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[suspenseful music playing]
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[Dustin] Carlos is digging
like crazy.
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How deep you think
you are right now?
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[Carlos] Man,
I'm in some 30 stuff, dude.
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I can't barely see.
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Ah, right here,
it's about 10 feet.
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[narrator] Deep
in the Alaskan wilderness,
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a month ahead of schedule,
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Dustin Hurt has his first
diver in the water.
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So what do you see, man?
What do you see?
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[Carlos]
That just drops off, man.
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Just drops off
to oblivion right here.
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Why don't you follow that
for a little while,
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see what you get down to, man.
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If we don't find gold,
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I'm not coming back.
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I got too much riding
on this.
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I can't afford to fail.
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All right, Carlos,
is this your final call.
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Let's get you out of here.
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All right.
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Call it a dive.
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[Wes laughs]
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Woo!
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Gold nugget. Don't worry.
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I'm that [bleep] see a nugget.
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[Carlos] Nugget?
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[cheering]
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- [man] Yeah!
- [bleep].
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Dude.
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[laughs]
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- [Carlos] No way.
- [Wes] Look.
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- That's a gold nugget!
- [bleep] Yeah.
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- [Carlos]
That's a gold nugget!
- [Wes] Yeah!
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[man] I didn't get to see.
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Oh, my God!
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[bleep] yeah. Yeah!
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[Wes] First gold ever
this early!
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[man] Watch out, behind you.
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[groans]
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[Dustin] Carlos
is [bleep] pinned.
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It's an easy way
to die out here.
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Almost there.
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[Dustin] Okay.
Pull under the water.
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Pull, pull,
pull, pull, pull, pull.
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[bleep].
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Moment of truth, folks.
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[man] Ouch. [bleep] hold on.
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[man] Lift, lift,
lift, lift, lift, lift, lift.
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[bleep] if we lose
this damn thing
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we're in deep damn trouble.
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So how are you doing, man?
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Don't think about me, man.
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Get out there and freakin'
find that damn gold.
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[man] Dive there in the water.
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[Carlos] Oh, that's perfect.
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[Dustin]
All the near death incidents.
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All the chances we take.
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All the heartbreak.
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Here we come.
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This is our year.
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[James] Ah, y'all ready
for this?
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[narrator] As the harsh
Alaskan winter
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gives way to spring.
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[James] Woo! Yeah.
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First fire
of the season everybody.
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[Carlos] Good job, James.
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[James] Hell yeah, man.
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[narrator] Dustin and his crew
are back
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for a last chance
of redemption
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in Nugget creek's
legendary gold.
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[Dustin] We've got such
a big forward momentum
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right now that everything's
working out for us,
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that cannot fail again.
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We've been struggling
to stay afloat.
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We have to produce.
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I'm just hoping
that we can keep
this momentum going,
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it's gonna get us gold.
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[narrator] Last season,
Dustin faced
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the destructive power
of the Alaskan storms.
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[Dustin] There's not a [bleep]
thing we can do here.
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[narrator] Desperate to avoid
a repeat,
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Dustin spent the off-season
formulating a new game plan
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on new ground.
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We send a map...
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and, uh,
this is our boundaries.
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What I've been told is we...
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And this kind of proves it,
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that we're about 200
to 300 feet
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upstream too far
with what we thought
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was our property line.
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[narrator] Now, the crew
are in a race
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to get on the gold faster
than any other season.
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[Dustin] I've got
a different plan now.
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When we first got here,
I was gonna go
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with our standard plan,
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make a pool,
put the dredge in,
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- start digging.
- Sure.
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[Dustin]
It's not the plan anymore.
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I had some time to think
about this.
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And if you keep the water
low enough,
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we can make a really
big area really quickly.
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[Ryan] Yup.
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And we're gonna dig by hand.
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We're gonna dig an area
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all the way down the hard pack
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before we even think
about bringing the dredge out.
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- Yup. I agree.
- [Dustin] I was thinking
there's five of us
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and we could dig
one hell of a hole.
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I agree on that.
That's [bleep] awesome.
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Find a hard pack,
dredge that only, move on.
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[Ryan] Yeah.
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We need to go out
and dig like maniacs
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because I really wanna
beat the flood this year.
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I agree with you.
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You don't understand
how bad...
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- [Ryan] We need this.
- we need to see some gold.
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Flood up.
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Time to go.
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This is a complete
noon technique for us.
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Until we find
what I'm looking for,
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we are not even gonna set
that dredge in the water.
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This is my new style.
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I don't care if it's
the right way, wrong way.
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We're doing it my way.
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[Carlos] Is it store, James?
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[James] Oh,
I bet you she does.
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Come on, baby.
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- Yeah, buddy.
- [man] Oh, man.
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[James] No problem.
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Oh, this thing's
hard to kill, huh?
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Ridiculous.
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All aboard the nugget express.
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[laughter]
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[James] Do we have fuel
out there?
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[Ryan] No.
We'll have to carry some.
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[Dustin] Grab your crowbars.
Let's do this.
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[narrator] It's a treacherous
hike along a steep
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narrow track just to reach
the remote claim.
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[Dustin] Woo.
That got me warmed up.
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New dig site. New Hope.
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[narrator] Dustin's newly
extended claim
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now stretches
250 feet downstream.
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This is on the claim and, uh,
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we're gonna dig it.
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We got high hopes
for this area to go down deep
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like a nugget catcher.
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I hope that's the case.
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We're desperate for nuggets
at this point.
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All right,
here's what we're doing, guys.
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So my main goal
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is to dig this like that.
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I want all this out of here.
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This is what
I want right here.
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I wanna try the sides.
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So all of this rock
going that way
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and what I'd really like
is to build the wall
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right there to get all
the water on that side.
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[Carlos] Got it.
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[James] This is gonna be
a lot of work,
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but it's gonna pay off.
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[narrator] Dustin's new
mining plan divert the creek
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with a wall of rocks
to create a shallow area.
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Instead of one diver
working alone,
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all five crew
will quickly clear
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the worthless overburden
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following the bedrock wall
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in search of a deep area
of red hard pack.
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Only then will they raise
the water
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so a diver can suck up
the gold.
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- [man 1] Ready?
- [man 2] Yeah.
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[man 3] I can't believe
how hard granite is, dude.
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[man 1] There we go.
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[man 3] I forgot
how mighty that cat stand.
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[man 1] Perfect start.
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[Carlos] Yeah.
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Yeah.
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We wanna get all hands
on boulders and rocks
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and throw 'em on this side
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so we can make this divider.
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Kind of like in a Goddang
high highway.
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Fast lane. Slow lane.
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The slow water allows us
to dig in our waiver.
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There it goes!
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Yeah!
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[Dustin] We get a lot
done really quick, man.
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[Carlos] Yes.
That was so weak.
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We are crushing it.
This is fast.
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[narrator]
Clearing the big boulders
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has revealed a mound
of loose gravels.
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[Paul] This is a pile up area.
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Any gold that was loose up
there is right here.
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[Dustin] That is moving
way fast.
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[Carlos] Man, we can get
this out quick.
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[narrator] The crew zero in
on the bedrock wall
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in the hope of finding
a steep drop off.
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The sign of a deep
gold catch.
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We get that pump going
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and that way
I can wash this stuff down.
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[Dustin] What I was thinking
you could do
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is put it right there
at the base.
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[Paul] Yeah.
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And just start
hit hammering this
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and it'll all go out
through there.
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- You get it?
- [Paul] Yeah.
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[Dustin] I don't know why
I'm micromanaging you on this.
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I apologize.
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Can't help myself.
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Son of a bitch,
I'm becoming my father.
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[laughter]
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That's probably bedrock.
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[Dustin] Oh, it is.
That is bedrock.
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Wow.
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[Carlos] We're gonna try
to follow bedrock
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from the sides
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and hoping,
following that bedrock
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gets to the fricking
hard pack,
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the red, dirty,
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bloodish hard pack.
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And that's where the gold is.
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[Dustin] All right,
everybody cross your finger.
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If that bedrock
goes straight down,
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the deeper the better.
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[Paul] Yup.
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- [Paul]
That's going real quick.
- [Carlos] Oh, I'm loving this.
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If this is
where the gold settled,
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this is where we need to be.
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[Paul] I wanna...
I'm like you I'm gonna see it
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- going straight down.
- [Dustin] How about...
Yeah. If that...
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If that bedrock
falls straight down,
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we are in business.
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[Paul] Yup.
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[suspenseful music playing]
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[Dustin] Damn it.
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So this is not what I wanted.
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The bedrock is just shooting
straight out.
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[Paul] There's no way
that that's a gold catch.
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It would just take the gold
over and wash it down.
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[Dustin] You see
how that's coming out?
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This right here,
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that is absolutely
the opposite of what we want.
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Damn it!
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Man. It don't make
any damn sense.
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That was supposed
to be deeper.
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All right, that's all done.
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No more effort on that.
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Sorry.
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Picked the wrong spot.
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Just makes it even harder
on us.
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It's just so labor intense.
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If I was a smarter guy,
I know exactly
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where the gold is,
but damnit, I don't.
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[grunting]
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It's getting late.
I don't have any answers yet.
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That's enough of this.
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Put it down and try to put
rocks through a bee
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into it while pining it down,
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and it'll force water off.
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[narrator]
First light and the crew
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were straight back
on the hunt
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for a gold-rich dive side.
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[Dustin] Watch.
This is about the hollow all.
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Look at it.
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We're using a stretch hose
so the water,
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the running water
will help melt the snow.
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[Paul] It's gonna chew
that [bleep] out quick.
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[Dustin]
I don't wanna mess this up.
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This might be our chance
and if I blow it
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and the rains come
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and we haven't dug this
out yet
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and we didn't find anything,
I don't...
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That's not much story
this year.
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I want this year
to be success.
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We got to go extra hard.
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All right. Let's get to it.
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[intense music playing]
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We're gonna take another
section out of this
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and we're gonna see
where the bedrock goes.
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I'm not sure if I'm doing
this right, but
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we... We're on the hunt.
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This is called prospecting.
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Just get some
of these rocks out
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so we can lower this
water level down again.
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[Dustin] Yeah. Yup.
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That way we can
get a good look of it.
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[Dustin] Yeah.
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This is my new method.
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Hit-and-run.
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Just dig, dig,
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see what the bedrock
looks like, move on.
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[intense music playing]
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[Paul] That's gonna open our
water flow up a lot out here.
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[James] Hope I can get a bite.
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Tell me, you good?
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[Paul] These boulder's
gotta go.
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[grunts]
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[James]
It might go right over.
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Oh, look out behind you. Ow.
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[Dustin] [bleep].
Get him out of there.
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[Carlos groans]
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[intense music playing]
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[Paul] Oh, look out
behind you. Ow.
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- [Carlos groans]
- [Dustin] [bleep] Carlos
is pinned.
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[narrator] As the crew search
for a gold-rich dive site,
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a half-ton boulder
has pinned Carlos,
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crushing his rib cage.
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[Dustin] Get him out of there.
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[Paul grunts]
Okay, okay, okay, okay.
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[Dustin] Get out of there.
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Get out, get out.
[bleep] move.
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[intense music playing]
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[James] Dude, that could've
been bad, man.
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[Paul] Yeah, yeah, dude.
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[James] Holy [bleep].
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Holy [bleep]. It was literally
resting on you.
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What d'you learn?
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Never turn your back
on boulders, dude.
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Just take five, man.
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Nobody got hurt,
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it was just a scare.
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A good reminder that
it's an easy way to die
out here.
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Instead, we're still working.
323
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[intense music playing]
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[Paul] There it goes.
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[Carlos] This works good.
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[Dustin] I'm looking
for this wall right here.
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Bedrock wall.
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It could be way in there
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or it could be right next
to this.
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That looks like bedrock
right there.
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[Dustin] Now, follow that damn
wall all the way down.
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Let's see where it goes.
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Down here, spray all
the [bleep] right here.
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[Paul] It's going down.
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- Look at that
[bleep] we're looking for.
- [Dustin] That's hard pack.
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[Dustin] That's [bleep]
hard pack man.
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00:14:38,206 --> 00:14:39,620
That's what we're looking for.
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[Carlos] That's a good sign.
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So let's follow this,
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- see where that bedrock goes.
- [man] Yeah.
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[intense music playing]
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[narrator] The crew chased
the hard pack layer
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out towards the deepest point
at the center of the creek.
344
00:14:57,034 --> 00:14:58,275
[Dustin] If that's hard pack,
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this is where we need
to be dredging right now.
346
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- Dig it.
- [Paul] There it is, look,
you see it?
347
00:15:06,241 --> 00:15:07,724
- Look, look, look.
- [man] Look
at the water color,
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- look at the water color.
- [Paul] Look, there it is,
there it is, look.
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[Dustin] That's hard pack.
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[Paul] It's hard pack,
dude, look.
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Do it right it,
but it could be crumbling off.
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00:15:15,551 --> 00:15:17,000
[Dustin] All right.
353
00:15:17,758 --> 00:15:19,241
I was not expecting that.
354
00:15:19,241 --> 00:15:20,482
This is amazing.
355
00:15:20,482 --> 00:15:22,000
- This is better.
- [James] Wow.
356
00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:24,586
[intense music playing]
357
00:15:24,586 --> 00:15:27,137
All right. I think
we found our dredge spot.
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[James] It's gotta...
It's gotta be starting
to drop right here.
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00:15:28,965 --> 00:15:30,827
[Paul] Look at that,
it's up to my knees.
360
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Because if that's shallow
and this is deep...
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that's a gold catch.
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[Dustin] Let's put a dredge
on it.
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It's the stuff
we're gonna process.
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Is everybody
excited about this?
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- [James laughs]
- [Carlos] Yeah.
We found it, man.
366
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- [Dustin] Man.
- We found it.
367
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[James] That sounds perfect.
368
00:15:43,034 --> 00:15:43,965
Without the dredge,
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00:15:43,965 --> 00:15:45,379
without a diver
in the water, dude,
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- we found a hard pack.
- [Wes] Yeah.
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If there's gold down
underneath this stuff,
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we'll know it real soon.
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[Wes] Real fast.
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00:15:50,241 --> 00:15:52,896
So three things
that have to happen,
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we have to have a skyline
to pull the dredge up
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00:15:55,827 --> 00:15:57,241
because it's been flooding.
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00:15:57,241 --> 00:16:00,137
Winches of some sort
on that skyline.
378
00:16:01,275 --> 00:16:03,413
We need to dredge together
and move up here
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00:16:03,413 --> 00:16:04,862
right after that skyline
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- or really close
to when that skyline's...
- [Wes] Yeah.
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00:16:06,551 --> 00:16:08,172
- gonna be finished.
- [Wes] Yup, yeah.
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00:16:08,172 --> 00:16:09,724
Let's get
that dredge going, man.
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00:16:09,724 --> 00:16:11,000
- [Wes] Yeah.
- [Dustin] Let's go.
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[intense music playing]
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If all the stories
are right...
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right underneath that hard
pack right there
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is gonna be fatty nugs.
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00:16:22,620 --> 00:16:24,620
I'm nervous,
but excited at the same time.
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00:16:24,620 --> 00:16:29,793
It's, uh, a long time coming.
390
00:16:29,793 --> 00:16:31,931
I can't believe we made it
back this year.
391
00:16:31,931 --> 00:16:34,379
Now we got this?
392
00:16:34,379 --> 00:16:37,965
Please let this be it,
please let this be it.
393
00:16:37,965 --> 00:16:41,000
[intense music playing]
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00:16:49,275 --> 00:16:50,379
[Paul]
Now I'm getting excited.
395
00:16:50,379 --> 00:16:51,724
[Dustin] Right?
396
00:16:52,724 --> 00:16:53,827
Get all the dredge pieces,
397
00:16:53,827 --> 00:16:55,827
get the dredge put together,
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00:16:55,827 --> 00:16:57,482
get it up to creek.
399
00:16:58,482 --> 00:17:00,206
Wanna see some of that gold.
400
00:17:03,482 --> 00:17:04,758
I mean, we're all excited
401
00:17:04,758 --> 00:17:06,931
because we found
hard pack already
402
00:17:06,931 --> 00:17:08,862
with our method
we're working this year.
403
00:17:08,862 --> 00:17:11,275
I've got a feeling
we're gonna have gold really,
404
00:17:11,275 --> 00:17:12,620
really fast this year.
405
00:17:12,620 --> 00:17:13,965
Hopefully
by the end of the day,
406
00:17:13,965 --> 00:17:15,206
we're gonna have
to dredge up there,
407
00:17:15,206 --> 00:17:18,482
we're gonna have it set up,
running, ready to go.
408
00:17:19,137 --> 00:17:20,241
[engine starts]
409
00:17:20,241 --> 00:17:22,482
[Paul] One step closer now.
410
00:17:27,758 --> 00:17:30,896
[narrator] While Paul
and Wes work on the dredge,
411
00:17:30,896 --> 00:17:32,827
Carlos and James will set up
412
00:17:32,827 --> 00:17:34,275
the linchpin
of their operation.
413
00:17:34,275 --> 00:17:35,655
[sighs]
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00:17:35,655 --> 00:17:36,965
[narrator] The skyline.
415
00:17:36,965 --> 00:17:38,344
[Carlos] We know
from experience
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00:17:38,344 --> 00:17:40,137
that this creek
is gonna flood.
417
00:17:40,137 --> 00:17:42,000
Our money maker is the dredge.
418
00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:44,586
A flood was to come in
right here
419
00:17:44,586 --> 00:17:47,241
where we're dredging at,
there is no way in the world
420
00:17:47,241 --> 00:17:50,000
we're gonna be able to get
that dredge to higher ground.
421
00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:52,793
So the skyline is gonna go
422
00:17:52,793 --> 00:17:55,448
canyon wall to canyon wall.
423
00:17:55,448 --> 00:17:58,517
And that is just to pick up
the dredge.
424
00:17:58,517 --> 00:18:01,862
[intense music playing]
425
00:18:01,862 --> 00:18:03,689
[narrator] Last season,
426
00:18:03,689 --> 00:18:08,000
Dustin came close to losing
his $20,000 dredge
427
00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:10,827
when the remnants
of a coastal typhoon
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00:18:10,827 --> 00:18:13,000
stuck Nugget Creek.
429
00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:14,517
[Dustin] Sounds like
we lost everything
430
00:18:14,517 --> 00:18:16,241
and everything's over.
431
00:18:17,379 --> 00:18:19,448
[narrator] Installing
a 30-foot skyline
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00:18:19,448 --> 00:18:21,068
across the creek
433
00:18:21,068 --> 00:18:24,655
will allow them to
lift their 2,000 pound dredge
434
00:18:24,655 --> 00:18:26,689
clear of the deadly serge
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00:18:26,689 --> 00:18:29,034
from relentless
Alaskan storms.
436
00:18:30,344 --> 00:18:31,896
[James] Look at that.
437
00:18:31,896 --> 00:18:34,379
At least one thing
survived the flood,
438
00:18:34,965 --> 00:18:36,034
is our skyline.
439
00:18:39,827 --> 00:18:43,068
[narrator] Step one,
find rock on the near side,
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00:18:43,068 --> 00:18:46,206
solid enough
to hold the anchor bolts.
441
00:18:46,206 --> 00:18:48,448
[Carlos] Whoa.
Starting to crumble.
442
00:18:50,758 --> 00:18:52,000
But it'll work, man.
443
00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:55,206
As long as it keeps the dredge
out of freaking harm's way.
444
00:18:55,206 --> 00:18:57,413
No dredge, no gold.
445
00:18:57,413 --> 00:19:00,724
[drill whirring]
446
00:19:01,862 --> 00:19:04,517
[James] We got a long ways
to go today.
447
00:19:04,517 --> 00:19:06,275
Dustin wants this done today.
448
00:19:08,172 --> 00:19:10,931
[narrator] While the crew race
to prepare the dive site.
449
00:19:12,344 --> 00:19:14,413
After two weeks off-grid,
450
00:19:14,413 --> 00:19:16,931
Dustin makes the 30-mile trek
451
00:19:16,931 --> 00:19:18,586
back to civilization
452
00:19:18,586 --> 00:19:21,000
on urgent personal business.
453
00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:24,448
[soft music playing]
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00:19:24,448 --> 00:19:26,482
[Dustin] I got Paul and Wes
on the dredge
455
00:19:26,482 --> 00:19:29,206
and I got James and Carlos
on the skyline,
456
00:19:29,206 --> 00:19:31,034
everything is gonna work
out up there,
457
00:19:31,034 --> 00:19:32,724
because that's easy stuff
for them.
458
00:19:32,724 --> 00:19:35,034
And, uh,
gave me a chance to come down
459
00:19:35,034 --> 00:19:37,758
and see if I can get Fred
a call.
460
00:19:39,103 --> 00:19:40,931
[horn blaring]
461
00:19:40,931 --> 00:19:42,344
[narrator] It was Fred Hurt
462
00:19:42,344 --> 00:19:45,241
who built
their gold mining legacy.
463
00:19:45,241 --> 00:19:46,310
- Hey, Fred, how are you?
- [Fred] You all right?
464
00:19:46,310 --> 00:19:47,206
[indistinct]
465
00:19:48,448 --> 00:19:50,310
[narrator] And inspired
his son to share
466
00:19:50,310 --> 00:19:53,586
in their great
gold mining adventure.
467
00:19:53,586 --> 00:19:54,965
I don't know what I'm doing.
468
00:19:54,965 --> 00:19:56,448
But I'm starting
to learn though.
469
00:19:56,448 --> 00:19:59,586
[narrator] Now, Dustin faces
a solo future
470
00:19:59,586 --> 00:20:02,793
after Fred's shocking
diagnosis two months ago.
471
00:20:02,793 --> 00:20:05,413
[Fred] I was diagnosed
with brain tumor.
472
00:20:06,241 --> 00:20:07,689
It's terminal.
473
00:20:11,241 --> 00:20:12,068
[Dustin]
So how's it going, Fred?
474
00:20:12,655 --> 00:20:14,689
Hey, I'm doing fine.
475
00:20:14,689 --> 00:20:16,655
So what's happening up there?
476
00:20:16,655 --> 00:20:18,896
Uh, so we made it to camp,
477
00:20:18,896 --> 00:20:21,000
we're up there, and
we're in the creek already.
478
00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:24,172
Yeah. So you're making
a headway up there a little
bit now.
479
00:20:24,172 --> 00:20:26,034
Faster than
we ever have, Fred.
480
00:20:26,034 --> 00:20:29,172
We, uh, have changed up
all of our style.
481
00:20:29,172 --> 00:20:32,310
We've decided no longer
to process
482
00:20:32,310 --> 00:20:35,103
any of the top material
at all.
483
00:20:35,103 --> 00:20:38,758
Uh, that's a,
uh, excellent decision.
484
00:20:38,758 --> 00:20:41,241
Well, best advice I can say
485
00:20:41,241 --> 00:20:43,758
is if it's going down
keep going down...
486
00:20:43,758 --> 00:20:46,379
- [Dustin] Yeah.
- don't stay on the
wall looking for something.
487
00:20:46,379 --> 00:20:49,000
- It's what I'm doing.
- Just keep going down.
488
00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:52,896
Because whatever it is
is going into that bottom.
489
00:20:52,896 --> 00:20:54,275
So how are you doing, man?
490
00:20:54,275 --> 00:20:56,206
[Fred] Pretty rough,
man, pretty rough.
491
00:20:56,206 --> 00:20:59,413
I did went through,
uh, chemotherapy,
492
00:20:59,413 --> 00:21:04,379
but at the same time
I did radiation therapy
493
00:21:04,379 --> 00:21:06,586
and I came out worse
than when I went in.
494
00:21:06,586 --> 00:21:08,620
Yeah. Losing a little hair.
495
00:21:08,620 --> 00:21:10,482
- [Dustin] Your hair looks...
- Too much I guess. [laughs]
496
00:21:10,482 --> 00:21:11,931
it still looks great though.
497
00:21:11,931 --> 00:21:13,551
Well, it's still there,
that's about all
498
00:21:13,551 --> 00:21:14,724
- that's good for.
- [Dustin] Yeah.
499
00:21:14,724 --> 00:21:17,068
Well, thank you for a nice
set of hair by the way.
500
00:21:17,068 --> 00:21:18,586
- This is awesome.
- [Fred] Yeah.
501
00:21:18,586 --> 00:21:20,172
You know, this stuff is,
502
00:21:20,172 --> 00:21:22,655
you know, it's, uh, terminal.
503
00:21:22,655 --> 00:21:24,896
One way...
One time or another...
504
00:21:24,896 --> 00:21:27,379
Hell, everybody
dies some time.
505
00:21:27,379 --> 00:21:29,068
[Dustin]
Nobody gets out alive.
506
00:21:29,068 --> 00:21:31,034
[Fred] It's, uh,
hell when you...
507
00:21:31,034 --> 00:21:32,620
When you know it's close.
508
00:21:32,620 --> 00:21:34,586
[laughs]
509
00:21:34,586 --> 00:21:36,310
- [Dustin] Yeah. I always...
- Uh, don't think
510
00:21:36,310 --> 00:21:37,586
about me, man.
511
00:21:37,586 --> 00:21:38,862
Get out there
and freaking find
512
00:21:38,862 --> 00:21:40,758
that damn gold.
513
00:21:40,758 --> 00:21:42,620
Well, you've been
a big damn part of my life,
514
00:21:42,620 --> 00:21:45,000
so it's kind of hard, so...
[laughs]
515
00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:46,379
[Fred] Uh, I understand.
516
00:21:49,241 --> 00:21:51,206
Well, your 80th
birthday's coming up.
517
00:21:51,206 --> 00:21:52,379
You think
you're gonna make it?
518
00:21:53,034 --> 00:21:54,862
I've been threatened.
519
00:21:54,862 --> 00:21:57,275
Better live long enough,
you old sucker.
520
00:21:57,275 --> 00:21:59,620
[laughter]
521
00:22:00,758 --> 00:22:02,206
Try to hang on, Fred.
522
00:22:02,206 --> 00:22:04,689
Uh, hopefully,
we get to see you again
523
00:22:04,689 --> 00:22:07,137
at maybe your 80th birthday.
524
00:22:07,137 --> 00:22:08,793
Okay.
525
00:22:08,793 --> 00:22:10,241
- All right. Well--
- [Fred] Well--
526
00:22:10,241 --> 00:22:11,655
Love you, Fred, and we'll talk
527
00:22:11,655 --> 00:22:13,448
- to you later.
- Love you too.
528
00:22:14,793 --> 00:22:16,034
Take care.
529
00:22:16,034 --> 00:22:17,344
I'm gonna
get back to work, man,
530
00:22:17,344 --> 00:22:18,275
trying to get out there.
531
00:22:18,275 --> 00:22:19,586
All right.
532
00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:26,482
[engine starts]
533
00:22:26,482 --> 00:22:28,103
Oh, he is not doing so great.
534
00:22:28,896 --> 00:22:31,827
But, uh, he's still alive,
535
00:22:31,827 --> 00:22:33,758
so he's still holding on.
536
00:22:33,758 --> 00:22:36,103
[somber music playing]
537
00:22:47,758 --> 00:22:50,758
[tense music playing]
538
00:22:56,793 --> 00:22:58,793
All right, man. Go ahead.
539
00:22:58,793 --> 00:23:01,241
- Moment of truth, folks.
- [Carlos] Moment of truth.
540
00:23:01,931 --> 00:23:03,482
[narrator] At Nugget Creek,
541
00:23:03,482 --> 00:23:04,965
James and Carlos are putting
542
00:23:04,965 --> 00:23:06,551
their new skyline anchors...
543
00:23:06,551 --> 00:23:07,482
[Carlos] Go ahead.
544
00:23:07,482 --> 00:23:08,344
[narrator] To the test.
545
00:23:08,344 --> 00:23:09,896
[Carlos] Easy,
little at a time.
546
00:23:10,793 --> 00:23:12,586
Okay. Okay.
I'll stop, I'll stop.
547
00:23:12,586 --> 00:23:14,379
- This is ripping it out.
- [James] Huh?
548
00:23:14,379 --> 00:23:15,793
This is getting ripped out
right here.
549
00:23:15,793 --> 00:23:17,206
- [James] Nuh-uh.
- [Carlos] Yeah, it is.
550
00:23:17,206 --> 00:23:18,413
- [James] You serious?
- [Carlos] Yup.
551
00:23:18,413 --> 00:23:19,551
Okay. That's good right there.
552
00:23:22,241 --> 00:23:23,758
- We're gonna have to put a--
- Nah!
553
00:23:23,758 --> 00:23:25,000
Yeah, it is.
It's ripping out dude.
554
00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:26,068
Watch it. Go ahead.
555
00:23:26,068 --> 00:23:27,103
[creaks]
556
00:23:27,103 --> 00:23:29,379
[Carlos] Oh, [bleep].
Okay. [bleep] that.
557
00:23:29,379 --> 00:23:30,379
Dammit.
558
00:23:33,482 --> 00:23:35,034
They're all ripping out,
aren't they?
559
00:23:35,034 --> 00:23:37,000
Just these two [bleep] man.
560
00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:38,758
[James] How the [bleep]
are they ripping out?
561
00:23:39,517 --> 00:23:41,482
Holy [bleep].
562
00:23:41,482 --> 00:23:43,758
[Carlos]
We're gonna get our ass ringed
by fricking Dustin, man.
563
00:23:43,758 --> 00:23:47,793
[suspenseful music playing]
564
00:23:54,172 --> 00:23:56,448
[Dustin] Dustin to Carlos.
Dustin to Carlos.
565
00:23:56,448 --> 00:23:57,379
I'm coming back.
566
00:23:58,793 --> 00:24:01,379
[narrator]
After a 70-mile round trip
567
00:24:01,379 --> 00:24:05,137
and a treacherous run
up the wild Tsirku River,
568
00:24:05,137 --> 00:24:07,689
Dustin's back
at Nugget Creek,
569
00:24:07,689 --> 00:24:10,241
hoping to put
the new skyline to work.
570
00:24:11,379 --> 00:24:12,965
Holy [bleep].
571
00:24:12,965 --> 00:24:14,310
Here comes Dustin.
572
00:24:16,517 --> 00:24:17,724
[Carlos] What's up, man?
573
00:24:17,724 --> 00:24:19,275
[Dustin] Yeah.
574
00:24:19,275 --> 00:24:20,689
[Carlos] Wanna come
down with me?
575
00:24:28,206 --> 00:24:29,758
- Yeah, dude.
- You guys decided to go there
576
00:24:29,758 --> 00:24:31,448
or not there, huh?
577
00:24:31,448 --> 00:24:33,275
How come?
578
00:24:33,275 --> 00:24:34,793
Why not there?
579
00:24:34,793 --> 00:24:36,655
They got a crack
in that wall right there.
580
00:24:36,655 --> 00:24:38,172
[Dustin] Ooh.
581
00:24:39,586 --> 00:24:41,310
That is so sketchy.
582
00:24:42,517 --> 00:24:45,206
You just can't pull on these
things straight out, man.
583
00:24:45,206 --> 00:24:46,482
[Carlos] Yeah, yeah, I know.
584
00:24:47,241 --> 00:24:48,137
[Dustin] But you did.
585
00:24:52,068 --> 00:24:53,965
It's pulling out
of the damn wall.
586
00:24:53,965 --> 00:24:56,724
That's not gonna work. [bleep]
587
00:24:56,724 --> 00:24:59,172
I don't care how much of this
ground you gotta take out.
588
00:24:59,172 --> 00:25:00,965
[Carlos] Okay.
Clean it all up.
589
00:25:00,965 --> 00:25:03,379
- Find me a damn spot, please.
- [Carlos] Yup, got it.
590
00:25:03,379 --> 00:25:05,068
[Dustin] I'm losing it
on this, just...
591
00:25:05,068 --> 00:25:07,689
We got enough time into it.
Let's do it right now.
592
00:25:07,689 --> 00:25:09,103
- [Carlos] All right. Got it.
- Okay?
593
00:25:09,103 --> 00:25:10,206
[Carlos] Got it.
594
00:25:10,206 --> 00:25:11,344
[Dustin] Fully expecting
595
00:25:11,344 --> 00:25:12,827
a skyline to be done,
596
00:25:12,827 --> 00:25:14,827
completely done.
597
00:25:14,827 --> 00:25:16,827
It looks like it was a fail.
598
00:25:16,827 --> 00:25:19,241
It, uh, it's gonna
pull out of the wall.
599
00:25:19,241 --> 00:25:21,241
So if you drill in this way,
600
00:25:21,241 --> 00:25:23,689
you can pull it straight
out of this stuff.
601
00:25:23,689 --> 00:25:25,344
None of this rock
will hold it.
602
00:25:25,344 --> 00:25:27,103
Its loose shale
603
00:25:27,793 --> 00:25:29,931
will hold if you do it right,
604
00:25:29,931 --> 00:25:32,344
but you have
to place it right.
605
00:25:32,344 --> 00:25:34,724
There's no two ways about it.
And they failed on that.
606
00:25:34,724 --> 00:25:38,000
They know better
and they did it anyway.
607
00:25:40,103 --> 00:25:41,931
[narrator] In this soft rock,
608
00:25:41,931 --> 00:25:43,965
the bolts
will not stay in place
609
00:25:43,965 --> 00:25:46,275
if drilled in line
with the skyline.
610
00:25:49,068 --> 00:25:52,344
Carlos must place
the bolts at 90 degrees
611
00:25:52,344 --> 00:25:55,000
to prevent them from being
ripped from the wall
612
00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:58,172
under the 60,000 pounds
of pulling force.
613
00:26:00,862 --> 00:26:02,724
[Carlos] Ah!
614
00:26:02,724 --> 00:26:04,448
Ah!
615
00:26:06,586 --> 00:26:08,379
It's working!
616
00:26:08,379 --> 00:26:11,413
Hey, the finest fricking
somewhat viable piece
617
00:26:11,413 --> 00:26:12,793
of fricking rock, man,
618
00:26:12,793 --> 00:26:14,931
solid enough to hold
the skyline.
619
00:26:14,931 --> 00:26:17,724
It's like finding
a fricking Easter egg, man.
620
00:26:18,965 --> 00:26:20,482
I'm gonna come down
there with you.
621
00:26:20,482 --> 00:26:21,931
[Carlos] Oh, okay.
Oh, you got saws off?
622
00:26:21,931 --> 00:26:23,344
- Yeah.
- [Carlos] Oh, awesome dude.
623
00:26:23,344 --> 00:26:24,758
[James] We need to dig it out.
624
00:26:25,827 --> 00:26:28,000
[Dustin] I wanna see
that grate sitting there.
625
00:26:28,896 --> 00:26:31,758
Without the skyline,
if it floods,
626
00:26:31,758 --> 00:26:34,172
we are in deep damn trouble.
627
00:26:34,172 --> 00:26:36,758
Should have been easy
to put up here.
628
00:26:36,758 --> 00:26:38,137
I thought we were ahead.
629
00:26:39,275 --> 00:26:41,172
Time's coming by
and the way we're starting
630
00:26:41,172 --> 00:26:44,620
to get real close to where
we're not ahead anymore.
631
00:26:47,103 --> 00:26:49,448
[Carlos] Oh, I think I might
have found a good spot.
632
00:26:51,310 --> 00:26:54,172
It's Slim Pickens,
but this has to work.
633
00:26:54,172 --> 00:26:56,310
Seems like solid rock.
634
00:26:57,137 --> 00:26:59,103
[drill whirring]
635
00:27:01,241 --> 00:27:03,275
[hammer tapping]
636
00:27:03,275 --> 00:27:04,827
[James] Oh yeah, dude,
that's gonna hold here.
637
00:27:04,827 --> 00:27:06,413
[Carlos] Yeah, there you go.
638
00:27:06,413 --> 00:27:07,448
Just tie it up
to these chains right here.
639
00:27:08,379 --> 00:27:09,827
Guarantee that's gonna hold.
640
00:27:09,827 --> 00:27:11,000
Well, we're about to find out
641
00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:13,827
if this is gonna hold or not.
642
00:27:13,827 --> 00:27:16,586
[tense music playing]
643
00:27:22,034 --> 00:27:23,896
- [Carlos] Okay.
- [James] That's probably good
enough for now.
644
00:27:23,896 --> 00:27:25,965
[Carlos] Let see
what you got here.
645
00:27:28,965 --> 00:27:31,655
It'll hold. It'll hold.
646
00:27:34,413 --> 00:27:36,586
[Dustin] Hey,
it [bleep] looks good.
647
00:27:36,586 --> 00:27:38,103
[James] It looks good to me.
648
00:27:38,103 --> 00:27:39,517
[Carlos] It's all right, man.
649
00:27:39,517 --> 00:27:41,137
[Dustin] It looks
really good, Carlos.
650
00:27:41,137 --> 00:27:43,379
Thank you, guys.
651
00:27:43,379 --> 00:27:45,172
Let's get some damn gold.
652
00:27:45,172 --> 00:27:46,448
The sooner the better.
653
00:27:48,068 --> 00:27:49,482
Goal accomplished.
654
00:27:49,482 --> 00:27:51,241
The skyline is up.
655
00:27:51,241 --> 00:27:52,827
We're trying to get
the dredge right now
656
00:27:52,827 --> 00:27:54,413
so we can put it into water,
657
00:27:54,413 --> 00:27:56,034
drag it up the creek.
658
00:28:01,896 --> 00:28:03,379
Let's take all four
of us and drive
659
00:28:03,379 --> 00:28:04,586
this thing over to the creek.
660
00:28:04,586 --> 00:28:05,862
Wes, so you're gonna go up,
661
00:28:05,862 --> 00:28:07,827
set up a capstan by yourself.
662
00:28:07,827 --> 00:28:09,965
Paul, can you roll up
and go grab the rope?
663
00:28:09,965 --> 00:28:11,344
- All right.
- [Dustin] Let's spin
it around.
664
00:28:11,344 --> 00:28:12,586
[Paul] Get it
over to the water?
665
00:28:12,586 --> 00:28:14,344
Get it over to the water
as close as we can.
666
00:28:14,344 --> 00:28:15,965
Everybody.
667
00:28:17,896 --> 00:28:20,586
That's good.
That's good. We're good.
668
00:28:20,586 --> 00:28:22,793
[narrator] From the trail end
launch site,
669
00:28:22,793 --> 00:28:25,448
the crew must use
a capstan winch
670
00:28:25,448 --> 00:28:28,000
to drag the 2000-pound dredge
671
00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:31,000
350 feet up creek
672
00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:33,000
across huge boulders
673
00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:35,448
while battling
powerful whitewater
674
00:28:35,448 --> 00:28:38,655
to reach their new dive site.
675
00:28:38,655 --> 00:28:40,551
[Dustin] All right.
I think we're ready to pull.
676
00:28:40,551 --> 00:28:41,862
Give it a shot.
677
00:28:46,206 --> 00:28:47,689
[groans]
678
00:28:48,620 --> 00:28:49,862
[James] Pull it!
679
00:28:49,862 --> 00:28:52,103
[Dustin] All stop. All stop.
680
00:28:52,103 --> 00:28:54,034
- [James] All stop.
- [Dustin grunts]
681
00:28:54,034 --> 00:28:55,758
[bleep].
682
00:28:57,758 --> 00:28:59,137
[grunts]
683
00:29:00,793 --> 00:29:03,896
I pulled too hard and I think
it broke my [bleep] finger.
684
00:29:05,517 --> 00:29:07,689
[suspenseful music playing]
685
00:29:07,689 --> 00:29:09,413
[Dustin] Is there any way
we can use this water
686
00:29:09,413 --> 00:29:10,931
to get over there?
687
00:29:10,931 --> 00:29:12,275
[James] I don't see why not.
688
00:29:12,275 --> 00:29:14,517
A little bit. Keep going.
689
00:29:14,517 --> 00:29:16,413
You gotta get
to the other side
of the creek.
690
00:29:16,413 --> 00:29:18,517
[Paul] Actually, if he takes
off that redirect up there now
691
00:29:18,517 --> 00:29:19,827
it'll be a straight pull
over that way.
692
00:29:19,827 --> 00:29:22,000
[Carlos] Hey, it's a straight
pull right there, James.
693
00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:23,551
- [James] Oh, it is.
It's a straight pull.
- [Dustin] Keep going.
694
00:29:23,551 --> 00:29:24,896
Keep going,
keep going, keep going,
695
00:29:24,896 --> 00:29:26,137
- keep going, keep going.
- Oh, it's going, just keep
on pulling.
696
00:29:26,137 --> 00:29:27,137
[Dustin] It's going
under water.
697
00:29:27,137 --> 00:29:28,586
Pull, pull, pull,
pull, pull, pull.
698
00:29:34,551 --> 00:29:36,344
[suspenseful music playing]
699
00:29:36,344 --> 00:29:37,862
- [Dustin] Pull over that way.
- [Carlos] Hey,
it's a straight pull
700
00:29:37,862 --> 00:29:39,827
- right there, James.
- [James] Oh, it is.
701
00:29:39,827 --> 00:29:41,275
- [Carlos]
It's a straight pull.
- Keep going, keep going.
702
00:29:41,275 --> 00:29:42,793
- Keep going, keep going.
- Oh, it's going, just keep
on pulling.
703
00:29:42,793 --> 00:29:44,103
It's going under water.
704
00:29:44,103 --> 00:29:45,655
Pull, pull, pull,
pull, pull, pull.
705
00:29:47,448 --> 00:29:49,034
[James] It's going underwater.
706
00:29:49,034 --> 00:29:50,689
[narrator] At Nugget Creek,
707
00:29:50,689 --> 00:29:52,551
Dustin and the crew fight
708
00:29:52,551 --> 00:29:54,275
to save the dredge
from being torn
709
00:29:54,275 --> 00:29:56,724
apart by the raging
whitewater.
710
00:29:56,724 --> 00:29:58,103
[Dustin] Standby,
standby, standby.
711
00:29:58,103 --> 00:29:59,586
Can you pull that way, Carlos?
712
00:30:00,586 --> 00:30:02,620
[Carlos] Yeah,
you can pull it this way.
713
00:30:03,620 --> 00:30:05,206
Let's get over this rock.
714
00:30:05,206 --> 00:30:06,310
[Dustin] Hold on.
715
00:30:07,482 --> 00:30:09,172
Almost. See if he can pull it.
716
00:30:09,172 --> 00:30:11,551
See if you can pull it.
See if you can pull it.
717
00:30:11,551 --> 00:30:14,034
- Watch the swing!
- [Carlos] I got...
I got the swing.
718
00:30:14,034 --> 00:30:15,448
I got the swing.
I got the swing.
719
00:30:15,448 --> 00:30:17,000
- [Dustin] Thank you.
- [James] Yup.
720
00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:18,586
Yeah.
721
00:30:18,586 --> 00:30:20,586
- [Carlos] Woo-hoo!
- [James] Best one ever.
722
00:30:20,586 --> 00:30:22,931
[Dustin] Holy [bleep]
that's a strong water
right there.
723
00:30:22,931 --> 00:30:24,344
[Paul] 50 more yards y'all.
724
00:30:24,344 --> 00:30:26,103
50 more yards and we got it.
725
00:30:26,103 --> 00:30:28,310
- [Dustin] All hands on.
- [Carlos] Okay. Pull!
726
00:30:29,758 --> 00:30:30,896
Come on, work.
727
00:30:34,172 --> 00:30:35,689
- [James] There you go.
- [Dustin] Watch that boulder.
728
00:30:35,689 --> 00:30:36,896
- Watch that boulder.
- [Carlos] I got... Hey!
729
00:30:36,896 --> 00:30:38,172
[Paul] We're on the handle.
We're on the handle.
730
00:30:38,172 --> 00:30:39,206
[Carlos] I got the swing.
I got the swing.
731
00:30:39,206 --> 00:30:40,413
Watch that boulder!
732
00:30:42,034 --> 00:30:43,586
Move it this way.
733
00:30:43,586 --> 00:30:44,586
[James] Got it.
734
00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:47,655
[groans]
735
00:30:47,655 --> 00:30:51,482
[Carlos]
Oh! Come on, work. Oh!
736
00:30:51,482 --> 00:30:53,241
- [Dustin]
Keep it coming this way.
- [Carlos] Got it. Got it.
737
00:30:54,862 --> 00:30:56,379
Almost there!
738
00:30:56,379 --> 00:30:57,793
[Dustin] Great!
739
00:30:57,793 --> 00:30:58,896
Let's pull.
740
00:31:00,068 --> 00:31:01,586
[James] Come on.
741
00:31:01,586 --> 00:31:03,379
[narrator]
The dredge has reached
742
00:31:03,379 --> 00:31:05,206
the dive site intact,
743
00:31:05,206 --> 00:31:07,310
next, the ultimate test
744
00:31:07,310 --> 00:31:08,586
for the skyline
745
00:31:08,586 --> 00:31:10,137
as it attempts to lift
746
00:31:10,137 --> 00:31:11,655
the 2000 pound dredge
747
00:31:11,655 --> 00:31:14,689
clear of any raging
flood water.
748
00:31:16,482 --> 00:31:17,896
[Dustin] All right,
hook it up.
749
00:31:21,241 --> 00:31:23,034
- Come on.
- [Wes] You're good out here.
750
00:31:23,034 --> 00:31:24,172
- [Dustin] Good?
- [Wes] Yeah.
751
00:31:24,172 --> 00:31:25,655
[Paul] Lift the dredge.
752
00:31:25,655 --> 00:31:28,103
Oh, man,
753
00:31:28,103 --> 00:31:32,206
lift, lift, lift,
lift, lift, lift, lift.
754
00:31:32,206 --> 00:31:34,482
[bleep].
755
00:31:34,482 --> 00:31:37,310
- [Carlos] Yeah! [laughs]
- [Paul] Hell yeah.
756
00:31:37,310 --> 00:31:40,517
[Carlos] Woo! Woo! Woo!
757
00:31:40,517 --> 00:31:41,862
[Paul] That's it.
758
00:31:41,862 --> 00:31:43,551
- Not--
- [Carlos] Hold on.
759
00:31:43,551 --> 00:31:45,137
- [Dustin] I like that.
- [Carlos] Do your work!
760
00:31:45,137 --> 00:31:47,172
- Yeah!
- Swinging with the air.
761
00:31:47,172 --> 00:31:49,448
[Paul] We got a flying dredge.
762
00:31:49,448 --> 00:31:52,551
[Carlos] It looks like
a big old pinata.
763
00:31:52,551 --> 00:31:53,793
Woo!
764
00:31:53,793 --> 00:31:55,275
I love it guys.
765
00:31:56,586 --> 00:31:58,172
[Dustin] It's a great day.
766
00:31:58,172 --> 00:32:00,000
We are moving at light speed
767
00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:01,275
for us right now.
768
00:32:01,275 --> 00:32:03,896
This is truly amazing for us.
769
00:32:03,896 --> 00:32:06,793
We are getting things done.
770
00:32:06,793 --> 00:32:09,068
Now, we need some gold
to bag it up.
771
00:32:09,068 --> 00:32:11,379
[dramatic music playing]
772
00:32:13,310 --> 00:32:16,241
[upbeat music playing]
773
00:32:19,896 --> 00:32:21,793
[Carlos] ♪ We're gonna
Get gold today ♪
774
00:32:23,172 --> 00:32:25,137
[narrator]
In just two short weeks,
775
00:32:25,137 --> 00:32:26,620
Dustin and his crew
776
00:32:26,620 --> 00:32:28,482
have readied their dive site
777
00:32:28,482 --> 00:32:32,068
and today, marks the start
of mining operations.
778
00:32:32,724 --> 00:32:34,620
[Dustin] Oh, yeah, baby.
779
00:32:34,620 --> 00:32:36,551
Got much closer to dredging.
780
00:32:39,137 --> 00:32:41,034
We're gonna start
digging up here
781
00:32:41,034 --> 00:32:42,827
and everything we've heard
782
00:32:42,827 --> 00:32:45,448
is hard pack has gold in it.
783
00:32:45,448 --> 00:32:47,310
Red dirt, gold.
784
00:32:47,310 --> 00:32:48,931
So it's red dirt right here
785
00:32:48,931 --> 00:32:51,206
about 3 feet down,
2 feet down.
786
00:32:51,206 --> 00:32:52,758
We need a payday.
787
00:32:56,517 --> 00:32:57,931
There it goes.
788
00:32:57,931 --> 00:32:59,413
Here it goes.
789
00:33:02,034 --> 00:33:03,827
Woo-hoo!
790
00:33:03,827 --> 00:33:05,517
- [Paul] Oh, yeah!
- That's well worth it.
791
00:33:05,517 --> 00:33:07,137
[Wes] Perfect.
792
00:33:07,137 --> 00:33:09,137
- [Paul] It is!
- Right there.
793
00:33:09,793 --> 00:33:11,310
Let's get some fuel.
794
00:33:12,310 --> 00:33:13,896
Let's get everything primed.
795
00:33:13,896 --> 00:33:14,862
[Paul] All right.
796
00:33:14,862 --> 00:33:15,896
Ready?
797
00:33:15,896 --> 00:33:17,172
[Dustin] Yeah.
798
00:33:18,448 --> 00:33:20,379
[engine sputtering]
799
00:33:20,379 --> 00:33:22,793
- [Carlos laughs]
- [Paul] We got water.
800
00:33:25,379 --> 00:33:26,586
It's working.
801
00:33:26,586 --> 00:33:27,931
[Dustin] Let's start.
802
00:33:27,931 --> 00:33:29,206
[Paul] This is really awesome.
803
00:33:29,206 --> 00:33:31,000
[Dustin] Yeah.
804
00:33:31,965 --> 00:33:33,793
[Paul] Woo-hoo!
805
00:33:33,793 --> 00:33:35,172
We're dredging, fellas!
806
00:33:35,172 --> 00:33:36,827
We're dredging!
807
00:33:36,827 --> 00:33:38,034
Woo-hoo!
808
00:33:38,034 --> 00:33:40,000
That's good, man.
809
00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:41,482
- [Paul] Hell, yeah!
- [Wes] Oh, man,
810
00:33:41,482 --> 00:33:44,206
that looks good
coming out of the box.
811
00:33:44,206 --> 00:33:46,448
That dredge is dead
for six months,
812
00:33:46,448 --> 00:33:48,551
it started right up.
813
00:33:48,551 --> 00:33:50,137
We're dredging.
This is the fastest
814
00:33:50,137 --> 00:33:52,068
we've ever dredged,
well, ever.
815
00:33:53,517 --> 00:33:55,172
- [Paul] You're right there.
- [Dustin] You watched
the red dirt?
816
00:33:55,172 --> 00:33:56,517
- [Carlos]
We just hit that red layer.
- [Dustin] Red dirt.
817
00:33:56,517 --> 00:33:57,793
- [Paul] What?
- [Carlos] We hit
that red layer.
818
00:33:57,793 --> 00:34:00,000
- Did you see that?
- You did?
819
00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:01,482
Is the red coming through?
Let's get that red.
820
00:34:01,482 --> 00:34:02,862
[Carlos] [indistinct]
going good.
821
00:34:02,862 --> 00:34:03,965
Red dirt.
822
00:34:03,965 --> 00:34:06,689
It's rusty. [bleep] yeah!
823
00:34:06,689 --> 00:34:08,655
- [Carlos] That's it.
- Yeah. It's coming out red.
824
00:34:08,655 --> 00:34:10,310
[Dustin] Yeah!
825
00:34:10,310 --> 00:34:13,137
- [Paul] Woo-hoo!
- [Carlos] That's it.
826
00:34:13,137 --> 00:34:14,275
[Paul] That's what
we're looking for.
827
00:34:14,275 --> 00:34:16,275
That's the color
we're looking for.
828
00:34:16,275 --> 00:34:17,758
[Carlos] We got
some hard pack right here.
829
00:34:17,758 --> 00:34:19,724
I gotta get in the water
to find out, dude.
830
00:34:20,344 --> 00:34:21,620
[Wes] Yeah.
831
00:34:21,620 --> 00:34:23,689
If you wanna get in to dive,
you're more than welcome.
832
00:34:23,689 --> 00:34:25,758
Let's get in.
Let's start doing this.
833
00:34:25,758 --> 00:34:28,241
- [Dustin]
Suit up then. Suit up.
- [Carlos] Let's suit up.
834
00:34:28,241 --> 00:34:29,724
Let's suit up.
835
00:34:29,724 --> 00:34:31,827
Let's suit up to go diving.
836
00:34:31,827 --> 00:34:33,413
Any time you put on
the freaking mask, man,
837
00:34:33,413 --> 00:34:34,655
you go in the water, man,
838
00:34:34,655 --> 00:34:36,793
that's a serious game for me.
839
00:34:37,551 --> 00:34:39,137
Go by the numbers,
840
00:34:39,137 --> 00:34:41,000
work, safe,
841
00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:43,000
think about what's important,
842
00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:45,551
and make sure I go back home
to what's important.
843
00:34:45,551 --> 00:34:46,931
The gold is a bonus.
844
00:34:48,551 --> 00:34:51,275
[narrator] Six weeks
earlier than last season,
845
00:34:51,275 --> 00:34:54,551
Dustin will put his first
diver in the water.
846
00:34:58,344 --> 00:35:00,793
[laughter]
847
00:35:02,724 --> 00:35:04,793
[Carlos] That's where
I put it down, that's good.
848
00:35:04,793 --> 00:35:06,241
Thank you, sir.
849
00:35:06,241 --> 00:35:08,241
[scuba hissing]
850
00:35:13,448 --> 00:35:16,103
[Dustin] Carlos
is digging like crazy,
851
00:35:16,103 --> 00:35:17,931
I just wanna keep
real good eyes on him.
852
00:35:17,931 --> 00:35:20,655
A little paranoid
the first couple times, man.
853
00:35:20,655 --> 00:35:22,103
[Paul] Yeah, I know.
I know what you mean.
854
00:35:22,103 --> 00:35:23,827
Especially with him [bleep].
855
00:35:23,827 --> 00:35:25,517
Yeah.
856
00:35:25,517 --> 00:35:27,068
I mean, he's definitely
got some depth going.
857
00:35:27,068 --> 00:35:28,482
[Dustin] Yup.
858
00:35:28,482 --> 00:35:29,931
But how deep do you think
you are right now?
859
00:35:34,793 --> 00:35:36,310
[Carlos] Yeah, man, I mean,
it's 30 stuff dude.
860
00:35:36,310 --> 00:35:37,827
I can barely see.
861
00:35:37,827 --> 00:35:39,655
[scuba hissing]
862
00:35:39,655 --> 00:35:41,689
[Carlos] My head
is about 2 feet.
863
00:35:43,586 --> 00:35:45,275
So what do you see, man?
What do you see?
864
00:35:47,551 --> 00:35:49,310
[scuba hissing]
865
00:35:51,517 --> 00:35:53,448
[Carlos]
It just drops off, man.
866
00:35:53,448 --> 00:35:55,724
Just drops off
to oblivion right here.
867
00:35:56,965 --> 00:35:58,689
[Dustin]
That's awesome. Keep going.
868
00:35:58,689 --> 00:36:00,068
We're gonna find gold.
869
00:36:06,793 --> 00:36:08,344
[Dustin] We got the land,
we got the water control,
870
00:36:08,344 --> 00:36:10,965
we are the digging team.
871
00:36:10,965 --> 00:36:14,965
We can dig all kinda stuff.
872
00:36:14,965 --> 00:36:18,620
But this creek is untouched
for the most part.
873
00:36:18,620 --> 00:36:21,275
And if all the stories
are right,
874
00:36:21,275 --> 00:36:23,931
we're gonna have a ton
of gold here soon.
875
00:36:23,931 --> 00:36:27,103
I can't wait for it to not be
just stories anymore.
876
00:36:27,103 --> 00:36:28,448
I need gold in hand.
877
00:36:37,655 --> 00:36:40,482
[dramatic music playing]
878
00:36:42,034 --> 00:36:44,068
[Dustin] Carlos
is digging like crazy.
879
00:36:44,068 --> 00:36:46,068
[Wes] And he's definitely
got some depth going.
880
00:36:46,068 --> 00:36:47,379
[Dustin] Yup.
881
00:36:48,896 --> 00:36:52,137
[narrator] At Nugget Creek,
Carlos is four hours
882
00:36:52,137 --> 00:36:54,448
into the first dive
of the season.
883
00:36:58,448 --> 00:37:00,517
So what do you see, man?
What do you see?
884
00:37:05,068 --> 00:37:07,241
[scuba hissing]
885
00:37:07,241 --> 00:37:09,103
[Carlos]
It just drops off, man.
886
00:37:09,103 --> 00:37:11,482
Just drops off
to oblivion right here.
887
00:37:12,172 --> 00:37:13,758
[dramatic music playing]
888
00:37:13,758 --> 00:37:15,172
[Paul] Yeah, go vertical.
889
00:37:15,172 --> 00:37:17,172
- [Wes] Woo-hoo!
- [Paul] Yeah!
890
00:37:18,862 --> 00:37:21,344
[Carlos]
Trying to break in there.
891
00:37:21,344 --> 00:37:25,000
[dramatic music playing]
892
00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:26,551
Why don't you follow
that for a little while,
893
00:37:26,551 --> 00:37:27,965
see what we get down to, man.
894
00:37:27,965 --> 00:37:30,000
[scuba hissing]
895
00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:31,724
Just cleared it all out.
896
00:37:33,206 --> 00:37:36,827
[narrator] The gold rich layer
already in his sights,
897
00:37:36,827 --> 00:37:38,655
Carlos attacks.
898
00:37:38,655 --> 00:37:40,862
In one hand,
the high pressure hose
899
00:37:40,862 --> 00:37:42,551
to break up the hard pack.
900
00:37:42,551 --> 00:37:45,275
In the other,
the suction hose
901
00:37:45,275 --> 00:37:47,551
to feed the gold
catching dredge.
902
00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:52,896
[Carlos] Yo, man,
that's pressure washer
903
00:37:52,896 --> 00:37:55,172
up the dredge, man.
Holy crap.
904
00:37:56,689 --> 00:37:58,793
I'm just keeping
the nozzle one way
905
00:37:58,793 --> 00:38:01,827
and I'm just blowing it
towards the nozzle, you know.
906
00:38:01,827 --> 00:38:04,517
Looks like that's working
really good, too.
907
00:38:04,517 --> 00:38:05,931
[scuba hissing]
908
00:38:05,931 --> 00:38:07,517
[Carlos]
Fred will be proud of me.
909
00:38:07,517 --> 00:38:09,655
Just gotta brush it
to the nozzle.
910
00:38:14,724 --> 00:38:16,551
Oh, that's perfect, dude.
911
00:38:16,551 --> 00:38:17,862
[laughs]
912
00:38:17,862 --> 00:38:19,413
Eating all the hard pack up.
913
00:38:27,068 --> 00:38:29,206
We got some good material
coming over to the back.
914
00:38:29,206 --> 00:38:30,448
Run all that red.
915
00:38:33,758 --> 00:38:35,068
[Dustin] All right, Carlos.
916
00:38:36,206 --> 00:38:37,379
Here's your final call.
917
00:38:37,931 --> 00:38:39,241
[indistinct]
918
00:38:41,137 --> 00:38:42,965
How'd it go down there?
919
00:38:42,965 --> 00:38:44,896
[Carlos] Yeah, man. It's nice
to be back in the water.
920
00:38:48,896 --> 00:38:51,034
[Wes laughs]
921
00:38:51,034 --> 00:38:52,655
Woo-hoo!
922
00:38:52,655 --> 00:38:54,137
[laughs]
923
00:38:54,137 --> 00:38:55,344
[bleep] gold nugget.
924
00:38:55,344 --> 00:38:56,689
[Dustin] No way.
925
00:38:56,689 --> 00:38:57,862
[Wes] I'm not [bleep] man.
926
00:38:57,862 --> 00:38:59,413
[Carlos] We got a nugget?
927
00:38:59,413 --> 00:39:00,379
- [Wes] We got a nugget.
- There's a nugget.
928
00:39:01,172 --> 00:39:02,517
I told you
there was gold here.
929
00:39:02,517 --> 00:39:03,965
- I told you.
- [Wes] Yeah. [bleep].
930
00:39:03,965 --> 00:39:05,206
Oh.
931
00:39:05,206 --> 00:39:06,551
[laughs]
932
00:39:06,551 --> 00:39:08,034
- [James] No way.
- Woo!
933
00:39:08,034 --> 00:39:10,034
- Look.
- That's a gold nugget.
934
00:39:10,034 --> 00:39:11,931
- [Wes] [bleep] yeah!
- [Carlos] That's a gold
nugget.
935
00:39:11,931 --> 00:39:13,655
- [Wes] Yeah.
- [Carlos] That's a gold.
936
00:39:13,655 --> 00:39:15,172
- [James] [indistinct]
- [Wes] Woo-hoo!
937
00:39:15,172 --> 00:39:17,482
[James] Oh, my God!
[bleep] yeah!
938
00:39:17,482 --> 00:39:18,931
[Carlos] That's a gold nugget.
939
00:39:18,931 --> 00:39:20,517
[laughs] [bleep] yeah.
940
00:39:20,517 --> 00:39:22,000
Look at this.
941
00:39:22,000 --> 00:39:24,482
[James] Oh, my God.
942
00:39:24,482 --> 00:39:25,793
- That's a nugget.
- [Paul] Yeah!
943
00:39:27,103 --> 00:39:29,000
- Yeah, Carlos!
- [Carlos] That's a gold
nugget!
944
00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:31,310
Woo-hoo! Yeah!
945
00:39:31,310 --> 00:39:32,448
[Wes] We knew it!
946
00:39:32,448 --> 00:39:34,827
- [Paul] Yeah.
- [Wes] First gold
ever this early!
947
00:39:34,827 --> 00:39:37,413
Oh, my God!
948
00:39:38,931 --> 00:39:41,000
[Wes] That was in the [bleep]
nugget trap.
949
00:39:41,000 --> 00:39:42,517
Let's check it, man.
Turn it off.
950
00:39:42,517 --> 00:39:44,689
- Let's check it.
- Holy [bleep].
951
00:39:44,689 --> 00:39:46,241
[laughs]
952
00:39:46,241 --> 00:39:47,965
[Wes] Holy [bleep].
953
00:39:47,965 --> 00:39:49,517
[Paul] Look right there.
There's another one.
954
00:39:49,517 --> 00:39:50,896
[James] It just seems
like we're gonna be
955
00:39:50,896 --> 00:39:52,655
big nuggets
from here on out, man.
956
00:39:52,655 --> 00:39:54,241
[Paul] Look at that
mother [bleep].
957
00:39:54,241 --> 00:39:55,758
[laughs] man.
958
00:39:55,758 --> 00:39:58,103
[James] How much hard pack
did you break up?
959
00:39:58,103 --> 00:40:00,275
- [Paul] It's a small section.
- It's a small pack, dude.
960
00:40:00,275 --> 00:40:01,724
[Paul] That's what they said.
961
00:40:01,724 --> 00:40:03,551
Everything is under
that hard pack.
962
00:40:04,379 --> 00:40:05,655
- Oh.
- Dude.
963
00:40:05,655 --> 00:40:06,551
[Dustin] Hey...
964
00:40:09,379 --> 00:40:10,551
this is awesome.
965
00:40:10,551 --> 00:40:12,655
It's not just stories anymore.
966
00:40:12,655 --> 00:40:14,310
- [Paul] Nope.
- This place is for real.
967
00:40:14,310 --> 00:40:15,655
[Paul] Yup.
968
00:40:15,655 --> 00:40:17,551
We were missing
one major thing
969
00:40:17,551 --> 00:40:19,137
and it was bunch
of damn nuggets
970
00:40:19,137 --> 00:40:20,586
sitting at the bottom.
971
00:40:20,586 --> 00:40:22,000
Now we're not missing
that anymore.
972
00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:23,586
No. No, we're not.
973
00:40:23,586 --> 00:40:25,413
Your protocol is perfect, man.
974
00:40:25,413 --> 00:40:26,586
[Wes] Yeah!
975
00:40:26,586 --> 00:40:27,793
[Carlos] Nugget Creek.
976
00:40:27,793 --> 00:40:29,724
Yeah. Okay.
Yeah, it is Nugget Creek.
977
00:40:29,724 --> 00:40:32,137
This is gonna be
a small nugget out here.
978
00:40:32,137 --> 00:40:33,689
- [Carlos] These are for us.
- [Wes] Oh, yeah.
979
00:40:33,689 --> 00:40:35,586
[Carlos] Gold, gold, gold.
980
00:40:35,586 --> 00:40:36,896
[Paul] We needed that so bad.
981
00:40:36,896 --> 00:40:38,931
- Oh, my God.
- Oh, my God.
982
00:40:38,931 --> 00:40:40,827
- I can't believe that.
- [Carlos] Look at that thing.
983
00:40:40,827 --> 00:40:42,758
[chuckling]
984
00:40:44,448 --> 00:40:47,275
Finally all this hard work
is gonna pay off.
985
00:40:48,034 --> 00:40:50,586
All the near-death incidents,
986
00:40:51,413 --> 00:40:53,206
all the chances we take,
987
00:40:53,206 --> 00:40:55,758
all the heartbreak
and all the cheering.
988
00:40:57,862 --> 00:40:59,379
Here we come.
989
00:40:59,379 --> 00:41:00,896
This is our year.
990
00:41:02,310 --> 00:41:03,965
[chuckles]
991
00:41:03,965 --> 00:41:07,000
[dramatic music playing]
992
00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:11,896
[narrator] On the next
Gold Rush White Water...
993
00:41:11,896 --> 00:41:16,344
The possibilities
are so full cup right now.
994
00:41:16,344 --> 00:41:18,724
That's what's going on.
995
00:41:18,724 --> 00:41:20,310
This place is dangerous, man.
996
00:41:20,310 --> 00:41:21,827
[Carlos] He's doing it
without a net.
997
00:41:21,827 --> 00:41:23,482
- Whoa.
- Gotta keep my guys safe.
998
00:41:23,482 --> 00:41:24,793
- [Wes] Hey!
- [Paul] Go, Wes.
999
00:41:24,793 --> 00:41:26,103
- Run, run!
- Whoa!
1000
00:41:26,103 --> 00:41:27,551
[Carlos] I don't know where
to go, it's too shallow.
1001
00:41:27,551 --> 00:41:28,862
- No gold?
- [Paul] I don't see
1002
00:41:28,862 --> 00:41:30,896
- a [bleep] speck.
- [Dustin] Goddamn.
1003
00:41:30,896 --> 00:41:32,965
That's a lot of damn work
just to no something.
1004
00:41:32,965 --> 00:41:34,448
[Paul] All that effort
for nothing.
1005
00:41:34,448 --> 00:41:35,689
That's the end to this.
1006
00:41:35,689 --> 00:41:38,034
[tense music playing]