The BEST episodes of Gold Rush season 12
Every episode of Gold Rush season 12, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Gold Rush season 12!
Teams of miners face various obstacles and overcome several challenges as they dig for gold in the lesser-known regions across Canada and the United States.
#1 - Buckets Full of Gold
Season 12 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/25/2022
Parker gambles on another record and Rick shoots for another personal best.
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#2 - Battle of the Greenhorns
Season 12 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/2021
Parker pivots to a new cut, hoping to reverse his cash flow. Rick's season rests in the hands of a green mechanic. Tony taps a favorite honey hole and welcomes a new addition. Fred finds gold in the wilderness.
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#3 - Ground War
Season 12 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/2021
Parker bets on a risky claim and loses a key team member. Tony storms a new cut with a fleet of new mega machines. Rick's skeleton crew pulls off a miracle. Fred heads to Klondike seeking an alliance.
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#4 - $9 Million Mistake
Season 12 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/15/2021
Tony's confronted with news that throws him into a tailspin. Fred banks his first gold of the season. Parker's crew stalls out at the Airstrip.
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#5 - Rebirth of Monster Red
Season 12 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/11/2022
Rick soups up Monster Red to battle the rocky and increasingly rich Rally Valley pay. Parker tasks Tyson with running Bad Cut on a skeleton crew. Fred fights a flood to stay on the gold.
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#6 - Rally Valley Bonanza
Season 12 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/11/2022
Rick finally hits the rich pay layer in Rally Valley and accelerates his plans. Tony prospects new ground in Keno. Tensions rise on California Creek when a one-two punch shuts down Fred and the Clayton's wash plant.
#7 - Gold at Last
Season 12 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/18/2022
Parker risks destroying Big Red to finally find Mud Mountain's big gold. Rick's forced to slow down his operation when massive rocks threaten to destroy Monster Red. Tony heads to the Yukon River for a quick cash infusion.
#8 - Glory Hole on the Hill
Season 12 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/3/2021
Parker's crew sinks a loader setting up Big Red and clocks in their first double-gold weigh of the year. Tony finds a gold-rich glory hole at the Megacut
#9 - Crank It Up
Season 12 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/22/2021
Parker fuels a gamble, Fred risks shutdown and Rick looks for new ground.
#10 - Little Eldorado
Season 12 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/7/2022
Parker gambles 100 ounces to prospect Little Eldorado Creek in Alaska. Fred confronts a crew member with a secret. Rick launches a risky mission to rescue Monster Red. Tony’s crew sink the new D11 chasing gold rich white channel pay.
#11 - Saving Rick's Bacon
Season 12 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/19/2021
Parker busts out Big Red during a gamble on Mud Mountain while Rick's wash plant disintegrates before his very eyes. Fred is ready to sluice before getting bad news from Freddy and Juan.
#12 - Crash and Berm
Season 12 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/2021
Rick's crew races to rescue a greenhorn and her rock truck. In a rush to get on the gold, Parker's team sends water flooding into their claim. Tony's team attempts a Stone Age fix to keep his operation running.
#13 - The Alliance
Season 12 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/25/2022
As gold from Mud Mountain rolls in Parker's crew builds a massive pad to get through the Ugly Cut in record time. Fred forms an unexpected partnership to double his gold. Tony revives his Indian River plans.
#14 - The King's Gambit
Season 12 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/12/2021
Parker plans to limit the royalties he owes Tony while Tony's sons fight frozen pay. Rick gets help from an unexpected source.
#15 - Robbing Parker to Pay Parker
Season 12 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/10/2021
Parker does the unthinkable to get down to gold. Fred Lewis sends his son-in-law packing.
#16 - Balls on the Table
Season 12 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/17/2021
Rick pivots to chase a vein of gold-rich paydirt that's bankrupted other Keno miners. Parker heads to Alaska to prospect, leaving Mitch with a difficult decision to make at the Airstrip. Tony targets white channel paydirt to turn his season around.
#17 - The Secret Pay Layer
Season 12 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/14/2022
Parker gets a lead on virgin ground at Cleary Creek in Alaska. Rick puts Brennan to the test as the night foreman in the Rally Valley. A quick fix on Tony’s trommel feeder balloons into a major headache.
#18 - Bonus Gold
Season 12 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/28/2022
Rick strikes a pay layer in a sea of Rally Valley overburden. Fred speeds up the team's gold production at California Creek, resulting in a devastating setback. Tony's determined to put an end to his wet paydirt problems at 80 Pup.
#19 - The Hunker Creek Curse
Season 12 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/29/2021
Tony returns to defeat the Hunker Creek curse and bank some quick gold. Rick puts Brennan in charge of finding new ground. Fred bets big on a new wash plant.
#20 - Family Matters
Season 12 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/5/2021
Parker returns to Promised Land and Tony calls in his secret weapon. Fred risks destroying his new wash plant on a steep road.
#21 - Seeing Red
Season 12 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/18/2022
While hauling in gold-rich Mud Mountain pay, Parker’s team missteps and cripples Big Red. Rick's red-hot honey hole floods with only days left in the season. Tony heads back to Hunker, determined to reverse the curse.
#22 - The Vindication
Season 12 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/26/2021
Fred's team gather for the critical first weigh-in post-sluicing. Tony faces unexpected repairs while Freddy and Juan soup up a massive trommel.
#23 - The $4 Million Question
Season 12 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/21/2022
Parker finally runs paydirt and weighs his first gold from Mud Mountain. Fred scrambles to locate a better way to clean his increasing gold hauls. Tony invents a faster way to move excavators and stay on the white channel gold.
#24 - Whatever It Takes
Season 12 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/4/2022
Rick calls in his secret weapon to get down to the Rally Valley pay layer. Parker splurges big to keep his operation running. Fred's new alliance with the Claytons is tested when their cut is flooded.