Gold Rush: Dave Turin's Lost Mine
Dave Turin spent years working alongside Todd Hoffman and earned the nickname “Dozer Dave.” Now, Dave is planning a spectacular return to gold mining, as he searches for a lost and abandoned mine to resurrect, and chase the gold the old-timers left behind.
- 2019-2022
- 4 seasons
- Discovery Channel
- Reality
- TV-PG
Dave Turin spent years working alongside Todd Hoffman and earned the nickname “Dozer Dave.” Now, Dave is planning a spectacular return to gold mining, as he searches for a lost and abandoned mine to resurrect, and chase the gold the old-timers left behind.
Season 2 Episode Guide
20 Episodes 2020
Episode 0
Golden Playbook
Fri, Jan 17, 2020 41 mins
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.
Episode 1
Rocky Mountain Gold
Fri, Feb 21, 2020 43 mins
Families from across America reach out to quarry and mining expert, Dave Turin. He helps to resurrect failing mines, so the owners can search for gold again!
Episode 2
Big Bowl Bet
Fri, Feb 28, 2020 44 mins
Families from across America reach out to quarry and mining expert, Dave Turin. He helps to resurrect failing mines, so the owners can search for gold again!
Episode 3
Vanishing Gold
Fri, Mar 6, 2020 41 mins
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.
Episode 4
Gold Will Surrender
Fri, Mar 13, 2020 41 mins
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.
Episode 5
Back on Gold
Fri, Mar 20, 2020 43 mins
Families from across America reach out to quarry and mining expert, Dave Turin. He helps to resurrect failing mines, so the owners can search for gold again!
Episode 6
Boundary Blowout
Fri, Mar 27, 2020 41 mins
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.
Episode 7
Blue Room Bonanza
Fri, Apr 3, 2020
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.
Episode 8
All In
Fri, Apr 10, 2020
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.
Episode 9
A Birdseye Brotherhood
Fri, Apr 17, 2020
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.
Episode 10
The United States of Gold
Fri, Apr 24, 2020
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.
Episode 12
Lost Miner Lockdown: Gold Rush Special
Fri, May 29, 2020
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.
Episode 20
Ghost Town Gold Hunt - Gold Rush Special
Fri, Feb 21, 2020
Through the historic ghost town of Marysville and in the woods lies a mine only one mile from the historic gold source. It's a treasure hunt to find the untouched ground, so if Dave can crack the old timers' code, it could change the game.
Episode 21
Lost War Gold - Gold Rush Special
Fri, Jan 24, 2020
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.
Episode 22
Birdseye Bounty - Gold Rush Special
Fri, Feb 21, 2020
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.
Episode 23
Gold & Gems - Gold Rush Special
Fri, Feb 21, 2020
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.
Episode 24
Deal or No Deal - Gold Rush Special
Fri, Feb 28, 2020
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.
Episode 25
Miller Mountain Mystery - Gold Rush Special
Fri, Mar 13, 2020
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.
Episode 26
Mountain of Gold - Gold Rush Special
Fri, Mar 27, 2020
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.
Episode 27
Freezing Gold - Gold Rush Special
Fri, Apr 3, 2020
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.