Dustin's crew is left shorthanded after an unlikely injury, forcing him to take a calculated risk that nearly turns deadly; and after his luck turns, Fred's dives on his 76th birthday to decode a bedrock gold mystery.
The Dakota Boys bank their first gold hauls of the season; Dustin invents a custom super claw to remove massive boulders from his plunge pool; and Fred and his crew are confronted by a deadly cable malfunction.
Fred and Dustin Hurt decide to split up in their hunt for gold in the raging waters of Alaska's Chilkat mountains. While Fred has an ideal spot picked out, Dustin has a big decision to make about his location.