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After a devastating end to the season due to a major storm, the miners give us an in-depth look at the ups and downs of mining for gold in whitewater rapids, and what the future looks like for the Dakota Boys and their crew.
High in the Chilkat Mountains of Alaska, the Dakota boys believe McKinley Creek holds millions in gold. They embark on a 4-month journey and make an attempt at the most dangerous gold-mining in the world, dredging beneath freezing white water rapids.
The Dakota Boys and their crew members reflect on their wild season and look ahead to what's next.
In the Dakota Boys' second-year dredging for gold in McKinley Creek, the father and son team face extreme conditions diving for a big payday. When Dustin finds a hot spot, it forces him to reevaluate everything.
The Dakota Boys and their crew face down unprecedented challenges that threaten to end their next mining season before it even starts.
In McKinley Creek, Fred and Dustin Hurt split up into two separate teams for a better chance at striking it rich. With new technique and ingenuity The Dakota boys finish their season with a record haul.
The Dakota Boys dive in freezing white water rapids to strike it rich.
After two months of uncertainty, Dustin and his crew return to the Chilkat Mountains. Dustin is willing to risk it all to get back on the gold trail.
For over a decade Father and Son, Fred and Dustin Hurt have worked side by side on the hunt for gold. From Porcupine Creek to the raging water in the Chilkat mountains, their journey has been far from smooth sailing.
In Alaska’s Chilkat Mountains, Dustin Hurt and his crew return to McKinley Creek to chase a monster pay day that will change their lives. His dream team of heavy hitters are ready to dive head-first
For 10 years Dustin Hurt and his father Fred have ventured deep into the Alaskan wilderness chasing massive deposits of gold. Now, with modern equipment, their quest takes them on the hunt for an untapped pocket of gold that the old timers couldn't reach.
In his final interview, Fred Hurt shares his incredible journey. From chasing gold in the most remote corners of Alaska to battling cancer, these are the real stories behind his adventures, victories, and struggles to find life-changing gold and a legacy.
Dustin gambles his entire life savings, purchasing a remote Alaskan claim rumored to hold life-changing gold; but Mother Nature's wrath descends, pushing them beyond their limits in their pursuit of the ultimate treasure.
The Dakota Boys return to McKinley Creek to dive for millions in gold. But the fierce Alaskan winter has destroyed their mining equipment. Their luck changes when Dustin locates the perfect plunge-pool he believes contains a massive pile of nuggets.
'The Dakota Boys' launch their gold dredge. Fred dives in the raging white water, and despite running out of air, the 72-year-old veteran succeeds in finding their first gold.
The first gold nugget promises a monster payday; Dustin dives into the danger zone, a torrent where the current moves rocks, and a rogue boulder almost costs him his life.
Fred's ex-boss, Todd Hoffman, has invested $50,000 in the Dakota Boy's operation and makes a surprise visit in a chopper.
73-year-old Dakota Fred gets married for the fourth time and a landslide upstream threatens to unleash a wall of water that could destroy the dive site and drown the miners.
The Dakota Boys' desperate bid to hit bedrock gold is thwarted when 73-year-old Fred's heating system fails mid-dive and he's is overcome by the glacial Alaskan water.
The Dakota Boys are digging down to bedrock gold but when they hit the biggest boulder of the season Dustin is forced to rig a new mechanical solution the Graboid.
A flash flood racing down McKinley Creek threatens to kill the crew and destroy their operation, but the Dakota Boys still manage to find more gold than they've got all season.
Television's most dangerous gold mining is back. The Dakota Boys double down on everything including crew, locations, and equipment, while the remote Alaska conditions punish their efforts like never before.
Equipment failure leaves one crew member with life-threatening burns, while the advantage of having two dredges up and running proves successful.
A hungry and aggressive apex predator tears through the miners' camp, forcing the crew members to come together to find a solution; the crew uses new equipment to speed up their gold recovery.
Fred and Dustin disagree on where to find the gold and dig separate holes. But, a fierce confrontation jeopardises the entire operation.
The Dakota Boys finally discover a rich nugget trap but inadvertently risk the life of a crew member.
Finding their biggest gold nugget of the season is a great sign, but soon enough heavy rain means flooding, and, despite the danger, the Dakota Boys still go out and dive.
After being rescued from the water, Dustin is forced to look for a new mine site due to the flood, but he soon finds out that the McKinley site may not be a lost cause after all.
Digging deeper than ever, the crew sees no sign of the promised bedrock gold; just when the crew starts to question Dustin's leadership, his determination pays off.
The Dakota boys are dredging towards a nugget trap they believe holds a jackpot of gold. After a rough season, this could this be the life-changing fortune they desperately need.
The group cleans up and does a final gold weigh-in for the season. Meanwhile, Dustin leads the crew to a new mine site that quickly proves to have huge potential.
The Dakota Boys and their crew members reflect on their wild season and look ahead to what's next.
Fred and Dustin Hurt decide to split up in their hunt for gold in the raging waters of Alaska's Chilkat mountains. While Fred has an ideal spot picked out, Dustin has a big decision to make about his location.
Fred and his son Dustin risk their lives to find a fortune in gold nuggets, taking them deep beneath the waters of one of Alaska's wildest creeks.
Fred and his crew return to the glory hole to complete unfinished business. Dustin's crew strikes gold, but are blocked by massive boulders and must engineer an insane system of winches and pulleys to go deeper and get down to bedrock.
The Dakota boys bank their first gold hauls of the season. Dustin invents a custom super claw to remove massive boulders from his plunge pool. Fred and his crew are confronted by a deadly cable malfunction.
Dustin's crew is left shorthanded after an unlikely injury, forcing him to take a calculated risk that nearly turns deadly. After his luck turns, Fred's dives on his 76th birthday to decode a bedrock gold mystery.
Dustin discovers a secret gold cave that could hold millions. Fred and his crew head upstream into a mini-waterfall to find a huge deposit of gold, but first they have to move their 700lb dredge up dangerous rapids.
Dustin Hurt hits bedrock and a pile of nuggets at Rainbow's End. Fred chases the gold upstream into a dangerous new spot, forcing him to rethink his plans.
Dustin's on the best ground he's dredged when a new discovery opens the door to even more gold. Fred faces a life-and-death situation opening new ground at Thunder Falls.
Dustin cleans up with his biggest gold haul yet. At Thunder Falls, engine failure and giant boulders block Fred's path to gold, and as the problems escalate, his life is on the line.
Dustin takes a gamble to return to a spot just above McKinley Falls for the remainder of the season, but while moving his dredge down the side a cliff, giant falling rocks threaten his life.
Fred fires his dredge back up and lands his biggest gold haul of the year. Dustin faces an uncertain future and Carlos makes a surprising discovery at the new dive site.
Dakota Fred taps out Thunder Falls with his biggest gold haul. Dustin hits the nugget jackpot at Rockfall Ravine.
A late start to the season shortens their mining window and with record snowfall melt the crew faces the most dangerous conditions ever. Dustin picks up right where he left off at Rockfall Ravine, while Fred's future diving for gold lies in the balance.
The Dakota Boys race against time and put their new crew members to the test to rebuild their mine sites and haul heavy equipment to the Trifecta and Rockfall Ravine. Their first dive is golden and promises a successful season.
Carlos, Dustin and James battle the fastest and most violent rapids they've ever dove in. They must engineer a way to slow the rapids down or risk being washed over the 80-foot waterfall. A faulty dredge valve on Fred's operation becomes explosive.
Dustin's crew is finally down to virgin ground but discovers their equipment is no match for the giant boulders at Rockfall Ravine, so Wes fabricates a new tool for their arsenal -- The Mammoth Claw.
Dustin's gamble of investing his life savings into these claims is pays off after Carlos removes a monster boulder and finds chunky nuggets. Fred and crew battle the Trifecta, and a game-changing discovery proves Fred's theory of the ancient waterfall.
On a gold streak, Dustin dives deeper than ever and uncovers the largest obstacle of his career. New recruit Scott finally gets the opportunity to prove himself in the water, but a rookie mistake could end his career just as it gets started.
Dustin calls on local legend "The Pirate" for help cracking a boulder blocking him from the richest ground of his life. After Fred is forced to put all diving on hold, Paul returns and they're on track to get gold for the first time this season.
Fred turns to his son Dustin for help when he uncovers a giant overhanging boulder at The Trifecta on the side wall that threatens to kill any diver below it.
The Dakota Boys are close to a huge gold cleanup; Ryan faces his worst fears as he dives deeper than ever into a crumbling, narrow 14-foot hole; Carlos finally hits bedrock at Rockfall Ravine and reveals that this dive site could pay out huge.
With their richest site picked clean, Dustin and crew move upstream to "The Chute" a promising, yet dangerous site with rapids stronger than ever. Fred and crew rethink their operation and adapt the rock drag method to a vertical lift system.
At his new dive site Dustin’s life is endangered after being overpowered by raging white water. After heavy rain, Fred’s crew has a deadly encounter.
Dustin risks the remainder of his season on an ambitious move upstream to raging waters in a quest to add to his record-breaking gold haul; after a brush with death, Fred must come up with a new plan before someone gets killed.
Dustin’s crew make an exciting discovery that pushes them to test their limits. Fred’s crew is dangerously deep and under pressure to get down to bedrock tests them all.
An early winter storm turns McKinley Creek into a raging torrent. Unwilling to call it quits, Dustin and his crew prepare for their toughest battle yet. At the trifecta, Fred's worst fears come true as the walls of his dive hole come crashing down on him.
Determined to add to his season's record-breaking gold haul, Dustin pushes his luck to the very edge, as a freak accident sends him hurtling out of control towards the 80 foot drop at McKinley falls.
Dustin takes the biggest gamble of this life and Fred drops a bombshell.
Dustin puts his money and reputation on the line, doubling down on two claims at once for the chance at a life-changing payday. Doubling the size of his operation means bringing in fresh blood who quickly learn the hard way just how dangerous mining the raging white water is.
Under extreme pressure to get his first gold of the season, Dustin pushes both crews to their limits at one of the world's most dangerous mine sites. And before they can prove themselves, mother nature shakes things up.
Dustin makes a surprise announcement that divides the crew. Fred returns to McKinley Creek with a lead on new ground, rumoured to be the home to a fortune in gold.
Fred opens the door to a new site. After a bust-up with Fred, Kayla makes a discovery that will change the course of their entire season.
Fred celebrates his 78th birthday by diving for gold. Kayla's crew is on a hot streak, but their luck runs out as tensions between crew members reach a boiling point.
In a bid to rescue his season, Dustin plans a daring double dive to get gold. Meanwhile, Kayla's crew struggles to adapt after losing a crew member.
In an act of sheer desperation, Dustin Hurt gambles his future on a dangerous mining strategy.
Dustin makes a controversial decision that changes the course of the entire season. Kayla makes a desperate attempt at uncovering a life-changing pile of gold.
Kayla's two dredge operation is on track to hit paydirt, but Dustin is forced to jeopardize her success for the greater good of Dustin's expanding empire.
With just a month left of the season, both crews are closing in on bedrock gold. But a life-threatening accident at Dustin's site forces his crew out of the water, while Kayla's crew battles an impenetrable obstacle.
Just inches from bedrock and a potential life-changing payday at the Chute, Dustin Hurt and his crew are forced to dive in the most dangerous conditions they've ever faced.
Dustin is within inches of bedrock gold at the Chute, but intense pressure causes one crewmember to crack. Kayla battles the mammoth dive site at House Rock, but attempts to keep the site safe backfire and a close call sets them back weeks.
After his biggest single day gold haul ever, Dustin and his crew double down on a new site, a treacherous plunge pool called the Dog Leg. Upcreek, winter's frozen grip tightens as Kayla as her crew battle to reach their bedrock payday.
Dakota Fred and his son Dustin risk their lives to find a fortune in gold nuggets, taking them deep beneath the waters of one of Alaska’s wildest creeks.
Dustin and his team work the ferocious dogleg before winter freezes them out for the end of season.
Dustin Hurt faces a dilemma: risk his life and financial ruin by purchasing and mining one of the most legendary and inhospitable claims in Alaska or play it safe in the white water of McKinley Creek.
Dustin's new Nugget Creek claim is said to hold life-changing deposits of gold, but Dustin and his crew must survive the most remote and inhospitable corners of Alaska to get it
With vital supplies running dangerously low at their remote Nugget Creek claim, Dustin attempts the impossible. Meanwhile, Kayla tackles the most dangerous diving conditions they've ever seen.
Battling the raging whitewater at Nugget Creek, Dustin and crew must build a safe harbor for their dredge. Meanwhile, legendary miner Fred Hurt returns to help solve the mystery of the pilings gold.
A medical emergency threatens to end the season before it begins. Meanwhile, Kayla fights to gain access to her new claim, by building a 400-foot walkway into the sheer cliffs high above Nugget Creek.
Out of fuel and out of options, Dustin risks his life on a resupply mission, navigating the raging Alaskan white water in the driver seat of his unproven airboat. Kayla comes face to face with a collapsing snow bridge in order to reach her claim. One wrong step could send her season crashing down.
With a windowmaker looming over the dive site, Dustin takes a new dredging approach that lands him in the path of Nugget Creek's roughest waters. Meanwhile, an emergency at Kayla's site threatens to sideline one of the miners.
A storm tears through Nugget Creek, putting dive sites and dredges in severe jeopardy. Mounting pressure causes a potentially season-ending explosion.
With Dustin M.I.A., the crew takes matters into their hands, hellbent on getting to the gold on Nugget Creek; bad blood between crew members derails the momentum and Mother Nature deals a killer blow, obliterating the creek beyond all recognition.
In the aftermath of a 40-year storm, Dustin and Kayla return to their claims to find them completely unrecognizable. But amid destruction comes a miracle and the two crews must stage the mother of all comebacks to recover from the devastation, once again risking their lives as they turn rock bottom into bedrock gold.
Weeks of battling Mother Nature has the crew at Nugget Creek running on empty -- but seeing a 4-ounce nugget is all the motivation Dustin needs to take charge of his season.
The collapse of a snow bridge sends a tidal wave of water ripping through Nugget Creek, leaving Dustin and his crew directly in its path. Rumors of a fabled gold-rich layer of hardpack have Scott seeing red.
In desperate need to find gold, both crews must dive to survive, leading them to make risky decisions that almost cost crew members their lives. Still, at every turn, Dustin and crew continue to fight the demons of Nugget Creek to reach a big payday.
Last week's gold haul has the miners seeing nothing but dollar signs -- and they are venturing straight into the mouth of the dragon on a quest for more. Unfortunately, Dakota Fred returns to find the crew pushing themselves too far.
Dakota Fred locks horns with a 50-ton monster in the ultimate treasure hunt for life-changing gold; Dustin's crew refuses to yield to the looming danger above, and Kayla's crew makes a monumental discovery that could turn their season around.
A monster typhoon is on a collision course with Nugget Creek, threatening to rip the gold from Dustin's grip. With both crews on the verge of striking life-changing gold, they're prepared to stand their ground and fight back against the coming storm.
After a record breaking typhoon tore through Nugget Creek, both crews make a final attempt to claim legendary nuggets. But more storms loom, and time is running out.
A heartbreaking revelation sends shockwaves through the crew as they tackle their toughest dive site yet in search of millions in gold
Reeling from tragic news, Dustin and the miners fight to get a diver in the water earlier than ever before, and their determination is rewarded
On the gold and desperate for more, Dustin Hurt and his intrepid band of brothers engage in trench warfare as they chase the pay streak up Nugget Creek. But one wrong move has the miners on the retreat
Dustin departs Nugget Creek when he's needed most to attend Dakota Fred's 80th birthday celebration. With Dustin away, the miners turn to questionable tactics to dig them out of a deep hole
Devastating news about legendary miner "Dakota" Fred Hurt strikes Nugget Creek, sending shockwaves through the mine site. Dustin is forced to dig deep and push on in honor of his father.
The loss of legendary gold miner "Dakota" Fred Hurt has the miners reeling. But their determination as they push on to honor Fred's legacy pays off with a record-breaking discovery.
After a record find, Dustin knows many more of those six-ounce nuggets are within reach, leading him into a rematch with the deadly site that defeated him last season. To reach those life-changing nuggets means tackling their biggest engineering feat yet.
An airboat accident could end this record-breaking season, and severe weather could make matters worse.
With winter closing in and bedrock still far out of reach, the miners turn to the late Fred Hurt for help solving the problem. A major dredge malfunction shuts the operation down
A mysterious white boulder dubbed "Moby" could be the gateway to more monster nuggets, but Mother Nature throws Dustin a sucker punch -- she won't give up her gold without a fight
