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.
#1 - 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.
#2 - 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.
#5 - 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.
#6 - 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.
#8 - 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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#9 - Busch Creek or Bust
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/15/2022
In one of their toughest challenges to date, Freddy Dodge and Juan Ibarra fly to a remote mine in Alaska to help three miners struggling to make a profit. Without their trucks or tools, their ingenuity is pushed to the limit.
#11 - True Gold
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/21/2023
A trio of young Idaho miners struggles to find enough gold. To save them, Freddy and Juan bring new ingenuity to keep their mine alive. First, Freddy must identify a heavy, mysterious material he's never seen before, hindering their clean-ups.
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#12 - The Jig is Up
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 6/27/2025
Constant shutdowns and an overly complicated wash plant threaten to destroy a BC family's $1.2 million mining investment. When a personal crisis turns the rescue into a one-man mission, Juan must pull off a masterclass in jig upgrades to get the gold.
#13 - 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.
#14 - All the Pretty Gold
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 6/6/2025
Two rookie miners in MT desperately need to double their gold after a disastrous start to the season. Battling a personal crisis, Juan rejoins Freddy as they follow signs of old mining tunnels and use new technology to uncover ancient river channel gold.
Watch Now:Apple TV#15 - The Goldy Locks
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/30/2025
An all-female mine crew in Arizona struggles to mine for legendary riches with recycled water. As temps soar, Freddy and Juan scramble to build more efficient solutions and locate higher-grade gold in an ambitious attempt to triple the women's production.
Watch Now:Apple TV#16 - Blue Channel Gold
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/23/2025
When Freddy and Juan get an SOS from an Oregon couple's mine, they must unravel an underground mystery buried beneath a dried riverbed. Facing misleading dredge tailings and a faulty homemade wash plant, the guys call in all-new tech as a final hope.
Watch Now:Apple TV#17 - Gold Today, Gone Tomorrow
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/16/2025
When nuggets dry up on a couple's mine, the guys must crack the case: is it the miners or the mine? Battling a faulty operation, they build a new shaker table and a never-before-seen sluice scissor mechanism, making everything out of nothing.
#18 - Pipe Dreams
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/9/2025
Freddy and Juan face off at a hard rock mine spanning three elevations at 4,000 feet in the Cascades. Battling impenetrable rock, the guys devise an innovative 180-foot chute featuring a spiral concentrator in their first-ever Washington state rescue.
#19 - 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 - School of Hard Rocks
Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 10/18/2024
In California, Freddy and Juan rescue their first-ever hard rock operation. As stakes heat up with big fixes, Freddy makes a million-dollar discovery.
#21 - 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.
#22 - Monsoon Millions
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/11/2024
Under the threat of severe thunderstorms and floods during monsoon season in Arizona, Freddy and Juan must not only fix the group of friends' operation but also race to recover enough gold to stop the investor from pulling out.
#23 - Truth or Dare
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 7/11/2025
Despite sitting in the epicenter of a famous BC gold rush, a mining couple's ground yields no gold. Freddy and Juan's limits are tested as the rescue becomes a two-plant upgrade; they face off against an overcomplicated wash plant nicknamed "The Octopus."
Watch Now:Apple TV#24 - 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.
Watch Now:Apple TV#25 - Last Stand in Silver City
Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/20/2026
Hoping to right the mining mistakes of his father, a rookie Idaho miner closes his failing 30-year-old auto business to chase gold in the remote Idaho Hills. But with a failing hobby plant and no gold, a desperate rescue turns into a tough reality check.