09x08 - Last Man Diving

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On the season finale
Of "Bering sea gold"...

today is deadline day.

We need to keep the gold flowing
For the mega dredge.

That's what it's all about.

It'll definitely help out.

With the big barge.

I'm standing on a fortune,

And I can't get the money
Out of the ground myself.

This is all gonna end,
And I'm really stressed out.

A lot is riding on this
Right now.

Whoowhoo!

Now we're ready!

We wasted our whole season,

And now we're here,

And now we get to do
The fun part.

I'm going to dredge
As quickly as I possibly can.

We got to make the most
Out of the few hours we have.

Last day.

We can make it count Bigtime.

This is just
Starting to get fun.

You got a bad back, Remember.

We need this gold.

What the

- all right!
- Yeah!

Come on.

I'm about to lose my mind.

I need every little bit.

- Gold cops.
- We got to get out of here.

- Here we go.
- Are we gonna do it?

Whoo!

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April 15th. Nome, alaska.

It's the final day
Of the ice dredging season.

At sundown,
The government pulls the plug.

All mining will cease,

And the fleets
Will pull off the ice.

Under the specter
Of the shutdown.

And with spring sunshine
Breaking the ice apart,

The captains scramble
For every last ounce of gold...

Before their window
Of opportunity slams shut.

On the outskirts of nome...

Last push of the season.

Springtime's finally arrived.

I'm heading back out To bluff.

"Mr. Gold," shawn pomrenke
Is back in town.

After a business meeting
In las vegas.

I met the investor.

It looks like
He's gonna help us out.

And fund the mega dredge.

He's exhausting every option.

To ensure his $6 million
Mega dredge will be built.

But backing the operation.

With money
From outside the family.

Is not his first choice.

The bottom line is,

The reason that I work so hard
Is for my family and my kids.

An investor is the last resort.

Hopefully we can fund it
Mostly ourselves.

So he's more motivated than ever.

To relocate a pay streak.

He found
At the end of last summer.

That he believes holds
Millions of dollars in gold.

If he can find it,

The family business
Stays in the family.

Time for me to get back
And sniff out some gold.

This season...

Shawn hasn't been able.

To get back on
The summer pay streak.

We might have found
Our next hole.

To make our next
Thousand ounces out of.

But he has put some gold
In the box...

there it is.

Fired right up.

And moved forward
With his mega dredge plans...

I'm meeting
Some investors today.

Traveling to las vegas...

It's gonna be Very profitable.

For everybody Involved in it.

And entering talks.

To secure a multimilliondollar
Investment...

I think we can get everybody
On the same page.

That's great to hear.

That'll close the gap
In funding the mega dredge.

Now...

We're back over here,
Moving more towards the north.

Hopefully this will pay off.

In search of his pay streak,

Shawn has plotted
Two lines of dive holes.

Across the grounds,

And now, he's setting up
The intersection of those lines.

In hopes of rediscovering
The elusive gold.

And living up to his nickname.

Every ounce in the box.

Will definitely help out
With the big barge.

Shawn's got a little itch
For prospecting,

So he might go down
And find another pot of gold.

We got to try and get
As much gold as we can.

Could be an ounce,

Could be a hundred ounces
Down there.

You never know.

It's gold mining.

Hey, buddy, what's your
Strategy down there?

What are you looking for?

I'm looking for that
Yellow brick road, buddy.

Lots of structure.

Lots of big rocks.

Whoa!

Geez.

There's gold under every rock
Down here.

Look at that one!

Just find a nugget?

Just found a nice picker.

We're putting gold
In the box already.

Here we go.

I mean, very first hole
I dropped down,

And I'm looking at


In the final hours, Mr. Gold...

Puts his operation
Back on pay dirt.

This is gonna be fun!

But is it too little, Too late?



I always feel more pressure now,
The last day.

I really need this money.

Captain kris and kelly united
Are in a familiar place.

One last push.

We're gonna try and get
That starter going.

Broken down and off the gold.

Might be a little barbaric,
But we got to get it running.

We need this gold.

The gold's
Right underneath my feet,

And my equipment keeps breaking.

I'm here to work.

I'm here to get
Underneath the water.

And make money.

It's tearing me up inside.

After setting the lofty goal.

Of making his family
Millionaires this winter,

Reality has recalibrated
The young captain's focus.

Now, he's desperate
Just to break even.

If he can't,
The irish will be ruined.

I got to get down there.

And I got to see this gold
For myself.

I really got to.

But there's nothing I can do.

We're pretty much
Dead in the water.

This winter...

Captain kris followed
A simple, inspired plan.

Did you guys Come find this?

- No.
- Did you find it?!

Follow mr. Gold to the gold.

I found a thousand flakes.

Leading house kelly...

- 9.3.
- 9.3 ounces.

That is The best gold cleanup.

We've ever had In our lives.

In our lives!

To golden greatness.

Nothing's working for me.

Kris, the air!

But equipment breakdowns
Ate away at their payday...

The com line's busted.

Again...

I can't start it.

And again...

This sucks!

And caused...

Just shut up.

What else? Family friction.

- Smarten up!
- Get in the water!

Now...

it's 11 or 12.

It probably means the starter
Is drawing too much amperage.

Come on, baby.

With only 16 hours left
In the season,

What should've been
A simple repair.

Has taken days.

We're good. We're ready to go.

We repaired it.

Whoowhoo!

Whoo!

Now we're ready!

My dad did a 180
And fixed my engines.

And basically saved
The end of my season.

Sure, it took us a long time,

And it took us a lot of fights,
You know,

And I was acting crazy,

And I needed a shot in the head
At the end.

Andy's back on board, too.

I'm gonna go get changed.

Let's get going.

The irish have been parked
Above pay dirt for weeks.

We just need to get
Underneath the water.

And get the gold.

All they have to do
Is go get it.

This is our last opportunity,
Kris,

To get big gold For the season.

We're depending on you.

To put a lot of gold In the box.

Yeah, I know.

I just need to get this gold
To pay my debts off,

And everything Will be good.

Okay, let's see.

I'm trying To prospect around.

There's some real weird here.

What are you seeing?

No gold so far.

This sucks!

Come on.

- Hold on.
- What the is that?

Holy.

What are you seeing Down there?

Really?

Really, really!

Are you seeing puddles Or what?

Lots of bits and pieces,
Some chunky stuff.

Give me a dollar figure.

I don't even know how much gold
I'm seeing right now.

Well, it's made every struggle,
Problem, conflict,

Straightup fight that I've had.

Worth it and then some.

Just get the gold In the box.

We're down to a few hours left
For this season.

Coming up...

Whoa, what's that?

Yeah!

Is that pump All the way up?


At the bluff.

Last day, final push.

With the season
Shutdown looming,

Zeke tenhoff,
With his brother sam tending,

Is about to get under the ice.

We don't have much time,

But I believe
That the time that we have,

We can make it count Bigtime.

After a season of prospecting,

Nome's mad scientist.

Is looking to make
His latest creation pay.

From everything
We've heard from everybody,

It's those nugget pockets
That are paying.

So, got to do it.
We got to find them.

This winter...

Hastings creek's
Spitting out gold,

Right directly that way.

This is where we need to be.

Zeke dedicated the season.

To staking claim
To ground at hastings creek.

Good

and after weeks
Of gathering samples...

That's gold.

He found the pay dirt
He was looking for.

There could be, like,

The rest of our working careers
Worth of money.

Just sitting out there.

But when he decided
To switch to mining...

There's a big greasy crack
Just opening up right there!

The ice was
Pulled out from under him.

We need to get
Good dredging done.

And we need to get Some gold.

We got to go to bluff.

So, against his nature,

Zeke followed the crowd
To the bluff.

Just gonna keep moving around.

Until I get on
Some of that chunky gold.

And after a marathon


Definitely gold In the area.

He found gold.

Found it.

Yeah.

Now...

I went over, Right over there,

Kind of just cut
A little bench in between.

Then I went over there.

Kind of already got
Kind of chewed up over there.

Then I went over there.

It's already been sort of
Chewed up over there, too.

I think we're gonna be
Dredging this way.

Zeke's ready for one last dive.

To pack the box full of gold.

It's gonna be...
Gonna be a good dive.

This whole ice season,
We made no money.

We have to make
The absolute most.

Of this final day.

You ready to go?

Yeah, good to go.

Yeah.

All right. All right, man.

To make the most
Of his last day,

Zeke's using a oneofakind,
Custombuilt sub dredge.

That allows him
To cover twice the ground.

In half the time.

I...

Aah!

Do I have any tether left?

You're almost maxed out.

Well, it looks like
I'm stuck in the ice.

If zeke has
An equipment malfunction.

With the tether
Frozen into the ice ceiling,

He won't be able to reach
The safety of his dive hole.

Damn, you know,
We got to watch out for that.

It freezes into the ceiling
Fast!

Basically the tether
Floats to the top,

And then it melts its way
Up into the ice ceiling.

And freezes back over.

If you're not Paying attention.

Want me to pull it up?

No, I'm just trying
To get it out of.

Its frozen ceiling trap.

There we go.

Copy that.

We got...
We got some grinding to do.

Man, it's gonna turn.

Our whole season around when
You find that first nugget.

I mean, the thing is,

Is it still could really,
Really pay out for us.

That's what We're hoping for.

But there's a problem.

Damn it, I'm just not seeing
Gold in this stuff.

I'm about to lose my mind.

The rich ground zeke located.

Seems to have disappeared.

Where's the gold? Where are ya?

The tidal action of the ocean.

Can shift tons of overburden
Across the grounds overnight,

Making even
A wellprospected area.

Look completely different.

I'm gonna go over this way
And check out over here.

Let's see if I can spot.

Any nuggets In these here rocks.

I might see one, like, chunker
Or something like it.

That'll definitely,
Definitely turn my day around,

That's for sure.

Whoa. What's that?

Yeah!

There's little
Chunkers of gold in it!

There are! Whoohoo!

I mean, this is what
I'm talking about.

Yeah!

Bunch of chunk,

Bunch of different,
Little layers.

Yeah!

Thank finally.



How you doing, jay?

We're on gold.
Everything's going good.

Determined to save his season,

Captain kris kelly is five hours
Into his dive.

Seeing the most gold

I've ever seen
In my entire life.

It's everywhere.

It's insane.

The cleanup crew's here.

What the

Holy!

Me. What's going on?

It's a simple fact.

Brokendown equipment
Breaks down.

Come on.

After a winter.

Of breakdown after breakdown
After breakdown,

For the irish,
The season is over.

Yeah, we're done.

Coming up...

final cleanout Of the year.

What's that say?

This is just incredible,
Fantastic news.


At the bluff...

we're not leaving
One speck of gold behind.

I need every little bit.

After a season Defined and ended.

By a grueling string
Of equipment failures,

The fightin' irish Are starting.

Their final Winter cleanup.

We didn't come here
For a camping adventure.

We didn't come here
To hang out with our friends.

We came here to get gold,
And we barely dredged, so...

Hopefully,
I can turn a profit here.

Final cleanup,

Everything's coming down
To this day.

We really need this gold cleanup
To be a big one.

Pull it apart.

I want every bit of gold
That comes out of here.

I really need 10 ounces,
To be honest with you.

I know we don't have
Anywhere near enough hours.

To get anywhere Near that gold,

But I'm telling you Right now,

I really need 10 ounces.

Right now, I have nothing
But debts in town to pay,

And I'm super scared
At this point,

'cause I know this is the end.

Okay, here we go.
Final cleanout of the year.

Come on, baby.



Call it 9.5.


Is worth over $12,000...

So that's 2 ounces an hour
We were on at the end.

Bringing their season total
To 24 ounces,

Worth over $30,000.

We ended up getting


Which was just enough
To keep going on,

Just enough to pay off
Most of my bills,

And just enough to save
The kellys for another year.



We get that much gold
During a summer.

I wish we would be leaving
With 100 ounces.

Yeah, well, we're not,
So we still had a good season.

One of our best seasons.

Actually, a bestever ice season
For the irish...

It is. It's our best in gold.

But it was living
And life and the struggle.

And for captain kris,

The promise Of a golden summer.

I made amazing things happen
This year.

We got more gold
Than we've ever gotten.

In the least amount of time
We've ever dredged.

We can see there's a future.

I think this bluff
Has definitely given everybody.

A shot in the arm
That they really needed, a hope.

Okay, let's be
In a positive mood.

We're gonna k*ll it here
This summer.

I'm talking 200 or 300 ounces,
For sure.



You know, it's about a relief
To see gold.

There it goes Up the nozzle.

With just hours left
Until the icemining shutdown,

Zeke tenhoff
And his brother, sam,

Zero in on their target.

Dude, Just a pocket of nuggets.

It's right there.
There's another nugget.

A whole pocket of nuggets.

Yeah!

That little pocket's
Loaded with gold.

Yeah.

In their sights,

A golden payday to meet
The costs of the season.

Just loaded.
I knew we were gonna find it.

I knew it.

Yeah, there's a nugget.

Right there, That's beautiful.

Yeah.

All right!

Feels good.

Feels real good.

All this work,

Coming out here and Hauling our.

Is finally worth it.

Diving on good gold.

Stoked.

Like, this is... this is...

This is, for a gold dredger,

This is the most beautiful
Sight you could ever see.

Without question,
This is, like, the best,

The most amazing scenario
That you could ever see.

This is just incredible,
Fantastic news.

For the tenhoff brothers
At this point,

Because we've had
A hard go of it this winter.

And we've been All over the map,

Trying to make things
Work out for us.

I know it's pretty late
In the game,

But we're on some gold.

It's here. I'm seeing it.

That's awesome, man.

Nuggets! All right!

- That's what I'm talkin' about.
- Yeah!

I'm stoked, man. We're on it.

We're on it, man. We're on it.

Keep it there.
I want to go down there.

Gonna have to give me
A little more time.

To really analyze
The gold quantity.

In the immediate vicinity.

Do what you can to make
Yourself comfortable up there.

'cause I don't think we're
Gonna be moving for a bit.

I have quite a bit of range
In this spot,

Going into This cobble field.

As zeke gets to work.

Cleaning up The cobble field,

Sam brings The final hours home.

With a serenade For the season.

Awesome.

Okay.

you take my spare time
And throw it away

I don't know

not bad, sam.

Yeah, this just isn't anything
Like the nome gold at all,

But that's fine.

I like it better.

I like it.

I mean, dude, there's a piece
Of gold right there.

It's just... just...

It's a series
Of those little chunkers.

That get us paid.

You're almost maxed out.

That plane looked like a dnr.

Coming up...

It's weighout time.

We gonna do it?

- Got the final cleanup.
- Here we go.

h* h* h*.



At the bluff...

We're on some gold.

That's awesome, man.

Zeke tenhoff
And his brother, sam,

Are making the most
Of the final hours.

In hopes of securing a payday.

That'll make
The end of the season golden.

Yeah, there it is Right there.

That plane Looked like a dnr.

In the state of alaska,

The department of
Natural resources.

Regulates mining activities.

And per state law,

All ice dredging
Must cease at sundown,

Just a few short hours away.

They're definitely
Trying to signal us.

To get off the ice.

You know,
I think this is probably.

Gonna be a good time
To just clean up the box.

We did everything
We said we were gonna do.

We did.

Now we got To pack out of here,

'cause we're tired,
And we're done.

Give me some skin.

Yeah.

Yeah. We're done, man.

Whoo!

- How's it looking down there?
- Just starting to get fun.

At the tail end
Of a marathon 13hour dive,

Captain shawn pomrenke.

Is fighting to suck up
Every ounce of gold he can.

Before the sun
Sets on the season.

Pretty good.

There's gonna be some nice,
Chunky gold around here.

He's been hunting all winter.

For an elusive pay streak
He believes.

Marks a multimilliondollar
Gold deposit.

Come on. Come to daddy.

And while He hasn't found it,

He still hopes
To pull in enough gold.

To fund his
$6 million mega dredge.

Without outside investors.

Yeah, we're making
Some money, boys.

We'll just let you guys judge
When you see the box.

Hey, you got a bad back,
Remember.

Don't pat yourself too hard.

You might hurt yourself.

h*, h*.

Is that pump All the way up?

Wide open?

Hold on a minute.

It went out?

Shawn's hotwater supply
Is cut off.

The human body cools


In cold water than in air,

And in the 29degree waters
Of the bering sea,

Without a hotwater supply,

Shawn has mere minutes
Before hypothermia sets in.

In his push To the absolute end,

Shawn has run out of propane
For his hotwater heater...

that's it, man.

That's it. I'm done.

Hot water quit,
Started getting really cold.

Starting to get hypothermic.

Ending his dive
Just before the close of day.

Wish I could've dove longer,

But time to get
The hell out of here.

As a new day Dawns over nome...

The icemining shutdown
Is in effect.

After a brutal three months,
The grounds are still.

Now the remaining cleanups
For the fleet.

Are under way.

It's time to reap
The last rewards.

On the outskirts of nome,
At zeke tenhoff's compound...

The cleanup is looking solid.

This is looking awesome, man.

After a grueling winter season.

Spent gathering samples.

To stake a claim
At hastings creek...

I mean, just there's
Something to be said.

About just going out,

Two dudes on
A track fourwheeler,

And making it happen,

And that's what we did.

Zeke and his brother, sam,

Are hoping their late run
At the bluff.

Will make ends meet
And set them up for the future.

I'm panning out.

Our first and final cleanup
Of the season.

I mean, This is all of the work.

That we did
For the entire winter,

Breaking our backs.

I mean, it all comes down
To this little bucket.

The anticipation Is k*lling me.

Aah. Aah!

It's weighout time.

All right, here we go.

End of season.
It's the culmination here.

It's the moment of truth.





Dude.



Yeah. Like that clinking.

Yeah.



Dude, We're coming up on...

We're coming up On a pound.

Man. Are we gonna do it?

We gonna do it?

Ooh. 15 ounces...

Flew by a pound!

Yeah! Yeah!

Sweet. A pound and change, man.

High five.

Low five, yeah.


Over a pound of gold...

Is worth over $21,000.

Made it all worth it,
The whole season.

A colossal


On their final dive,

Allowing zeke and sam to make
A small profit for the season.

This is the most beautiful
And satisfying cleanout.

That I've ever had.

You just can't argue
With a pound of gold.

You know, if you're going on
An adventure with your brother.

And you see succeed,

And you come back,
And you're home,

And you cleaned up
A pound of gold...

Yeah.

It works.

You know, It was real hard.

We got stuck a lot.

We got a pound of gold.

Yeah. Move...

Next conversation. Yeah.

Coming up...

By no means
Are the kellys finished.

It is do or die right now.

Let's see what it does.

And now "Golden thoughts,".

By brad kelly.

We need gold
To continue our life.

Gold is money,
Money is gold, right?

So it's the key to all life,
Gold, right?

Who gave gold a value?

Just a bright, shiny rock.

Are we stupid or what?

I want to meet
The guy that said,

"This... we're gonna suck
These humans into thinking.

This is valuable."

Man, are we dumb or what?


At the bluff...

well, that's it.
We're out of here.

Yep. Thank.

The mining season is over,

And members of the fleet.

Are pulling their gear
Off the ice.

For sure,
I didn't get my million ounces.

That's all details.

And just little bumps
In the road.

You know what?

There's a million dollars
At the end of the rainbow,

And I know I'm gonna get there.

I know I'm gonna take my team.

I know that we're together.

And we're all gonna get rich
Doing this.

Well, this summer season's
Gonna be amazing.



This ice season's been
A miserable slog for me.

I still got to find My own jam.

The spot that I found
And nobody else did,

It was banging.

That's what drives me forward,

And that's the glory that I need.

If I'm gonna keep doing this
And giving a about it.

Mining is what I'll always do,

But projecting
To where I want to be.

And at some future date.

Is really not
How my brain works.

Engage with life constantly,

And life will, like, lead you
To where you're gonna go.

On the outskirts of town...

Get off the ice.

And start getting ready
For the summer.

All final cleanups
Are in the books.

Except for one.

Whoahoho! Whoa.

We're gonna be
Going back to town.

Hopefully, we'll see a bunch
Of gold in this final cleanup.

After a season spent hunting.

For a multimilliondollar
Pay streak at the bluff,

Mr. Gold's moment of truth
Is fast approaching.

This is the most
Difficult icemining season

I've ever had.

Had a really good crew of guys.

We're all staying
In a small little cabin.

And working our asses off.

Let's pile up that gold.

It's basically camping
In the middle of nowhere,

And we need to make money.

So it's gonna be key
To keeping the crew happy.

And to get
The big mega drudge going.

Got the final cleanup.

Hopefully, it'll bump us up
Over 100 ounces.

Would be nice.

For shawn,
The moment has arrived,

And the truth lies in the pan.

I'm hoping For, like, 12 ounces.

Hoping for anything
Over 10 ounces.





Hoho.






Is worth over $22,000,

Bringing shawn's season total.

To 120 ounces
Of pure bering sea gold.

The haul worth over $156,000.

But that's just a fraction
Of the amount he needs.

To fund the mega dredge.

- Not bad.
- Not bad, bro.

Still, it reaffirmed
Shawn's faith in the bluff.

Our best ice season so far.

So successful? Yes.

Did we hit the mother lode? No.

But we're gonna keep looking.

I could just taste that gold
At that bluff.

I just got to settle down.

And know that
That gold's gonna be there.

Definitely,
There's a lot more to come.

All of us guys are gonna put
A little gold in our pocket.

And then get ready for
Probably the biggest summer yet.

In a season where all roads
Led to the bluff,

Mr. Gold takes top honors.

Kelly united limps into second.

The tenhoff brothers take third.

And to captain emily,

A lovely participation trophy.

We made it.

We made it to st. Mary's.

In gold mining,
There is no off season.

That's floating.

There she is.

And mr. Gold himself.

Has arrived in st. Mary's
With the spring flood.

To claim his prize.

Now the first huge hurdle.

Is getting this barge
Out into the deeper water.

If shawn can't move
The barge off the bank,

It could delay
The mega dredge project.

For a year or more.

At a cost of hundreds
Of thousands of dollars.

It is do or die right now.

We're hooked up onto the barge,

And hopefully, it slides out,

But we're gonna give her
The wood right now.

And see if she goes.

We got 450 horse, so...

Let's see what it does.

Here it goes.

Come on.

Aah.

There she goes.

We're free.

We're free.

Whoo!

Walk it to the back.

I'm excited.

I see this vision of mine
Coming together.

Ready, shawn?

That's a way
To secure my own future.

And a great legacy
To leave my kids and grandkids.

Bam! Yeah.

First step to building
This dredge is done.

Once I get this thing all done,

It'll be the biggest dredge
In nome, by far.

And shawn is gonna need it,

Because this summer,

A titan unlike anything
Nome has ever seen...

Hoohoo! We're digging!

- Yeah!
- All right.

Enters the game.

We got some competition.

And mr. Gold faces
His biggest challenge yet.

I do not like second place.

Good luck.