The Dakota Boys are back in Alaska risking their lives to hunt for gold.

Equipment failure leaves one crew member with life-threatening burns, while the advantage of having two dredges up and running proves successful.

Above water, a hungry and aggressive apex predator tears through the miners camp, forcing the crew to come together to find a solution. Below water, The crew uses new equipment to speed up their gold recovery.

Dustin is nervous that he isn't seeing enough gold in the box.

The Dakota Boys finally discover a rich nugget trap, but inadvertently risk the life of a crew member.

Finding their biggest gold nugget of the season is a great sign, but soon enough heavy rain means flooding and despite the danger, The Dakota Boys still go out and dive.

After being rescued from the water, Dustin is forced to look for a new mine site due to the flood, but he soon finds out that the McKinley site may not be a lost cause after all.

Digging deeper than ever, there's still no sign of the bedrock gold they were counting on, but just when the crew starts to question Dustin's leadership, his determination pays off.

The team searches for a pile of bedrock gold that will change their lives.

The crew cleans up and does a final gold weigh-in for the season. Then Dustin leads them to a new mine site he's had his eye on that proves instantly to have massive gold potential.

The Dakota Boys and their crew members reflect on their wild season and look ahead to what's next.

Dakota Fred and his son Dustin risk it all in the raging waters of Alaska.

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.

In the Dakota Boys' second-year dredging for gold in McKinley Creek, the father and son team face extreme conditions diving for a big payday. When Dustin finds a hot spot, it forces him to reevaluate everything.

Rescuing stranded climbers with no coordinates is a daunting task.

Jason preps his helicopter for the world's highest landing spot.