Dave Turin, a former Gold Rush miner, sets out on his own prospecting for an abandoned gold mine to reopen. But when an investor backs out, Dave has to decide if he's willing to risk his family's life savings on his ability to bring home the gold.
Dozer Dave bets his life savings that he can unearth piles of gold from an abandoned mine using salvaged equipment and a team of amateur miners.
Dave faces a nightmare scenario when the ground he's mining goes cold and no one knows why; with his season hanging in the balance, the pressure mounts for Dave to get them back on the gold.
Dave's entire season comes down to the final 24 hours and a bold risk that threatens to shut down his operation and force him out of the gold game for good.
As Dave prepares for a new season of hunting gold, he gathers his team to go over the strategy in his mining playbook and looks back at lessons learned. Not only does he reveal their new prospecting location, but also makes his crew a life-changing offer.
After a great start, thick clay in the pay dirt clogs the sluice, forcing Dave Turin and his crew to quickly troubleshoot the land and get the operation back on the gold.
After a great start, Dave and his crew hit their first problem. A potential flaw with their trommel could end their season before it's even begun.
Tensions and suspicions mount when the crew is failing to see the gold they know they should be capturing. A deeper look in the gold room leads to an incredible revelation that eases the team's fears and gets them back on track.
Dave's crew is hunting for better ground and behind on their gold target. To turn their season around, Dave calls on a mining legend for help searching for gold at the historic Birdseye mine in Montana.
Dave Turin and his crew turn their trommel up to double speed hoping to get the most gold from Montana's historic Birdseye mine. Dirty water and ground that's not producing challenge the crew, forcing Dave to call an audible at the last minute.
On the scent of big gold, Turin and his crew test the limits of the landowner's patience when they cut a fence to access ground on his cattle grazing land. Dave investigates another promising hard rock mine.
Chris makes an incredible discovery that sets the team up on the best gold all season. As winter starts to close in, Dave gets a hot tip that takes him 2,500 miles north to a mine where he pans the biggest nugget of his career.
In the season finale, it's a race against mother nature at the Blue Room Cut to capitalize on a short weather window before winter closes Team Turin out of Montana. Overcoming early mechanical setbacks, the team perseveres to a surprising end.
As Team Turin closes out Birdseye mine in Montana, they reflect on their strength and bond through one of their most memorable mining seasons ever.
For more than 200 years, gold has fueled the expansion of America to the west. From Arizona to Alaska, Dave Turin walks through living history and gives exclusive insight into the skills and wisdom he has learned from the old timers.
As the world struggles to get back to business, Dave and his team of miners give an exclusive, self-shot glimpse into their lives in isolation as they escalate the hunt for the ultimate symbol of security -- gold.
Armed with a revolutionary new washplant, Team Turin kickstarts the new season on a Colorado lost mine with the highest gold potential ever. But unwanted attention from the local community threatens to shut down mining before it starts.
Pressure mounts on Jason to locate legendary "main channel" gold, following the team's first big gold weigh. But just as the operation begins firing on all cylinders, Dave faces devastating family news.
With Dave home for his father's memorial, Team Turin makes a promise to hit it big in his honor. But with the Bank Cut running out, Jason must think outside the box to find new ground and keep them on the gold.
Team foreman Jason takes a huge gamble by opening a new cut. But when the team is besieged by mishaps, Dave returns to find the team in disarray and fights to prove the Vault Cut is a risk willing to take.
As the mid-summer Colorado heat bears down on the team, Jesse heads to Montana to salvage parts from the old washplant and Dave struggles to keep the operation together for another major gold haul.
Dave calls in Freddy Dodge and Juan Ibarra to troubleshoot a faulty hopper. With the Vault Cut running low, a local old-timer points Dave to new gold-rich ground the old doodlebug dredge missed.
To help boost production, Dave gives gold room operator Jesse Goins the opportunity he's been waiting for, to become a first-time rock truck driver. But all work stops when the crew faces a sudden and unimaginable tragedy.
After the devastating loss of teammate Jesse Goins, the crew struggles to mine with one man down. When Dave comes under fire from the team about the lack of access to the gold-rich Hummocks, he heads off for a do or die showdown with the local community.
The team finally gains access to the potential motherlode in the Hummocks. But as soon as the crew begins, Box Creek is hit by a huge snow storm and Jason makes an alarming discovery.
Team Turin racees to smash their 400-ounce season goal in Hummocks gold. But the increasing amounts of heavy black sand, early snow and pressure from the local community threaten to derail their operation.
Dave returns to the Doodlebug Cut in hopes of beating their 400-oz season goal. But when the channel they're mining is lost, Dave tracks down the son of an old-timer who gives him a lead that could send them over the top.
Dave makes a dramatic pitch to return to Lynx Creek for a shot at the team's first-ever million-dollar season. But Casey must find gold fast as Jason is hit with a bombshell that could end their Arizona adventure before it begins.
In Arizona, Dave spots a clue that could be evidence of main channel gold before leaving for an epic prospect in Alaska. But when Jason decides to move the crew off questionable pay, the pressure is on to hit their weekly target.
With a 27-ounce goal, Team Turin is back on the hunt when the Jesse Cut runs dry. They strike gold but will it be enough? In Montana, Dave struggles to find the crew’s next lost mine.
As Casey takes a gamble that may return to haunt him, Dave travels to a secret Montana mine stacked with piles of gold-rich ore. With the help of two expert miners and their cutting-edge technology, Dave investigates this golden opportunity.
Out of options, an all-hands prospecting effort leads Dave and the team to what they hope is rich ground. But with just 48 hours to mine it and both men and machines pushed to the breaking point, will Team Turin hit their million-dollar season?
Team Turin rallies to find a lost mine to beat their million-dollar season.
The team divides in the remote Idaho Rockies, as half prospects historic Mores Creek and Dave helicopters into the remote back country of Warren Meadows. Then, already behind schedule, Dave is forced to make a bet that can make or break the season.
Dave gets a lead on a remote claim in Northeastern Alaska, rumored to produce major nuggets. But as he struggles up north, the rest of the team hopes to surprise him with a successful prospect at a lost mine at Skinners Ranch, Montana.
Dave's crew fights to keep their hopes of mining in the lower 48 alive with a last-minute lead in Montana. Meanwhile Dave ventures further into the wilds of Alaska where a Hail Mary prospect outside Valdez becomes his most promising ever.
Team Turin arrives in Alaska to mine their new Glacier Creek claim. But with equipment still in transit, the crew must come to grips with the aging machinery on the mine site, as rookie Andrew gets his first taste of gold mining.
One week into mining on Glacier Creek, Dave brings his high-tech wash plant The Roach into the fight to increase production. But the crew faces two new dangerous foes: flood and mud.
The team runs two wash plants at the same time, but a water pump malfunctions, turning the cut into muddy soup. Dave turns to a local miner for help as the crew tries to rally for a solid gold weigh to stay on target.
A major Alaskan rainstorm triggers a landslide that threatens Team Turin's camp. In a bid to make up on the gold, Dave has an idea that speeds up production but puts The Roach in a vulnerable position.
As Jason battles a flooded cut, Team Turin's latest super weapon in the hunt for gold, The Eagle, arrives in Alaska. But the crew must navigate the 34-ton machine across the river by creating a mobile dam.
Team Turin prepares to fire up The Eagle for the first time, when Casey receives shocking news from home. With their 600-ounce season goal in the balance, the team must double up and push forward as a skeleton crew.
Tensions mount when Dave and Jason clash on strategies to stay on the gold. And problems with the new wash plant put Chris in a vulnerable position.
With the team struggling, Dave's business partner arrives on the claim to observe the operation. But his presence creates tension when he identifies one of the miners as the weak link.
With winter closing in fast, Dave and Lance hedge their bet with a prospect in a historical mining district in the foothills of Mt. Denali. Back on the claim, the team faces obstacles from mother nature and machine, but break a long-time team gold record.
Dave tests positive for COVID and entrusts team mechanic Nathan with a solo prospect deep into the Alaskan wilderness. Back in Valdez, equipment breakdowns force greenhorn Andrew to step up and save the team's gold.
Dave gets the call from Rob Towner for a once-in-a-lifetime prospect at Gravely Ranch, Montana where he uncovers the best gold-bearing ground he's ever seen in the lower 48. But to mine it, he must earn the trust of a ranching family wary of miners.
Back in Alaska, Dave's risky move with the washplant proves disastrous. Then, with the big final push to close out the season about to begin, one crew member contemplates moving on early.
An approaching snowstorm threatens to shut Team Turin down, but the miners face down snow, ice and deadly conditions in an effort to best their gold goal.
Team Turin tells the untold story of the season that very nearly wasn't, through "never-seen-before" footage and exclusive interviews.
With one shot at a patch of virgin ground at Kit Carson Mine, Dave and Jason must decide whether hobby miner Dwayne is sitting on a fortune or whether the motherlode lies somewhere else.
Through the historic ghost town of Marysville and in the woods lies a mine only one mile from the historic source of the gold. It's a treasure hunt to find the untouched ground, so if Dave can crack the old timers' code, it could change the game.
With the clues of the once lucrative Birdseye Mine stripped and sold, Dave must use all his experience to decode 1400 acres of land. If his treasure hunt pays off, the bounty could be big enough to change the lives of his entire crew.
On the banks of the Missouri River lies a geological hotspot where gold runs with sapphires at the El Dorado Mine. With the owner focused on gems, Dave has a chance to take all the gold. But it's down deep and he needs a lot of it to bring his crew here.
Out on the historic Bear Creek Mine, Dave meets an old buddy who offers a stake in land the old timers missed. Dave must hunt to decide whether the gold and the water are enough to take the deal and put his team back to work.
Risking life and limb, Dave travels mile underground into old abandoned tunnels at Miller Mountain Mine. Avoiding falling rock and squeezing through collapsed passageways, Dave must find enough hard rock gold to change the future of his lost mines dream.
Entering 50-year-old abandoned tunnels of Lovitt Day Mine, Dave is on the hunt for the hundreds of millions of dollars of gold left in the rock. With the last living miner to work these tunnels, Dave searches for a life changing haul of hard rock gold.
Walking 200 miles deep into the frozen Alaskan wilderness, Dave searches the hard rock mine of Nixon Fork and takes part in a never-before-seen fire test that separates gold from stone.
The team uncovers an abandoned claim that holds a major shot at gold.
At Rich Hill Mine in Arizona, Casey and Dave meet the Ullery Brothers who have a revolutionary new way of mining. After a journey through the rich history of underground mining, Dave learns their game-changing gold capturing process.
Dave Turin reveals his top ten lessons for mining success, taken from the pioneers of the past and the modern-day miners who embody those principles.
Dave invites the crew to Florida, where they reflect on a season filled with the highest highs and lowest lows. Through unseen moments, Team Turin reveals the secret code to their teamwork and success in bringing home million-dollar gold.
