In order to find gold at their new claim, Team Hoffman will have to go deeper than ever before.

The Hoffman Crew reflects that the first mistake was not kicking the squatters off their first claim; beyond that they didn?t have a good sense what to prospect.

Jack talks about the "lavador" - the machine used to mine diamonds, as other Hoffman Crew miners wished they knew anything about diamonds other than they're pretty.

Gene Cheeseman talks about his biggest fear - being on TV and having strangers evaluating what he does. As someone who just wants to plow ahead Chris Doumit describes him as the Pitbull.

93 year old John Schnabel's dream is to find gold at Smith Creek with his grandsons before his health and the weather give out.

For the first time, Parker reveals how close he came to wanting to walk after constant criticism from Tony; Tony reflects on whether his harsh approach worked.

The Hoffman Crew describes the dangers they didn't expect to encounter in the jungle - including nearby murders.

For the first time the miners sat down and reveal many personal struggles we didn't know about during the last season, and what tell what the future holds.

Grandpa John pays a visit to check on Parker and Payson at Smith Creek and finds a surprise that makes him very happy.

Parker visits Grandpa to get the final decision on whether they use a monitor on the frozen ground.

Grandpa John knows it's late in the season and worries about the weather.

With the weather and jungle conditions was it a bad idea for the Hoffmans to mine Guyana?

Parker borrows an excavator from Dakota Fred but the journey back to the claim comes close to disaster.

The Hoffman Crew describes what it felt like to mine their first diamond.

As the Klondike earth starts to freeze up, Rick's bulldozer has trouble standing up to the effort.

Tensions are high, with mistakes happening all three crews, but no more so than for the Dakota Crew who must undertake a risky equipment rescue.

With Dave?s newly found equipment repaired and ready to go, there?s still the journey to the claim on one narrow, muddy road. Todd and Logan pair up to make the journey.

Parker Schnabel grows frustrated with his employee as he loses sight of his duties for a brief period.

With the vital 400 excavator out of commission, James Harness returns to Quartz Creek just in time to see if he can get it back in action.

Dakota Fred vents his rage at the Federal mine regulations that led to the costly shutdown of Porcupine Creek.

We're glad the Hoffman crew has the right words to express their feelings.

With the start of school coming up, Parker does one last gold tally and turns Big Nugget back over to his grandfather.

Todd's mother Georgia comes up to pay a visit to discuss the dire cash flow challenge at Quartz Creek.

Not long after Harness returns to Quartz Creek he lets Todd know that his girlfriend Catherine has said yes to his marriage proposal.

Does the dream of paydirt end for one of our mining crews?

This isn't your regular flat tire - this one is on an excavator weighing several tons. When more conventional ideas fail he resorts to "being Ingenious" to change the massive tire.

The Hoffman crew realizes they've been coming up short on pay for too long, and they need to get down to the gold or get out of the Klondike.

The Hoffman crew puts production to a hault due to an issue with their trommel.

As Tony Beets and his crew work to put his massive dredge back together, they realize a massive problem - they're out of bolts.

With only 50 mining days remaining, the Hoffman crew reaches the pay dirt resting on bedrock that they pray will yield big gold.

Parker Schnabel sits down with Producer Christo Doyle to take a look back at the young miner's first season as the boss of Big Nugget.

With summer coming to a close and pay dirt getting scarce, Parker Schnabel decides that his only option is to dig deeper down to bedrock.