The BEST episodes of Gold Rush: Mine Rescue with Freddy & Juan
Every episode of Gold Rush: Mine Rescue with Freddy & Juan ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Gold Rush: Mine Rescue with Freddy & Juan!
A gold mining veteran with more than 40 years of mining under his belt, Freddy Dodge has earned the name “Gold Guru.” After proving himself to be an invaluable gold recovery expert on GOLD RUSH, Freddy is taking his tool belt on the road to stop struggling mine owners from striking out.
#2 - Double Trouble
Season 6 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/3/2026
A familiar miner in Alaska desperately needs 150 ounces of gold to save their operation. But when Juan learns that their landowner's mine is halfway to $1M in the hole, he and Gold Rush legend Dave Turin face their first-ever double rescue.
#3 - Bear Down
Season 6 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/27/2026
Gold Rush legend Dave Turin joins Juan in Alaska for an impossible mission: a full plant rebuild. In one of their most epic challenges yet, the duo faces a major setback while turning a mining family's in-laws' hobby plant into a lasting legacy.
#4 - Forty Days to Fail or Fortune
Season 6 - Episode 11 - Aired 5/1/2026
Two miners in Colorado face financial ruin on a gold-rich claim.
#5 - Army of Juan
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 9/8/2023
Juan finds himself in an impossible situation with two Montana soldiers desperate to find enough gold to retire from the military. But with the winter freeze just days away, he calls in critical help from another Gold Rush legend.
#6 - A Golden Promise
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/1/2022
Freddy Dodge and Juan Ibarra attempt to turn Alaskan miner Clay Strickland's struggling hobby mine into a profitable business. With a little help from his friends, Freddy and Juan help Clay fulfill a promise to his young daughter and late wife.
#7 - Great Klondike Gold Hunt
Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/13/2026
In the Yukon, Freddy and Juan tackle their most extensive treasure hunt yet: 288 claims across 6,000 acres and double the breakdowns. As the seconds tick away on the miner's season, the duo teams up with a local expert to find the gold.
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#9 - Valley of Riches
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/16/2024
The fate of a rookie mountain miner lies in the balance after he sinks his life savings into a British Columbia placer claim. With fine gold proving tricky to capture, Freddy and Juan must develop all-new ideas to boost recovery.
#10 - Grand Canyon Gold Gamble
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 8/23/2024
Freddy and Juan face a failing gold mine in the Arizona Desert, run by a nephew and his uncle living on the claim. With their money exhausted, the guys devise an ingenious cost-cutting system with their first-ever solar-powered operation.
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#12 - The Gold Thief
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/22/2022
Freddy and Juan face one of the toughest wash plant rebuilds of their careers as they battle a horrific clay problem in Montana rescuing the Scott family.
#13 - Dial F for Freddy
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/8/2022
Freddy and Juan meet Gold Rush veteran Jim Thurber to help turn a 130-year-old mine site in Oregon into a commercially viable mine. But with a team of rookies and a series of bottlenecks in their operation, it's an uphill battle.
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#16 - Gold Habits Die Hard
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/1/2023
In his last roll-of-the-dice, a struggling Oregon miner brings in Freddy and Juan to double his gold, which will convince best friend Terry to invest in his Oregon mine. The duo proposes a radical fix, but they may have bitten off more than they can chew.
#18 - Zeroes to Golden Heroes
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/4/2024
An Oregon miner calls Freddy and Juan to help save his mine to pass it on to his greenhorn son. They give the son valuable know-how but discover the property has been completely mined out. It becomes an all-out prospecting hunt to save their dream.
#20 - Legend of Freddy and Juan
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 5/13/2022
Freddy and Juan help their own operations in the off-season. Plus, they reveal how they got into gold and why they teamed up to help struggling miners.
#21 - For Love of Nuggets
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 5/6/2022
The guys travel to British Columbia to save a recluse miner living off grid. With snow approaching, Freddy must persuade him to abandon his dreams of landing only monster-nuggets and to also focus on catching fine gold.
#22 - Nature's ATM
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/20/2024
Freddy and Juan must revive a failing 50-year-old wash plant in Montana's gold-filled mountains, where a mining family must not only turn around the gold mine but also turn a profit to save their aviation business.
#23 - Shake, Rattle and Gold
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 6/20/2025
A BC miner fights to set up a legacy mine for his son, located beside the gold-rich Fraser River. With his money exhausted, Freddy and Juan resurrect a boneyard shaker and Franken-build an entire wash plant to triple production, saving a father's dream.
#24 - A Fine Mess
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/14/2021
Freddy and Juan help capture Colorado's fine gold and turn a big profit.
#25 - For Pete's Sake
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/3/2021
Freddy and Juan discover an easy fix that changes a builder's fortunes.