1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:22,000 This is the weather report for 2 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:29,000 the 3 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:36,000 and snow 4 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:37,000 and 5 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:41,000 continue into next week's 6 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:45,000 Mother Nature serves her eviction notice. 7 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:46,000 See that dusting? 8 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:47,000 Is there ice up there? 9 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:50,000 Get the f*** out of here. 10 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:56,000 Oh yeah, all life. 11 00:00:56,000 --> 00:01:00,000 Dusting and his crew have just 48 hours 12 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:03,000 to get the gold and get out. 13 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:05,000 We're in trouble right now. 14 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:07,000 We're about to get hammered with snow 15 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:09,000 is what's about to happen. 16 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:12,000 And that's terrifying because 17 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:15,000 there's the best chance I've got to hit the jackpot. 18 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:18,000 We're so close. 19 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:22,000 But if it starts snowing, it's over with. 20 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:24,000 F***! 21 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:26,000 Five months ago. 22 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:28,000 Red nugget? 23 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:30,000 Last year, it was a nightmare. 24 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:32,000 I never went that again. 25 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:35,000 In a fight. 26 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:37,000 For redemption. 27 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:40,000 Extreme gold miner. 28 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:42,000 Dustin Hurt. 29 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:45,000 We're about to lose our f*** shred to another flaunt. 30 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:47,000 Return for a rematch. 31 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:49,000 He would have been dead. 32 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:50,000 With nugget Creek. 33 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:53,000 I'm nervous, but excited to save time. 34 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:55,000 But... 35 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:57,000 That's bad news. 36 00:01:57,000 --> 00:01:59,000 When devastation struck. 37 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:01,000 Fred died. 38 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:03,000 Cancel God and finally. 39 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:05,000 He said he wasn't in any pain 40 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:07,000 and he went peaceful in his sleep. 41 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:10,000 Dustin turned grief into grit. 42 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:12,000 New dig site, new hope. 43 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:14,000 Leading his band of brothers. 44 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:17,000 Oh my God! 45 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:20,000 To a record-breaking nugget. 46 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:24,000 That's the biggest nugget in gold rush history. 47 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:25,000 Holy f***! 48 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:29,000 That alone covered the costs for their entire season. 49 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:31,000 I told you. 50 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:32,000 I told you. 51 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:35,000 That nugget paid for all the damn gasoline that we're using. 52 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:36,000 What is that? 53 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:37,000 What is that? 54 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:39,000 Oh my God! 55 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:42,000 Confirming the legend of nugget Creek. 56 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:44,000 Oh, smokes dude! 57 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:46,000 Nugget Creek flipped up to his name. 58 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:50,000 And now, every chunk of gold found... 59 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:51,000 Look at that! 60 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:53,000 Is money in their pockets. 61 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:54,000 Yeah! 62 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:59,000 We're gonna find big gold and it's gonna change everything. 63 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:16,000 It's October in Southeast Alaska. 64 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:18,000 That's a curtain man of cats and dogs. 65 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:21,000 Winter rain has surrounded nugget Creek 66 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:25,000 and a season ending blizzard is inbound. 67 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:27,000 Carlos, you're in today? 68 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:28,000 Yeah. 69 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:29,000 Alright. 70 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:32,000 Also, Paul and I are gonna go up to the dream today 71 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:33,000 and see what's up there. 72 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:34,000 No way! 73 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:35,000 Yeah. 74 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:37,000 Need a good idea of what's gonna happen next year. 75 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:40,000 But, you know, we're gonna find a new one. 76 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:42,000 What's gonna happen next year? 77 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:45,000 But, if it starts snowing, I can't go up there anymore. 78 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:46,000 Yeah. 79 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:48,000 We're running out of time. 80 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:51,000 Dustin and the crew now have two critical missions 81 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:54,000 before their season's over. 82 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:57,000 Find a new dive site for next year 83 00:03:57,000 --> 00:04:01,000 and get as much gold as they can to fund it. 84 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:04,000 Oh, that's a bunch of water, man! 85 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:06,000 Holy **** of this! 86 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:07,000 From all that rain. 87 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:09,000 I don't think I've ever seen this hole this full. 88 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:11,000 I think it'll go down. 89 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:12,000 Let's give it a little while. 90 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:13,000 Let's get them set up. 91 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:14,000 Alright. 92 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:20,000 Every hour is now critical in the search for the gold they need 93 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:22,000 to fund their futures. 94 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:24,000 I know what's going on. 95 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:25,000 It's about to snow on us. 96 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:26,000 We're about to get stuck. 97 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:28,000 It's rain-like crazy. 98 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:29,000 Don't care. 99 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:30,000 I'm gonna put a diver down. 100 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:33,000 It's time to get in there and really see what's going on. 101 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:38,000 Their fate is now in the hands of former deep-sea diver 102 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:40,000 Carlos Menor. 103 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:49,000 The plan is treating every day, every day from here on out 104 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:53,000 as if it was the last dive of the year. 105 00:04:53,000 --> 00:05:00,000 So you guys not going up the creek then, huh? 106 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:02,000 I gotta see that white rock first. 107 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:03,000 That water truck. 108 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:04,000 I got you. 109 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:05,000 We're out of here. 110 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:06,000 That's your telltale, huh? 111 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:07,000 Yep. 112 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:08,000 I got you, man. 113 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:09,000 Ready? 114 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:10,000 Yep. 115 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:11,000 Ready. 116 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:12,000 Let's get to the water, man. 117 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:13,000 This is our final push. 118 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:14,000 There. 119 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:15,000 Never in the water. 120 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:18,000 Let's go see what's going on. 121 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:29,000 15 feet beneath a monster white rock called Moby. 122 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:33,000 Carlos is just hours left in the hunt for the plunge pool's 123 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:34,000 bedrock bottom. 124 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:39,000 If he succeeds today, he could make their decade-long dream 125 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:41,000 of finding millions in gold. 126 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:43,000 A reality. 127 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:44,000 Right, dude. 128 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:47,000 I'm just throwing all the rocks to the basket. 129 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:50,000 Man, I'm just trying to get to the bottom. 130 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:52,000 I'm just looking down there. 131 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:53,000 Good news, man. 132 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:55,000 I can't just see the bedrock. 133 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:56,000 Yes. 134 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:59,000 And the still going, the bedrock is still going down. 135 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:00,000 Really? 136 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:01,000 Yeah. 137 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:07,000 I am excited because I know there's gold here. 138 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:11,000 Carlos clean up that bedrock wall and super can't put a few more 139 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:13,000 than six out of nuggets in the box. 140 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:14,000 Copy that. 141 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:17,000 Oh, more. 142 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:19,000 Everything's looking good. 143 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:21,000 The gallimic hole to our water level wind down. 144 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:23,000 We're finally on bedrock. 145 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:28,000 You know, Z might bring up handfuls and nuggets for us. 146 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:30,000 We're getting close. 147 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:34,000 Carlos has already smashed through his first foot of rocks and gravel 148 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:38,000 on his way down to the bottom of the plunge pool. 149 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:42,000 Carlos, we're going to do a double down and see what's in the box. 150 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:43,000 That's the best. 151 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:50,000 The crew are desperate for an early sign of a payday. 152 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:52,000 Nothing. 153 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:54,000 Before, their time's up. 154 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:58,000 There was one little picker in the nugget trap. 155 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:00,000 Oh, yeah. 156 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:01,000 Look at that. 157 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:02,000 There we go. 158 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:03,000 All right. 159 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:04,000 Half an ounce. 160 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:05,000 Yeah. 161 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:06,000 Yeah. 162 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:08,000 That's not water to hear. 163 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:09,000 Pro-cores, man. 164 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:11,000 Small gold is great gold. 165 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:14,000 But bigger gold is a medium better. 166 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:16,000 That's the hope. 167 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:21,000 Maybe there's a 10-ounce nugget sitting there. 168 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:27,000 While Carlos digs down in search of enough gold to return the 169 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:28,000 next season. 170 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:31,000 I also have to think about next year, though. 171 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:37,000 Mine boss, Dustin, has an equally important mission before the storm hits. 172 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:41,000 Carlos, I think the water level's dropped down. 173 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:46,000 So, Paul and I, we're just going to go out and find the grease box for the next season. 174 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:47,000 Oh, yeah. 175 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:48,000 Copy that. 176 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:49,000 Copy that. 177 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:55,000 Dustin owns a mile of unexplored claims up nugget creek. 178 00:07:56,000 --> 00:08:04,000 I'd like to see if there's any big areas that we can get to that has giant obvious plunge pools 179 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:05,000 that have never been touched. 180 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:07,000 That'd be so awesome. 181 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:13,000 This late in the season, the creek starts to freeze higher up the mountain. 182 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:19,000 The water level has dropped just enough for Dustin to scout out his claims. 183 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:20,000 All right, y'all. 184 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:21,000 It's out. 185 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:23,000 We ought to pay attention 100%. 186 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:24,000 We got this. 187 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:26,000 We're going to go for a walk. 188 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:27,000 Yep. 189 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:28,000 Good luck. 190 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:30,000 Find us a good spot. 191 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:33,000 Well, yeah. 192 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:35,000 We're always looking for more spot to dig. 193 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:40,000 And right now, it really is the only time to do a recon going upstream. 194 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:41,000 You know, we got Carlos in the water. 195 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:43,000 James and I are going to stay here and attend him. 196 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:47,000 And hopefully, Paul and Dustin can find us spot for next season. 197 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:51,000 Out of water. 198 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:53,000 That looks deep. 199 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:55,000 But we might be able to cross. 200 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:56,000 All right. 201 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:57,000 We'll grab you. 202 00:08:57,000 --> 00:08:58,000 All right. 203 00:08:58,000 --> 00:08:59,000 You're going to hold me. 204 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:01,000 And then I'm going to grab you and you're going to pull across. 205 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:02,000 Ready? 206 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:03,000 Yep. 207 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:04,000 Holy ****. 208 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:05,000 This is insane. 209 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:06,000 Stick with it. 210 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:07,000 All right. 211 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:08,000 We're good. 212 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:12,000 This is as far as I've ever been in this creek, by the way. 213 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:13,000 Really? 214 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:14,000 Yep. 215 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:15,000 All right. 216 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:16,000 Slipping rock. 217 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:17,000 Watch yourself. 218 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:18,000 Oh God. 219 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:19,000 Hey. 220 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:20,000 Watch that rock. 221 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:21,000 Oh, lose your foot. 222 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:22,000 Copy that. 223 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:23,000 She got slum. 224 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:24,000 Whoo. 225 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:27,000 That's **** is bad. 226 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:28,000 She's slummy. 227 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:32,000 Get out as fast as she can. 228 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:34,000 That's a rock ball. 229 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:35,000 It's a rock ball. 230 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:36,000 Oh. 231 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:37,000 That's a big deal. 232 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:39,000 If you get a little bit of a rock ball, you'll get a little bit of a rock ball. 233 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:43,000 Get out as fast as you can. 234 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:44,000 That's a rock ball though. 235 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:45,000 That **** awful. 236 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:46,000 Look at it. 237 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:50,000 And this would probably be a good area to dredge, but it's dangerous. 238 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:51,000 Yeah. 239 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:53,000 That's bad news right there, man. 240 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:54,000 Look, way, way up there. 241 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:55,000 That's where that came from. 242 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:56,000 Oh **** man. 243 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:59,000 That is bad. 244 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:00,000 This is new, right? 245 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:01,000 This one's new. 246 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:02,000 All right. 247 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:05,000 These are going to keep coming down. 248 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:06,000 Holy ****. 249 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:08,000 So, let's not hang out here. 250 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:11,000 I don't care to get squished by a boulder. 251 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:13,000 We'll call this the death zone. 252 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:20,000 A quarter mile down Creek. 253 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:22,000 I want it. 254 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:24,000 I want it. 255 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:27,000 Give me some love, yet. 256 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:28,000 Please. 257 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:34,000 Carlos is in a race against the inbound storm to get down to a plunge pool. 258 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:37,000 He's now 17 feet deep. 259 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:40,000 And it's cost him two hours. 260 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:43,000 Carlos, how are they going down there? 261 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:46,000 They're up just trying to get to the bottom. 262 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:47,000 And it's still important. 263 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:50,000 The bedrock is still going down. 264 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:51,000 Oh man. 265 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:53,000 I wonder if we're following the goal. 266 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:55,000 Well, that's just a double-dun of trick. 267 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:56,000 Check the box. 268 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:57,000 Yep. 269 00:10:57,000 --> 00:10:58,000 I want it. 270 00:10:58,000 --> 00:10:59,000 Yep. 271 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:01,000 There's a piece right there. 272 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:02,000 Copy that. 273 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:04,000 Yeah, I see a piece in there. 274 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:05,000 It looks good, huh? 275 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:06,000 Come on. 276 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:07,000 Oh, yeah. 277 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:08,000 Look at that. 278 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:09,000 I like it. 279 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:12,000 It's not close, man. 280 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:13,000 Yeah. 281 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:15,000 I like the looks of that. 282 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:16,000 Oh, man. 283 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:17,000 The whole. 284 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:20,000 That tells me that there's going to be more gold down there. 285 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:22,000 I like the looks of that. 286 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:23,000 Oh, man. 287 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:24,000 The whole. 288 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:27,000 That tells me that there's going to be more gold down there. 289 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:30,000 There's going to be more gold down the bottom. 290 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:34,000 There could be 50 or 60 ounces just sitting there. 291 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:36,000 Wouldn't that be cool? 292 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:41,000 Get him. 293 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:42,000 Up ahead. 294 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:43,000 No! 295 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:44,000 It's starting to snow. 296 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:46,000 On the season finale. 297 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:49,000 Time to get in there and find the bottom of the bedrock. 298 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:50,000 Oh! 299 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:51,000 Yeah! 300 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:52,000 What the f***? 301 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:53,000 Motor dive. 302 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:54,000 I can't breathe. 303 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:55,000 Ah! 304 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:59,000 You're going to breathe the death of any data then. 305 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:00,000 Whoa! 306 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:01,000 That sinks out. 307 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:04,000 It's not getting... that's a blessing to have. 308 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:07,000 It is life-changing right there. 309 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:10,000 It's freezing. 310 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:31,000 In a little over 24 hours, a season ending snowstorm is set to strike nugget creek. 311 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:34,000 I'm a such a keeper. 312 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:41,000 Over four hours into his dive, Carlos is locked in a race to get down to a gold-rich plunge pool. 313 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:42,000 Hey, James. 314 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:44,000 Right now, come on the right side. 315 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:45,000 River right. 316 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:48,000 The bedrock is still going down. 317 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:55,000 But I can't go any further down on the bedrock because I got a boulder that's in the middle of the river. 318 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:57,000 I'm not going to go any further. 319 00:12:57,000 --> 00:13:03,000 I'm not going to go any further down on the bedrock because I got a boulder that's in the middle of the river. 320 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:06,000 That's in the way? 321 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:09,000 You got anything to pop it? 322 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:10,000 Oh, yeah. 323 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:12,000 Because, man, I got to punch this boulder out of the way. 324 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:19,000 Removing a boulder this size will take hours to drill, blast, and lift clear of the hole. 325 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:21,000 You've got stuck getting everything ready. 326 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:22,000 Copy that. 327 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:24,000 I understand what you're doing. 328 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:30,000 Carlos is trying to blast a big granite boulder, which is sitting on bedrock. 329 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:38,000 The record-breaking nuggets go away underneath that massive boulder. 330 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:44,000 So get rid of the big boulder, blow it up, get down the boulder. 331 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:51,000 Uh-oh. 332 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:53,000 Motor dive. 333 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:57,000 What's that, Carlos? 334 00:13:57,000 --> 00:13:58,000 What the f***? 335 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:00,000 Get him out of there. Bring him up. 336 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:02,000 Okay. 337 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:03,000 Diver, I'm going to. 338 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:06,000 That's a little short. 339 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:07,000 I don't know. 340 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:09,000 This seems to be running by now. 341 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:11,000 It's about to run for just a minute. 342 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:14,000 Without a reliable air supply. 343 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:16,000 Let's see what this engine does. 344 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:21,000 Carlos can't blast the boulder blocking his path to the bottom of the plunge pool. 345 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:28,000 Engine died on us, but started right back up in this running by now, but, you know, 346 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:31,000 it's not, it's not, it's crapping out. 347 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:32,000 F***. 348 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:43,000 I hear something rumbling big up here. 349 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:46,000 A half mile up creek. 350 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:49,000 Got a bunch of stuff piled up on that edge right there. 351 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:50,000 Watch yourself. 352 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:55,000 Dustin and Paul gamble the final hours of their season. 353 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:58,000 Now that's a waterfall, man. 354 00:14:58,000 --> 00:14:59,000 I hear it. 355 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:04,000 In the hope their final dives provide enough gold to fund their future. 356 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:06,000 All right. 357 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:07,000 Let's go check it out, man. 358 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:08,000 All right. 359 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:11,000 Of course, all that screen piled up on that edge right there. 360 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:12,000 Watch out. 361 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:13,000 Oh, f***, I see it. 362 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:14,000 Oh, slip. 363 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:15,000 That's loose. 364 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:17,000 Whoa! 365 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:18,000 Holy f***, man. 366 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:20,000 That was a close call. 367 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:23,000 All right. 368 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:25,000 Let me try that again. 369 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:27,000 We're gonna go up and over. 370 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:29,000 Oh, lose your foot. 371 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:30,000 All right. 372 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:31,000 Paul. 373 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:32,000 What? 374 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:33,000 Look. 375 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:39,000 That's a waterfall. 376 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:41,000 Exactly what that is. 377 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:42,000 Holy f***. 378 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:46,000 It looks like a vertical drop, which is what you want in a plunge pool. 379 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:48,000 It's a natural gold catch. 380 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:50,000 That's not bad at all, huh? 381 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:51,000 No, it's not. 382 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:53,000 I bet there's gold underneath that big rock right there. 383 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:54,000 I bet there is, too. 384 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:56,000 Yeah. 385 00:15:56,000 --> 00:15:57,000 That's all bedrock. 386 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:01,000 But you wanna hit a truth? 387 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:02,000 Yeah. 388 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:04,000 There's no escape out of here. 389 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:05,000 Nope. 390 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:06,000 You cannot leave. 391 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:09,000 Yeah, because I mean the canyon gets narrow, it gets deep. 392 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:10,000 Right? 393 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:14,000 If that water comes up and you try to run that way, you will not make it out of here. 394 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:15,000 Oh, my God. 395 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:16,000 We wouldn't have a chance. 396 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:19,000 F***ing walls are just straight up. 397 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:22,000 Yep. 398 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:24,000 So that's... 399 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:26,000 I see a lot of danger here. 400 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:31,000 You'd have to have balls of steel to come out of here, but I don't think this is a man. 401 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:34,000 And I don't think we can walk past it. 402 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:36,000 Hey, uh... 403 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:38,000 Hey, Brian. 404 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:41,000 Can you get me a view? 405 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:42,000 Please, please. 406 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:44,000 I'd like to see what I'm working with. 407 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:47,000 To get eyes on the rest of his claim, 408 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:52,000 Dustin calls in the camera crew's drone operator, Brian Aldrich. 409 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:54,000 So here's you. 410 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:57,000 There's your waterfall. 411 00:16:57,000 --> 00:16:58,000 Hey, give him a look. 412 00:16:58,000 --> 00:16:59,000 Yeah. 413 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:02,000 There's us. 414 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:05,000 There it is. 415 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:06,000 Yep, I see it now. 416 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:08,000 Go upstream a little bit, man. 417 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:10,000 So I'd like to see what's up there. 418 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:11,000 Yeah. 419 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:20,000 That's where it looks like up there. 420 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:22,000 That's interesting. 421 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:23,000 Yeah. 422 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:25,000 That looks like waterfall there. 423 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:26,000 Yeah. 424 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:28,000 That's a nice waterfall. 425 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:31,000 That almost reminds me of rainbows in. 426 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:40,000 It looks like a little bit smaller waterfall, but I got a feeling that it'd be probably three, four times as much gold here as there was in rainbow in. 427 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:41,000 Yeah. 428 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:42,000 And let's go further up. 429 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:43,000 Alright. 430 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:44,000 Holy ****. 431 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:51,000 I saw another one. 432 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:52,000 Yeah. 433 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:57,000 Holy cow. 434 00:17:57,000 --> 00:18:00,000 There's two beautiful waterfalls up there. 435 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:01,000 Wow. 436 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:04,000 Everything here looks promising. 437 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:11,000 And what looks looks like it's about 30, 40 feet tall. 438 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:16,000 But it's covered in a hundred feet of snow. 439 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:17,000 Yeah. 440 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:18,000 That's a pipe dream. 441 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:20,000 Holy ****. 442 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:21,000 Alright. 443 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:22,000 Thank you for that. 444 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:25,000 I just wanted to know what the accessibility was. 445 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:30,000 Well, this is one of three waterfalls, and this is the smallest one apparently. 446 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:35,000 Waterfalls like that tend to hold like six, eight hundred, twelve hundred ounces. 447 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:38,000 So that's two billion dollars worth of gold. 448 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:40,000 Oh, man. 449 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:44,000 But **** dude, you'd have to have a really good way out. 450 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:50,000 Remember what we did at the top of McKinley when we built that deck? 451 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:53,000 What if we hadn't escaped deck? 452 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:56,000 Like up on the wall somewhere or something? 453 00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:57,000 Yeah. 454 00:18:57,000 --> 00:19:00,000 So if the water did come up, we had to camp there for a night or two. 455 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:01,000 We could. 456 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:03,000 Just have a barrel with a bunch of stuff in it. 457 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:04,000 Yeah. 458 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:06,000 You know what? 459 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:07,000 And something to think about for the... 460 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:08,000 That might just work. 461 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:12,000 What do you think? 462 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:13,000 Next deck site? 463 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:14,000 Yep. 464 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:16,000 Miss, I think we could definitely dig this. 465 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:19,000 Hey, I'm scared of this place, but I think we should do it anyway. 466 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:21,000 Yeah. 467 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:22,000 I definitely agree with that. 468 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:31,000 Everything I've ever learned, waterfalls actually hold more gold than anywhere else because it traps it right there. 469 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:33,000 And it'll tell them what could be in there. 470 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:34,000 I mean, there could be a hundred ounces in there. 471 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:36,000 There could be forty-five hundred ounces in there. 472 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:43,000 As scary as it is, it looks like the outcome might be an amazing amount of gold. 473 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:49,000 And this is gonna blow my mind when we find it. 474 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:51,000 It's beautiful, man. 475 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:54,000 Hey, we got a waterfall again. 476 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:56,000 I like it. 477 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:03,000 Oh, no. The engine's cutting out. 478 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:06,000 A half mile down Creek. 479 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:08,000 It won't work. 480 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:14,000 Carlos' mission to reach the gold-rich bottom has been plagued by setbacks. 481 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:16,000 It's crappin' out. 482 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:22,000 They have just twenty-four hours until a season-ending snowstorm shuts them down. 483 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:31,000 And now, with just hours of daylight left, Carlos' dive hangs in the balance. 484 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:36,000 We're having problems with that engine here. 485 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:43,000 The engine that runs my freaking air compressor, which supplies me with my air. 486 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:45,000 But I'm diving. 487 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:48,000 Believe it or not, I need air. 488 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:53,000 So, at this point, it concerns me. 489 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:55,000 I am concerned. 490 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:00,000 Hey, look, it's Carlos. 491 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:02,000 I told you. 492 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:04,000 Something's broken. 493 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:08,000 The engine keeps dying. 494 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:10,000 Did it just filthy fuel you think? 495 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:12,000 I guess. 496 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:14,000 There must be water or something going in it. 497 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:15,000 All right. 498 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:19,000 Oh, yeah. 499 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:20,000 F***, dude. 500 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:25,000 It's got an actual crash in it. 501 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:28,000 Like, sticks stirred in the gas tank. 502 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:33,000 So, I hate to say this, but let's call it a day. 503 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:36,000 Pop that tank loose and we're gonna go clean it. 504 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:40,000 But we don't have time for that anymore. 505 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:42,000 At all. 506 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:48,000 Ah! 507 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:50,000 Brush-greeting is hell. 508 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:01,000 I really, really want to dive today. 509 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:03,000 But we're about to get run out of here. 510 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:06,000 That nugget Creek. 511 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:08,000 Well, it froze last night, man. 512 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:10,000 Everything's iced over. 513 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:14,000 This knows about the slammest, and that's not what we're looking for. 514 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:16,000 But it's not what we're looking for. 515 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:18,000 I'm not gonna go on a ride. 516 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:20,000 I'm not gonna go on a ride. 517 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:22,000 It's not what we're looking for. 518 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:24,000 I'm not gonna go on a ride. 519 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:25,000 It's not what we're looking for. 520 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:26,000 We're looking for the big payday. 521 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:31,000 Dustin and his crew have less than 24 hours to get the gold and get out. 522 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:34,000 Before a snowstorm slams the door on their season. 523 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:38,000 I know what I want to do. 524 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:42,000 I want to stay with tough enough to go up there and just keep digging. 525 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:45,000 And risk it. 526 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:58,000 But I might get us caught in a real bad situation if I do that. 527 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:00,000 Probably not the best idea. 528 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:02,000 So, what now? 529 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:04,000 I'm just kinda thinking on what the hell do we do. 530 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:06,000 I know it's sleeding right now. 531 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:08,000 That's ice that's coming out of the damn sky. 532 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:11,000 Might be snow up at the site. 533 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:14,000 But is that really enough to stop us? 534 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:16,000 Stop us? 535 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:18,000 I don't know. 536 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:20,000 I don't know. 537 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:22,000 But is that really enough to stop us? 538 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:24,000 Stop us? 539 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:25,000 I don't know. 540 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:26,000 It is. 541 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:28,000 It gets dangerous, but also... 542 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:32,000 There's the best chance I've got to hit the jackpot. 543 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:37,000 Alright. 544 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:38,000 Kind of made a decision. 545 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:40,000 Any smart person would leave right now. 546 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:47,000 And I know it's dangerous, but in this place, it's just packed with gold. 547 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:49,000 I need to find out what's at the bottom. 548 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:53,000 We're so close, so I want to push at least one more dive. 549 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:55,000 Sweet. 550 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:57,000 Alright. 551 00:23:57,000 --> 00:23:58,000 Everybody be careful today. 552 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:02,000 Nugget Creek is treacherous at the best of times. 553 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:09,000 It's slippery right here. 554 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:10,000 All life. 555 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:12,000 Add ice and snow to the mix. 556 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:15,000 That's scary, Ed. 557 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:16,000 And it becomes deadly. 558 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:19,000 This could be my last dive, huh? 559 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:28,000 Dustin is expecting a lot on me today, so I'm hoping that I can pull out a ton of gold. 560 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:32,000 Days a day where I... 561 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:36,000 I make it or break myself. 562 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:40,000 But before James can dive... 563 00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:45,000 We had issues with our gas tank, so we puffed it off yesterday. 564 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:47,000 Got it all cleaned out. 565 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:48,000 I'll pump it back on. 566 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:50,000 They must see if Wes's work on the tank. 567 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:52,000 There you go. 568 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:55,000 We'll restore a reliable airflow to the diver. 569 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:57,000 Alright. 570 00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:58,000 Fire it up. 571 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:02,000 Come on, baby. 572 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:03,000 Just go. 573 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:04,000 Come on. 574 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:07,000 You gotta warm up a little bit. 575 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:08,000 Come on. 576 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:09,000 Daddle up. 577 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:11,000 Whoo! 578 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:12,000 I think I'll quick that rant. 579 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:13,000 Yeah, it's f***ing funny, dude. 580 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:14,000 That's done, man. 581 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:15,000 We're ready to dredge. 582 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:17,000 Let's get all that gold. 583 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:19,000 We don't have any time to waste. 584 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:20,000 Alright, man. 585 00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:21,000 I'm gonna give him my own. 586 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:22,000 Love it. 587 00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:23,000 Don't die. 588 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:24,000 Don't get hurt. 589 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:30,000 Okay, now. 590 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:33,000 Figuring out what's going on with this big boulder. 591 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:36,000 How's it looking down there? 592 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:37,000 It's a massive boulder. 593 00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:40,000 I'm gonna try my way on right now. 594 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:42,000 Alright, cross it. 595 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:44,000 I'd say it's about five foot. 596 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:45,000 Why? 597 00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:46,000 Four and a half. 598 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:47,000 Holy cow. 599 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:51,000 Seventeen feet down. 600 00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:56,000 James is face to face with a four ton boulder blocking his path to the bottom. 601 00:25:56,000 --> 00:26:11,000 If he can blast and remove this behemoth, he'll have a straight run to a plunge pool that should hold millions in gold. 602 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:14,000 Please find the bottom of that boulder. 603 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:17,000 Please have the nugs we're looking for. 604 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:24,000 It's a massive boulder, but if I drill a poppin, I should be able to basket the son of a bitch out of here. 605 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:26,000 Alright, we're ready for you whenever you want. 606 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:28,000 Alright, Kim, is that drill whenever? 607 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:29,000 Yeah, got it. 608 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:30,000 Got it. 609 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:41,000 Today could be the last day here. 610 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:49,000 So James eats the get as much gold as he can in one day. 611 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:51,000 That's what we're looking at. 612 00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:53,000 Historical payoff. 613 00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:57,000 I can't believe how deep we are down here. 614 00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:01,000 Yeah, I see you're way down there, man. 615 00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:03,000 Way down there. 616 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:07,000 Boosters? 617 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:08,000 Yes sir. 618 00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:09,000 How many? 619 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:11,000 I'd say three. 620 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:12,000 Three. 621 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:13,000 Yeah. 622 00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:15,000 That's my power. 623 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:16,000 Alright. 624 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:17,000 Yeah. 625 00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:20,000 I'll just place it down there. 626 00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:21,000 Thank you. 627 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:31,000 This slide in nicely. 628 00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:35,000 It's so perfect. 629 00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:43,000 Charge is set. 630 00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:50,000 If the blast is successful, it could put James within reach of a fistful of nuggets. 631 00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:54,000 Okay, go ahead and pop it. 632 00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:56,000 Alright, one, four, pop. 633 00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:00,000 Three. 634 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:02,000 Two. 635 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:04,000 One. 636 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:17,000 This could be today's last day, dude, if it's snow tomorrow. 637 00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:18,000 It's snow tomorrow. 638 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:23,000 At Nugget Creek, a giant winter snowstorm is due to tear through a storm. 639 00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:27,000 This could tear through in less than 12 hours. 640 00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:29,000 Well, these clouds, man. 641 00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:32,000 I wouldn't be surprised if we don't see snow on here this afternoon. 642 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:33,000 It's true, right? 643 00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:35,000 We don't have any time to waste. 644 00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:37,000 Alright, go up, go up. 645 00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:43,000 Dustin and his crew are on the verge of striking the gold-rich bottom of their plunge pool. 646 00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:44,000 Three. 647 00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:45,000 Two. 648 00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:46,000 One. 649 00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:50,000 Oh! 650 00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:51,000 Yeah! 651 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:52,000 That was a good one. 652 00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:53,000 Hey, I felt it. 653 00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:55,000 Yeah, hit you nuts, dude. 654 00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:56,000 Yeah. 655 00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:02,000 See what you got, man. 656 00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:10,000 Pretty good, dude. 657 00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:12,000 Oh, man, it destroyed us. 658 00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:13,000 Awesome. 659 00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:15,000 Hey, pull it in there. 660 00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:16,000 One. 661 00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:18,000 Two. 662 00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:20,000 Three pieces. 663 00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:21,000 Awesome, dude. 664 00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:22,000 They fit the basket or what? 665 00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:23,000 Four pieces. 666 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:25,000 Yeah, so I'll put them in the basket. 667 00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:26,000 Copy that. 668 00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:27,000 Coming down at you. 669 00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:28,000 Watch your toes. 670 00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:29,000 Yep. 671 00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:30,000 Perfect. 672 00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:31,000 Thank you. 673 00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:32,000 Alright. 674 00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:33,000 Let's do it. 675 00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:36,000 I need some bedrock exposed. 676 00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:38,000 We need some gold. 677 00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:39,000 Alright. 678 00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:44,000 We're gonna find big gold and it's gonna change everything. 679 00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:48,000 We're going to get gold. 680 00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:50,000 We're gonna get a **** out of gold. 681 00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:51,000 Yeah. 682 00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:53,000 I mean, I gotta get **** done quick. 683 00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:08,000 Alright, let's get this basket out of here. 684 00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:09,000 Copy that. 685 00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:10,000 Go. 686 00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:11,000 Carlos, you got it? 687 00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:12,000 Yep. 688 00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:16,000 Okay, take it away, Carlos. 689 00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:20,000 James should now be inches away. 690 00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:23,000 Alright, now it can work. 691 00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:26,000 From a payday of life-changing gold. 692 00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:30,000 Really pour it out in. 693 00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:32,000 That's cool for well. 694 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:39,000 That's kind of close to the spring of fun. 695 00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:45,000 Who has the audacity to dig this part down in this creek? 696 00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:48,000 Why would you even think of doing this? 697 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:50,000 You'd have to be a complete idiot. 698 00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:53,000 That's where we come in. 699 00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:59,000 And this year, we was kind of the defining moment for being this creek. 700 00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:01,000 Because there is gold here. 701 00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:07,000 And having this giant nuggets all over this place 702 00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:11,000 makes me a happy inside. 703 00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:16,000 You want to okay down here? 704 00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:17,000 A little chilly. 705 00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:19,000 Otherwise it's cold. 706 00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:22,000 Maybe you're trying to adjust the hot water a little bit? 707 00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:23,000 Hold on. 708 00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:24,000 Give it a second, dude. 709 00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:29,000 The air and water temperature has dipped below the freezing point. 710 00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:35,000 The only thing keeping diver James alive is a constant flow of hot water 711 00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:38,000 from the dredges on board heater. 712 00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:44,000 How are you doing, man? 713 00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:46,000 I'm warming up, man. 714 00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:47,000 Oh, man. 715 00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:48,000 Kind of. 716 00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:50,000 I can go hotter on this water if you want. 717 00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:51,000 Yes. 718 00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:54,000 This weird in my body is taking forever to warm up. 719 00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:55,000 That's okay. 720 00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:56,000 Yep. 721 00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:57,000 No, no. 722 00:31:57,000 --> 00:31:58,000 No, what you going to do? 723 00:31:58,000 --> 00:31:59,000 I'm in the area. 724 00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:01,000 No, no, I'm warming up. 725 00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:02,000 Alright. 726 00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:04,000 Ah, better. 727 00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:07,000 I'm going to finally start to steal some warm water. 728 00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:09,000 Does that... 729 00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:10,000 Alright. 730 00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:11,000 Go ahead, Dig, man. 731 00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:14,000 Alright. 732 00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:16,000 Give us another shot. 733 00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:20,000 Fifteen minutes. 734 00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:22,000 He's going to be at five hours. 735 00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:24,000 Oh, my God, Paul. 736 00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:27,000 It's cold, man. 737 00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:29,000 It is. 738 00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:37,000 The entire season now depends on James braving the freezing conditions long enough 739 00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:40,000 to get to the bottom of the plunge pool. 740 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:44,000 No, it's starting to snow. 741 00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:48,000 Ah! 742 00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:50,000 I want to see if he gets some f***ing gold. 743 00:32:50,000 --> 00:32:53,000 I am going to get as much fricking gold as I can. 744 00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:55,000 We can get it now. 745 00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:57,000 Especially if you give me a long day. 746 00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:01,000 It's nearly freezing out here. 747 00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:02,000 You're the only comfortable one. 748 00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:05,000 I know you feel a little cold, but we're really cold out here. 749 00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:07,000 So, do whatever we can do, alright? 750 00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:08,000 Yeah. 751 00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:10,000 I just have to be careful. 752 00:33:11,000 --> 00:33:12,000 Don't get hurt. 753 00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:13,000 Don't die. 754 00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:14,000 All right. 755 00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:18,000 I'm going to try to wind that up on that. 756 00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:25,000 Exposure to the 32 degree water can lead to hypothermia in minutes. 757 00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:29,000 This water is like Titanic cold water, dude. 758 00:33:29,000 --> 00:33:31,000 I mean, it's fricking God dang, ah! 759 00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:32,000 Hypothermia. 760 00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:34,000 That's the end of you. 761 00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:39,000 Oh, you feeling now, James? 762 00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:41,000 Hot water's warming you up, then? 763 00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:44,000 It's just f***ing freezing, man. 764 00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:45,000 What are you doing? 765 00:33:45,000 --> 00:33:46,000 Yeah. 766 00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:49,000 So cold that I can't even think. 767 00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:52,000 You're going to freeze the dust if you stay down there like that. 768 00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:54,000 Not feeling good. 769 00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:56,000 You're doing the edge, yeah. 770 00:33:56,000 --> 00:33:57,000 I'm going to drive to Darby. 771 00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:22,000 James Hamm is 100 miles from the nearest hospital, 18 feet under water, 772 00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:27,000 and in the first stages of deadly hypothermia. 773 00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:29,000 He's suffering. 774 00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:31,000 His breathing's getting bad. 775 00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:47,000 At Nugget Creek, a season ending winter storm is set to hit in less than eight hours. 776 00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:54,000 But James has just minutes. 777 00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:56,000 That water is cold. 778 00:34:58,000 --> 00:35:02,000 To raise his temperature before his body goes into shock. 779 00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:05,000 That's f***ing cold. 780 00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:08,000 Let's get warmed up, man. 781 00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:15,000 The water is really, really cold, and we can't keep up with it. 782 00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:19,000 Our divers start shaking, and we can't keep a diver in damn water. 783 00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:22,000 How do you feel, man? 784 00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:23,000 Huh? 785 00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:24,000 How do you feel? 786 00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:26,000 A little disoriented. 787 00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:27,000 Alright, man. 788 00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:28,000 Let's go get changed. 789 00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:32,000 Ah, man. 790 00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:34,000 It's dangerous, alright? 791 00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:40,000 A real injury would, too, if we hang out here in the frozen ice. 792 00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:44,000 This is Mother Nature telling us we're not supposed to be diving today. 793 00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:46,000 This place is too dangerous for us. 794 00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:51,000 Ah. 795 00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:53,000 Alright, man. 796 00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:55,000 We're gonna see what you got in the box. 797 00:35:55,000 --> 00:35:56,000 Never know. 798 00:35:56,000 --> 00:35:59,000 Maybe there's a big old chunk in there that's life changing. 799 00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:03,000 Nothing in the box? 800 00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:04,000 I don't think so. 801 00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:09,000 Here we go. 802 00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:11,000 There's gold in the box. 803 00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:12,000 Oh, yeah! 804 00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:14,000 Couple decent little nuggets. 805 00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:15,000 Oh, smooth. 806 00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:17,000 That had to come from under that boulder. 807 00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:18,000 Good stuff! 808 00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:19,000 How you doing, man? 809 00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:21,000 We're feeling cold. 810 00:36:21,000 --> 00:36:22,000 Trying to warm up. 811 00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:25,000 You look white, by the way. 812 00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:26,000 Oh, his hands are white. 813 00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:27,000 We'll see what happens. 814 00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:28,000 We need to get James back, y'all. 815 00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:29,000 Yeah. 816 00:36:29,000 --> 00:36:30,000 You're looking rough, man. 817 00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:31,000 You need to get him back and get him warmed up. 818 00:36:31,000 --> 00:36:32,000 Yeah, let's get you all warmed up. 819 00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:33,000 You're still shaking right now. 820 00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:38,000 That was a rough one, man. 821 00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:40,000 Another rough one. 822 00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:49,000 What's going on, James? 823 00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:50,000 Hey, how's it going? 824 00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:52,000 I got some decisions to make, man. 825 00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:54,000 Do we stay or do we go? 826 00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:55,000 Wow. 827 00:36:55,000 --> 00:36:56,000 F***. 828 00:36:56,000 --> 00:36:57,000 I don't know, man. 829 00:36:57,000 --> 00:36:58,000 It's scary, right? 830 00:36:58,000 --> 00:36:59,000 Yep. 831 00:36:59,000 --> 00:37:00,000 Is this over with? 832 00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:01,000 It might be. 833 00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:02,000 Yeah. 834 00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:03,000 I don't know. 835 00:37:03,000 --> 00:37:04,000 I'm not sure. 836 00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:05,000 I'm not sure. 837 00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:06,000 I'm not sure. 838 00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:07,000 I'm not sure. 839 00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:08,000 I'm not sure. 840 00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:09,000 I'm not sure. 841 00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:10,000 I'm not sure. 842 00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:11,000 I'm not sure. 843 00:37:11,000 --> 00:37:12,000 I'm not sure. 844 00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:13,000 I'm not sure. 845 00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:14,000 I'm not sure. 846 00:37:14,000 --> 00:37:15,000 I'm not sure. 847 00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:16,000 I'm not sure. 848 00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:18,000 I don't know. 849 00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:20,000 I feel like we're too close right now. 850 00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:22,000 I'd love to do one or two more dives. 851 00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:25,000 This snow came into early for me. 852 00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:28,000 I'm not willing to give up yet, but I might have to. 853 00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:29,000 I might be forced to. 854 00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:36,000 Just go down there. 855 00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:38,000 We've been chasing it, chasing it, chasing it. 856 00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:39,000 It feels like we're getting to the bottom. 857 00:37:39,000 --> 00:37:40,000 We're right at the bottom. 858 00:37:40,000 --> 00:37:42,000 And I feel like one, maybe two more dives. 859 00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:44,000 And I feel like we're getting to the bottom. 860 00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:46,000 I feel like one, maybe two more dives. 861 00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:48,000 And this hole will be tapped out. 862 00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:52,000 But it's too deep, too dangerous. 863 00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:56,000 Somebody's going to die down there, so it looks like we're going to get run off without 864 00:37:56,000 --> 00:37:58,000 knowing. 865 00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:04,000 And giving it up doesn't seem like an option, but it's what I have to do. 866 00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:07,000 I'm being forced to shut down. 867 00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:12,000 Faced by the imminent threat of an Alaskan blizzard. 868 00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:14,000 So here's the deal. 869 00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:17,000 Dustin's forced to make a tough call. 870 00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:21,000 I don't want it to be over because we're so close, this is what it feels like. 871 00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:23,000 But we're about to get caught in snow. 872 00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:28,000 So if I pushed another dive, which is what I want to do, 873 00:38:28,000 --> 00:38:30,000 we might be in trouble if we stay up here too long. 874 00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:33,000 So for safety reasons, we have to get the hell out of here. 875 00:38:33,000 --> 00:38:36,000 We're going to call this the end of the season. 876 00:38:36,000 --> 00:38:38,000 It's over with. I'm calling it. 877 00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:39,000 We're done. 878 00:38:43,000 --> 00:38:46,000 Out of time and luck. 879 00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:48,000 All right. 880 00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:50,000 We're going to do our final weigh in. 881 00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:55,000 They must quickly weigh their gold and get out before the storm hits. 882 00:38:56,000 --> 00:38:58,000 Oh my gosh, look at that. 883 00:38:58,000 --> 00:39:01,000 I can't believe the size of all those. 884 00:39:01,000 --> 00:39:03,000 18.1. 885 00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:05,000 Oh wait a minute, we forgot one. 886 00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:06,000 Oh geez. 887 00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:07,000 I guess let's add this one in there. 888 00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:08,000 That sinks out. 889 00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:09,000 It's not getting... 890 00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:11,000 That's a blessing to all. 891 00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:14,000 That is life changing right there. 892 00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:16,000 Oh my gosh. 893 00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:21,000 That's getting pretty heavy. 894 00:39:21,000 --> 00:39:25,000 23.9. 895 00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:31,000 But because the gold's so big, it has a different price on it. 896 00:39:31,000 --> 00:39:34,000 Because this is all, they're all specimens. 897 00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:37,000 So the price would be way more than the weight of gold. 898 00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:38,000 Yeah. 899 00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:39,000 Absolutely. 900 00:39:39,000 --> 00:39:44,000 I mean, nuggets this big, that bet you that's worth 70 grand just by itself. 901 00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:49,000 I figured we got about $150,000 in gold. 902 00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:50,000 Yeah, that's crazy. 903 00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:51,000 That's the best haul. 904 00:39:51,000 --> 00:40:01,000 The size and quality of the nuggets proves Dustin's claims hold the kind of gold that most minors can only dream of. 905 00:40:01,000 --> 00:40:04,000 How many of these things are up here? 906 00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:07,000 And makes this their best season ever. 907 00:40:07,000 --> 00:40:10,000 Thank you guys for working so hard this year. 908 00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:13,000 You did amazing and I am proud of what we've done. 909 00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:16,000 Nugget Creek, I mean, is living up to its name. 910 00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:17,000 Definitely living up to its name. 911 00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:19,000 Holy frickin' moly, man. 912 00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:21,000 How much more is up there? 913 00:40:21,000 --> 00:40:22,000 And that frickin' creek? 914 00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:23,000 There's tons. 915 00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:26,000 It's gonna be life changing. 916 00:40:26,000 --> 00:40:27,000 Yeah. 917 00:40:27,000 --> 00:40:32,000 The crew are all going to have to work hard through a cold, bleak winter. 918 00:40:32,000 --> 00:40:35,000 So we didn't get rich, but we know it's here. 919 00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:36,000 Yeah, we're rich. 920 00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:38,000 It's enough to keep us funded to keep going. 921 00:40:38,000 --> 00:40:40,000 Yeah, that's true. 922 00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:43,000 I can come back knowing that there's still some gold down there. 923 00:40:43,000 --> 00:40:44,000 Yeah. 924 00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:45,000 Alright. 925 00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:46,000 Let's get out of here. 926 00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:51,000 Bit of hell of a season, but it's time to go. 927 00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:52,000 We rocked. 928 00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:53,000 That's a team. 929 00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:55,000 We know there's a ton of gold up there. 930 00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:58,000 We'll be back to get what we left behind. 931 00:40:58,000 --> 00:40:59,000 Let's go! 932 00:41:03,000 --> 00:41:06,000 We've proved this place to be amazing. 933 00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:10,000 This claim is going to change all of our lives. 934 00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:13,000 And we'll be back next season.