Filthy Fortunes

In the season premiere, Paxton tackles a Michigan home once owned by a man who proclaimed himself the "Best Hoarder Ever." Now his children are overwhelmed by everything their late father left behind and in need of Paxton's help and expertise. Chasing a six-figure payout, the team wades through rooms crammed with vintage toys and hidden firearms, hunting for big-ticket items including a Mickey Mantle signed baseball. When they uncover a classic 1960s Austin-Healey automobile and collection of toy cars beyond what they expected, their hopes soar until low-ball offers force them to scramble for new buyers as they race the clock to hit their goal.

A police officer's house in North Carolina is packed with fishing gear, rare Beatles records, guns and knives. In Tennessee, sports memorabilia has taken over a family's home. Total sales top $100,000, and a client is moved to give Matt a lasting tribute.

A widower's home is so dangerously packed with belongings that his family will no longer visit. Matt's team scrambles to sell boats, vintage motorcycles, and barbershop equipment. A surprise find of unique Magic Johnson memorabilia could score big bucks.

The team pulls 50,000 pounds of trash from a hoarder's Tennessee farmhouse. A safe could hold a generational jewelry collection. Matt takes down a hazardous barn and salvages the wood for hard cash. A rare Spider-Man comic sells for more than $15,000.

A New York City home features "Back to the Future" self-lacing sneakers worth up to $100,000, mint-condition Knight Rider toys, and hip-hop tour jackets. The team also cleans a rural property covered in scrap metal to hunt for rare Olympics memorabilia.

Matt scrambles to clear a bat-infested barn and turn a sea of Santa Clauses into big money. While tackling jobs in Michigan and Massachusetts, Matt finds a lost cache of rare coins. A '64 Plymouth Fury could be a big score if the owner decides to sell.

Matt chases a rare copy of the Declaration of Independence in a jam-packed hoard and digs through a 4,000-square-foot chicken coop for vintage motorcycles. A '70s Coca-Cola vending machine could be a big score if they can get it out of the chicken coop.

In a house packed with oddities, Matt finds megalodon teeth, tribal masks and Civil War bullets. The team struggles to make the kitchen functional again. After low-ball offers, Matt scrambles and lands his biggest payday yet.

A massive seven-acre, snow-covered hoard pushes Matt to the brink. When it takes the team a full day just to unclog the driveway, Matt's deep in the red. To clear the stairs, they toss 500 pounds of trash and hunt for a lost gold nugget on the top floor.

Matt is shocked when clients reveal a Pioneer Village that's become a ghost town after three decades of abandonment. Matt hunts for a rare Colt revolver prototype and a Babe Ruth autograph rumored to be signed on a hot dog wrapper. A vintage Levi's find draws big money.

In a modern-day treasure hunt, Matt Paxton, the "King of Hoards," gambles that he can clean out dangerously cluttered homes and find hidden riches. Matt and his team search for a vintage Mustang, military artifacts, and a $60,000 marble collection.

Matt tackles a dangerous, ten-acre hoard in the Pennsylvania woods to hunt high-value guns and ammo. The old-school machinist's property is packed with heavy equipment and scrap metal, but a $25,000 precious metal find could make Matt's bet pay off.

Taking a big risk, Matt tackles two out-of-control California hoards. It's a race against the clock as Matt hunts for classic motorcycles in a toxic hoard and then chases rare, high-priced toys in a property across the state.

Matt takes on a rock star mess to find classic guitars and amps, ‘50s trucks and rare Harleys. The hoard's size and rusted scrap metal puts the team at risk. Matt's gamble might pay off when they discover a vintage slot machine.

Matt must turn BBQ smokers, an old fishing boat and a tiki bar into big bucks at a Texas-sized mess in Houston. At a second job in New Orleans, Matt hunts for a piece of bayou history, but a massive termite infestation could eat the profits.

Matt hunts for rare liquor, hand-rolled cigars and vintage drums in two California hoards. When the owners refuse to part with key items, Matt's bottom line is threatened. A baseball pennant misprint could be a huge score.

Matt and his troops head to the Pacific Northwest to search a three-barn hoard loaded with U.S. military treasures, including Willy's Jeeps and vintage uniforms. A biohazard mess hides first-generation computers and video equipment at a second location.

In the largest hoard he's ever tackled, Matt must find rare military plane parts, vintage records and a hidden jewelry cache to have a shot at making a profit. He brings in heavy equipment to clear the property and dig for big-ticket items.