The BEST episodes of Gold Rush: The Dirt
Every episode of Gold Rush: The Dirt ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Gold Rush: The Dirt!
Go behind the scenes as Executive Producer Christo Doyle gets the Gold Rush miners to give us the dirt on life at the mine.
#2 - Meet the Claytons
Season 9 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/24/2023
Christo meets Gold Rush newbies Brandon and Brady Clayton. After a quick tour, they put him to work welding with Brady before things get down, dirty and a little weird with Warren. The crew lets off steam and reveals the curse of California creek.
Watch Now:Amazon#3 - Redneck Ingenuity
Season 9 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/10/2023
Christo grills Fred on sticking with his Top-of-the-World claim and dives into the Misfits' glacial challenges. Christo then does a gold cleanup in the Buzz Box, tries his best to push pay with a dying dozer and digs into the triumphant return of jokester Johnny.
Watch Now:Amazon#5 - Locked and Loaded
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 2/13/2015
Christo sits with Parker to chat about his latest royalty issues with Tony. Then, Parker gives an inside look at his notoriously private foreman, Gene Cheesman. Freddy Dodge joins to give an update on his season at Carmacks.
Watch Now:Amazon#9 - Extracurricular Minetivities
Season 7 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/27/2020
The Beets children compete with dad to uncover who qualifies as a bonafide artist on the excavator. Fred Lewis, Khara and Kendall discuss how ex-military miners maintain morale during a dearth of gold and Freddy Dodge weighs in on their predicament.
Watch Now:Amazon#10 - Birth of a King
Season 9 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/21/2022
Tony takes Christo back to the beginning from leaving the Netherlands at age 17 and working his way up the ladder in Dawson City to becoming a Yukon Gold mining legend. The Beets family gives a behind-the-scenes look at their first five seasons.
Watch Now:Amazon#11 - A New Attitude
Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/20/2020
Parker lays out his new mine boss philosophy and Mitch and Brennan weigh in. The Ness crew explains how less laughs might equal more gold. Kruse starts a side career as a talk show host. Fred Hurt at 77 explains why he has no intention of slowing down.
Watch Now:Amazon#12 - Miners, Dive-Ins and Drives
Season 7 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/4/2020
Live from Rick's driveway, Rick and Kruse talk their successful start to the season. Mitch and Doumitt call in from Oregon and Dustin and Carlos take us into the frigid Alaskan white water to talk nuggets, and lots of them.
Watch Now:Amazon#14 - Yukon or Bust
Season 8 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/17/2021
On a whirlwind tour of the Yukon, the King of Keno, Rick Ness, goes out for date night with Leese and Brennan puts Christo to work in the 750. Then, Freddy and Juan are in Dawson City and Christo goes for a wild ride with the Misfits on the Lewis Claim.
Watch Now:Amazon#15 - Tough Love
Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/13/2020
The Dirt is back with Parker, Rick, Tony and first-time mine boss, Fred Lewis. Parker lets loose on Fred's style, Rick explains why this will be his best year and Fred shows us a group of veterans that are like no mining team we've seen before.
Watch Now:Amazon#16 - Freddy Gets a Show
Season 7 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/25/2020
Tony and Minnie check in from Mexico. Freddy Dodge and Juan Ibarra share a sneak peek of their new show, Freddy Dodge's Mine Rescue, and Dave Turin gets in on the fun. Later, Mike Rowe checks in to talk about his new show.
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#17 - The Lieutenants
Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/18/2019
The crew lieutenants tell all, without their bosses looking on; Mitch and Doumitt say if Parker has truly changed; Kevin and Juan reveal the truth about the dredge two move; Terry and Zee come clean about the Ness crew's near mutiny.
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#19 - Broken Man
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/17/2014
Christo Doyle discusses the upcoming mining season with Todd Hoffman, Parker Schnabel and Tony Beets. Todd addresses his epic failure in the jungle, Parker discloses his strategy to super-size his operation and Tony talks about his million dollar project.
Watch Now:Amazon#20 - Grandpa Schnabel's Visit
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 1/9/2015
Christo Doyle sits down with the Hoffman crew to discuss their grueling push for 1,000 ounces of gold at the halfway point in the mining season. Parker talks through his accident, his crew's birthday surprise, and the story behind his new pimped out pump.
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#24 - Bad Blood
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/23/2018
Rick and Parker reveal that there's bad blood in the most intense conversation yet. Parker admits that his feud with Tony is often worse than what's portrayed on the show. Then, Rick and his crew lighten the mood with wild tales of life on the claim.
Watch Now:Amazon#25 - Bad Blood
Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/14/2020
After Christo and The Dakota Boys hash out bad blood, Fred and Dustin reveal what led to their best gold mining season yet. Then, Parker and crew discuss their brutal final push before winter and unveil the most outrageous machine ever on Gold Rush.
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