Parker launches a cutthroat plan for a 10,000-ounce season -- and he poaches a rival's crew member; Tony cashes in early with a big score; Rick scrambles to find new ground.
Rick balks at the terms for his new claim and makes a bold move; Parker's foreman, Tyson, battles a flooded cut and a batch of new recruits; Tony explodes on a batch of rookies flipping over trucks.
Parker pushes Mitch to deliver Sulphur Creek gold and records a big score; Buzz lands on an unlikely claim; Tony's pressure tests a new foreman.
Parker tasks Tyson with finding the weakest link in the crew; Tony approaches Parker to make a deal and raids his son Mike's operation; Rick fires up on Lightning Creek for the first time.
Follow the lives of ambitious miners as they head north in pursuit of gold.
Parker chases a record-breaking 10,000-ounce season; Rick pursues his dream of buying his own claim; the fate of the Beets family dynasty shifts when the eldest son, Kevin, strikes out on his own.
Rick Ness considers whether to keep mining after devastating news; Parker's crew splits an excavator in half attempting a risky fix; Kevin Beets turns to one of dad Tony's rivals for help.
Rick sinks an excavator trying to get down to Rally Valley pay; Parker's crew risks destroying a million-dollar wash plant to get on the gold; Tony puts pressure on Cousin Mike to perform on the Indian River.
Gold miners rely on some of the biggest and toughest machines on earth to make their fortunes; but which one is the best of the best?
Parker makes a call on Dominion Creek's ice-filled ground; Rick buys a new pump to fire up Monster Red; Kevin's cut floods, sending him scrambling to find a critical piece of equipment.
Rick risks flooding Rally Valley to haul in big gold nuggets; Tony's protégé, Cousin Mike, attempts a risky plant move; Kevin's biggest machine goes down while another lights on fire.
Sparks fly when Tony leaves his son Mike with Cousin Mike, who's in charge of the operation; desperate to get the gold flowing, Parker opens another cut and digs out a ditch to fire up again on Dominion Creek.
Tensions escalate when two crew members get into a fight on Kevin's claim; Parker prays that the Bridge Cut paydirt will turn his fortunes; when Rally Valley floods, Rick is forced to change plans.
Hoping for a record score, Rick runs the last of Rally Valley's pay dirt; Tony's son Mike battles an old water pump to get on Paradise Hill's gold; Parker's crew races to rescue a rock truck hanging off a berm.
Parker levels up and runs a third wash plant for the first time ever; Tony surprises Kevin with a new toy to supercharge his son's claim; cousin Mike makes a big misstep when one of his plants goes down.
Kevin fires up his wash plant for the first time; Tony assigns his son Mike to run the trommel at Paradise Hill 24/7, but a sunk excavator stands in his way; Rick pivots at the Crew Cut and searches for gold in a new spot.
Tony hits an unexpected roadblock at his Indian River claim; with time running out on his season, Rick searches for a new spot to mine; Parker's crew makes a big move in the Long Cut in the hopes of a large payday.
Parker makes a purchase that shocks the entire team; Tony clamps down on his son Mike's operation; Kevin starts his first full week of sluicing.
Rick gambles all his profits on a risky Duncan Creek cut; Parker's team leans on the new Sulphur Creek claim to keep their hot streak alive; Monica steps in with a solution to Tony's Indian River problems.
Parker chases a new red pay layer to keep his hot streak alive; Kevin Beets tries to run with a green crew to get more gold; Rick's crew suffers an equipment meltdown while digging deep for Vegas Valley gold.
Brennan confronts Kevin about a lack of equipment; Tony comes down hard on Mike when a side dumper crashes in a ditch; Parker brings in monster dirt haulers, hoping to get 1,000 ounces of gold weekly.
Rick confronts foreman Buzz, throwing down an ultimatum. Hoping for a big score, Parker fires back up on Sulphur Creek. Tony and Monica go on a treasure hunt at the Hester Cut.
Parker investigates a forgotten section of Dominion Creek, Rick expands his ambitions at Vegas Valley, and Kevin loses an excavator just as his pay pile runs out.
Tony unleashes his floating wash plant to supercharge his season; Rick moves Monster Red to Vegas Valley, hoping to sluice paydirt; Kevin's night shift crew could bring in his biggest haul of the year.
Rick's season depends on his first week of sluicing at Vegas Valley; Parker confronts his decisions and targets a honey hole; Tony tasks Cousin Mike with starting a new plant on thawed Indian River ground.
Parker tries to keep his hot streak going by tapping into a fresh pay layer on Dominion Creek; Rick departs for urgent business, leaving his struggling crew in charge; Tony makes a surprise purchase for the Hester Cut.
Rick digs up his last gold of the season from Vegas Valley; Parker opens yet another cut, hoping to hit his season goal before winter strikes; Tony fires up at the Hester Cut; Kevin's judgment day arrives.
While digging out Vegas Valley, Rick prospects a new area in Keno that could be richer than anything he'd mined.
A look at the new season of "Gold Rush."
Tony considers moving the entire family operation to the Indian River; Parker opens the first cut at his new claim at Dominion Creek; Rick Ness brings on a new crew member, hoping to get on the gold first.
After years of not speaking, Rick visits Parker for a favor; Parker's crew unearths a pile of gold in an unlikely location; Tony pressures his son Mike to spearhead the move to Indian River.
On the brink of going bankrupt, Parker tries to tap an old honey hole to turn the tide; Rick tries out a new miner with a misfit past; Tony battles flooded creeks at the Indian River to access the gold.
Floodwaters halt Tony's race to get Indian River gold; Rick's comeback stalls when a water pump goes up in smoke; Parker pressures the crew to open the Unforgiven cut to keep them afloat.
Parker banks his first gold of the season from the Unforgiven cut; one of Rick's rock trucks slides down a ravine, and he tries to broker a season-saving deal with Tony; Fred Lewis makes a big decision.
Rick's landlord demands 50 ounces of gold by the end of the week; an unexpected visit to Tony's Indian River claim brings devastating news; Parker's crew battles a busted excavator and spotty ground at the Unforgiven cut.
Desperate for cash, Parker goes ditch digging on his Dominion Creek claim; Tony finally gets his first gold of the year; Rick prospects for a new cut to keep his season alive.
Rick's season is all riding on a move to the new Bacon Strip cut; as Parker tries to dig out of his financial hole, the team must deal with a loader crash; Monica Beets takes charge of the Indian River.
Parker's thirst for gold pushes him to open a third claim, stretching his crew and machines to their breaking points; Rick supercharges wash plant Rocky to bring in more gold.
To get Australia Creek's gold, Parker cannibalizes multiple machines to build a Frankendozer; The Beets battle a flash flood on the Indian River; running out of options, Rick heads to higher ground to hunt for gold but is stopped dead in his tracks.
Parker battles to bring in his first Money Pit gold at Dominion Creek; Rick auditions Buzz as his foreman, and tensions ignite when the wash plant doesn't fire up; The Beets face mounting mechanical issues at the Indian River.
Tony's son Kevin returns to help save the family business; Parker scrambles to fix a burst dam and keep the big Dominion Creek gold weighs going; wildfires threaten to shut Rick down before he can bring in his first Bench Cut gold.
The Beets family implodes trying to get the Paradise Hill trommel running; Parker starts sluicing Australia Creek and finds a big surprise; Rick makes an all-or-nothing decision to return to Rally Valley.
Tony resurrects an old machine to get the Paradise Hill trommel washing rocks; one of Parker's crew melts down while trying to match the breakneck pace; the McCaughans set their trommel on fire to stay on the gold.
Parker closes in on his season goal, but an emergency leaves a novice crew in charge and threatens his momentum; Minnie forces Tony to consult a mining expert; dangerous conditions at Rally Valley could destroy Rick's fleet.
Parker brings in a brand-new wash plant to push him past 5,000 ounces; Buzz stands up to Rick and puts his reputation on the line with a gamble he may come to regret; disaster strikes on the McCaughans' night shift.
Rick's crew sends a rock truck careening off the road; Tony goes rogue and buys a new wash plant to get his Indian River operation back up and running; Parker increases his gold target, pushing Rocksand to the limit.
Tony tries to resurrect his infamous Dredge #1; Parker brings in his last gold from Australia Creek and focuses the team on finishing the Money Pit; The McCaughans hunt for a new hotspot.
Rick bets his season on firing up Monster Red, hoping Rally Valley will save his season; Tony's dredge suffers a major setback; chasing a final payday, the McCaughans break out a crazy contraption.
Parker's crew accidentally unleashes a flood of water that wreaks havoc; Rick runs his first full week at Rally Valley, hoping for a big score; Tony revives an old wash plant to bring in more gold.
Tony calls his son Kevin to help fire up nearly every plant he can, including Dredge #1; Parker squeezes every ounce of gold out of his Dominion Creek claim; Rick battles freezing equipment in his final bid for a comeback.
Parker Schnabel reveals new insights on how he went from a 15-year-old mining prodigy to banking $100 million in gold -- including battling his own demons and never-before-seen moments with his Grandpa John.
Parker bites off more than he can chew when he brokers a big deal; Tony digs deep to chase a record-breaking gold haul; Fred Lewis cashes out all his savings but disaster strikes when he reaches his claim; Rick Ness is missing in action.
Parker gets devastating news and faces off with the biggest landowner in Alaska; Rick Ness surfaces; Tony pressures the kids to deliver the first gold of the season; Fred battles the glacier blocking his gold; the Clayton brothers seek redemption.
Parker gambles on shutting down his operation to bank big gold; the Claytons uncover rich ground; the Mikes tag team opening a new cut; Fred Lewis walks Christo Doyle through the dark days that led up to landing on Gold Rush.
Tony battles to save his cuts and millions of dollars in gold when snowmelt swamps Paradise Hill; Parker brings in a novice miner from Australia to supercharge his operation; Fred's head is nearly taken off when sourcing a new wash plant.
Fred engineers an ice dam and makes a surprising gold discovery; Parker's crew pivots to the Easy Street cut, but a washed-out road stops them dead; Tony uses an excavator cheat code to bust through permafrost.
Parker fights muddy ground as he opens his biggest cut of the season and churns through Easy Street pay; Fred discovers a new paystreak that changes the course of his season; Tony gets two dozers stuck stripping to pay at the Blue and Cold cut.
Parker fires up Sluicifer to tackle the massive Bear cut; Fred faces financial ruin when the dozer he desperately needs gets held up in Dawson City; the Clayton brothers go on a treasure hunt to save their season.
Parker hauls Big Red into the massive Bear Cut as the team chases an epic milestone; Tony taps out a honey hole when he hits even more permafrost on the hill; Fred boots up Sergeant Sluice for the first time.
Parker heads to Alaska on a mission to find a wash plant and kickstart the Alaska operation; the Claytons face a major setback on the road to Golden Acres; Tony's trommel falters at the worst possible time.
To double his gold, Tony gambles on a crop of greenhorns to work the night shift; Fred's crewmember is injured in a freak accident; The Claytons resurrect a beaten-up conveyor to increase gold production.
Parker opens the first cut on his Alaskan claim with ragtag group miners recruited from social media; Tony faces an engineering disaster when a dike bursts; Fred's rock truck trouble forces him to pivot to stay on Freedom Cut gold.
Parker's crew tears through Klondike ground and takes on a new runway project; Fred faces off with his son when the excavator breaks; Tony loses his two biggest dozers in a matter of minutes when he expands the Blue Cut.
With Parker in Alaska, Tyson risks bringing in new recruits to get Slucifer back on the gold; Tony's Westchester crew calls in a favor that pays off big; The Claytons face a family emergency.
Parker battles for his first Alaska gold and a triple clean out; Dave Turin returns with a shocking proposal at Glacier Creek; Tony moves mountains to drain the gold-rich 80 Pup Cut; Fred calls up a combat buddy for help.
Parker's crew is hit with a series of mysterious breakdowns at the Airstrip; Fred's mechanic must decode a washplant belt issue to stay on Freedom Cut gold; Dave's team digs into virgin ground on Glacier Creek.
Parker barrels towards his first Alaska gold weigh but a flood in the Wolf Cut could derail everything. Tony makes a mammoth discovery. The Clayton Brothers finally reach Golden Acres and start stripping.
Tensions rise between Fred and the Clayton Brothers when a borrowed machine comes back broken. Parker's wash plant Big Red turns into a problem child. Dave's crew struggles to get through the rocky Three Amigos paydirt.
Tony pivots his crew to the 80 Pup cut, but a water pump failure stops them cold; Fred levels up his operation with a big piece of iron; a flood threatens to derail the Clayton Brothers season and prevent them from reaching Golden Acres.
Parker gets down to paydirt at the Wolf Cut in Alaska, but disaster strikes when the crew hits an old mine shaft; Dave goes deeper in search of his last gold; a mistake on Tony's crew sends a $500,000 wash plant crashing to the ground.
Parker visits Fred's claim and delivers a devastating verdict that brings the operation to a screeching halt; a truck accident on Parker's claim leads to a harrowing rescue attempt; Tony's crew at the Hunker Cut faces a flood.
Parker battles a massive flood and weighs his first gold from virgin ground in Alaska; the Clayton brothers pray for a bonanza as they finally start mining Golden Acres; Tony brings in a secret weapon to open new ground.
Tony mounts a major rescue to save a sinking excavator; tensions rise when Fred brings in an old friend; the Clayton brothers risk training two young greenhorn miners to work the night shift.
Parker returns to the Klondike and drops a bombshell on his crew to make up for the Alaska debacle; Fred and son Christopher face off over the night shift; Tony's Winchester Crew cash out for the season.
Parker's push for a record season could cost him a wash plant; Tony gambles on resurrecting a 30-year-old beast to finish the season; the Claytons must make a big move to reach the ground under their wash plant.
Parker pivots to the Panama Canal cut as he guns to clean out his Indian River claims; the Beets crew discover a glory hole that could put them over the top; Fred throws a Hail Mary in the Freedom cut.
Parker bets on a risky claim and loses a key team member. Tony storms a new cut with a fleet of new mega machines. Rick's skeleton crew pulls off a miracle. Fred heads to Klondike seeking an alliance.
Parker loses a key team member while betting on a risky claim, and Tony hits a new claim with a fleet of new megamachines; Rick's skeleton crew takes on a miracle, and Fred goes to the Klondike to find an alliance.
A young Parker Schnabel moves to the Yukon to mine under the King of the Klondike, Tony Beets; what starts as a mentorship quickly turns into a battle for power and gold.
Tony's confronted with news that throws him into a tailspin; Fred banks his first gold of the season; Parker's crew stalls out at the Airstrip.
To fuel his big gamble, Parker cranks up Sluicifer; Fred faces being shut down after a surprise inspection; on a hunt for new ground, Brennan sinks Rick's massive 475 bulldozer.
Tony returns to defeat the Hunker Creek curse and bank some quick gold; Rick puts Brennan in charge of finding new ground; Fred bets big on a new wash plant.
Parker returns to Promised Land but the claim owner's grandson threatens to derail a big pay day; Tony calls in his secret weapon to get down to pay at the new 80 pup cut; Fred risks destroying the new wash plant when hauling down a steep road.
Christo visits Rick Ness for a macho weekend with the King of Keno; the crew parties like it's the Fourth of July and Christo blows off steam with the guys on a rare day off at the lake; Rick introduces the newest member, his girlfriend Leese.
Parker breaks out Big Red to double his gold; Rick's wash plant disintegrates in front of his own eyes.
Fred Lewis gives Christo full access to Misfits Mining and reveals his plan for a Yukon Utopia; the misfits ransack a dead man's cabin and find more than they bargained for; Christo gets a lesson at Sniper School and embraces a Yukon rite of passage.
Parker's crew sinks a loader setting up Big Red and clocks in their first double-gold weigh of the year; Tony discovers a gold rich glory hole at the Megacut; Rick calls on Freddy and Juan to help keep Rocky alive.
Dustin Hurt gives Christo behind the scenes access to the most dangerous mining site in Alaska; Dustin shows off his dicey daily commute; diving maverick, Carlos and White Waters personal MacGyver, Wes, reveal the toughest parts of their jobs.
Rick pivots to chase a vein of gold-rich paydirt that's bankrupted other Keno miners; Parker heads to Alaska to prospect, leaving Mitch with a difficult decision to make at the Airstrip; Tony targets white channel paydirt to turn his season around.
Parker gambles 100 ounces to prospect Little Eldorado Creek in Alaska; Fred confronts a crew member with a secret; Rick launches a risky mission to rescue Monster Red; Tony's crew sinks the new D11 chasing gold rich white channel pay.
Parker gets a lead on virgin ground at Cleary Creek in Alaska; Rick puts Brenan to the test as night foreman; then, in an act of sheer desperation, Dustin Hurt gambles his future on a dangerous mining strategy.
Parker finally runs paydirt and weighs his first gold from Mud Mountain. Fred scrambles to locate a better way to clean his increasing gold hauls. Tony invents a faster way to move excavators and stay on the white channel gold.
Rick hits a pay layer in a sea of Rally Valley overburden; Fred speeds up gold production at California Creek; Tony is determined to end his wet paydirt; in an act of desperation, Dustin shuts down Kayla's two dredge operation.
Parker risks destroying Big Red to finally find Mud Mountain's big gold; Rick's forced to slow down his operation when massive rocks threaten to destroy Monster Red; Tony heads to the Yukon River for a quick cash infusion.
As gold from Mud Mountain rolls in, Parker's crew builds a massive pad to get through the Ugly Cut in record time; Fred forms an unexpected partnership to double his gold; Tony revives his Indian River plans.
Rick calls in his secret weapon to get down to the Rally Valley pay layer; Parker splurges big to keep his operation running; Fred's new alliance with the Claytons is tested when their cut is flooded.
Rick finally hits the rich pay layer in Rally Valley and accelerates his plans; Tony prospects new ground in Keno; tensions rise on California Creek when a one-two punch shuts down Fred and the Clayton's wash plant.
While hauling in gold-rich Mud Mountain pay, Parker's team missteps and cripples Big Red; Rick's red-hot honey hole floods with only days left in the season; Tony heads back to Hunker, determined to reverse the curse.
Parker discovers if his Mud Mountain gamble will deliver another record gold total; Rick dials up Monster Red in his quest for a record-breaking season; Fred's crew delivers a surprise payout; Tony squeezes his last gold out of Paradise Hill.
Christo leaves the studio behind and rides along with Parker for a behind-the-scenes tour of his claim; Doumitt reveals all seven steps to cleaning gold; spending the day with the busiest man in the Yukon, Mitch Blaschke.
Christo goes on location for an unprecedented look at the Beets operation; Minnie reveals what happens to their gold; Kevin and Tony show off their legendary boneyard; meeting the newest member of the Beets clan, Monica's daughter, Jasmine.
On a whirlwind tour of the Yukon, the King of Keno, Rick Ness, goes out for date night with Leese; Brennan puts Christo to work in the 750; Freddy and Juan are in Dawson City; Christo goes for a wild ride with the Misfits on the Lewis Claim.
The Dirt hits the Pacific Northwest and spends quality time at home with the miners; Mitch Blaschke shows off his happy place of horsepower; the Misfits embrace their bougie side; Chris Doumitt shows how he recharges his batteries off the grid.
Parker joins Christo from an undisclosed location; Dozer Dave and Shelly spill the dirt about Season 4 of "DTLM"; Rick is back in force on his home turf; ice fishing with Rick Sr and Randy; beers and babysitting with Kruse and Zee.
As gold prices spike to record highs and the cost of fuel plummets, Parker, Rick and Tony race to take advantage of the perfect conditions; after the worldwide lockdown delays the start of the season, there's less time than ever to cash in.
Parker's new strategy to build a war chest creates an engineering challenge, igniting a flare-up with his foremen; Rick pulls in his first gold of the season; Fred calls in reinforcements.
Tony gambles on a hidden strip of pay dirt; Parker's crew works overtime to run both wash plants in hope of a big payoff; Rick scrambles to keep his small crew running.
Tony Beets fights the Yukon winter to build a monster dozer. Fred Lewis prospects a claim that could be too good to be true. Dustin Hurt tries to reach his remote mountain camp to determine if he'll be able to mine this season.
A competition erupts between Parker's two wash plant teams; Tony discovers a pile of lost gold; Fred Lewis' and veteran crew fire up the colonel and face an unexpected setback.
Dave Turin's on the trail of a massive honey hole in Idaho; Rick Ness levels up his racing and mining operations; Fred Lewis fights through a snowstorm to prospect a missed opportunity.
Parker returns to Alaska to prospect new ground and expand his empire; Rick digs deep for big gold in a cut he hopes will deliver the biggest weigh-in of the season; Fred's crew member, Johnny, comes up with unique fix to their water problem.
Parker returns to the Klondike and records the biggest gold haul of his career; Tony travels deep into the wilderness to resurrect a gold-catching monster; Rick's forced to find better ground; Fred makes a big change to get on the gold.
Parker brokers a deal with Tony to open a new cut on the Indian River; Tony's new trommel build gets derailed when a fire breaks out; Fred's greenhorn crew steps up to keep the colonel running and on the gold.
Parker cleans out the gold-rich Promised Land and risks losing Sluicifer during a move to new ground; the Beets try to supercharge their season with Tony's massive new trommel; Rick turns back to Monster Red in hopes of a record season.
Tony cleans up big, Fred's team begins to crack and Rick leaves his crew.
Parker's crew tallies up the gold and rushes to mine out the Airstrip Cut; Freddy and Juan answer an SOS call from Fred Lewis; Tony drains a massive holding pond to get his operation back up and running.
Parker and crew face a potentially catastrophic flood at the Airstrip Cut; Tony uncovers a secret patch of gold-rich ground at Paradise Hill and logs his biggest gold weigh of the year; Rick throttles up his operation with a new water system.
Out of options, an all-hands prospecting effort leads Dave and the team to what they hope is rich ground. But with just 48 hours to mine it and both men and machines pushed to the breaking point, will Team Turin hit their million-dollar season?
Carl is forced to leave the claim for an emergency surgery; Rick's team bands together to stay on the gold; Fred's crew steps up after the loader dies; Tony pays the price for ignoring a long overdue upgrade.
Parker's record-setting pace rests in the hands of mechanic Shane Smith; Tony taps out the Megacut and pivots to open more ground; Fred calls on Mitch to help fine tune his operation.
Rick bets on a new stretch of ground that pays out with a monster nugget; Parker confronts Brennan over a missed opportunity; Tony digs up a relic that could lead him to virgin ground.
After a key piece of equipment dies, Fred decides if it's time to pull the plug; Parker's crew struggle to keep up their breakneck pace when a conveyor belt goes down; Rick prospects some of the richest ground he's ever mined.
Parker's record-breaking season rides on an unproven wash plant; Rick redirects a river to hit big gold; Tony returns to the old timer's honey hole; Fred scrambles for a future.
Parker Schnabel, Dave Turin and Fred Hurt reveal their gold mining origins and how a small remote corner of Southeast Alaska changed their destinies.
The miners reveal the secrets behind what it takes to strike it rich gold mining.
Tony tells why the gold totals are a closely guarded secret on the mine site; Monica welcomes her best friend, Ruby, to join; Rick explains how he and Carl developed such a close bond; Tyson joins Mitch and Brennan to discuss Mitch's big blow up.
Christo gets caught in the middle of a debate between Fred and Dustin Hurt on who started the conflict in camp; Fred Lewis and his crew do their best to keep morale high despite low gold totals, an easier job thanks to new favorite Johnny.
Tony and Minnie check in from Mexico. Freddy Dodge and Juan Ibarra share a sneak peek of their new show, Freddy Dodge's Mine Rescue, and Dave Turin gets in on the fun. Later, Mike Rowe checks in to talk about his new show.
The Dirt celebrates the halfway point for this season of Gold Rush with a mix of never-before-seen footage and our favorite moments.
A mine boss's foreman is the most important role on the mine site; only the strongest have what it takes to put their team on the gold; uncovering the stories behind their biggest triumphs and failures.
Former Special Forces medic Fred Lewis and his team of veterans reveal how they went from risking their lives on the battlefields to trying to strike it rich in the goldfields.
Rick resurrects monster red to capture nuggets with help from master fabricator Freddy Dodge; Tony builds a massive excavator; Dustin Hurt returns to Haines after a devastating landslide; Parker remembers those who lost their lives.
Tony Beets sets his sights on a $3.5-million monster dozer; Dave Turin hunts for a claim with his new prospecting machine; Rick Ness tests a pioneering drilling technique.
As the Yukon freezes, Parker Schnabel sets his sights on buying a gold-rich claim in Australia; with the help of third-generation Aussie prospector, Tyler Mahoney, Parker takes his team Down Under in search of ground he can mine year-round.
Parker bets millions on his crew sluicing in record time, but things don't go as planned; Rick rushes to fire up his wash plant and find big nuggets; a showdown on the Indian River sends a Klondike legend scrambling.
Rick and his father fly into the mountains on a treasure hunt for massive nuggets; Tony and Monica investigate a gold hot spot the old dredges may have missed; Parker makes a decision about his crew that could determine the fate of his season.
Parker second guesses the ground he's mining and questions his new foremen; Tony Beets makes a big decision to move the family's entire operation; Rick's mechanic arrives at a critical moment.
Parker throws down a huge engineering challenge to his team; Rick decides to make a major upgrade to his operation; Mike and Monica Beets team up to open more ground.
Rick buys a monster wash plant; a flood puts Tony's new claim in jeopardy; Parker needs to move Big Red in record time; Dustin's crew finds a claim, but must make it through the waterfall's pound zone; Fred introduces a miner.
The Beets discover what could be the mother lode; Rick faces a decision between mining gold or putting together his new wash plant; Parker tests his new co-foreman.
Tensions rise when Parker introduces a new crew member and a radical plan; the Beets run a crucial test that could make or break their season.
An engineering disaster shuts Rick down; Parker sinks a ton of money into a new claim; Tony gets a third operation running.
Dustin hits bedrock and a pile of nuggets; Rick tries to outsmart a piece of equipment with a mind of its own; Parker splurges on a new toy to get more gold; the Beets bring in a hired gun; Fred chases the gold upstream into a dangerous new spot.
Parker gambles big and splits his crew in search of a massive score; Rick calls in a mining legend to save his season; the Beets move heaven and earth to get all three kids bringing in gold; the miners answer burning questions.
The top brass from the sites reveal how their seasons have gone so far.
After pulling the plug on his operation, Rick gets thrown a lifeline that will determine the rest of his mining season; Parker and Tony battle frozen pay dirt.
Tony's back down to one operation running and threatens his entire season; Parker's crew must move Big Red in order to meet his goal of mining his entire ground this season; Rick runs his wash plant at maximum speed with surprising results.
Parker makes a big move to double his output and bring in more gold; the Beets' face catastrophe when their only remaining operation grinds to a halt; just as Rick gets Monster Red dialed in, huge rocks threaten to shut him down for good.
As the problems keep mounting up for Rick, tempers fray at Duncan Creek; Parker pushes his crew too hard as he attempts to keep two wash plants fed.
Monica races to run newly thawed paydirt that could save the season; Parker constructs a mega pond to keep his operation running; Rick troubleshoots a problem with his wash plant and gears up to end his season strong.
Rick confronts his landowners; Tony makes a massive purchase; Parker searches for new ground; Dave Turin finds a new lost mine with big gold in Montana; the Dirt uncovers Beets family secrets and reveals the truth to Dave's rough start.
Rick hits a gold layer that may save his season; Parker's crew take big risks in Death Valley; Tony turns a corner.
At the end of his season Parker closes in on a record gold total; Rick rolls the dice on a new piece of ground; Tony turns to Hunker Creek for a final score.
Parker tests virgin ground on the Fitzgerald claim and makes a big discovery, but he must gain the trust of the family if he wants to strike a deal.
In an area known to locals as "Hell's Crack," Parker and his team navigate a treacherous river, battle extreme heat and fight machine breakdowns to prospect ground so rich it could hold 100 million dollars worth of gold.
Hunting for a huge payday in Tyler's hometown of Sandstone, the team encounters a dangerous new method for extracting gold and Parker must decide if the risk is worth the reward.
Parker makes a gamble on dry-mining equipment to test the gold-rich ground of Western Australia; a case of gold fever proves costly, and Parker nearly loses a team member.
Tyler leads Parker to a promising hard rock mine, where they detonate explosives to gauge if the rewards of underground mining justify the risks.
Parker travels deep into Australia's "Super Pit" gold mine, stakes a new claim and makes a big decision that could change his mining career.
As Parker's team takes stock of the gold they've found on their epic eight week expedition across Australia, Parker must decide on his own plans for a future, and how the right ground in the Outback might extend his mining season year-round.
The Dakota Boys and their crew face down unprecedented challenges that threaten to end their next mining season before it even starts.
The highs and lows from the 2018 season, which was the biggest haul ever for the miners, despite the extreme hardships and challenges Parker, Tony and Rick faced.
To strike it rich, gold miners take huge risks, which sometimes leads to epic fails and major screw ups, including flipped rock trucks, burning wash plants, sunken excavators, and more.
Tony assesses which of his kids might take over one day.
Parker, Todd, Tony and Rick battle the elements, equipment meltdowns and each other to pull in a staggering $70 million in gold.
As gold prices hit record highs, Parker, Rick and Tony are set to have their biggest hauls ever; but a global pandemic may end their season before they even begin; with an economy on the brink of collapse, everyone must forge a new path.
Christo and the Dakota boys hash out bad blood.
The Beets explain why their season has been a struggle.
The mine bosses and their top brass all discuss the epic Gold Rush finale.
The Parker's Trail crew rave about all the big gold in Australia; Dave Turin gets real about their rough season, and they uncover the biggest prankster on the Team Turin.
The Parker's Trail crew and Team Turin discuss their grueling seasons.
Christo virtually catches up with Parker, Tony, Rick, Dave Turin, and other miners during the quarantine; they reveal how they're doing in this unprecedented time and what it means for their upcoming mining season.
Parker shocks with a major update about his mining plans, and the Trail Crew joins with new insights from their journey; Rick and Kruse explain their success ice racing and Mitch and family check in.
The mine bosses and a couple mystery guests join The Dirt and reveal new details and insight on the 10 seasons of "Gold Rush."
Rick reveals major progress about his mining season, and gold room ace Karla gives an exclusive look at her quarantine; boat captains from Bering Sea Gold and All on The Line discuss their season.
New mine boss Rick gathers together his crew of greenhorns and arrives in the Yukon ready to start his season; Parker and Tony face off over royalties and land access in a confrontation that threatens to end one of their seasons before it's begun.
Rick faces mutiny from his crew of greenhorns; Parker visits his parents for advice and makes a decision impacting the rest of his season; Tony's barge hits trouble on its way back to Dawson to finally begin the rebuild of his second monster dredge.
Rick hunts for a new wash plant; Parker's ground is frozen, and he must find a way to mine the gold to pay his deposit to Tony; Tony orders son Kevin to train up a new dredge master, but a vital piece gets damaged and brings them to a halt.
Disaster strikes when Rick fires up his wash plant for the first time; Parker tries a risky plan, and he must choose a new foreman to replace Rick; Tony must transport his tug Kid Commando to the dock for a crucial stability test.
To save his season, Rick drafts a "Gold Rush" veteran and former member of team Hoffman; Parker chases a record-breaking goal; Tony and Monica fire up their wash plant as they battle to beat Parker to the gold.
Crushed under debt, new mine boss Rick must get his first gold weigh to prove himself to his crew; Parker attempts a treacherous river crossing; Tony Beets hits a snag removing a massive piece of his million-dollar dredge.
Rick needs a quick fix from Freddy Dodge to keep his season on track; Parker races to get his second wash plant running; Tony needs to re-float his sunken dredge and turns to a familiar face from the Hoffman crew for a solution.
As torrential rains hit the Klondike, Parker and Rick battle to save their mining operations from being flooded out; Tony sends son Mike on his first voyage as captain of his tug, the Kid Commando.
Parker's entire season hangs in the balance; Rick is bringing in so little gold he starts running night shifts to catch up.
Rick Ness and his father, Rick Senior, battle together to open a new cut; Parker struggles with mechanical breakdowns, and a crew member suffers a terrible injury; Tony races to dismantle the final sections of his million-dollar dredge.
The flu brings Parker's operation to its knees, and it's up to foreman Dean to keep the claim running; Rick's mechanic, Carl, behaves strangely and reveals shocking news; Tony hits rock bottom as his entire operation grinds to a halt.
Rick is forced to ask Tony for help; Parker runs a 24-hour test of his ground and suffers another wash plant failure; the Dakota Boys double down on everything including crew locations and equipment.
An issue with Rick's wash plant may be costing him thousands in gold; Parker risks using a dozer to move Sluicifer; the Dakota Boy's equipment failure leaves a crew member with life-threatening burns, while having two dredges running proves fruitful.
Parker tasks Brennan with moving wash plant Big Red in just 24 hours; one of Rick's crew members falls prey to a life threatening illness; wedding bells ring in the Yukon as the Beets family prepares for the marriage of Tony's daughter, Monica.
Parker crashes a boat resulting in a terrible injury; frozen ground and machine failure threaten Rick's season; Tony and his family finally rebuild his second dredge; the Dakota Boys discover a rich nugget trap.
Desperate Parker pushes wash plant Sluicifer beyond the limit; Tony attempts a dangerous crane operation; after being rescued from the water, Dustin is forced to look for a new mine site, but finds out that McKinley may not be a lost cause after all.
Parker closes in on his $7.2 million target, but wash plant Big Red runs out of pay dirt; Rick strives to reach his goal; there's still no sign of bedrock gold for the Dakota Boys, but digging deeper than ever, Dustin's determination pays off.
Parker's parents visit and offer help; Rick battles to reach 1,000 ounces before the weather freezes him out; shocking news forces Tony to make a drastic decision about his season.
Rick and crew fight to get as much gold as possible before they're shut down; Tony races to finish his second dredge; Parker makes the riskiest move of the season.
While on target for an $8.4 million season, Parker's wash plant catches fire; Rick and his crew finish their first mining season strong; Tony heads into the wilderness to find lost equipment and attempts to get his ancient dredge up and running.
One miner says goodbye after eight years; Todd bets Parker 100 ounces of gold he can mine the most gold this season; Parker goes to war with Tony as he makes a bid for independence.
The life of new mine boss Rick Ness, from playing college football to touring with a rock `n' roll band; Rick finally ends up in the Yukon as Parker's right-hand man before deciding to start a claim of his own.
Experts step in to help the miners of "Gold Rush" with technology, ingenuity and mechanical innovation to find the most prized element in human history.
Parker Schnabel, Rick Ness and Tony Beets sit down to discuss the biggest moments from this past season of "Gold Rush"; The Dakota Boys reflect on their wild season and look ahead to what's next.
Charting the journeys of entrepreneur Todd Hoffman, gold-mining prodigy Parker Schnabel and "King of the Klondike" Tony Beets as they embark on their gold-mining seasons.
Parker and Todd tell the origin story about how they met, how their stories cross, and how friends turned to bitter enemies.
A rogue gunman fires shots at the Hoffman crew; frozen ground destroys Parker Schnabel's dozers; Tony Beets starts to tear apart his 500 ton dredge.
Todd interferes with son Hunter's wash-plant, pushing their relationship to a breaking point; Parker battles to maneuver a 150 foot super conveyor; Tony desperately needs dredge number 1 to deliver gold, but frozen ice may derail his plans.
When Todd Hoffman's water supply gets ruled illegal, Freddy comes up with a plan to save the day; Tony undertakes a $600,000 upgrade of Dredge 1.
Parker Schnabel fights rising floodwaters to save his cut; Hunter Hoffman makes a bold decision shut down his operation and his father's.
Todd shuts down his operations to support Freddy Dodge as he pleads with the county commissioners to allow him to mine his claim; Kevin has bad news.
A massive forest fire tears through the Klondike toward Parker's claim, threatening to end his season; Tony desperately needs his barge to run.
Todd Hoffman suspects sabotage when the crew is hit by a water crisis; Parker Schnabel battles to move his monster wash-plant, "Sluicifer;" Tony Beets orders Monica to fire up her wash-plant, but a rookie mistake shuts them down.
Todd is out of luck, and ground, until he makes a desperate play for new land; Parker's sitting pretty on a pile of gold, but pushes Rick too far; Tony attempts to jump start his season on a risky voyage up the Yukon River.
Todd's son Hunter commits a serious violation as safety inspectors arrive, costing him thousands of dollars; Parker is confronted by the owner of his new claim; Tony races against time to move the massive bucket-line of his second dredge.
Todd discovers a historic mine site that could turn his season around; Tony mounts a massive operation to replace a 24-ton bucket line; Parker's parents arrive for his birthday bearing extraordinary gifts.
Hoffman's crew witnesses a solar eclipse and gets a surprise ruling from the county; Parker transforms Rick's operation while he's away; the Beets crew takes the helm of the family barge on the Yukon River and runs it aground.
Hunter Hoffman makes a rookie mistake that causes dysfunction in the team; Tony Beets has to improvise to tear down his second dredge; Parker Schnabel risks damaging his washplant as he races to finish his last cut at Scribner Creek.
Parker Schnabel opens a brand-new cut, but his crew gets stuck in the mud; Todd tries to get Hunter back on the team to assemble a new wash-plant; Tony's stuck up the creek without a barge.
Parker Schnabel takes on a massive wash-plant move and clashes with Rick on how to run the Indian River operation; Tony Beets' kids hit a mis-step; Todd's Jewelry Box cut runs dry and his crew runs for the hills.
Parker Schnabel and Tony Beets are locked in a fierce battle for independence and supremacy; the rivalry between the gold-mining prodigy and the King of the Klondike produces dramatic moments.
Parker suspects Tony of sabotage on his new ground and confronts him; Todd's new washplant hits the noise limits for local regulations and he must bush-fix a solution; Tony Beets takes on his biggest challenge yet in teardown of his second dredge.
Parker buys his first ever Klondike claim, but gets an unpleasant shock when he tests pans it; Todd uses chemical ingenuity to break a monster boulder that stands in his way to gold; Tony nearly loses a crew member as he tears down his second dredge.
Tony's dredge teardown hits a wall when they attempt to remove the heaviest piece yet; Todd's son, Hunter, demands a change of mine site; Parker makes a bid for independence on his own claim, but Tony stands in his way.
A look back at Season 7, including Parker facing the tragic loss of his mentor Grandpa John and Todd moving his entire operation to Oregon.
Dave Turin had been at Todd's side helping him mine millions of dollars of gold, until a shocking bare-knuckle fistfight explosively led to Dave quitting; Dave's story over seven seasons.
To deliver incredible gold hauls, the miners have to keep the equipment running at all costs; the miners look back at the worst breakdowns and heroic fixes.
Todd Hoffman discusses the past eight seasons of the TV series, "Gold Rush," and what the next chapter will hold for him.
Parker Schnabel and Tony Beets discuss the biggest moments from the past season of the series, "Gold Rush."
Parker Schnabel, Todd Hoffman, and Tony Beets face off and answer audience questions; an exclusive first look at the new season.
Tony, Parker and Todd sit down on live television with host Matt Rodgers to discuss the season so far and make an announcement that will change the show forever.
Todd Hoffman takes a gamble and turns his back on guaranteed gold in the Klondike; Tony Beets buys a large second dredge to expand his empire; Parker Schnabel begins the new season without his grandfather.
Todd Hoffman's new Oregon mine fails to deliver; Parker Schnabel's new $600,000 wash plant breaks down on its first start; Tony Beets takes to the sky to check up on his children.
Todd returns to the Klondike to collect Monster Red while Parker confronts tough negotiator Tony over royalties and receives a shock offer.
Todd finally finds good gold at his new High Bar mine; Parker gives his foreman Rick his own operation and when Tony and Minnie decide to cut the dredge crew's pay, a key crew member calls it quits.
Todd battles to get the 50 ounces of gold he needs to keep his High Bar mine open; Tony brings all his children together to get his Paradise Hill claim up and running; Parker is furious at a series of errors that cost him thousands of dollars.
Todd Hoffman moves his whole operation; Parker Schnabel is flooded out; Tony Beets' ancient dredge hit over a million in gold.
Tony arrives to find his million-dollar dredge in disaster; while Rick is at his grandpa's funeral, Parker shuts him down by taking his equipment; the Hoffmans discover that their wash-plant doesn't work in their new mine.
Todd Hoffman digs deeper than ever in a desperate search for gold; Tony Beets hauls a monster down the Yukon River; Parker Schnabel's $600,000 wash-plant starts to shake itself apart.
Tony Beets breaks records with a big gold haul; Parker Schnabel battles to save his dream washplant; after seven weeks at the Buckland, Todd Hoffman's finally on the gold.
Todd Hoffman hits rock bottom when a key crew member quits; Tony Beets transforms some rusty relics into a monster power barge; a troubled Parker Schnabel misses his own birthday party.
With no paycheck for five weeks, Todd Hoffman's close-knit team members turn on each other; Parker's gamble to run his wash plant without protection from rocks proves costly; Tony builds a $10,000 mega-trailer to move his barge.
Todd Hoffman's crew quits, and he desperately tries to keep mining with a skeleton team; Parker Schnabel carelessly breaks his truck's air hoses while transporting his wash plant; Tony Beets finds his dredge blowing gold out of the sluices.
The remnants of the Hoffman crew reach their lowest point, but someone brings Todd good news; Tony Beets fires his barge captain, then runs aground up the mighty Yukon River; Rick Ness finally gets Parker Schnabel's second operation up and running.
Rick outperforms Parker on his new Indian River claim; Tony's dredge suffers a catastrophic failure, threatening his season; Todd Hoffman's skeleton crew finally sees good gold at their new mine in Colorado.
Todd Hoffman eats humble pie when he begs his old crew to return; Parker Schnabel loses an excavator in a swamp; Tony Beets gives his daughter Monica her own operation.
The Hoffman crew opens a second mine in Colorado; Parker Schnabel tries out a new mechanic who fails to get approval from Mitch; Tony Beets sets sail in a power-barge up the mighty Yukon river.
Circumstances force Parker Schnabel to call his dad in to help his struggling operation; Todd Hoffman has the best clean-up of the season; Tony Beets' daughter Monica starts bringing home the gold.
Todd's whole operation is brought to a halt when a beaver dams his water supply; Parker's plant move turns into an excavator nightmare; a massive fix means Tony can finally get his broken dredge up and running.
Todd finds monster nuggets on the top of a mountain; Parker and Rick struggle with a conveyor; Tony pits Monica against Kevin to see if the dredge is more efficient than a modern washplant.
A fist fight on the Hoffman claim ends in a resignation; Tony's plan to relocate his dredge hits a brick wall; Parker records the biggest gold weigh of his life and teases his next big adventure.
The miners reveal the secrets of the gold mining season: the life and death issues on Parker's claim, how Tony Beets was defeated by a piece of paper and how a fight on the Hoffman claim brought about the end of a seven-year veteran.
Getting to know Parker Schnabel and three friends, all of whom are about to attempt the Klondike trail of 1897.
Parker Schnabel goes head to head with rival Todd Hoffman to see who will be King of the Klondike; Klondike legend Tony Beets puts everything on the line.
Parker Schnabel and Rick Ness discuss and tease their newest adventure on the Gold Rush Trail and reflect on moments from the past season.
The washplants featured on Gold Rush have trapped more than $18 million worth of gold; a look at which monster machines have made and lost the most money.
The Dakota boys, Fred and Dustin Hurt, look back at the challenges, failures and successes in their search for gold.
Parker loses key crew members as Tony orders him off his claim; Todd sets a huge goal for the season; Tony reveals plans for expansion.
Tony finally succeeds in getting his 75-year-old dredge mining for gold; Grandpa John is rushed to the hospital.
Todd tries to relocate his washplant; Tony's dredge begins to produce gold; Parker proves to be too much for one of his young crew members.
Todd tries to deal with a mountain of tailings; Tony's dredge takes a hit with a rookie winchman in the hot seat; Parker seeks advice.
As Parker's frustration boils over, he must look at his own attitude; at Eureka Creek, Tony Beets gets hands-on with his creaking 1938 gold dredge.
At McKinnon Creek, Todd Hoffman and his crew are doing their utmost to extract 2700 ounces of gold, but the pressure is beginning to get to them.
With business flourishing at McKinnon Creek, Todd and his father realize it's now or never to prospect at El Dorado Creek, where a fault line could make history.
The sons of the Klondike return for more gold digging; the Hoffmans try to rebuild their reputation; the Beets family attempts to rise again.
Todd's crew discovers that finding prehistoric mammoth tusks brings good luck; Tony rebuild his wash plant; Parker opens the biggest cut of his life in an attempt to get more gold than his rival.
The sons of the Klondike return for more gold; the Hoffmans try to rebuild their reputation; Parker could be on borrowed time.
Parker's new mechanic causes a mutiny; Todd's operation is shut down by a drought; Tony faces a major issue.
Breakdowns cause the Hoffman's day and night crews to be at odds; Parker's washplant continues to produce; Tony and Gene go head-to-head.
Todd and Dave get a pair of dozers stuck in deep mud while trying to open a new cut; Parker breaks an excavator while struggling with frozen ground.
The sons of the Klondike return for more gold digging; the Hoffmans try to rebuild their reputation; Parker could be on borrowed time; the Beets family may rise again.
Parker takes a huge risk as he abandons the Boundary Cut for a shot at big gold; Gene pushes the dredge faster than it was ever designed to run; Todd's best clean up of the season is overshadowed when his landlord drops a devastating bombshell.
Tony Beets travels to his roots in the Netherlands, where he talks about his transformation from a farm boy to a Klondike mining legend.
Parker must divert a creek and mine; Tony breaks his dredge buckets; Todd doubles down with a second monster washplant.
Todd runs massive washplants; Tony tries to get his dredge out of the water before it freezes; Grandpa John checks in with Parker.
Honoring the life and legacy of grandpa John Schnabel.
Reflecting on the show's fifth season; a sneak peek of season six.
Parker goes from a fifteen-year-old boy who learns from his grandfather to a twenty-one-year-old major player in the Klondike.
Young Parker sets a season goal; Tony Beets buys an old gold-catching dredge; Todd has no crew and no plans to mine.
Todd gets his washplant stuck in a river; Tony almost crushes his son beneath a conveyor; Parker must mine a swamp.
Parker fights with the crew about running at night; Tony twists an important steel frame on the dredge; Todd, Jack and Thurber work on their first clean up.
Todd must sell his gold to pay for required mining equipment; Parker hauls his washplant across the claim; Tony takes to the skies.
Dave agrees to work with the Hoffman crew; Tony has a close call; Parker and Rick fight when untested ground is opened.
Dave and Todd disagree about how to mine frozen ground; Tony's daughter lands in a bad situation; Parker's hopes are dashed.
Todd needs a down payment for a big purchase; Parker buys new equipment; Tony tries to remove the wheelhouse from his gold dredge.
Parker goes for his best clean-up so far this season; Tony attempts to rip the trommel out of his 75-year-old gold dredge; the Hoffman crew is stunned by the death of a former crew member.
The Hoffmans overcome a lack of water to get a monster clean-up; Tony finally gets his dredge on the way to its new home in Eureka Creek; Parker gets the biggest gold clean-up ever.
Parker's car is totaled in a head-on collision; rock trucks go head-to-head on a dangerous haul road; Tony starts to rebuild his dredge.
Parker and his grandfather hunt for a new Klondike claim; Tony's operation stalls when the dredge crew runs out of bolts; Todd's crew discards paydirt.
Todd and Dave disagree about how to mine, but reap large rewards; Tony and Parker go to war over bedrock gold; Minnie steals Tony's dredge crew.
Logan has an accident with the rock truck; the Hoffman crew aims for a huge weigh-in; Parker finds his new cut frozen solid; Tony installs the heaviest part of his dredge.
Todd and Dave get bulldozers stuck in deep mud; Parker breaks an excavator; Parker's crew struggles with frozen ground; Tony rushes to finish the dredge.
Parker mines an island of paydirt; the Hoffman crew puts rock trucks out of commission; Tony finds an electrical problem.
Parker diverts a creek in order to mine a pile of gold in the riverbed; Tony's crew is upset over fitting the tailings conveyor; Jack is accused of sabotage.
The Hoffmans' sluicebox is frozen; Tony tries to run his dredge, but discovers a lost part of his bucket line; equipment issues hinder Parker.
The Hoffman crew tries to reach their season goal; Tony tries to run the gold dredge, but finds himself shipwrecked; Parker makes a push to hit his goal.
Parker faces mutiny; the Hoffmans get a large dozer; Tony makes one last attempt at getting the dredge working; Parker, Tony and Todd discuss the season.
Freddy and Derek Dodge search for gold in the Yukon wilderness; Freddy believes there is a hot spot around.
Highlights from the fourth season; claims, miners and machines in the new season are revealed.
The Hoffman crew relocates to the Guyana jungle; the Dakota guys need to travel on thin ice; Parker is out of money.
Todd learns that his claim has been mined out; The Dakota Boys duke it out over differing mining schemes; Parker hits his first pay dirt.
The Hoffman Crew struggles to get mining equipment through a hostile jungle; Parker goes on the warpath when a new crewmember makes a costly mistake.
The Hoffman crew tries to set up the washplant; the Dakota boys find their first bedrock gold; Parker gets more gold out of Little Blue.
Todd makes a startling departure; Parker must rebuild his wash plant; the Dakota Boys hit the bottom of the glory hole.
Todd gets a shock when he returns to Guyana; Parker seeks advice from his grandfather when faced with mutiny; the Dakota Boys believe they will get a large payout.
Todd makes a startling discovery while searching for new ground; Parker tries to stop Todd from repossessing his dozer; Fred prematurely gives up on his glory hole.
Todd switches to diamond mining; Dustin is stranded in the mountains during an electrical storm; Parker's wash plant is destroyed.
Dave and Todd disagree over a mining plan; the Dakota boys stake their future on a new cut; Parker gets a second chance.
A tropical storm floods the Hoffman's operation; Dave must dive into the pit; Parker runs a washplant; the Dakota boys get a clean-up.
Parker hires an ex-Hoffman crew member; Todd grows increasingly desperate; crews get their biggest cold clean-ups.
Todd faces eviction; Parker modifies his plant; Dustin gets real mining equipment to Cahoon Creek.
Todd's claim owner forces a change of plans; Grandpa makes a radical suggestion while visiting Parker; Dustin fights to reach mountain gold.
One of Todd's men is airlifted to safety; Tony is angry to learn that Parker has moved the operation; the Dakota boys may be required to abandon their hole.
Jack destroys the washplant; Dave must find an alternate route; a pay freeze disrupts Parker's operation.
Todd's claim owner arrives; Dustin returns from the mountains; Parker uses a new piece of equipment.
Parker refuses to give up the notion of bringing home big gold to his grandfather.
Fred copes with a dying wife; Todd loses gold; a murder in the jungle; a preview of the next season.
Dave faces disaster when his new claim cannot be mined; Todd is thousands of dollars in the hole; the Dakota boys face the threat of floods; Parker needs new ground.
Todd does a deal on a new gold-rich claim to get Dave's crew back in action; the Dakota boys hire new miners and one is quickly fired; Parker sets an unprecedented goal to get $40,000 worth of gold in his first week.
Todd's chief investor makes an unannounced visit; Team Turin deals with a broken dozer and melted permafrost; Parker and the Dakota boys go to war.
Todd's chief investor gives him a deadline of three weeks to obtain 100 ounces of gold; Parker's crew has a meltdown over a bridge replacement.
Todd takes delivery of the Turbo Trommel; Dave's mine faces closure if they can't improve on their first clean up.
Todd finally gets to test the new Turbo Trommel; Dave pushes his crew; an inspector visits the Dakota Boys.
Todd Hoffman needs to get 100 ounces of gold for his investor or face being closed down; The Dakota Boys believe they've found the elusive Glory Hole; Parker Schnabel uncovers the mystery of Smith Creek.
Parker learns about the fate of his Grandpa; Indian River faces a shutdown; the Dakota boys investigate the history of the Glory Hole.
Todd and Dave go to war over a much-needed dozer; Fred attacks the Glory Hole with his secret weapon, the bedrock shark.
Todd calls it quits and shuts down his Quartz Creek operation; Parker hits bedrock at Emerson Trench.
Todd and Dave's crew merge into one team; The Dakota boys get down to the bottom of the Glory Hole; Parker risks his life to get paydirt from an abandoned mine.
Tension mounts as Todd pushes his men harder than ever; Parker battles with his ancient washplant; Dustin dives for gold in the frigid Glory Hole water.
Todd pushes the Big Red washplant to near breaking point; Fred and Dustin struggle to save a broken down excavator; the dangerous mine road claims a victim.
Todd comes up with a risky plan to hit his gold goal; Fred is injured in a fall; Parker fears that his season is over.
The miners wage the final battle for the mother lode; the Hoffmans pull out a secret weapon; Dustin plunges into the frigid waters of the Glory Hole.
Despite severe financial difficulties, Todd and Jack decide to go deeper into debt for better equipment and one last shot at the mother lode.
In a desperate bid to find a new claim, the Hoffman crew heads to the Klondike.
Jack and Todd butt heads over how to set up a new claim; Dakota Fred finds gold; Parker continues to hit pay dirt.
Permafrost lies between the Hoffman crew and gold; the Dakota Boys set up a new wash plant; Fred pushes his son too hard.
Todd Hoffman digs test holes on the claim after a crew rebellion; Fred is forced to abandon mining when floods threaten his North Dakota home.
The Hoffmans are finally on the gold, but a new love interest threatens to derail the crew's mechanic; Fred returns to Porcupine Creek.
The crew rebuilds the wash plant after realizing it's costing them.
Jack Hoffman's excavator requires emergency repairs after getting stranded in the creek; a wash plant tune-up doubles efficiency.
A behind-the-scenes look at arguments among miners, narrow escapes and the struggles to get it all on camera.
The Hoffman crew are at a standstill until Harness can repair their broken excavator; Parker Schnabel tallies his gold for the season.
The Hoffman crew race to open a new cut after their first dig site is exhausted; Parker Schnabel considers his future.
A mining legend battles for his life after suffering a heart attack; a gold nugget find becomes a game-changer for the Hoffmans.
The Hoffman crew runs through the night in a bid to break even with the season; Fred has to abandon a lucrative dig; John Schnabel returns after his heart attack.
The Hoffman's struggle to hit their goal, but frozen dirt and pipes complicate matters; Parker makes a final effort at Smith Creek Hill; Dakota Boy's season may be over.
Todd's plan to run the dozer on the ice ends in disaster; the Big Nugget Mine faces closure unless Parker hits a pay streak; Dakota Fred believes he has found Jack Hoffman's glory hole.
A glimpse into the lives of the men who seek gold in Alaska and the Klondike.
The group's only mechanic becomes sick; the families arrive from Oregon toting skepticism; tensions peak with a physical exchange.
A violation is uncovered by the Department of Fish and Game, jeopardizing the mine's water supply, and a life-threatening situation imperils Todd's daughter.