The WORST episodes of Gold Rush: Mine Rescue with Freddy & Juan
Every episode of Gold Rush: Mine Rescue with Freddy & Juan ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst 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 - Married to the Mine
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/7/2023
A "one-man band" British Columbia miner needs Freddy and Juan to triple his gold to avoid ruin. But once the rescue begins, it quickly becomes too much work for a solo operation -- meaning that the miner's reluctant wife must learn to use heavy machinery.
#2 - The Gold Wizard
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/29/2022
When Juan's wife has a baby, Freddy faces a solo rescue to save the father-and-son M&M mine in the Yukon. With the family unable to mine another year if they can't capture more fine gold, Freddy's fixes become do or die.
#3 - 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.
#4 - 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.
#5 - High Country Hail Mary
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/30/2023
In the Oregon mountains, Freddy and Juan face the challenging rescue of father-and-son miners on the brink of failure; what starts as a difficult water situation leads Freddy to discover an even bigger issue: their ground may contain no gold.
#6 - Old Dog, New Tricks
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/23/2023
A Nevada miner stages a last-ditch mining intervention to save his stubborn mine boss's 30-year-old mine; it won't be easy as they race to convert the rickety old plant into a new fine gold super sluice.
#7 - 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.
#8 - Carolina Gold
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/6/2024
Freddy and Juan fly to an urgent SOS from a former Marine's mine in North Carolina. Inherited from his war buddy, the miner's dated operation will be the guys' biggest challenge without using any of their equipment.
#9 - Sink or Swim
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 1/21/2021
Freddy and Juan visit a floating wash plant that's losing gold in Alaska.
#10 - 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.
#11 - 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."
#12 - The Nugget Factor
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/14/2023
Married Montana miners dream of building a gold mining dynasty on their nugget-rich claim. But the valley's patchy pay and a critical failure at the wash plant lead to Freddy and Juan facing their first-ever failed rescue.
#13 - 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.
#14 - 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.
#15 - 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.
#16 - 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.
#17 - 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.
#18 - 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.
#19 - 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.
#20 - 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.
#22 - 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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