Gold Rush: White Water

SO, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO REVEAL

OUR LITTLE SECRET WEAPON?

OH, I KNOW WHAT IT IS!

OH, DUDE, THIS IS AWESOME!

LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO THE GOLD BLASTER.

4,000 POUNDS OF PRESSURE.

BUT, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S TOTALLY SAFE.

HEY, DUSTIN. Yeah, I think

you're gonna like that little toy.

WHAT?!

THIS IS CRAZY!

WHEN THERE'S TWO DIVERS DOWN THERE,

I'M SCARED IT'S GONNA CUT SOMEBODY'S ARM OFF.

WE HAVE TO USE A DANGEROUS WEAPON

AGAINST A DANGEROUS CREEK.

YOU GOT PRESSURE.

LET THE OLD MAN SHOW 'EM HOW THE HELL IT'S DONE.

OLD MAN CAN ROCK. PEOPLE HIS AGE

SHOULD BE IN NURSING HOMES, EATIN' JELL-O AND, I DON'T KNOW,

WATCHING FRICKIN' "MURDER, SHE WROTE"? I DON'T KNOW.

WE GOT A SITUATION UP HERE.

I'VE GOT TOO MUCH INTO THIS, MAN.

I'M WILLIN' TO DIE FOR IT.

AIN'T NO AMOUNT OF GOLD WORTH DYIN' FOR.

Fred: THE WHOLE HISTORY OF THIS VALLEY IS GOLD HAS BEEN ON THE BEDROCK.

WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRAIL.

WHOO! YEAH!

Paul: THERE'S SMALL GOLD, BUT IT'S CHUNKY.

[ CACKLES DELIGHTEDLY ]

FINALLY FOUND BEDROCK,

CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS

[ GUITAR PLUCKS TRANQUIL TUNE ]

PURE COMMERCIAL WATER TODAY.

WATER'S DOWN. SUN IS SHINING.

GOT A LITTLE BIT OF VIS.

IT'S ON. IT'S TIME TO GET SOME GOLD.

WE'RE GONNA GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS DIG TODAY!

HEY!

Narrator: AFTER THREE MONTHS DREDGING McKINLEY CREEK,

THE DAKOTA BOYS ARE ABOUT TO HIT BEDROCK

AND A GOLD DEPOSIT WORTH MILLIONS.

GONNA PUT THAT DIP POLE IN THERE,

SEE WHAT WE GOT GOIN'.

HOPEFULLY, IT'S GOOD.

DUSTIN MUST RECOUP HIS $75,000 INVESTMENT

BEFORE ANYONEGETS PAID.

-DUDE. -HAVE FUN WITH THAT.

THAT'S A GOOD 12 FEET RIGHT THERE, ANYWAY.

-OH, HELL, YEAH. -YEAH!

MUSIC TO MY EARS RIGHT NOW.

IT'S A RACE TO THE GOLD.

Narrator: LAST SEASON...

THEY HIT BEDROCK GOLD AT 15 FEET.

LOOK AT THAT!

NOW, THEY HAVE JUST THREE FEET TO GO.

WE'VE GOT A LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME.

RIGHT NOW, WE'RE REALLYCLOSE.

IF EVERYTHING GOES RIGHT TODAY,

I THINK WE'LL BE ALL THE WAY ACROSS,

BEDROCK CLEANED.

-YEAH. -WE BACKED DOWN THE HARDPACK.

WE HAVE NO MORE EXCUSES.

THIS IS IT. IF WE BLOW IT,

IT'S OUR FAULT.

LET'S DO THIS.

Narrator: 75-YEAR-OLD FRED HURT,

THE CREW'S MOST EXPERIENCED DIVER,

WILL BE LEADING THE MISSION.

YEAH, YEAH!

WELL, FRED'S KEEPIN' THE TEAM ALIVE TODAY.

THE OLD GUY IS KICKIN' ASS.

WE'RE GONNA ATTACK THAT HARDPACK THIS MORNING WITH THE CHIPPER.

WE CAN MAKE SOME HEADWAY INTO THAT STUFF.

I'M GOIN' FOR THE BOTTOM.

I WANNA BE THE FIRST ONE TO FIND THAT GOLD.

Narrator: ALL THAT LIES BETWEEN THE CREW AND THE GOLD ON BEDROCK

IS A LAYER OF COMPACTED GRAVEL KNOWN AS HARDPACK.

THE AIR CHIPPER, A PNEUMATIC CHISEL,

IS THE ONLY TOOL THEY HAVE

THAT CAN GET THEM THROUGH TO THE GOLD.

ALL RIGHT, BUDDY, YOU READY TO ROCK AND ROLL?

READY! LET'S DO IT!

YEP, WE'RE GOOD.

HAVE A GOOD DIVE!

FIND THAT GOLD!

Gonna go get the gold!

Yeehoo!

GET SOME, BUDDY!

Whoo-hee!

Narrator: JOINING FRED TODAY

IS FORMER MARINE SERGEANT AND COMMERCIAL DIVER CARLOS MINOR.

I'M JUST GONNA TRY TO DO MY JOB, BROTHER.

WHAT YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

DIG, DIG, DIG, MAN, TO BEDROCK.

CARLO-O-O-O-S!

ON MY WAY!

ON MY WAY!

ON MY WAY.

GAME ON.

Ooh!

Oh, hoo-hoo-hoo!

THIS IS GOOD. WE'RE BACK ON TRACK.

DECENT WEATHER, CLEAR WATER.

WE'RE READY TO KICK SOME ASS.

GOT TO BE KIDDIN' ME!

HE BREAKS JUST 'CAUSE HE KEEPS ON RAMMIN'.

Come up on the winch.

Ooh...

Dustin: FRED WON'T LISTEN TO DIRECTIONS.

HE WON'T DO WHAT WE WANT HIM TO.

HE JUST WANTS TO SHOW THAT HE CAN STILL DO STUFF.

I'M STARTIN' TO GIVE UP ON LIFE HERE.

FRED IS MAKIN' THIS SO HARD FOR ME.

I DON'T SEE ANY WAY FOR ME TO SUCCEED,

IF HE KEEPS MESSIN' AROUND LIKE THIS.

SO, HERE'S THE BOTTOM LINE:

FRED BROKE IT.

FRED WENT STRAIGHT DOWN.

DIDN'T CHIP HIS WAY, A LITTLE BIT AT TIME,

HE JUST BURIED IT TILL IT STUCK.

YOU CAN'T SEE WHAT YOU'RE DOIN'

AND SOMETIMES YOU BURY IT INTO THE HARDPACK

AND YOU TRY TO PULL IT OUT, IT BREAKS THAT SPRING.

I'M NOT SURE WE CAN CONTINUE WITH THAT.

Narrator: WITHOUT THE AIR CHIPPER, THE CREW WON'T GET

THROUGH THE HARDPACK TO GOLD BEFORE WINTER ENDS THEIR SEASON.

SOME CRAZY IDEA I COME UP WITH AND I THINK IT'LL WORK.

WE'RE MAKIN' A LAST-DITCH EFFORT TO GET THE GOLD

AND I THINK THIS WILL HELP US DO IT.

SO, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO REVEAL OUR LITTLE SECRET WEAPON?

OH, I KNOW WHAT IT IS!

HERE, PULL THIS OUTTA HERE.

-OH, DUDE! THIS IS AWESOME! -HERE. HERE, HERE.

JUST PICK IT UP.

THERE. ALL RIGHT.

JUST SET IT OFF ON THE GROUND THERE A SECOND.

-OKAY. -SECRET WEAPON IS

A PRESSURE WASHER.

40 YEARS AGO,

I USED TO CLEAN BARNACLES OFF OF PYLONS WITH THOSE THINGS.

AND, IF YOU CAN CLEAN BARNACLES OFF OF PYLONS,

YOU COULD BUST CONCRETE WITH IT.

YOU COULD BUST -- YEAH.

WELL, WE GOT OUR HELICOPTER COMIN' IN.

-WHOO! -WHOO!

JUST IN TIME!

Narrator: FRED SPENT $5,000 ON THE HEAVY-DUTY PRESSURE WASHER

TO REPLACE THE AIR CHIPPER HE BROKE.

Carlos: YEE-HEE-HEE!

NOW, HE'S SPENDING ANOTHER $2,000,

FLYING IT UP TO McKINLEY CREEK.

CAN'T AFFORD HELICOPTERS ANYMORE, MAN.

YOU WONDER WHY I GET MAD WITH HIM.

PUT YOUR ARMS OUT.

DON'T GET PINNED BETWEEN THAT ROCK.

WHAT?!

THIS IS CRAZY!

DUSTIN TO FRED.

HEY, DUSTIN.

Ah, it looks like YOU GOT SOME --

SOME EXPENSIVE TOYS DOWN HERE.

Hey, I think you're gonna like that little toy.

THAT THING'S GONNA EAT

RIGHT THROUGH THAT HARDPACK.

WELL, I HOPE IT WORKS, MAN.

A PRESSURE WASHER, HUH?

FRED AND HIS IDEAS.

HAVE YOU EVER USED A PRESSURE WASHER UNDERWATER BEFORE?

NOT UNDERWATER.

WHAT I'M WORRIED ABOUT IS

IT'LL BE LIKE A JET SKI UNDERWATER, LOSE CONTROL,

AND, WHEN THERE'S TWO DIVERS DOWN THERE,

I'M SCARED IT'S GONNA CUT SOMEBODY'S ARM OFF.