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[Paul laughing, whopping]
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It's a [bleep] nugget!
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[Dustin] No way!
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- [Paul] I'm not [bleep]
a nugget!
- A nugget?
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- [Paul] That's
a [bleep] nugget!
- That's a nugget!
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- I told you.
- [Paul exclaims] Whoo!
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[narrator] On their
first dive,
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just three weeks
into the season,
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Dustin Hurt and his crew
had a breakthrough.
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- [all exclaiming]
- Oh, my God!
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- [bleep]
- [all exclaiming]
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[narrator] Their new
dive site, Nugget Bend,
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is living up to its name.
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- Yeah!
- [Carlos] Best gold ever
this early.
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[Paul] Right there,
there's another one.
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- [James] Oh, yeah!
- [Carlos] Oh, my God!
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[Paul] Nugget Bend! Yes!
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It just seems like
there are gonna be big nuggets
from here on out, man.
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[Dustin] So,
it's not just stories.
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It's not just stories!
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[Paul] Everything we've heard
is true now.
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That's a lot of money
right there.
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Wow. This is what we needed.
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- [all exclaiming]
- [Paul] We needed this so bad.
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[Dustin] This is awesome.
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[laughs]
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Finally, all this hard work
is gonna pay off.
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Here we come.
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This is our year.
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[laughs]
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There's a lot of water, boys.
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[Carlos] It's going
to flood like crazy.
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This place is dangerous, man.
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[Carlos] Whoa! Hey!
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[Dustin] The gold is great,
but not worth your life.
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Look, it knocked the top
of the weir off.
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It's a huge setback.
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Get up there!
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[Dustin] I don't know that
we're gonna find any damn
fine gold, yo.
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We haven't seen nothing
in inspection mats.
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[Carlos] You got gold!
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You got gold!
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[whoops]
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I'd say that's at least
1,200 bucks.
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No one's been here, ever.
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[laughs] Yeah!
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It doesn't get
any better than this.
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I love it,
just getting started.
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[Paul] It's like
Christmas morning
right now, man.
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Well, we found
our first nug, yo.
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And it didn't take much.
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When I picked it up,
it's like, "Holy [bleep]
Look at that."
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[Wes] Not flakes,
not specks...
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- Nuggets.
- [James laughs]
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[James] Last year
was a nightmare,
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and this year,
we have to make up for it.
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[narrator] Striking out
last season
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has left Dustin and his crew
close to broke.
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- We needed a win.
- Definitely needed that.
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[narrator] But rumors
of a life changing pay day
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lured them back
for one last shot
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at Nugget Creek's
legendary gold.
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[Paul] I mean,
whenever on the first dive
have we ever pulled out gold?
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Yeah, it sounds like everybody
that's been here in the past,
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all they did is went
behind boulders
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and just hit little spots.
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They don't think
they ever touched bedrock.
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- I love it.
- The motivation is here now.
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[narrator] This season,
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Dustin also has another more
personal reason driving him.
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[Dustin] So, y'all know
Fred's not doing that good.
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He is celebrating
his 80th birthday next week,
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so I'll be gone
for a couple days.
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So, how long
did they give you?
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Anywhere from few months...
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to six months.
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It's progressing every day.
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Sorry to hear that, Fred.
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It's too bad.
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[narrator] Dustin's father
and mentor,
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79-year-old, Fred Hurt
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has been diagnosed
with incurable brain tumors.
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Hopefully, we make it
long enough to where we can...
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- show you some gold.
- That's my goal. [laughs]
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Go hold out long enough to see
some gold come out
of Nugget Creek.
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[Dustin] I love you.
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Hope we get to see you again.
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All right.
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So, I'll be going
to Fred's 80th birthday
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- to show him some nuggets.
- Yep.
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[James] We're motivated,
but guess what,
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that just motivates us
more and more.
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Sounds like we're cracking
the code on this, man.
I'm loving it.
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We're all gonna be fighting
who goes in next?
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"It's my turn."
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"No, you dove last time."
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"No, I wanna go again."
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[all laughing]
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[Dustin] I think this nugget
is gonna be the baby.
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It's gonna pay off, finally.
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Life altering gold.
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[Paul] This is what we've been
looking for all these years.
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It's going to be the best year
we have ever had.
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[narrator] This off-season,
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Dustin got his hands
on an old map
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that increased
his claim boundary
by 250 feet,
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gifting him Nugget Bend
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which is already yielding
big gold.
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[Paul] Oh, look at that
clear water.
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Can't wait to get suited up
and get in.
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See if we can put a lot
more gold in the box today.
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[Wes] Well, we got Paul
in diving today.
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We're just working upstream
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trying to find the deep spot,
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trying to find all the gold.
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Hopefully, it's gonna be
a great day today.
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[narrator] Dustin
has a radical new mining plan
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that should make
this season a success.
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[Dustin] So,
we built this weir,
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we're trying to keep
all the fast water
on that side,
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keep control on this side.
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[narrator] He's diverted
the main flow of the creek
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by building a rock weir
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which creates a calm shallow
area for the divers
to dredge down
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to bedrock gold.
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- [Dustin] All right, A-Team,
get in the [bleep] water.
- Do it!
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Let's find some gold!
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[narrator] Paul's goal
is to pick up the hunt
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where Carlos left off.
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[Paul] It's time
to start dredging.
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I am so curious to see
what's on the bedrock.
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[narrator] Using
a six inch hose
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Paul will suck up
all the loose material
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covering bedrock,
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sending it
to the sluice box above.
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[Paul] Hopefully, there's
tons of gold in there.
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[narrator] Gravity then
separates the lighter gravel
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and the riffles will trap
all the heavy gold.
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[Paul] Oh, wow.
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So, now,
I'm following the crack
that's going upstream.
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Just like your riffles
in the sluice box.
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This is a natural riffle
through here.
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[Wes] That part hardpack
right there?
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[Paul] That's what
it seems like.
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I see some red coming up.
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[Dustin] Why don't you follow
that for a little while,
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see what you get down to.
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[narrator] Paul has discovered
a crack in the bedrock
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towards the center
of the creek
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that could be
a major gold trap.
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Even better,
it contains red hardpack.
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A compacted gravel laid down
thousands of years ago
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that often delivers
their best gold.
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He's getting
into that crimson pack
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that's been there
since Ice Age.
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That's a seal to let
everybody know,
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no one's been here, ever.
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Hey, you want the sprayer?
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[Paul] That's probably
not a bad idea.
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Hardpack nozzle coming up.
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[narrator] To release
the trapped gold,
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Dustin brings in
a high pressure hose
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to blast the hardpack.
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- [Dustin] I'm turning it on.
You ready?
- [Paul] Yep.
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[Dustin] And... power.
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Holy [bleep] Yeah!
There it is!
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That's hardpack!
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Cha-ching!
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[Dustin] This is working out
for us, hopefully.
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I think we're about
to hit it big, man.
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[Paul] Now,
it's time to get some gold.
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[narrator] After an hour
of blasting hardpack...
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[Dustin] You look like
you're making some
good progress.
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Check the sluice box.
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[narrator] ...it's time
to see if it's delivering.
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[James laughing] Yeah,
I see gold.
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[Wes] Yeah, there's a big,
big nugget there, Dustin.
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- [Dustin] A big nug?
- [Wes] Right there.
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Paul's on the scoreboard
for getting nuggets.
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[Paul] Hell yeah.
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[narrator] The central
bedrock crack is already
paying out.
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Nugget Bend continues
to yield big gold.
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This will be the season
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that changes
their lives forever.
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[Wes] That's pretty.
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[Paul] It doesn't get
any better than this.
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[Carlos exclaims] Yeah!
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Second day in a row,
we've got gold.
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We're gonna be getting gold
every day now!
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- [exclaims] Whoo!
- [all laughing]
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[Dustin] I love it.
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We're just getting started.
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[narrator] Up ahead...
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[Dustin] I see a storm coming.
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That's the end of this.
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Talk about a blind date
that went wrong.
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There it is. Look, that.
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Gold, gold, gold!
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Cha-ching!
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I can deal with that.
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[Paul] I got high hopes.
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There's gonna be
a lot more nuggets today.
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Hey, man, let's see how much
you can get out of that hole
today, all right?
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[Paul] Copy that.
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[narrator] At Nugget Bend,
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just three weeks
into the season,
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Dustin and his crew
are already on the gold.
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[Wes] Look at that! Whoo!
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- Look at that! [bleep]
- Look at that!
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That's way more than before.
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Wow!
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[narrator] Now, Paul
is chasing a central
bedrock crack
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containing red hardpack
and nuggets.
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[Dustin] That's the stuff
we're looking for right there.
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[on radio] Is there
a jackpot down there?
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Paul made some
really good progress
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coming up five feet
up the creek.
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[Dustin] [bleep]
He's digging a lot.
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Ooh, you see that?
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I see a storm coming,
we're gonna get floods.
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[thunder rumbling]
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[Dustin] Well, there's work
to be done, but...
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starting to see this rain
and it starts
to make me nervous.
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- You know?
- [Wes] Yeah.
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I don't like that I have
a diver in the water.
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Water is gonna come up.
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And the only thing
I'm worried about is that
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weir blowing out.
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[narrator] Light rain
down at Nugget Creek
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typically signals heavier
rains in the mountains above.
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[dramatic music playing]
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[Dustin] See, this is what
gets people killed right here.
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[narrator] Last season...
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What the hell?
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A tidal wave
can come in anytime!
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Here we go again.
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[narrator] ...the miners
were hit by life threatening
flash floods.
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[Dustin] They're
almost trapped.
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Get out! You gotta go!
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[narrator] Dustin knows
Nugget Creek can turn
deadly in an instant.
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I'm waiting for a very,
very large rush of water
to come through here.
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[Carlos] That's Alaska.
243
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This is just the beginning.
244
00:13:41,827 --> 00:13:44,482
Tonight, it's really
going to come down.
245
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That means it's going
to flood like crazy.
246
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It's going to come like
fricking racehorses.
247
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[narrator] His diver
is in the water
for three hours...
248
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- [Paul] I need to get out.
- [Dustin] Coming up!
249
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Diver coming up!
250
00:13:59,137 --> 00:14:00,620
[narrator] Dustin
makes the call.
251
00:14:00,620 --> 00:14:01,655
Heck, yeah.
252
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[narrator] The risk
isn't worth the reward.
253
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How are you doing?
Welcome to the real world.
254
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Oh, man.
255
00:14:08,517 --> 00:14:09,862
Looks miserable up here.
256
00:14:09,862 --> 00:14:12,034
[Dustin laughing]
It is miserable up here.
257
00:14:12,034 --> 00:14:13,517
I'm gonna go change
real quick. I'm getting cold.
258
00:14:13,517 --> 00:14:14,517
[Dustin] Okay, go for it.
259
00:14:16,758 --> 00:14:17,551
Carlos.
260
00:14:18,379 --> 00:14:19,724
James.
261
00:14:19,724 --> 00:14:21,551
Let's get that big hose
out of there.
262
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[Carlos] Gotcha.
263
00:14:23,137 --> 00:14:25,206
[Dustin] Let's get everything
up the hill right now.
264
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Let's get it to where
the flood is not gonna
take it, man.
265
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Watch your heads
down there, guys.
266
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We're gonna come up
with this hose.
267
00:14:37,448 --> 00:14:38,896
[James] One, two,
three... [grunts]
268
00:14:39,551 --> 00:14:41,068
One, two, three... [grunts]
269
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[grunting]
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- [Carlos] Watch out.
- [James] Hey!
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- Whoa!
- [Carlos] Look out, look out.
272
00:14:53,068 --> 00:14:54,068
[Dustin] You all right?
273
00:14:58,241 --> 00:14:59,517
[James] How's it going?
274
00:14:59,517 --> 00:15:01,896
Ooh, that was close.
275
00:15:01,896 --> 00:15:03,517
Dude, that rock
almost killed you.
276
00:15:03,862 --> 00:15:05,310
Damn.
277
00:15:05,310 --> 00:15:07,379
Good thing nobody was inside.
278
00:15:07,379 --> 00:15:09,241
It was... vacant.
279
00:15:09,931 --> 00:15:10,965
There it is, right there.
280
00:15:12,068 --> 00:15:15,275
We just put a little
ventilation in, is all.
281
00:15:15,275 --> 00:15:18,137
[Paul] There you go. [laughs]
282
00:15:19,275 --> 00:15:20,310
[Dustin] We gotta
check the box.
283
00:15:22,758 --> 00:15:25,724
[narrator] Before they hoist
the dredge to safety,
284
00:15:25,724 --> 00:15:28,586
it's time to see
what Paul's dive delivered.
285
00:15:35,275 --> 00:15:36,689
[Carlos] There it is.
Look, that.
286
00:15:37,310 --> 00:15:39,068
Gold, gold, gold.
287
00:15:39,068 --> 00:15:40,862
[Paul] Oh, I see
a piece right there.
288
00:15:40,862 --> 00:15:42,275
[Carlos] Oh, there was one
right there.
289
00:15:42,275 --> 00:15:43,517
[Paul] Yeah, that's a pretty
good one.
290
00:15:43,517 --> 00:15:44,689
[Carlos] That's a good nugget
right there.
291
00:15:45,758 --> 00:15:47,896
- You hear that?
- [Paul laughing] Wow!
292
00:15:47,896 --> 00:15:49,896
[Carlos] Cha-ching!
293
00:15:49,896 --> 00:15:52,724
[Paul laughs] It actually
looks better than I thought.
294
00:15:52,724 --> 00:15:53,793
I can deal with that.
295
00:15:54,758 --> 00:15:56,344
It's going to happen, man.
296
00:15:56,344 --> 00:15:57,172
[Dustin] Wow.
297
00:15:58,482 --> 00:16:01,724
I got a feeling
we're finally on it.
298
00:16:01,724 --> 00:16:03,413
We should get gold
every day now
299
00:16:03,413 --> 00:16:04,586
if we keep our system going.
300
00:16:05,310 --> 00:16:06,758
[Paul] I'm excited about this.
301
00:16:06,758 --> 00:16:08,275
If we can keep doing this
every day,
302
00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:10,379
by the end of the season,
303
00:16:10,379 --> 00:16:12,034
we're gonna have
a lot of gold.
304
00:16:14,068 --> 00:16:17,655
[narrator] But the approaching
storm threatens to end
their hot streak
305
00:16:17,655 --> 00:16:19,689
and destroy the dive site.
306
00:16:23,724 --> 00:16:27,103
[Dustin] Well,
it's forecasting for rain
today and hard tomorrow.
307
00:16:27,103 --> 00:16:29,586
I'm thinking about
an inch of rain,
308
00:16:29,586 --> 00:16:32,000
which to us is devastating.
309
00:16:33,517 --> 00:16:35,241
[thunder rumbling]
310
00:16:37,103 --> 00:16:39,137
[Dustin] We just have
to get out of here,
it's not safe.
311
00:16:58,758 --> 00:17:00,793
Boy, that rain wake you up
last night or did me?
312
00:17:00,793 --> 00:17:02,758
- [Paul] Yeah, it did.
- [laughs hysterically]
313
00:17:02,758 --> 00:17:04,931
Especially, when it picked up
'cause that's all I got
to think about like--
314
00:17:04,931 --> 00:17:06,689
Somewhere about
ten-eleven o'clock,
315
00:17:06,689 --> 00:17:09,965
it was like... boom!
316
00:17:09,965 --> 00:17:12,241
[groans] Damn it!
317
00:17:13,413 --> 00:17:14,862
James was supposed
to dive today,
318
00:17:14,862 --> 00:17:16,862
but I'm gonna hold him back.
319
00:17:17,482 --> 00:17:18,517
On a day like this,
320
00:17:19,413 --> 00:17:21,000
it's just bad idea
to go diving.
321
00:17:22,931 --> 00:17:25,965
[narrator] Twelve straight
hours of overnight rain
322
00:17:25,965 --> 00:17:29,344
could trigger a flash flood
or deadly landslide.
323
00:17:31,896 --> 00:17:33,655
[Dustin] Today, let's do
some camp stuff.
324
00:17:33,655 --> 00:17:35,620
I do feel weird
about not diving right now
325
00:17:35,620 --> 00:17:36,931
knowing there's gold
down there.
326
00:17:36,931 --> 00:17:39,000
The gold is great,
but not worth your life.
327
00:17:40,482 --> 00:17:43,137
[narrator] The crew will wait
for a break in the weather
328
00:17:43,137 --> 00:17:44,862
before assessing the damage.
329
00:17:45,931 --> 00:17:47,689
It's not worth the risk.
330
00:17:47,689 --> 00:17:50,034
I mean, we know what this
creek does when it floods.
331
00:17:51,103 --> 00:17:52,793
Better safe than sorry.
332
00:17:52,793 --> 00:17:54,413
But it's not worth getting
anybody killed over.
333
00:17:55,103 --> 00:17:56,862
[Dustin] Hey, Wes.
334
00:17:56,862 --> 00:18:00,172
- We believe the water
is gonna be up real high.
- [Wes] Mm-hmm.
335
00:18:00,965 --> 00:18:02,310
And I was thinking...
336
00:18:03,724 --> 00:18:04,827
let's just do a cleanup.
337
00:18:09,827 --> 00:18:11,931
[narrator] All the nuggets
put aside,
338
00:18:11,931 --> 00:18:16,137
Wes runs the rest
of the heavy material
from the sluice box
339
00:18:16,137 --> 00:18:18,000
to extract the fine gold.
340
00:18:19,758 --> 00:18:21,000
I'm curious to see
what we got.
341
00:18:23,137 --> 00:18:24,068
Shall we?
342
00:18:24,068 --> 00:18:25,241
[Paul] I think we shall.
343
00:18:27,896 --> 00:18:30,896
[narrator] Brothers
Wes and Paul built
this mini trommel.
344
00:18:32,517 --> 00:18:34,068
Inside the cylinder,
345
00:18:34,068 --> 00:18:37,379
the water washes away
the worthless dirt and gravel
346
00:18:38,724 --> 00:18:41,310
allowing all fine gold
347
00:18:41,310 --> 00:18:43,275
to drop into the sluice box
348
00:18:43,275 --> 00:18:45,724
and settle in the green
catches below.
349
00:18:47,448 --> 00:18:48,862
[Dustin] Well,
I'm damn curious.
350
00:18:55,517 --> 00:18:57,379
- I haven't seen
a single thing, man.
- [Wes] Uh-huh.
351
00:18:58,379 --> 00:18:59,172
Nope.
352
00:19:04,310 --> 00:19:06,896
I don't know that we're gonna
find any damn fine gold, yo.
353
00:19:08,172 --> 00:19:10,379
I think there's nothing
but nugs down there.
354
00:19:12,517 --> 00:19:15,620
[narrator] Though
Dustin is already finding
more nuggets than ever,
355
00:19:16,758 --> 00:19:19,551
to avoid the failure
of last season,
356
00:19:19,551 --> 00:19:22,206
he's also banking on fine gold
357
00:19:22,206 --> 00:19:24,413
to drive up their gold totals.
358
00:19:25,896 --> 00:19:26,965
[Paul] Abysmal, huh?
359
00:19:28,827 --> 00:19:30,275
I don't think
there's much in there.
360
00:19:31,551 --> 00:19:33,758
[James] Quarter ounce or less.
361
00:19:33,758 --> 00:19:36,275
[Paul] We'll see,
we'll weigh it and figure out
what we actually got.
362
00:19:51,413 --> 00:19:53,827
[Paul] So far it looks like
just nothing but big nuggets.
363
00:19:53,827 --> 00:19:55,793
There is no fine gold at all.
364
00:19:55,793 --> 00:19:56,655
[Dustin] I agree.
365
00:19:58,275 --> 00:20:01,241
[narrator] Just three weeks
into his mining season,
366
00:20:01,241 --> 00:20:04,241
this is Dustin's earliest
gold weigh ever.
367
00:20:06,344 --> 00:20:07,862
What's in the bucket?
368
00:20:07,862 --> 00:20:09,827
What's in the dirt?
369
00:20:09,827 --> 00:20:12,689
[narrator] And though
Nugget Bend produced
some pickers,
370
00:20:12,689 --> 00:20:15,103
it's delivered zero fine gold.
371
00:20:19,172 --> 00:20:21,655
What do you think
that single nugget is?
372
00:20:21,655 --> 00:20:23,689
[Paul] We can sure
find out real quick.
373
00:20:23,689 --> 00:20:25,862
- This is Carlos'.
- [Dustin] Amazing.
374
00:20:25,862 --> 00:20:28,344
- [Carlos] What is that?
- [Paul] 0.44.
375
00:20:28,344 --> 00:20:31,620
- [Carlos exclaims] Yeah!
- [Paul] That's that
one nugget.
376
00:20:31,620 --> 00:20:35,034
That's almost half an ounce
just for that one nugget.
377
00:20:35,034 --> 00:20:37,620
I say that's at least
1,200 bucks.
378
00:20:38,689 --> 00:20:40,793
[Dustin] That's it.
So, the rest of it.
379
00:20:42,586 --> 00:20:46,034
[narrator] Next up,
the smaller nuggets
from Paul's dive.
380
00:20:48,896 --> 00:20:49,758
[Dustin] What is it?
381
00:20:49,758 --> 00:20:53,068
1.045.
382
00:20:53,068 --> 00:20:56,344
- Nailed it.
- [Carlos] That's after
two dives, dude.
383
00:20:56,344 --> 00:20:58,724
[narrator] Despite the lack
of fine gold,
384
00:20:58,724 --> 00:21:00,310
in just two dives,
385
00:21:00,310 --> 00:21:02,344
Dustin has mined
over an ounce.
386
00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:05,862
With jewelry grade nuggets,
387
00:21:05,862 --> 00:21:08,172
that's worth around $3,000.
388
00:21:09,275 --> 00:21:11,413
And they've barely
scratched the surface.
389
00:21:12,931 --> 00:21:13,931
We're gonna do it this year.
390
00:21:15,275 --> 00:21:16,172
[Paul] So, how cool
would that be to be
391
00:21:16,172 --> 00:21:18,344
able to send
a big old pan of gold
392
00:21:18,931 --> 00:21:20,206
for Fred's birthday.
393
00:21:20,206 --> 00:21:23,206
- I'm pretty damn
excited about it.
- [Paul] Yeah, me, too.
394
00:21:23,206 --> 00:21:26,241
[narrator] Dustin's on track
to keep his promise
395
00:21:26,241 --> 00:21:28,896
for Fred's 80th birthday
next week.
396
00:21:30,793 --> 00:21:32,413
[Dustin] We see an ounce
in two days,
397
00:21:33,103 --> 00:21:33,931
that's pretty awesome.
398
00:21:35,413 --> 00:21:36,862
That's a big deal for us.
399
00:21:36,862 --> 00:21:38,310
We're doing this by hand.
It's not...
400
00:21:39,379 --> 00:21:43,206
It's not the same as going
30,000 ounces in a year.
401
00:21:43,206 --> 00:21:45,275
Yeah, you spent
$20 million doing it.
402
00:21:45,275 --> 00:21:47,172
So, this is not that.
403
00:21:47,172 --> 00:21:49,551
We are poor men
doing this junk.
404
00:21:50,724 --> 00:21:52,310
It's time to get
back out and dig.
405
00:21:58,344 --> 00:22:00,068
[narrator] As the rain eases,
406
00:22:00,068 --> 00:22:03,137
Dustin's crew race
to inspect the mine site.
407
00:22:04,413 --> 00:22:07,172
[Dustin] I do believe
that the flood came through.
408
00:22:07,172 --> 00:22:08,137
We're gonna go check it out.
409
00:22:10,137 --> 00:22:12,448
[Paul] We lose our dredge,
our season's over.
410
00:22:19,310 --> 00:22:20,586
[Dustin] Holy [bleep]
411
00:22:21,793 --> 00:22:24,000
A lot of water, boys!
412
00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:26,034
Look, it knocked the top
of the weir off.
413
00:22:27,965 --> 00:22:29,137
Oh [bleep]
414
00:22:30,034 --> 00:22:31,310
It's a huge setback.
415
00:22:33,137 --> 00:22:34,482
[narrator] The dredge
is safe,
416
00:22:35,206 --> 00:22:36,482
but the large rocks
417
00:22:36,482 --> 00:22:39,103
which formed
the protected upper weir
418
00:22:39,103 --> 00:22:41,344
have washed down
into the dive hole.
419
00:22:43,413 --> 00:22:47,172
[Dustin] So, our main
focus should be
on building that weir up.
420
00:22:47,172 --> 00:22:49,103
The higher you build
that weir,
421
00:22:49,103 --> 00:22:50,586
the better it's gonna
be for us.
422
00:22:50,586 --> 00:22:52,137
[Paul] That's true,
that's true.
423
00:22:52,137 --> 00:22:53,793
- [Dustin] All right?
- [Paul] Yep!
424
00:22:53,793 --> 00:22:55,655
[Dustin] This place
is dangerous, man.
425
00:22:56,448 --> 00:22:58,620
I gotta keep my guys safe.
426
00:22:58,620 --> 00:23:00,275
We just gonna have to slow
this water down
427
00:23:00,275 --> 00:23:01,862
because it's raging.
428
00:23:01,862 --> 00:23:02,862
[James grunts]
429
00:23:04,206 --> 00:23:06,517
[Dustin] We don't build
that weir up another foot,
430
00:23:06,517 --> 00:23:09,793
this whole thing is gonna
just fill in that quick.
431
00:23:15,172 --> 00:23:17,551
[narrator] Before they can
get back to the gold,
432
00:23:17,551 --> 00:23:20,931
they need to haul several tons
of rocks and boulders
433
00:23:20,931 --> 00:23:22,172
out of the dive hole.
434
00:23:25,689 --> 00:23:27,655
[James] You know what
another thing would be cool?
435
00:23:27,655 --> 00:23:30,068
Because we had
a redirect there.
436
00:23:30,068 --> 00:23:32,448
I could take
one of these board,
put it across,
437
00:23:32,448 --> 00:23:34,103
and go over there
and drill a hole real quick.
438
00:23:34,103 --> 00:23:36,413
[Paul] Oh, put a redirect
right up in that little area?
439
00:23:36,413 --> 00:23:38,068
Yeah, and just run it through
that one and that one.
440
00:23:38,896 --> 00:23:40,172
Maybe pull some
of these rocks.
441
00:23:43,068 --> 00:23:44,758
[narrator] James's plan,
442
00:23:44,758 --> 00:23:46,965
anchor a redirect pulley
443
00:23:46,965 --> 00:23:49,758
into the rock face
on the far side of the creek.
444
00:23:51,206 --> 00:23:54,413
Then, use
the capstan winch cable
445
00:23:54,413 --> 00:23:56,931
to make light work
of hauling the boulders
446
00:23:56,931 --> 00:23:58,344
out of the dive site
447
00:23:58,344 --> 00:23:59,862
and back on to the weir.
448
00:24:06,620 --> 00:24:07,793
[James] Can't tell
how deep it is.
449
00:24:09,655 --> 00:24:10,586
[exclaims] Ah!
450
00:24:12,137 --> 00:24:16,206
[narrator] But first,
James needs to cross
the raging White Water.
451
00:24:18,034 --> 00:24:20,034
[James] I'm trying to use
the ladder as a bridge.
452
00:24:21,206 --> 00:24:24,000
Problem is it's so light,
it wants to go down stream.
453
00:24:25,275 --> 00:24:27,172
And downstream
does not look fun.
454
00:24:39,172 --> 00:24:40,206
That might work.
455
00:24:40,758 --> 00:24:41,896
Little sketchy, but...
456
00:24:44,275 --> 00:24:45,862
[exclaims] Ah,
that's dangerous.
457
00:24:50,482 --> 00:24:51,620
Nice and slow.
458
00:24:52,827 --> 00:24:53,827
Oh, man.
459
00:24:56,827 --> 00:24:57,724
[Paul] Okay?
460
00:24:57,724 --> 00:24:59,310
- [motor whirring]
- [James] Oh, yeah.
461
00:24:59,310 --> 00:25:00,241
That's going.
462
00:25:02,275 --> 00:25:03,448
Yeah, it's pretty good.
463
00:25:08,689 --> 00:25:09,724
- [grunts]
- [Carlos] Perfect catch.
464
00:25:09,724 --> 00:25:10,758
Caught it by the chain.
465
00:25:10,758 --> 00:25:11,586
[exclaims] Who-hoo-hoo!
466
00:25:12,931 --> 00:25:14,448
Just living on the edge.
467
00:25:15,482 --> 00:25:17,689
- Whoa!
- [Carlos] Yeah!
468
00:25:17,689 --> 00:25:20,344
[James] Yeah,
let's go swimming!
469
00:25:20,344 --> 00:25:23,689
And ladies and gentlemen,
he's doing it without a net!
470
00:25:23,689 --> 00:25:25,724
[James] Let's get it.
Let's pull some rocks!
471
00:25:26,620 --> 00:25:27,586
Let's see if it works.
472
00:25:31,862 --> 00:25:32,655
It's holding.
473
00:25:36,482 --> 00:25:39,275
Good, good, yeah!
474
00:25:39,275 --> 00:25:40,275
[Carlos] All right, Wes!
475
00:25:43,206 --> 00:25:45,344
- That's bedrock or boulder?
- [James] That's a boulder.
476
00:25:45,344 --> 00:25:47,068
I think the capstan
will pull that, too.
477
00:25:48,068 --> 00:25:50,448
[Carlos] Yeah, that's it.
478
00:25:53,137 --> 00:25:55,034
Get it up there!
479
00:25:55,482 --> 00:25:56,275
Come on.
480
00:25:58,137 --> 00:25:59,620
- Hell, yeah!
- [James] Let's [bleep] go!
481
00:26:00,965 --> 00:26:01,827
[Dustin] There it goes.
482
00:26:03,827 --> 00:26:06,310
Put that in my resume,
"Rock mover."
483
00:26:08,103 --> 00:26:09,689
- [Dustin] Good work
today, y'all.
- [James] Thanks, man.
484
00:26:09,689 --> 00:26:11,586
[Dustin] We got a bunch
of damn work.
485
00:26:11,586 --> 00:26:13,103
We're gonna call it a day.
486
00:26:13,103 --> 00:26:16,758
And start fresh with some
hopeful enthusiasm tomorrow.
487
00:26:36,482 --> 00:26:38,275
We got the weir fixed.
488
00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:40,551
It's starting to look good.
489
00:26:40,551 --> 00:26:41,379
It's starting to work out.
490
00:26:43,275 --> 00:26:45,724
[narrator] The weir
finally rebuilt,
491
00:26:45,724 --> 00:26:48,068
the crew are eager
to get back on the gold.
492
00:26:53,448 --> 00:26:55,482
[Paul] Now,
you know the rule, right?
No gold, no dinner.
493
00:26:55,482 --> 00:26:58,241
- [James] Yeah.
- [all laughing]
494
00:26:58,241 --> 00:26:59,379
[breathes heavily
through tank]
495
00:27:00,206 --> 00:27:01,103
[Dustin] How's the air?
496
00:27:01,793 --> 00:27:02,793
Good air? All right.
497
00:27:03,448 --> 00:27:05,068
Mask. Gloves.
498
00:27:05,068 --> 00:27:06,413
Hit the [bleep] in the water!
499
00:27:06,413 --> 00:27:07,413
Let's get some gold.
500
00:27:09,724 --> 00:27:11,827
[narrator] Picking up
where Paul left off,
501
00:27:11,827 --> 00:27:15,172
James will continue dredging
the central bedrock crack.
502
00:27:22,896 --> 00:27:24,689
[James] Okay, I'm gonna
start dragging. Ready?
503
00:27:25,793 --> 00:27:26,793
Throttle up.
504
00:27:34,896 --> 00:27:36,758
[singing] I'm begging for...
505
00:27:38,241 --> 00:27:39,241
I'm begging...
506
00:27:42,344 --> 00:27:43,413
[Dustin] That's interesting.
507
00:27:45,551 --> 00:27:46,482
Turn it a little bit.
508
00:27:47,620 --> 00:27:48,551
Right angle.
509
00:27:50,724 --> 00:27:52,413
[James] Feels like this.
510
00:27:52,413 --> 00:27:54,827
And in it,
it's just a crack going down.
511
00:27:54,827 --> 00:27:55,931
It's vertical.
512
00:27:57,689 --> 00:27:58,655
Dude, they have
hardpack in it.
513
00:28:00,241 --> 00:28:01,275
[Dustin] That's interesting.
514
00:28:02,793 --> 00:28:03,827
I don't know what to do.
515
00:28:04,448 --> 00:28:05,827
That's the dilemma.
516
00:28:09,379 --> 00:28:12,551
[narrator] The crew
are at a crossroads...
517
00:28:12,551 --> 00:28:16,379
Continue on the gold
carrying crack upstream
518
00:28:16,379 --> 00:28:20,517
or chase the 90 degree split
towards the bank
519
00:28:21,724 --> 00:28:24,241
as it cuts straight across
the creek.
520
00:28:24,241 --> 00:28:27,034
It could be
an even better gold trap.
521
00:28:30,551 --> 00:28:32,551
[Dustin] That's what
we're looking for.
522
00:28:32,551 --> 00:28:34,344
And it's got hardpack
at the bottom.
523
00:28:36,689 --> 00:28:39,965
[narrator] Dustin
must decide which way
to continue dredging.
524
00:28:42,620 --> 00:28:45,724
I bet, follows it,
it comes right here.
525
00:28:45,724 --> 00:28:47,310
Ninety degrees.
526
00:28:47,310 --> 00:28:48,206
Let's do it.
527
00:28:50,620 --> 00:28:52,482
- [Dustin] So exciting, man.
- [Paul] I know, right?
528
00:28:52,482 --> 00:28:53,758
I hope we're right about this.
529
00:28:55,482 --> 00:28:57,862
The only person to blame
when this is over with
530
00:28:57,862 --> 00:28:59,862
if I fail is me.
531
00:29:01,172 --> 00:29:02,689
Pick it up, James.
532
00:29:02,689 --> 00:29:04,172
I can't wait to see
what's in the box
533
00:29:04,172 --> 00:29:06,413
after what he's doing
right there.
534
00:29:16,379 --> 00:29:18,827
[Carlos exclaims] Oh-ho-ho!
535
00:29:19,241 --> 00:29:21,172
[whoops]
536
00:29:21,172 --> 00:29:25,655
You got gold! You got gold!
537
00:29:26,551 --> 00:29:28,310
It's a pretty good size
little nugget.
538
00:29:28,310 --> 00:29:29,379
[James] Is it a nice one?
539
00:29:29,379 --> 00:29:30,206
[Dustin] James!
540
00:29:32,137 --> 00:29:34,448
[James exclaims]
541
00:29:35,551 --> 00:29:36,862
Let's start!
542
00:29:36,862 --> 00:29:38,103
First nugget of the day.
543
00:29:42,068 --> 00:29:43,068
[narrator] Up ahead...
544
00:29:43,758 --> 00:29:44,586
[Carlos] Yeah!
545
00:29:45,241 --> 00:29:46,758
That is a pocket.
546
00:29:46,758 --> 00:29:48,586
That's exactly the words
I wanted to hear.
547
00:29:49,862 --> 00:29:52,586
I'll bet this is a little
plunge pool right here.
548
00:29:52,586 --> 00:29:54,344
[laughs, exclaims] Yeah!
549
00:30:06,103 --> 00:30:07,620
Got a nugget out already.
550
00:30:07,620 --> 00:30:09,103
Fricking amazing, man.
551
00:30:10,103 --> 00:30:11,689
[narrator] Three hours
into his dive...
552
00:30:12,689 --> 00:30:14,275
[James] I'm loving this, man.
553
00:30:14,275 --> 00:30:17,206
[narrator] ...James is already
finding gold.
554
00:30:17,206 --> 00:30:21,034
Dustin's decision to move away
from the central crack
555
00:30:21,034 --> 00:30:23,758
and follow
its 90 degree offshoot
556
00:30:23,758 --> 00:30:24,862
is paying off.
557
00:30:28,793 --> 00:30:31,103
[Dustin] I have a feeling
558
00:30:31,103 --> 00:30:33,551
that he's gonna
follow that crack
and it's gonna come up here.
559
00:30:34,827 --> 00:30:35,827
Right underneath this.
560
00:30:36,793 --> 00:30:38,068
We'll see.
561
00:30:38,068 --> 00:30:40,448
You know what,
at the end, we'll know
all about this area.
562
00:30:40,448 --> 00:30:42,758
- [Wes] Yeah.
- But right now,
it's just speculation
563
00:30:42,758 --> 00:30:44,586
and that's fun.
564
00:30:45,620 --> 00:30:48,000
Now, follow that damn wall
all the way down.
565
00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:48,931
[James] Okay.
566
00:30:49,793 --> 00:30:51,172
There's a lot
of rocks in here.
567
00:30:54,137 --> 00:30:55,689
I think he's gonna
work his ass off
568
00:30:55,689 --> 00:30:57,068
to try to put more gold
in the box
569
00:30:57,068 --> 00:30:58,655
than I did or Carlos did.
570
00:31:03,689 --> 00:31:06,344
[James] I literally just
uncovered the bedrock
571
00:31:06,344 --> 00:31:07,379
and I'm going that way
572
00:31:07,379 --> 00:31:09,482
and I'm kind of trying
to clean this out.
573
00:31:17,137 --> 00:31:20,241
[grunts] My right hand
is cold.
574
00:31:20,241 --> 00:31:21,862
- [Paul] Really?
- [James] Yeah.
575
00:31:21,862 --> 00:31:23,137
Cold, cold, cold.
576
00:31:25,137 --> 00:31:28,034
[narrator] The temperature
in the glacier fed creek
577
00:31:28,034 --> 00:31:30,000
is just 35 degrees.
578
00:31:34,103 --> 00:31:35,896
[James] Ah, brain freeze.
579
00:31:38,413 --> 00:31:42,379
Ah, every time I sit up,
it's [bleep] cold!
580
00:31:49,896 --> 00:31:52,137
[James grunts] Man, it's cold!
581
00:31:54,344 --> 00:31:56,103
Hey, man, you're having
too many problems,
582
00:31:56,103 --> 00:31:57,586
- you want to come out?
- [James] Yeah.
583
00:31:57,586 --> 00:31:58,517
[Dustin] All right,
come on out.
584
00:32:01,724 --> 00:32:02,896
[James] That was miserable.
585
00:32:05,931 --> 00:32:07,793
[narrator] On the brink
of hypothermia,
586
00:32:08,827 --> 00:32:11,344
James is forced
to cut his dive short.
587
00:32:14,310 --> 00:32:15,241
[Carlos] Hey, we got any gold?
588
00:32:16,068 --> 00:32:16,965
[Paul] Nope.
589
00:32:18,689 --> 00:32:21,034
[Carlos] Are you
[bleep] serious? No gold?
590
00:32:21,034 --> 00:32:22,758
[Dustin] We had one nug,
that was it.
591
00:32:22,758 --> 00:32:23,965
- [Paul] That's it.
- [Wes] So far.
592
00:32:23,965 --> 00:32:26,310
Nothing to jump
and scream about today.
593
00:32:26,310 --> 00:32:28,896
One piece of [bleep]
gold today, that's all.
594
00:32:28,896 --> 00:32:30,034
One [bleep] piece.
595
00:32:31,482 --> 00:32:33,517
[Dustin] So, this is what
I'm worried about.
596
00:32:33,517 --> 00:32:35,551
[narrator] The nugget
count's dropping,
597
00:32:35,551 --> 00:32:39,310
the further they move away
from the main crack
in the center of the creek.
598
00:32:41,310 --> 00:32:43,793
We're gonna put Carlos
in there tomorrow.
599
00:32:43,793 --> 00:32:46,551
I need to know exactly
what's going on in there.
600
00:32:59,344 --> 00:33:02,689
Let's get out there
and I need to know
what that hole is.
601
00:33:04,275 --> 00:33:05,862
I'm not gonna spend
another day on it
602
00:33:05,862 --> 00:33:07,310
if there's no gold
in it today.
603
00:33:09,172 --> 00:33:11,517
[narrator] Determined
to find out once and for all
604
00:33:11,517 --> 00:33:13,517
if his gamble is going
to pay off...
605
00:33:15,206 --> 00:33:16,206
[Dustin] All right, Carlos.
606
00:33:16,965 --> 00:33:18,517
You're gonna be diving today.
607
00:33:18,517 --> 00:33:22,482
[narrator] ...Dustin sends in
his most experienced diver.
608
00:33:22,482 --> 00:33:23,965
- [Dustin] get in the water.
- [Paul] Jump right in.
609
00:33:25,310 --> 00:33:26,551
[Carlos] Today,
I'm back in the water.
610
00:33:26,551 --> 00:33:29,275
There's no telling
what is still down there.
611
00:33:29,275 --> 00:33:30,103
You know what I mean?
612
00:33:31,068 --> 00:33:32,793
Ah, this just can't be it.
613
00:33:35,137 --> 00:33:36,275
[Dustin] All right,
we're good.
614
00:33:36,275 --> 00:33:37,655
[Carlos] All right. Good?
All right.
615
00:33:38,344 --> 00:33:39,241
Diver in.
616
00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:47,965
[Paul] So, the mission
right now is we're gonna
617
00:33:47,965 --> 00:33:50,206
move all these rocks out
that we can get,
618
00:33:51,413 --> 00:33:54,655
so Carlos can just move
right up in here
619
00:33:54,655 --> 00:33:56,551
and see what the terrain
looks like.
620
00:34:01,310 --> 00:34:03,103
We're gonna stop
pulling all the [bleep]
621
00:34:03,103 --> 00:34:03,931
[Wes] Yeah.
622
00:34:05,896 --> 00:34:06,758
[James laughs]
623
00:34:07,896 --> 00:34:09,344
[bleep] perfect.
624
00:34:13,137 --> 00:34:14,689
We got a good system going.
625
00:34:15,655 --> 00:34:17,551
Boy, we're making
some progress today.
626
00:34:19,551 --> 00:34:23,034
[lilting music playing]
627
00:34:25,275 --> 00:34:26,724
[Dustin] If this goes deep,
628
00:34:26,724 --> 00:34:28,586
we're gonna have lots of gold.
629
00:34:28,586 --> 00:34:31,000
And if it doesn't go deep,
we ain't gonna have squat.
630
00:34:43,241 --> 00:34:46,068
[Carlos] Look at this, man.
Fricking huge progress.
631
00:34:52,517 --> 00:34:55,724
[narrator] Carlos has been
diving for four hours.
632
00:34:57,965 --> 00:34:59,827
[Carlos] Oh, yeah!
633
00:35:01,413 --> 00:35:02,586
God damn pocket.
634
00:35:03,068 --> 00:35:04,103
So, it goes down?
635
00:35:04,103 --> 00:35:06,068
[Carlos] Yep, it's finally
going down right here.
636
00:35:08,034 --> 00:35:10,517
Hell, yeah, that's what
we're looking for, man.
637
00:35:12,241 --> 00:35:14,655
I'll bet this is a little
plunge pool right here.
638
00:35:17,310 --> 00:35:18,724
[narrator] At the creek edge,
639
00:35:18,724 --> 00:35:22,620
Carlos has discovered
a depression in the bedrock.
640
00:35:22,620 --> 00:35:27,586
Which, combined with slow
water flow on the inside
of the bend
641
00:35:27,586 --> 00:35:29,931
creates a perfect formation
642
00:35:29,931 --> 00:35:31,620
to trap monster nuggets.
643
00:35:34,620 --> 00:35:39,758
[Dustin] With any luck,
we'll find all the gold
we could stuff in our pockets.
644
00:35:40,310 --> 00:35:41,310
It'd be amazing.
645
00:35:55,862 --> 00:35:56,896
[Carlos] I'm tired, dude.
646
00:35:58,000 --> 00:35:59,275
[Dustin] You still alive, man?
647
00:35:59,275 --> 00:36:01,517
[Carlos] Yeah, still there.
648
00:36:01,517 --> 00:36:02,965
I gotta take a break man.
649
00:36:09,413 --> 00:36:10,551
I can't get up.
650
00:36:11,586 --> 00:36:12,793
He got turtled!
651
00:36:12,793 --> 00:36:15,448
[all laughing]
652
00:36:15,448 --> 00:36:17,241
[Carlos] I'm stuck, man.
I can't get up.
653
00:36:17,241 --> 00:36:18,448
[Dustin] Don't help him.
654
00:36:18,448 --> 00:36:19,793
Come on, he's got this.
655
00:36:19,793 --> 00:36:22,517
- [Wes laughs]
- [Dustin] He's only got
one set of weights on.
656
00:36:22,517 --> 00:36:24,000
- Oh, come on!
- [laughs]
657
00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:28,172
[all laughing]
658
00:36:28,172 --> 00:36:29,517
Holy [bleep]
659
00:36:31,103 --> 00:36:32,000
There he goes!
660
00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:34,758
[all laughing]
661
00:36:48,655 --> 00:36:51,931
[Carlos] This thing
is still pulling down
into the mountain, dude.
662
00:36:51,931 --> 00:36:53,482
[narrator] At Nugget Bend,
663
00:36:53,482 --> 00:36:56,103
Carlos has discovered
a plunge pool.
664
00:36:57,344 --> 00:36:58,517
There's no two ways about it,
665
00:36:58,517 --> 00:37:01,206
that's exactly the words
I wanted to hear.
666
00:37:01,206 --> 00:37:05,413
[narrator] Dustin's decision
to move away from the center
of the creek
667
00:37:05,413 --> 00:37:08,758
could be about to pay off
like never before.
668
00:37:10,965 --> 00:37:13,827
This is awesome.
We're gonna find out
what's up in this corner.
669
00:37:14,551 --> 00:37:15,655
It looks promising.
670
00:37:18,655 --> 00:37:20,068
- [Carlos] So far, so good.
- [Dustin] Yeah.
671
00:37:21,275 --> 00:37:23,103
[Carlos] It's gonna be
a good day, a great day.
672
00:37:27,275 --> 00:37:29,068
[James] Wow, look at that
stuff he's dredging.
673
00:37:30,103 --> 00:37:31,896
Just red.
674
00:37:31,896 --> 00:37:34,206
We're moving
so much rock today.
675
00:37:34,206 --> 00:37:36,517
Look at how much
we've uncovered.
676
00:37:36,517 --> 00:37:38,482
Looks like a fricking
island sitting in there.
677
00:37:51,137 --> 00:37:52,310
[Carlos] What the [bleep]
678
00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:55,965
Holy moly,
I'm trying to go back...
679
00:37:56,862 --> 00:37:58,482
I don't know where to go.
680
00:37:58,482 --> 00:37:59,344
[Dustin] You can't
go up there?
681
00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:01,413
[Carlos] It's too shallow.
682
00:38:01,413 --> 00:38:03,793
Like, this is all as far
as I did right up here.
683
00:38:03,793 --> 00:38:05,896
This won't come up,
you can't come up
this right here.
684
00:38:05,896 --> 00:38:08,103
[Carlos] Uh-uh.
I'm at bedrock right here.
685
00:38:11,379 --> 00:38:13,965
[Dustin] You got to be
[bleep] kidding me, man.
686
00:38:16,172 --> 00:38:17,931
[narrator] The bedrock
is rising
687
00:38:17,931 --> 00:38:21,103
around Carlos' shallow
plunge pool.
688
00:38:21,103 --> 00:38:24,137
It's not the deep gold trap
they were hoping for.
689
00:38:26,172 --> 00:38:28,000
I don't know what to say.
690
00:38:28,000 --> 00:38:29,931
I thought this would go
deep enough right here.
691
00:38:31,310 --> 00:38:32,068
[Carlos] So did I.
692
00:38:34,827 --> 00:38:38,724
So, this looked like it was
gonna dip out right here.
693
00:38:38,724 --> 00:38:43,275
But apparently
it's just getting shallower
just like everything else.
694
00:38:43,275 --> 00:38:45,310
There should be some
bunch of gold in it, but...
695
00:38:46,482 --> 00:38:47,724
I don't think that's the case.
696
00:38:48,827 --> 00:38:50,000
Very disappointing.
697
00:38:50,931 --> 00:38:52,551
Let's pop you
out of there, man.
698
00:38:53,103 --> 00:38:53,896
[Carlos] Copy that.
699
00:38:58,517 --> 00:38:59,517
[Carlos grunts]
700
00:39:03,379 --> 00:39:04,896
[Dustin] Go look
in the box, please.
701
00:39:08,413 --> 00:39:12,965
[narrator] The sluice box
will reveal if Carlos'
shallow plunge pool
702
00:39:12,965 --> 00:39:15,482
was deep enough
to trap some big gold.
703
00:39:23,620 --> 00:39:24,793
No gold in that side.
704
00:39:27,586 --> 00:39:28,448
Nothing.
705
00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:32,034
I don't visibly see
a [bleep] speck.
706
00:39:33,827 --> 00:39:34,827
No gold?
707
00:39:36,655 --> 00:39:38,000
God damn!
708
00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:40,448
That's a lot of damn work
just to know something.
709
00:39:40,448 --> 00:39:42,551
- So, no gold at all.
- Nothing.
710
00:39:43,689 --> 00:39:46,068
[Dustin] Ah, damn it!
711
00:39:47,655 --> 00:39:51,448
Need be lucky, just once.
712
00:39:51,448 --> 00:39:53,586
- Everything says
go back to the middle.
- [Wes] Yep.
713
00:39:53,586 --> 00:39:56,068
[Dustin] Stop playing
around with the sides,
go back to the middle.
714
00:39:56,068 --> 00:39:57,551
- That's the end of this.
- [Wes] Yeah.
715
00:39:58,620 --> 00:40:00,931
[Dustin] Stupid!
716
00:40:00,931 --> 00:40:05,551
[narrator] Dustin's gamble
to leave the nugget rich
centerline of the creek
717
00:40:05,551 --> 00:40:09,000
has cost them precious time
in their short mining season.
718
00:40:12,034 --> 00:40:13,379
[Dustin groans] Ah!
719
00:40:14,758 --> 00:40:16,896
I'm so over this [bleep] spot.
720
00:40:16,896 --> 00:40:19,896
I need to be right
once in seven years.
721
00:40:19,896 --> 00:40:21,068
Come on, man!
722
00:40:22,551 --> 00:40:25,137
[Carlos] Talk about
a blind date that went wrong.
723
00:40:25,137 --> 00:40:28,482
The gold is not in that
perfect gold catch
724
00:40:28,482 --> 00:40:30,724
that Mother Nature
has produced for us.
725
00:40:30,724 --> 00:40:32,241
It broke our fricking hearts.
726
00:40:36,551 --> 00:40:38,000
[James] All that effort
for nothing.
727
00:40:38,000 --> 00:40:39,206
Back to the middle.
728
00:40:39,206 --> 00:40:40,724
That's all we can do
is go back to the middle
729
00:40:40,724 --> 00:40:43,344
where we were finding nuggets
the first day.
730
00:40:49,827 --> 00:40:51,655
[Dustin] It's like a big
waste of time.
731
00:40:53,275 --> 00:40:55,172
I'm sick of not finding gold.
732
00:40:55,172 --> 00:40:57,206
I don't know how these guys
keep having faith in me.
733
00:41:05,137 --> 00:41:08,689
[narrator] Next time
on Gold Rush White Water...
734
00:41:08,689 --> 00:41:11,793
[dramatic music swells]
735
00:41:11,793 --> 00:41:14,241
- [Paul] What the [bleep]
we got going on here?
- [Carlos] What the hell!
736
00:41:14,241 --> 00:41:16,620
I'm a little frustrated.
I'm not putting gold
in the box.
737
00:41:16,620 --> 00:41:18,000
To me,
this is a waste of time.
738
00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:20,586
[Dustin] Oh! [bleep]
739
00:41:20,586 --> 00:41:22,000
[Fred] Are you getting
some gold?
740
00:41:22,482 --> 00:41:23,448
Wow.
741
00:41:24,482 --> 00:41:26,000
Yee-haw!
742
00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:27,241
[Fred laughs]
743
00:41:27,241 --> 00:41:33,034
[all singing] Happy birthday
to you!
744
00:41:33,034 --> 00:41:34,448
[Paul] Yeah, we got it!
745
00:41:34,448 --> 00:41:35,482
[Dustin] Oh, thank God.
746
00:41:35,482 --> 00:41:37,103
- [Wes laughs]
- Thank God.