I WAS DIVING, AND THE WHOLE CREEK WENT BLACK.
SO WE KIND OF FEEL LIKE
THERE'S SOMETHING HAPPENING UPCREEK
FROM US RIGHT NOW.
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW DANGEROUS IT IS.
WHAT THE HELL IS THAT UP THERE?
HOLY COW.
OH. LANDSLIDE.
IT'S COMPLETELY ACROSS THE CREEK.
IF THE TOPSIDE OF THAT THING BLOCKS OFF,
IT'LL CREATE A DAM.
AND IT WILL FILL UP BEHIND THAT.
THERE'S A POTENTIAL WE CAN GET, UH, LIKE, UH...
A COLLAPSE HERE. ...INLAND TSUNAMI.
IT WILL KICK OUR ASS.
WOW.
Dustin: ALL RIGHT, FELLAS, HUDDLE UP REAL QUICK.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS. WE'RE GONNA GO UPSTREAM.
WAIT A MINUTE. WAIT.
GO OUT AND FORMULATE EXACTLY -- I KNOW.
YOU CAN'T STAND IT. YOU HAVE TO LEAVE.
Dustin: FRED'S TRYING TO MAKE A DECISION
THAT COULD COST ME WEEKS.
I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF WEEKS RIGHT NOW.
Paul: LOOK AT THE WATER.
Dustin: WATER DROPPED 10 INCHES IN A COUPLE MINUTES.
THAT MEANS THERE'S A WALL OF WATER GONNA COME.
WE RUN FOR THE HILLS AS FAST AS WE CAN.
MIGHT BE A CHANCE TO MAKE GOLD TODAY.
HEY, THERE'S ACTUALLY SOMETHING IN THERE
THAT LOOKS LIKE A NUGGET.
YEAH.
YOU MAY KISS YOUR BRIDE.
I'M GOING TO GET MY GOLD THIS WEEKEND.
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Dustin: FRED AND I HAVE HAD A COMPLICATED SEASON.
I'VE GOT A GREAT CREW. THEY'VE WORKED THEIR ASS OFF FOR ME.
BUT HAVEN'T GIVEN THESE GUYS ANY GOLD YET.
MY FIRST DAY UP HERE, I WAS EXCITED, FULL OF ENERGY.
NOW I'M -- I'M EXHAUSTED IN EVERY WAY, SHAPE, AND FORM.
I'D LOVE TO HAVE GOLD IN MY POCKET
TO MAKE IT ALL WORTH IT.
BUT I'M ON A GREAT ADVENTURE.
AND THIS IS HOW I CHOSE TO GO ABOUT IT.
GOT TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT OR ELSE
THIS WHOLE SEASON'S GONNA BE A FAILURE.
Dustin: CARLOS IS GOING DOWN TODAY.
HE CAME UP WITH A WAY TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT
HOW TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE BOTTOM.
IT'S PRETTY DEEP DOWN THERE.
NOW, THESE ARE SOME SERIOUS POWERFUL UNDERWATER LIGHTS.
AND, UH, I WANT TO GET A VIEW OF EVERYTHING
THAT YOU COULD SEE DOWN THERE.
Narrator: IN ALASKA, THE DAKOTA BOYS HAVE BEEN SEARCHING
FOR A POCKET OF GOLD WORTH MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
ALL RIGHT. GOING DOWN.
BUT EIGHT WEEKS INTO THE SEASON,
THEY'VE FOUND LESS THAN $800 WORTH.
Dustin: WE ARE WORKING WAY TOO HARD TO NOT HAVE GOLD.
WE SHOULD HAVE -- OUR POCKETS SHOULD BE LINED WITH THIS STUFF.
Narrator: AND THEY HAVE TO REPAY
A $50,000 LOAN TO TODD HOFFMAN
BEFORE ANY OF THEM GET TO SHARE A CENT.
SURE YOU WANT TO DO A CLEAN OUT?
I DON'T THINK WE GOT A SINGLE THING IN THERE.
A FEW SPECKS IS JUST GONNA PISS ME OFF.
FRED AND DUSTIN ARE UNDER PRESSURE TO DELIVER.
Dustin: NO DOUBT, I'M STARTING TO BECOME IMPATIENT.
HEY, CARLOS. YOU GOT DUSTIN ON THE MIC.
Carlos: ALL RIGHT, DUSTIN.
TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON, MAN.
Narrator: SINCE INSTALLING A DIVERSION,
THE CREW HAS DREDGED AN AREA DOWNSTREAM.
BUT THEY'VE YET TO HIT BEDROCK.
HEY, MAN. DO YOU THINK YOU CAN GET UP
AND GO CHECK OUT THOSE BOARDS?
DUSTIN NOW WANTS TO EXPLORE MINING UPSTREAM.
Dustin: SEASON IS HALFWAY THROUGH,
AND WE'VE GOT NOTHING BUT A HOLE TO SHOW FOR IT.
IF YOU CAN GET UP INTO THAT CORNER,
IT WOULD BE AWESOME.
BUT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN OR NOT.
WELL, JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT DIVERSION,
I THINK THERE'S GOLD AND A LOT OF IT.
WE PROBABLY PUT THE DIVERSION WALL IN THE WRONG SPOT.
THAT'S WHERE YOU WERE AT WHEN YOU FOUND THAT NUGGET.
I THINK IT'S TIME TO FIND MORE.
IT'S TIME TO FIND SOME GOLD, MAN, STRAIGHT UPSTREAM.
Narrator: FOUR WEEKS AGO, DUSTIN FOUND A NUGGET BY THE PLUNGE POOL,
A SIGN THE ENTIRE BEND COULD BE RICH IN GOLD.
THEY BUILT A DIVERSION TO CREATE A SAFE DIVING AREA
AND HAVE EXCAVATED A LARGE SECTION
IN THE DOWNSTREAM END.
NOW, HAVING FOUND LESS THAN AN OUNCE OF GOLD,
DUSTIN WANTS TO MOVE BACK UPSTREAM,
TUNNEL DOWN TO WHERE HE BELIEVES THE GOLD IS CONCENTRATED
DIRECTLY BENEATH THE NUGGET.
Dustin: I'M SICK OF NOT SEEING GOLD.
I'M ACTUALLY HEAVING STRESS ABOUT IT.
I CAN'T SLEEP AT NIGHT.
WE'RE GONNA GO UPSTREAM.
I'VE SEEN GOLD THERE.
I NEED TO FIND OUT WHAT'S IN THERE.
IT'S MORE IMPORTANT TO ME
THAN ANY OTHER THING OUT HERE RIGHT NOW.
I NEED THAT TO HAPPEN.
Fred: WELL, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT, UH THAT.
YOU WANT TO GO INTO THE DIVERSION AND GO UPSTREAM?
FINE.
BUT LET'S FIND OUT WHAT'S DOWNSTREAM FIRST.
Dustin: THERE WILL BE NO GOLD IN THERE AT ALL.
WAIT A MINUTE. WAIT.
LET ME FINISH ONE SENTENCE.
GO OUT AND FORMULATE EXACTLY -- I KNOW.
YOU CAN'T STAND IT. YOU HAVE TO LEAVE.
THIS IS TYPICAL.
Fred: THEY NEED TO CUT OFF ALL THAT [BLEEP]
GOING UP INTO THE BEHIND THE DIVERSION.
WE'VE GOT A NICE HOLE 10-OR-12-FEET WIDE.
THEY JUST NEED TO KEEP GOING DOWNSTREAM.
Narrator: FRED AND DUSTIN ARE PARTNERS.
BUT DUSTIN OWNS THIS CLAIM.
Dustin: FRED'S TRYING TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE SITUATION.
BUT I DON'T LIKE IT, NOT ONE BIT.
FRED'S TRYING TO MAKE DECISIONS
THAT COULD COST ME WEEKS
IF HE'S WRONG -- WEEKS.
I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF WEEKS RIGHT NOW.
I THINK THERE'S GOLD AND A LOT OF IT STRAIGHT UPSTREAM.
IT'S NOT STREAM.
Narrator: DUSTIN GOES AHEAD REGARDLESS.
GONNA DO THE UN-SMART THING.
AND I'M GOING STRAIGHT DOWN, BASICALLY A TUNNEL.
MIGHT BE A LITTLE UNSAFE.
TO EXCAVATE DOWN THROUGH THE BOULDERS
AND BENEATH THE DIVERSION,
DUSTIN RISKS SERIOUS INJURY FROM UNSTABLE ROCKS.
[ GROANS ]
THAT WAS STUPID.
YOU READY?
ALL RIGHT. WE'RE COMING UP.
HERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT.
WOW.
THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT.
WHOA, WHOA, WHOA!
DUSTIN.
YOU ALL RIGHT?
UH...
Dustin: ROCKSLIDES UNDERWATER ARE SLOWER BUT STILL TERRIFYING.
AND IT'S ALL BECAUSE I WENT WITH THE UNSAFE
PLAN BY DIGGING STRAIGHT DOWN.
IT'S MY OWN DAMN FAULT IF I GET HURT.
Fred: WELL, WE DIDN'T DO A WHOLE LOT TODAY.
UH, NOTHING BUT MOVING ROCKS.
WE NEED TO BE DREDGING WHERE THE HOLE IS.
WE'RE LOOKING IN THE WRONG PLACE.
Dustin: THIS IS A MINOR [BLEEP] SETBACK.
THAT'S IT.
Narrator: UP AHEAD...
Dustin: HOLY COW. [ LAUGHS ]
LANDSLIDE. IT WILL KICK OUR ASS.
I'M GOING TO GET MY GOLD THIS WEEKEND.
YOU MAY KISS YOUR BRIDE.
♪♪
Fred: WE HAVEN'T BEEN FINDING ANY GOLD.
DEBATE IS TO WHERE THE DAMN GOLD IS.
TODAY, I'M GONNA GET IN THERE AND DO MY OWN THING.
I KNOW DUSTIN.
HE'S UNDER STRESS WANTING
TO GO BUSTING INTO THAT DAM UPSTREAM
WHERE WE FOUND ONE NUGGET. IT'S NOT THE WAY TO GO.
[BLEEP] THIS.
Narrator: TODAY, IT'S "DAKOTA" FRED'S TURN TO DIVE.
INSTEAD OF CONTINUING DUSTINGS UPSTREAM TUNNEL,
FRED'S GOING BACK TO THE ORIGINAL PLAN,
EXPANDING THE WIDE AREA
IN THE DOWNSTREAM SECTION OF THEIR DIVE POOL.
I APPROACH THINGS MORE LOGICAL. I WANT TO ELIMINATE
THE FIRST POSSIBILITY
OF THE GOLD BEING DOWNSTREAM.
SOMETIMES, IT TAKES A LITTLE MORE EXPLAINING
TO GET IT THROUGH SOME THICK SKULLS
AS TO WHAT'S GOING ON.
FIRE IT UP.
OOH-HOO-HOO. WOW.
Narrator: DOWNSTREAM, THEY'VE ALREADY MOVED THE WORST OF THE BOULDERS.
AND 10 FEET BENEATH THE SURFACE,
FRED CAN GET STRAIGHT INTO DREDGING FOR GOLD.
Fred: LET ME WARM THIS SUIT UP.
HEY. I'M GONNA SHOW YOU FELLAS HOW IT'S DONE.
UH, WE GOT FRED DOWN.
HE SEEMS TO BE DIGGING IT RIGHT.
HE'S DIGGING COMPLETE OPPOSITE WAY OF EVERYONE ELSE.
FRED DECIDED, UH, HE KNOWS BETTER.
SO HE'S DIGGING THAT DIRECTION, I THINK, DOWNCREEK.
OH, I CAN'T WAIT TO SIT DOWN AND LOOK IN THAT BOX,
SEE WHAT'S IN THERE.
Narrator: SUBMERGED IN THE 38-DEGREE WATER FOR FOUR HOURS,
FRED HAS RUN NEARLY SIX YARDS
OF MATERIAL THROUGH THE DREDGE.
COPY THAT. YOU'RE COMING UP.
THAT WAS A LONG DIVE TODAY, FRED.
I THINK WE NAILED THAT ONE.
HIT THE POWER.
LET'S SEE WHAT WE GOT IN THE BOX.
I DON'T SEE ANY GOLD.
[BLEEP]. NOTHING.
THAT'S NOT WHAT I WANTED TO SEE.
NO. LET'S LOOK UP AT THE TOP.
WHAT YOU GOT?
NO GOLD. NO GOLD. NO GOLD.
I DON'T SEE ANY NUGGETS. WHICH WE MAY NOT...
WE'RE STILL NOT IN THE RIGHT SPOT.
I THINK WE NEED TO BE FURTHER UPSTREAM.
I GUESS IT'S SLOWER GOING THAN I THOUGHT.
OH, WELL.
Dustin: FRED AND I ARGUED AND BITCHED ABOUT WHAT TO DO.
AND HE JUST COULDN'T LISTEN, MAN.
IT'S RIDICULOUS.
I'VE WASTED A LOT OF TIME ON THIS.
I WON'T BE WASTING ANY MORE TIME.
I CAME UP WITH A PLAN. AND WE'RE STICKING TO IT.
Narrator: THE CREW HAS NOTHING TO SHOW FOR A DAY'S DIVING.
ALL MINING FROM NOW ON WILL FOCUS UPSTREAM.
HOLY [BLEEP].
NOT SURE WHAT'S GOING ON.
LAST FEW TIMES IT RAINED, IT DIDN'T DO THIS.
LOOKS PRETTY BAD. I GUESS THAT RAIN DID A LOT.
Narrator: OVERNIGHT, HEAVY RAIN IN THE MOUNTAINS
HAS RAISED THE LEVEL OF THE CREEK BY THREE FEET.
Carlos: LOOK HOW FAST THAT WATER'S MOVING, MAN.
THAT'S FAST-MOVING WATER RIGHT THERE.
IT'S JUST THIS [BLEEP] DANG CREEK
DON'T WANT US HERE, MAN.
AND TODAY, IT'S CARLOS' TURN TO DIVE.
MY MAIN CONCERN IS THAT [BLEEP] DANG DIVERSION WALL.
IF IT BREAKS, IT'S GONNA CAUSE A LOT OF PAIN,
BRO, A LOT OF PAIN.
THIS IS A LITTLE BIT BEAUCOUP UNNERVING, BROTHER.
Dustin: STUFF'S ANGRY, AIN'T IT?
THAT'S VERY, VERY ANGRY, MAN.
HOW YOU FEELING ABOUT THAT?
I'M JUST WONDERING, WHAT DO YOU THINK
ABOUT THAT DIVERSION HOLDING THROUGH?
IT'S A HIGH-RISK SITUATION RIGHT NOW.
CARLOS, I'M NOT SURE HOW COMFORTABLE I AM
WITH YOU GOING DOWN THERE TODAY.
WE MAY... I -- I'M NOT SURE
HOW COMFORTABLE I AM WITH ANYBODY PUTTING THAT --
PUTTING THAT DREDGE IN, DUDE.
I WON'T PUT YOU IN A SITUATION
THAT I WOULDN'T PUT MYSELF IN.
I CAN DIG IN THAT.
Narrator: WATER IS NOW CRASHING DOWN THE CREEK
AT OVER 8,000 GALLONS A SECOND.
Dustin: IT'S DANGEROUS.
BUT I DON'T KNOW FOR ME TO BE WEIRDED OUT BY IT.
Narrator: DUSTIN'S DETERMINED TO CONTINUE TUNNELING BENEATH THE DIVERSION.
Dustin: GOT TO GET IN THE MIND SET
EVERY HOUR COUNTS, EVERY ROCK COUNTS.
I MEAN, IT DOESN'T STOP.
OH.
HOLY MOLY. THIS THING'S STRONG, DUDE.
YEAH.
[BLEEP]
IT'S STRONG RIGHT NOW.
CURRENT IS VERY, VERY STRONG.
YOU FALL IN THIS THING RIGHT HERE, JUST FALL DOWN.
WE'RE READY TO GO.
JUST BE CAREFUL DOWN THERE.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE BOULDER SITUATION'S LIKE NOW.
HEY, DUSTIN!
WHAT?
WHOA.
Carlos: WATER'S GETTING DIRTIER.
THE WATER'S GETTING DIRTIER.
I KNOW.
YEAH.
IT'S GETTING DARKER BY THE MINUTE.
YEAH.
Dustin: IT'S NOW GOT REALLY, REALLY DIRTY HERE.
♪♪
Narrator: IN MCKINLEY CREEK, THE WATER HAS SUDDENLY CHANGED COLOR,
INDICATING AN EVENT UPSTREAM.
THE CREW HAS NO CHOICE BUT TO EVACUATE.
WHAT'S THAT?
ALL RIGHT. GO AHEAD, MAN.
YEAH, MAN. WE GOT TO GO.
WE GOT TO GO ACROSS THE BRIDGE.
WE GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE.
Dustin: SO WE HAD TO BACK OUT.
LOOKING PRETTY BAD.
RATHER SAFE THAN DEAD. YEAH.
THAT THING HAS TOTALLY TURNED TO CHOCOLATE MILK OUT THERE.
BUT IT IS NOT GOOD RIGHT NOW.
IT IS NASTY LOOKING.
I'M LOOKING FOR TREES AND DEBRIS,
OR, UH, A DRAMATIC DROP IN THE WATER.
THAT MEANS BAD, BAD STUFF FOR US.
I WENT FROM BEING ABLE TO SEE TO ABSOLUTE BLACKNESS.
I'M -- I'M USED TO NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE.
BUT I'VE NEVER SEEN THE CREEK
CHANGE SO DRAMATICALLY SO QUICK.
IT SCARES THE HELL OUT OF ME.
LET'S GO.
Narrator: WITH LIVES ON THE LINE,
DUSTIN CANCELS DIVING FOR THE REST OF THE DAY.
Dustin: I'M GONNA WAIT UNTIL THE DANGER IS OVER WITH
BEFORE WE GET BACK IN THAT WATER.
Narrator: THE ONLY WAY TO INVESTIGATE
WHAT HAPPENED UPSTREAM IS BY AIR.
HOW YOU DOING THERE, JACK?
HELLO, GENTLEMEN. HOW ARE YOU?
ALL RIGHT. GOOD TO SEE YOU, MAN.
THANKS FOR ACCOMMODATING US.
YOU BET YOU.
ALL RIGHT. SO I WAS DIVING.
AND THE WHOLE CREEK WENT BLACK.
SO WE KIND OF FEEL LIKE
THERE'S SOMETHING HAPPENING UPCREEK
FROM US RIGHT NOW.
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW DANGEROUS IT IS.
Fred: WELL, WE'RE ABOUT HALF A MILE UP THE CREEK, AREN'T WE?
THERE'S OUR WALKWAY RIGHT THERE. YEP.
LOOKS LIKE EVERYTHING'S STILL IN PLACE.
Fred: WHAT THE HELL IS THAT UP THERE?
WHERE'S THE RIVER?
WHERE'S THE CREEK? LANDSLIDE.
IT'S COMPLETELY ACROSS THE CREEK.
HOLY COW. OH.
OH, WOW. NO WAY.
LOOK AT THIS, MAN.
THAT WHOLE THING CAME DOWN OFF
THE SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN RIGHT THERE.
WOW.
WHAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW,
THE WATER'S RUNNING UNDERNEATH THIS LANDSLIDE, RIGHT?
SO IF THIS THING CLOGS UP,
THEN THERE'S A POTENTIAL WE COULD GET, UH, LIKE, UH...
BIG COLLAPSE. INLAND TSUNAMI.
Narrator: A MASSIVE LANDSLIDE HAS COVERED THE CREEK.
THE WATER IS RUNNING BENEATH
IN A 200-YARD-LONG TUNNEL.
AT ANY TIME, THIS COULD COLLAPSE,
DAMMING THE CREEK
AND TRAPPING MILLIONS OF GALLONS OF WATER.
IF THE DAM SUDDENLY BREAKS,
A FAST-MOVING TIDAL
WAVE WILL RACE DOWN THE CANYON
TOWARDS THE MINE SITE,
OBLITERATING ANYTHING AND EVERYONE
IN ITS PATH.
Dustin: IF THIS COMES OVER THE TOP OF THAT AND BUSTS THROUGH,
IT WILL KICK OUR ASS.
I THINK WHAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO, REALLY,
IS ADVANCE INTO THE WATER WITH, LIKE, EXTREME PREJUDICE.
IT DROPS DOWN TWO INCHES, EVERYBODY OUT, NO EXCEPTIONS.
Narrator: TWO HOURS LATER, THE WATER COLOR HAS RETURNED TO NORMAL.
BUT DUSTIN IS SO CONCERNED
BY THE THREAT OF A CATASTROPHIC FLOOD,
HE CALLS OFF DIVING TO INSTALL A NEW EMERGENCY ESCAPE ROPE.
Dustin: EVERY MINING CREW THAT'S EVER BEEN HERE
HAS BEEN WASHED OUT BY THE RAIN
AND THE FLOODS, EVERY ONE OF THEM.
THERE'S NO EXCEPTIONS.
OUR BIGGEST PROBLEM IS WE'RE TRAPPED.
THERE'S NOT ENOUGH GOLD DOWN THERE
FOR SOMEBODY TO DIE.
ALL RIGHT, FELLAS, HUDDLE UP REAL QUICK.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS.
WE'VE GOT AN EVACUATION PLAN.
UH, THERE'S THE ROPE THAT GOES UP.
WE GOT TO SCRAMBLE UP THIS --
THIS BIG CLIFF RIGHT HERE.
IF THE WATER CHANGES TWO INCHES IN FIVE MINUTES,
I AM YANKING EVERYBODY OUT.
AND THEY WILL BE RUNNING UP A HILL.
YOU'RE GOING UP THERE.
AND YOU'RE GONNA GET UP THERE FAST.
I DON'T CARE HOW OLD OR TIRED YOU ARE.
YOU'RE JUST GETTING UP THAT HILL.
MOTHER NATURE IS IN CONTROL.
AND WE'RE JUST TRYING TO READ THE SIGNS.
WE'RE ON HIGH ALERT.
SOMETHING'S UP THERE STALKING IT.
IT'S BEEN FILLING UP FOR TWO DAYS.
AND IT COMES THROUGH, WE'RE ALL DEAD.
EVERYONE'S DEAD.
Narrator: THE NEXT DAY, THERE'S BEEN NO CHANGE IN THE WATER LEVEL.
DUSTIN CAN SAFELY RESUME
HIS DIVE PLAN TO TUNNEL BENEATH THE DIVERSION.
WE'RE GONNA GO BACK DIVING.
I GOT HIGH HOPES, MAN. THIS IS CRAZY.
IT MIGHT BE A CHANCE TO MAKE GOLD TODAY.
ALL HE'S GOT TO DO IS GO DEEP ENOUGH.
Carlos: THERE'S CURRENT COMING UNDERNEATH
THAT GOD DANG DIVERSION.
YOU CAN SEE IT BUBBLING UP RIGHT THERE.
YOU CAN SEE IT BUBBLING UP.
YEAH. I DON'T THINK OUR DIVERSION
IS DOING TOO MUCH RIGHT NOW.
Narrator: UP AHEAD...
THERE'S ACTUALLY SOMETHING IN THERE THAT LOOKS LIKE A NUGGET.
IT'S BRIGHTER THAN EVERYTHING ELSE.
IT'S SHINY. YEAH!
Dustin: A LOT OF ROCKS AND A LOT OF DIRT TODAY.
IT'S PROBABLY OUR BEST DAY YET.
♪♪
Narrator: DUSTIN HAS UNDERMINED THE DIVERSION
WHILE DIGGING HIS TUNNEL.
THE BOARDS BECAME LOOSE AND BROKE FREE,
ALLOWING THE FIERCE CURRENT TO RUSH INTO THEIR DIVE POOL.
IT LOOKS PRETTY BAD FROM UP HERE
BECAUSE IT'S BOILING UP EVERYWHERE.
ALL RIGHT. HERE COMES PAUL.
HE'S COMING ALL THE WAY TO THE MIDDLE NOW.
ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT. HE'S POUNDING THAT FIRST ONE IN.
GOT AS MANY OF THOSE BOARDS KNOCKED DOWN
AS THAT WOULD GO DOWN. ALL RIGHT.
YEAH.
THAT'LL BE GOOD.
Dustin: UH, YEAH. THE CURRENT WAS SO STRONG.
I'D REACH OUT AND GRAB ONE OF THE BOARDS,
AND MY FEET WOULD STICK STRAIGHT OUT
BEHIND ME LIKE SUPERMAN.
IT JUST STARTED WEARING ME OUT WITH THE CURRENT
AND, UH, BREATHING REALLY HARD.
I COULD FEEL IT JUST KICK MY BUTT.
Narrator: PAUL HAS CALMED THE WATER BY FIXING THE DIVERSION.
HE CAN NOW EXCAVATE THE SITE.
Paul: I'VE GOT GOOD, CLEAR WATER, PROBABLY THE CLEAREST WATER
I'VE SEEN SO FAR SINCE I'VE BEEN DIVING HERE.
BUT IF I CAN GET UNDERNEATH THAT DIVERSION,
SEE IF WE CAN'T GET UP TO WHERE DUSTIN WAS AT,
THINK WE'LL DO PRETTY GOOD TODAY.
WE'LL GET SOME GOLD.
THANK YOU.
IF YOU VALUE YOUR PINKIES, YOU'LL FIND ME SOME GOLD.
[ LAUGHS ]
Dustin: ALL HE'S GOT TO DO IS GO DEEP ENOUGH
AND FAR ENOUGH UPSTREAM, AND WE'LL GET GOLD.
LOOKS GOOD? YEP.
YOU LOOK GOOD.
RIGHT NOW, WE'RE JUST WORKING TOWARDS UPCREEK.
WE'RE NOT SURE WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN
WHEN WE REACH THAT DIVERSION RIGHT THERE.
ONCE WE GET UP TO THAT POINT,
WE'VE NEVER ACTUALLY DONE THAT BEFORE.
BUT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS TO GET AS DEEP AS WE CAN
AND AS FAR UPCREEK
AS WE CAN TO SEE HOW THIS GOES.
YOU'RE ON THE RIGHT SPOT.
COMING UP.
Narrator: AN HOUR INTO THE DIVE, PAUL HAS DUG DEEP ENOUGH
TO BEGIN DREDGING BENEATH THE DIVERSION,
CLOSE TO WHERE DUSTIN FOUND THE NUGGET.
IN THESE POCKETS THAT ARE DOWN THERE,
WE HOPE CARRY SOME SORT OF GOLD.
PAUL'S MOVING A LOT OF DIRT TODAY,
ESPECIALLY IN THE RIGHT SPOT.
IT'S WHAT GOLD MINING'S ALL ABOUT.
HEY, THERE'S ACTUALLY SOMETHING IN THERE
THAT LOOKS LIKE A NUGGET.
IT'S BRIGHTER THAN EVERYTHING ELSE.
HOLD ON. HOLD ON.
I THINK FRED IS SAYING
THAT THE STUFF IN THE BOX LOOKS BRIGHT.
IT'S SHINY.
HE'S SAYING THAT IT LOOKS LIKE GOLD.
Paul: YEAH!
Narrator: AFTER 5 HOURS OF DREDGING,
PAUL HAS RUN EIGHT YARDS OF PAY THROUGH THE SLUICE.
MOVED A LOT OF ROCKS AND A LOT OF DIRT TODAY.
IT'S PROBABLY OUR BEST DAY YET.
UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S JUST A ROCK.
Dustin: CLEANOUT.
HOW YOU DOING, MAN?
GOOD DIVE.
Narrator: THE CREW PULLS THE MATS FOR A CLEANUP.
HOLY MOLY. THAT'S A LOT OF GRAVEL, BRO.
Wes: YEAH. THIS IS ALL THE MATERIAL
THAT CAME OUT OF THE DREDGE ITSELF.
IF WE PICKED UP ANY GOLD OVER THESE FEW DAYS,
IT'LL BE IN HERE.
THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF GOLD IN THE SLUICE.
AND WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND TAKE IT BACK TO PAN IT.
Narrator: THEIR GOLD TOTAL SO FAR IS JUST OVER HALF AN OUNCE.
TO BREAK EVEN BEFORE THE END OF THE SEASON,
THEY NEED 42.
BACK AT CAMP, WES CLEANS UP THE GOLD
FROM THE UPSTREAM SECTION OF THE DIVE POOL.
Wes: WELL, I'VE GOT ALL OF
OUR SEASON'S GOLD IN THIS CAN SO FAR.
THAT'S EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE COLLECTED UP TILL NOW.
I'M GONNA TAKE OUT AND, UH, LET THE GUYS SEE IT.
Fred: COOL EVENINGS LIKE THIS,
GREAT TO HAVE A LITTLE FIRE OUT THERE.
HEY, LOOK. HEY. WHAT'S HAPPENING, VOLE?
WELL, I GOT OUR TOTAL FOR EVERYTHING
THAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR FOR THE YEAR.
WHAT YOU GOT GOING? THAT'S IT RIGHT THERE.
OH, LORD.
LITTLE UNDER AN OUNCE, PROBABLY.
ABOUT THREE QUARTERS.
WOW, PRETTY SAD.
PRETTY, PRETTY SAD.
ONLY REASON WHY IT'S THAT MUCH IS BECAUSE OF THAT NUGGET.
IF IT WASN'T FOR THAT NUGGET... Dustin: WHICH IS CRAZY.
WE PULLED THAT NUGGET RIGHT OFF THE TOP.
AND IT'S CRAZY THAT WE'RE NOT SWIMMING IN GOLD RIGHT NOW.
Fred: MORE THAN HALF THE SEASON'S GONE.
I MEAN, BASICALLY, WE GOT LESS THAN AN OUNCE OF GOLD.
IT'S JUST TEASING US. THAT'S ALL THAT'S DOING.
I THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO SOMETHING QUITE DIFFERENT,
RADICALLY DIFFERENT.
WOULD THOUGHT BY NOW
WE'D HAVE OVER 100 OUNCES THIS WHOLE THING.
BUT HERE WE'RE SITTING ON NOTHING.
I MEAN, NOTHING.
CAN'T THINK ABOUT QUITTING RIGHT NOW.
WE'VE GOT TOO MUCH INVESTED INTO THIS.
♪♪
Fred: I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE BIG DAY.
LOOKING FORWARD TO A GOOD LIFE
WITH A GOOD WOMAN.
Narrator: FRED IS GETTING MARRIED FOR THE FOURTH TIME
AFTER HIS LAST WIFE PASSED.
A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT I WAS MARRIED FOR A LONG TIME.
UH, LORAINE WAS THE LOVE OF MY LIFE
FOR THE LAST, UH, 20 YEARS.
WE HAD A GOOD MARRIAGE.
I LOVE YOU, FRED.
LOVE YOU TOO, HON.
THE LAST 4 MONTHS OF HER LIFE,
UH, I WAS HER 24-HOUR-A-DAY CARETAKER.
SHE, UH, FINALLY PASSED AWAY.
AND, UH, BUT LIFE GOES ON.
I THINK JEN AND I WILL MAKE A, UH, VERY GOOD COUPLE.
THE ONLY COLD FEET I'LL GET IS IN A DIVING SUIT.
[ LAUGHS ]
♪♪
Fred: WELL, IT'S THE BIG DAY TODAY.
AM I READY FOR THIS?
HELL YES, I AM.
Narrator: 73-YEAR-OLD FRED HURT IS
PREPARING FOR HIS FOURTH WEDDING.
I'VE DECIDED THAT, UH, I LIKE BEING MARRIED.
FOR ME, IT'S A GOOD THING.
I ACTUALLY MET JEN ONLINE, FACEBOOK BASICALLY.
AND THAT'S HOW WE REALLY MET.
SHE'S A FINE YOUNG WOMAN,
A LITTLE BIT OF A MAY, DECEMBER SITUATION.
UM, SHE'S FINE WITH THAT SITUATION.
I'M FINE WITH THAT SITUATION.
THAT'S WHAT COUNTS, THAT WE'RE HAPPY.
I'M READY TO GO GET HITCHED.
Narrator: FRED IS 26 YEARS OLDER THAN JEN.
LAST MINUTE PREP.
ALL READY TO GO.
Narrator: THEY MAY HAVE MET ONLINE.
BUT JEN IS OLD SCHOOL ABOUT HER FOOTWEAR.
Jen: SOMETHING BLUE. [ LAUGHS ]
I PUT SOME BLUE LACES ON MY XTRATUFS.
AND I DON'T WANT HEELS.
SO WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE FOUND EACH OTHER WHEN WE DID.
WE HAVE A LOT OF FUN, MAKE EACH OTHER LAUGH.
SO FINALLY.
WE'RE OUT OF HERE.
♪ I WOKE UP SO EARLY IN THE MORNING ♪
Narrator: FRIENDS AND FAMILY HAVE FLOWN IN FROM ALL OVER AMERICA.
YOU'RE LOOKING GOOD.
INCLUDING FRED'S OLDEST DAUGHTER, DARLA.
LOOKING SHARP. YEAH. YOU, TOO.
BEEN SO LONG SINCE I HAD A TIE ON.
I HAD TO LOOK ON THE INTERNET, SEE HOW TO TIE IT,
MAKE SURE I DID IT RIGHT. [ LAUGHS ]
YOU DID PRETTY GOOD.
YOU LOOK GREAT, AWESOME.
Dustin: I'M GETTING NERVOUS.
THIS IS DANIELLE. HI.
THIS IS MY WOMAN.
I'M HAPPY FOR FRED.
IT SEEMS LIKE A REAL NICE DAY FOR IT.
Narrator: GOLD MINING LEGEND TONY BEETS
AND HIS WIFE, MINNIE,
HAVE TRAVELED 600 MILES FROM THE KLONDIKE.
WHAT Y'ALL DOING DOWN HERE?
WELL, WE HAD TO COME FOR THIS OCCASION.
I COULD IMAGINE.
THIS IS MY OTHER SON, DARRYL.
Narrator: FRED'S OLDEST SON IS A MINISTER.
THIS IS ACTUALLY MY VERY FIRST WEDDING
AND MY MOST IMPORTANT.
AND, UH, REALLY LOOKING FORWARD
TO HONORING MY FATHER LIKE THIS.
ARE YOU READY? YES.
Darryl: FREDERICK RICHARD HURT,
AKA DAD,
DO YOU HAVE THE GOLD, RINGS THAT IS?
KNOCK IT OFF. I PUT IT IN YOUR POCKET.
[ BOTH LAUGH ]
GOLD.
WHO HERE KNOWS SOMETHING ABOUT THAT STUFF?
WOULD LIKE MORE OF IT?
NO MATTER HOW MUCH GOLD
OR SUCCESS WE GAIN, IT'S PRETTY EMPTY
WITHOUT SOMEONE CLOSE WITH WHOM TO SHARE OUR LIVES,
OUR STRUGGLES,
SOMEONE YOU CAN REALLY TRUST.
THAT'S A REAL FIND.
AND I'M HAPPY FOR THEM.
DAD, YOU WANT TO GO FIRST?
JEN, I COMMIT MYSELF COMPLETELY TO YOU.
AND I OFFER THIS RING...
...AS A SACRED SYMBOL THEREOF.
I NOW INVITE YOU ALL TO JOIN ME FROM NOW FORWARD,
TO RECOGNIZE THESE TWO AS ONE, IN CALLING THIS COUPLE
MR. AND MRS. FRED AND JEN HURT.
YOU MAY KISS YOUR BRIDE.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
Dustin: IT'S REALLY COOL HAVING A FAMILY TOGETHER
AND SEEING FRED HAPPY.
IT'S AWESOME.
Fred: TEARS OF HAPPINESS.
I DON'T CRY OFTEN.
BUT, UH, JUST A LITTLE OVERCOME
WITH A LITTLE, UH, EMOTION RIGHT NOW.
CAN'T BELIEVE I SEEN THE OLD MAN CRY.
HE DOES HAVE EMOTION IN THERE SOMEWHERE.
Fred: IT'S ALL HAPPY.
NOW IT'S TIME TO GO GET MY REAL BLUE JEANS
ON AND MY WORK SHIRT ON.
I'M READY TO GO TO WORK.
OKAY. WE'RE OFF TO AUSTRALIA, RIGHT?
I THINK OUR HONEYMOON'S GONNA HAVE TO WAIT.
WE GOT TO GET BACK TO GOLD MINING.
Narrator: ON THE NEXT EPISODE...
Dustin: WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS WE'RE GONNA TAKE THIS DIVERSION
AND STICK IT UP THERE.
STOP. STOP, STOP.
THAT BOY, MAN.
FRED. FRED, DO YOU COPY?
BRING HIM UP. HELP HIM OUT OF HERE.
HOLY [BLEEP]. THAT WAS A CLOSE CALL.
THERE IS GOLD IN HERE.
WHAT? THERE IS GOLD.
[BLEEP] YEAH, IT'S GOLD.
DAMN RIGHT IT'S GOLD.
GET SOME, BROTHER.