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 - 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.
#5 - 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.
#7 - 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.
#8 - 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.
#9 - 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.
#10 - 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.
#11 - 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.
#12 - 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#13 - 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#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 - 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.
Watch Now:Apple TV#16 - 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.
#17 - 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#18 - 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#19 - 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.
#20 - Firestorm Fortunes
Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/27/2026
After buying a wildfire-ravaged mine in British Columbia, a family relying on a greenhorn crew while other members work second jobs sends out an SOS to Freddy and Juan to fix the broken equipment and find gold before it turns to ash.
#21 - Million-Dollar Mine Mayhem
Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/6/2026
Freddy and Juan get an SOS from a group of young miners in Montana after they go $1M into debt with no gold to show for it; facing nonstop breakdowns and a crew mutiny, the guys must resurrect a 60-year-old conveyor and divide forces to save this plant.
#22 - Bedrock Bottom
Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/13/2026
With a family facing ruin, setbacks, and soaring debt on their BC mine, it's up to Juan and prospecting experts Jeff and Sophia Bond to save them. Using 6,000 pounds of steel, Juan creates his largest-ever hopper build to get a massive gold increase.
#24 - 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.
#25 - 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.