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.

Last Updated: 10/26/2024Network: DiscoveryStatus: Continuing
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8.06
54 votes

#1 - 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.

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Army of Juan
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8.05
77 votes

#2 - 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.

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A Golden Promise
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8.01
108 votes

#3 - 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.

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The Trommageddon
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7.97
96 votes

#4 - The Trommageddon

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/8/2022

Freddy and Juan head to the Klondike to save an operation from bankruptcy.

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7.96
54 votes

#5 - 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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The Gold Thief
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7.96
77 votes

#6 - 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.

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7.96
47 votes

#7 - Dry or Die

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/13/2024

In Arizona, a scientist turned miner gambles his retirement to secure a legacy for his son. Against logic, Freddy and Juan must turn up the heat to fix the miner's innovative, self-designed "dry washer" to save the mine.

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7.93
45 votes

#8 - 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.

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Gold Habits Die Hard
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7.92
71 votes

#9 - 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.

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Legend of Freddy and Juan
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7.91
82 votes

#10 - 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.

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Young Guns
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7.91
90 votes

#11 - Young Guns

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/7/2021

Freddy and Juan help skyrocket a 23-year-old Oregon man's mining operation.

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True Gold
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7.89
93 votes

#12 - 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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Last Chance Gold
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7.89
115 votes

#13 - Last Chance Gold

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/3/2021

Freddy and Juan rescue a homemade operation in Arizona.

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Dial F for Freddy
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7.88
95 votes

#14 - 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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For Love of Nuggets
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7.88
93 votes

#15 - 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.

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The Gold Devil
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7.85
92 votes

#16 - The Gold Devil

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/3/2021

Freddy and Juan battle Arizona's heat to turn around the "gold devil".

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7.84
45 votes

#17 - 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.

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For Pete's Sake
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7.84
96 votes

#18 - 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.

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Brothers in Arms
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7.82
76 votes

#19 - Brothers in Arms

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/11/2023

Mining struggles threaten to destroy the deep bond of two mining brothers recently reunited in Montana. Finding a mysterious lack of gold in gold country, Freddy and Juan must successfully execute a high-stakes treasure hunt.

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Home Is Where the Gold Is
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7.80
76 votes

#20 - Home Is Where the Gold Is

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 8/25/2023

A British Columbia family sold everything to purchase a 150-acre gold-rich property to mine and homestead. But as their families grow, their gold production does not. Shutdowns and broken equipment send Freddy and Juan’s plans off track, forcing all-new ingenuity.

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Family Fortune
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7.80
88 votes

#21 - Family Fortune

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/15/2022

Freddy Dodge and Juan Ibarra help Colorado father and son team Gregg and Trever Morrill transform their fine gold recovery. But their fractured relationship becomes a major obstacle to the rescue.

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7.79
33 votes

#22 - 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.

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Golden Boy
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7.79
80 votes

#23 - Golden Boy

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/4/2023

A 17-year-old mining prodigy, his father and grandfather wrestle with wintry weather to get their season underway in central Alaska. With another snowstorm brewing on the horizon, Freddy and Juan race to complete fixes before it’s too late.

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Freddy's Gamble
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7.79
84 votes

#24 - Freddy's Gamble

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/22/2022

Freddy and Juan race to the depths of the Yukon to help prospector and family man Derek Brown increase his gold recovery. If they succeed, they secure Derek's family's future, but if they fail, their reputation could be at stake.

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Rigs to Riches
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7.78
83 votes

#25 - Rigs to Riches

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/18/2023

In British Colombia, the Paradis brothers left the oil fields to follow their mining dream 12 years ago, but now they can barely find gold. Juan rushes to modify the wash plant to save their dream while Freddy hunts for completely new ground.

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