Gold Rush, Parker Schnobble, and Rick Ness find out if their gambles pay off.

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With days left to cash in as temperatures plummet, the miners of Discovery Channel’s Gold Rush made one last push to finish strong during the special two-hour Season 15 finale.
Parker Schnobble, Rick Ness, Tony Beats, and his eldest son Kevin were on quite the roller coaster ride.

They battled uncooperative ground, dealt with equipment failures, crew clashes, and everything in between to reach their respective goals.
Schnobble found out quickly that Dominion Creek would be a hard nut to crack.
He poured large sums of money into the operation, stretching his crew and resources to the brink.

His longtime friend Ness also felt the pain in the wallet after he invested everything earned at Rally Valley on the gamble of hitting an even bigger jackpot at Vegas Valley.
The dark cloud that loomed the whole time was the uncertainty of his water license to return to the Duncan Creek claim he finally acquired outright.

Then there was Tony, who gained some early momentum that helped him in the long run.
He applied pressure on his son Mike, nephew Mike, and Monica to deliver the goods.
After last season, the king of the Klondike gunned for a record-breaking end.

Meanwhile, eldest son Kevin set out on his own with partner Faith Teng.
Kevin drained his life savings to break off from Tony and oversee Scriber Creek as an official rookie mine boss.

How did the four end the season?
Let’s break it down.

Rick Ness.
With the mining future in doubt, Ness’s crew wanted to pull in as much gold as possible.
To reach their goal, they needed to sluice 24 hours a day for the rest of the week without any shutdowns, which also meant dealing with Arctic temperatures.

Unfortunately, Monster Red’s shaker deck belt snapped.
Without a replacement, Ryan Kent got resourceful and drilled two holes, using a conveyor clip to alleviate the issue.
The fix worked.

However, there was another problem.
The water line was leaking through the pad that supported the wash plant.
They lost a night as a result until the crew could investigate.

After digging up the broken water line and noticing issues with the water pump and wash plant, Ness had to make a tough call.
They shut down for the season, which could be a devastating blow.

Did they do enough?
The group came together for one final, important weigh-in.
There was a sense of disappointment after the gold result came in at 110.79 ounces.

Ness was holding back.
He surprised the crew with a canister of 200 ounces and another of more than 100 ounces.
This meant Vegas Valley paid out 411 ounces worth more than $1.1 million.

Over six months, the small but mighty team of seven brought in $4.5 million in gold.
Ness further showed his appreciation by throwing in another $50,000 bonus.
If the water license could get renewed, Ness’s team would be willing to come back for another round.

Tony Beats.
Tony’s family operation was on the verge of the best gold haul of his 40-year career.
Cousin Mike was running a pile at Indian River with Sluicifer, while son Mike worked the trommel at Paradise Hill.

Adding to the pot, Kevin knew he had royalties coming in.
Daughter Monica operated a third plant acquired by dad to run the old-timer tailings named Herald.

The crew noticed a water pipe burst like a geyser when the loader caught a pipe.
Brother Mike came to assist and installed a collar.
Winter had come, and the season was over.

The family met up for the final tally.
The old-timer tailings from wash plant Herald generated 46.56 ounces worth $124,000 over a few days.
Cousin Mike at Indian River with Sluicifer came in at 211.88 ounces worth over $565,000.

The trommel, last but not least, came in at 228.07 ounces worth over $600,000.
That brought the total to 5,777.12 ounces for the season, more than 777 ounces over their original goal.

Kevin Beats.
Kevin’s crew began to dwindle when Chase Dreger and Hunter Canning had to leave due to prior commitments.
Making matters worse, a feeder belt broke.

Seven weeks ago, Kevin had patched the same belt using conveyor clips.
Now it was completely shredded and needed a full replacement.
The crew managed to install a new one.

Kevin and Teng weighed their gold with the rest of the Beats clan.
Three weeks of sluicing resulted in 375.80 ounces worth just over $1 million.
The final number came in at 1,056.57 ounces, exceeding their goal.

Not bad for a first season.
The overall Beats haul came in at more than $18 million.

Parker Schnobble.
Schnobble was in uncharted territory this season, banking just over 6,000 ounces toward what was originally a 10,000-ounce goal.
He had since reduced that target to 8,000.

In 14 years of mining, the 30-year-old had never missed a goal.
With winter tightening its grip, Schnobble had one more ace up his sleeve.

He eyed the Gold Run ground he purchased two months earlier.
Tyson Lee opened up an acre cut as Parker used a water monitor to reveal pay dirt.

They enlisted the help of the ancient shaker deck dubbed the Rock Gobbler.
Chris Doumitt dialed in the sluicing to keep everything running smoothly.

The crew battled a conveyor jam that forced them to feverishly shovel out rocks.
Nearby frost also caused headaches for Mitch Blaschke and wash plant Roxanne.

Rick Ness got frustrating news as Parker Schnobble threw a Hail Mary.
The foreman worried about the frost, but Schnobble stayed undeterred, breaking up pay with the D10.

The group came together for their final weigh-in.
They needed nearly 2,000 ounces to hit the season goal.

Wash plant Bob ran pay in the Bridge Cut and clocked in at 343.07 ounces worth more than $920,000.
Roxanne followed from the Elbow Cut with 306.03 ounces worth $820,000.
The Rock Gobbler finished Gold Run with 99.20 ounces worth $266,000.

That put Schnobble at 749.02 ounces for the final push and a season total of 6,837.04 ounces.
The final value came in at more than $18.3 million.

It was more cash than ever before, but still 1,000 ounces short of the goal.
On the bright side, the Schnobble team now knows the ground far better and plans to come back next season with a vengeance.

The season ended with Schnobble’s mission statement.
“I don’t like this feeling.
I don’t like being a loser.
It will never happen again.
Next season, we’re going to kill it.
That’s my plan.”

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