Tony calls his son Kevin to help fire up nearly every plant he can, including Dredge #1. Parker squeezes every ounce of gold out of his Dominion Creek claim. Rick battles freezing equipment in his final bid for a comeback.

A rogue gunman fires shots at the Hoffman crew; frozen ground destroys Parker Schnabel's dozers; Tony Beets starts to tear apart his 500 ton dredge.

Rick drafts a Gold Rush vet and former member of team Hoffman to save his season. Tony and Monica fire up their wash plant as they start to battle Parker to beat him to the gold.

The Beets family implodes trying to get the Paradise Hill trommel running. Parker starts sluicing Australia Creek and finds a big surprise. Rick makes an all-or-nothing decision to return to Rally Valley.

94 year old mining legend John Schnabel convinces his grandsons Parker and Payson to return to Big Nugget to work together deep into the winter to prove, once and for all, that there is big gold buried deep under Smith Creek.

Todd uses dynamite to blast monster boulders and get to the gold, Parker has to overcome a flood to get to a record gold count and Tony heads up the freezing Yukon River in his massive power barge.

Sit down with Parker Schnabel, Rick Ness, and Tony Beets as they discuss the biggest moments from this past season of Gold Rush. Then, The Dakota Boys reflect on their wild season and look ahead to what’s next.

Returning for Season 5 is Parker, who proved himself in his rookie season mining the Klondike when he brought in over 1,000 ounces of gold worth $1.4 million. This time around, he's set a lofty goal to double his take. Todd is also back after hitting rock bottom in the jungles of Guyana, South America, where he lost his land, most of his money, and ultimately his crew. Finally, Tony aka "The Viking," and his team return after buying a $1 million, 75-year-old floating gold dredge he hopes will be his ticket to wealth.

Todd finally finds good gold at his new High Bar mine. Parker gives his foreman Rick his own operation and when Tony and Minnie decide to cut the dredge crew’s pay, a key crew member calls it quits.

Parker and Todd go head to head as they lay down the exact same gold-weight goal for their season, whilst Tony Beets fires up his second ancient dredge.

A massive forest fire tears through the Klondike toward Parker's claim, threatening to end his season; Tony desperately needs his barge to run.

In Colorado, Todd's only hope for the season rests on a new claim, 'the jewellery box' - but has it already been mined out? And, Freddy drops a bombshell.

Parker Schnabel is halfway through the season, but nowhere near halfway his goal. Plus, Tony Beets is ready to barge the bucket line down the Yukon River.

Parker hires a new driver that isn't as experienced as he claims. Elsewhere, one of Tony's dredges sinks into a pond, and he clashes with son Kevin over how to rescue it.

Rick Ness and his father, Rick Senior, battle together to open a new cut; Parker struggles with mechanical breakdowns, and a crew member suffers a terrible injury; Tony races to dismantle the final sections of his million-dollar dredge.

A desperate Rick is forced to ask Tony for help; Tony hauls the final piece of his million-dollar second dredge from Thistle Creek and prepares to rebuild it

Rick discovers he's been losing gold after Freddy Dodge points out a major flaw in his wash plant; with his excavator down, Parker risks moving his wash plant with a dozer.

Parker second guesses the ground he's mining and questions his new foremen. Tony Beets makes a big decision to move the family's entire operation. Rick's mechanic arrives at a critical moment.

Parker bets on a risky claim and loses a key team member, while Tony storms a cut with a fleet of new mega machines. Plus, Rick's skeleton crew pulls off...

Parker finally runs paydirt and weighs his first gold from Mud Mountain. Fred scrambles to locate a better way to clean his increasing gold hauls. Tony invents a faster way to move excavators and stay on the white channel gold.

Parker risks destroying Big Red to finally find Mud Mountain's big gold. Rick's forced to slow down his operation when massive rocks threaten to destroy Monster Red. Tony heads to the Yukon River for a quick cash infusion.

Parker pivots to the Panama Canal cut as he guns to clean out his Indian River claims. The Beets crew discover a glory hole that could put them over the top. Fred throws a Hail Mary in the Freedom Cut. The Clayton brothers get an ultimatum from their dad.

Parker weighs betting everything on a new claim that could pay out upwards of $160 million. Rick Ness reemerges after going MIA. One family member's decision rattles the Beets, and Tony gets long-awaited news.

Parker chases a record-breaking 10,000-ounce season. Rick pursues his dream of buying his own claim. The fate of the Beets family dynasty shifts when the eldest son, Kevin, strikes out on his own.

Tensions escalate when two crewmembers get into a fight on Kevin's claim. Parker prays that the Bridge Cut paydirt will turn his fortunes. When Rally Valley floods, Rick is forced to change plans.