Parker lays out his new mine boss philosophy and Mitch and Brennan weigh in. The Ness crew explains how less laughs might equal more gold. Kruse starts a side career as a talk show host. Fred Hurt at 77 explains why he has no intention of slowing down.

The Beets children compete with dad to uncover who qualifies as a bonafide artist on the excavator. Fred Lewis, Khara and Kendall discuss how ex-military miners maintain morale during a dearth of gold and Freddy Dodge weighs in on their predicament.

Live from Rick's driveway, Rick and Kruse talk their successful start to the season. Mitch and Doumitt call in from Oregon and Dustin and Carlos take us into the frigid Alaskan white water to talk nuggets, and lots of them.