The BEST episodes of Hoffman Family Gold

#1 - The Hoffmans Clutch Up

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 9/8/2023

As winter closes in on the mine, paydirt dwindles and the Black Pearl is down, Todd's 1,000-ounce goal looks out of reach. The Hoffmans gamble by running the Holy Roller day and night. Hunter races to find a new clutch for the Black Pearl.

#2 - Jack's Gold Dream

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/28/2024

Hunter treks into the tundra to prospect for new paydirt before the Lost Cut runs dry. Todd secretly ships Jack's 1980s-era washplant to Alaska to fulfill his dad's original gold-mining dream, but reassembling heavy steel on-site brings its own surprises.

#3 - No Gold, No Glory

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 5/27/2022

#4 - Emptying the Tank

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 9/1/2023

With temperatures plunging and pay dirt freezing, the Hoffmans scramble to make their season goal -- but machines across the mine shut down when water is detected in the fuel supply. The team races to drain and refuel engines across the site.

#5 - Richer by the Ounce

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/14/2024

Three generations of the Hoffman family risk the harsh Alaskan tundra, hoping to mine $5 million in gold. But when old-timer Jack declares it his final season, mine boss Todd and son Hunter rally their crew to devise a plan for their biggest season ever.

#6 - Quarter-Million Dollar Cleanup

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/21/2024

As melting permafrost makes mud out of pay dirt, Andy devises an engineering longshot to prove the Lost Cut is rich with gold. As Todd and his crew dial in the wash plants, anticipation grows for what could be the Hoffmans' biggest gold weigh of all time.

#7 - Search and Rescue

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 8/2/2024

As pay dirt from the Lost Cut Mine runs low, Hunter runs dirt from a promising new location called the Plateau. Framer disappears after heading out on a solo caribou hunt, forcing Todd to turn to the Alaska Troopers for help with the search and rescue.

#8 - Mining Dirty

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/8/2022

Desperate to run more paydirt, Todd fires up Big Trommel but the plant is so worn-out, Todd's nicknamed it Hot Mess. The team chases fix after fix to keep the plant running and chase their million-dollar goal.

#9 - Gold Floats

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/5/2024

The Hoffmans are succeeding on an Alaskan mine site that ruined generations of miners before them. But when muddy meltwater infiltrates their wash plants, Andy must re-engineer their entire water circulation system to keep their gold from floating away.

#10 - Todd's Lost Chance

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 8/25/2023

With winter closing in on the mine, Todd rolls the dice and looks for richer paydirt by opening the Lost Cut. The geology looks promising, but opening a new cut this late puts the Hoffmans' season at risk. Tater must keep paydirt running to both plants.

#11 - Ice Cold Gold

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/29/2022

The crew is surprised by plummeting temperatures and a frozen wash plant.

#12 - Fortune in the Wash

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/22/2022

To hit his million-dollar goal, Todd pushes his team to get a third wash plant delivering gold.

#13 - Hunting a Big Score

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/6/2022

Hunter takes on the arctic tundra when a geologist's lead points to crazy gold on the edge of the Hoffman claim. Back at camp, Andy works to turn paydirt from an ancient river channel into a big payoff.

#14 - Todd's Hot Mess

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/1/2022

Todd must deliver 300 ounces of gold in just seven weeks. To make it happen, his first step is getting Hot Mess, a massive broken-down wash plant, up and running. Later, Todd goes rogue and opens a new cut behind the mine owner's back.

#15 - The Gold and the Glory

Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 8/9/2024

Todd's crew races to beat 1,000 ounces and make a profitable final season for Grampa Jack. But with a season-ending snowfall in the forecast, the rich pay dirt they need may be in the last place an old-school miner would ever look.

#16 - Long Days, Short Fuses

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 8/18/2023

Working around the clock to hit their 1,000-ounce goal, tempers flare among the crew. When a rookie mistake shuts down the Holy Roller, Randy and Tater square off about how to get it fixed. Todd must step in to get this mine and his team back on track.

#17 - Big Iron, Bigger Problems

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/23/2023

Todd gets Holy Roller running and catching nuggets. Looking to make his mark, Hunter transports the largest wash plant the Hoffmans have ever used to the site. Unloading the mammoth wash plant leads to a mammoth fight between father and son.

#18 - Jack Attack

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/15/2022

It's Jack Hoffman's birthday but if they want to reach their season goal there's no time for cake. Todd and his crew must solve why the Big Trommel, aka Hot Mess, is leaking out more than half the gold in the pay dirt.

#19 - Deep Mud, Deeper State

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/19/2024

When state inspectors make a surprise visit to the mine, Todd braces for citations and fines. But when it appears the government could shut them down completely, the Hoffman team races to save their operation before the inspectors return with a verdict.

#20 - Warning Shots

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/11/2023

When a grizzly stalks the mine, Jack springs into action. Finding Holy Roller leaking gold, Todd races to get it fixed. When a government inspection threatens to shut the mine, Hunter sacrifices his gold count and scrambles to keep the site running.

#21 - Pirates of the Tundra

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/14/2023

Hunter fires up the Black Pearl and runs dirt for the first time this season but then is quickly fixing leaks and pump problems. Falling behind on his 1,000-ounce goal, Todd is desperate to find better paydirt and chases an old-time miner's drift.

#22 - Million-Dollar Mistake

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/19/2024

A shift in the weather turns Andy's routine mining decision into a potential disaster when melting ice threatens to contaminate the nearby creek with silt. Hoping to avoid a million-dollar loss, Todd attempts an engineering solution to help save the mine.

#23 - Under-Mined

Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 8/9/2024

Ice sets in early, threatening to freeze the operation. In a desperate search for unfrozen ground, Andy creates a novel solution: digging up the road they built at the start of the season to harvest the gold-rich Lost Cut pay dirt it was built from.

#24 - The Toddfather Returns

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/25/2022

Todd's taking on this huge risk and potentially bigger reward with the team he trusts most. Todd's father Jack and his son Hunter will be making the long trek to Alaska along with a veteran crew of gold miners including Jim Thurber, foreman Andy Spinks and bush mechanic Randy Hubler.

#25 - Burst World Problems

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/21/2023

With both plants running, the competition between Todd and Hunter is on. Pushing to get ahead, Hunter works into the night, but a damaged waterline shuts down the Black Pearl. Todd is looking to pull ahead, but hose problems force him to make a quick fix.