7.6/1036 votes#1 - Ground War
Season 12 Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/2021
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...
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7.2/1035 votes#2 - Battle of the Greenhorns
Season 12 Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/2021
Parker pivots to a new cut, hoping to reverse his cash flow. Rick's season rests in the hands of a green mechanic. Tony taps a favorite honey hole and welcomes a new addition. Fred finds gold in the wilderness.
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7.4/1029 votes#3 - Crash And Berm
Season 12 Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/2021
Rick's crew races to rescue a greenhorn and her rock truck. In a rush to get on the gold, Parker's team sends water flooding into their claim.
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7.1/1031 votes#4 - $9 Million Mistake
Season 12 Episode 4 - Aired 10/15/2021
Tony's confronted with news that throws him into a tailspin, while Fred banks his first gold of the season. And, Parker's crew stalls out at the Airstrip.
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7.5/1029 votes#5 - Crank It Up
Season 12 Episode 5 - Aired 10/22/2021
To fuel his big gamble Parker cranks up Sluicifer. Fred faces being shut down after a surprise inspection. On a hunt for new ground, Brennan sinks Rick’s massive 475 bulldozer. Later, Todd Hoffman and crew reveal why they went to Guyana and how they found big gold.
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7.3/1029 votes#6 - The Hunker Creek Curse
Season 12 Episode 6 - Aired 10/29/2021
The Hunker Creek Curse. Tony returns to defeat the Hunker Creek curse and bank some quick gold. Rick puts Brennan in charge of finding new ground. Fred bets big on a new wash plant.
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7.0/1026 votes#7 - Family Matters
Season 12 Episode 7 - Aired 11/5/2021
Parker returns to Promised Land but the claim owner's grandson threatens to derail a big pay day. Tony calls in his secret weapon to get down to pay at the new 80 pup cut. Fred risks destroying the new wash plant when hauling down a steep road.
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6.9/1024 votes#8 - The King's Gambit
Season 12 Episode 8 - Aired 11/12/2021
Parker plans to limit the royalties he owes Tony while Tony's sons fight frozen pay. Rick gets help from an unexpected source.
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7.0/1025 votes#9 - Saving Rick's Bacon
Season 12 Episode 9 - Aired 11/19/2021
Parker breaks out Big Red during a gamble on Mud Mountain while Rick's wash plant disintegrates before his very eyes. Fred is ready to sluice before getting bad news from Freddy and Juan.
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6.6/1026 votes#10 - The Vindication
Season 12 Episode 10 - Aired 11/26/2021
Fred kicks off his first week of sluicing and the team gathers for the critical first gold weigh. Meanwhile, Tony faces an unexpected repair at 80 Pup.
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6.8/1024 votes#11 - Glory Hole on the Hill
Season 12 Episode 11 - Aired 12/3/2021
Parker's crew sinks a loader setting up Big Red and clocks in their first double-gold weigh of the year. Tony finds a gold-rich glory hole at the Megacut.
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6.6/1023 votes#12 - Robbing Parker to Pay Parker
Season 12 Episode 12 - Aired 12/10/2021
Rick returns to the Deep Cut to settle the score. Parker does the unthinkable to get down to gold at Mud Mountain. Fred sends his son-in-law packing when he crosses the line.
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7.2/1026 votes#13 - Balls on the Table
Season 12 Episode 13 - Aired 12/17/2021
Rick pivots to chase a vein of gold-rich paydirt that’s bankrupted other Keno miners. Parker heads to Alaska to prospect, leaving Mitch with a difficult decision to make at the Airstrip. Tony targets white channel paydirt to turn his season around.
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7.2/1027 votes#14 - Little Eldorado
Season 12 Episode 14 - Aired 1/7/2022
Parker gambles 100 ounces to prospect Little Eldorado Creek in Alaska. Fred confronts a crew member with a secret. Rick launches a risky mission to rescue Monster Red. Tony’s crew sink the new D11 chasing gold rich white channel pay.
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7.1/1027 votes#15 - The Secret Pay Layer
Season 12 Episode 15 - Aired 1/14/2022
Parker gets a lead on virgin ground at Cleary Creek in Alaska. Rick puts Brennan to the test as the night foreman in the Rally Valley. A quick fix on Tony’s trommel feeder balloons into a major headache.
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7.3/1027 votes#16 - The $4 Million Question
Season 12 Episode 16 - Aired 1/21/2022
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.
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7.2/1025 votes#17 - Bonus Gold
Season 12 Episode 17 - Aired 1/28/2022
Rick strikes a pay layer in a sea of Rally Valley overburden. Fred speeds up the team's gold production at California Creek, resulting in a devastating setback. Tony's determined to put an end to his wet paydirt problems at 80 Pup.
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7.4/1024 votes#18 - Rebirth of Monster Red
Season 12 Episode 18 - Aired 2/11/2022
Rick soups up Monster Red to battle the rocky and increasingly rich Rally Valley pay. Parker tasks Tyson with running Bad Cut on a skeleton crew. Fred fights a flood to stay on the gold.
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6.9/1024 votes#19 - Gold at Last
Season 12 Episode 19 - Aired 2/18/2022
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.
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6.8/1023 votes#20 - The Alliance
Season 12 Episode 20 - Aired 2/25/2022
As gold from Mud Mountain rolls in Parker's crew builds a massive pad to get through the Ugly Cut in record time. Fred forms an unexpected partnership to double his gold. Tony revives his Indian River plans.
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7.3/1022 votes#21 - Whatever It Takes
Season 12 Episode 21 - Aired 3/4/2022
Rick calls in his secret weapon to get down to the Rally Valley pay layer. Parker splurges big to keep his operation running. Fred's new alliance with the Claytons is tested when their cut is flooded.
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7.3/1021 votes#22 - Rally Valley Bonanza
Season 12 Episode 22 - Aired 3/11/2022
Rick finally hits the rich pay layer in Rally Valley and accelerates his plans. Tony prospects new ground in Keno. Tensions rise on California Creek when a one-two punch shuts down Fred and the Clayton's wash plant.
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7.5/1020 votes#23 - Seeing Red
Season 12 Episode 23 - Aired 3/18/2022
While hauling in gold-rich Mud Mountain pay, Parker’s team missteps and cripples Big Red. Rick's red-hot honey hole floods with only days left in the season. Tony heads back to Hunker, determined to reverse the curse.
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7.1/1018 votes#24 - From Finish to Start
Season 12 Episode 24 - Aired 3/25/2022
Parker sees if his $5-million Mud Mountain gamble pays off; Rick breaks records; Fred fights back; Tony piles on the gold. On Hoffman Family Gold, Todd’s back for his biggest risk yet, a gold-rich Alaskan mine with only 7 weeks til winter.
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The Best Episodes of Gold Rush Season 12
Every episode of Gold Rush Season 12 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Gold Rush Season 12!
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Season 12 Ratings Summary
"Ground War" is the best rated episode of "Gold Rush" season 12. It scored 7.6/10 based on 36 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/24/2021. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Battle of the Greenhorns".