustin] This is it. 661 00:35:11,758 --> 00:35:16,551 [narrator] At nugget bend Paul comes face-to-face with the widow-maker 662 00:35:16,551 --> 00:35:18,482 that nearly ended his life. 663 00:35:18,482 --> 00:35:19,586 [Carlos] That's the goddamn meteorite 664 00:35:19,586 --> 00:35:21,448 - that killed the dinosaurs, bro. - [Paul] Yup. 665 00:35:22,482 --> 00:35:25,000 That would've ended my life. 666 00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:27,448 I would still be in the bottom of that hole. 667 00:35:27,448 --> 00:35:29,655 There would be a body recovery going on. 668 00:35:31,689 --> 00:35:33,551 Holy [bleep]. 669 00:35:42,758 --> 00:35:47,965 [James] So, I need dredge a little bit right here till I find that wall. 670 00:35:49,068 --> 00:35:51,689 [narrator] Over five hours into his dive 671 00:35:51,689 --> 00:35:55,551 James is still searching for more of the six ounce nuggets 672 00:35:55,551 --> 00:35:58,862 that nugget creek has proven to hold. 673 00:36:00,068 --> 00:36:01,896 Let's find the bottom of that bedrock wall. 674 00:36:01,896 --> 00:36:05,172 It already warmed up today and that water's gonna come up again, 675 00:36:05,172 --> 00:36:08,896 and then that [bleep] wall's gonna start caving in again. 676 00:36:08,896 --> 00:36:12,103 Let's get... let's get everything we can get done today. 677 00:36:13,586 --> 00:36:16,000 [James] Not sure but... 678 00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:17,965 [breathing heavily] 679 00:36:18,586 --> 00:36:20,000 [Carlos] James, you find gold? 680 00:36:20,000 --> 00:36:22,172 [James] Sitting in the crack on the side of the bedrock. 681 00:36:24,758 --> 00:36:27,862 [Carlos] Oh, my God! Whoa! 682 00:36:29,689 --> 00:36:31,206 Look at that. 683 00:36:33,310 --> 00:36:34,862 [Dustin] I love it. 684 00:36:35,793 --> 00:36:37,862 - That's the pretty stuff, huh? - [Wes] It is. 685 00:36:37,862 --> 00:36:40,241 - I love that patina on there. - [Carlos] Ruby gold, man. 686 00:36:41,241 --> 00:36:42,413 That's beautiful. 687 00:36:44,551 --> 00:36:47,137 That's amazing. We're on to it now. 688 00:36:47,965 --> 00:36:49,344 Hopefully, there's more. 689 00:36:50,206 --> 00:36:52,034 [Dustin] Make it spotless, man. 690 00:36:52,034 --> 00:36:54,758 [James] And, um, I see everything down there now. 691 00:36:54,758 --> 00:36:57,137 [Dustin] Lick it all, man. Lick it all. 692 00:36:59,103 --> 00:37:00,758 - [speaks indistinctly] - [Dustin] I know. 693 00:37:00,758 --> 00:37:02,655 - He's just like, "Oh, hey. Look at this." -"Oh, look." 694 00:37:02,655 --> 00:37:03,827 "Yup, there it is." 695 00:37:06,241 --> 00:37:08,137 Good looking stuff. 696 00:37:08,137 --> 00:37:12,172 I just... I think what I'm looking for now is 697 00:37:12,172 --> 00:37:14,620 - that pile of six ounce nuggets. - [Carlos] Yeah. 698 00:37:15,275 --> 00:37:17,000 We're spoiled. 699 00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:18,896 [James] All right, I'm just about done with that hole. 700 00:37:18,896 --> 00:37:20,689 I got one minute left. 701 00:37:20,689 --> 00:37:22,793 James was freaking out all yesterday, 702 00:37:22,793 --> 00:37:24,965 but as soon as he gets in the water, man, it just... 703 00:37:24,965 --> 00:37:27,000 - it all goes away. - [Wes] It does. 704 00:37:27,000 --> 00:37:29,172 [James] I think that's it. 705 00:37:29,172 --> 00:37:33,000 The bedrock channel rises up in front of me just before the weir. 706 00:37:34,413 --> 00:37:35,862 It's a dead-end, man. 707 00:37:37,000 --> 00:37:38,655 [narrator] Over the last two months 708 00:37:38,655 --> 00:37:41,000 Dustin and his crew have dredged 709 00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:45,206 through 100 feet of prime big nugget real estate 710 00:37:46,655 --> 00:37:50,344 and cleared nearly 200 tons of boulders 711 00:37:50,344 --> 00:37:52,551 as they chase the gold line. 712 00:37:53,310 --> 00:37:57,137 Now, James has dredged the hole clean 713 00:37:57,137 --> 00:38:01,275 and the rising bedrock signals the end of the line. 714 00:38:02,793 --> 00:38:03,931 [James] The hole's done. 715 00:38:04,655 --> 00:38:05,931 This hole is done. 716 00:38:05,931 --> 00:38:07,379 [Paul] Good deal. Can we do a double down right quick 717 00:38:07,379 --> 00:38:09,413 and check and see what's in there? 718 00:38:09,413 --> 00:38:10,793 - [James] Yeah. - [Paul] Okay. 719 00:38:18,896 --> 00:38:21,379 [James] I'd be blown away if there's nothing in the bottom. 720 00:38:37,655 --> 00:38:39,689 I don't see anything in here. 721 00:38:39,689 --> 00:38:42,655 [James] Wow. Gold does weird things. 722 00:38:42,655 --> 00:38:44,241 I don't get it, man. 723 00:38:44,241 --> 00:38:47,517 Well, I'm glad you got that six ounce nugget out 'cause it shows something. 724 00:38:47,517 --> 00:38:49,551 I think we tap this thing out, man. 725 00:38:49,551 --> 00:38:51,896 - [James] Yeah. - [Paul] That might be all of it, man. 726 00:38:51,896 --> 00:38:53,137 [Dustin] If you're good, I'm good. 727 00:38:53,137 --> 00:38:54,965 - I'mma call it then. Good? - [James] Yeah. 728 00:38:55,793 --> 00:38:57,137 [Dustin] I need to hear it. 729 00:38:57,137 --> 00:39:00,758 - Do you think there's any more gold down here? - [James] No. 730 00:39:00,758 --> 00:39:03,206 All right. Time to move on. 731 00:39:03,206 --> 00:39:05,103 - Let's pack, then. - All right. 732 00:39:06,206 --> 00:39:08,862 [Dustin] Good dive, man. Good dive. Tapped out. 733 00:39:08,862 --> 00:39:10,413 On to bigger and better gold, man. 734 00:39:10,413 --> 00:39:12,448 - That's true. - That's it. Moving on. 735 00:39:12,448 --> 00:39:16,034 [James] It's beyond me why there wasn't a pot of gold at the bottom. 736 00:39:16,034 --> 00:39:18,448 [Wes] Gold is where you find it. 737 00:39:18,448 --> 00:39:22,379 I think we can leave this spot knowing that we didn't leave anything behind. 738 00:39:24,241 --> 00:39:27,793 [narrator] After eight hard weeks, dredging 12 ounces 739 00:39:27,793 --> 00:39:30,655 of the biggest nuggets they've ever found 740 00:39:30,655 --> 00:39:36,551 the empty sluice box shows it's time to move on to the next opportunity. 741 00:39:38,586 --> 00:39:40,689 Finally getting gold. 742 00:39:40,689 --> 00:39:43,586 The only thing that's been missing in my life 743 00:39:43,586 --> 00:39:45,965 is more gold and we're getting there. 744 00:39:45,965 --> 00:39:50,862 Not as much as I wanted but nugget bend produced a six ounce nugget. 745 00:39:51,896 --> 00:39:54,862 I can only imagine what's about to happen for us. 746 00:39:54,862 --> 00:39:59,241 This is gonna be our best year, ever. It already is. 747 00:39:59,241 --> 00:40:01,137 It's already our best year. 748 00:40:01,758 --> 00:40:02,862 This is awesome. 749 00:40:09,551 --> 00:40:11,862 [narrator] Up ahead, this season... 750 00:40:12,689 --> 00:40:14,206 [Dustin] We're done with you! 751 00:40:14,206 --> 00:40:16,689 Time for us to move on! 752 00:40:17,689 --> 00:40:19,517 This is gonna be a challenge again. 753 00:40:19,517 --> 00:40:20,862 This is the rematch. 754 00:40:21,344 --> 00:40:22,827 We got a solid plan. 755 00:40:24,586 --> 00:40:27,482 and we have to win or else we're done for, y'all. 756 00:40:27,482 --> 00:40:29,103 [bleep]. 757 00:40:30,517 --> 00:40:32,000 [Wes] Welcome to my nightmare. 758 00:40:32,000 --> 00:40:33,689 [Dustin] Almost got killed just now. 759 00:40:33,689 --> 00:40:35,103 Oh, [bleep]. 760 00:40:35,103 --> 00:40:36,896 - Hurry up. Come on. - Lift. Come on. 761 00:40:36,896 --> 00:40:38,896 Help me lift this mother[bleep]. 762 00:40:38,896 --> 00:40:40,379 [yelling] 763 00:40:40,379 --> 00:40:42,172 This place is trying to kill us... 764 00:40:42,172 --> 00:40:43,862 Holy [bleep]. 765 00:40:45,241 --> 00:40:46,517 ...Are we gonna let it? 766 00:40:46,517 --> 00:40:48,413 [man over radio] You all right, man? You look beet red. 767 00:40:48,413 --> 00:40:49,862 [coughing] 768 00:40:51,793 --> 00:40:52,862 I'll let you know. 769 00:40:54,689 --> 00:40:57,172 I'd like to see what our future's gonna be. 770 00:40:57,172 --> 00:40:58,689 [Dustin exclaims] 771 00:40:58,689 --> 00:41:00,620 I swear I can hear a waterfall. 772 00:41:00,620 --> 00:41:02,655 Now, that's a waterfall, man. 773 00:41:02,655 --> 00:41:04,413 Holy [beep], dude. 774 00:41:04,413 --> 00:41:06,310 Looks like it's holding a bunch of gold. 775 00:41:06,310 --> 00:41:08,896 [Carlos] Get that gold! Woo-hoo! 776 00:41:08,896 --> 00:41:09,965 There it is! 777 00:41:09,965 --> 00:41:12,413 [all exclaiming] 778 00:41:12,862 --> 00:41:13,896 Holy [bleep]. 779 00:41:13,896 --> 00:41:15,413 [Dustin] What would you sell this for, man? 780 00:41:15,413 --> 00:41:17,206 $60,000 or $70,000. 781 00:41:18,068 --> 00:41:19,689 About damn time, man. 782 00:41:19,689 --> 00:41:22,344 We know there's big gold. All we gotta do is go get it. 783 00:41:22,344 --> 00:41:24,206 [Paul] We're dredging! 784 00:41:24,206 --> 00:41:25,620 I got something for ya. 785 00:41:25,620 --> 00:41:27,103 [exclaims] 786 00:41:27,103 --> 00:41:30,793 This place is gonna pay for the rest of my damn life. 787 00:41:30,793 --> 00:41:32,689 Oh, my God! 788 00:41:32,689 --> 00:41:33,965 [Dustin] That's beautiful. 789 00:41:35,310 --> 00:41:37,655 Finally, we made it.