16x24 - 1,000 Ounce Week

[bunniefuu]

[narrator] Over 15 years,
the miners of "Gold Rush..."

Yee-haw!

...have discovered gold
all over the world.

There's some gold right there.

Now, on the ultimate guide
to where to find gold.

Here we go.

Every gold miner's looking
for stuff like this.

[cheering]

Oh, my God!

The miners follow a trail
from the Earth's core...

[speaking in Spanish]

[man grunts]

I think the gold's over there.

...to the ocean floor.

[Riley speaking]

From Papua New Guinea's
fiery volcanoes

to the alluvial plains
of the Klondike,

we reveal where the gold is.

-Boom!
-Look at that.

How it got there.

Telling you, Dustin,
that's where the gold's at.

And how to find it.

People search their whole life
for this.

[Rick] Fire it up!

[motor powers up]

-Whoo!
-[Zee] Here we go!

In the Yukon, for six short
months, the hunt for gold

is a frenzy to strike it rich.

Let's get that gold!

But this rare, precious metal
has been mined

for over 6,000 years.

[Ramo] Have a look at the size
of that, mate.

Jeez.

And in that time,
more than 170,000 tons

has been discovered.

-Yee-haw!
-[bleep] yeah!

It's the backbone of
the world's economy and is used

in nearly every piece
of modern technology.

But its journey
to your phone

began billions of years ago.

The Earth's gold formed
when a gigantic star exploded.

Four and a half billion years
ago, dust and debris

of the dead star combined
together to form the Earth,

with molten minerals, iron,
and gold at its core.

This hot liquid
is known as magma.

When molten magma is ejected
through volcanoes,

it cools and hardens into veins
of quartz and gold known

as mother lodes.

These are the source of gold,
and are found worldwide.

Over time, glaciers,
rain, and rivers erode

these veins, carrying gold down
the mountains and into valleys

below, depositing it as it
travels until rivers finally

carry any remaining gold
out to sea.

[Mitch]
Hey, let's get some gold!

[chuckles]

There's still an estimated


but the hunt to find it
is anything but easy.

[Fred] Wow.

[Parker] All right, well,
shall we go hike a volcano?

In 2019, Parker Schnabel goes
looking for gold at its source

on the slopes of an active
volcano, Mount Tavurvur,

in Papua New Guinea.

[Parker]
Yeah, it's good to figure out
what's going on around here.

[Sam] Basically looking
for any excuse to climb

an active volcano.
-[Parker] Oh, yeah.

Every year, this remote
island nation produces

over $2.6 billion
worth of gold.

-[Sam] Holy!
-Holy cow.

-[Sam] h*-h*-h*-h*!
-[Parker] Look at that.

[Sam] This is awesome.

I hope you've got
your learning cap on.

Papua New Guinea is located
in a region known

as the "Ring of Fire,"

and has more than 60 volcanoes,

the most in
the Southwest Pacific.

When tectonic plates covering
the Earth's surface collide,

earthquakes force
mineral-rich magma

up through the Earth's crust.

The magma crystallizes,
becoming a silica-rich fluid

that pushes through cracks
and forms veins

of quartz and gold.

Mining these is known
as "hard rock mining."

-[Danny] Wow.
-Oh, my God, it's huge.

Three years later,

still searching
for a mother lode,

Parker and his team
travel to the other side

of the Ring of Fire,
to La Rinconada, in Peru.

Located over 16,700 feet above
sea level, this remote mining

town produces almost 80,000
ounces of gold a year,

worth more than $260 million.

[speaking in Spanish]
Hello, how are you?

Good morning.

Oh, are we here?

[Parker]
It's definitely something
out of another world.

All right, here we go.

Tunnel shafts are dug a mile
into the mountain,

where the crews search
for the mother lode veins.

[miners speaking in Spanish]

That is up there?

[Christian] The idea is
to detonate this one.

To remove a five foot square
area of gold-rich ore,

the crew drill a network
of 12 holes

four feet into the rock.

Each hole is then filled
with 190 pounds of dynamite.

[speaking in Spanish]
Load it, please.

[Christian] Now we're going
to load the hole.

-[Parker] We're gonna
blow it up?
-[Christian] Yeah.

And when you push,
you have to be very careful.

[speaking in Spanish]

[Christian]
"Your first mistake
is your last mistake."

Boom.

-Three minutes to get
out the front door?
-Yeah.

-[Parker] You ready, Dan?
-[Danny] I'm ready, man.

This seems so wrong
with the lighter.

[Danny] What the [bleep]!

-Let's go!
-Vámonos, vámonos.

-Fuego, fuego!
-[Parker laughs]

Oh, my God.

-[thunderous expl*si*n]
-[man grunts]

-That was not that long.
-[Parker laughs]

[Danny]
We literally just got here.

That does not feel like
it's a very long way away.

[expl*si*n bangs]

Whoa!

Once all 12
explosions detonate...

[rumbling expl*si*n]

[bleep]!
I felt that one.

...the crew retrieve
the blasted ore.

[Parker]
This is, like, the veins
that they're looking for.

That's what they'll take
and crush up

and get gold out of.

[Danny] There it is.

Let's have a look.

[Parker]
One there and one there.

[Danny] Very cool.

Awesome.

[Christian] Because you are
new to this mine,

you need to carry your ore.

[Christian] Now we can go.

That was cool, dude.

After the ore is crushed
and processed,

the crew are left
with pure gold.

Oh, look!

Whoa.

[Parker] I'm not sure I could
do it as a business, but, like,

that was an experience
like none other.

Almost 17,000 feet,
unventilated mine site,

all by hand.

Yeah, I think the most hardcore
people we've ever met.

[Danny] Yeah, I reckon.

Still to come...

The claim starts right here.

The crew find gold
as it journeys away

from the mother lode.

[Rick] The big gold that we're
looking for is going to be

up one of these tributaries.

-Dustin!
-What!

I got some gold!

-[Sam] Holy!
-Holy cow!

On this guide to finding gold,
we followed its journey

from the Earth's core to quartz
veins deep inside mountains.

Boom.

[thunderous expl*si*n]

If miners can't access
the gold-rich veins,

they must follow gold's journey
as it travels away

from the mother lode.

And the closer you are
to the source,

the richer the ground
should be.

Tell me again
where we're going?

A place called Keno City.

In 2018, Rick Ness searches
for a fortune in gold high up

in the Yukon Mountains.

I did OK last year,
and it was all right.

And, like, that's just not
good enough for me,

you know what I mean?

Like, I want something
better than OK.

He's on the hunt for
the region's legendary

big nuggets.

-[Rick] Howdy, fellas.
-[Dean] Hi there.

[Rick] Interesting place
you got here.

Thank you.

It's beautiful,
that's for sure.

[Dean] Yeah.

The claims on Rick's potential
new mine site lay close

to a massive mother lode.

[Stuart]
Well, basically, Mount Hinton
is the mountain at the very

tops of our claims,
and it's a known gold source

for this entire area.

Hundreds of thousands of years
ago, a giant glacier eroded

Mount Hinton's exposed
gold veins,

plucking up debris
and large gold nuggets.

The ice sheet bulldozed
down the mountain,

carrying the gold with it.

When the ice melted,
it deposited pockets

of coarse gold
in the valley below.

-[Rick] Wow.
-Holy [bleep]!

[Rick] No way!

-[Big Rick] What the hell?
-[Rick] Holy [bleep]!

Any geologist will tell you
by looking at some of that,

that we're not very far
from the source.

Some of it might not have
moved 50 feet.

Each of these nuggets
is worth upwards of $20,000.

[Dean] This is just part
of our collection.

They're probably twice as good
when you get down there.

[Rick]
No, that's, that's [stutters].

[Big Rick] I wasn't expecting
this type of --

[Rick] I wasn't either.

It's like finding that
in a sluice box, like,

that'll drive a guy nuts.

So now that you've got
my interest.

[laughing]

Let's find some nuggets!

In the hopes of catching
Mount Hinton's nuggets,

Rick sets up what's called
a "placer mining operation."

Let's go! Whoo!

First, he must dig out
the glacial deposit

of gold-bearing dirt.

[Ryan over radio]
We're making money.

We are making money.

Then use a wash plant
and water to separate

the heavier gold
from the waste dirt.

I'm a little bit happy.

Let's shut her down.

[motor winds down]

-What do you think?
-[Karla] It looks really good.

[Mark] Oh my God.

Look at this.
It's just sitting in the sluice.

[Karla]
Holy [bleep], dude.

I can't believe that, dude!

Wow, look at it.

That's the heaviest nugget
I've ever felt.

People search their whole life
for this type of material.

[Rick]
Big smile on your face.

[Karla]
No, you don't even know.
You don't even...

This is, like,
what dreams are made of.

-What!
-I know!

-[Rick] Holy [bleep]!
-[Karla] Yeah.

[Mark] Christmas came early.

That's like an ounce
right there.

That's a [bleep] beauty.

Like, that's worth
some serious money.

This here is one of the reasons
I'm here.

It's coming from right there,
Mount Hinton.

That's the source
of all this big gold.

So as far as I know,
that's bigger than anything

Parker or Tony has pulled out
of the ground.

I'm here to hunt for these,
and that's the first of many.

[triumphant music plays]

The awesome power of glaciers

played a crucial role
in the distribution

of gold across the legendary
Yukon territories

and beyond.

[rattling heavily]

Boulders are fricking huge.

In 2016, the Hoffman crew are
trying to find their own

glacial deposits of gold

in Colorado's Rocky Mountains.

I've never even begun to see
boulders this size.

The Hoffman's claim is
littered with huge boulders.

I got one down here
that's even bigger than that.

[Freddy]
Big rocks can mean bigger
and more gold.

It's a good sign.

But at the same time, those big
a*s rocks slow us way down.

Thousands of years ago,
a massive glacier deposited

these monster boulders
and gold-rich dirt
across the claim.

Then, meltwater washed down
dirt and gold, leaving behind

valuable pockets of gold
under the boulders.

[Andy] Come on.
Come on.

[rattling, creaking]

Before they can get
to the gold, the crew have

to clear the boulders.

[Freddy] Whoa!
Look out!

[Andy grunts]

Ugh...

[Andy] At this point, Todd,
I am frustrated with this.

I cannot get
these boulders out.

You want -- what do you want
to do, Freddy?

I mean.

Fireworks.

Make big rocks
into small rocks.

Yeah, let's frickin'
blow them up.

Freddy calls in
Master Blaster Mark Mayer.

I love my job.

Where else in the world do
you get to go blow things up

on somebody else's property,

make a mess,
and let them clean it up?

To blast a 20,000 pound
boulder, Mark will use

a stick and a half of dynamite.

The energy equivalent of this
is on the order of about



Finish her up with sand.
That'll do it.

Let's get out of here.

The detonator box is wired
and ready to fire.

[air horn blaring]

[Mark]
Ten, nine, eight, seven,

six, five, four,

three, two, one.

-Blasting.
-Fire in the hole!

[Mark] Ten, nine, eight...

In the playbook
on where to find gold,

the Hoffmans are chasing
glacial gold deposits

trapped under
monster boulders.

Fire in the hole.

[loud explosions]

-Bye, bye boulders.
-[Mark] You gotta love blasting.

-You know, I've been pretty --
-Mark, kick a*s, man.

-[Todd] Look at that.
-[Freddy] No more big boulders.

[Andy] That'll work.
That I can move.

-Good job, Mark.
-My pleasure.

Bring it in.

Andy, get the excavator.
Let's go.

That's all I needed,
just a little bit of help.

Because it is loaded with gold.

The pockets of gold found
underneath the glacial boulders

deliver the Hoffmans their best
haul of the season...



Whoa!

...proving that big boulders
really can mean big gold.

That's a hell of a lot of gold
in a short period of time.

This is just fantastic.
I love it.

Glaciers are nature's
conveyors, slowly moving gold

from the mother lode
down the mountain.

But when these enormous
bodies of ice melt,

they turn into fast flowing
creeks that can rapidly carry

gold on the next leg
of its journey.

-[river gushing]
-[Carlos] Ha-ha-ha!

[Dustin] She's angry today!

[Carlos]
It's not safe out here.

[Fred] We're in a danger zone.

Raging whitewater creeks are
some of the most inaccessible

and dangerous places to hunt
for gold in the world.

[Carlos] Holy cow!

And it takes a special breed
of miner to take them on.

Whoa, look out, look out!

[Dustin] Ah!
This is dangerous!

[Dustin]
So there's four claims

that I'd like to go
look at right now.

They're over the top of
the mountains, zero access,

middle of nowhere.
-[Kayla] Looks pretty steep.

[Dustin]
Yeah, it does look steep,

but told there's
good gold in it.

Daredevil gold miner
Dustin Hurt is searching

for gold
in the nugget-rich creeks

of Alaska's Chilkat Mountains.

[Dustin] What do you think?

[Kayla]
There's a lot of exposed water
once you get out of that

canyon, so it's workable.

Gold has been brought
down these mountains

by slow-moving glaciers.

These then melt, forming fast
flowing creeks that can erode

even more gold from exposed
mother lode veins,

rapidly carrying it downstream
and depositing it

in plunge pools at the bottom
of waterfalls.

Big gold nuggets can be found
sitting on the surface or just

below the riverbed.

[Dustin]
Now, here's the deal.

You're gonna dredge.

[Carlos] All right.

[Dustin]
You're gonna find gold.

[Carlos] Dredge, find gold.

All right, guys.
Going in the water.

Diver Carlos Menor must brave
the whitewater, using a hose

to suck up paydirt,

sending it to a floating dredge
where riffles

in the sluice runs
will catch the gold.

[Wes]
We just got to keep an eye on,

watch on that one rock
right there.

[Dustin] I don't like that.

The more he comes into
the weir, the steeper the wall

gets, the more chance of some
of these rocks falling in

on top of him.

So, if they move,
I'll get them out of the way.

We do not want
to crush the diver.

[Carlos]
That looks pretty good.

This is a little bit
deeper spot.

Getting a lot of material out,
for sure.

[Carlos grunts]

[James]
Carlos, get out of there!

-[panting]
-[grunting]

[Dustin] Come get him!

-[James] You all right?
-[Carlos] Yeah.

[Dustin]
Did you get clipped?

[Carlos]
Yeah, pretty good.

[Dustin]
That was a close one, dude.

Good time to double down
and check the box, huh?

[Dustin] I'm just curious.
Did he get all of it?

[crew screaming] Oh!

[Dustin] Oh, my God!

Carlos!
Carlos!

You ready for this?

Look what you just
found, buddy.

[Carlos] Oh my God!

[Carlos laughing]

[Dustin] OK, OK, OK, OK.
Don't fall.

Look at that big,
beautiful sucker.

That's at least four ounces.

That's the biggest nugget in
"Gold Rush" history right there.

Prized for its rarity
and collectability,

this 5.8-ounce nugget is worth
more than its weight in gold,

valued at over $25,000.

Holy stinking moly, man.

You see the size
of that nugget?

These remote mountain
plunge pools may still hold

thousands of ounces of
undiscovered treasures,

but gold's journey
doesn't stop there.

When gold-bearing creeks
discharge into rivers,

the gold moves further
downstream, spreading out

into the valleys below.

No matter what has to happen
down here, I'm getting gold

out of Indian River.

Nowhere is there
a better example of this

than the legendary Klondike
in the Northwest of Canada.

Here, multiple ancient rivers
converge to concentrate

gold deposits, creating one
of the richest regions

in the world, where placer crew
like Parker Schnabel

and Tony Beets recover
thousands of ounces every year.

Keep her going,
keep her going.

[crew cheering]

Thousands of years ago,
a river flowed through

Parker and Tony's claims,
depositing ground down

fine gold on the riverbed.

Over time, this was covered up
by organic layers of dirt,

known as "overburden,"

trapping the gold below.

Recovering tiny flakes of gold
buried under thousands of tons

of worthless dirt

is no easy task, and crew must
read the ground for clues

on where to find it.

At the rate we're going,
we will not make it.

We don't have the ground that's
providing the amount of gold

we need to reach our goal.

In 2013, a young Parker
is mining an ancient riverbed

on Scribner Creek, a tributary
of the Indian River.

But he's struggling
to find good gold.

This ground we're on isn't
quite doing what we need.

See, the valley comes up this
way and then it bends down

and makes a big turn in here.

You know, we're mining up
on the outside of the turn,

but heavy material is deposited
on the inside of the turn.

We could have the best
wash plant in the world,

but a wash plant
doesn't make gold,

good ground does.

When fast flowing water
carrying gold

hits the inside bend
of a river,

it slows, causing the heavy
gold to sink and settle

on the creek bed.

We're not very far away from
where we're sluicing right now,

but that small of a distance
can make a lot of difference

in the gold.

To mine across the creek,
Parker will have to abandon

the ground he's worked
all season.

It's a high risk plan,
and he needs his foreman,

Gene Cheeseman, to buy in
on his hunch.

I think the gold's over there.

You know, my honest opinion
about it, I think,

you know, we need to stick
over here.

It's just we need to find
some better ground, so.

I think that's [bleep]
fantasy land, Parker.

Yeah, well, we've got to do
something, and fantasy land

might just be our next cut,
because if there's good gold

over there, I'm not afraid
to move this whole show

over there.

I hope your fantasies
come true, then.

[Parker] This is what I was
looking for.

As we reveal the secrets
on where to find gold,

Parker Schnabel is on the hunt
for a new pay streak.

I'm going to grab a pan
and do a test here and see

what it looks like.

He's trying to prove his hunch
that the inside bend

of an ancient river holds gold
that will lead

to a monster payday.

[chuckles softly]

Oh, God.

That flake in here is probably
the biggest one

I've panned out.

I mean, this is
promising, though.

It's not too often that you can
come over into a completely new

area and within two hours
have, you know,

a bunch of gold in your pan.

Nice little flake popped out.

It's never happened
to me before.

All right, Gene, have fun
mining with the crew.

I'm picking gold.

Parker decides
to move his operation

to the inside bend
of the river.

[Parker]
This is the first scoop
of our 1,000 yard test.

Hope it's lucky.

And it pays out big.

[Parker] 75, 85...

Delivering almost


in just four weeks.

[all cheering]

The gold mining prodigy shows
how reading the lay of the land

can lead to a big score.

And it's a skill every miner
must have as they track

the ancient path of gold.

[Rick]
See what we got in here.



Rick Ness is attempting
to decode the ground

of his Duncan Creek claim.

[Rick]
What I'm looking for here is
a bench up top where the creek

ran at one time.

Thousands of years ago,
a glacial river carrying

fine gold ran
through Rick's claim.

Over time, it eroded
the ground, cutting a valley

and leaving gold deposits
on higher ground,

known as "benches."

[Rick]
Troy Taylor, whose family
mined this before I did,

they had really good luck
up here.

They spent a day mining
in this one particular spot

and hit 400 ounces.

There's no reason that there
couldn't be another one

of them days up here.

So I am excited about
this spot, this area.

-Hey, Troy.
-Hey, Rick.

[Rick] How you doing?

I'm definitely on bedrock,

but I don't see
a whole lot of gravel.

[Troy] Yeah, it doesn't look
too good, eh?

[Rick] No.

[Troy] I think we may be
just a little too low.

This is where we were mining.

Just over there, there's a nice
bedrock channel.

[Rick] Yeah.

And it's at
a higher elevation.

So, this is the section
you guys did?

[Troy] Yeah.

This is where we had


-[Rick] Yeah.
-[Troy] Follow this
as far as you can.

Yeah.
All right, thanks, bud.

[Rick] Troy showed me exactly
where they left off.

And the channel
that they mined previously

is actually visible.

So I can dig straight down
right here.

Looks like I might be...

getting down to a gravel layer
down here.

So that would be a good sign.

It's definitely undisturbed
gravel, that's for sure.

Potential gold deposits
on this kind of ground

rest beneath
multiple layers of dirt.

The first and thickest is
the worthless overburden.

The second is the rocky
material known as "gravels."

Finally, the pay layer that
sits on top of hard bedrock.

Gold is concentrated between
the bottom six inches of gravel

and the top six inches
of bedrock.

[Rick]
I'm going to grab a pan

and take it
down the creek with me.

Let's see what we got in here.

You're always waiting
for that one time you,

you know, you pull a pan
and it's just,

the whole bottom's
covered in gold.

It's never happened yet to me.

There's always that chance.

Hey!

Oh, you got some dirt?

Hey, Buzz.

Wouldn't it be nice to see
some gold in here?

[water sloshing]

[Morgan] See any colors?

-Yeah, look at it.
-[Rick] Gold, gold, gold.

Gold, gold.

[Morgan] That's awesome.

If we're going to need
a spot to go for gold,

I think this might be it.

Rick runs the paydirt
from the bench.

And it delivers.

[Trey] 62.46.

[Rick] 75.46 ounces!

[Morgan] Yes!

Almost 600 ounces.

Today, worth nearly
$1.8 million.

-[Rick] That's a pile
of gold, guys.
-[Buzz] Nice.

-[bleep] yeah!
-Whoo!

From ancient river beds,
gold's journey continues

onwards to
its final destination...

[Todd] Yeah, you don't have
these kind of problems

in the Klondike.

-Whoa!
-[laughing]

It's going to get interesting.

...where crew, searching for
a big payday, face their most

unexpected environment yet.

[Riley speaking]

Holy crap.

In 2015, a creature that walked
the Earth 20,000 years ago

returns to help
the Hoffman crew find gold.

[worker] All right, go!
[grunting]

Jeez.

[Dave]
You know what they say?

Where there's a mammoth tusk,
there's good gold.

[Sterling]
Did Jack tell you that?

-[Dave] All the old
miners say that.
-[Sterling] Really?

Where you start finding
mammoth tusk and you can smell

that stinky, rotten smell,

you're going to start
finding gold.
-Find good gold.

Hoping for a monster payday,

they put the old timer's legend
to the test.

-[Jack] It's good.
-[Dave] How good?

-[heavy clank]
-[Dave] Whoa!



[Todd] The old timer said,
"Where you find mammoth tusks,

you find big gold."
And you know what?

They were right.

[Dustin]
Come hell or high water.
That's where we're going.

For millions of years,
water has transported gold

from the high mountains...

[Parker] So, that's your
pay zone, right?

Yep.

...to lowland valleys...

...and all the way
to the coast.

[Freddy speaking]

In 2013, the Hoffmans
search for gold

on Chipana Beach, Chile.

-Where do you want to start?
-Down by the water.

[Todd] OK, let's go.

This will be a good spot
to find color if this ocean

brought stuff
and washed it out,

brought stuff
and washed it out.

It'll just tell us if there's
color in it, not how much.

Let's have a look at it.

-[Freddy] All right.
-[Todd] Let's go.

[Freddy]
It's my first time ever,
panning in the ocean.

-What the hell is that?
-[Dave] Jellyfish.

[Todd] Yeah, you don't have
these kind of problems

in the Klondike -- ugh!

Whoa!

[laughing]

This is going
to get interesting.

One color.
Two colors.

[Dave] Where?

-[Freddy] You can see it...
-[Todd] Right there.

[Dave] Oh, yeah, yeah.

-Yup, right here?
-[Freddy] Yeah.

There's two of them here.

[Jack] Well, now we know
it's here, so...

[Dave]
There's gold in the beach.

From the beach, gold comes
to its final destination.

Let's go.

[Tyler] We haven't done a lot
of prospecting this trip,

so I thought we would do a bit
of prospecting in the ocean.

Something you'd ever be
interested in?

[Parker]
Um, I mean, under the right
circumstances, I suppose I'd be

interested in anything.
-But the thing is...

there's a chance there could
potentially be sharks.

[crew laughs]

Parker Schnabel's quest
for gold has brought him

to the coast of New Zealand's
North Island.

The Coromandel Mountain range
is historically rich in gold.

Creeks have eroded this gold
from quartz veins,

discharging it
into the Tairua River.

The waterway quickly
hits the coastline,

dumping gold
on the ocean floor.

-[Danny] All right.
-G'day, guys -- how are we?

-[Tyler] Riley, hello.
-How's it?

-[Tyler] Good to see you.
-Riley.

-Parker.
-Parker, good to meet you.

Nice to meet you.

There's a rich gold history
around here, and why not go

search where people haven't
searched before?

[engine revving]

[Riley and Parker speaking]

Round here, there is
a huge gold history.

So there is every chance that
we're going to be able to pull

a sample off the bottom
of the ocean floor, pan it,

and there's some gold in it.

which would be
an incredible thing.

Yeah, we've got two large
sharks just swimming

around here, just off the stern
of the boat.

Just keep your eyes open,
all right?

[Danny]
There it is, right there,
right in front of him,

right bang next to him.

[dramatic music plays]

[Riley and Parker speaking]

Wow!

[thrilling music plays]

Whoa!

Good job, lads.
Well done.

Parker has collected test
material from the seabed,

the furthest place possible
from gold's source

in the mountains.

-He's gone quite quiet.
-Don't -- don't even...

[Parker] All right,
here's the moment of truth.

[Riley] [bleep]!
There is...

[Danny] Shut up!

Oh, there's heaps there!

There is not!
Is it?

[Riley] I've just have found
a big one there!

Are you serious?
[cackling]

Yes, come on, bro!

Gold and sharks,
you've got to celebrate that.

-That is so...
-[Parker] [bleep] wild.

There's, like,
seven or eight pieces there,

and a bunch over there.

Hang on a minute.
I'm shaking.

Unreal.

This is amazing!

-[Parker] What the [bleep]?
-That is awesome.

[Riley] Like, the whole valley
was a huge gold mine

for hundreds of years.

And that runs out into
the very waters that we dove.

But, like, is that
a good yield?

So if I were on our mine site
and I panned that much dirt

and got that much gold, I would
be like, "We're going to have

a good [bleep] week."
Like, that's really good.

[Danny] Wow!
This is, like...

next level.
This is Indiana Jones.

[Parker] There's actually gold.

Quite a bit.

Like, you could work it out to
a grade, but it's better than

anything that we've ever mined.

Including the 10 ounce an hour
mud mountain.

This is one that'll go down
in the books for me.

Well, you need to keep
that spot a secret, right?

Just make sure you film
the sign on the way out of town

that says, "No mining
in the Coromandel."
-[Danny] Yeah.

Because they keep it
pretty safe.

They're pretty passionate
about it here, so, yeah.

I can assure you that gold
will stay in the ocean,

and that's probably where
it should be protected

by the sharks.
-[Danny] Yeah, yeah, yeah.

From gold-bearing
mother lode veins...

[Parker] If we do it wrong,
you'll never know.

[loud expl*si*n]

...to ancient riverbeds...

We're washing rocks, baby!

...and even
on the ocean floor...

That is the weirdest thing
I've ever done.

...there is still trillions
of dollars worth of gold

to be found.

-Whoo!
-[crew cheering]