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Narrator: For over 200 years,

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the bold have risked
it all to hunt for gold,

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a symbol of ultimate freedom

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and hope for the future

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that no crisis
can ever tarnish.

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Man: You gotta keep chasing
the american dream.

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Got some work to do, let's go.

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Narrator: Now,
as the nation yearns

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to get back to business...

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We're gonna take it
to the next level.

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Narrator: ...Dave turin
and his crew double down...

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This is our new wash plant,
meet the roach.

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Narrator: ...On an epic
mining adventure...

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Do you see that?
It's awesome.

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Narrator:
...In the alaskan wilderness.

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Ready?

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You betcha, man.
Let's go to alaska!

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Narrator: But the long lockdown
has their big plans

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hanging in the balance...

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Our window's getting shorter.

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Plan b,
you gotta have plan b.

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I won't give up and I know
my guys won't give up either.

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Narrator: ...Giving them
just a few weeks

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to find a fall back mine...

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-Oh, right there, yeah.
-Oh, [bleep]!

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Narrator: ...That will
keep them on target...

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That's a lot of color.
There's gold down here.

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Narrator: ...In their quest
for their richest season ever.

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Look at that. Whoo, man,
that's what I'm talking about.

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there's a lockdown here

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that's really making me
spend a lot of time at home.

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One of my favorite places
is down here in the basement.

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Here we go. Man cave, we got
pool table, one of my elk.

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Shelley says that I can only
have one elk on the wall

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at one time,
so this is my other one.

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I'm like a caged animal.

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You know, you capture a wild
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and then you bring him home
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you put him in a house,
he doesn't do well.

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Narrator:
But it's not just dave

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that's been dealing
with domestic duties.

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Every corner of this house,
there's hand sanitizer.

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I don't leave the house
without it.

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You can see the picture
of the guys.

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Kind of miss them.

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If I'm not working on a car,
I've got to cut wood.

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Narrator: Team turin also have
bonus time with the family.

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yes, that's a lawnmower.
Giddy-up, boys.

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The wife and I,
we go jogging.

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I don't know how I feel
about that, still. [ laughs ]

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I mean, I really don't.

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Argh.

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See this animal?

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This is a trained killer,
right here.

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We do have other pets
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We've got scorpions.

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Woman: Holy crap.

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Keeps the whole family
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-Oh, my god, it's on your foot.
-Aah!

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[ laughs ]

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-hold on tight.
-Ah.

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I want to go out
and try to chase the dream.

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I want to get us up
to 1,000 ounce season,

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maybe 2,000 ounce.

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Narrator: Right now,
there's never been a better time

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to be a gold miner.

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Fuel is the cheapest
in decades and gold

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is at a seven-year high
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but you've got to be
mining to find it.

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I want to be out there
gold mining in alaska.

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Hell, I was just wondering
what you thought of the proposal

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that I emailed to you.

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I want to be out there
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and these guys were my partners

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so if we're not getting any gold
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and so we've got to,
kind of make our own way.

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Narrator: With the lockdown
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dave assembles the troops...

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Well, good morning, guys.

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Narrator:
...On his laptop.

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-How's everybody doing?
-Hanging in there.

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-Good.
-As soon as this gets lifted,

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we're gonna be back to work
and we're in a great position.

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There's a great opportunity for
gold mining in america right now

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and I still think
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is nixon fork in alaska.

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But nixon fork is so far north.

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our window's getting
shorter and shorter.

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We're locked down
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and lasts too much longer,

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we're probably gonna
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So, let's look for a plan b in
case it doesn't come together.

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I know some of you guys
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where there's lost
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Let's find some ground,
start prospecting.

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You got it.

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Start shaking the tree,
see if we can find any fruit.

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When this lockdown lifts,
you guys, we've got to be ready.

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So, we've got to hit
the ground running.

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You know what,
make the best of it.

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All right, you guys,
go look around.

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-Will do.
-You got it, man.

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-Got it.
-Let's go find some gold.

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Let's get her done.

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narrator: In montana,
dave's number two,

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jason sanchez,
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sheltering in place
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Jason: We're gonna go social
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-Yeah!
-Cool.

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on his off-season earnings.

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The bar?

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You know, it was a horrible time
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right before coronavirus,
that's for sure.

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we'd have people at the bar.

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There's nobody.

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Even with his bar shut down,

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jason is doing
whatever he can to help.

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Jason: We were able to keep
the laundromat open.

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It's not paying the bills.

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However, I think
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for first responders

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or essential workers
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They're still coming in
and doing their laundry.

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As far as like
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the hills are calling.

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-I'm awake.
-You're awake, I'm awake.

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It's bright and early.

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The sun's
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We're gonna head out,
hit the road.

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On a mission to find a backup

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lost mine in the lower 48...

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-Love you.
-Love you.

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...Jason and wife melanie

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are set to drive
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-You ready?
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jason worked a remote
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outside of winnemucca.

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Oh, you've got to be
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What?

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the sums didn't
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We're two miles
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You've got to bring
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or you've got to build
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Bottom line, I'm gonna pass.

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Good luck.

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Out of his [bleep] damn mind.

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Narrator: Now, with the price of
gold going through the roof,

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jason has a golden opportunity
to prove to dave

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that team turin's fortunes could
still be buried in the desert.

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I've got a small window of time
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but a little but of gold for
the group to come back together

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and go mining,
that would be a ray of sunshine.

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Hopefully pull some gold out
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that's our plan.

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Whatever it takes to make it.

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dave: This season,

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I don't want to have issues with
a wash plant that breaks down.

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I've actually bought one.
It's a huge risk, a huge gamble.

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in the wilds of alaska,

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dave invested big
on a revolutionary

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new wash plant from europe.

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I've bought it just
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things started shutting down.

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I'm excited but I bought it
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So I'm kind of scared
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an opportunity
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However, with my experience

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working on gold
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I've got a pretty good idea of
what it takes to make them work.

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narrator: 10 years ago,
todd hoffman asked dave

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to help him build
his first ever wash plant.

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Todd bought a bunch
of equipment from auction

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and none of this stuff
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so I was looking at it,
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I don't know
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Put a six-inch
angle iron here.

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They were down,
they were disappointed.

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I put in a lot of hours.

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we made it work.

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I felt really good when I left
because it was working

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and they were capturing
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-Yeah!
-Let's go, guys.

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-Go.
-Let's do this.

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And then, I joined his crew

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and we worked on a new plant
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she was rough.

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-Stop!
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to get that little plant
back into shape

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and we did okay with that one.

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There's a beauty,
right there.

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-Well, that's gold.
-Whoa, oh, oh!

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And then,
we bought monster red.

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it was the culmination
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that was a big wash plant.

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That could do up
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I loved that plant
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I mean, with monster red

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I've gone to the top
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and then I go out on my own,

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but I didn't have much money.

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Hello, dave, nice of you
to come see us.

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old rusty came from
yerington, nevada

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from vic and mike.

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Yeah!

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I called vic and mike
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"you know, you're not using
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can I pick it up?"
and they were like, "sure."

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good, whoa.

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Nathan and I, every night
we had to work on something.

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Nathan did a good job
when we took it to montana,

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we had it fixed up.

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And it really performed well.

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Yeah!

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So the new one that we got,
we're gonna call it the roach.

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narrator:
Dave radically redesigned

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a sand and gravel screener

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for use in the city
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that he hopes that can
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Dave:
It's kind of revolutionary.

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It's called the roach
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You know, at nixon fork,

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the ravines where
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are very, very narrow,
and so, I need a wash plant

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that's small
and much more nimble.

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As I started thinking about it
I noticed these mobile units

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used to recycle materials
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why can't we make
that work for gold mining?

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Narrator: With the wash plant
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dave can simply drive the roach
to the golden hot spots.

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It is high tech,
it's groundbreaking

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and I can hit
some of these streams

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with mechanized equipment

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that the modern day miners
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This could really change
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mining for gold.

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But this thing's a stretch.

249
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It's a high risk taking
something that was designed

250
00:11:23,380 --> 00:11:26,510
for the city to the remote
parts of this planet.

251
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Huge gamble
but hopefully it pays off.

252
00:11:28,850 --> 00:11:31,110
I think it's gonna work.

253
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Narrator: Coming up...

254
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Dave: Plan,
we gotta have a plan b.

255
00:11:34,420 --> 00:11:36,320
Narrator: The clock ticks
on team turin's

256
00:11:36,320 --> 00:11:38,020
hunt for good ground.

257
00:11:38,020 --> 00:11:40,190
-Just might be gold.
-It's worth a shot.

258
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Ooh!

259
00:11:41,630 --> 00:11:44,390
Narrator: And jason detects
a huge pay day in the desert.

260
00:11:44,400 --> 00:11:46,730
-That's all nugget.
-My god, are you kidding me?

261
00:11:46,730 --> 00:11:48,700
Whoo, man,
that's what I'm talking about.

262
00:11:51,040 --> 00:11:52,570
Narrator: Across the country,

263
00:11:52,570 --> 00:11:55,770
team turin prepare for
their next summer season

264
00:11:55,780 --> 00:12:00,110
mining for lost gold
in the wilds of alaska.

265
00:12:00,110 --> 00:12:02,550
Nixon fork
is the best opportunity

266
00:12:02,550 --> 00:12:05,820
that I've seen
in my gold mining career.

267
00:12:05,820 --> 00:12:08,650
Narrator: With a big year ahead,
dave has rolled the dice

268
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on a radical new mobile
wash plant.

269
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I need a wash plant that's small
and much more nimble.

270
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It's kind of revolutionary.

271
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This could really change
blaster mining for gold.

272
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Narrator:
But with the lengthy lockdown

273
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threatening their plans...

274
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Our window's getting
shorter and shorter.

275
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Narrator:
...Dave challenges his crew

276
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to track down an alternative
for team turin

277
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to mine in the lower 48.

278
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Jason: So I need all you guys
to get out there in your area.

279
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We've got to find some ground
so we have a backup plan.

280
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Narrator: In arizona...

281
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This thing's got about
2 1/2-inch spikes it.

282
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This plant knows
how to survive.

283
00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:49,830
Narrator: Team turin's
rock truck driver,

284
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casey morgan.

285
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-Oh, my god.
-Aah!

286
00:12:54,200 --> 00:12:57,500
Narrator: ...Is chomping
at the bit to get mining.

287
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So I'm starting to get
a little bit of cabin fever.

288
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To make myself feel better

289
00:13:01,610 --> 00:13:04,110
I'm just gonna start
wearing my mining outfit

290
00:13:04,110 --> 00:13:06,240
and that way I can feel like
everything's normal again,

291
00:13:06,250 --> 00:13:07,410
where I'm back with the guys.

292
00:13:07,420 --> 00:13:08,710
I love being with my family
and everything

293
00:13:08,720 --> 00:13:11,080
but I want to be out
mining and making money.

294
00:13:11,080 --> 00:13:12,480
Narrator:
When the lockdown hit,

295
00:13:12,490 --> 00:13:16,220
casey lost his off-season
construction job.

296
00:13:16,220 --> 00:13:17,660
Casey:
So, I'm gonna go out and do

297
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what I know how to do best
and that's prospect for gold.

298
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I'm gonna start checking
for ground.

299
00:13:22,790 --> 00:13:26,300
Narrator: Casey knows all
about arizona gold.

300
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In 2018, casey asked dave
to come to the arizona desert

301
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and prospect
the historic lynx creek.

302
00:13:34,470 --> 00:13:36,680
[ line ringing ]

303
00:13:36,680 --> 00:13:39,640
-hello?
-Hey, casey, this is dave turin.

304
00:13:39,640 --> 00:13:42,110
I hear you have
some ground in arizona

305
00:13:42,120 --> 00:13:44,620
that you might have available?

306
00:13:44,620 --> 00:13:45,880
I do.

307
00:13:45,890 --> 00:13:50,420
First big test came up about
2.89 ounces of gold.

308
00:13:50,420 --> 00:13:53,590
Holy crap, I haven't
seen that anywhere.

309
00:13:53,590 --> 00:13:58,160
I would like to
come out and visit.

310
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Chase: For me, lynx creek,
it was my little baby.

311
00:14:01,470 --> 00:14:03,330
Long before I met this crew,

312
00:14:03,340 --> 00:14:06,200
I needed dave to come in
and see with his own eyes

313
00:14:06,210 --> 00:14:11,080
and I had to convince him that
we could make something happen.

314
00:14:17,520 --> 00:14:20,120
These are some of the best pans
I've seen in three years.

315
00:14:20,120 --> 00:14:25,090
Nice. Thanks casey.
-No problem, man.

316
00:14:25,090 --> 00:14:27,720
Dave comes down there
and he invests huge money

317
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and the whole crew shows up

318
00:14:29,230 --> 00:14:31,500
and they're all sitting there
staring at me

319
00:14:31,500 --> 00:14:33,670
wondering where their gold is.

320
00:14:33,670 --> 00:14:35,770
I told you,
I told casey, I said,

321
00:14:35,770 --> 00:14:37,370
"you'd better hope
this is good gold, man,

322
00:14:37,370 --> 00:14:40,400
'cause if not I'm gonna kick
you in the [bleep] nuts, dude."

323
00:14:40,410 --> 00:14:41,610
that [bleep] was stressful.

324
00:14:41,610 --> 00:14:44,210
But I had spent
so many years in lynx creek,

325
00:14:44,210 --> 00:14:45,650
I understood that ground.

326
00:14:45,650 --> 00:14:50,250
Oh, [bleep], there is a lot
of fricking gold in here.

327
00:14:50,250 --> 00:14:51,580
And eventually we got on it

328
00:14:51,580 --> 00:14:53,020
and we finished
the season strong.

329
00:14:53,020 --> 00:14:54,150
So that worked for me.

330
00:14:54,160 --> 00:14:57,620
I have never seen
a sluice box like this.

331
00:14:57,620 --> 00:14:59,790
[ laughter ]

332
00:14:59,790 --> 00:15:03,260
I have found gold out here
in arizona before

333
00:15:03,260 --> 00:15:06,830
and I'll find gold here
in arizona again

334
00:15:06,830 --> 00:15:09,100
'cause I'm gonna
take care of my family

335
00:15:09,100 --> 00:15:10,340
and I want to help these guys

336
00:15:10,340 --> 00:15:12,070
take care
of their families, too.

337
00:15:12,070 --> 00:15:15,110
Narrator: Now, casey has
a hot new lead on a mine

338
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with even richer potential
than lynx creek.

339
00:15:18,780 --> 00:15:21,910
He drives 200 miles
to agua fria,

340
00:15:21,910 --> 00:15:23,620
deep in the arizona desert,

341
00:15:23,620 --> 00:15:26,550
with his wife veronica
and son wyatt.

342
00:15:26,550 --> 00:15:28,290
I'm out here in the desert
of arizona right now

343
00:15:28,290 --> 00:15:33,090
and it's about 95 degrees
and it's gonna get a lot hotter

344
00:15:33,090 --> 00:15:35,360
but that's okay as long
as there's gold in the ground.

345
00:15:35,360 --> 00:15:39,030
I'm not here to try
to stroke my ego

346
00:15:39,030 --> 00:15:40,830
like I'm the biggest,
baddest miner,

347
00:15:40,830 --> 00:15:42,800
I just want to get
enough gold for our team.

348
00:15:42,800 --> 00:15:45,500
I'm walking along here
with wolf lasser

349
00:15:45,500 --> 00:15:48,670
and we are practicing
our social distancing.

350
00:15:48,680 --> 00:15:51,410
Here near the agua fria river.
Say hi, wolf.

351
00:15:51,410 --> 00:15:53,540
Hi. [ laughs ]

352
00:15:53,550 --> 00:15:56,510
narrator: The agua fria river
has been a source of gold

353
00:15:56,520 --> 00:15:59,890
since the 1860s
and claim owner wolf

354
00:15:59,890 --> 00:16:04,060
believes he found virgin ground
missed by the old timers.

355
00:16:06,690 --> 00:16:09,130
I'm out here
testing wolf's ground.

356
00:16:09,130 --> 00:16:11,930
He's confident in his ground.
I like that.

357
00:16:11,930 --> 00:16:13,430
He's nice enough
to let me come down here

358
00:16:13,430 --> 00:16:14,860
and see what we got
in the ground.

359
00:16:14,870 --> 00:16:16,940
This is actually
quite a big area.

360
00:16:16,940 --> 00:16:19,970
It's a lot of acreage here.

361
00:16:19,970 --> 00:16:25,280
Wyatt's up there metal detecting
and she's a gold miner.

362
00:16:25,280 --> 00:16:29,510
This could be our new season
right here at this river.

363
00:16:29,520 --> 00:16:32,620
[ sighs ] I can smell the gold.

364
00:16:34,120 --> 00:16:35,620
[ whirring ]

365
00:16:35,620 --> 00:16:38,860
-all right.
-Come on, big money.

366
00:16:38,860 --> 00:16:41,030
Come on, big money.

367
00:16:41,030 --> 00:16:45,330
Good stuff, right there.

368
00:16:45,330 --> 00:16:47,600
Wyatt, you want to do some more
gold mining or are tired?

369
00:16:47,600 --> 00:16:49,030
I'm tired!

370
00:16:49,040 --> 00:16:51,700
I'm sorry you're tired
but this is mining, son.

371
00:16:54,870 --> 00:16:57,780
so, I just got some samples

372
00:16:57,780 --> 00:17:00,980
and I'm gonna take
a quick little pan here

373
00:17:00,980 --> 00:17:03,080
and we're gonna see
what we get.

374
00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:08,150
We're seeing that red, red
material that's got iron in it.

375
00:17:08,150 --> 00:17:10,390
That's usually a great sign.

376
00:17:10,390 --> 00:17:14,590
So we're gonna check
and just see what's in it.

377
00:17:14,590 --> 00:17:16,430
Now, I'm not expecting
big results,

378
00:17:16,430 --> 00:17:18,200
we took it from way up high

379
00:17:18,200 --> 00:17:21,630
and I believe the gold here
is really deep,

380
00:17:21,640 --> 00:17:24,230
but I'm just
giving you an idea.

381
00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:32,074
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382
00:17:34,180 --> 00:17:37,280
oh, I see color in here
already.

383
00:17:37,280 --> 00:17:38,950
That's gold, see it?

384
00:17:38,950 --> 00:17:40,680
I take just one shuffle
out of there

385
00:17:40,690 --> 00:17:42,450
and you have gold
showing up already

386
00:17:42,460 --> 00:17:44,420
and that was right off
the surface.

387
00:17:44,420 --> 00:17:46,190
So, there's gold down here.
-Ooh-whee.

388
00:17:46,190 --> 00:17:48,690
The question is,
is there gonna be enough?

389
00:17:52,460 --> 00:17:54,670
jason: We made it, hon, and you
haven't wanted to throw me

390
00:17:54,670 --> 00:17:57,230
out of the truck
or nothing yet.

391
00:17:57,240 --> 00:17:59,570
Narrator: In nevada,
dave's number two jason,

392
00:17:59,570 --> 00:18:01,370
and his wife melanie,

393
00:18:01,370 --> 00:18:03,910
arrive at his three-acre
desert plain,

394
00:18:03,910 --> 00:18:07,150
the marble rock mine.

395
00:18:07,150 --> 00:18:11,950
We successfully social distanced
ourselves from montana

396
00:18:11,950 --> 00:18:14,590
all the way to nevada.

397
00:18:14,590 --> 00:18:17,490
I'm a hop, skip and a jump
from hopefully some nuggets.

398
00:18:19,760 --> 00:18:24,100
narrator: After gold was first
discovered in nevada in 1859,

399
00:18:24,100 --> 00:18:26,260
marble rock
and the surrounding area

400
00:18:26,260 --> 00:18:31,370
became a hot spot
in the nevada gold rush.

401
00:18:31,370 --> 00:18:34,840
Gold nuggets were easily
found near the surface

402
00:18:34,840 --> 00:18:37,370
but the easy
picking gold ran out

403
00:18:37,380 --> 00:18:40,680
and with no water in the desert
for placer mining,

404
00:18:40,680 --> 00:18:45,380
prospectors were forced
to dig deeper.

405
00:18:45,380 --> 00:18:50,850
You know, marble rock is known
for its old timer tunnels.

406
00:18:50,860 --> 00:18:53,860
But the thing was,
there's not a lot of trees

407
00:18:53,860 --> 00:18:56,660
so it's not like
they could make timbers.

408
00:18:56,660 --> 00:18:59,970
They could only open up
so much area

409
00:18:59,970 --> 00:19:04,070
'cause if they opened up too
much, there was no stability.

410
00:19:04,070 --> 00:19:09,440
They missed a lot.
They left a lot for me.

411
00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:13,010
Narrator: Jason must now dig
a pit with his excavator

412
00:19:13,010 --> 00:19:15,880
and hunt nuggets
with a metal detector.

413
00:19:15,880 --> 00:19:17,720
Our money comes out
of the ground

414
00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:20,550
and it's been,
you know, doom and gloom

415
00:19:20,550 --> 00:19:25,720
and just trying to get some gold
will help in so many ways.

416
00:19:25,730 --> 00:19:30,160
The oil is perfect,
right where she needs to be.

417
00:19:30,160 --> 00:19:32,190
Narrator: But before
he can do anything,

418
00:19:32,200 --> 00:19:34,900
he must start
his 10-year-old excavator

419
00:19:34,900 --> 00:19:38,440
that sat idle for six months
in the desert's dust.

420
00:19:38,440 --> 00:19:42,610
[ engine stalling ]

421
00:19:47,880 --> 00:19:50,480
oh, you...

422
00:19:50,480 --> 00:19:52,610
[bleep] me.

423
00:19:52,620 --> 00:19:57,660
[ sighs ]
no, it's not running.

424
00:19:57,660 --> 00:20:01,130
Narrator: With so much at stake,
jason must get the excavator

425
00:20:01,130 --> 00:20:04,660
working if he's ever to prove
that marble rock

426
00:20:04,660 --> 00:20:09,000
could be the claim that secures
team turin's season.

427
00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:11,200
[ bleep ]

428
00:20:19,010 --> 00:20:20,480
narrator:
The lockdown is threatening

429
00:20:20,480 --> 00:20:23,910
team turin's upcoming
mining season in alaska.

430
00:20:23,920 --> 00:20:26,250
I'm losing the front end
of my season.

431
00:20:26,250 --> 00:20:30,160
If we don't get moving
to alaska soon,

432
00:20:30,160 --> 00:20:32,760
I've got to go find
another place to mine.

433
00:20:32,760 --> 00:20:36,690
Narrator: So dave has challenged
his crew to find them a plan b.

434
00:20:36,700 --> 00:20:38,460
Jason: We made it, hon.

435
00:20:38,470 --> 00:20:42,430
I'm a hop, skip and a jump
from hopefully some nuggets.

436
00:20:42,440 --> 00:20:44,200
Narrator:
But deep in the nevada desert

437
00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:45,570
on the hunt for big nuggets...

438
00:20:45,570 --> 00:20:48,210
-Shall I go ahead and start it?
-Yeah.

439
00:20:48,210 --> 00:20:50,610
[ engine stalling ]

440
00:20:50,610 --> 00:20:53,740
okay. [bleep].

441
00:20:53,740 --> 00:20:59,220
Narrator: Jason's excavator
won't play ball.

442
00:20:59,220 --> 00:21:00,780
If I can't get it running,

443
00:21:00,790 --> 00:21:04,560
I don't think I can afford
to call a mechanic out here.

444
00:21:04,560 --> 00:21:10,490
It's not like nathan
can come from kentucky

445
00:21:10,490 --> 00:21:13,260
or dave can come from oregon.

446
00:21:13,270 --> 00:21:15,400
Go ahead and kill
that main power switch, hon,

447
00:21:15,400 --> 00:21:18,300
and I'm gonna
pull this starter.

448
00:21:18,300 --> 00:21:22,980
This will tell me
if the starter broke down.

449
00:21:22,980 --> 00:21:25,280
Give it a go.

450
00:21:30,050 --> 00:21:32,720
all right. Ah.

451
00:21:32,720 --> 00:21:36,120
I tested the started
but everything's good.

452
00:21:36,120 --> 00:21:38,820
On to my second guess.

453
00:21:38,820 --> 00:21:42,090
No matter what style
of mining you're doing,

454
00:21:42,090 --> 00:21:44,730
whether you're using
big wash plants

455
00:21:44,730 --> 00:21:46,300
or the small excavator,

456
00:21:46,300 --> 00:21:50,670
they're shot,
breakdowns and issues.

457
00:21:50,670 --> 00:21:53,840
12.13 and holding,

458
00:21:53,840 --> 00:21:56,910
mean, battery good.

459
00:21:56,910 --> 00:21:58,840
All right.

460
00:21:58,840 --> 00:22:01,550
We're at a process
of elimination right now.

461
00:22:01,550 --> 00:22:05,750
Do my best, try and get this
bad girl up and running

462
00:22:05,750 --> 00:22:10,050
so I can get to swinging
that metal detector.

463
00:22:10,060 --> 00:22:12,590
Less chat, more doing, right?

464
00:22:17,860 --> 00:22:21,730
got my sanitizer anywhere I go.
It's with me.

465
00:22:21,740 --> 00:22:24,940
Narrator: 2,000 miles away
in tennessee,

466
00:22:24,940 --> 00:22:29,640
team turin's loader operator,
chris taylor, takes no chances.

467
00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:33,280
Most of my friends, all my life,
have called me a germaphobe

468
00:22:33,280 --> 00:22:35,810
and I'm not gonna stop now.

469
00:22:35,810 --> 00:22:37,020
Get it all over you,

470
00:22:37,020 --> 00:22:39,950
it's all right,
it's alcohol-free.

471
00:22:39,950 --> 00:22:41,950
Oh, yeah, yeah.

472
00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:46,860
I tend to spray myself,
my clothes, my hat.

473
00:22:46,860 --> 00:22:51,390
It all comes from I wasn't born
with enough white blood cells.

474
00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:54,200
Growing up, I was in
the hospital quite a bit

475
00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:56,070
and it was just the regular flu

476
00:22:56,070 --> 00:22:59,000
or just a cold
that my body couldn't fight

477
00:22:59,010 --> 00:23:02,210
and I would stay in the hospital
quite some time.

478
00:23:02,210 --> 00:23:06,280
Every corner of this house
there's hand sanitizer.

479
00:23:06,280 --> 00:23:09,650
With covid-19,
now I'm not the odd man out.

480
00:23:09,650 --> 00:23:13,850
Now I'm ahead of the game.

481
00:23:13,850 --> 00:23:17,290
Narrator: Despite the risks,
chris joins in with team turin's

482
00:23:17,290 --> 00:23:19,890
hunt for a backup mine.

483
00:23:19,890 --> 00:23:21,320
Did a little bit of research.

484
00:23:21,330 --> 00:23:23,130
I know that there's a gold belt

485
00:23:23,130 --> 00:23:27,370
that reaches into
the southeast part of tennessee.

486
00:23:27,370 --> 00:23:31,700
Narrator: Gold was first
discovered in tennessee in 1828.

487
00:23:31,700 --> 00:23:35,210
Small scale productions
still continues with prospectors

488
00:23:35,210 --> 00:23:38,980
on the hunt to strike it big.

489
00:23:38,980 --> 00:23:41,710
I just got a call
from my wife's school

490
00:23:41,710 --> 00:23:42,950
teacher back
in the seventh grade.

491
00:23:46,990 --> 00:23:48,550
And he's letting me come out
on his property

492
00:23:48,550 --> 00:23:52,190
and gonna give me
the opportunity to prospect.

493
00:23:52,190 --> 00:23:53,760
Narrator:
With a good lead on a mine,

494
00:23:53,760 --> 00:23:56,190
chris casts his fears aside

495
00:23:56,200 --> 00:23:59,430
and heads deep into the hills of
polk country, tennessee,

496
00:23:59,430 --> 00:24:00,900
with his son ezra.

497
00:24:00,900 --> 00:24:03,470
That gold belt
that touches into southie

498
00:24:03,470 --> 00:24:05,540
from part of tennessee,

499
00:24:05,540 --> 00:24:07,710
is exactly
where this property's at.

500
00:24:07,710 --> 00:24:09,040
Right up in the mountains

501
00:24:09,040 --> 00:24:12,240
and there's tale of nuggets
being found there.

502
00:24:12,250 --> 00:24:15,050
So, there is gold there.

503
00:24:15,050 --> 00:24:16,810
Here we go.

504
00:24:16,820 --> 00:24:20,550
My boy ezra and I, we're gonna
hike on up through here.

505
00:24:20,550 --> 00:24:22,150
I'll tell you what,
it sure would be nice

506
00:24:22,150 --> 00:24:24,090
if we was able to mine here
in tennessee.

507
00:24:27,830 --> 00:24:29,230
narrator:
Last year in montana...

508
00:24:29,230 --> 00:24:30,690
Yeah, go ahead, chris?

509
00:24:30,700 --> 00:24:33,060
Narrator: Chris's discovery
of gold at the blue room cut...

510
00:24:33,070 --> 00:24:36,430
Dave, I've had a piece of ground
just calling my name.

511
00:24:36,440 --> 00:24:38,830
Narrator:
...Saved team turin's season.

512
00:24:38,840 --> 00:24:40,710
Oh, boom, yeah!

513
00:24:40,710 --> 00:24:41,910
That'll make us
through the season, boy.

514
00:24:41,910 --> 00:24:44,980
That'll get us
through the season.

515
00:24:44,980 --> 00:24:46,980
Narrator:
...Now, seven months later,

516
00:24:46,980 --> 00:24:49,150
chris is looking
to repeat history

517
00:24:49,150 --> 00:24:52,150
and find good ground
for the team.

518
00:24:52,150 --> 00:24:55,650
All right, we made it down here
to our spot on this creek.

519
00:24:55,650 --> 00:24:58,290
We're in like a little hollow,
they say, down here.

520
00:24:58,290 --> 00:25:02,060
Gonna look around,
see where the creek bends

521
00:25:02,060 --> 00:25:03,730
and how the water's flowing,

522
00:25:03,730 --> 00:25:05,660
see if we can find
some black sands.

523
00:25:05,670 --> 00:25:07,800
That's where gold would land.

524
00:25:07,800 --> 00:25:10,030
Narrator: Close to the same
density as gold,

525
00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:12,270
finding black sand
can be a sign

526
00:25:12,270 --> 00:25:14,340
that gold is close by.

527
00:25:17,540 --> 00:25:19,440
oh, right there,
yeah, right there.

528
00:25:19,440 --> 00:25:24,210
See it, just about right here
we have some black sands.

529
00:25:24,220 --> 00:25:28,920
This little bank right here,
man, there just might be gold.

530
00:25:28,920 --> 00:25:32,050
It's worth a shot.
Do a little digging.

531
00:25:32,060 --> 00:25:36,630
Good to have your son lifting,
just throwing back.

532
00:25:36,630 --> 00:25:38,630
Setting up
this little sluice box.

533
00:25:43,970 --> 00:25:47,970
poured a couple of buckets.
There we go.

534
00:25:47,970 --> 00:25:50,480
All right, we've taken our
concentrates from the sluice,

535
00:25:50,480 --> 00:25:51,880
see what we got.

536
00:25:57,150 --> 00:25:59,950
found some gold in the pan.

537
00:25:59,950 --> 00:26:03,350
We've got about four
or five specks of it right here.

538
00:26:03,360 --> 00:26:07,190
Run 600 tons of that,
you might get a half an ounce.

539
00:26:07,190 --> 00:26:11,330
So, yeah, it's disappointing.

540
00:26:11,330 --> 00:26:12,900
Not enough gold there for us

541
00:26:12,900 --> 00:26:16,830
to definitely do
any kind of mining.

542
00:26:16,830 --> 00:26:20,500
I hope those boys out
in montana, nevada,

543
00:26:20,510 --> 00:26:22,210
or arizona
find something because

544
00:26:22,210 --> 00:26:25,240
we ain't gonna be able
to do something here.

545
00:26:30,520 --> 00:26:32,720
giddy up, boys, whoo!

546
00:26:32,720 --> 00:26:36,220
Every day's
a school day in isolation.

547
00:26:36,220 --> 00:26:38,920
Narrator: A short hop from chris
in the blue grass state,

548
00:26:38,930 --> 00:26:41,720
nathan clark
is adjusting to his new role

549
00:26:41,730 --> 00:26:45,860
as homeschool teacher.

550
00:26:45,860 --> 00:26:47,530
My wife works
in the medical field.

551
00:26:47,530 --> 00:26:49,700
She's got a solid job.

552
00:26:49,700 --> 00:26:51,340
You know, somebody's got
to be here to teach jesse

553
00:26:51,340 --> 00:26:52,800
and help him
with his school work.

554
00:26:52,810 --> 00:26:55,710
I don't know, I mean,
that's kind of a tricky one.

555
00:26:55,710 --> 00:26:57,840
They didn't have that stuff
when I was in sixth grade.

556
00:26:57,840 --> 00:27:01,880
That's what I think.
Oh, what a bunch of crap.

557
00:27:01,880 --> 00:27:03,650
Hey, are you teaching me
or am I teaching you?

558
00:27:03,650 --> 00:27:07,220
-I think I'm teaching you.
-[ laughs ]

559
00:27:07,220 --> 00:27:09,490
narrator: But now,
with the rest of the crew out

560
00:27:09,490 --> 00:27:12,420
prospecting
for a fall back plan,

561
00:27:12,430 --> 00:27:15,960
dave has an important task
for nathan.

562
00:27:15,960 --> 00:27:20,230
Nathan, you know I got
the new wash plant showing up,

563
00:27:20,230 --> 00:27:24,800
so I'm looking at a company down
there close to where you live,

564
00:27:24,800 --> 00:27:27,610
they're willing to build
sluice boxes for it.

565
00:27:27,610 --> 00:27:31,370
So I'd like you to travel
down there and you're in charge.

566
00:27:31,380 --> 00:27:32,910
I'll head up there
as soon as possible

567
00:27:32,910 --> 00:27:34,940
and we'll make it happen,
one way or another.

568
00:27:34,950 --> 00:27:37,080
-All right, brother, see you.
-See you dave, thanks.

569
00:27:39,950 --> 00:27:40,950
-be a good boy, okay, buddy.
-All right.

570
00:27:40,950 --> 00:27:42,490
-I love you.
-Love you, too.

571
00:27:42,490 --> 00:27:43,850
Be good to mama, you're man
of the house now.

572
00:27:43,850 --> 00:27:46,360
I'll see you.

573
00:27:48,730 --> 00:27:50,160
narrator: Last season...

574
00:27:50,160 --> 00:27:52,860
I'm checking for gold
falling off the end of our box.

575
00:27:52,870 --> 00:27:55,060
Narrator: ...The team's
20-year-old sluice box

576
00:27:55,070 --> 00:27:56,800
struggled to capture fine gold.

577
00:27:56,800 --> 00:27:58,340
Six, seven, eight, nine.

578
00:27:58,340 --> 00:28:00,240
That's what's going out
our box.

579
00:28:00,240 --> 00:28:03,670
That's all the money
we're trying to make.

580
00:28:03,670 --> 00:28:06,510
Narrator: Now, dave and nathan
have spent the off season

581
00:28:06,510 --> 00:28:09,080
designing a sluice box
that should be capable

582
00:28:09,080 --> 00:28:12,050
of catching
the finest gold particles.

583
00:28:12,050 --> 00:28:14,450
This sluice box design,
we looked at it

584
00:28:14,450 --> 00:28:17,820
and we've seen the errors
that we had with the old sluice

585
00:28:17,820 --> 00:28:20,960
and we wanted
to adjust them now.

586
00:28:20,960 --> 00:28:24,660
Narrator: The new sluice box
splits in two, pushing gold rich

587
00:28:24,660 --> 00:28:28,330
slurry into two channels,
slowing it down

588
00:28:28,330 --> 00:28:33,140
so the fine gold has more time
to settle into the mats.

589
00:28:33,140 --> 00:28:34,340
Nathan: We're making it
so we don't lose

590
00:28:34,340 --> 00:28:36,310
a single speck of gold.

591
00:28:36,310 --> 00:28:39,480
That's the goal,
keep gold in the box.

592
00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:42,650
Been a whole piece,
no problem at all.

593
00:28:42,650 --> 00:28:44,680
With the last bit
we are seriously taking things

594
00:28:44,680 --> 00:28:47,480
to the next level
and with this design,

595
00:28:47,490 --> 00:28:48,750
I've got complete faith

596
00:28:48,750 --> 00:28:51,390
it's gonna be the best
sluice box we've ever had.

597
00:28:51,390 --> 00:28:55,330
It's gonna be badass.

598
00:28:55,330 --> 00:28:57,360
Narrator: With the sluice box
completed...

599
00:28:57,360 --> 00:28:58,730
Show you a few pictures of it.

600
00:28:58,730 --> 00:29:02,770
Narrator: ...It's time for
nathan to update the boss.

601
00:29:02,770 --> 00:29:05,730
Wow, that looks good, nathan.

602
00:29:05,740 --> 00:29:08,740
As you can see, it has that
rod down the middle there

603
00:29:08,740 --> 00:29:10,380
so it kind of clams over.

604
00:29:10,380 --> 00:29:13,040
The sluices boxes
lay on top of each other.

605
00:29:13,040 --> 00:29:14,980
So basically this is open

606
00:29:14,980 --> 00:29:17,610
and it'll just fold
on top of itself.

607
00:29:17,610 --> 00:29:21,620
It's gonna be real easy
picking it up and carrying it.

608
00:29:21,620 --> 00:29:24,250
If we go to alaska,
it's study enough to be able

609
00:29:24,260 --> 00:29:28,530
to move down those creeks
to the gold really quick.

610
00:29:28,530 --> 00:29:29,690
That looks good, buddy.

611
00:29:29,690 --> 00:29:31,100
I'm gonna miss old rusty

612
00:29:31,100 --> 00:29:34,770
but, you know, she wouldn't know
what to do with this sluice box.

613
00:29:34,770 --> 00:29:35,870
Narrator: Coming up...

614
00:29:35,870 --> 00:29:37,300
Meet the roach.

615
00:29:37,300 --> 00:29:40,070
Narrator: ...Dave gets a first
look at his groundbreaking

616
00:29:40,070 --> 00:29:41,870
new mobile wash plant.

617
00:29:41,870 --> 00:29:45,740
There we go!

618
00:29:48,210 --> 00:29:50,650
Narrator: With the nation
under quarantine,

619
00:29:50,650 --> 00:29:55,250
dave and his crew get in shape
for another tough season.

620
00:29:55,260 --> 00:29:58,090
Dave turin said
I got to start working out.

621
00:29:58,090 --> 00:30:00,520
"get your fat butt moving,
let's do it."

622
00:30:00,530 --> 00:30:03,160
narrator: But with their alaskan
adventure at risk,

623
00:30:03,160 --> 00:30:08,100
team turin's scour the lower 48
for a fall back mine.

624
00:30:08,100 --> 00:30:09,630
I'm gonna see what we get.

625
00:30:18,780 --> 00:30:20,980
all right, here we go.
Big day.

626
00:30:20,980 --> 00:30:23,520
Narrator: At the turin family
rock quarry...

627
00:30:23,520 --> 00:30:25,320
Meet the roach.

628
00:30:25,320 --> 00:30:28,420
Narrator: ...Dave finally takes
delivery of his groundbreaking

629
00:30:28,420 --> 00:30:31,590
new mobile wash plant --
the roach.

630
00:30:31,590 --> 00:30:33,490
Dave: Looking good.

631
00:30:33,490 --> 00:30:35,690
[ engine starts ]

632
00:30:35,700 --> 00:30:38,030
we got her started!

633
00:30:38,030 --> 00:30:41,300
You know you're excited
but you're also anxious

634
00:30:41,300 --> 00:30:45,570
that it's the right piece
of machinery for the right job.

635
00:30:45,570 --> 00:30:47,540
I got a lot of money
tied up in this.

636
00:30:47,540 --> 00:30:50,170
Narrator: Dave's modified
the roach from a rock screener

637
00:30:50,180 --> 00:30:53,140
to wash plant, untested.

638
00:30:53,150 --> 00:30:55,140
It's a huge gamble.

639
00:30:55,150 --> 00:30:57,580
Got to make us some money,
make us some gold.

640
00:30:57,580 --> 00:30:58,910
We're gonna have to adapt.

641
00:30:58,920 --> 00:31:01,420
Our whole crew's
gonna have to figure this out.

642
00:31:01,420 --> 00:31:04,690
It's very compact
and versatile enough

643
00:31:04,690 --> 00:31:07,290
that we can take it
just about anywhere.

644
00:31:07,290 --> 00:31:08,990
You know, we could
take it across the world

645
00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:11,390
because it's small enough
we could put it in a container,

646
00:31:11,400 --> 00:31:12,930
load her on a truck,
put her on a ship,

647
00:31:12,930 --> 00:31:15,660
let's go get it.

648
00:31:15,670 --> 00:31:18,640
You ready?

649
00:31:18,640 --> 00:31:20,100
Narrator: First task,

650
00:31:20,100 --> 00:31:23,570
safely unload
the 34,000-pound roach.

651
00:31:34,350 --> 00:31:39,060
there we go, she's unloaded.

652
00:31:39,060 --> 00:31:40,760
Coming over.

653
00:31:40,760 --> 00:31:43,660
Narrator: Dave's track plant
is uniquely mobile.

654
00:31:43,660 --> 00:31:47,530
He designed it to run up
to 250 tons an hour,

655
00:31:47,530 --> 00:31:49,230
twice as much as old rusty.

656
00:31:49,240 --> 00:31:50,900
-Everybody clear?
-Yeah.

657
00:31:50,900 --> 00:31:52,700
See if it'll work, huh?

658
00:31:55,340 --> 00:31:58,680
[ speaks indistinctly ]

659
00:31:58,680 --> 00:32:01,950
shakers on, see it shaking?

660
00:32:01,950 --> 00:32:06,380
Heater's coming on!

661
00:32:06,390 --> 00:32:09,350
That's it, everything running.

662
00:32:09,350 --> 00:32:12,520
It's all turning, pretty good,

663
00:32:12,520 --> 00:32:14,630
and out the bottom
comes our gold.

664
00:32:18,570 --> 00:32:21,300
narrator: All that's left,
get the seal of approval

665
00:32:21,300 --> 00:32:24,270
from mechanic, nathan clark.

666
00:32:24,270 --> 00:32:26,800
Hi, nathan,
I'm going to show you

667
00:32:26,810 --> 00:32:29,600
the modifications
that we've made.

668
00:32:29,610 --> 00:32:31,510
Do see that? There's our hoses.

669
00:32:31,510 --> 00:32:32,680
Show me the tracks.

670
00:32:32,680 --> 00:32:34,910
I want to see
how she got her name, dave.

671
00:32:34,920 --> 00:32:36,450
Okay, here we go.

672
00:32:39,550 --> 00:32:42,150
there we go.
See her moving now?

673
00:32:42,150 --> 00:32:45,090
That's the roach.
We're so mobile.

674
00:32:45,090 --> 00:32:46,890
Nathan: Those tracks
sure are small, dave.

675
00:32:46,890 --> 00:32:50,700
I mean, the belly
kind of hangs low.

676
00:32:50,700 --> 00:32:53,700
Alaska is freaking
rugged and hard.

677
00:32:53,700 --> 00:32:54,970
I hope she'll be able to deal
with the terrain

678
00:32:54,970 --> 00:32:56,700
dave: In alaska, dave.

679
00:32:56,700 --> 00:32:58,900
You betcha, man.

680
00:32:58,910 --> 00:33:00,070
I got to pay the bills on it

681
00:33:00,070 --> 00:33:02,500
so we got to find
some gold, buddy.

682
00:33:02,510 --> 00:33:04,540
Stay safe and keep
your family safe.

683
00:33:04,540 --> 00:33:07,250
-You, too, dave.
-All right, see you, man.

684
00:33:07,250 --> 00:33:09,180
I got a lot of money
tied up in that machine

685
00:33:09,180 --> 00:33:12,550
and there's a lot of unknowns.

686
00:33:12,550 --> 00:33:14,050
It's getting real now.

687
00:33:14,050 --> 00:33:15,250
I mean, it's getting real.

688
00:33:26,830 --> 00:33:29,630
narrator:
Deep in rural montana...

689
00:33:29,630 --> 00:33:31,000
It's a different time.

690
00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:33,540
Narrator: ...Gold room operator,
jesse goins,

691
00:33:33,540 --> 00:33:36,840
has lots keeping him
busy in lockdown.

692
00:33:36,840 --> 00:33:40,080
I got projects
sitting all over my yard.

693
00:33:40,080 --> 00:33:43,710
It's a 1955 international
dump truck.

694
00:33:43,710 --> 00:33:46,020
1962 thunderbird.

695
00:33:46,020 --> 00:33:48,550
I've bent all this suspension
under here.

696
00:33:48,560 --> 00:33:53,460
It was rolled back in 1974,
they were hauling honeybees.

697
00:33:53,460 --> 00:33:55,990
Turn one into a desk

698
00:33:55,990 --> 00:33:59,390
and the other one
into a couch.

699
00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:01,200
My wife's gonna shoot me
if I don't get

700
00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:02,800
some of the stuff
out of my yard.

701
00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:09,070
narrator: With their alaska
season hanging in the balance,

702
00:34:09,080 --> 00:34:11,910
team turin need
a fall back plan.

703
00:34:11,910 --> 00:34:17,250
Jesse: The rolling hills over
there are loaded with gold.

704
00:34:17,250 --> 00:34:19,480
Narrator: The montana gold rush
was kickstarted

705
00:34:19,480 --> 00:34:24,620
by a discovery
at grasshopper creek in 1862.

706
00:34:24,620 --> 00:34:27,020
In the mountains
behind jesse's homestead,

707
00:34:27,030 --> 00:34:29,230
there are believed
to be hundreds of mines

708
00:34:29,230 --> 00:34:32,430
abandoned by the old timers.

709
00:34:32,430 --> 00:34:34,530
Jesse: Well, we're heading out
to a spot

710
00:34:34,530 --> 00:34:38,940
that's got good plaster and hard
rock gold and some tunnels.

711
00:34:38,940 --> 00:34:41,570
We're not bothering
anybody out here.

712
00:34:41,580 --> 00:34:44,570
We won't even mess
with the bears, will we, roy?

713
00:34:44,580 --> 00:34:46,310
Narrator: Jesse,
and old prospecting buddy,

714
00:34:46,310 --> 00:34:47,940
roy mcquiston,

715
00:34:47,950 --> 00:34:51,250
have spent their lives searching
for montana's motherlode.

716
00:34:51,250 --> 00:34:53,150
-Now if you'll --
-all right.

717
00:34:53,150 --> 00:34:55,020
Narrator: With tales of gold
rich virgin ground

718
00:34:55,020 --> 00:34:57,220
in grasshopper valley,

719
00:34:57,220 --> 00:35:01,520
jesse and roy
head into the hills,

720
00:35:01,520 --> 00:35:05,530
a region they've prospected
together for almost 50 years.

721
00:35:05,530 --> 00:35:07,360
I don't believe anybody's
went up that gulf,

722
00:35:07,370 --> 00:35:12,040
I think it would be a good idea
if we could work our way down.

723
00:35:12,040 --> 00:35:14,410
Jesse: With these detectors,

724
00:35:14,410 --> 00:35:18,210
we can cover a lot more
ground a lot quicker.

725
00:35:18,210 --> 00:35:20,940
If we can find that gold,

726
00:35:20,950 --> 00:35:23,210
it could change our lives
in a hurry.

727
00:35:27,420 --> 00:35:29,850
-right here.
-Yeah, I can hear it.

728
00:35:29,850 --> 00:35:34,060
All we got to do
is hear that big signal.

729
00:35:34,060 --> 00:35:37,060
-It was a piece of wire.
-Piece of wire.

730
00:35:37,060 --> 00:35:40,560
Well, I just found
another bullet.

731
00:35:40,570 --> 00:35:44,070
So far, not such good luck.

732
00:35:44,070 --> 00:35:47,310
But you never know
when you hit the big one.

733
00:35:47,310 --> 00:35:49,640
-Holy crap.
-You on one?

734
00:35:57,250 --> 00:35:59,480
there it is.

735
00:35:59,490 --> 00:36:00,850
Square nail.

736
00:36:00,850 --> 00:36:02,580
Yeah, it's a square nail.

737
00:36:02,590 --> 00:36:05,860
Huh.

738
00:36:05,860 --> 00:36:08,130
Narrator:
With no luck on the surface...

739
00:36:08,130 --> 00:36:10,290
-See where that tree is?
-Uh-huh.

740
00:36:10,290 --> 00:36:12,630
Well, that's where
that tunnel was that they hit.

741
00:36:12,630 --> 00:36:14,000
Huh.

742
00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:16,670
Narrator: Roy and jesse
head deeper into the valley

743
00:36:16,670 --> 00:36:19,770
to a mine abandoned
in the 1960s

744
00:36:19,770 --> 00:36:23,300
which roy is convinced
still holds gold.

745
00:36:23,310 --> 00:36:26,480
Jesse: This is the tunnel
we're gonna be going in.

746
00:36:26,480 --> 00:36:28,950
Usually I'm not
much of a tunnel rat

747
00:36:28,950 --> 00:36:31,920
but this would be
a good prospect

748
00:36:31,920 --> 00:36:34,120
to do some hard rocking.

749
00:36:34,120 --> 00:36:38,390
Coming in, roy.

750
00:36:38,390 --> 00:36:42,460
It's definitely --
definitely worth checking out.

751
00:36:42,460 --> 00:36:46,160
All right,
let's do this, roy.

752
00:36:46,160 --> 00:36:48,670
Wow, check this out.

753
00:36:48,670 --> 00:36:51,870
They were some tough old guys
back there, weren't they?

754
00:36:57,580 --> 00:37:03,110
So that was the last year
it was mined is in '64?

755
00:37:03,110 --> 00:37:05,350
Holy cow.

756
00:37:05,350 --> 00:37:07,250
Narrator:
To locate the gold vein...

757
00:37:07,250 --> 00:37:10,450
I think we got a long ways
to go, don't we, roy?

758
00:37:10,460 --> 00:37:12,390
You bet you.

759
00:37:12,390 --> 00:37:14,890
Narrator: ...Jesse and roy
must descend deeper

760
00:37:14,890 --> 00:37:18,200
into the half century
old passageways.

761
00:37:18,200 --> 00:37:21,970
That's where we're heading,
that big hole that's down here.

762
00:37:21,970 --> 00:37:23,330
All right, roy!

763
00:37:27,570 --> 00:37:30,440
yeah, I'm ready!

764
00:37:30,440 --> 00:37:32,110
Just look at that
right there.

765
00:37:32,110 --> 00:37:35,080
This is ore, right here,
and we bet that it's overhead.

766
00:37:35,080 --> 00:37:36,610
Right there?

767
00:37:36,610 --> 00:37:39,920
Yeah, there's
shiny stuff all over.

768
00:37:39,920 --> 00:37:42,950
Look at the color
on this stuff.

769
00:37:42,960 --> 00:37:47,190
Wow. There's a lot of ore
in here, roy.

770
00:37:47,190 --> 00:37:49,060
Narrator: The ore that
jesse and roy have found

771
00:37:49,060 --> 00:37:50,760
contains gold.

772
00:37:50,760 --> 00:37:52,930
Jesse:
You can see the gold in it.

773
00:37:52,930 --> 00:37:55,530
-Bet it's pyrite.
-Huh.

774
00:37:55,530 --> 00:38:01,400
Narrator: But with it is iron
pyrite known as fool's gold.

775
00:38:01,400 --> 00:38:03,740
Roy: That's pyrite,
but it's carrying gold.

776
00:38:03,740 --> 00:38:06,280
Not enough to touch off
your detector, though.

777
00:38:06,280 --> 00:38:09,610
[ groans ]

778
00:38:09,610 --> 00:38:11,180
narrator: They've found gold,

779
00:38:11,180 --> 00:38:14,690
but it's not enough
to stake their future on.

780
00:38:14,690 --> 00:38:16,420
Jesse: Not such good luck,

781
00:38:16,420 --> 00:38:20,020
but you never
know when you hit the big one.

782
00:38:22,500 --> 00:38:25,030
been a long day.

783
00:38:25,030 --> 00:38:30,160
So we're gonna
have to head her back.

784
00:38:30,170 --> 00:38:31,170
Narrator: Coming up...

785
00:38:31,170 --> 00:38:32,670
Oh, [bleep]!

786
00:38:32,670 --> 00:38:35,140
Narrator: Jason strikes it big
in nevada.

787
00:38:35,140 --> 00:38:37,470
Jason: Whoo, man, that's what
I'm talking about.

788
00:38:37,480 --> 00:38:39,240
Narrator:
And the team report back...

789
00:38:39,250 --> 00:38:40,610
You think that's an option?

790
00:38:40,610 --> 00:38:42,540
Narrator: ...To the boss.

791
00:38:42,550 --> 00:38:43,810
We got to get to work,

792
00:38:43,820 --> 00:38:45,910
find some gold,
and have a successful season.

793
00:38:48,090 --> 00:38:48,980
Nathan: The game
trail up here, jesse.

794
00:38:48,990 --> 00:38:50,220
Narrator: In kentucky...

795
00:38:50,220 --> 00:38:51,220
So that means
we're getting closer

796
00:38:51,220 --> 00:38:52,490
to where they might be at.

797
00:38:52,490 --> 00:38:53,860
Narrator:
...Mechanic nathan clark...

798
00:38:53,860 --> 00:38:55,160
Let's get up over in here.

799
00:38:55,160 --> 00:38:58,060
Narrator: ...And his son, jesse,
are spending lockdown

800
00:38:58,060 --> 00:39:00,200
honing their hunting skills.

801
00:39:00,200 --> 00:39:03,800
Mama's gonna be so proud of you
if we get this, dude.

802
00:39:03,800 --> 00:39:06,970
You see anything yet, jess?
-I think I see something.

803
00:39:06,970 --> 00:39:10,140
-Where?
-Right there.

804
00:39:10,140 --> 00:39:12,210
Okay.

805
00:39:12,210 --> 00:39:13,540
[ gunshot ]

806
00:39:13,540 --> 00:39:15,310
-you hit it? You hit it?
-I think I got it.

807
00:39:15,320 --> 00:39:18,110
Get it, jesse, get it.
Oh, crap. No, you did not.

808
00:39:18,120 --> 00:39:22,980
You did not. Oh, my god.

809
00:39:22,990 --> 00:39:25,490
You just saved our butts, dude.

810
00:39:25,490 --> 00:39:26,790
Do the honors, buddy.

811
00:39:26,790 --> 00:39:29,560
-There it is.
-There it is.

812
00:39:29,560 --> 00:39:31,900
She's mounted. [ laughs ]

813
00:39:35,170 --> 00:39:37,800
narrator: With lockdown putting
their plans to mine in alaska

814
00:39:37,800 --> 00:39:43,140
at risk, team turin are battling
to save their season.

815
00:39:43,140 --> 00:39:46,040
I still believe in alaska
but let's look for a plan b

816
00:39:46,050 --> 00:39:47,840
in case it doesn't
come together.

817
00:39:47,850 --> 00:39:49,480
-You got it, man.
-You got it.

818
00:39:49,480 --> 00:39:52,410
Narrator: As chris, casey,
and jesse chase down leads

819
00:39:52,420 --> 00:39:54,150
on abandoned mines...

820
00:39:54,150 --> 00:39:57,190
-Oh, right there.
-We're gonna see what we get.

821
00:39:57,190 --> 00:39:58,290
Dave: Everything's running.

822
00:39:58,290 --> 00:39:59,690
Narrator:
...Dave's rolled the dice

823
00:39:59,690 --> 00:40:02,430
on a revolutionary
new tracked wash plant.

824
00:40:02,430 --> 00:40:04,830
And out the bottom
comes our gold.

825
00:40:04,830 --> 00:40:07,660
Narrator: And mechanic nathan
has overseen the build

826
00:40:07,670 --> 00:40:10,500
of a state of the art
new sluice box.

827
00:40:10,500 --> 00:40:13,770
That looks good, buddy.
Nice.

828
00:40:13,770 --> 00:40:16,910
Narrator: But team turin
still need gold rich ground

829
00:40:16,910 --> 00:40:19,980
in the lower 48
as a fall back.

830
00:40:24,720 --> 00:40:27,220
about to go down, do my best
to throw it back together

831
00:40:27,220 --> 00:40:31,650
and try and get this bad girl
up and running.

832
00:40:31,660 --> 00:40:34,560
Narrator: At his desert claim,
a broken excavator

833
00:40:34,560 --> 00:40:39,300
has cost jason two days
of prospecting nuggets.

834
00:40:39,300 --> 00:40:43,270
After messing with the batteries
all day...

835
00:40:43,270 --> 00:40:44,830
[ sighs heavily ]

836
00:40:44,840 --> 00:40:46,270
...I separated them,

837
00:40:46,270 --> 00:40:51,180
charged them individually,
so I just got it back in.

838
00:40:51,180 --> 00:40:52,880
Narrator:
After a detailed overhaul

839
00:40:52,880 --> 00:40:55,110
of the excavator's electrics...

840
00:40:55,110 --> 00:40:57,310
Jason:
The starter's back installed.

841
00:40:57,310 --> 00:41:00,020
Wires are all hooked up.

842
00:41:00,020 --> 00:41:02,120
Narrator:
...And a brand-new battery,

843
00:41:02,120 --> 00:41:05,550
now, it's the moment of truth.

844
00:41:05,560 --> 00:41:09,620
All my tests, everything I can
make sense of seemed good.

845
00:41:09,630 --> 00:41:12,100
All right.

846
00:41:12,100 --> 00:41:16,900
Not really sure
I even want to...

847
00:41:16,900 --> 00:41:18,400
To start it.

848
00:41:18,400 --> 00:41:22,100
I mean, I do, but I just don't
want to find out this isn't it.

849
00:41:22,110 --> 00:41:26,570
Okay, go ahead
and hit the main switch.

850
00:41:26,580 --> 00:41:28,710
[ switch clicks ]

851
00:41:28,710 --> 00:41:32,750
oh, lord.

852
00:41:32,750 --> 00:41:35,250
Y'all ready for this?

853
00:41:35,250 --> 00:41:37,620
[ beeps, engine starts ]

854
00:41:37,620 --> 00:41:41,590
whoo, ah!

855
00:41:41,590 --> 00:41:43,560
That's what I'm talking
about right there, baby.

856
00:41:43,560 --> 00:41:46,930
That's [bleep].
That's an excavator running.

857
00:41:46,930 --> 00:41:49,300
Oh, my.

858
00:41:49,300 --> 00:41:52,970
Oh, here --
oh, you sweet, sweet,

859
00:41:52,970 --> 00:41:56,340
sweet beautiful [bleep].

860
00:41:56,340 --> 00:41:59,540
Whoo!

861
00:41:59,540 --> 00:42:01,880
Narrator:
Jason now has just one day

862
00:42:01,880 --> 00:42:03,780
to put some gold in his pocket

863
00:42:03,780 --> 00:42:08,590
and prove that marble rock could
be team turin's fall back plan.

864
00:42:12,390 --> 00:42:15,320
we're back up and running.

865
00:42:15,330 --> 00:42:18,290
So now I need mo, nuggy,
nuggy, mo, nuggy, nuggies.

866
00:42:18,300 --> 00:42:20,570
Whoo!
I'm so fricking happy.

867
00:42:24,330 --> 00:42:26,840
narrator: Jason digs down
to the pay zone,

868
00:42:26,840 --> 00:42:29,640
hunting nevada nuggets.

869
00:42:29,640 --> 00:42:31,840
Jason: Oh, my goodness.

870
00:42:31,840 --> 00:42:36,710
Can y'all hear that?
That is wall.

871
00:42:36,710 --> 00:42:40,920
Look how polished
that bedrock is

872
00:42:40,920 --> 00:42:43,690
and then little ways up
from it jagged.

873
00:42:43,690 --> 00:42:46,920
This whole zone
is just the hot zone.

874
00:42:46,930 --> 00:42:55,100
[ high-pitched whirring ]

875
00:42:55,100 --> 00:42:57,200
whoo, [bleep]!

876
00:42:57,200 --> 00:43:00,370
-[ laughs ]
-whoo!

877
00:43:00,370 --> 00:43:01,810
I did it.

878
00:43:01,810 --> 00:43:03,870
Whoo-hoo.

879
00:43:03,870 --> 00:43:07,640
[ laughs ]

880
00:43:07,650 --> 00:43:11,410
-that's all nugget.
-Oh, my god, are you kidding me?

881
00:43:11,420 --> 00:43:13,750
The whole thing.
That's a solid one, too.

882
00:43:13,750 --> 00:43:16,650
-Listen.
-Whoo-hoo!

883
00:43:16,650 --> 00:43:18,690
Baby.

884
00:43:18,690 --> 00:43:20,790
Mm.

885
00:43:20,790 --> 00:43:22,130
[ kisses ]

886
00:43:22,130 --> 00:43:24,730
whoo, man,
that's what I'm talking about.

887
00:43:24,730 --> 00:43:26,730
Big, big money,
let's keep going.

888
00:43:26,730 --> 00:43:30,170
Big bucks, no whammies.

889
00:43:30,170 --> 00:43:31,730
Oh, damn, that's a nice one.

890
00:43:31,740 --> 00:43:33,770
[ whirring ]

891
00:43:33,770 --> 00:43:36,570
narrator: Jason's desert claim
could be the answer

892
00:43:36,570 --> 00:43:39,940
team turin are looking for.

893
00:43:39,940 --> 00:43:43,880
Whoo! Look at that.

894
00:43:43,880 --> 00:43:46,550
That, ladies and gentlemen,
is a nugget.

895
00:43:49,920 --> 00:43:52,160
oh, my goodness,
that's pretty nice.

896
00:43:52,160 --> 00:43:54,260
Shelley, check this out.

897
00:43:54,260 --> 00:43:56,490
This was the first one I found

898
00:43:56,490 --> 00:43:59,300
and then I started
pulling other ones.

899
00:43:59,300 --> 00:44:00,360
That's awesome.

900
00:44:00,370 --> 00:44:04,100
And then this
one weighs one ounce.

901
00:44:04,100 --> 00:44:07,340
I'm proud of you guys.
That's pretty cool.

902
00:44:07,340 --> 00:44:10,740
Well, what do you think
of the desert

903
00:44:10,740 --> 00:44:15,850
or the team to get us going?

904
00:44:15,850 --> 00:44:17,750
If we want to go
to the desert,

905
00:44:17,750 --> 00:44:19,580
we should be out setting out,

906
00:44:19,590 --> 00:44:24,190
moving equipment right now.

907
00:44:24,190 --> 00:44:26,790
Narrator: Marble rock
is loaded with gold

908
00:44:26,790 --> 00:44:32,200
but lacks the infrastructure
for a large operation.

909
00:44:32,200 --> 00:44:35,900
I don't know if you can get
a road built in there.

910
00:44:35,900 --> 00:44:37,600
-This property is exceptional.
-Yeah.

911
00:44:37,600 --> 00:44:42,000
I think nevada
is a valid plan b.

912
00:44:42,010 --> 00:44:45,040
There's gold,
we've got the option,

913
00:44:45,040 --> 00:44:48,280
but it's the other things
just getting in

914
00:44:48,280 --> 00:44:50,410
and getting camp
and getting our permits

915
00:44:50,410 --> 00:44:52,220
getting our water.

916
00:44:52,220 --> 00:44:54,450
Narrator: With jason's find
problematic,

917
00:44:54,450 --> 00:44:56,950
and chris and jesse
striking out,

918
00:44:56,960 --> 00:45:00,020
team turin's hopes
of a backup lost mine

919
00:45:00,020 --> 00:45:02,560
are looking bleak.

920
00:45:07,300 --> 00:45:09,400
casey: It's getting tough
and we're stressed.

921
00:45:09,400 --> 00:45:11,770
We're in a scramble
just looking for anything.

922
00:45:11,770 --> 00:45:13,370
Narrator: In the arizona plain,

923
00:45:13,370 --> 00:45:18,410
casey morgan has a lead
on one last mine.

924
00:45:18,410 --> 00:45:22,250
So I just had a great meeting
with the landowner.

925
00:45:22,250 --> 00:45:24,480
It's looking pretty good.

926
00:45:24,480 --> 00:45:26,780
Narrator: The historic rich hill
mining district

927
00:45:26,780 --> 00:45:28,750
has been proving arizonans

928
00:45:28,750 --> 00:45:33,790
with gold for over 150 years.

929
00:45:33,790 --> 00:45:37,730
Lot of acreage, clean water,
and 8 to 10 feet

930
00:45:37,730 --> 00:45:39,390
of river routes.

931
00:45:39,400 --> 00:45:41,530
Hopefully, there's gold
in the brown.

932
00:45:41,530 --> 00:45:44,730
You don't always have to go to
alaska to hit a home run.

933
00:45:44,730 --> 00:45:48,240
Arizona has tremendous gold.

934
00:45:48,240 --> 00:45:51,270
The big thing with arizona
why it doesn't appeal

935
00:45:51,280 --> 00:45:52,640
to a lot of mining operations,

936
00:45:52,640 --> 00:45:54,780
at least smaller
mining operations,

937
00:45:54,780 --> 00:45:57,210
is because there's not
a lot of water.

938
00:45:57,210 --> 00:45:59,280
All that.

939
00:45:59,280 --> 00:46:02,090
The water is definitely
there in the creek.

940
00:46:02,090 --> 00:46:05,720
I'm gonna go out
and test some ground.

941
00:46:05,730 --> 00:46:07,020
See what I can get
for the team

942
00:46:07,030 --> 00:46:11,160
so we can take care
of our families.

943
00:46:11,160 --> 00:46:13,130
I found ground out here in
arizona that paid

944
00:46:13,130 --> 00:46:16,100
pretty good before
and I'll find it again.

945
00:46:28,050 --> 00:46:31,210
that's a lot of color
for a single pan.

946
00:46:31,220 --> 00:46:33,980
Think we'll be all right here.

947
00:46:35,890 --> 00:46:37,550
you think that's an option?

948
00:46:37,550 --> 00:46:40,690
Gold's looking good.
Water's there.

949
00:46:40,690 --> 00:46:43,760
It's roughly 15, 20 bucks
a yard in the ground...

950
00:46:43,760 --> 00:46:45,090
[ speaks indistinctly ]

951
00:46:45,100 --> 00:46:47,500
okay.

952
00:46:47,500 --> 00:46:50,740
But if you mine
all the material there

953
00:46:50,740 --> 00:46:52,140
and crush it all,

954
00:46:52,140 --> 00:46:55,370
you're looking at closer
to 40 to $50 a yard.

955
00:46:55,370 --> 00:46:57,370
Pretty good.
-Wow, that's pretty good.

956
00:46:57,370 --> 00:46:58,640
Just need to get you
down here to take a look at it

957
00:46:58,640 --> 00:47:00,380
and get your opinion
on all this.

958
00:47:00,380 --> 00:47:04,510
Well, as soon as they start
lifting the travel restrictions,

959
00:47:04,520 --> 00:47:05,910
casey, I'll be there.

960
00:47:05,920 --> 00:47:09,050
We got some options now, casey.

961
00:47:09,050 --> 00:47:11,320
So we gotta get to work,
find some gold,

962
00:47:11,320 --> 00:47:13,020
and have a successful season.

963
00:47:18,830 --> 00:47:21,230
right now, the odds are
stacked against me.

964
00:47:21,230 --> 00:47:23,670
And our plans for alaska
are on the rocks.

965
00:47:23,670 --> 00:47:27,500
But I won't give up and I know
my guys won't give up either.

966
00:47:27,500 --> 00:47:31,940
Our season coming up is probably
the most vital season for us.

967
00:47:31,940 --> 00:47:34,040
Even though there's obstacles,
yes,

968
00:47:34,040 --> 00:47:36,350
can we overcome them? Yes.

969
00:47:36,350 --> 00:47:38,910
We have heart and we always
will stick together.

970
00:47:38,920 --> 00:47:40,180
We'll lift each other up

971
00:47:40,190 --> 00:47:43,650
and we're gonna help
each other out.

972
00:47:43,650 --> 00:47:48,290
I really believe you gotta keep
chasing the american dream.

973
00:47:48,290 --> 00:47:51,960
We can survive
and we can thrive.

974
00:47:51,960 --> 00:47:54,530
We're not gonna let
this pandemic keep us down.

975
00:47:54,530 --> 00:47:56,730
Things are gonna change

976
00:47:56,740 --> 00:47:58,230
and when we get back to work,

977
00:47:58,240 --> 00:48:00,970
we're gonna put our boots on
and take care of our families.

977
00:48:01,305 --> 00:49:01,882
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