04x05 - Daddy Driving a Caddy

[bunniefuu]

[ Wind gusting ]

Man: survival in nome...
Is perseverance.

The gold isn't gonna come out
and get you.

You've got to go get it.

Jacob: not good.

[ Screams ]

Man:
if at first you don't succeed,

Then you know you're dredging.

[ Laughing ]

Man: it's all about fun.

If you can't have fun out here,
you don't deserve to be here.

Yeah!

Whoo!

Gabe: do you see that gold?
Daddy will be driving a caddy!

Whoo! [ Laughs ]

It's deliciously cold.

There's cold, and then
there's deliciously cold,

And that's deliciously cold.

[ Laughs ]

♪ I heard about a fortune
to be made ♪

♪ And I'm a-gonna get it,
now, just you wait ♪

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Narrator: nome, alaska.

Are you ready?
Brad: let's go.

Narrator: north america's
gold-mining mecca.

Kris:
anybody can get gold in nome.

You got to want gold,
not just want a paycheck.

Narrator: for 116 years,
generations of families

Have settled here to make
gold mining their trade.

Some have been dreamers, some
have been doers, and some...

Alien tentacles.

...just slightly deranged.

[ Screaming ]

Emily: you come up to nome,
and nome has no rules.

You can be whatever the hell
you want to be,

Which is why people
are attracted to this place.

Narrator: a town this rich
in gold takes all comers.

Vernon:
personally, I like nome a lot.

It's rugged. It's real.
The people here are survivors.

This place is rich --
very, very rich.

I feel fortunate to be here
at this particular time.

Narrator: in nome harbor.

Shawn: this is emily.

She wants to see
what dad does all day.

She's 12.

[ Scoffs ] yeah, right.

It's "take your daughter to
work" day for shawn pomrenke,

Captain of the christine rose.

Emily is 15.

[ Whistles ]

Said that with like
a question mark at the end.

I am horrible.

I don't even know
how old I am.



You said that
with a question mark.

Yeah.
[ Laughs ]

'Cause you were like 37
for like three years.

I never get old.

Mr. Gold stays young
all the time.

Princess gold
is on the dredge today.

[ Engine sputtering ]

Time to go make some gold.



We started the season out with
a $100,000 wash plant on here.

We've finally got it
all paid off,

And now dad's spending money
as fast as it comes in

To go inland mining.

Narrator: three days ago...

Steve: I want you to take
the christine rose over.

I want to go
inland mining.

...after his father tried to cut
him out of the business...

I'm not gonna have
any part of it, or...?

Yeah.

What,
I don't work hard enough?

...shawn finally got steve
to agree

To keep the new
inland-mining venture...



We'll just keep it
in the family.

...amongst the pomrenkes.

Shawn:
dad and I are both stubborn.

A lot of times, we butt heads,

But I think he's finally
starting to realize

That he does need me a lot more
than he actually thinks.

Narrator: so far this summer,

Shawn has already banked


Worth over
half a million dollars,

For his dad to put towards
inland equipment.

It seems like the more I make,
the more he spends.

Somebody's got to make
all dad's dreams come true.

Might as well be me.

Go ahead.
Full speed ahead.

Get the diapers
and oil boom out.

Jacob:
[bleep] clogging the thing.

That's what did it.

[Bleep] not good.

Not a good way to start the day.

Narrator: a piece of driftwood
was sucked into the propeller,

Blowing a hydraulic line and now
leaking oil into the harbor.

Shawn:
bring those buoys up here, em.

Emily, grab the buoys.

They soak up the oil.

Come on.
Answer your phone.

Narrator: a potential disaster
on their hands...

Let me talk to grandpa.

...shawn reaches out for help
from his old man.

Well, the stick --
when we were backing out,

The stick got in the prop

And [bleep] blew a line
in the back,

So we got oil
in the harbor.

Oil everywhere.

Okay, I got to get going.

Anything like this,

It's quick response
that keeps it contained.

This has never happened
to us before,

But it just sucks
that it happened right now.

Narrator: while shawn races
to handle the leak,

Just a mile off the coast,
on claim 14...

Emily:
you should be good to go.

You should be ready to suit up.

Narrator:
...captain emily riedel

Is giving a rookie diver,
jonathan "tons" ruppe,

Another shot at the nozzle.

Gonna go down there to do
a little bit better

Than I did last time.

Hopefully, I'll be able
to...redeem myself.

Narrator:
on his first dive...

...after just 20 minutes
on the bottom,

Tons' panicked breathing sends
him gasping to the surface.

Man: you all right?

I told you not
to over-breathe that hat.

Emily: with the commercial
diving hat that tons is wearing,

Tons is doing kind of
a rookie mistake with it.

He's over-breathing
the band mask,

And it's almost as though
he's suffocating down there.

If you need to come up hastily,

Your best bet might not be
to head directly to the ladder.

And I'll try to keep track of it
as best as I can,

But you should be fine.

Narrator: with just 29 ounces,
worth $35,000,

Toward her 400-ounce goal,

Emily needs to train up
the greenhorn

And get him producing gold.

Emily: it is your
responsibility, as a boat owner,

As a captain, as a leader,
to make sure that your operation

Is at optimal functioning
at all times.

I've put hundreds of thousands
of dollars into this operation.

If I can't have divers that
can find and follow the gold,

It's useless.

Whenever you're ready!

Tons is down.
We'll see how he does this time.

It's all about working
that massive dredge down there.

Tons, are you okay?
Are you at the nozzle?

What's up?

Hey, tons, just remember
to watch your breathing.

Slow down the breathing
a little bit.

What's the air pressure
on me, em?

Air pressure is at 80.

If he breathes too fast,

He puts too much stress
on the air system.

The faster he breathes, the more
the air pressure lowers, so --

And, then, of course, you know,
like, if you can't breathe,

You'll panic.

Oh, no. Tons hasn't moved
material yet.

Tony, get ready to help pull him
up if we need to, okay?

Tons is a wild card.

He could turn out to be
a fantastic dredger

Or he could be a liability.
I don't know.

Tons:
well, I'm just glad I'm here.

I'm trying.

Just get some
mother[bleep] gold.

Narrator: one mile northwest,
leaving belmont beach...

You know, our plan was to get
him to go down to tomcod.

We only have small, little
windows that we can get out,

So rather than go down


We're gonna go right here to
the [bleep] wreck area again.

Narrator: kris kelly
and his father, brad,

Are taking the reaper
out to sea.

Kris: got to get down there
and make some money today.

We haven't made money
in a couple weeks.

Narrator:
so far this season...

Okay, so, take my a*s home.
I'm done.

Are you sure, buddy?

I'm done.
You can go [bleep] yourself.

...after little brother andy
quit the dredge...

Kris:
why do I have to be a b*tch

And always have to jerk around

With this stupid,
garbage equipment?

Narrator: ...kris has struggled
to make it work with his dad.

Kris: 2 1/2 ounces.

To date, the duo have collected
less than 3 ounces of gold,

Worth barely 4,000 bucks.

Even so...

Brad: tomorrow's the big day.
Pop a baby out.

Couple scoops coming up.

Narrator: ...for brad, today's
trip can't be over fast enough.

Finally a little kelly girl.

My girlfriend's pregnant,

So I got to keep going
and checking on her.

This little baby -- that's what
dictates my plan now.

Narrator: in just a few hours,
brad's girlfriend, courtney,

Is having labor induced,

And another kelly
will be added to the fray.

He's 52 years old.
He's got a baby on the way.

By the time the kid
graduates high school,

He's gonna be in a wheelchair.

You know, it's gonna be a joke.

He's just not a very good boss,

Not good at putting the company
before his own personal needs.

I really wish I would have
went back to hawaii

With my brother sometimes

And lived the easy life,
the predictable life.

Narrator: while kris and brad
head for the grounds...

...just 2 miles away...

I didn't want to come back.
[ Laughs ]

But here I am.

Narrator: ...the prodigal kelly
has returned.

I just loved hawaii.
Beautiful weather.

Come back up to this [bleep]

Now I'm back in [bleep] jeans
and boots.

I was wearing boarding shorts
and flip-flops.

Now I'm back.
How fun.

I was gonna stay back in hawaii

And just say,
"[bleep] this place,"

But my mom asked me
if I would come back.

I'm my mom's main means
of support right now,

And I'll send her pretty much
about 70% of all my cleanups.

My brother -- I hope he enjoys
working with my dad.

Brad: okay, throw it out.

Anchor aweigh!

Kris: [bleep]

Wait!

[ Screams ]

[ Grunts ]

First [bleep]
[bleep]

It is [bleep] cold.

I got to get my [bleep] off.

[ Grunts ]

Why don't we just buoy up
for the day?

What's one more day?

No, I'm gonna put
my suit on.

Kris fell in the water already,
which isn't a good sign.

When someone falls in the water,

That's usually
a "time to go in maybe" sign.

You know what I mean?

No, it's not.
We're not going in.

I'm telling you, man,
it's a bad-luck day today.

Shut up with
your bad-luck day.

Let's just do this.
Well [bleep] shut up, then.

Ooh!

He's really pissing me off.

He will start a fight with me,
pick, pick,

Trying to get us
to come in early.

How the [bleep] are you gonna
make money like that?

Brad: hey, ready?
Got your gloves?

Narrator:
despite the rough start,

Brad begins prepping
kris' dive mask,

Soaping the glass
to keep it from fogging.

Okay, let's do this.

Are you feeling not good
after the [bleep] start we had?

Okay.

Yeah [bleep] you!

What's your problem?

[ Laughing ]

Narrator:
off the coast of nome...

On the reaper...

Are you feeling not good after
the [bleep] start we had?

Okay.

Yeah [bleep] you!

What's your problem?

[ Laughing ]

Narrator:
to keep the mask from fogging,

Most divers will use
gentle baby shampoo.

But if you're trying
to make your diver quit

So you can go home
and have a baby, try dish soap.

Bull[bleep] man!

You can't [bleep] rinse
that way!

You can't rinse out the soap
out of the [bleep] mask.

You can't use dish soap
in the mask.

Okay, we won't anymore.
Go ahead.

You just tore it right off.


Kris: my dad -- you know, he
doesn't want to be out there.

He wants to be at home, taking
care of his new girlfriend.

You know, he needs
to get this out of his mind

That it's okay to put in
half days,

'Cause I'm not gonna make
any money.

His new family's
bringing us down.

All day long,

You're just trying to find
an excuse to leave.

That's all
you've been doing.

What's the excuse?
I don't know!

First, it was visibility.

Bu-bu-bu-bu-bu-
bu-bu-bu-bu-bu.

And everything
you've been [bleep]

And it's like, "okay,
you [bleep] idiot!"

Shut up, you [bleep]
whiny [bleep] man.

And all you do
is yell and scream.

Why don't you learn to be
politically correct and talk?

You can't [bleep] keep
screaming about everything.

No, because
you're a [bleep] idiot.

I have to argue
about everything we do.

You know why you raise
your [bleep] voice?

'Cause your lack of
intelligence, you [bleep]

My lack of intelligence?
Yeah. You got it finally.

Let's go home.
I've had enough of this [bleep]

Let's go.

He doesn't want to be out here.

I don't even know what I'm doing
here with this [bleep] guy.

I really wish I could just go
back to working with my brother

Every single day and leave
my dad somewhere else.

We really need andy back
right now.

Narrator: 5 miles to the west,
on the rockwall claim...

So, I'd really like to get
at least six hours

Of, like,
steady dredging in today.

Narrator:
...clark owner, zeke tenhoff,

Is gearing up to dive.

Zeke:
I've been out here a lot,
but I haven't been actually

Getting, like, a lot
of steady dredging in,

So the gold hasn't really piled
up in the sluice box at all.

Narrator: so far this summer,

Zeke has banked 17 ounces,
worth over $20,000.

Zeke: the gold's
still good down there.

All my hours down there
should be super productive.

Narrator: now, to help him
boost his gold count,

He's brought on
a secret weapon...

Little brother gabe.

Zeke:
my brother gabe is a lot of fun.

You know, he's the youngest
child in the family,

So he can be kind of a punk.

But, you know,
I can only do so much

As one dude
doing most of the diving.

Dude, all systems go.

Last summer,
I kind of fell on my face,

But it was also more of just
like I hit the reset button.

You got me?

Yeah, I got ya.

Sweet.

My goals this summer

Are to beat my personal record
for ounces for a season.

I know I'm capable
of doing that.

Narrator: zeke's personal best
is 38.77 ounces.

Adding his brother
as a second diver,

Zeke is looking to
strike it rich.

Hey, so...

So, zeke, how are you doing
down there?

Zeke:
I'm seeing, you know, good gold.

This is just really easy stuff.

Well, sweet, dude.

Zeke: whoa!

A bunch of gold.

I'm looking at tons of gold
right now, yes.

Cashing checks
and breaking necks.

You got a phd in that [bleep]

[ Both laugh ]

Narrator:


On the eroica...

Emily: hey, tons, you've been
down about 45 minutes,

And your breathing
sounds really good.

You sound like
you're doing better.

Tons:
yeah. I feel pretty good.

Narrator: ...after failing
his first time down,

Emily's greenhorn has kept
his panic at bay,

Staying on the bottom
for nearly an hour.

Emily:
tons is shaky right now,

But he could turn out
to be the best prospector.

You can't teach somebody
how to do this job.

They just have to do it
for themselves.

I think he's figuring out
how to find gold.

Tons: it feels like
a record-breaking day.

You're doing great, man.

Narrator: for the skipper,
so far, so good...

You punch a hole yet?

[ Speaking indistinctly ]

I'm sorry?

Narrator:
...with just one problem.

[ Tons speaking indistinctly ]

[ Speaking indistinctly ]

It just sounds like
a southern twang

Running through
a bottle of whiskey.

[ Speaking indistinctly ]

[ Babbling ]

[ Speaking indistinctly ]

What's that?

[ Speaking indistinctly ]

You freed the umbilical?

Oh, you're seeing gold?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

All right, kick a*s.

Put a couple ounces
in the box, eh?

Holy [bleep]

[ Speaking indistinctly ]

Like a whole lot just sitting
right here.

And there's some right there,
too.

Just laying on the ground.
It's crazy, it's crazy.

Well, tons, it's official.

You're on the team now
if you're sucking up gold.

It's just sitting there,
just sitting on the ground.

[ Speaking indistinctly ]

[ Babbling ]

Narrator: in nome harbor...

...for five hours, pomrenke
father and son have been racing

To fix a busted hydraulic line
and contain an oil spill.

Steve: probably two ounces
of gold to pay for this one.

Between fines
and cleanup materials,

The spill will cost them
at least 10 grand.

Shawn: we got to get over
on that and bring it out

And come around
and bring it right --

Contain it to here?

Yeah, 'cause it's all over
in this corner now.

Yeah, this will work.

Simple fix, big mess.

Between dad and i, there ain't
nothing that we can't do.

No matter how much fighting,
bickering, and arguing we do,

We always get the job done.

The christine rose would not be
as successful as it is

With just one of us.

It takes both of us to make it
successful as it is.

Narrator: after wasting
half the day in port...

All right, we're gonna get
the hell out of here.

Narrator:
...shawn is finally free

To do what shawn does best.

Got to move.
Got to move, got to move.

[ Groans ]

Time to go mining finally.

Dad's gonna stay back
and clean up the mess.

Drop that in. Drop that.

Good day to go mining.

Bad day to be cleaning up
oil spills.

I'm trying to turn this box
yellow in a day.

Let's get this show
on the road.

Narrator: while the barge
heads for the tomcod claim,

Back in the city of nome...

Hey, andy?

Andy?

Hey, you want to come down
real quick so I can talk to you?

Well, we really need him
back right now.

Well, we can't do this
without him.

So, what are you up to?

We really need you
to come back on board.

Dad's really
taking us down.

[Bleep]
what do you want me to say?

Been under a lot of burden
myself, you know,

Dealing with dad
doing all the fixes.

I'm doing most
of the fixes myself,

And I'm really putting
a lot of my own money

Trying to take care
of all this crap.

I kind of need
someone to step up

And try to help me
make my money back.

Just put everything aside,
concentrate only on gold.

I need andy. Andy and I
are a great team together.

You know, I actually like him

More than I like a lot
of other people in the world.

Okay, so...

You should really
come back with us.

Yeah, I'm coming back.

Cool.

We'll do it like we did
last year -- work together,

And we'll have to deal
with dad, like always.

Don't worry.
Everything will be better.

Everything will be
a lot better.

Andy: most of the times,

If my brother will ask me
to do something,

Even if it's against everything
that I want,

I will suck up my pride for
my brother, like I am right now,

Going back to my [bleep] dad.

You don't know how much pride
I had to suck up

To do that, but...

Okay, I'll see you later.

Yeah. Have a good one.

Narrator: the kelly boys

Are putting the family business
back together.

As for their dad...

Don't worry, buddy.

You know,
it's just gold money.

It's what makes the world
go 'round.

...before the new baby arrives,

Brad and his girlfriend,
courtney, are selling some gold,

Lovingly stolen
from his own flesh and blood.

Brad:
I take everybody's gold,

And that's just part
of the price

Of working for him, you know?

That's the payment plan,

You know, for unpaid rent

And food and winter gear
and whatnot.

You know [bleep] those kids.

I mean, to be honest with you,

You know,
they're a pain in the a*s.

They're grown men.
They're not kids anymore.

They're grown men.

Kick their asses
out to the curb.

Go get a job. Do something.

How are you?

Courtney's been saving gold.

Man: oh, I'll tell you, she's
the real miner in the group.

This is the baby fund,

'Cause she's gonna have
the baby tonight.

Okay,
we got 11.2 ounces.

High five on that one.
[ Laughs ]

Boo-yah.

$172 Times 11.2.

Narrator: though it was lifted
from his sons,


$13,400.

Ka-ching!

Baby needs
a new pair of shoes.

[ Laughs ]
let's go get some more.

Narrator: while brad's
little girl is on the way,


On the christine rose...

When this lever's up,
these do nothing.

...before arriving
on the tomcod claim,

Shawn is giving his little girl
the grand tour.

This is your safety switch.

I know everything.

If you think
you know everything,

You got a lot to learn,
kid.

Even dad
doesn't know everything.

There's something to learn
from everybody you meet.

[ Buzzes ] I guess so.

You need to get like
a natural toilet, though.

Growing up with dad, we didn't
really have a relationship

Other than a work relationship.

At least I try to spend time
with my kids.

I can count the times I went
fishing with my dad on one hand.

Go ahead and boom down.

Boom down.

Nice.

Everything's
nice and smooth.

Try to fill the bucket up
with water.

Curl. Yeah.
Curl your bucket.

You got it.

Now pick it up
and dump it.

Pretty smooth.

I think emily's a
backhoe-operating guru already.

She does know everything.

Narrator:
after showing emily the ropes...

Dad's got to take over.

...it's time to get to work.

Good job
for your first time.

Well, we're just getting back
to where we were digging.

We're gonna just move on
over here

And get back on
to this good gold we were on.

We're real close
to where we left off,

But I want to make sure

I ain't leaving any big piles
of gold behind.

Narrator:
pushing for 1,000 ounces

And behind after
an expensive morning...

I think that's
a great sample there.

Narrator: ...shawn needs to put
the barge on the gold.

That's looking good.

It could be running
in any layer in here,

So you got to pull from
different areas of the bucket

In order to get a good sample.

Jacob: it's a nice pan.

Crappy morning, good afternoon.

I want to see if I can see
what's on top of the clay.

Good gold in the pan,

So we're gonna run it
and see what it looks like.

We found
what we were looking for --

A big pile of gold at the bottom
of the bering sea.

We're gonna go ahead and load it
up, put it in the sluice box.

Narrator:


On the rockwall claim...

Zeke:
it might be fine.

I mean, you have a little bit
of cold water coming in here,

But, like, you have
a lot of hot water

Coming in through there,
so --

...zeke is sending
his baby brother, gabe,

To the bottom of the ocean.

Gabe: I want my own booties.
This is gross.

Better not have
any nasty foot fungi.

Zeke: gabe's done
a fair amount of dredging

Over the past few years.

He's come up and helped
from time to time.

And there's still a lot
that gabe doesn't know.

You know, I mean, as far as

Just, like, straight up going
down to the bottom and dredging,

That's pretty easy,

As long as somebody else
found the gold for you.

Hey, just so you know, I moved
the buoys just kind of over

To the end of the line
that I was working.

You have to go north
of that anchor.

Narrator:
with zeke putting the clark

On a clear line of gold,

All little bro has to do
is find it...

Gabe: well, I'm moving --
oh, holy [bleep]

Narrator:
...and watch out for jellyfish.

Gabe:
that's a huge jellyfish!

Man, they get big.

There it is.

Okay.

You get through
this first layer,

And everything turns black.

And then boom -- once
it's black, the gold pops out.

It's awesome.
[ Laughs ]

Do some of that victory dance
underwater.

Yeah!

Do you see that gold?

Daddy will be driving a caddy!

Yeah!

Narrator: team tenhoff seems
to have found its pot of gold

At the end of the rainbow.

Gabe: [bleep]

Zeke!

Dude, what the...

Are you even in the cabin?

You're useless as a tender,
dude.

You're a great diver,
but you're a useless tender.

Oh, yeah.
I bet you did.

Slow down and realize it's
actually not a very big deal.

Whatever the problem is

It's probably not
that big of a deal.

You [bleep] up, dude.

No, I didn't [bleep] up,
okay?

I fixed the problem,
and now I'm mining again.

And what I needed help from you
for is now done with.

Wait.
What did you need help?

Nothing.
I don't need anything.

Dude, it makes you angry if
you're down there for a while.

Black gravel. Gold sitting
right on top of it.

Nice little display of it.

If he can do another hour,
that's fine.

Narrator: as team tenhoff gets
back on the gold...

Back on claim 14...

On the eroica...

Emily: are you still able
to scan some color?

I feel like I need
a polar plunge.

[ Laughs ] too late, man.
I'm jumping.

I'm jumping.
It's all over!

Emily: being on the gold
on my own dredge,

There's no way I can describe
that feeling.

It's just pure, pure joy.

Narrator: with her greenhorn
on the gold,

For captain emily riedel,
it's celebration time.

[ Laughing ]

That's real cold.

That's real cold.

This pontoon is leaking.

I'm gonna put together
some splash zone

And patch this pontoon
on the fly.

You don't have to know
about boats

To know that when your pontoon
is full of water,

Then you're screwed.

I'm back!

If something happens to the boat
and it sinks,

Then I'm out about 200 grand.

It'll be the world's first
pontoon patch

While wearing a bikini.

We're breaking a world record
here.

When I came up here, I was
obviously aware of the fact

That I was a woman alone
in a field of men.

And I never wanted to focus
on that.

I just wanted to be a person
trying to do well up here.

And I'm never gonna call myself
successful

Until I can do everything.

Until I can dive,
until I can fix things,

Until I can weld,
until I can be an engineer,

Until I can be
a true captain,

I'm not going to call myself
successful.

[ Laughing ]

That's cold [bleep]

I just patched the pontoon
in my bikini.

Yeah.

I'm patching a pontoon
in my bikini.

Just to remind you guys

Who has the real ba*ls
in this operation.

[ Laughter ]

That's a pretty bad leak
on that pontoon.

[ Speaks indistinctly ]

It didn't feel like
it was that bad.

I'm gonna warm up a second.

Then I got to put more zone
on it.

Whoo! [ Laughs ]

It's deliciously cold.

There's cold, and then
there's deliciously cold,

And that's deliciously cold.

[ Laughs ]

Hey, gabe, what are you gonna do
with your gold money?

Gabe: I'm gonna make a point

To spend every dime of it
frivolously.


I'll go to barcelona.

Plenty of g's will buy a caddy.

You should not buy a caddy.

That's a bad investment.

I'll take my own advice.

Money, music, a*s, and [bleep]

[ Laughs ]

Narrator: after 12 hours
on the bering sea...

She might appreciate dad's job
just a little bit more.

A little bit?

Thanks for having me.

Thanks for coming out.

[ Smooches ] love you.

Love you, too.

...the current generation
of nome miners calls it a day.

Oh, hey, tons.
You really kicked a*s.

High five, man.
Appreciate it.

Yeah, it was hard.

What? [ Laughs ]

...while brad kelly heads to the
hospital to greet the next one.

Brad:
so, we'll go pick her up.

I'm real excited, you know?

I'm scared, too,
in another sense, you know?

I haven't been a father
in [bleep] 30 years, dude.

You know, it's a big thing.

It's like learning
all over again.

Narrator: just outside
the nome city limits...

Gabe: yeah!

We're the kids that were always
kicking it in the sandbox,

And we never got over it.

We just really like dirt.

[ Laughs ]

Narrator: the tenhoff boys
are cleaning their gold.

I'm thinking we got
about 10 ounces in there.

I really like working for zeke.

He's my older brother,
so he's, like, you know,

Down to, like, you know,
teach me the ways.

I'm getting a lot of black sands
in there, zeke.

It does this little thing
where if you kind of tilt it up,

You get some water in there,

And you just kind of like
vibrate it a little bit.

Tap it like that.

The gold kind of moves up,

And the black sand
kind of just moves down

And separates from it.

It's like a little
physics phenomenon.

Here, hold that
up to your face.

I'll take a picture of ya.

[ Camera shutter clicks ]

[ Laughs ]

Good enough.
[ Laughs ]

Panties are gonna be
flying off.

The panties
have been flying off

As long as I can remember.

[ Both laughing ]

We've just got about nine hours
on the box.

It was looking really -- I mean,
that was really good gold,

So I'm hoping that we have
at least six or seven ounces.

I hate this part, dude.

Zeke: I know.
It's totally stressful.


Yeah.



That's not bad.

Not bad at all.

Should get back on that ground
early in the morning.

Dude, we need to get out there
tomorrow morning.

Narrator: 12.5 ounces
is worth $15,000.

Okay.

There's 4.14.
There you go, dude.

For his efforts, gabe will
take home almost 5 grand,

Plus a little
big brotherly advice.

Don't spend it all
in one place.

It's likely that I will.
[ Chuckles ]

Daddy's driving a caddy.

[ Both laugh ]

But the day is not ending well
for everyone.

At the nome regional hospital...

...instead
of passing out cigars,

Brad kelly is face-to-face
with a nightmare.

[ Voice breaking ] they
medevac'd her to anchorage.

They don't know if she's even
gonna make it overnight.

This is the [bleep] worst day
of my life, dude.

You can't imagine.

The baby's fine, but they don't
know if she's gonna --

If she's gonna make it
through the night.

And they don't know why.

You know,
that's the [bleep] up thing.

They don't have a [bleep] clue
what's wrong with her.

I asked if they hit an artery
at all, and they said no.

I mean, it's not just bleeding.
It's gushing out.

I mean, I've seen people
[bleep] stabbed

Bleed less than this [bleep]

And she's only a [bleep] little,
tiny woman.

So I don't know if she's gonna
make it, you know?

I really don't, dude.

I'm really upset
over this [bleep]

I just want my baby and my girl
to be healthy.

That's all I give
a [bleep] about.

[Bleep] the gold.
You know, you can get gold.

It's out there always.

You can't replace
people's lives, you know?

I don't know, dude.

This really is the worst
[bleep] day of my life,

To be honest with you.

I mean, it's supposed
to be the best day.

I got a beautiful, little baby
girl and maybe no mother --

You know what I mean? --
To raise it.

I don't even know
what the [bleep] to do.

[Bleep]

[Bleep] dude.

[ Sighs ]

Man: full speed ahead!

Man #2:
time to make some gold.

Man #3: that's what
I'm talking about, boy!

Ah! What the [bleep]
do I do?!

Man #4: we're on a roll
for the best year ever.

Shawn's trying to steal my gold.

Throwing me off my claim!
[Bleep] you, man!