**
IT'S LIKE GETTING HOOKED ON CRACK OR SOMETHING, HUH?
Paul: COPY THAT.
Dustin: COME ON [BLEEP]
[ GROANS ]
**
Fred: I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS.
Dustin: PLEASE, DON'T LET HIM DIE.
FREAKING MAD MAN.
WOO-HOO!
THIS IS CRAZY!
-WE GOT BEARS OVER HERE, BRO. -I DON'T GOT MY GUN ON ME.
IT'S IN MY BACKPACK. -WHAT?!
Wes: LOOK AT THAT PIECE OF GOLD RIGHT THERE.
WOO-HOO!
Dustin: WE FOUND NUGGETS.
-CLEAN THAT SUCKER OUT! -WOO!
OUR TIME HAS COME.
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**
WE FOUND SOME GOLD LAST WEEK, JUST A SIGN WAS ALL WE NEEDED.
TODAY, WE'RE GONNA CHARGE FULL STEAM AHEAD.
EVERYBODY'S EXCITED,
MORALE'S HIGH.
THERE'S A HUGE DEPOSIT IN THAT PLUNGE POOL.
I CAN FEEL IT.
Narrator: ONE MONTH IN,
THE DAKOTA BOYS ARE ALREADY ON THE GOLD.
-YOU GUYS READY? -YEP.
Narrator: NOW THEY'RE HEADING OUT TO DREDGE McKINLEY CREEK
FOR THE SECOND TIME THIS SEASON.
Dustin: I KNOW THERE'S GOLD DOWN THERE.
IT'S JUST SO DAMN HARD TO GET TO.
Fred: LET'S GET OUT THERE. LET'S GET SOME GOLD.
Narrator: THE MINE SITE IS SO REMOTE...
Wes: WOO! SEE, THAT'S YOUR HYPER-SPEED RIGHT THERE.
...THE DAKOTA BOYS MUST RISK THEIR LIVES
EVERY TIME THEY HEAD OUT.
READY? HERE WE GO.
WOO-HOO! THIS IS CRAZY!
COMMERCIAL DIVER CARLOS MINOR
HAS BEEN AT McKINLEY FOR JUST A FEW DAYS.
Minor: YEP, WORRIED ABOUT THE BEARS OVER HERE, BRO.
I MEAN, NOT GETTING MUGGED OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
I MEAN, BEARS ARE, LIKE, ENOUGH, FREAKIN' EAT YOU.
HERE'S THESE BEAR TRACKS THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT.
BEAR TRACKS?
[BLEEP] I DON'T GOT MY GUN ON ME.
-IT'S IN MY BACKPACK. -WHAT?
I AM NOT FREAKIN' DYING OUT HERE, BRO.
Narrator: MINERS HAVE DIED IN THIS REMOTE ALASKAN CANYON.
IT'S THAT DANGER THAT'S KEPT THEM FROM GETTING TO THE GOLD
UP McKINLEY CREEK AND THE REMOTE BEND
WITH A PLUNGE POOL THAT THE DAKOTA BOYS BELIEVE
WILL MAKE THEM RICH.
THE RUSHING WATER DROPS INTO THE PLUNGE POOL, SLOWS.
AND GOLD DROPS OUT.
THE GOLD THEY FOUND LAST WEEK ON THE SURFACE
INDICATES THAT, DOWN ON THE BEDROCK,
THERE COULD BE A DEPOSIT BIG ENOUGH
TO COVER THEIR $50,000 COSTS
AND LET THEM LEAVE MILLIONAIRES.
THIS IS SOME UGLY WATER TODAY, AND IT'S HIGH.
THIS IS DANGEROUS. AAH.
I'M GONNA HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THIS WITH THE GUYS.
Wes: IT'S JUST A TORRENT OF MUDDY MESS.
NO TELLING WHAT KIND OF LOGS ARE GONNA BE COMING DOWN ANY TIME.
I WOULDN'T BLAME HIM IF HE DIDN'T WANT TO DIVE TODAY.
I WOULDN'T.
Narrator: TO GET TO THE TREASURE,
DUSTIN MUST DIVE IN A SURGING TORRENT,
POWERFUL ENOUGH TO ROLL HALF-TON BOULDERS
ALONG THE CREEK BED.
I'M RATTLED RIGHT NOW. IT'S CRAZY.
IT MAY NOT LOOK LIKE MUCH FROM UP HERE.
BUT, MAN, IS IT BAD UNDER THERE.
IT'LL RIP YOUR DAMN CLOTHES RIGHT OFF YOU.
ALL RIGHT. NOW, YOU GOT TO LISTEN TO ME
AND BEING REAL RIGHT NOW.
I'M NOT JUST JUMPING IN THE WATER.
THAT'S NOT HOW THIS IS GONNA WORK
'CAUSE I'M NOT FEELING A LITTLE --
I'M NOT FEELING VERY GREAT ABOUT THIS.
MAN, THIS WATER'S CRAZY TODAY.
HEY, JUST IF ANYTHING HAPPENS --
LET'S JUST AGREE ON SOMETHING.
IF SOMETHING'S WRONG, JUST SAY, "DIVER UP!"
AND THEN, EVERYBODY'S ONBOARD JUST TO BRING HIM UP
NO MATTER WHAT. NO, "WHY?" NO, THIS...
-YEAH, GOOD. -YEAH, SOUNDS GREAT.
THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
THAT'S WONDERFUL. YOU'RE BRINGING IT.
THAT'S A WONDERFUL THING TO BRING TO THE TABLE, ACTUALLY.
THANK YOU.
I NEED YOU TO PUT ME ON BELAY.
YOU'LL BE ABLE TO DRAG ME OUT OF THE WATER
IF THERE'S A PROBLEM.
Dustin: FRED, ARE YOU OKAY?
I'M STILL JUDGING THINGS OUT THERE...
WELL, THEN STOP IT. JUST STOP IT.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE IN CHARGE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO CHANGE ANYTHING.
JUST LET'S DO THIS, MAN.
THE DEAD LOG IS TOO HIGH OUT OF THE WATER.
LEAVE IT ALONE. NO.
IT'S TOO HIGH OUT OF THE WATER.
LET'S NOT START MODIFYING [BLEEP] RIGHT NOW
WHEN I'M ABOUT TO GO IN THE DAMN WATER.
I DON'T LIKE IT.
I'M TRYING TO PREVENT A PROBLEM BEFORE IT HAPPENS.
IF IT'S A PROBLEM, WE'LL FIX IT, FRED.
IF NOT, THEN WHO CARES? IT'S ONE LITTLE BOLT.
WE TAKE IT OUT. IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL.
I JUST FIGURED WE OUGHTA DO IT RIGHT NOW, AND NOT LATER,
THAT'S ALL. WOULD YOU JUST...
DAMN IT!
I JUST WANT TO [BLEEP] DO THIS RIGHT!
FRED, I LOVE YOU, MAN. COME ON! WHY YOU GOT TO HAVE A PROBLEM?
JUST LET IT HAPPEN. THIS IS OKAY.
I'M FRUSTRATED RIGHT NOW. I DON'T WANT TO BE.
COME ON. LET'S JUST DO IT. IT'LL BE ALL RIGHT.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A PROBLEM.
WE'RE OKAY. LET'S JUST DO IT.
OKAY. LET'S JUST DO IT.
ALL RIGHT.
EVERYBODY GOOD?
-YEP. -ALL RIGHT.
SAME OLD BULL [BLEEP] WON'T [BLEEP] DAMN LISTEN.
FRED JUST DOESN'T WANT TO GIVE UP RESPONSIBILITY TO DUSTIN.
HE THINKS HE CONTINUALLY NEEDS TO TELL HIM WHAT TO DO.
Minor: THAT'S A DANG ALPHA DEAL, YOU KNOW?
I MEAN, FATHER, SON -- SON, FATHER.
I'M JUST SORRY THAT, YOU KNOW,
THAT THINGS GOT A LITTLE RILED UP.
BUT IT'S NOT A GOOD WAY TO GO DIVING,
WHEN YOU'RE ALL RILED UP AND FRUSTRATED.
YOU NEED TO BE REALLY, REALLY FROSTY ABOUT DIVING.
-LET'S GO. -WE'RE READY TO DREDGE.
ALL WE NEED IS A DIVER.
YOU READY, DUSTIN?
HERE WE GO.
YOU GOT AIR?
DEEP BREATHS, MAN, DEEP BREATHS.
HOW'S YOUR HOT WATER? STILL DOING GOOD?
Narrator: DUSTIN IS DREDGING RIGHT WHERE FRED
FOUND GOLD LAST WEEK.
DUSTIN IS USING THAT DREDGE, WORKING IT AROUND,
AND IT'S JUST A, LIKE, A GIANT VACUUM CLEANER.
AND HE'S DREDGING A HOLE,
AND WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET DOWN AS DEEP AS WE CAN.
Narrator: THE HOSE SUCKS GRAVEL FROM THE CREEK BED,
UP INTO THE DREDGE
AND THROUGH THE SLUICE BOX
WHERE THE RIPPLES CATCH THE GOLD.
Fred: I LOVE IT, MAN! I MEAN, IT WAS WORKING!
Wes: YEP! EVERYTHING IS WORKING PERFECT.
YOU NOTICE THERE'S NO MUD IN THAT?
NO, THAT'S CLEAN RIGHT THERE.
FLUSHED ROCK. YEAH.
THAT'S NOT DEPOSIT. THAT'S GLACIER ROCK.
THAT'S GOOD.
IF WE CAN KEEP THIS UP FOR A COUPLE HOURS...
I THINK IF WE GET DOWN TO THE VERY BOTTOM OF THIS THING,
I THINK, WE'RE GONNA DO VERY, VERY WELL.
**
WELL, I'M TELLING YOU HOWS, MAN,
WOUND UP GETTING THE GOLD FEVER, HUH?
[BLEEP] DAMN.
IT'S LIKE GETTING HOOKED ON CRACK OR SOMETHING, HUH?
AH, IT'S ALL RIGHT. JUST GET THE JOB DONE.
-THAT'S ALL WE LOOKING FOR. -YEAH.
THAT'S ALL WE'RE LOOKING FOR RIGHT NOW
IS LET'S GET THE JOB DONE. WE'RE DOING GREAT.
FIND THAT GOLD, MAN. FIND THAT GOLD.
I CAN'T BELIEVE WE'RE FINALLY DOING THIS, MAN.
Dustin: WOO-HOO!
YEAH!
**
COPY THAT.
THAT'S WHERE THE GOLD LIES, THOUGH.
Narrator: A DEPOSIT BIG ENOUGH TO MAKE THEM RICH
WILL MOST LIKELY BE IN THE TURBULENT WATER
AROUND THE PLUNGE POOL.
OKAY.
I GOT YOUR BACK.
Dustin: COME ON [BLEEP]
[ GROANS ]
DUSTIN!!
Narrator: DUSTIN HURT IS DIVING FOR GOLD
IN THE RAGING RAPIDS OF McKINLEY CREEK.
Dustin: COME ON [BLEEP]
[ GROANS ]
DUSTIN!!
**
WHAT HAPPENED?
[ GROANING ]
DIVER'S COMING IN!
OH [BLEEP]
NO, THAT WOULDN'T BE GOOD.
THAT WAS SCARY AS HELL, MAN.
-OH, I BET. -CRAZY SCARY.
LET'S NOT DO THAT AGAIN.
I'M WORRIED ABOUT ROCKS HITTING US IN THE HEAD NOW.
IT'S A BIG PROBLEM.
Paul: I DON'T WANT TO GET HIT IN THE HEAD EITHER.
NO. HELL NO.
GET OUT OF THAT METEOR SHOWER, MAN.
THAT REALLY, REALLY BEAT ME UP.
ALL RIGHT. I JUST NEED TO SIT DOWN FOR NOW.
DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. JUST RELAX, JUST RELAX.
I'M JUST GONNA SIT DOWN IN THAT CHAIR AND...
Narrator: DUSTING'S DEATH-DEFYING 2-HOUR DIVE
HAS PUT AROUND 3 CUBIC YARDS OF RIVER GRAVEL
THROUGH THEIR SLUICE.
Wes: FRED, LOOK AT THAT, RIGHT THERE
I SEE IT.
HOLY [BLEEP] WOO!
THAT IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, ISN'T IT?
Paul: I THINK THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT IS.
THERE'S A LITTLE NUGGET IN THERE.
IT'S SITTING THERE, RIGHT NEXT TO A SCREW,
OF ALL THINGS,
THAT WE DROPPED IN THE DAMN THING.
-GET OVER HERE! -COME ON!
MAYBE IT'LL WARM YOU UP, MAN!
OH, HE'S GONNA BE HAPPY!
-WOO-HOO! -DAMN!
YEAH!
-WOO! WOO! -WOO!
LISTEN TO YOU.
YOU GET TO PICK IT OUT OF THE BOX.
ARE YOU SERIOUS? NUGGETS.
-COME ON! -I CAN'T COME DOWN THERE.
-THE HELL YOU CAN'T... -I CAN'T COME DOWN THERE.
GET YOUR ASS DOWN HERE!
RIGHT NEXT TO THAT SCREW, BUDDY.
WELL, I'LL BE DAMNED. WE FOUND...
WE FOUND NUGGETS.
-YEAH! -WOO-HOO!
WE FOUND NUGGETS.
[ CHUCKLING ]
THAT'S BIGGER THAN WE'VE EVER GOT
FROM PORCUPINE CREEK!
THAT'S RIGHT!
-WOO! -CLEAN THAT SUCKER OUT!
Wes: WAY TO GO, BUDDY!
Paul: GOOD JOB, MAN.
OUR TIME HAS COME.
WE GOT SOME GOLD. IT'S ONLY GONNA GET BIGGER.
Paul: IT'S ONLY GONNA GET BIGGER, MAN.
I'M GONNA GO PUT SOME DAMN CLOTHES ON!
-NICE PIECE OF GOLD. -YEAH!
A BIG SON OF A [BLEEP]
-WE ARE GONNA BE RICH, MAN! -YEAH!
WELL, I'M -- I'M SPEECHLESS.
EVERYTHING WE WAS BRAGGING ABOUT AND TALKING ABOUT,
HEY, IT'S COMING THROUGH.
WE DIDN'T EXPECT TO FIND A NUGGET THAT BIG THIS QUICK.
I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT WE FOUND GOLD.
I HOPE THIS MAKES ME A RICH MAN.
I WANT TO BE RICH.
I WANT TO HAVE GOLD STACKED UP TO THE CEILING.
Fred: THIS WILL BE A MEMORABLE MOMENT FOR ME,
FIRST BIG NUGGET OUT OF McKINLEY CREEK HERE.
I THINK THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT MORE TO FOLLOW.
Dustin: I'M JUST GETTING STARTED, JUST GETTING STARTED.
THAT WAS LIKE A TEST DIVE FOR ME.
DAMN, THIS FEELS GOOD.
I JUST -- I'M IN DISBELIEF, THOUGH, RIGHT NOW.
THIS IS INCREDIBLE.
**
I DON'T LIKE WHAT'S HAPPENING ANYMORE.
Narrator: FINDING A BIG NUGGET PROVES THE DAKOTA BOYS
ARE ON THE GOLD.
BUT DIVING UNPROTECTED COULD KILL THEM.
I BEEN NONSTOP THINKING
ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING OUT THERE RIGHT NOW.
IT'S DANGEROUS, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT
TO NOT GET OUR BRAINS SMASHED IN OUT HERE.
YEAH, 'CAUSE I WAS LOOKING AT THAT MYSELF.
AND I SAID, "MAN, WE GOT TO DO SOMETHING."
'CAUSE WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO BREAK THROUGH THAT CURRENT
WITHOUT GETTING THE WRATH OF THAT CREEK
POURED DOWN ON TOP OF US.
WHAT ABOUT THIS?
YOU REMEMBER THE DIVERSION I-BEAM WE MADE
FOR COUPLE YEARS AGO, THAT WE WERE GONNA USE
AT THE WATERFALL? -YEAH.
IT'S STILL AT PORCUPINE. WE NEVER USED IT.
WHY DON'T WE PUT THAT IN RIGHT UP THERE BY THE BRIDGE?
WE CAN SHOOT THAT WATER OFF THAT WAY.
AND THEN WE CAN WORK THAT WHOLE TOP OFF.
AND WE CREATE A CALM AREA THERE WHERE WE FOUND THAT NUGGET AT.
THAT'S A GREAT IDEA, MAN. IT'S JUST --
HOW ARE YOU GONNA CARRY IT OUT THERE?
SOME OF IT'S JUST NOT EVEN JUST HEAVY.
IT'S JUST AWKWARD AS HELL TO CARRY.
WE'RE GONNA NEED A HELICOPTER LIFT --
A ONE 30-MINUTE RIDE.
OKAY, THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD WORK ON TODAY
BECAUSE I'M WORRIED,
IF WE GO OUT THERE AND DIG FOR ONE MORE DAY,
THIS IS GONNA GET SO DANGEROUS
THAT THOSE ROCKS ARE GONNA START ROLLING IN ON YOU.
I TELL YOU WHAT.
IT'LL STAND OVER HERE AGAINST THIS SIDE, OKAY?
Narrator: THE 16-FOOT-LONG STEEL CONSTRUCTION BEAM
HAS ALREADY BEEN CUSTOMIZED BY WES
TO SUPPORT 8x2 TIMBER PLANKS.
WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS TAKE BOARDS OF VARYING LENGTHS.
WE'RE GONNA SLIDE THEM INTO THIS DIVERSION
AND JUST PUSH THEM STRAIGHT DOWN IN
UNTIL THEY DROP DOWN AND HIT ON TOP OF THE ROCK.
AND WE'LL DO THAT ON EVERY ONE.
WE'LL JUST KEEP GOING UNTIL WE'VE GOT A REALLY GOOD LITTLE,
WHAT THEY CALL A PEN LEVY.
THE PLAN --
FIX THE BEAM TO THE CREEK WALL,
ANCHORING IT WITH A POLE AND CABLE.
THEN, ATTACH THE LINE OF PLANKS
RIGHT DOWN TO THE CREEK BED.
THE DIVERSION SHOULD DEFLECT ANY BOULDERS
AND CREATE A CALM AREA
WHERE THEY CAN DREDGE FOR GOLD.
YOU CAN'T WORK IN THAT WATERFALL.
THAT CURRENT IS JUST TOO VICIOUS.
Narrator: FRED PREPARES THE DIVERSION LOAD
FOR A HELI-LIFT UP TO THE CREEK.
Fred: THIS, RIGHT HERE,
IS GONNA ELIMINATE 90% OF ALL THAT CURRENT.
HEY, THIS IS GONNA HELP US GET THAT GOLD.
THIS 2-MILE TRANSPORT WILL COST FRED CLOSE TO $1,500
OUT OF THE $50,000 HE BORROWED FROM TODD HOFFMAN
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON.
Fred: WE'RE NOT SPENDING IT ON ANY FRIVOLOUS-TYPE THINGS,
STRICTLY FOR THINGS THAT WE THINK
ARE GONNA HELP US GET GOLD.
Narrator: BEFORE ANY OF THE CREW MAKES A CENT THIS YEAR,
THEY FIRST NEED TO FIND 42 OUNCES OF GOLD
TO PAY BACK TODD'S LOAN.
GOOD LIFT, MAN!
A GOOD LIFT!
Dustin: SO WE'RE GONNA PUT THIS THING IN HERE
SO WE CAN REDIRECT THIS WATER OVER TO THE LEFT OVER HERE.
Wes: WELL, I WAS THINKING, YOU WANT TO HANG IT ON, LIKE...
Paul: I THINK RIGHT OFF THIS POINT.
-THAT'S WHAT I KEEP LOOKING AT. -SOMETHING RIGHT THERE.
YEAH, IT LOOKS LIKE A GOOD POINT.
WE COULD PUT THAT LEG IN IT THERE
AND THEN, PULL IT AROUND.
AS SOON AS WE PUT THIS DIVERSION IN,
WE CAN DIG ALL THAT OUT.
LOOK HOW ANGRY THIS THING IS, MAN.
THEY WANT TO DEFLECT THIS WATER.
WOW, MAN.
HERE SHE COMES!
Minor: HOLY [BLEEP] MAN.
Paul: JUST GET BACK. JUST STAY BACK!
-SO THIS IS OUR DIVERSION? -YEP.
Narrator: THE MODIFIED CONSTRUCTION BEAM WEIGHS 430 POUNDS.
COMING DOWN.
-WOO! -YEAH!
WORKING BEAST, MAN. ALL RIGHT.
YOU'RE GONNA COME TO ME AND THEN GO OUT A LITTLE BIT.
A LITTLE BIT MORE.
HOLD ON. HOLD ON. YOU'RE LOSING OR WHAT?
-CAN YOU KEEP IT ON THAT DECK? -YEAH.
RIGHT THERE. ALL RIGHT.
-GOT IT, WES? -YEAH. OH!
Wes: [BLEEP] WHAT JUST HAPPENED THERE?
Dustin: [BLEEP] DAMN.
I GOT IT. NO, IT'S GOOD.
AH! THAT HURT.
I'M IMPRESSED WITH ALL THESE GUYS.
WHEN THEY PUT THEIR HEADS TOGETHER,
THEY COME UP WITH SOME INTERESTING STUFF.
LOOKING GOOD SO FAR. I GOT TO GET SOME WADERS ON,
GET OVER THERE AND HELP THEM OUT.
Narrator: FOR THE DIVERSION TO WORK,
IT MUST BE FIRMLY FIXED TO THE CREEK WALL.
THAT'S GOOD! THAT'S GOOD RIGHT THERE.
Dustin: CARLOS! PLEASE DON'T LET HIM DIE.
OH, I GOT YOU.
BETTER MAKE SURE!
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS.
**
Dustin: GOT TO JAM IT IN REAL HARD.
THAT'S OLD-SCHOOL [BLEEP] RIGHT THERE.
THAT'S WHAT WE LIKE TO CALL DANGEROUS.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET US A HOLE DRILLED
INTO THE BACK END OF THIS BEAM HERE
SO WE CAN SLIDE A BOLT IN SO IT HOLDS IT UP.
THE ONLY THING HOLDING IT IS THIS ROPE RIGHT NOW.
Narrator: EX-CONSTRUCTION BOSS FRED HURT IS IN HIS ELEMENT.
HE'S FIXING THE STEEL DIVERSION BEAM
TO THE SHALE ROCK TO CREATE A SAFE ZONE TO DIVE IN.
WOO.
IT'S GONNA TAKE A WHILE, FOLKS.
SURE YOU DON'T WANT ME TO DO THIS FOR YOU?
I GOT IT.
GOT ABOUT A FEW MORE INCHES TO GO.
FRED'S TAKEN OVER MY PLAN.
IT AIN'T GOING NOWHERE NOW!
WOO!
Minor: YOU SEE WHAT FRED DID RIGHT DOWN THERE?
FREAKING A MAD MAN.
WHOA! HOLY [BLEEP]
WE'RE READY TO PUT BOARDS IN THERE
IN JUST, LIKE, UGH, JUST A FEW MINUTES.
HEY, FRED, THAT'S NOT STABLE, BY THE WAY.
I-I KNOW IT'S NOT STABLE.
OKAY, AS LONG AS YOU KNOW IT'S NOT STABLE.
DON'T FALL IN.
OH [BLEEP]
SEE IF THIS WORKS.
THAT'S PERFECT.
FRED'S 72.
AND HE LOVES TO BE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WORK.
NOT HOLDING BACK.
Wes: THERE IS ONE THAT'S SHORTER.
Minor: FREAKIN' AMAZING, RIGHT? LOOK AT THIS.
HOLY CRAP.
Fred: IT'S ALREADY STOPPED THE CURRENT OVER HERE.
WE GOT IT! GOOD JOB, GUYS!
Paul: DUSTIN, THIS ISN'T WORKING.
THAT IS A LOT OF WATER.
Dustin: YEAH, THERE'S DEFINITELY TOO MUCH WATER
COMING THROUGH TO THE DIVERSION.
I DIDN'T THINK THERE'D BE EVEN HALF THIS WATER.
Narrator: McKINLEY CREEK FLOWS AT 8 TONS PER SECOND.
THE HALF-INCH GAPS ARE LETTING TOO MUCH WATER THROUGH.
WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THIS WHOLE THING.
HOW YOU GONNA DO THIS?
I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO RIGHT NOW.
DO YOU HAVE A -- A SOLUTION?
WHY DON'T WE JUST TAKE A PIECE OF PLYWOOD
AND SHOVE IT ALL THE WAY TO THE LEFT?
WELL, PLYWOOD IS GONNA BEND. I MEAN, IT'S --
NO, IT'LL BE RIGHT UP AGAINST THE WALL.
OKAY.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GET SOME PLYWOOD AND PUT IT IN --
JAM IT DOWN THERE SIDEWAYS, PIN IT TO THE WALL.
HE CAN'T HELP BUT STAND OVER MY SHOULDER
AND TELL ME WHAT TO DO.
Fred: LET'S SEE IF WE CAN MAKE THIS THING WORK.
UGH!
**
FRED ALWAYS THINKS HE KNOWS BEST.
AND HE'S -- HE'S GOT A LOT OF AGE ON ME.
BUT THAT'S NOT THE SAME THING.
YOU CAN'T REALLY EXPLAIN THAT TO A FRED HURT, THOUGH.
[ CHUCKLING ]
ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO OVER WITH IT A LITTLE.
Minor: WHERE ARE WE GOING?
IT'S GONNA GO STRAIGHT DOWN RIGHT THERE.
-OVER THE EDGE? -YEAH.
OKAY.
HERE WE GO. THIS IS GONNA BE CRAZY.
YOU GOT A HOLD OF IT?
YEP, GOT A HOLD OF IT.
COME ON!
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU ADD FRED HURT,
A FULL SHEET OF PLYWOOD, AND RAGING WATER?
THIS CAN'T BE ANYTHING BUT CHAOS.
IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE SOME HELP DOWN THERE.
BUT I GUESS EVERYBODY IS GONNA STAND THERE AND WATCH.
HELLS YEAH!
ALL RIGHT?
I'LL SEE IF I CAN WRESTLE THE DAMN THING INTO PLACE.
ALL RIGHT.
RESCUE TIME.
Paul: NOT MUCH TO HOLD ON TO HERE.
HOLD ON A SECOND. I'LL GIVE YOU A HAND IN A SECOND.
I-I GOT TO GET MYSELF IN POSITION.
COMING DOWN WITH IT!
A FULL SHEET OF PLYWOOD.
AND HE MADE THAT [BLEEP] WORK.
NOW WE'RE GETTING SOMEWHERE.
HERE YOU GO.
YEAH! GOT IT!
Dustin: WOW! GO, FRED!
THAT DID A LOT.
THAT DID A LOT!
WE CAN DREDGE ALL OF THAT NOW, EVERY BIT OF THAT.
WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE. [BLEEP]
WONDERFUL WORK BY FRED.
I DEFINITELY WASN'T GIVING HIM THE CREDIT HE DESERVED
IN THE BEGINNING. BUT IT WENT RIGHT TOGETHER.
AND HE DID A DAMN GOOD JOB.
Paul: NO MORE FIGHTING THE CURRENT.
IT'S GONNA BE A PLEASURE DIVING IN THIS NOW.
IT'S GONNA BE AWESOME.
**
Fred: TODAY IS MY DAY IN THE WATER,
AND I'M GOING AFTER THE GOLD TODAY!
Y'ALL PLAY WITH THE ROCKS.
I'M GOING AFTER THE GOLD, MAN!
LET'S GET OUT THERE AND GET THAT DREDGE IN THE WATER!
I'M READY!
**
JUST GET THEM WARMED UP.
THAT'S A LOT OF WEIGHT RIGHT THERE.
IT'S NICE WHEN YOU'RE ON THE BOTTOM, THOUGH.
WATER LOOKS PRETTY GOOD TO ME.
YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE DOWN IN SOME OF THE CRACKS
THAT I COULDN'T SEE IN NOW.
HOW'S YOUR AIR? CHECK YOUR AIR.
Narrator: THE DAKOTA BOYS HAVE PROVED
THERE'S GOLD IN THEIR PLUNGE POOL.
NOW, IT'S FRED'S TURN TO DIVE IN THE SAFE HAVEN
THEY'VE CREATED BEHIND THEIR DIVERSION.
SAY IT AGAIN.
HE NEEDS ANOTHER WEIGHT BELT... TO PUT OVER HIS SHOULDER!
YEAH.
HE'S GOT...UGH.
Dustin: YOU WANT MORE WEIGHT? ALL RIGHT, WHERE YOU WANT IT?
YOU WANT ME TO WRAP IT AROUND YOUR NECK?
PUT IT ON TOP OF YOUR HEAD? WHERE DO YOU WANT IT?
WANT ME TO STRAP IT TO THE FLASHLIGHT?
YOU'RE GONNA PUT A WEIGHT BELT AROUND YOUR NECK?
Y-YOU HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, RIGHT?
OKAY.
Minor: I'M MAKING ANOTHER WEIGHT BELT,
ABOUT 20 POUNDS.
HEY, IF HE WANTS IT, HE GETS IT, MAN.
**
Narrator: 72-YEAR-OLD FRED
IS PUTTING HIS NECK ON THE LINE TO GET TO THE GOLD.
[ AS FRED ]
[ CHUCKLING ]
**
Dustin: THERE WE GO, A FEW ROCKS.
Narrator: THE CALM WATER CREATED BY THE NEW DIVERSION
MEANS FRED CAN SUCK UP MORE RIVER GRAVEL
INTO THE DREDGE AND THROUGH ITS SLUICE BOX.
THE CREEK'S WATER IS 38 DEGREES, JUST ABOVE FREEZING.
IF THE DREDGE STOPS PUMPING HOT WATER
THROUGH HIS WET SUIT,
FRED WOULD DIE OF HYPOTHERMIA IN MINUTES.
Fred: UGH!
AYE YI YI.
DIVER IS COMING OUT.
AH [BLEEP]
GET THAT -- YEAH, THERE YOU GO.
Dustin: PULL THAT OFF YOUR FACE.
NEVER MIND. I DON'T WANT TO RIP YOUR DAMN FACE OFF.
THE WATER JUST GOT FROZEN DOWN THERE.
WE GOT A HOT ROOM FOR YOU COMING UP.
MY LEGS ARE SHAKING RIGHT NOW.
Minor: YEAH, GET SOME, FRED.
WELL, I CAN HEAR.
Fred: KEPT GETTING COLDER AND COLDER AND COLDER.
AND, FINALLY, I JUST WAS SHAKING.
AND I JUST HAD TO COME OUT.
GOOD JOB TODAY, FRED.
YOU WERE DOWN THERE FOR A LONG TIME.
YOU GOT SOME BIG-OLD ROCKS OUT NOW.
I'VE GOT TO GO IN THE HOT ROOM.
OH, IT'S HOT, MAN.
OH, I LOVE IT. I CAN FEEL IT.
WOO-HOO! COME ON, HOT ROOM.
OH, IT'S LIKE A BLAST FURNACE IN HERE.
HE DID IT WITHOUT HOT WATER.
Paul: YEAH, I THINK THAT'S THE REASON
WHY FRED WASN'T GETTING ANY HOT WATER.
OUR LINE --
THE PLASTIC FITTING BROKE RIGHT IN TWO.
SO IT WASN'T PUMPING NO HOT WATER IN ON HIM.
I-I SEEN IT SQUIRTING.
BUT I-I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A LOOSE FITTING.
I HAD NO IDEA IT WAS BROKEN.
I DIDN'T EITHER UNTIL I CAME OVER AND LOOKED.
AND I WAS, LIKE, "OH [BLEEP] NO WONDER HE HAS NO WATER.
THAT'S WHY HE GOT COLD."
Dustin: FOR WHATEVER REASON, THEY KEEP BREAKING FROM --
FROM THE VIBRATION...
THIS THING -- THIS THING VIBRATES A LOT, MAN.
-THE VIBRATING IS... -THIS THING VIBRATES A LOT.
YEAH, AND IT'S JUST VIBRATING AT THE DUCT.
SO I GUESS THE PLAN IS, WE'RE GONNA REPLACE
ALL THESE PLASTIC FITTINGS WITH STEEL FITTINGS.
OH, THERE YOU GO. NOW LIFT IT.
Minor: THERE'S ALWAYS A FREAKIN' MALFUNCTION.
MECHANICAL ISSUE AND NATURE TRYING TO KILL YOU, MAN,
THAT'S NOT A GOOD RECIPE, BRO.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU WOULD PUT PLASTIC FITTINGS
ON SOMETHING THAT GETS HOT.
-I DON'T -- I DON'T EITHER. -IT MAKES NO SENSE.
Wes: NO.
Narrator: IF WES AND PAUL CAN FIX THE HOT WATER SYSTEM,
THE CREW CAN GET IN ONE MORE DIVE TODAY.
NO MORE PLASTIC ON THAT ONE.
THAT'S MORE LIKE IT.
Paul: WE REPLACED THE PLASTIC FITTINGS WITH STEEL.
SO, HOPEFULLY, WE DON'T BREAK ANY MORE LINES.
I THINK WE'RE READY TO GO. ALL WE GOT TO DO IS TRY IT OUT.
Narrator: IT'S TIME FOR CARLOS
TO MAKE HIS DEBUT DIVE AT McKINLEY.
Minor: LAST TIME I DOVE WAS IN DECEMBER 2015.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE DON'T GET PAID DEATH PAY HERE.
OR, AT LEAST, IT WOULDN'T BE MUCH.
Narrator: AFTER SERVING IN THE MARINE CORPS,
CARLOS SPENT 13 YEARS DIVING IN THE GULF OF MEXICO.
MOMENT OF TRUTH, AMIGO!
MOMENT OF TRUTH IS RIGHT UPON US.
IT'S TIME TO MAKE PEACE WITH THIS LADY.
BUT HE'S NEVER MINED FOR GOLD
IN A FREEZING, FAST-FLOWING CREEK.
Minor: IF I WALK OUT OF THAT WATER...BREATHING,
WITH ALL MY FINGERS INTACT,
I THINK I WILL CALL THAT FOR A SUCCESS.
BUT I HAVE NO IDEA
HOW I GOT MYSELF INTO THIS KIND OF STUFF, MAN.
Dustin: WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO IS A LOT OF WORK, MAN.
START THIS. FOLLOW THE WALL.
AND THEN I WANT YOU TAKE ALL THAT OUT, TOO.
I REALLY WANT TO SEE A HUGE DAMN HOLE HERE, ALL RIGHT?
-GOT YOU, MAN. -JUST TAKE AS MUCH AS YOU CAN.
Dustin: HOW WE DOING?
Wes: IT'S BARELY WARM.
IT'S STARTING TO GET THERE.
IT'S JUST ENGINES TAKE A WHILE TO WARM UP.
THEY -- THEY'RE TINY.
WOO, THAT'S HOT! HOLD ON.
IT'S HOT AS [BLEEP] WE'LL GET YOU IN THERE.
YOU TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TRIAL AND ERROR HERE, BUDDY.
FEELING GOOD?
OKAY. LET'S GO SWIMMING.
Minor: DIVER IN THE WATER.
AHH!
HEY, CARLOS, THAT WATER'S NOT LIKE
THE GULF OF MEXICO, IS IT?
NO! THIS IS NOTHING LIKE THE GULF OF MEXICO.
IT'S ABOUT 80 DEGREES IN THE GULF OF MEXICO.
OH, YEAH.
I MEAN. IT'S WARM WHEN IT'S 40 HERE.
WELL, HOW DOES IT FEEL DOWN THERE?
**
Fred: GIVE IT HELL. WE WANT TO SEE SOME --
WE WANT TO SEE SOME ROCKS COMING OUTTA THAT SLUICE BOX.
HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT BEGINNER'S LUCK, MAN.
FIRST TIME ON THE DREDGE,
OH, BRING OUT A NUGGET OUT OF THERE.
THE SLUICE LOOKS REALLY GOOD.
IT LOOKS LIKE EVERYTHING IS ROLLING PERFECT.
WOO! HE'S DIGGING, MAN.
THIS IS A GREAT DAY FOR ME. WE'RE MOVING YARDAGE.
I THINK WE'RE GONNA GET GOLD OUT OF THIS STUFF.
Fred: COMING ON UP.
SET THE DREDGE OFF TO THE SIDE THERE.
AHH.
HE'S BEEN DOWN A COUPLE HOURS AND...LOOKING GOOD, MAN!
-GOOD TIMES? -GET PUMPED.
ALL RIGHT. GOOD JOB, MAN. GOOD JOB.
Minor: AND I WAS RIGHT NEXT TO THE DIVERSION.
YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE OF WATER,
THIS BEING VERY NICE
AND THAT OTHER SIDE OF THAT FREAKIN' DIVERSION.
I CAN PUT MY HANDS UNDERNEATH AND ALL THAT,
AND IT WANTS TO RIP IT OFF.
AWESOME, MAN. WE MOVED SOME DIRT TODAY.
YEAH. TOLD YOU, MAN, 100%.
MADE FRIENDS WITH THIS [BLEEP] DAMN CREEK.
HOPEFULLY, I'LL LIKE IT FOR A LITTLE BIT LONGER.
**
Paul: WE'RE GONNA PULL ALL THESE MATS OUT NOW,
CLEAN THEM OUT, SEE WHAT WE COME UP WITH.
I THINK WE DID PRETTY GOOD ON THIS ONE.
LOVE TO GET SOME GOLD.
Fred: REALLY HOPEFUL THAT WE'RE GONNA SEE SOME
CLINKERS COMING OUT OF THERE,
NOT THEM LITTLE, PING, PING, PING,
BUT CLANK, CLANK, CLANK.
**
LOOKING GOOD. I KNOW THEY SURE SMELL GOOD.
GOOD, FRESH, HOT BURGERS --
NOTHING BETTER THAN THAT WHEN YOU GET OUT OF COLD WATER.
WE'RE GONNA PLAY A LITTLE JOKE ON DUSTIN HERE.
HE'S DOWN THERE DIVING. I KNOW HE'S GETTING HUNGRY.
SMELL ANYTHING? GETTING HUNGRY ANY TIME SOON?
WE'RE LITERALLY HOLDING A BURGER, MAN,
RIGHT ON YOUR INTAKE.
[ LAUGHING ]
THAT'S GOOD.
**
Paul: THIS IS THE MONEY TRAY, RIGHT HERE.
Dustin: THINK SO?
Paul: THERE'S GOLD. I TELL YOU! THERE'S GOLD!
Narrator: THE DAKOTA BOYS ARE HUNTING
FOR A LIFE-CHANGING FORTUNE IN GOLD,
HIDDEN BENEATH THE RAGING WATERS OF McKINLEY CREEK.
THANK YOU, SIR.
I DON'T CARE IF IT'S BIG OR LITTLE
OR IT'S FINE DUST OR IT'S GIANT NUGGETS.
I WANT A LOT OF GOLD.
TECHNICAL PROBLEMS MEAN
THEY'VE ONLY MANAGED TO MINE FOR 6 HOURS.
Wes: YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES,
WE CAN'T SEE HALF OF THE GOLD THAT'S IN THERE.
WE'LL FIND OUT HERE QUICK.
I GOT TO TELL YOU, THERE'S ONLY A FEW FLAKES.
I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING ELSE.
FEELS LIGHT COMPARED TO CARRYING ROCK.
Fred: HEY, WHAT YOU GOT THERE, MAN?
SPECIAL DELIVERY.
WE GOT SOME PAY DIRT. WE'LL PROCESS ALL THAT.
AND WE'LL FIND OUT -- WE'LL FIND OUT HERE, SHORTLY.
Narrator: THE MINI TROMMEL WAS DESIGNED BY WES AND PAUL
TO REPLACE THE SLOW PROCESS
OF HAND-PANNING THE CONCENTRATE FOR GOLD.
Wes: WHAT THIS TROMMEL DOES IS, WHEN I DROP MATERIAL IN IT,
IT GOES THROUGH A CLASSIFYING SCREEN ON THE INSIDE,
DROPS OUT INTO ARCHIMEDES' SCREW.
AND IT CLIMBS THE GOLD BACK UP
AND DROPS IT OUT INTO OUR SLUICE BOX.
THIS IS GONNA SEPARATE THE GOLD FROM THE HEAVY STUFF.
Dustin: EVERY DAY THAT YOU DIG, YOU'RE HOPING TO GET GOLD,
HAS TO PAY OFF.
WHAT THE HELL ARE WE DOING HERE IF IT DOESN'T PAY OFF?
Wes: LOOK AT THAT PIECE OF GOLD RIGHT THERE ALREADY.
CAN YOU SEE THAT PIECE RIGHT THERE?
Fred: YEP.
WELL, WHEN YOU CAN SEE IT, THAT'S GOOD.
Wes: THIS IS WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT RIGHT HERE.
THAT -- THAT IS REALLY GREAT.
THAT NUGGET THAT YOU FOUND IN THERE, HOW BIG WAS IT?
IT'S A LITTLE-BITTY OLD PICKER,
AIN'T NOTHING LIKE WHAT WE FOUND LAST TIME.
BUT STILL, YOU KNOW, IF YOU CAN PICK THEM UP,
THEY CALL THEM A PICKER.
GOTCHA -- "A PICKER."
NOW, I'M CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT HE'S GOT.
IT'S HEADED ON UP.
Fred: REMEMBER, WE'VE ONLY DONE ABOUT 15 YARDS OF MATERIAL.
THAT IS A BADASS LITTLE NUGGET, HUH?
Paul: THAT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE FOR THE AMOUNT OF DIRT
WE'VE ACTUALLY RUN. -YEAH, IT IS.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT THAT, THAT'S ALMOST --
THAT'S CLOSE TO A HALF OUNCE OF GOLD RIGHT THERE.
Wes: YEAH, THAT'S SOME NICE GOLD.
Narrator: HALF AN OUNCE IS WORTH JUST $600.
BUT FINDING GOLD SO EARLY IS A SIGN
THAT THEY COULD BE RIGHT ABOVE A DEPOSIT WORTH MILLIONS.
SITTING GOOD. SITTING GOOD.
WE'VE ONLY BEEN IN THE WATER
FOR JUST A LIMITED NUMBER OF HOURS
AND WE GOT OUR FIRST HALF OUNCE OF GOLD.
IF WE'RE GETTING THAT OUT OF THE TOP,
NEXT WEEK MIGHT BE EVEN BETTER.
IT MIGHT BE DOUBLE WHAT WE GOT HERE.
WE NEED TO GET PAID.
JUST GOT TO FIND THAT ONE POCKET THAT'S GOT THE PILE OF IT.
WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED, MAN.
TO ME, THAT IS ONE HELL OF A GOOD SIGN.
NEXT CLEAN-OUT,
WE'RE GONNA HAVE 4 OUNCES, PLUS THAT.
SIX OUNCES.
I'M GONNA FIND SOME CLINKERS, MAN, THAT DROP IN THERE.
[ LAUGHTER ] THEY'RE GONNA COUNT, MAN.
I'M GOING AFTER THE BIG STUFF.
Minor: EVERY SPECK COUNTS, HUH?
YEP, LET'S BOTTLE THIS STUFF UP, MAN.
-ALL RIGHT. -WOW, THAT WAS PRETTY GOOD.
**
I'D LIKE TO SEE ABOUT 200 TO 300 OUNCES.
ABOUT 200 OUNCES IS WHAT MY HOPES AND DREAMS ARE.
I MEAN, WITH THE LITTLE BIT OF MATERIAL THAT WE'VE RUN
AND THE AMOUNT OF GOLD THAT WE'VE FOUND SO FAR,
THE WAY IT'S LOOKING, I'M GONNA SAY 1,000 OUNCES.
**
Fred: IF WE CAN FIND A QUARTER-OUNCE NUGGET
IN THE FIRST 4 FEET OF MATERIAL,
THAT MEANS THERE MAY BE A WHOLE LOT
MORE OF THOSE THINGS,
EVEN BIGGER, A LITTLE LOWER DOWN IN THERE.
I THINK MOTHER NATURE HAS LEFT US SOME GOOD GOLD TO FIND.
Narrator: ON THE NEXT EPISODE...
I WANTED TO PICK UP MY GOLD.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY GOLD FOR YOU RIGHT NOW.
BE HONEST -- IS THERE GOLD ON THIS CREEK OR NOT?!
[ GROANING ]
[BLEEP]
GET THAT DAMN THING OFF YOUR BACK!
[ CHUCKLING ]
I THINK THAT GENERATOR IS ABOUT TO BLOW!
HEY, THE WINCH IS ON FIRE!
THAT'S A BAD SITUATION RIGHT THERE, MAN!