12x10 - Claim of Thrones: Part 1

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Narrator:
now on "bering sea gold"...

Shawn: gold fever
will make you take risks

You won't normally take.

It'll make you do things
you don't normally do.

It's the rush.

Get as much gold in the box
as you can.

Nothing's gonna get in my way.

Shawn: don't be digging
on my holds anymore.

Ken: that makeshift bushing
is getting ready to give out

In this hard ground.

But I haven't busted my a*s
all summer to stop now.

I'm gonna keep pushing
this old girl

Till she falls to pieces
or the storm shuts us down.

Pushing it so hard to the limit.

It's definitely
rolling the dice.

Man.

Vernon: you always take chances,
and it's all dangerous.

It's these [bleep]
or-get-off-the-pot decisions

Are the toughest call
for the captain to make.

It's getting super rough
out here.

I think we're gonna have to
call it.

Gary:
oh, no, no, no.

Emily: this is the business
of expecting the unexpected.

We're gonna push
until the very last minute.

Ultimately it is up
to the diver,

Whether they want to put
themselves at risk that day.

Where the [bleep]
are you?

Bill:
I don't know!

Kris: I'm gonna go down there,
dig in these trenches,

Which is kind of a dumb idea.

Risk is reward.

We risk our life
almost every day.

That's the kelly family rule.

He's stuck.
He's stuck under the rock.

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Man: ...winter a storm advisory
in effect.

Wind gusts likely 35 to 40 knots
later this afternoon,

With heavy surf and fog.

Freezing temperatures
and ice expected overnight.

Conditions will shut down
the harbor

And likely persist
for the next five days.

Narrator: with the brutal
winter storm fronts

Steps away from shutting down
summer mining,

The true degree of gold fever
throughout the fleet

Is about to get tested.

Shawn:
we got a short weather window.

Hopefully we can fend this storm
off a little bit.

Narrator: marching headfirst
into the harsh conditions...

Shawn:
all right. Get this plugged up.

Let's get the hell out of here.

Narrator:
...captain shawn pomrenke

Is hoping a final push
will bring in the ounces

He needs to pay off
his massive debt

And regain control
of his operation.

It's getting cold out there.

Storms are here.

Not the ideal conditions to be
out here, but we're out here.

We're gonna hit our goal.

With this debt
hanging over our head,

We're definitely pushing it.
We're not being cautious.

The last thing I want to do
is slow down our momentum

At the end of the season.

If we have to push it further,
that's what we're gonna do.

We're gonna stay
until hell freezes over.

♪

Who's that?

Awfully close.

Narrator: but shawn has
some unexpected company

Scrounging for gold
just 300 yards away.

Get out here this morning,
and who in the hell's here?

Au grabber.

Now here we go.

Some more followers following
the christine rose around.

They're close to our spot, but
they're in closer to the shore.

They're really not a threat.

Just annoying, like c*ck.

We got bigger fish to fry
right now.

I want to take a couple pans.

Pretty rough. It's cold.

But we're gonna hit our goal.

We're so close to hitting
our goal.

We do that, I'll have full
ownership of my fleet again.

It'd be a huge win.

Oh, yeah!

We need good, solid pay dirt.

Oh, here.
We'll get a good sample here.

No matter if you have a lot
of time or a little bit of time,

The test pans are the only way
to gauge where the gold's at.

It's all about maximizing
every scoop you take

From the bering sea floor.

Big rocks.

Come on, baby.

Come on.

[Bleep]

[Bleep]
damn it.

You can take 100 test pans and
not see what you need to see.

But you can move over 10 feet,

And then all of a sudden
it's loaded.

You just got to keep panning
and keep panning,

And you keep panning and pan
and pan and pan and pan

Until you find it.

See what you have to give us.

Ooh.

Let's weigh it.

Not that great, though.

Either it's there or it's not,

And it doesn't
look like it's here.

With this storm on the horizon,
pressure is on.

We don't have time to be messing
around with mediocre pans.

I know it's there,
I know it's close,

And I know I'm gonna find it.

No more screwing around.

Narrator: as shawn scrambles,


♪

Ken: the wind's coming up.
Winter's coming.

Always under the g*n
to beat the weather.

Whoo-ee!
Look at that gold.

Narrator: ...his rival's gold
fever is already sweltering.

You see the gold in the bucket.
That's awesome.

We're back on that same
pay streak.

Oh, yeah, man.
That's hard, hard material.

Oh, yeah.

Narrator:
myrtle captain ken kerr's dream

Of the single-season
record haul may be gone,

But he's still got his eyes
on the crown,

And he's not
about to slow down,

Despite the oncoming storm
breathing down his neck.

Ken:
we may not hit the 4,000 mark

But I can still ground it out
and beat old shawn-o.

I'm gonna push myself and my
gear to the very last moment.

I haven't busted my a*s
all summer to stop now.

I'm gonna keep pushing
this old girl

Till she falls to pieces
or the storm shuts us down.

Yee-hoo!

♪

[ Rumbling ]
wow!

That's straight digging
concrete.

We're definitely
in virgin ground.

Nobody's dug this tough.

Man!
Harder than --

I mean, you can't believe
how hard this thing is.

I got to turn this excavator
around full blast

And get every ounce of power
out of her I can.

Beating the crap
out of this thing.

This is the hardest stuff
we've ever dug.

Wow!

♪

Man, that boom's loose.

Wow. Look at that thing
bouncing around.

Our little fix-it job
didn't hold up.

Narrator:
earlier this season...

Ken:
we got a problem, houston.

The cylinder on the stick --
the bushing's out of it.

Narrator:
...ken's excavator arm gave out,

Forcing the captain to fabricate
a temporary fix...

Repair's looking good.

Hopefully it hangs on enough
to get a few cleanups.

Narrator: ...which was doing
the trick -- until now.

Ken: man, I don't know how long
we're gonna be able to run

With that cylinder doing that.

That makeshift bushing

Is getting ready to give out
in this hard ground.

If it does blow out,
it's gonna be game over for us.

You have to take some risk

And push the boundaries
in this business.

You got to weigh the risks
with the rewards.

We're gonna keep digging
till she breaks.

We got to make sure
we can ride it out

Till we can't ride her anymore.

Narrator:
ken's not only tempting fate

With his equipment.

Earlier this summer...

No storm's k*lling our season.

We're gonna shut down
on our terms.

Narrator:
...he chose to gamble

In the face of 45-mile-an-hour
gale-force winds...

Ken:
mayday! Mayday!

myrtle irene is in catastrophic
dire failure.

Shawn: captain ken got greedy
and stayed out way too long.

Narrator:
...and nearly lost it all.

This is what happens when you
don't respect the bering sea.

This is what happens.

Ken:
we got the wind coming,

And the ocean's
gonna start swelling.

Oh, yeah.

Well, it's under the g*n to beat
the wave here.

It's definitely
rolling the dice.

We just don't want to hit
snake eyes.

Narrator:
two miles west...

Brad: it's cold out here.
[ Door closes ]

It's the final,
big push, kris.

We got to get it today or we're
not gonna get it at all.

It's fine. This is gonna
work out just fine.

It's just getting really cold
and it's getting miserable.

Well, let's just go.

I feel like [bleep] today,
though.

...kris is indeed feeling
the fever

And hoping their final push

Will help them reach
the finish line...

Brad: come on. Let's push off.
Let's do it.

...and set his long-term plan
into action.

Kris:
it's our last day of mining.

It's cold as hell this morning.
I'm sick. I'm in a bad mood.

We've got to make
this final push.

So hopefully today goes good,
we don't have any problems,

We get out there,
we make our money.

But nothing's for sure
in mining.

Andy:
[ hacking ]

Narrator: kris is continuing
his strategy

Of dredging the trenches dug
by the au grabber.

And today he's got his eyes

On one that the massive barge
left behind.

All season, we've been fighting
to get this 100 ounces

So we can go to seward
and outfit our boat.

My master plan is working.

We just need to make this
last little bit of gold today,

And then we're gonna go straight
there and get this started.

The au grabber idea
is working out really good.

It's already made me
a bunch of trenches.

We've just got
to jump back in there

And just start processing
the material.

Brad:
we're going out to this spot.

We know right where to go,
right where the mother lode is.

Kris: the au grabber uses
a big excavator

To make huge trenches
in the water.

We made a deal with them,

And they gave us gps points
to show us where they're mining.

So the plan is to go
jump in the ocean

And work those layers
that are usually buried.

Let us find a big gold nugget
to make our day go good. Amen.

[ Engine starts ]

We've just got to go around
and keep picking up crumbs

And hope to god it worked.

We usually can't move
big boulders,

But working in these trenches,
we can get beside the boulders

And get gold
we'd usually never get.

Hopefully kris carries us well
today,

Because it's our last day
on the water.

Kris:
check, check.

Brad:
that'll work.

The problem is there's
big boulders, tight pack.

There's a potential
for a big rock to fall down

And smash me in my head.

Okay.
You know what?

The more you think about it,
there's a lot of problems.

But you know how I get by
in life?

I don't think about the hundred
[bleep] ways I could die.

Brad:
all good up there.

Okay. Let's go.

♪

[ Air hissing, water bubbling ]

♪

♪

Okay. You got umbilical.
Go ahead. Walk around.

Kris: good.

Visibility down here
is terrible.

I'm basically gonna have to fall
into this hole.

You know, we shouldn't
even be out here

On bad visibility days,
you know?

This makes it even worse.

♪

Clear that paddle, dude.

I'm on the edge of it.

Okay. Well, start working it.
Be careful.

Yeah.

You can actually see where we're
ripping through the clay layer.

Kris is on the trench.
Now he's working the lift.

He's going down in between
all those big rocks.

He can't see very well.

Kris: it's working out good.
I'm seeing more flow.

Just be careful.

Kris says the ground's
really good,

So as long as he shuts up
and keeps working, we're good.

Narrator: throughout nome,

Gold fever has hit
a fever pitch...

Shawn:
get in the bucket. Come on.

Narrator: ...as summer mining is
down to the final few hours...

Ken: that's got the gold in it
right there.

Narrator: ...before a massive
winter storm descends

On the bering sea.

So the question is,
how much are you willing to risk

Before mother nature
shuts it all down?

♪

In town...

Vernon:
so, what's up, elaine?

I feel like
we need to talk

About how things
have been going

And what my role is
in the whole operation.

...the adkison family
is settling

Some unfinished business.

I mean, up to this point I don't
really feel like I've had

The authority
to call the shots,

But I still feel like there's
this weird boundary.

And I've spent a lot of time
out on the boat.

She's been bugging me
all season,

Wanting me to step back
and let her have the reins.

And she's been working hard.

She was even willing to jump in
and dive.

Narrator:
all season...

I'm gonna show these boys
how it's done.

Narrator: ...elaine's been
angling to prove

She's got what it takes
to inherit the captain's chair.

Elaine:
yee-ha!

She's in.

Vernon:
think you're making money?

Elaine:
[ chuckles ] oh, yeah.

Narrator:
...even jumping in feetfirst.

Vernon:
good gold in there.

Big enogh to make a nose ring
out of.

I'm proud of you.

I kicked some a*s, dad.

Yeah, yeah.
That's what it takes.

Listen,
when we go out today,

I'd like you to just sit back
and at least give me one day.

Just let me show you
that I can do this.

All right.
All right.

You're gonna be pleased
with the results.

I've agreed to let elaine
be captain today.

I hope I don't regret this.

But we need to get some gold
today.

It's our last shot.
Do or die, make or break.

Elaine:
we'll see how it goes.

Narrator:
now...

...with elaine at the helm, and
the storm rapidly approaching...

Are my outboards --
yeah.

...the heat is on to bank
as many ounces as possible

And save them from a loss
on the summer.

Every year it gets down
to that final push,

And you hope the weather holds

And you can get enough gold
to make your season worthwhile.

Man: keep it straight.
Go straight back.

And then all you have to do is
take the port side and go ahead.

We found some good gold
out on my western claims,

And we need to hit it hard
one more time.

So that way
and then straighten out?

Yeah.

Yeah.
You're clear.

Good maneuver there, getting
the ship away from the dock.

We were in kind of
a tight squeeze there.

Like a shoehorn fit there.

Anyway, she backed her out

And got her headed
in the right direction.

No problem.

That's what I like to see.

Because of the weather coming in
and it's the end of the season,

There's a lot of pressure
on elaine.

But that's what you've got to
deal with as a captain.

Elaine: well, I'm a little bit
anxious about the weather,

'Cause things can change
in the blink of an eye out here.

And I don't want to compromise
anybody's safety.

But we've got a window, so we're
gonna take advantage of it.

Not a calm day, so what we're
gonna want to do is, you know,

Try to stay at a little diagonal
when we hit the big waves

And try to stay out
of the trough.

Elaine:
roger that.

It does feel good to have dad
step back and let me take over.

This is my chance to really show
him what I can do.

We'll be okay.

We'll get out of here
before it starts whipping up.

Elaine: any time he's been out
with me before,

He's in charge.

So it's nice just to have
that opportunity

To let him sit back
and watch the magic happen.

Vernon: okay.
Let's pick up the pace here.

We don't have all day.

Narrator: while the adkisons
roll the dice...

...a few miles away...

Shawn:
try to make educated moves.

♪

Get this stinking water
to cooperate.

Narrator: ...the winter storm
is closing in,

And captain shawn pomrenke
is desperate to zero in

On ground that pays.

This will tell us
exactly what's here.

Come on!

Real soft clay.

Big rocks.

Oh, we'll see.
This pan...

♪

It's not good.

It's not good.

We know it's here.

We've been making a living
off of it.

Narrator: after three hours,
shawn's no closer to gold.

Shawn:
what the hell?

What the heck do they think
they're doing so close?

Narrator:
but the au grabbers have gotten

Even closer to shawn.

See these guys on our hold,
cody?

au grabber is on our spot.

It's not how you do business
around here.

Narrator: the au grabber has
been hunting for pay streaks

On the tomcod claim
all season long,

And now the search has led them
right to shawn's backyard.

Shawn: you can only let things
slide for so long.

You can't be all bark, no bite.

You'd better give them
a little nip in the a*s,

'Cause otherwise
they'll just walk all over you.

We'll just have to dig
all around them.

au grabber?

Man:
the, uh, christine rose?

I think we were here first.

We've been mining here
all damn season.

How much gold have you got?

I think I'm pretty passive
until a point,

And then, when I hit that point,
it's, uh...

You better get the [bleep]
out of the way.

Can you keep that old piece
of [bleep] running or what?

[ Laughs ]

I've heard a hundred people
say that,

And they've all come,
and they've all gone.

Oh, what? You need me to show
you how to feed that plan?

I can feed it
from over here.

Poor little guy.
He talks a big game.

How about I just grab you
and pull you off the deck?

Don't be digging
on my holds anymore.

Narrator: coming up...

Man:
gale-force wind alert.

Wow. Man.

Storm bearing down on us
right when we're --

Right when we're in
the pay streak, man.

Andy, pull him up!
Pull him up!

Narrator: the end of summer
mining is only hours away.

Shawn:
he talks a big game.

How about I just grab you
and pull you off the deck?

Narrator: but shawn pomrenke's
battling more than the clock.

Don't be digging
on my holds anymore.

[ Laughs ]

Let daddy show you how.

[ Laughs ]

Man:
we ain't going nowhere.

I've been here
way before you,

And I'll be here
long after you're gone.

Shawn: I'm getting all mad
and pissed off about it,

But there's no gold over here.

I can sit and argue
with these guys all day,

But I've been in the area
doing test pans

And I know the area's run out
here.

But I'll let these guys figure
that out for themselves.

Well, I've had these guys come
and I've had them go.

And you know what?

I'll be a lot happier
when this one goes.

Man: hey, I'll show you
how it's done.

Yeah, I can, uh, fill your
bucket up with some material,

'Cause I know you can't dig
this...

Oh, that'll be all right.

You'll be broke down
in the next 10 minutes.

What you got?
A bucketful of water? Two rocks?

Lame.

Oh, what? You need me to show
you how to feed that plan?

I can feed it
from over here.

Here. Let me help you.
[ Laughs ]

Oh, look at that.
I spill more gold than you make.

This thing digs more gold
in a week

Than you can dig
in a month.

All right.

You know,
I'll clean up your mess,

Get all this gold out of here,
and watch you struggle.

I'll be here a lot longer
than you can ever imagine.

That's what they all say.

You can bust out your crayons
and coloring book,

Take some notes.

Is that how you come up
with the plans for that dredge?

[ Chuckles ]
box of crayons?

Looks like
little one-foot whitecaps

Are starting to appear.

That little tuna can
gonna be able to hold it?

[ Chuckles ]
he -- he doesn't stop.

Dude, I've had stds
less annoying than you.

Blah, blah, blah,
blah, blah, blah, blah.

Yeah, I remember the first time
I seen gold, too.

You just stay
in here short.

You might find some gold
in between my cuts

Where I already dug that out.

That's why we got
a long stick now --

'Cause a short stick
just doesn't cut it anymore.

Big talk.
Little game.

Seen it before.

That's all it is -- big talk.
Little game.

You have fun.
Be safe out there.

Don't roll that thing.

Have fun dealing with
your great-designed dredge.

Shawn: we'll just leave them
in the dust.

I'm gonna go out here
a little deeper,

Where the gold's at.

We don't have any more time
to waste with these jokers.

I'm gonna move deeper to
where these guys can't touch us.

I got other things
I need to accomplish today.

Nothing but dreamers.
They'll keep dreaming.

They can come try to jump
on our spot.

They can do whatever
they want to do.

But at the end of the day,

They still won't make a pimple
on my a*s.

[ Lighter clicks ]

All right.
We're going back to work.

Narrator:
ten miles east...

Emily:
♪ it is very swelly ♪

♪ And it's quite rough out ♪

We're heading out
for our last day here.

It's definitely gonna be
difficult.

Narrator: ...captain
emily riedel is determined

To go the distance
one last haul.

Emily:
it's getting pretty cold.

Snow on the mountains.
Dropping to below freezing,

And we're gonna try to get
as much time in as possible.

Narrator:
and she'll be up against it,

With a rookie diver
to get her over the finish line.

Emily: daryl didn't stay late
into the season this year.

So it's just bill and i,

And bill is literally
and figuratively

Years behind daryl
in terms of diving.

We're gonna be getting two-foot
swells all day from the weather.

Uh, I don't know.

I'm more curious about
the visibility than the swells.

But this is our last chance
to make some money.

I'm gonna stay out as long
as possible to make it work.

Narrator:
down her ace diver

And face to face
with winter's chill,

Emily's still short
of the ounces she needs

To buy a second dredge and build
her fleet for the future.

Emily:
we're gonna do a vis check,

See what we're twerkin' with.

High-tech vis check.

It's not great,
but it's not bad.

But look at that swell.

That's what you're gonna be
dealing with.

It's definitely
gonna be difficult.

We're gonna push
until the very last minute.

You just have to judge
every situation

To the best of your ability.

If there's a strong current,

Ultimately it is up
to the diver,

Whether they want to put
themselves at risk that day.

Oh [bleep]

Let's go diving.

Emily:
hell yeah, brother.

Last push.

Come on.
Mama's got to buy a new dredge.

♪

[ Air hissing ]

♪

♪

Emily:
how you doing down there?

Oh, great.

Yeah.

Hey, did you idle down?

Uh, no.

Okay.
Check your air throttle.

Bill:
yeah, it's up.

♪

♪

Emily:
I think that, you know,

You have to demonstrate
a willingness to adapt

And attempt to produce
in adverse conditions.

But, you know,
I think you also have to know

When to make the call

Where you're just burning diesel
and burning yourselves out.

♪

No, I'd say...

What's that?

The majority of this
is minus-30.

Super fun.

So I'm just gonna move
all this material.

[ Static, air hissing ]

♪

Emily:
so, uh, we're down an outboard,

And I want to make a tow strap
for the eroica.

If the weather comes up
and we head in

And we lose another outboard,
we're not gonna get [bleep]

We'll need all the power
we can get to get home,

So I'm just rigging up
an emergency towline.

I always have my skif
on standby

In case we need it
to tow the dredge in.

Bill:
let me see what we got here.

This is the business
of expecting the unexpected.

And I have to be prepared
for the worst-case scenario,

Because if I'm not prepared,
then I'm gonna lose everything.

♪

Yeah! Whoo!

That's what I love
to hear.

Freakin' a.
Thank god, right?

Yeah.

Way to stick it out, bro.
You're a champ.

[ Static ]

Bill's a game mother...

We're on gold, and the weather's
definitely not in our favor,

And the forecast isn't good.

How is it down there?

Uh, a little rough,
but I'll make it.

The nozzle's a rodeo.

Suck it up while you can.

Narrator:
ten miles west...

Brad:
everything all right?

Kris:
everything's all right.

I'm seeing gold tail.

You can actually see where we're
ripping through the clay layer.

Okay. Careful working
underneath those big rocks.

I am. I'm just getting hit
a little bit. I'm fine.

Narrator: ...captain kris kelly
has got the fever --

Gold fever, that is --

And he's throwing caution
to the wind

In the final moments
of summer mining.

You understand
if you take too much out

From underneath the rock,
it's gonna tip.

You understand that, right?

I know, just give me --

I'm working the side.

Working in a deep trench dug
by the au grabber,

Kris has rare access
to gold layers

Usually buried far out of reach.

It's different between kris
and I doing the big rocks.

I can move the big rocks.
Kris can't.

[ Static ]

Leave him work for a while.
He's making money right now.

[ Engine humming ]

Kris:
how's everything going up there?

Everything is running good
up here.

Everything --
no problems up here.

♪

Be careful down there.

That's what I'm afraid of --
he's gonna get crushed.

He shouldn't even be working.
It happens, dude.

He can't even see
what the hell he's doing.

Andy: kris is down right now.
He's on good gold.

He's working around
a lot of big boulders.

I'm happy.

Around big boulders, there's
always really good gold, so...

Everything's going
according to plan.

♪

What's the matter?

Hey!
Pull me up!

Andy, pull him up!

Pull him up! Pull him up!
He's stuck!

[ Grunting, coughing ]

Hang on.
Hang on.

I can't get him!

He's stuck.
He's stuck under the rock.

Brad: he can't even see
what the hell he's doing.

Kris:
[ grunts ]

What's the matter?

Hey!
Pull me up!

Andy, pull him up!

Pull him up! Pull him up!
He's stuck!

[ Grunting, coughing ]

Hang on.
Hang on.

I can't get him!

He's stuck.
He's stuck under the rock.

[ Inhales sharply ]
come on.

I can't [bleep] move him!

Stop pulling him more!
You're pulling his mask off!

Narrator: with kris kelly
pinned underwater

By an avalanche of boulders...

[ Air horn blowing ]

Turtle!

[ Air horn blows ]

I need you to come over here!
Hurry! Come!

Narrator:
...father brad and brother andy

Frantically call for help
from a nearby miner.

Turtle's coming over.
Calm down. Calm down.

Just calm down. Breathe slow.
Calm down.

Got to slow
your breathing down, kris.

You're sucking
a lot of air.

You need to hurry!

♪

Don't move any more.
He's coming.

Don't move.

Our nozzle's down there.

He can dredge around,
and we'll get him out of there.

I can't feel my arm!

Don't try and fight it now.
Just hold still.

Keep calm.
You'll be all right.

He's on his way to you.
He's on his way.

Be patient.
Here he comes.

He's 15 feet away from you.
He's almost there.

[ Breathing heavily ]

Okay. He's at you.
He's there now.

He's there.
He's right next to you.

[ Coughing ]

Hang on!
He's right there next to you!

I feel him!

Okay. Okay. Good.

He's out of them!
Okay! Okay!

I'm free!
Okay. Come up.

We're done for the year.
Come up.

♪

♪

♪

Andy:
what happened?

No, I'm not okay.
I'm not okay.

We shouldn't have tried mining
in no visibility.

I could've easily ripped you
off the bottom.

You were jammed.
I couldn't get to you.

I [bleep] tried, dude.

Holy [bleep] man.

I got three feet,
and then it stopped.

I don't want to die
doing this [bleep]

Don't you understand?
It was a bad idea.

A lot of times
I get into trouble,

And the only way
I'm sitting here

Is I can always get
myself out of trouble.

It was probably
the worst experience

To know I had no control
over anything

And I was probably gonna die
from something stupid.

It's super [bleep]
getting stuck 20-something feet

Underneath the water.

You know, I guess I just worked
underneath one side too far,

And everything just started
caving in on me.

I got my kid back.
That's all I care about, really.

If you want to know the truth,
that's all I wanted.

I don't want to lose my son --

Neither one of my sons
out here doing this.

If turtle wouldn't have
been here,

We'd have been in big trouble.

Thank you, turtle!

Holy [bleep]
that was so screwed!

Thank god they were out there
at that time.

You know, it all worked out.

Let's go clean our gold
and find out what we got.

If we don't have 100 ounces,
that's enough.

Come on.
I've had enough.

I know when to quit.
There's a storm on its way.

We're just gonna go in
and clean our gold.

If all goes according to plan,
we hit our 100 ounces

And we're off to seward
to see our boat.

You know, I had a little closer
brush to death than I like.

I don't mind, you know, like,
skirting the line

Of getting hurt.

But today was
a little bit worse.

We still made some gold today.
I don't know if that was enough.

But you know what?

We made a bit of gold,
and we're done.

Kris:
that's it, man.

Brad: thank god.
Thank god.

Narrator:
two miles west...

Let's get this gear in the water
and make some money.

We'll just hurry up,
toss our anchors,

And just get as much done
as we can.

Narrator: ...in the home stretch
of the summer mining season,

Vernon adkison has passed
the role of captain

On to his daughter, elaine.

Anchors aweigh.

See if we can't get
a little dredging in

Before the weather hits.

It's supposed to break bad here
before very long.

The stakes are high
for elaine today.

We are far from shore,
the weather's coming in,

And we need some serious gold
to make our goal.

I'm really thankful everything
went good today, you know?

No, I know.
Me too.

I was a little worried
when I was down there.

I know you were.
I was worried up here.

But it went good in the end.
You're here.

Brad: kris had me
a little worried there.

That was probably the closest
call we've had in our lives.

No amount of gold is worth
that kind of [bleep]

I mean, I don't care, dude.
We can dig gold anytime.

We don't need that.

It scared the hell out of me,

And so I'm pretty sure
it scared the hell out of him.

Yeah, we're out of here.
It's the last run of the season.

We're all done this year.

Hopefully we have
our 100 ounces.

We're all going home safely.
That's the big thing.

It's all over
but the crying now.

Last day on the ocean
of the season [bleep]

It went actually really well.
My brother put gold in the box,

And, of course,
my brother got stuck.

That [bleep] happens.
He's out.

We're leaving here
for the season now.

We're gonna go to seward and
check out this high-hopes dream

That my brother's got right now.

It's a big waste of money.

He shoots for the moon,
that's for sure.

If he knew what he was doing,
that'd be awesome.

It seems too good to be true.

The picture that he showed us
looks great,

But I don't [bleep] think
it's gonna be that

When we go to look at it.
We're not that [bleep] lucky.

Is gary getting dressed
down there now?

Yeah.
Perfect.

We're ready to fire up.

So elaine needs to stay focused
and make the right call.

This is not gonna be a cake walk
for her by any means.

Elaine:
all right. Gary's suited up.

He's gonna jump in the water,

And we got to get
this ball rolling,

'Cause it's already starting
to pick up out there.

We've got a really small window
here.

So we're gonna try and get
those last few hours on the box

Before we have to pack
everything up for the season.

All right.
Here we go.

[ Air hissing ]

♪

Gary:
I'm back to the nozzle.

The vis doesn't look
very good.

No. No.
No vis.

Yeah, copy.

It's getting pretty rough
up here too.

♪

Yeah, we're not finding
any gold down here.

Vernon:
damn it.

Well,
give it your best shot,

And we'll pull you up
in plenty of time

To get everything packed up
safely.

All right.
Copy that.

Vernon: I don't know if elaine
has what it takes.

I got a lot invested
in this boat.

Come on.

This area through here
is known for fine gold.

You got to keep
your eyes open.

♪

The box
is banging around.

I think we're starting
to drag in here.

I'm acting like a human anchor
just to stay on this spot.

All right.
Yeah.

♪

I got some gold
right up here on this edge.

Oh! Oh!

Did you guys see that?
Holy [bleep]

Gary:
it looks good.

Over, vernon, right to a nice,
good, hard clay.

That's just the beginning of it.
Oh, yeah.

Just the beginning.
Come on.

Oh, yeah.
You guys see that?

Yeah, gary.
That looks awesome.

Hey, man, it's getting
super rough out here.

I think we're gonna have to
call it any minute.

It's always dangerous when
a diver's saying, "great gold,"

And there's weather coming in.

Why don't we just keep
sucking this up?

We can go
a little bit longer.

All right. Yeah.
I'm getting pretty nervous.

The box is banging around.

I think we're starting
to pull anchor too.

I'm on really good gold
right now,

And I'd hate to come up.

You got to still have that
sense of judgment about you,

And if you let the gold fever
take you over,

You lose that good judgment
and bad things happen.

I really am gonna have to pull
you, though, here

In a few minutes, man.

It's starting to whitecap.

Oh, no, no, no.

♪

[ Thunder crashes ]

Bill,
we got to get out of here.

Bill:
is it getting bad up there?

Yeah, dude.
It's just flipped on us.

Yeah.
I can feel it down here.

Yeah.

Where am i?

♪

♪

Bill, come up.
Are you lost?

What's your status?

Insane, like [bleep] crazy
whitecaps just out of the blue.

Where the [bleep]
are you?

I don't know!