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.

Dave Turin and his crew kick off an epic new mining season in the historic hills of Montana. After a freak accident nearly derails their expedition from the start, they rally and find the first big gold of the season.

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.

Dave gambles on a new piece of machinery. Tensions grow when gold goes missing somewhere on the mine, and Jason makes a game-changing discovery.

Dave and his crew are low on morale and behind on their target. He calls in a friend to search for gold at Birdseye while he investigates a mine below...

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.

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 to 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.