[waves rumbling]
[upbeat music playing]
well, it's chilly out.
Not bad.
Icing up.
I wonder what the myrtle
looks like.
I'm getting excited, icy.
Whoo.
[mike] with winter
fast approaching,
shawn pomranke's plan
for total domination
is reaching
its most critical stage.
There's gonna be
some cheese in here.
I had a three prong plan
to take over nome
this summer,
I landed the inland mine,
the christine rose
was k*lling it on the tomcod
but now it's in for repairs,
that leaves the linchpin,
the myrtle.
It's on the gold,
the crew's been working
through the night
but coming into the last
stretch of the season,
we got to keep pushing
as hard as we can
to pull everything up.
Thanks, guys.
We'll wash this box
a little bit
and take a look
and see what it looks like.
Go see where we're at
on the gps
then we'll make a decision
from there.
[mike] for shawn's
multimillion dollar scheme
to succeed
in the final days,
he'll need
his entire operation
to produce
another 750 ounces
to cover
the next $200,000 payment
on the tomcod,
$800,000
in construction bills
coming through
for the myrtle irene,
and $300,000
for the first down payment
on the inland mine.
The mine has one
final cleanout remaining,
after that, it'll all be up
to the myrtle.
Oh, we're definitely catching
something here.
There's some gold in here.
Definitely see it.
[man] I think
we're just digging
through kind of...
Dusty ground?
So the hot spot we were on
seems to be running out.
This couldn't happen
at a worse time.
We got a late start
and summer's almost over
and we need this
to be on gold 24/7.
I got to move the myrtle,
try to find a new pay streak
immediately.
There's way too much money
on the line.
We're gonna head out.
I'll bet I'll find
some gold today.
[suspenseful music playing]
we're making a move now,
we got to find some gold.
[machine whirring]
[shawn] it was there
but not there
like I wanna see it.
Gonna take a pan,
see what it looks like.
Looks like the right stuff
but we got to see
if there's any gold in it.
No.
No.
[thrill music playing]
wanna make
a couple hundred ounces,
we ain't seeing it in the pan,
we ain't gonna see it
on the sluice box.
Looks like one, two,
three pieces.
That's no good.
Cut.
[machine whirring]
[shawn]
we're gonna keep panning
until we find
what I'm looking for
and I'm not gonna start
digging until we find it.
Just seeing some gold's
not gonna do it.
This late in the season,
I need to see
something really good.
We need a test pan
that's absolutely loaded
with gold.
It's the only way
we're gonna get all we need.
We're gonna plant
ourselves in a spot,
we got to make sure
it's the right stop.
I wanna see
some serious pay dirt,
otherwise
I'm just wasting my time.
Pan, pan, pan.
I'm gonna find it,
this is what I do.
Keep panning
until we find it,
once we find it in the pan,
then we're gonna fire up
the plant
and make some gold.
There we go.
[thrill music playing]
[shawn] look at this.
I like the way
the material looks.
It looks like the kind.
[man] boom shaka laka.
It's time to rug
some dirt, boys.
Let's fire this up.
There's a lot of gold here.
[engine starting]
[water gushing]
[shawn] we found
some really good ground,
took a really nice test pan,
there's a couple
hundred dollars in that pan.
Now we just got to
get the dirt,
get the gold in the box.
[suspense music playing]
got a lot riding on this,
a lot of money,
a lot of time.
Now all we have to do is pile
the gold in the box.
We got a really short weather
window though,
so I wanna stay
in this excavator and dig,
and do what I do best.
-[man] what's that?
-Make gold.
Hey, welcome to
the kris kelly's secret guide
to successful mining.
Today I'm standing
in front of dredge 6.
[coughs]
I don't really know
what to say about this
because I don't really know
a lot about it.
[playful music playing]
so here we are
at the front of dredge 6
and you can tell
it's like a damn chainsaw
that was ripping
through the earth,
it stopped working
in the '90s
because gold prices fell
through the floor
and it would cost more
to mine the gold
than they were actually
making on gold.
So if you're not making
any money on gold
even though you're mining
thousands of ounces in it,
stop mining gold.
And that's what they did.
We're gonna go take a tour
of the inside
and see what's left
that people haven't stolen.
Look at this thing,
solid steel.
You think it's iron or steel?
Probably steel.
Yeah, okay.
Just walking up here,
you can feel
how massive this thing is.
[producer speaking]
[kris] no.
The only thing
I'm really afraid of
is dying broke.
So here we are
in the ground floor
and just check out
this labyrinth of steel,
like, any one of these
pieces of steel
will give you tetanus
and lockjaw
so definitely
don't cut yourself
on any of this.
Just so you guys know,
I do not have
my tetanus shot.
So right here
looks like the control room.
So making sure
there's no problems,
making sure enough water
goes through,
this would probably be
my brother's job
because you just sit
on your fat a*s
all *bleep* day long,
hitting buttons
and then you don't
even really do anything,
if there's a problem,
you just call on the phone.
Hello, there's a problem.
Okay.
There's a *bleep*
get down here, fast.
And then you hang it up,
and that's it.
You know, one of these
made the arm go up,
one of these made it go down,
hey, what does this do?
Oh, that was the wrong one,
what about this one
right here?
Do you think
this is actually
what made it go forward
and reverse?
[man speaking]
hey, another quick thing too,
like, late at night,
this turns into
a great party spot.
[upbeat music playing]
[kris] you know,
like if this was in la,
this would be
a badass restaurant,
you know, come in,
put nice floors in,
and serve fine dining,
that would be pretty awesome.
Or a strip club.
[whistling and applause]
[kris] welcome back
to our erotic adventure
around nome,
we got some steel
in our hands
and some excitement going on,
it's making me hot.
This is dredge 6,
thanks for doing the tour
with me,
stop by next time to see
what other crazy adventures
I have.
-[man] you are the man.
-*bleep* off.
[man] come here dude,
I'mma pat you on the butt.
[kris] I don't need a pat.
[mike] back in nome...
[suspense music playing]
this some blue-hosed piece
of *bleep*
[mike] ...For the kellys,
it's eviction day.
[kris] we did
all that prospecting
and we don't really have
a home
for the rest of the season,
we're gonna get our sickle
off this boat,
put it back in storage,
and I don't know what
the *bleep* we're gonna do
this season,
you know.
[metal clanking]
it's really
been the first season
I don't have a plan
and I, uh, I don't work well
without a plan.
This season's been
a disaster,
anything that could go wrong
has gone wrong.
So at first, I thought
the trip to elim
was gonna be the jackpot
but it turned
into a big dumpster fire.
[man speaking]
-[g*nshots]
-[man speaking]
get down.
Then I thought I could make
a deal with dave
at cr*pple river.
He had other ideas.
So what's the plan now?
Plan is get your crap
off my boat,
I'm done.
[kris] now
summer's almost over
and we have nothing.
We're getting desperate
and we got to think
of creative ways to get gold,
we need something
to get us into ice mining,
if I don't scrape
together some money,
no ice money this winter,
we're screwed.
We're getting away
from this whole thing,
you know, it's been nothing
but a bad memory.
The little bit we got
from cr*pple just pays bills,
you know, we really need 20
or 30 ounces
so we can just go ice mining
this year.
Let's get this ready to go.
Because this
is our main concern,
getting this piece of *bleep*
off of here right now.
We have to get all
of our crap off dave's boat
including the sickle.
Tell dad to go back gently.
-[man] go back slow.
-Okay.
-Stop there.
-Stop.
Stop.
[man speaking]
oh.
Why did you go backwards?
I was trying to get it
on the boat.
[man speaking]
oh, I didn't know.
It's a dangerous job.
Okay. Let's try it.
Try it.
I got 20 bucks
that somebody falls
and slips on the truck.
[man speaking]
I don't care.
And there you go, baby,
that's how I roll.
Act fast
and still get it done.
Make sure you guys go drive
very slowly.
-We did.
-It won't handle bouncing.
-[man] I got it.
-Tell him that, dude.
I know, the... You know,
you need to keep your head
in the game
for five minutes,
you need to...
[man] head in the game?
Let's just go.
Stupid *bleep*
[man] I've driven more trucks
than you've *bleep*
ever seen.
Yeah, what you don't even
do anymore.
You're driving your truck
and you *bleep*
just start hauling a*s.
I've been driving longer
than you've been alive.
So what?
Just pay attention.
Go get in your truck
and drive that.
Stupid.
[man] don't tell me
what to do.
[upbeat music playing]
[kris] this whole season's
been a *bleep* show.
So really, we have to come up
with a plan right now.
We just got to find a way
to get gold,
that's all we have to do.
Get gold.
Get gold.
That's all we have to do.
[warbling sound]
so here we are
at the front of dredge 6,
look at this thing.
Solid steel.
It's making me hot.
Damn, hot.
Dredge 6. Dredge 6.
Dredge 6.
Desperation is pushing me
to the point
of diving at that little pond
where dredge 6 is.
[upbeat music playing]
[kris] that dredge was there
because it was making
thousands of ounces of gold.
The only reason they stopped
refining gold
out of that area
is because gold was $250
an ounce,
and it was hard to make money
at that rate,
and I think it's the only
option we have right now,
like, they wouldn't take
*bleep*
to take our little rig
right now,
drop it in the water,
and do a day of prospecting,
and just see what happens.
There's nothing to lose,
just everything to gain.
Little gold is better
than no gold.
Little gold, that's what
I'm gonna tell everybody,
little gold is better
than no gold
because right now
I got to sell it
to everybody else, you know.
[man] so you want us
to take the airlines off
and pack it up first?
Okay. Well,
I have another plan,
it's not the best plan
I ever had.
We're gonna go
to dredge 6 pond
and see
if there's gold there.
Where that old dredge is, 6?
[kris] yeah,
where that old dredge is
that made millions
of dollars.
I know but why is it
sitting there
bankrupt and broke?
Because gold dropped too low
and they couldn't make money
off of gold anymore.
So we've gone from the...
From the *bleep* ocean
to the kiddy pond.
[kris] we don't have
a plan anyways,
rather than
pack this *bleep* up
and be finished,
we might as well go try it,
worst case scenario,
we find no gold
but we didn't lose anything.
Do you have any other plans?
No, I don't have
another plan, I don't.
Hey, let's just try it.
Hey, come on.
So I convinced my dad
and brother
to dive at dredge 6,
we're just gonna try and see
if there's gold there,
you know, either there is
or there isn't.
This is a good thing,
maybe not,
this could suck
but what else are we gonna do
at this point?
If anybody else can think
of another idea
to go out
and get gold right now,
I'm all ears.
[brad] the master planner.
[kris] my ideas
almost always work.
[suspense music playing]
[birds cawing]
[craig] hey, martin.
[martin] it's great,
how are you doing?
[craig] hey, good.
How you doing?
[vernon]
hey, how's it going man?
Pull up a chair
and let's talk some business.
[mike] vernon adkison
is hoping
a new diving prospect
will help him
pull in another $50,000
before season's end
to pay off claim 56
and end the season
in the black.
So, um, I think I met you
when you first,
uh, came to town.
[craig] yeah, 2012.
[vernon] you were doing
your own diving,
dredging operation out there
as I remember.
[craig] yeah. Running
the king james, right in.
The king james,
that's right,
I remember that.
Yeah.
[craig] yeah,
I was out for a couple years
-and, uh, here I am back.
-[vernon] mmm-hmm.
Yeah, we've been going
through,
uh, quite a few people here
lately.
Uh, you know, jumping
and sucking at every turn.
[craig]
we want that to change.
The season
was going along great
right up until the point
when bryan damn
near destroyed his eardrums.
[bryan] is it bad?
[vernon] you've got blood
coming out
of every orifice
north of your shoulders,
so I'd say yeah, it's bad.
Now, I need a second diver,
season's almost over
and I don't have the ounces
I need to pay off 56.
The guy craig,
he was a good diver
back in the day,
uh, I've known him for years,
he's got a good reputation
but he hasn't been
in the water
in quite a long time.
You're a freelance diver.
You betcha.
-I like what I see so far.
-Yeah.
I'm gonna give him
a shot at it.
My position is
I'm the operator
and then I'm also the owner
and the captain,
and I'm the guy that makes
the final decisions
but I value
everybody's input,
you got any bright ideas,
keep them to yourself.
-[craig laughs]
-[vernon] I'm kidding.
I'm kidding.
I knew you from before.
We got along just fine,
I appreciate you coming on
short notice.
I sure appreciate
your opportunity vernon
and I look forward
to working with you, man,
-we'll see what happens.
-[vernon] all right. Yeah.
Let's get this show
on the road,
get on out there,
and get some gold.
-Yeah, let's do it.
-All right. Sounds good.
-[vernon] all right.
-Yeah, man.
[vernon] craig has got a bit
of a reputation around town,
most everybody liked him
but one of his nicknames
is crazy jesus
but I don't care,
you know,
what I care about
is can he get the gold,
desperate times
call for desperate measures,
we'll just have to see
how it goes.
[upbeat music playing]
[craig] woo-hoo,
first day on the boat, man.
I'm feeling great.
Oh, I'm glad to get out here,
and actually have the time
to get some gold this season,
I've been waiting three years
for this.
Woo.
All right.
[upbeat music playing]
[mike] on the nome coast...
[emily] we're heading down
to claim bravo today
to do some prospect thing
and some live boating
and find out
what the ground's like
down there.
[mike] ...After saving up
all season,
emily riedel
is within 30 ounces
of affording her own plane.
And now, she might have
the perfect one
in her sights.
[emily]
we're gonna prospect around
and see if we can find some
high quality pay dirt.
The beach near claim bravo
aka "claim 6"
was really promising
as far as like the gold
showing.
This is the kind of claim
I've been looking for
all season.
So, ironically these claims
belonged to ken kerr,
and, um,
I've gotten permission
to finally do some diver
prospecting.
If the ground is
as good as I think it is,
then it could mean all
the difference in my career
as a gold miner.
[seagulls squawks]
[intense music playing]
even the harbor is looking
for new ground.
Who knows. Who knows
what we'll find down there?
All I know is that the beach
gold is pretty good,
so if that's any indication.
No, we can have 20 ounce
a day.
[emily]
we have positive vibes.
-It's a fun day.
-[man] I know.
It's a fun day
to go prospecting.
Claim bravo claim 6
is not close to town at all.
It's pretty far off
into the eastern side
of the clock of claims
about eight miles
from the port of nome.
So it's a long commute
but if it's good gold,
it's worth it.
[man] we're just about there.
We're a quarter mile.
-[man] okay.
-[emily] claim 6.
I mean, otherwise known
as claim bravo.
[man] we're on bravo here.
We need to find
the beach line.
Look at all that sand.
[emily] nobody's mining
down here.
I can see why.
It's so far.
[emily] sandy. Yeah.
And obviously,
it's gonna take some work
to get to
some cobble out here.
-Yeah.
-This amount of sand.
[bob] mind if I skip
around for a little bit?
[emily] no, go for it.
Oh, I see it,
just put a waypoint down
if you see something
that you like.
-[bob] yeah.
-Yeah, sweet. I like it.
[man] bob's out
with the side scan sonar
also on the skiff
looking for a cobble patch.
Emily's point...
Putting in the coordinates
of the lease
that we have access
to prospect today,
so we're using both vessels
to look for cobble.
I don't have time
to prospect any more claims
and if claim bravo
is all sand,
then my search for a claim
is over
and I'm kind of stuck.
Working ground,
that just isn't producing
anymore.
This is bob.
There's a cobble patch
back here.
[emily] just put a waypoint
down on it.
We might have
a little bit of cobble here,
but we're gonna keep looking.
[bob speaking]
[emily] we're almost
at the southwest
corner of the claim
and I'm just not seeing
any cobble.
How can there be this
much sand?
Goodness.
Most of the claim's covered
with sand
and we found some spots
that looked like
it might have a little bit
of cobble there,
but we're not sure.
Might be cobble
underneath that sand.
Might have a little, eh...
Just like a little
brushing of sand
over cobble?
Are you seeing it
going that way like that?
Because I'm kinda like
right on a strip right now
that I think it's cobble.
You wanna come back
and take a look?
[bob] I'm gonna come back
to the boat.
Roger that.
[suspenseful music playing]
[man] yeah, that's... That
looks a little more definite.
Um, here it is...
Here it is... Here it is,
-look at this... Look at this.
-What?
-Look at this.
-[emily] oh *bleep*
-[man] yeah, buddy.
-[emily] oh, there it is.
Oh, that's pretty.
Put a waypoint down.
We got to get a diver
down there and take a look.
[man] yeah, target sighted.
[emily] fresh cobble. Woo.
There it is, there's
the cobble we're looking for.
We're gonna get bob down
there, do some live boating
on the spot,
and see what's up.
Back in business.
I'm glad we didn't call it.
We've got an exciting spot
to check, so gonna get on it.
[intense music playing]
[zeke] sweet.
[zeke speaking]
yeah.
[zeke speaking]
[mike] nome's mad scientist
is about to push himself
and his new creation harder
than he has all season.
[man speaking]
[mike] that's right.
The black swan is set
to travel
on its longest journey yet.
[man] yeah, I forgot
the other fuel can.
[zeke] we'll just boat
together if we're going
a long trip. Like...
And going investigating
like really a remote
gold locations.
It's the last days
of the season
and we've haven't even
got two ounces of gold.
I mean, that pretty...
It's a pretty brutal blow
to my ego at this point.
We kind of struck out
on claim 56.
I'm not excited about that.
[man] I'm kind of sick
of this, like,
spending long periods
of time playing in nothing.
So we're gonna take
the black swan somewhere
and go way off
the beaten path.
We're ready to cast off.
Here we go.
-[engine revs]
-[man] oh, yeah.
[zeke] woo.
Yeah.
We're cruising. [laughs]
we're heading down
to cape rodney
about 30 miles down
the coast to a place
where no other dredges
really ever go.
I've got a sailboat
that can do it,
so that's where
we're heading.
[man] here we go.
[zeke] I'm a little nervous.
I'm still working
on my sailing chops
and this is a long way to go.
[man] yeah. [laughs]
all right.
You're so far out there.
If anything goes wrong,
there's nobody to help you,
no one at all.
[man] it's so uncomfortable
right here. [laughs]
[zeke] research says that
there's gold at cape rodney,
so we're gonna throw caution
to the wind
and go on out there.
[dramatic music playing]
[intense music playing]
[zeke] I really wanted to go
down to cape rodney
for a while, because a friend
of mine found some gold there
like 15 years ago a long time
ago and said it was like
on the bedrock, and that's
enough information to get me
excited to go to a place.
It's just like a little
treasure hunting adventure.
So I would do some dives.
Hopefully, it's not too murky.
The conditions are super
different because you got
a lot of big rocks
and exposed bedrock,
totally different deal.
And it's just a cool place
to go. It's not...
It's not like too far,
so it's good like little
shakedown adventure
cruise thing.
-[whistles]
-[upbeat music playing]
[man] I'm super stoked.
This will be a really cool
intro trip to kind of get
the blood flowing on
what this vessel can do,
you know.
I mean, I've never turned
right out the harbor,
[laughs] so it's cool to,
uh, see some new territory
and maybe find some treasure.
[zeke] hey,
there's so much treasure.
I hear there a canyon full
going out here somewhere
underneath the water.
I don't think
anyone's found it yet.
Pretty sure nobody's found it.
I'll find it, I swear.
[upbeat music playing]
[zeke] let's see.
Cape rodney is gonna be...
and we're going about
six miles an hour, seven.
You do the math.
It's gonna be a long drive
[man laughs]
[mike] 16 miles east.
[zeke] all right. Drop it.
[vernon]
let's get the gear ready.
-Okay.
-Gary, go down.
-Show them how it's done.
-I'll do it.
-All right. Let's do it.
-All right.
-[craig] yeah, man.
-Sure.
[mike] vernon adkison's team
is back up to two divers
with the addition
of craig ellison
also known as "crazy jesus".
[laughs]
[vernon speaking]
-[gary] yeah.
-[craig] oh, yeah, man.
I can't wait go down there,
get some of that gold.
[vernon] I have a full plate
of divers and tenders.
That's why I'm sh**ting for.
Gary is going down first,
um, then we'll send craig.
[gary speaking]
[laughs]
sh**t, I've already been
thanking god before, man.
[laughter]
[vernon] one thing about
craig, he is enthusiastic
and, uh, I just hope,
um, his ability
matches his enthusiasm.
[gary] okay. Can we get
some gold now, huh?
Woo.
[intense music playing]
[vernon] I've got water now,
gary. You want it hotter?
-[gary] uh, it's okay.
-[vernon] okay.
[gary] uh, somebody
controlling my umbilical?
[vernon] yeah.
Now make sure
we got plenty of air.
I'm getting pretty
fanatical about it.
Yeah.
I like air. [laughs]
[gary] there's a big section
right here
that I've already worked.
Me and brian it looks like,
because it's scored
all to hell.
That could be good.
I mean, there's still plenty
of ground to work
and everything we worked
down here so far
has been good.
[gary]
there's a big cut down here.
And damn it, it looks good.
[gary speaking]
[gasps]
[grunts]
[vernon]
your breathing is heavy.
Tell me how you're feeling
and what you're seeing.
[gary coughs]
[gary speaking]
[craig] yeah, I filled it up
maybe 20 minutes ago.
I can go up and check,
make sure there's no leaks.
[gary speaking]
[grunts]
[craig] okay. I'll go check.
Make sure it's... Yeah.
Gary, I'm not liking this.
What the *bleep* that?
Is that that *bleep*
air intake?
Let's get it where you're
closer to the top,
I'm ready to shut this *bleep*
show down right now.
[gary speaking]
it's not okay.
It's not okay.
It's totally
una-*bleep*-cceptable.
Unacceptable.
Our diver smelling gas,
that's defcon 1.
That means
something's gone wrong,
we got to fix it immediately.
Carbon monoxide can be deadly
and it... In a hurry.
[gary gasps]
[vernon] when I'm exposed
to carbon monoxide,
I get a hellacious headache,
I feel like I'm...
I have a hangover
for three or four days.
Worst damn feeling
in the world.
[craig speaking]
[man] yeah, the air intake
was a little bit too close
-to the motors, so I moved it.
-[vernon] oh.
-As far as aways I could.
-[vernon] *bleep* dammit.
[man] it wasn't great...
It was...
I don't give a *bleep*
it's got to be way
the *bleep* away
from the air intake.
[vernon speaking]
diving for gold
under the bering sea is, uh,
inherently dangerous.
I don't wanna see them
get hurt
and especially if it has
anything to do with my boat.
Okay, gary, sorry about that.
That should have
never happened
and it will not happen again.
[gary speaking]
so many things
that could go wrong out here.
Yeah, 100%.
We're trying our damndest
to keep the mishaps
to a minimum.
It was like that,
at their own risk.
You've ever got any doubt down
there for your own safety,
it's your call,
you're on the bottom,
your life ultimately
is in your hands.
[craig speaking]
[vernon] that's right,
I remember that.
Yeah.
Somebody put a hydraulic hose
in your airlines?
[craig] yeah,
right off the compressor.
[vernon] that's incredible.
[craig] yeah, it really
should have k*lled me.
I suffered from cysts
all in my mouth
and I was popping it
all on my own.
I had a hole develop
in the side in my nose.
How long did it take you
to recover?
[craig] uh, two years.
I spent about a half year
where I couldn't breathe right
yeah, that's unfortunate.
I'm glad you, uh, survived.
Yeah. And here I am, so...
Yeah, that's, um,
christ almighty.
This is a dangerous
business we're in.
There are people
that have gotten hurt
and there are people
who have died.
Um, craig is one
of these guys that...
That's gotten
seriously hurt.
Um, I just hope that when
he gets down there,
everything will be okay
and he's up to the task.
Gary, are you okay?
[gary] oh, yeah, I got...
This looks really good.
I'm seeing gold all over
the bottom, dude.
I love it when I see gold.
Yeah, I love it
when you see gold too.
[gary] I can't even believe
the gold I'm seeing down here.
I'm in awe
of the gold down here.
[craig laughs]
nice.
[gary] you ain't gonna get
much better than that.
[dramatic music playing]
[upbeat music playing]
[man] there could be
gold here, just who knows
where it is, you know?
This is another one
of his harebrained ideas,
you know, it's crazy.
[mike] in a season marked
by failed plans,
kris kelly may be ready
to make it 0 for 3.
[kris] let's just put
the boat in and see
what we have to deal with.
I don't know what else to do.
I *bleep* up our whole season.
[andy] and now here we are
in a pond.
So yeah, I'm gonna dive
in a muddy pond
that no one's tried to get
gold out of for 40 years.
It really could be an untapped
jackpot down there
or it could be
a total disaster.
If we do all this work
and we don't get any gold,
everybody will be pissed off.
We can't give up
at this point.
We're just gonna have to drive
it right the *bleep*
in the water.
[andy] hey, we're actually
in the water right there.
That actually was very easy.
[kris] it was very easy.
Something went fast.
[kris] I hope it's not the
only thing that's easy today.
[andy] no, it will be.
[kris] okay. Pull it out.
Imagine if we jump in
and we find gold though?
Yeah, that would be something.
I think we're gonna jump in
and find a bunch of muck.
[kris] so to begin with,
we're gonna start
where the buckets
were ripping apart the ground.
It's where they were
getting gold,
so I hope we can get back on
to what they left over.
We're just gonna get out
there and hope for the best.
-[man] and we off.
-Make sure you're gonna hold
on to our anchor lines
just in case.
I've got this.
[steve] we're the only guys
that ever dredges.
Either we're gonna be
the smartest guys around
or the *bleep*
dumbest guys around.
-Okay. Are you ready?
-[kris] I'm ready.
[metal clanking]
[steve] is the power on?
-Throttle unfold.
-[man] yes, throttle's on.
Shut up.
I know how to do it.
[metal clanking]
it's gonna start any second.
[playful music playing]
[steve] just keep pulling it.
Choke on full.
Just keep pulling.
It'll start.
[man] shut up.
[engine revs]
yeah. Get the power back.
I can't believe I did it.
[steve] that's good news.
Dredge is fired up.
We're on our way
to riches right now.
We're about to go where
no sane man will ever go.
We have lights, action.
Camera, here we go.
[tense music playing]
[kris] yeah, I'm going over
to where the blades are.
[steve] where the buckets are?
-[kris] yeah.
-[steve] be careful.
What's the bottom
look like, kris?
[kris] there's like four-feet
of muck underneath my feet.
[tense music playing]
well, that's not good.
Look around a little bit.
See what you see kris.
Holy *bleep*
[steve] what's the matter?
[kris]
I'm punching some holes.
I can't even hit anything,
but muck, dude.
There's like three
or four feet of silt
and it's so thick,
it's like peanut butter.
[steve] well, that's not good.
[man speaking]
look at it.
You don't find that
in the ocean.
[man speaking]
[steve] look at the silt
coming out of the sluice box.
Look at the water
turning gray.
Kris, you can see this silt
coming out,
you got a mud puddle
around you about 20 feet.
[kris] this is *bleep* bad.
[steve] you're pumping up
so much silt.
You're not gonna have
any vis soon enough.
[kris] *bleep*
dude, I can't even see.
It's pitch black,
dyed underneath here.
It's a little freaky
when you can't see at all.
[machine whirring]
[steve] kris, you're
underneath those buckets.
I can't see your air bubbles.
[kris] I'm sinking.
I got to dredge myself out.
This whole pond is dangerous,
it's *bleep*
[steve] you know, you're
right by a big anchor line.
You're gonna get
wrapped around
and get stuck down there.
[kris]
I'm not gonna get stuck.
I know my *bleep* job.
He might know his job,
but he doesn't know
where the gold is obviously,
because it's not here.
[kris]
...Muck underneath my feet.
This is a complete waste
of time.
[steve speaking]
[kris speaking]
[kris] *bleep* man.
Trying to get up to think
bank is like, it is stupid.
[steve]
you're going the right way.
-Keep going.
-[kris] I'm trying, okay?
It's like walking up
a mountain of slime.
This is the worst idea
I've ever *bleep* had.
This is a terrible idea.
One of the worst ideas
I've ever came up with.
I can't believe I wasted
our time doing this.
I know I have to think
of something for the rest
of the season.
This is not good.
[playful music playing]
[kris] I think I figured out
why no one minds this pond.
[steve]
cause they're not that dumb?
[kris laughs]
it was a horror show.
Hands down, worst time I've
ever had mining in my life.
[steve] and again,
my brother *bleep* up.
[kris] keep paddling
a little bit harder.
[upbeat music playing]
[emily] that's a nice looking
cobble patch.
Oh, so nice to see you.
Yeah, we were gonna just
get the hell out of here
because it was nothing
but sand,
but they came up
on this really interesting
cobble patch.
And, um,
I'm excited to check it out.
[mike] after encouraging
signs, it's time to find out
if claim 6
is packed with gold
or just a tantalizing mirage.
Get down there and find us
some cobble, bob. Woo.
The season is winding down
if bob finds gold,
this could be the claim
that, uh, I end up buying.
And, uh,
if he doesn't find anything,
then I'm out of luck.
I really am trying to grow
and expand as a gold miner.
And this is really
like my last chance to do it.
So I really hope
that this is the one.
-[bob] I'm ready.
-[emily] okay.
[bob speaking]
[man] roger. Going to hook.
[man] you're all right.
You're at 10:00, 11:00.
Right now you're at 12:00.
[bob speaking]
roger.
[tense music playing]
[emily] what's, uh... What's
the ground looking like?
[bob speaking]
let me look around
a little bit more.
[emily]
that sounds good, bob.
[tense music playing]
[bob grunts]
[bob speaking]
seaweed.
Music to my ears.
Wow.
[bob speaking]
eureka would be good.
[bob laughs]
I'm still prospecting.
I mean, I can't make *bleep*
to really make that, kind of,
determination
in three minutes.
We're a little bit excited,
bob.
[man] we're just excited, bro.
[emily] bob's down and he's
seeing a lot of growth
on the rocks.
It's not been disturbed
in a long time.
On a work ground like this,
on a promising lease,
is a huge deal.
I mean, it's never been
touched before,
it's never been mined.
So we could be about
to make an amazing discovery.
[bob] this is some hard
working ground.
Big rocks.
I think there's several.
We're pulling it somewhere.
That's a way to *bleep* move
the material for sure.
[bob] okay.
I see a little bit
some right there.
Oh, here's a little bit...
Here's a little bit.
Yeah. Oh.
Guys, woo! Yeah!
Found a little bit,
we're having some gold!
-[man] yeah, buddy! Woo!
-[bob] yeah.
-Yeah.
-*bleep* yeah.
Found some awesome
looking gold
and, uh, you know,
if the ground continues
to be good and we get
some good gold in the box,
then I'll make my move
buy this claim.
Oh, beautiful, beautiful.
Yeah.
-[man] yeah, buddy.
-Woo!
That's what we need.
Awesome.
[man] save me some!
[narrator]
thirteen miles, west.
[shawn] see, like,
everything started to run
the way it's supposed to?
It took a really nice
test pan right here.
Took us a few spots
to find it,
but we found it.
Now, alls we have to do
is pile the gold
-in the box.
-[narrator] shawn pomrenke
got his operation back
on track
and the 750 additional
ounces he still needs
to end the season
could be within reach.
[shawn] if we can run
in this stuff
for the rest of today,
and the rest of tonight
we'll have a quarter
million dollars
in a couple days
I'm thinking.
At best, I have two
or three weeks
to get the gold I need.
If this is the spot
I got to ride
this pay streak hard
till the bitter end
and hope it's enough.
I don't have time
to be hunting
and packing right now.
I mean, it's like everything
is running the way
it's supposed to be.
[whirring]
we'll go ahead
and idle things down,
check it out,
see how the box is looking,
but right now everything
seems to be running well.
Should I go ahead
and check the box?
That yellow.
Yellow.
-Yellow.
-All right.
All right.
I think we're doing
it now boys.
Damn that's just
a half a day.
[man] she's loaded.
We're catching it good too
which is nice.
[shawn] couple little pickers.
Nice job, partner.
I feel like the winner!
Whoa!
Box looked really good.
Now we're gonna go ahead
and we fire it back up.
Keep loading gold
in the box,
that's what we come here for.
We're on the good stuff,
thank god.
Now, we just got
to move forward
make another cut
and keep following it
till the end of the season.
Let's start coming up
on those spuds.
Yeah, it's not moving.
[cody speaking]
no. It's not moving, cody.
*bleep*
oh.
The spuds are what keeps us
in place
while we dig.
But if we can't raise them
we'll be stuck.
No way to be able
to follow the pay streak,
we'll just be dead
in the water.
[cody] this hydraulic line
controls the spuds
to go up and down
and it just blew out
of the fitting and caused
a big mess inside here.
And we're onto really
good gold,
so it sucks
but gold mining.
[cody speaking].
Now, don't have any spares
on the board
so *bleep*
nate.
[nate speaking]
[shawn] one of the new lines
that go to the uprights
blew apart.
[nate speaking]
[shawn]
the hydraulic line blew
and, um, it popped
the power pack
that runs the spuds.
So here we are,
waiting for parts.
[dramatic music playing]
[narrator] after four hours
and thirty miles,
zeke and his crew
of merry men
are finally closing in
on their final destination,
cape rodney.
[zeke laughing]
cape rodney
is right underneath
those big cliffs.
If you wanna call 'em cliffs,
it is sort of like cliffs,
I guess part of it is cliff,
part of it is just
a really steep hill.
But I think the place
where my buddies found
that gold
was like right over
kind of right
where the cave
extends itself
at its furthest point
out into the ocean,
and there's a bunch
of exposed bedrocks.
I think I'm gonna dive
over there.
-Thank you, stan.
-[stan] am I...
-Can I take my hoses?
-Yeah.
We haven't cleaned up
a lot of gold
this summer at all.
And we barely have
any time left this season.
I wanna go to cape rodney
because I wanna go somewhere
where there's the possibility
of finding some gold
before winter hits.
I mean, if we don't do
any better then we're gonna
really have to reassess
how we're going
about doing this.
I can't wait till I have
a whole summer
of doing this all the time.
So many places to go.
[suspenseful music playing]
[zeke] the water
is so murky.
I don't know if this
is gonna be a good day
to look for the gold.
Can you see anything?
[zeke] I can see, like,
just a little bit.
I'm dropping down
into a dark,
spooky place
I've never been.
Now, look, it gets
even darker down there.
I'm terrified.
Like there's nothing
in there once
you go down there.
I'm just gonna inch
my way down
into the dark
terrifying depths.
Oh, there's a rock.
Huh.
Okay. Well my feet
are touching the bottom.
I'm just not better
out right here.
I can see about a foot.
It's really pretty spooky.
So you got the dark
and scary, zeke.
[zeke] yeah. It's pretty
terrifying down here.
Honestly, I can't think
of very many things
that would scare me more.
The gold
that my friend found
was in the cracks
of this bedrock.
See, like a crack
like this.
So I'm gonna see
if there's any gold
in this bedrock crack.
[man] copy that.
[zeke] okay.
[zeke speaking].
Really hard to see
because of the murk.
Okay. I'm gonna move
to a different crack.
[man] copy that.
[zeke] whoa.
Oh, yeah.
That's a piece of gold.
Right there. See,
there's gold right there.
That's awesome. Whoa.
Hell yeah, man.
[zeke] there's just cracks
of bedrock
with pieces
of gold in them.
It's exactly
what I was suspecting
and hoping
that it would be.
Yeah, see, there's
another piece of gold
right there in the crack.
That's worth the drive.
[zeke speaking]
[stan] that's awesome, dude.
I love it.
[zeke] I'm honestly,
in all sense of the word,
pretty stoked
that I found pieces of gold
right here because this is
the first place
that we randomly set anchor.
[man] that is awesome.
Good job.
Dropped right down
to something.
-[stan] woo-hoo!
-[man] all right.
Yeah. Mission success.
[gary] I can't even believe
the gold
I'm seeing down here.
[vernon] all right.
Gary, you got your time in,
come on up, buddy.
[gary] all right.
I hear you.
Coming up.
[narrator] as gary simpson
finishes
his time on the box...
Just getting ready.
Been a while
since I've been in a suit.
[narrator]
it's time for the man
they call crazy jesus
to take his first plunge
in years.
You're not nervous,
are you?
A little bit.
I expect that though.
[vernon] yeah,
first dive in two
and a half years.
The last time you dove,
it laid you up for two years.
[man] yup.
Get your dive in
and see how it goes.
Diving it's, uh,
it's dangerous
and it's physically
challenging
but it's also
mentally challenging.
I mean, it's a mental game.
I know he's enthusiastic
but I can also tell
he's very nervous.
I'm hoping
for the best today
because we need it.
Here's your octopus.
I'm gonna put it
underneath the strap
-right here, okay?
-All right.
[man] so it's right
under there, so here's a...
Here it is in case
you need it, okay?
-[man] okay.
-[vernon] all right.
Here we go.
I think he'll do good.
It wouldn't surprise me
if he gets down there
and puts in three hours
at least.
[man] all right.
I'm at the nozzle.
[vernon] that's the nozzle.
All right.
He's on the bottom.
[man speaking]
[vernon] it's okay.
You just keep breathing.
Yo craig, just let us know
if you see some gold.
[man speaking]
[vernon] yeah, yeah,
it'll come to you.
It'll come to you.
Last time he was down
two and a half years ago,
somebody put a hydraulic hose
in line with his air hose.
And it poisoned him.
It damn near k*lled him.
I just got my fingers crossed
that he holds up.
I mean, this is
our last shot right now.
If he...
If he can't make it,
we're back down
to one diver.
But this late in the season,
one diver is not enough.
[man speaking]
I'm not breathing so hard.
A little different
than it used to be for me,
I'll tell you that.
That's already been
dredged there. [groans]
[vernon speaking]
we had to pump it up some.
[man speaking]
[vernon] I said
you're breathing is heavy.
We had to start
on the other compressor.
[man] yeah, I'm sure.
Do you need to come up
to fix it?
Just had a little bit of
trouble with my mask there.
[vernon] okay.
We'll pull your umbilical
if you're coming up.
[man] he's coming up.
[man speaking]
[vernon] hey, brian.
Get that stuff off of him.
[brian] take a breather.
-Sit down.
-[brian] have a seat.
[vernon] come on, man.
Get him on...
Get him on dock.
-I'm okay right now.
-[vernon] no, no.
You got to come out, man.
I had no idea I wouldn't be
able to breathe.
[vernon] sit down.
If my mask wouldn't be
coming up on my chin,
I'd just stay down there
and kept going.
-[vernon] no, you...
No, you...
-Keep trying.
Yeah, no,
I would've been fine
if I had just kept down there
for once.
[vernon] no, no,
I don't think so, man.
You know, it's a good thing
you came up.
It wasn't gonna get
any better.
-It just gets worse.
-Right.
I just don't wanna
give up, man.
[vernon] craig,
I hate to tell you,
I mean, in case you haven't
figured it out,
you're done.
On here, anyway.
Oh, man.
[vernon] I'm not
gonna pull up
any dead bodies up
from the bottom
of the ocean down there.
It's better you came up
when you could
still come up
under your own power.
And believe me, I appreciate
you coming out here
and giving it a shot,
you know,
and the other guys do too.
We got nothing
but appreciation.
But you're not ready
to go back down there yet.
He's been through hell.
I appreciate him
making the effort
but it is not gonna work out.
Season's almost over.
I got to get
what I need to pay off 56.
I'm out of options.
There's nobody else to call.
You need to get
yourself well.
You're not well yet.
So it's just not gonna work.
[man] I just never thought
I wouldn't be able
to breathe.
[suspenseful music playing]
[shawn]
the hydraulic line blew
and it popped
the power pack
that runs the spuds,
so here we are waiting
for parts.
[narrator] needing
another 750 ounces
in the waning days
of summer,
mr. Gold's newly revamped
myrtle irene
is at a standstill.
Blew right out
of the fitting.
[shawn] good news
is we found a hell
of a pay streak.
Bad news is the spuds
are stuck
to the bottom of the ground.
[cody] I don't know
if it's a faulty hose
or a faulty crimp
or what it was.
[shawn] we got
the parts to fix it
but we have to do it fast.
We have no time to spare.
[nate] I'm gonna fire it up.
[nate speaking]
all right.
You're good to go, buddy.
That should be good.
It ended up blowing
the hydraulic line
that raises
and lowers the spuds.
Nate ran us
a new one out,
got that back on,
back up and running.
[man speaking]
we got the spuds fixed.
We're back up and running.
Now we just gotta
follow this pay streak
so we can pay the bills
and make some money.
Fire up that deck.
Time to make some gold.
We got everything working.
We need to pile up
some gold.
This stuff looks
really good.
Oh. There's some cobble
in there.
Oh. [laughs]
there it is.
We're actually making
money now.
And it looks good.
We're in the gold.
One bucket, you know,
one of these buckets
could have
a couple thousand dollars
in it.
Oh. [laughs]
gravel, easy digging.
One bucket,
you're in the paying.
I'm gonna push
the rest of the season
like we never have before.
On a pay streak like this,
sky's the limit.
Not taking any prisoners.
Beautiful material.
We're making gold.
[narrator] and now
another social hour
with vernon.
A day like today,
about the only thing
I could do is come in here
and have a quiet c*ck
and check my social media.
It's all near and dear
to my heart.
Not.
Bubbabacon.
I think you're a sexy
hunk-o-man.
Bubba, you got to get
gender specific there
but whichever way
I take it as a compliment.
Whoop it on me, bubba.
Johnnylonghandle.
Elaine is way better
looking than you.
She should be on the show,
not your ugly a*s.
Johnny, I mean,
come on, man.
You don't know
about my a*s.
I mean, I do have a couple
of tattoos on it.
Fluffy cookie.
Ooh.
Where in the hell
were you
when I was single,
fluffy?
Don't answer
that question.
Krazykatlady.
I always fast forward
when vernon's on.
Well, you know what,
krazykatlady,
that's okay.
I mean, you know,
to each his own.
If you don't like
watching me, you know,
go do something
with your cats.
And then eat *bleep*
and die *bleep*.
Bydmanflymflam.
Do you pay taxes
on all your gold?
Taxes has not been
a problem yet.
I hope to someday be
in a category where
I would have to pay taxes
because, you know,
there's nothing
I love doing
more than paying taxes.
That's why I'm
in this business,
so I make
enough money to pay taxes
to support all your sorry
asses out there
that won't get off the sofa
and get a job.
[narrator] this has
been another
social hour with vernon.
Slap and tickle.
Oh, my god.
Slap and tickle.
I'm liking that.
[dramatic music playing]
[man] how's it going?
[zeke speaking]
I think this area is going
to demand probably a lot
of further investigation.
[man] dude, that's awesome.
[narrator] far from
the comforts of nome,
cape rodney is showing
zeke tenhoff
plenty of respect.
[zeke] it's crazy.
It just these little
crack here with pieces
of gold in them.
If you can drop down
randomly out here
on this bedrock field
and you can find gold,
that means that
if we had a whole bunch
of time to travel
across this bedrock field,
we would probably
find where the *bleep* is.
Because I guarantee you,
there's a crack around here
that's just completely
loaded with gold.
Actually, I think this
is where I wanna come
this winter,
like immediately.
[man] awesome.
[zeke] yeah, it really,
like, do a big survey
like a winter time
survey of these cracks
and see where it gets...
Where it gets rich.
Sounds like a great
plan, man.
I think we may have found
our spot.
Good *bleep* glad
we came out, man.
[zeke] yeah. I'm glad
we came out here too.
I mean, total, like,
random crapshoot
adventure here and we
found gold the first
place we dropped down,
so it's inspiring.
Guys, the swells
are coming up a bit up here.
How much longer do you think
you wanna stay down?
[zeke] well, I wanna stay
on the safe side
but I also want to clean out
a couple more
of these cracks and look
at the bottom of them.
Sounds good.
We'll just, you know,
keep you informed up here and
pull it up a little longer.
[zeke] okay.
Sounds good.
I need to dig a couple
more little holes
in these bedrock cracks.
It's extremely exciting
to me that nobody's
really prospected
this that much.
Actually, there's like
three or four pieces
of gold in the bottom
of this crack.
Yeah. The swells look like
they're kicking up
a little bit.
[zeke] wow. I feel
the boat getting yanked
around quite a bit.
I mean, it's pretty
sketchy down here.
Seriously, it's scary.
[stan] yeah, it's
pretty swelly up here.
We're so far from home,
it's better to be safe
than sorry
in this situation.
When these winds turn,
it gets nasty fast.
So, it's definitely
picking up.
It's not terrible yet,
but I don't wanna wait
until it's terrible.
Uh, if it gets really bad
and blows from the south,
we could be in trouble.
So, I think it'd be better
that we just call it.
Hey, zeke.
You copy?
[zeke] yeah, I got you.
Well, the swells are
picking up a bit,
it's not crazy.
But, you know,
we have a long trip back
and, uh,
we're just seeing what do
you wanna do here?
[zeke] I don't wanna push it
with safety.
Yeah, if it's picking up
it's gonna get a lot worse.
It gets really sketchy
out here because
we're next to the cave
and that's where the waves
like really pick up
because the, uh,
all the water is channeled
through here.
I wanna come up and I
wanna pull the gear out
of the water and I wanna
get out of here.
[stan] all right, man.
Let's do it.
Sweet, you found some
gold down there.
[zeke] all right,
I'm gonna get out of here.
-We had ventured out...
-[man] copy that.
...To the outer reaches
and then we found treasure.
Oh, yeah.
What a day.
-Choice, *bleep* choices.
-[man] success.
-Definite success.
-[makes sound]
[zeke] I'm stoked.
I just feel like we're
lucky to be able to find
what we found today.
We came all the way out
to cape rodney.
I've had what I think was
a pretty successful dive.
Woo!
Diving in the murk
is never fun but like
I found some gold in one
of these bedrock cracks.
So that's really
encouraging because
I keep swinging for
the fences and I need
these ideas to be paying off
better than they are.
Time to go home.
[upbeat music playing]
[zeke] I like cape
rodney a lot.
It pulls us
to something new.
It's really nice to go
on ground
that hasn't been worked before
because there's always
that chance
you're gonna hit it big.
If we have one more day
of good weather before
the season ends, it might
be good to go back out
to that spot
and prospect all day.
[zeke] that is an option.
I mean
it's got my gears turning.
Yo, I love to sailboat
dredge so much.
It allows us to like
leisurely and in comfort
like motor outside of town
just kind of talking
about our feelings.
[laughter]
[stan] ooh, yeah.
[coughing]
[narrator]
back in nome.
[kris] this season has
been one *bleep* up thing.
[narrator] the kelly's
sad saga continues.
I'm *bleep* tired.
[kris speaking]
[brad speaking]
[kris] the pond
at dredge 6
wasn't a success.
Elim, cr*pple river,
everything's kind of
ended in a disaster.
But right now I'm gonna
keep pushing.
I got to create
opportunities
where there aren't any.
That's exactly
what I'm gonna do right now.
So, the plan today is go
over to the au grabber.
I know the guy,
james, that runs it
and we're pretty good friends.
[buzzer buzzes]
kind of good friends.
[buzzer buzzes]
we know each other.
[bell dings]
I hear, he needs workers
and that's what
I wanna learn.
[excavator beeping]
[kris] and he's taking off
the excavator today
and he's replacing
the excavator.
[brad] what's wrong on
this one?
[kris] it's a piece
of *bleep*.
Call me foolish but I
would've waited until
it was low tide
and I would've drove it
right off.
But that's me.
What do I know?
[metal creaking]
[kris] holy *bleep*
that looks scary.
It sounded like a good
idea before we got here.
But now I'm asking myself,
"do you really
want a job here?"
this guy *bleep* does dumb
*bleep* all the time.
[laughs]
he's like steve riedel
with an excavator.
-You enjoy the show?
-I enjoyed the show.
-You did great.
-Thanks. A little sketchy.
Yeah, well, we didn't
have a lot of faith in you
but you pulled it off.
Uh, so, we've been going
around a little bit
this year.
And we haven't been doing
that good.
We were planning...
We went to elim and
everything went *bleep*
on us.
And, uh,
so that was my whole plan
for this season.
So, right now we don't
actually have a plan.
You know,
and we need a job.
Do you wanna give us
a job for a couple weeks?
[suspenseful music playing]
-I mean, who can run?
-[brad] I can.
I can run an excavator, too.
Okay, so the truth is,
I don't really know
how to run an excavator
but that's never
stopped me before.
I mean,
how hard does it look?
James does it.
[dramatic music playing]
[james] uh, dude,
totally short, you know,
like crew right now.
So, your timing
is perfect.
I'll show you the ins
and outs of everything,
it won't take very long
and spend a couple days
on the water.
And see how it goes.
-[kris] great. Yeah.
-For sure.
Thank you very much.
You know, I knew this
was gonna work out,
you know?
Thanks,
appreciate it though.
Thanks, man.
Appreciate it, man.
-Be safe.
-You too, bruh.
[kris] so, I basically
bs my way into this.
So, I have to learn fast
on my feet right now.
And this might even turn
into another nightmare.
Who knows?
But I'm gonna be on
an excavator barge
that's like being king
of the sea.
This is gonna be huge.
This will save my season.
This will get us
the money for ice season.
This is gonna turn everything
around this year.
Come on, evie.
[narrator] and now
it's time to flex
your bsg brain muscles
with another edition
of do you know your miner?
[kris] I think I
figured out
why no one binds this pond.
[man] because they're
not that dumb?
[narrator] well,
the dredge 6 pond idea
was yet another
colossal failure
in the mining career
of kris kelly.
Getting geared up.
[narrator] over the years,
which plan
of kris's actually did meet
with success?
[kris] this is the next
kris kelly get rich plan.
[laughs]
[narrator] was it a,
sickle speedboat?
[kris] this boat right here
is the ticket
to us being rich.
[narrator] b,
the bering explorer?
[kris] all we have to do
is fix the boat up
a little bit
and then we start making
a million dollars a year.
[narrator] or c, elim.
[kris] elim is right
on our port,
you can see
out the window right now.
If it pays off for us,
we could be millionaires.
[narrator] if you said
any of these...
[buzzer buzzes]
[narrator] ...You're wrong.
Because none of them...
[kris screams]
come on, push.
[kris speaking]
[buzzer buzzes]
[narrator] not a single one
were successful.
What a piece of the
piece of *bleep*.
That's the picture.
There's the boat.
It's a million dollar
piece of *bleep*.
[buzzer buzzes]
[explosions]
-whoa. *bleep*
-[kris] get down!
-[explosions]
-[buzzer buzzes]
[narrator] join us next time
for another riveting edition
of do you know your miner?
[man] we are piercing
ourselves.
[narrator] throughout nome,
winter
is quickly approaching.
[dramatic music playing]
[emily] we might've done
a little bit better
than we thought, huh?
[narrator] and captain
emily riedel needs to make
a decision on claim
six before the doors
is shut on the season.
Hey guys, this is a cleanup
from bravo.
I think like bob
got like what?
-Like, four hours?
-[man] yeah.
Around about that, yeah.
-[emily] ish, on this?
-All right.
[man] oh, boy.
Nome.
[emily] I mean, this is just
from that one cobble spot
that he spent so much time
and that was about
from just calling it.
-All right.
-[man] come on, let's
see what it does.
-[man] come on. Bravo.
-[emily] come on. Bravo.
I really hope that this
turns into some good gold
because, um, you know,
we spent like this whole day
not gold mining.
So we could prospect
this claim.
Yeah, let's see
what this turns into.
[man] come on, bravo.
[emily] nice cleaning job.
Oh, my goodness.
[man] bob's a hell
of a panner.
[emily] bob hafner
is a legendary panner.
One, two, three, four,
five, six,
seven, eight, nine, ten.
-Yeah.
-[emily] hey, 11.
-Hey.
-Yeah. 11.44.
[narrator] 11.4 ounces
is worth $23,000.
Bravo to claim six and to
emily riedel who may have
just found the ground
she's been searching for
all summer.
All right. I'm pretty
happy with that.
[man] all right,
we're good.
[emily] nome is very happy
with that as well.
-[bob] nome is happy with it.
-[man] do you like that?
That's a good clean out, huh?
I'm feeling really good
about claim bravo.
It's an exciting claim.
So right now, the goal
is to just go back to 14
and work on getting
those 75 ounces.
If I wanna make an offer,
it's definitely time
to make a solid
investment up here.
This is definitely a good
sign for that claim.
It might be the kind of,
uh, ground
that we're looking for.
[man] I'd be down to
go back and check it out
in the spring.
-Yeah. I mean, yeah.
-[man] for sure.
Me too.
Sweet.
[narrator] meanwhile,
back out on the water.
[vernon] you think they're...
You think
they're full of gold?
That's why they're so heavy?
[narrator] despite
the failed return
to the water of crazy jesus,
vernon's team still
managed to get some gold
on the day.
All right, brian.
Is the gold done yet?
Craig doesn't work out
but gary's trying his best.
He put some good time
on that box.
Hopefully, it'll be enough
to turn the kind of
profit I need
to pay all the bills.
Let's see what we got.
All right guys,
here we go.
One, two, three, all right.
-Four, all right.
-[man] yeah.
Yeah.
Awesome.
[vernon] well,
that's 4.73.
[gary] yeah.
It's mighty good.
[gary] awesome.
-[man] yeah, that's good.
-Mighty good.
[man] hell, yeah.
[vernon] that's damn near
[gary] yeah.
That tells me I think
we hit a mega jackpot.
[gary] yeah.
[narrator] 4.7 ounces
is worth over $9,000
edging vernon even closer
to paying off claim 56
as he basks in the best
season of his career.
[vernon] all I can
tell you is, uh, thanks
for all your cooperation.
You're a... You're a
mighty diver there, gary.
-[gary] yeah. Thank you.
-[vernon] and you might be
my, uh, [laughing]
you might be a solo diver.
We'll see what happens.
We'll get somebody.
And most likely it's not
gonna be steve riedel.
We can use a few laughs
here and there, though.
[vernon] yeah.
[dramatic music playing]
[narrator] back in town.
[shawn] gold prices
are high.
I'm hoping we got
a bunch of gold.
[narrator] still short
750 ounces.
Shawn's first stop
is to check on the gold
for the day's limited action
on the myrtle.
[shawn] let's see how
we did.
Fourteen...
Seventeen, twenty.
Twenty-eight.
Eighty, ninety.
[man] one-ten.
One-fifteen,
one-twenty,
one-twenty-three.
Triple digits.
[shawn] woo!
Not bad.
[narrator] one hundred
twenty-three ounces
is worth $246,000.
Not bad for just a few hours
and proof positive
shawn's tweaks on the myrtle
are hitting it out
of the park.
More to come.
[shawn] yeah, feels good.
[narrator] but there's
still more gold to count.
And today is the final
clean out from shawn's
now fully owned
inland mine.
[man speaking]
[shawn] yeah, it is.
Inland's definitely put
a lot of gold through
the box.
With the price of gold
that's gonna be
some big money too.
Big clean up, big money.
We don't do many clean
outs on the inland mine
throughout the season.
We're basically wrapping
her out here.
This is from
the last seven weeks.
I need it
to be a big number.
Here we go.
Let's see what this last...
We got 300 plus 10,
Come on.
Hit another hundred.
[man] one more.
Come on.
One-forty-five.
[shawn] we're gonna hit 450?
No.
[man] one-forty-six.
[shawn] one-forty-six.
Four hundred and fifty
ounces damn near.
Yeah.
[narrator] four
hundred forty-six ounces
is worth just under
$900,000.
Combined with the myrtle
cleanout, shawn's added
a whopping $1.13 million
to the ledger
and the pomrenke empire
is thriving
in the homestretch.
Not a bad run.
No, not bad, I mean...
[shawn] those guys
have been kicking a*s,
putting in some hours.
Yeah.
It's a huge number.
This is gonna go a long
way into paying off
everything I owe.
That's probably the last
inland cleanup
for the season.
That looks good.
Keep 'em coming in.
-[shawn] it's not bad.
-Not bad.
[shawn] come on, tom.
[dramatic music playing]
[birds squawking]
[narrator] next time
on bering sea gold.
[kris] today is the first day
of my next adventure.
Right now I'm running a
excavator
on the bering sea.
[shawn] we don't have
a whole lot of time
and we need to find gold.
*bleep* damn it.
Not *bleep* high.
[vernon] all right, kris.
It's getting real close.
Get the gold.
It's the last dive
-for a while, man.
-[man speaking]
[vernon] it's starting
to wake up.
[man speaking]
[emily] it's a beautiful day
to go gold mining.
[metal creaking]
we've got a big problem.
[zeke] winter is
pretty much upon us.
It could be the last trip.
[man] woo!
[laughs]
[shawn] one of these
buckets could have
a million dollars in it.
[chuckles]
[zeke speaking]
[emily] we got 'em!
[man] hey, kris.
Shut it down!
[kris] oh, *bleep*
what happened?
[dramatic music playing]
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13x08 - Dredge of Insanity
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The show follows boats equipped with various setups to achieve gold mining in a summertime, cold northern latitude, shallow water, ocean environment.
The show follows boats equipped with various setups to achieve gold mining in a summertime, cold northern latitude, shallow water, ocean environment.