[narrator] After
months of adversity,
the question is this...
It is rough.
[Vernon Adkison grunts]
[Vernon] Abandon ship.
[narrator] ...who's got
what it takes to reach the top
of the golden mountain?
We're on the right track.
[diver on radio] The gold
is just unbelievably hot.
Yeah, baby!
[narrator] Because the last
stretch of summer mining...
[grunts]
[narrator] ...will prove
to be the toughest yet.
I'm going to have
to fight through it.
I'm ready for the world to
come against me right now,
I'm not going to quit.
[Kris Kelly] That's a little
rougher than we thought.
This [bleep] thing
pisses me off.
[man screams]
- [metal hitting] -
[bleep], damn it.
We hit the spuds.
We're still not moving!
[Emily Riedel] The
end of the season push.
- [metal clanking] - [Jane
Kilcher] Help me, Eddy.
Whoo! It's heavy.
[man] Start her up.
Verne, there's a problem!
It hurts when it's costing us
this kind of money.
I'm really excited to see what
we're going to be able to do.
[diver on radio] Cashing checks
and breaking necks.
[Shawn Pomrenke talking]
I'm going to dig all night.
Yeah! Let's go make
money. Let's make money.
[Shawn] Here we go.
We'll see if this is [bleep]
a great idea or a bad idea.
We'll find out in the
next [bleep] half an hour.
[narrator] As summer mining
nears its expiration date,
Mr. Gold's looking
to make the most
of the limited time remaining
with a bold plan.
[Shawn] High winds like this
is pretty risky to be going out
but it's the only chance I got
to get to that
gold that's so deep
that I'm going to
go [bleep] get it.
[Shawn] It's
getting colder faster.
Winter weather is creeping in.
Summer mining
could be over any day.
I have to jump on
any opportunity I have
and today is one of them.
But it's a double-edged sword.
This time of the year,
with the high north winds
blowing the water out,
we can get out
further with the Myrtle
and get onto some
untouched ground.
But the water's so
low in the harbor,
I don't even know if
I'm going to be able to
make it out of here safely.
The window's closing.
The wind will change tomorrow
and water will come back in
and I won't be able
to get out and get it.
But the problem is, there's
no water in the harbor.
So we have to make
it out of the harbor,
to get out to go mining.
But it is dangerous.
But nothing ventured,
nothing gained.
Right now, with the
north winds blowing,
the deepest part of the
harbor's only about 8 feet
and that's dangerously low.
Specially for a 600-tonne
barge like the Myrtle.
If we hit the
bottom, it can cause
tens of thousands of
dollars worth of damage
and end our season.
Let's get this spot out,
first and then that one
- and then get in the tug right away.
- Yeah.
If we make it out of here okay,
there's a k*ller spot I've
been wanting to go to.
With these low tides
and these north winds,
today is the only day
that it's successful.
So that's a gamble
I'm willing to take.
[Shawn] Here we go!
Security, security, security.
Myrtle Irene
leaving inner harbor,
heading to sea.
Any concern or opposed traffic
be standing by on
Channel 16 and 72.
Yup, nice and
easy. Just like that.
So far so good but we're not out
of the shallow part
of the harbor yet.
So a real skinny
channel going out of here.
We get hung up
and turned sideways,
we'll be screwed.
Usually all this...
all that sand and that
sand bar are underwater,
they are not underwater anymore.
We make it, the
next 150 ft here,
we're going to be golden.
Need to just relax a little bit.
[Shawn speaking]
I just don't want to get stuck
on the sand bar, you know?
- [metal banging]
- [bleep], damn it.
We hit the spuds.
Come on! [bleep]
Get them off!
Just like I [bleep] told you.
We're still not moving!
We're not moving!
Come on. We need
to keep going up.
[bleep]
[bleep], damn it.
[metal clanking]
There we go!
Looked like a bunch
of [bleep] rookies here.
We're getting out,
we're going digging.
That could have been bad.
Good thing there was no traffic.
Well, we're on our way.
Holy [bleep].
We almost didn't
make it out of the harbor
because the guys forgot
to raise the spuds up.
But these winds
we're heading into,
I did not account for.
It looks like it's going
to be a rough ride
and a seriously slow one.
But the Myrtle's big enough
and heavy enough
to handle these waves
and when we get there,
I'm going to dig
all night if I have to
and we're going to cash in huge.
I'mma pile up a big
ol' pile of gold today.
[narrator] While Mr. Gold
fights his way to Tomcod,
back in the harbor...
[Kris] Can we just start hitting
[bleep] the hammer
and hope it works?
[narrator] ...Kris Kelly finds
himself in a familiar place.
This [bleep] thing
pisses me off so bad.
Oh, you [bleep] sack of [bleep].
[narrator] Yelling
at his equipment.
[Kris] We got the
electrical problem fixed.
We aren't showing
any more codes.
Right now, it's the
hydraulics problem.
Without hydraulics
we can't run anything
and for some reason,
we are just not getting
any hydraulics pressure
in the whole system.
[Kris] Reaper Nation right now
is more like Repaired Nation.
You know? We're spending
more time broke down
than we are mining
and last time out,
we got it to work,
but it was at half
speed limp mode.
[Kris] It's taking up twice
as long to do a scoop,
which is [bleep].
[bleep] that excavator.
It's pissing me off.
Which you're not
supposed to run at,
by the way and I know that now.
At the moment we owe
$125,000 by the end of the summer
and right now, I got 36 ounces.
So we have to get the Mistress
back up to full
strength immediately.
A literally only one
sack of [bleep] machine
is stopping me from doing well.
Oh, I'm pissed.
I'm [bleep] pissed.
There's nothing
I can do, either,
which, then... what makes
me even more pissed.
[man speaking]
Can we take the
solenoid off of the track
and can we use
that for solenoid one
and just not use
the track ever again?
[mechanic speaking]
The good thing about
everything breaking all the time
is you become an
expert at fixing things.
So, right here, the excavator
has different solenoids
that do different things.
The one that works
the tracks, is okay,
but that doesn't help me.
We're not driving it anywhere.
So if we swap out the dead
one that runs the hydraulics,
we might get this system
up and running again,
at full strength.
Little, by little, we've been
replacing all the components.
The last thing on the
page is this solenoid
and I think, this thing
is going to fire right up
and the hydraulics
are going to work,
not to every system
but who gives a [bleep]?
We only need a
couple of the systems
to work with the hydraulics,
the boom, the swivel,
you know, the bucket.
That's all I really need.
[bleep] these tracks.
[bleep] them twice.
If we can get this to fire up,
we're going to be mining today.
Here we are, moment of truth.
I'm telling you, I think
this is going to work.
Don't listen to all
these people behind me.
This is going to work.
- [James] Ready?
- [man] Yup.
[engine revving]
[Kris] Come on,[bleep].
[metal clanking]
[Kris] Another crank?
[man] Crank it, James.
[engine revving]
[engine whirring]
[Kris] Yeah, baby!
That's what I'm talking about.
[screams] We're going to
make money now, dawg.
Go make some money.
That's right,
baby. That's right.
Never give up. [bleep]
- [man 1] Now, gold street.
- [man 2] That's right.
Everybody telling me I'm done.
I'm done when I
tell you I'm done.
That's when I'm done.
Yeah. Let's go make money.
Let's make money.
We got it working.
Hydraulics is working.
We're going [bleep] mining
in, like, one hour from right now.
I'm going to get the troops
and tell them, "Let's
do this [bleep]."
All these [bleep] didn't think
I was going to make this work.
They, basically, gave up on me.
[bleep] them all. I
don't need anybody.
I knew I was going
to make this work
because I am one
stubborn [bleep] Irishman
that never gives up.
[Vernon] It's a nice day.
Cold, but no ice in the water.
That's always a good sign.
[narrator] After a season filled
with setback after setback...
[Vernon] Can you let go of
the bow line and push us off.
[narrator] ...Vernon
Adkison's desperate to get
gold in the box,
as the end of summer
draws ever nearer.
[Vernon] All right. When
we get out here today,
don't work barren ground.
If it's not producing,
then move on.
Find a streak.
Then peel off in one
direction and work it
until it runs out and go back
and peel off in the other
direction and work that.
Let's get on out there
and get after the gold.
This season seems like
nothing's been going right
and last time out,
it got really dicey.
We headed out
in horrible weather,
trying to rescue
a buddy of mine.
[Vernon shouting]
John, I cannot tow you!
My engine are swamping.
Not only did we not get him,
my boat took a
hell of a pounding.
It took a lot to get it back
into a sea-worthy condition
and I hope to hell it is.
We're aiming for 300 ounces
and we barely have 20.
Time's nearly up,
so we'd need to
absolutely crush it today.
We're here.
[indistinct
conversation on radio]
[Vernon] Let's do it.
- All right, Thomas, you're ready?
- Yup.
Start her up.
- [man] Uh-oh.
- [Thomas] Come on.
Sparks.
[man] What the
hell? That's not good.
- [smoke hissing] -
[Thomas] That's not good.
[bleep]
[metal clanking]
That's not good at all, man.
- I got to tell Verne.
- Yeah.
[man] Verne, there's a problem.
Thomas just went
to start the motor
and a whole bunch
of smoke and sparks
just came out of the motor.
[bleep]
[Vernon] If ain't one
thing, it's another.
Go ahead, Thomas,
could you show where that
smoke was coming from?
[Thomas] Here's your starter
and it's not even trying
to turn over, though.
What I think it's doing is
sh**ting sparks off the terminal.
[Vernon] All right,
so it's smoked.
Nothing we can do about it.
Let's go get another starter.
[bleep]
Let the anchor drop.
Let's go back to town.
[Vernon] Here's the thing.
We've got leaks and some
destroyed electrical equipment
because of that rescue mission.
So, now, when we got
our engines swamped,
it seems to have
fried our starter to boot.
I pray that's all it is.
Hopefully, we
can fix the starter.
But, honestly, if it's a
deeper problem then that,
our season may have just ended.
[Vernon] No doubt what happened.
We were taking heavy seas,
against the side of
the ship on both sides.
And that damned motor
and starter, everything
else back there
got covered with salt water.
So, there's an old saying,
"No good deed goes unpunished."
Well, that's what I'm
feeling like, right now.
That's a big lick.
[narrator] As Captain Vernon
sets course for repairs...
one mile east...
[Emily] Another fine day
out on the Bering Sea.
[Emily speaking]
[narrator] Emily Riedel
and her team are settling in.
Clothes are coming off.
[Emily talking]
[narrator] And already
have a diver down.
[Jane] How's it looking
down there, Jeff.
[Jeff Orzechowski on radio]
[Jane laughs]
[Jane speaking on radio]
The season's been
going amazingly.
Our goal is 250
and we are on pace.
So far, we're at
over 200 ounces.
It's all coming together,
I've got a baby on the way.
Jane's been
k*lling it out there.
What else could I ask for?
All we need is to close
the season out strong
in the last couple of days.
[diver breathing heavily]
[Jeff groans]
[bleep]
[Jane] Are you okay?
[Jeff speaking on radio]
You want us to shut
down and use the pole?
[diver speaking on radio]
[Jane] Okay, roger that.
Oh, my God. [grunts] This
thing is hard to maneuver.
Is he where like a
dozen and a half feet?
Oh, [bleep]. Here,
help me, Eddie.
- [bleep]
- [Eddie] You good?
Am I? Whoo! It's heavy!
[Emily] Jane definitely has
her own way of doing things,
but it gets the job done.
[Jane] Am I supposed
to see something?
[Emily] That's,
ultimately, all that matters
and it's really fun to watch.
- You good?
- Yeah.
[motor revving]
[Jane] All good?
[Jeff on radio]
Better be.
[Jeff on radio]
[Jane] Whoo!
- Whoo!
- [Eddy laughs]
- [Emily] Yeah!
- See? That's my boy.
- [Jane] Ayo!
- [Emily] Good job, guys.
[narrator] Back in the harbor...
[Zeke Tenhoff] I don't
know how to figure out
what the weather's
doing right now.
I think that like...
it can be calm
right around Nome,
but, like, really
swelly at Tomcod.
[narrator] Despite the potentially
rough conditions ahead...
[Zeke] It's going to be the
ultimate dredging day, I think.
[narrator] ...Zeke Tenhoff
doggedly pushing forward
in the home stretch of summer.
[Zeke] Good to go.
Hurrah!
Last time out, we finally got
the Havilah a go.
The 10-inch nozzle,
it's a whole new level.
[diver speaking on radio]
And, so, the plan
today is to get
Gabe and Shem in the
water and hit that pay
that I found with
the 6-inch dredge.
The weather looks
like it could be trouble.
But at this point in the season,
we don't really have any choice.
Especially when I'm
aiming at 50 ounces
and I'm only about
halfway there so far.
[man] We're going
to Tomcod, dude.
Going down to Tomcod.
Havilah has set course to
the riches of the Tomcod.
- We're all full on fuel.
- [Shem screaming]
I feel really good
about it today.
I'm super stoked
- and Shem got laid.
- Yeah.
That's what I'm talking about.
The mood is high, he's
yelling at other dredgers
as we're leaving the
harbor. [bleep] great, man.
We shall come back rich,
richer than our
wildest imaginations.
- [Zeke] It's, like, rolling.
- [Gabe] Yeah, dude.
[Zeke] Whee!
It's like 5-foot swell going on
and when you're down
there at the bottom,
it just throws you all around.
You got to put on a
saddle on the 10-incher
and you got to
ride it down there.
We're not really
into rodeo business.
[Shem] What the hell!
[Zeke] These swells
are getting pretty gnarly.
They're like 5-footers.
At this point, it's
impossible to dive.
And, so, the plan
is to get the boat set
and hopefully, by that time,
the weather would've
calmed down enough
so that we can get
some bodies under water.
Dredging... trying to.
Gold dredge in
October is super dumb.
We call this "beef swellington."
"Beef swellington." [laughs]
It's a little bit of a beef
swellington out here.
[Shem laughing]
[everyone laughs]
[narrator] While the Havilah
bastes in the
"beef swellington",
across the claim...
Mr. Gold's braving
the choppy waters
with his 600-tonne Myrtle Irene.
[Shawn] We're here, finally.
[narrator] And he's ready
to tap into virgin ground
on the bottom of the Tomcod.
Let's go ahead and spud down.
We're going to go ahead,
get everything fired up.
Start running dirt.
Washy, washy.
These are the
chances that we live for.
My drill logs say that
this hole is hot as hell.
But we've never
been able to dig here
with the Myrtle before
and I hope I'm right.
I've been aiming for
but I'm still 500 ounces short.
There's a ton of gold
in the deeper water
where we can't touch normally.
That means gold's gonna
be really, really good today.
These north winds made
it tough to get out here.
But they're our best
friends right now.
The Myrtle can reach 26 feet.
This gravel's
usually a lot deeper,
but with these low
tides, we can hit it.
And it should be untouched.
So, monster payday,
here we come.
Time to make some money!
We have a possibility
of doing a quarter to
a half million dollars
in a very short amount of time.
Gonna dig all night.
Half a million dollars.
Here we go.
I'd be happy with
a quarter million.
I'm gonna sh**t for the stars.
Yeah!
North winds, we love you.
Come on, baby!
Let's go!
[chanting] We
are gonna slick it!
[Kris] We need money.
We just plain need money.
We're gonna get out there,
we're gonna make some easy gold,
and this is gonna
be a great day.
[narrator] The mighty
Mistress is at full strength
and ready to hit the high seas.
[Kris] We're getting
ready to go right now,
start up the Thrustmaster.
[engine starting]
[narrator] But the crew
of the mighty Mistress?
Well, that's a different story.
We were supposed
to leave an hour ago,
everybody goes
on a [bleep] joyride.
I couldn't be more clear
when we were leaving the dock.
I told everybody to
stick by so we can go out.
While I'm finishing
repairing the excavator,
Andy and James take off
and who knows what
the hell they're doing.
And now I'm standing
here waiting for them.
Every minute that passes
is a minute I'm not mining.
It's like watching a clock
ticking down the
money I'm losing.
I don't know why you guys
had to go on an hour's drive
before we [bleep] went out.
[Kris] You had people
standing around
for you to [bleep]
go on a ride, dude.
Well, I do. I see
the boat. I see...
But you know what? [bleep] you
and your [bleep] bull-[bleep].
I got a bunch of people here.
No, you [bleep],
you can't [bleep].
Look, if you wanna
just stay home,
you wanna just stay home?
You wanna just stay home?
You wanna just stay?
I'm going out with
or without you.
You wanted...
I'm going out with
or without you.
Either you're
getting on this boat
or I'm gonna drive away.
Okay.
We didn't need to
[bleep] make sure
that the route was clear.
Yeah, why?
[Kris] Okay,
well, let's just go.
[Kris] That's fine.
Let's just go.
Everything is cool.
I'm sorry I got upset.
I'm under a lot of stress
trying to make this
whole [bleep] running.
Everybody didn't think I
was gonna get this started,
but I did.
Let's go make some [bleep] gold.
Yeah. Okay, we are.
James and those guys
might think I'm a drama queen
bitching about
every little thing,
but these guys
need to understand,
we're coming down to
the end of the season.
After all the breakdowns,
all the wastes of time,
we're finally ready to get gold.
So, screwing around
at this point is k*lling me.
And I'm the one on the hook
for a $125,000
payment, not them!
Let's get going.
We're gonna get gold.
Okay, let's go.
Security, security.
This is the Mistress.
Exiting the harbor.
Any concerning or
opposing traffic on 16?
We have a strong northwest wind
that's causing a
little bit of a wait.
I think the boat could
handle it, personally.
We're getting close.
What's the plan here?
[James speaking]
Okay, well, I'll stand by.
[radio crackles]
[James over radio]
Drop the spud.
[Kris] Dropping!
It's a little rougher
than we thought.
I know it's not
any [bleep] good.
[crewmember speaking]
[bleep], man.
I just got this
[bleep] thing fixed.
Seriously, we finally
get the Mistress working,
everything is good,
we really need the hours,
but these waves are more
than the Mistress can handle.
At this level,
there's a good chance
I'm gonna rip the spud well.
And I can't afford
this right now.
[bleep] this.
I'm gonna [bleep]...
Pull these spuds up.
One [bleep] thing after another
after another.
[James] It's looking
like we should motor in.
It's a[bleep] joke.
- Hey, you tried.
- No, I know.
But no one likes
people that try.
People like people
that succeed, you know?
I wanna be a
succeeder, not a tryer.
We go home right now.
We're gonna be on the water
before the sun rises tomorrow.
Like, 12 hours in the Tomcod.
All we can do right now
is work as hard as we can
and finish strong.
We're gonna make
this work no matter what.
[narrator] While
one Kelly heads in...
Back in the harbor...
[Andy] Game plan today,
is we're gonna go
out on the water,
get on the gold,
and dredge all day.
[narrator] ...another
Kelly is heading out,
trying to contribute some
much needed ounces
before the door shuts on summer.
The end's coming, my friend.
Very fast.
I'm predicting not many
more days on the ocean.
Well I've got rubber pontoons
and aluminum pontoons.
The ice will[bleep]
slice my pontoons apart.
The Mistress has barely
done anything all summer.
As always,
Kris owes a ton of money
unless we pull off a miracle.
So, we're getting the new Reaper
in the water to
cover his sorry a*s.
A suction dredge
is helping an excavator
barge to keep up?
Yup. That sounds
like my brother.
[Andy] Uh-oh.
Just had a major
malfunction on the engine.
[Andy speaking]
Yeah, we're out.
That's what it is.
Whenever my dad
comes on the boat...
I was thinking, "Oh, my
God. Give me a break."
[Andy] Every time
he comes on the boat,
dude something happens.
[Kris] There's no gas in it?
No, I thought Dad did...
I mean, I'm not even
gonna say it, dude.
They better not have pulled
me out here with no gas.
Yeah, my dad's
something else, you know?
Everything's all [bleep] up!
That was all Dad, not me.
Everybody blames me
for anything goes wrong.
The blame game.
Sometimes I really wonder
how much money we'd really have
if my brother would stop
making these crazy deals.
And if my dad
actually gave a damn
and did his job.
So, again, my dad didn't
fill up the tank with gas.
That's basically his only job
and he can't even do that right.
So, I have a solution.
Let's just drop the gear.
Okay, let's get the
nozzle in, yeah?
[Andy] Yep.
We gotta do this right.
[Brad] a*s crack over Texas!
[Andy] Yeah, be prepared.
You come on our boat,
you gonna see a lot of a*s.
It's the Kelly way.
[engine starting]
With my brother on the Mistress,
I'm stuck on the Reaper
with a crew of my
dad and Daniel.
[sarcastically] Woo-hoo.
My dad doesn't give a[bleep],
so I can't count on him.
But Daniel, he's been
my friend for years,
so I can trust him
that he'll take care of me
when I'm down
there getting that gold.
Now's time to start
making that money.
[Daniel over radio]
You got good vis?
[Andy speaking]
[Daniel over radio] You
wanna take a walk around
before you drag the nozzle?
[Andy speaking]
[Andy speaking]
Oh, [bleep]. Way to go!
[Brad over radio] Good job.
[Andy speaking]
Got any big gold?
[Andy speaking]
[Brad over radio] I
know you've get it, Andy.
Take your time, you'll find it.
[Andy speaking]
Oh, [bleep]! Yeah!
[Andy speaking]
[Andy speaking]
[labored breathing]
[oxygen tank rattling]
[Andy speaking]
[Brad] What happened?
[Andy speaking]
[Brad] Harder!
[muffled shouting over radio]
God!
[oxygen tank rattling]
[Andy over radio]
I'm out of air!
Pull me the[bleep] in!
[muffled shouting over radio]
[Brad] Pull him up,
pull him up, pull him up!
The ladder!
- [Andy exclaims]
- The ladder!
[Andy speaking]
[Brad speaking]
Ready.
- I'm done.
- [Brad] What happened?
I had no air.
I'm done. Let's go.
I'm doing my dive and suddenly,
I got no air.
It's as simple as that.
That's some scary[bleep].
I had no idea what was going on
and I'm still not
sure what happened.
But whatever it was, it
was super messed up.
When I got my head
out of that water,
it was off.
[Brad speaking]
You think it needs oil?
[Brad speaking]
[Brad speaking]
I don't even know what
the [bleep] happened.
I came up and the air
compressor was turned off.
And they're telling
me that it was on, so...
I started it. I know
it was running.
Brad let the air
out of the thing,
so I don't know what happened.
I... If this stalled,
it's so loud, you
know, like a...
I don't know how
we didn't notice.
How did it get shut off
by the time I got
out of the water?
I think they just left
the air compressor off
and sent me in.
Yeah, you know,
I'm backing you up.
Did you really start
the compressor?
I really, honestly
started the compressor.
Okay...
I swear on my life, I
was standing right here.
- I [bleep] started it.
- Okay.
And then the ladder
is not even in the water
and I'm [bleep]
smacking the ladder
and I'm telling
my dad, "Ladder!"
I don't know where the
miscommunication was in three feet.
The air compressor
wasn't turned on
when I got up,
but they said it was
on when I went down.
I called bull-[bleep].
But, if so, what happened?
And they didn't
have the ladder out
for me to get out when
I was screaming at 'em.
Total cluster.
And I got no gold out of it.
But I'm sure as hell
not going back down
with this crap being on top.
Yeah, I'm done
for the day, dude.
[bleep] that [bleep].
I don't know if
you did or didn't,
I'm just backing you up.
[guffawing]
[bleep] you!
[Brad laughing raucously]
[narrator] 11 miles west...
[Shem] Don your wetsuits!
We ride with great haste!
Shoulda gone to college, man!
Shoulda learned to [bleep] code.
[narrator] As the
Swellingtons cool down,
the crew of the
Havilah is ready to feast.
I came through here
with my six-inch dredge.
There was gold in it.
But I left behind all the
gold that was a little deeper.
So, I'm really
excited to see what
we're gonna be able to do.
[narrator] And Shem
Fogelman starts the first half
of the team's diving
double-header.
[Shem shouting dramatically]
[Shem] I sink to the bottom.
And I suck up gold.
[Zeke over radio]
How's it looking?
[Shem over radio]
Very, very low visibility.
Very low.
[Zeke over radio]
Are you in sand?
[Shem] Yes, I'm in sand.
We got all this scope
and we're just gonna be
dragging the boat straight along it.
There's gotta be a
bunch of gold in there.
How do you like the
ground that you're looking at?
[Shem] It's got some good graft.
[Shem over radio]
Oh, damn!
Oh, dude!
This ground was pretty promising
when I was down on it
with a six-inch dredge,
but with the 10-inch
dredge, it's a game-changer.
It's just so much faster
to get through all the rocks
and all the overburden.
I think that we can get a lot
more gold with a system like this.
[Shem over radio]
[Shem screams excitedly]
[Zeke laughing] That's a
good gold noise right there.
- That's a good gold noise.
- Yeah.
[Zeke laughing]
It's like, "What the [bleep]."
[Zeke and Shem laughing]
[Shem speaking dramatically]
[Zeke laughing]
[narrator] As the quest
for ounces ramps up,
nine miles east...
[Don] Oh, Vernon, you
got any tools in there
or should I just go get my kit?
[Vernnon] I've got some.
That'll work.
[narrator] Vernon
Adkinson's pushing to repair
the gold ship and join the fray.
[Don] You got water.
Probably filled this
whole intake full of water.
You check this, see if it works.
The sun's setting
quickly on this season,
and we got water
in the cylinders
of our pump engine
due to the rescue mission.
I called Diesel Don.
Everyone calls Diesel Don
when they got a problem.
And hopefully we
can fix this thing
and we'll be back
on track pronto.
If this doesn't work,
we're down for the count.
Okay, Vernon, go ahead and
crank this thing through a little bit.
[engine sputtering]
[engine starts]
[Vernon] Brought
it back to life.
- [Don] [bleep], yeah.
- That... that is a beautiful sound.
- All is clear.
- [Vernon] [bleep].
Well, there you have it.
Don, uh, bailed my nasty
a*s out yet once again.
- [laughing] - [Vernon]
I can't remember
how many times you've done this.
Yep.
I pray that this is the last
hiccup we have this season.
And then it's just mining,
mining and more mining
the rest of the way.
Let's get this thing fired up
and get out there and try
to make up for lost time.
We're off to the races.
We've wasted too much time.
You know, if you
boil it down to gold
that we didn't get, it hurts
when you're talking
with this kind of money.
So let's go back to super gold.
I don't want to mess around
looking for some new hot thing.
We're gonna make a beeline
straight for that super gold spot
that we did in the
past. Get Gary down
and try to make
up for lost time.
[engine starts]
[man] Fired right
up, water is flowing
That's better, a lot better.
[Gary] I'm ready.
We got our diver down.
Gary, Gary, you got me?
[Gary on radio] Yep, on bottom.
All right, let's take a
look around down here.
Gary's on the job
and, uh, hopefully,
he'll be seeing some
gold here pretty soon.
[Gary speaking]
[Vernon] Looks like, uh, we
got on to, uh, some virgin ground
'cause that's, uh,
marine growth,
uh, on top of the rocks
that doesn't look to me
like it's been disturbed.
[Gary speaking]
Good job on finding
the gold, now,
- let's get to it.
- [Gary on radio] Yeah.
Better news than
we've had all week.
[Gary speaking]
All right, Gary, get
out of there, buddy.
[Gary speaking]
If they're in the
gold, they're happy.
They're shallow, they're
very shallow people.
But, um, put some
gold in front of 'em,
just mention gold and they
light up like Christmas trees.
Gold, gold, see?
That's almost like
as good as saying
[bleep]
Shallow people.
We're back in the game.
[narrator] Throughout Nome,
the fleet is in the trenches
trying to mine ounces in
the final days of summer.
And on claim 14...
[Jane] Hey, how's
it going down there?
[Jeff on radio] I'm doing good.
I'm seeing some
really good color.
[narrator] Jeff Orzechowski
has kept the Eroica team
on the gold for the
better part of four hours.
[Jeff] Oh, super dope.
[Jane speaking]
Time to come up, princess.
[Jeff speaking]
[narrator] But all good
things must come to an end.
[Emily speaking]
This is the kind of day we
needed in the homestretch.
Jeff's been down
there grinding hard
and Jane's running
things smoothly up top.
At this point, all I'm hoping
is that we get one more day
to get out before
Mother Nature cuts us off.
We're gonna check out the
box and see, like, how we did.
You got my hair all messy
[bleep] undoing your rock jam.
[Jeff] Oh, you... you
crawled in the box?
Can't crawl in the box.
No, I wanted to
so I know how do it.
Hmm, perfect.
Look at that.
Good job.
[Emily] Nice little gold piles.
Looking good, heck yeah.
Good job.
[narrator] Eleven miles west.
[Zeke on radio]
Shem, how's it going?
[Shem speaking]
[Zeke speaking]
[Shem speaking]
[Zeke] All right.
[Shem speaking]
[narrator] The first half of
theHavilah's double header
is already scoring big.
[Shem speaking]
[bleep] Damn.
[Zeke] Okay, let
me check you out.
[narrator] But the hot streak
is suddenly growing cold.
[Zeke speaking]
[Shem speaking]
The burner's too powerful
for, like, what
it's trying to do.
It should be burning constantly.
At this late in the season,
the water in the Bering
Sea starts to get a lot colder.
The longer the
diver's down there,
the tougher it is for the hot
water system to keep up.
It can be really
temperamental, the system.
It's not easy to
keep them dialed in.
And this system is
still pretty new to me
so there's gonna
be a learning curve.
[Shem speaking]
[Gabe] It's behaving
differently than it was before.
It's having work a lot harder
to do the same [bleep] job.
[Shem speaking]
No water's getting
to my feet, it's just...
I don't know, it's
just not enjoyable.
Uh, and... It's not even
something I can really work through
'cause it feels
like if I tried to,
I'd end up, uh, getting real
sick or something. I don't know.
Gabe and I are gonna get
this hot water system dialed in.
[Zeke speaking]
[Gabe] Yeah, that might be it.
Sweet.
When we get it dialed in,
I'm gonna send Gabe down.
And he's gonna lay
down hammer on that gold.
And clean up the rest of the spot
while the waves aren't still too extreme.
[Gabe speaking]
[Zeke] I'd encourage you
to poke around in that sand.
There are some places
where the sand's really deep
and there's some places where,
like, it's not deep sand at all.
And there's like...
Lots of gold under it.
[Gabe speaking]
Do you see any gold yet?
[Gabe speaking]
[Zeke] I'm feeling really good
about how things are going.
Honestly, this was
the plan all along.
I was able to go out
with the six inch dredge
at the golden dawn and
find k*ller pockets like this
while Gabe got
the Havilah ready.
Now we're able to hit it with a
much more sophisticated setup
and just clean it all up.
I'm really stoked about this.
[Gabe speaking]
Yeah, you're hogging
tons of ground,
there's so many
rocks coming through.
[Gabe speaking]
[Zeke] You're a bad,
bad man. [laughs]
[all laughing]
[Gabe speaking]
[narrator] Eleven miles east.
[Vernon] So, Gary,
how's it coming along?
[Gary on radio] I've
been seeing gold so far.
It's, uh, slowly looking good.
[Vernon] All right,
that sounds really good
Did you cut a land or
you working in a hole?
I have a swathe.
Not a land, not a
hole but a swamp.
[narrator] After a late start, Vernon
and his team are making a comeback.
You're on your two
minute countdown.
[Gary on radio] Okay.
We finally got out here
[bleep] Damn, it's...
It's been a tough one.
This season's been tough.
But, uh, it looks like
we hit a good spot.
Okay, Gary, secure your
nozzle and come on up.
[Gary speaking]
It's all hands on deck,
push it to the limit,
mine until you
can't mine anymore.
It's that time of year and
our gold take so far is anemic.
So we rode Gary
as hard as we could,
now it's Bryan's time.
Every second is
critical at this point.
We need gold coming
up that nozzle at all times.
Okay, Bryan, have a good one.
[Bryan] All right.
Gary just had a good dive,
got his time and sent
Bryan down to
do the mop up.
[Bryan speaking]
[Vernon on radio] Okay, Bryan,
how are things looking down there?
[Bryan speaking]
This patch hasn't been
worked yet, that's for sure.
[Vernon] Very good.
That's gold. Though,
uh, that's a rocky part
it's about as good
as it gets around here.
[Bryan] Oh, man, there is
some nice gold down here.
Fingers crossed, lots of gold.
That nozzle is set to
cram up a bumper hitch.
[narrator] With the
help of low tides,
Shawn Pomrenke just
might be in the midst
of his best day of the season.
[Shawn exclaims]
[Shawn] Got high north winds,
it's ideal for digging
in this deeper water
where we can't cut normally
and there's a ton of
gold in the deep water.
We got some good
gold in the box.
Everything's going great.
It's late in the season,
took a long time
to get out here.
But this is the best ground
I've seen all summer.
Being able to get out here
to this untouched ground,
it's like a gift from
the Bering Sea Gods.
And I'm gonna keep
pushing, make the most of it.
[Shawn speaking]
Jack Frost is
knocking at our door.
We're gonna get as many
hours on the box as we can.
Gotta make hay
while the sun shines.
We gotta put some
gold in the box,
make some money.
[narrator] As the Arctic
day leans into evening,
across the claim...
[Zeke on radio] You good?
[Gabe on radio] Yeah.
[narrator] Zeke and his team
are pushing into hour seven
on the second half
of a double dive day.
[Zeke] I'm really excited that
we got into something really good.
[Gabe speaking]
- [Zeke speaking]
- [Gabe chuckles]
[Gabe] We'll get
a lot of more gold.
- [Zeke] How's your heat?
- [Gabe on radio] Water got cold.
[Zeke] It's here at about two and a
half hours and it's getting dark so...
[Gabe speaking]
[Zeke] Copy that.
Would've been good if Gabe
could've stayed down longer.
But we've had a
super marathon day,
longest day of
the season so far.
And those guys were
just crushing it down there.
[Gabe] Gold day, boys.
We got it on the gold.
I don't even wanna take the time
to empty the box and
clean the gold and weigh it.
I just want us to get
a few hours of sleep
and then come back out here
and hit it hard tomorrow morning.
There are precious few hours
left and we're on a hot spot.
So we gotta get as
many hours in as we can.
Boat's just sitting on
top of a bunch of gold
- so we're gonna get right back at it in the morning.
- Yeah.
- [Zeke] Panties are gonna be flying off.
- [Gabe laughs]
[Zeke] Panties have been flying
off as long as I can remember.
[all laughing]
[narrator] Eleven miles east.
Hey, Bryan, how
are you holding up?
[Bryan speaking]
[Vernon] It's dark up here.
[Bryan speaking]
Seeing anything spooky?
[Bryan speaking]
[Vernon] Well,
that's good, Bryan.
That's what it's all about.
[narrator] Vernon and crew
are pushing into the night
doing whatever they
can to load up the box
as the end of
summer mining looms.
All right, okay. Well, uh,
why don't you come on up?
[Bryan speaking]
[Vernon] Gary and Bryan
ran a marathon today
even though we started late.
Pushed it well into the night,
that's about all I can ask.
The day more than
came through for us.
Now we just hope the box
is as loaded as possible.
Luck be a lady, please.
Well, hell,
we got in a couple
of good solid dives.
I'm really proud of you guys.
[Bryan] It was really
cool. Kinda cool diving
in the Bering Sea at night
time. It's a whole new experience.
I know we got gold in the box.
Anchor's up.
We'll put it to
bed for the night,
get back out tomorrow.
[narrator] As the Gold
Ship wraps for the day,
back on the Tomcod.
[Shawn] There's the cheese.
Finally made it out,
had a hell of a trip out.
We're out here digging.
It looks really good.
[narrator] Shawn Pomrenke
is clocking overtime...
[Shawn exclaims]
making the most of a
late season opportunity.
[Shawn] Oh, oh,
oh, oh, oh, yeah.
We're making gold.
When you've been mining
on the Bering Sea this long,
you develop an internal clock
that tells you when winter's
knocking on your door.
There's no set date.
The freeze happens
a different time every year.
And right now, I'm certain
it's gonna happen any day.
We're gonna work this ground
until we can't work it anymore.
Eat it like a grilled
cheese sandwich
'cause I really like
that cheese, the yellow.
Until we can't get that
cheese out of there anymore.
It's almost time
for shift change.
Night shift's coming out.
The boys will show
up and keep digging.
Take advantage of
the high north wind
and dig this gold
that's out here deeper.
It's getting late but hopefully,
we do some serious damage
and dig all night.
Come on, gold.
Hey, where are you guys at?
[man speaking]
[Shawn] Throw the anchor out.
[man speaking]
[Shawn] [bleep]
The boat died.
They're out in this [bleep].
Cody.
[Cody on radio] Roger, roger.
Yeah, I guess, uh, night shift
[bleep] North River just died.
They're about a half mile away.
[Cody speaking]
[Shawn] All right.
Well, the night shift's
coming out in the North River
and then that died.
So we got guys in the
middle of the ocean in the dark.
Cody's hauling a*s
over here to go get 'em.
We're out here
without a support vessel
and now we have to leave
'cause, uh, something
happens, I'll be [bleep].
When you're out here,
you need a support vessel
to get in and out
quickly for emergencies.
Hell, we've already seen one
dredge get stranded this season.
Yeah, we can't be out here
without a support vessel.
So let's go ahead
and shut it down
and we're [bleep] on
the long ride home.
[crewmate on radio]
All that work getting here and
now I've got to pull the plug.
If it ain't one
thing, it's another.
[sighs] [bleep].
Just [bleep] mad right now.
We ain't gonna stay out here
without a [bleep] support boat.
Stupid.
It ain't worth it.
[bleep].
[bleep] all the way out here and
get [bleep] by something like this.
Get back to the harbor and see if I
can figure out what's wrong with our boat.
["Morning Mood" playing]
[Kris]
[crewmate]
Getting out here first thing. Going
to try to get as much gold as we can
to make this happen.
Everything's a little frozen.
[narrator] After getting
knocked down yesterday,
Kris Kelly is back
on the mountain,
determined to climb to
the top against all odds.
We're on our way.
Motoring along...
a little frosty, a little
cold, but it's all right.
It's gonna be a damn good day.
[Kris] We're[bleep]
gonna go out to Tomcod
and spend 16 hours on the water.
Nobody's going home.
Nobody's [bleep] leaving.
I brought a little cot. We're gonna
take turns napping if you need to.
We are desperately
in need of gold.
Like, wow, in need of gold.
It's cold as[bleep],
but it's not as cold
as it was yesterday.
No more messing around.
We have a limited amount of
time to get this operation to work
and we're on life
support right now.
We're just gonna keep working,
even if we go into tomorrow morning.
We already have our sweet spot
before the excavator broke down
and now that we're back
running at full capacity,
I can't let anything get
in my way of running.
[James] Does that work?
[James] I think it's gonna be
a damn good day for mining.
I mean, it's pretty nice out.
Going to one of our old spots.
And, really, that excavator
moves so much material.
It's gonna be easy for
us to make gold today.
Let's start the wash plant up.
[James] All right, let's do it.
[Kris] Yeah, we're locked!
Come on, guys! Let's do it!
[James] This is
definitely cobbled.
[Kris] The bucket looks so good.
We need to be on the hottest
ground of the season at this point.
If it's not, we're not gonna
get the ounces we need.
So we're gonna take
test pans to make sure.
Right now I'm looking for
at least 50 colors in the pan.
That will tell me if
this spot is smoking.
Please, for once, I
need luck on my side.
Look at that.
[Kris]
Yeah, baby!
Oh, we're on it! 100 colors?
I hope to God it's
like an ounce an hour.
I really [bleep] need some
ounce an hour right now
to save my season.
So, everything for [bleep]
once is going my way.
Thank God!
[sighs]
Sometimes, I resort
to having a c*ck
and trying to forget my
woes, if you know what I mean.
[narrator] And now, another
episode of Social Hour
with Vernon.
Let's see what the
trolls have to say today.
[reading]
I like them a lot.
These guys are
adventurous-type people.
They ought to really
have a backstory sh**t
because what they do is way
more adventurous than what I do
in most cases.
They go and do
all kinds of stuff.
Every now and then,
some [bleep] or nimrod will
come through the herd,
but for the most part,
they're pretty good
guys, pretty good guys.
What the [bleep] you doing, man?
Leave my Jameson's alone.
[reading]
Well, I tell you what.
There were a couple of years when
me and Discovery parted company
and I was still up here
mining, winter and summer.
I've been doing it since
I first came up here
in 2010 and I intend to keep
doing it with or without Discovery.
Okay? For the most
part, TV doesn't bother me.
I do what I do...
[yelling] What do you mean I
don't know what I'm [bleep] doing?
And they film it.
[yelling] Upset about it? I'm
more than [bleep] upset about it.
I could say, "Don't film me."
And then recording it,
the way I'm figuring it,
that would make me a dumbass.
Okay?
You know what? Thanks for your
concern, but [bleep] you very much.
[reading]
Well, yes, they did.
And you know what?
They can call me whatever
in the hell they want.
I don't care.
I've been called worse
things than an ogre.
[narrator] This has been another
episode of Social Hour with Vernon.
[crewmember] Make sure to get all
of that out there, Bryan, you know?
- Let's see what we've got.
- [Bryan] All right.
[narrator] Short on gold, Vernon
Adkison's hoping his double-dive day...
made a serious
dent in his tally.
That's a nice piece of gold.
- [Vernon] I'm seeing a little bit of gold.
- [Bryan] Yeah, for sure.
[Vernon] I'm not gonna lie, this summer
has been tougher than a gator's hide.
It even crossed my mind this morning
that we might be done for the season,
but we got fixed up and
put in our longest day yet,
hoping to see the fruits
of our labor on the scales.
- How many hours did we get?
- [Bryan] Six.
- Let's weigh it up and see what it came out to.
- [Bryan] There we go.
That's one, two...
[Vernon] Three,
four, five, six...
seven, eight...
nine, ten...
[woops] Awesome.
[narrator] 10.3 ounces
is worth over $18,000.
Good show. You guys
did a hell of a good job.
Yeah.
[Vernon] I feel like we're rising from
the dead at the end of a horror movie
because this season
has sure as hell been one.
Hopefully, it will be respectable
when it's all said and done.
I'm gonna yank my own chain and say
we're gonna end up with a monster total.
Anyway, all I can
tell you guys is
I appreciate y'all
hanging with me.
All right!
[narrator] Across town...
[Emily] Look at all that gold.
Oh, I'm taking out everything.
[narrator]... Emily and her crew
hope to keep the good times going.
[Tony] There's
just so much of it.
Another trip out,
another day on the box.
I don't know how many more of
these we're gonna get this season,
but hopefully this one
counted in a big way.
All right. Let's see how we did.
Three...
four, five, six...
seven, eight, nine, ten...
- [woman] Oh, yeah.
- [Emily] 30...
[laughing]
That's it, man.
[narrator] 34.11 ounces
is worth over $61,000...
and Emily's hot
season continues.
Right there.
Oh, baby.
Yeah, that's good. Heck, yeah.
[narrator] Nine miles west...
[Kris] Praise the Lord! I knew
this[bleep] was gonna work.
[narrator] Kris Kelly not only has
the Mistress, firing on all cylinders.
He's even got the massive
excavator dredge on the gold.
So far, the day's going great.
We've had no major
problems, no breakdowns,
nothing going wrong,
which is nice and boring
and we're making
gold and I love it.
Hopefully, we keep
this going for 72 hours
and then we're really
gonna make some gold.
Really, the way it is, we're
trying to get as many hours in
before the end of the season
'cause the winter's coming,
the freeze is coming,
it's almost over.
If we get this week,
one more week,
I hope to God we get
three weeks total, of mining,
still get over 200 ounces...
If not, I'll take 100
ounces right now.
You know, 100
ounces and [bleep].
No, I lied. I need 200
ounces. We need 200 ounces.
We get 200 ounces, I show
everybody I made this work.
Show everybody that next
year, I'm gonna [bleep] k*ll it,
show everybody that I just needed
a [bleep] excavator that worked!
Like, I can control a
lot of things on this rig.
I can control the
spots that we get,
making sure we get
gold doing test pans.
I can control the
angle of the box,
how much water is going through
the box, where my gold sits.
I'm not very good at controlling
that[bleep] excavator yet,
but I'm getting
better at it, I swear.
Box looks great. We're
on a lot of gold right now.
It's starting to stack up.
Hopefully we get a week of
this, you know, without a problem.
Don't jinx me. I hope
everything goes good.
[Michael screams]
[Kris]
[Kris] [bleep], man.
[Michael]
[Kris] What happened?
Michael got his
hand hit with the spud.
[Kris] Of course, I want to
get as much gold as possible.
I need to make this payment.
But when you're the captain,
the safety of every crew member is
your responsibility...
and Michael's hand is mangled.
I mean, come on! It got
crushed by a giant spud.
We've got to get him to the ER.
There's no way his
hand isn't broken.
[James] Mining's a
very dangerous gig.
Hand got caught in the
spud well, completely crushed.
We're going to the ER.
I got you. Don't touch nothing.
Thank God there
was a boat close by.
They were able to get
Michael, bring him to shore
so he could get the
proper medical attention.
Okay, watch your step.
[Kris] If they weren't
nearby and didn't offer,
it would have taken Michael
hours to get the help he needs.
And as bad as everything is,
we're gonna have to keep going.
We're short staffed.
I just don't have any choice.
[Michael]
Smashed the [bleep]
out of my fingers.
I'm walking, though, so
it could've been worse.
Down to the bone.
Yeah, they're not
broken. They're smashed.
[Gabe] None of the other
dredges are going out,
but nobody else's decision
should be a part of the equation
You should be, you know, making
your own calls about everything.
You know, it's
like an indicator.
You kind of look at it
and, like, add it to the list.
There's always that miner thing
where they're like,
everyone's kind of like,
around the port.
They're like, "What are
the other miners doing?"
And then somebody is like,
"[bleep] it," and pulls their boat out
and everyone's like, "[bleep]!"
[laughing] Everyone
gets in their boat.
- [yells] Charge!
- [bleep].
[laughs]
[Kris] Man, it's been
a[bleep] couple of days.
I mean, we're getting gold,
but this has been [bleep].
Like, a nonstop
rollercoaster ride all year.
[narrator] After
pulling an all-nighter,
short-staffed on the Mistress...
Kris Kelly brings a
worn-out Reaper Nation...
back to the harbor.
[Kris] At least, right
now we'll have parking...
'cause everybody
else is at work.
We did 20 straight
hours. It was exhausting.
I wish we could have done more.
All in all, we
did pretty good...
but it wasn't without drama.
Michael could have gotten his
fingers ripped off with that spud.
I just hope he's
not gonna lose any.
How's your hand?
[Michael]
[Kris] How's the bones, though?
[Michael]
[Kris] The bones are smashed?
[Kris] Oh, buddy.
They x-rayed it and the
bones were crushed?
[Michael]
[Kris] I'm really sorry.
[Michael]
[Kris] I know,
but I'm still sorry.
[Michael]
Man, a guy on my boat
lost a piece of his finger.
That's a horrible feeling.
Honestly, it's just par for
the course this summer.
Every time it looks like things are
going my way, I end up losing time
or I lose money
or we lose fingers.
Oh, the plan right
now is to make a plan.
It's not looking
good, my friend.
This was supposed
to be our week to shine.
I just don't know.
At the very least, I hope we put
some gold in the box last night.
That will help us get
to where we need to be.
[narrator] On the
outskirts of town...
[Shawn] Kind of played
it on the cautious side...
but it looks good.
[narrator] It may have
ended earlier than he wanted,
but Mr. Gold still
tapped into a motherlode
and now it's time to find
out just how loaded it was.
We're still having gremlins
that are haunting us
and kicking our a*s right now.
Man, we're on the
best ground all summer.
The Myrtle's firing
on all cylinders,
but this year, we just can't
seem to have a perfect day.
Been a lot of little gremlins
that have been hitting us all year.
But the good news
is that ground is hot.
We did get in a
nice chunk of hours,
so let's see how we did.
Let's weigh this [bleep] up.
Hoping for 300, but
let's see where we're at.
There's 30.
Triple digits.
Might hit a few hundred ounces.
[narrator] 204 ounces
is worth over $367,000,
by far the Myrtle Irene's
biggest haul of the season.
[Shawn] Now we've finally got all
the bugs worked out of the Myrtle,
looks like everything's
working just fine.
She's getting better
and better every clean up.
And the weather is cooperating.
That's all we need. We
need days on the water.
We need equipment to
run and not break down.
The Myrtle's dialed in.
The little boats are fixed...
and we're on some
fantastic ground.
All the little problems from this season
have kept gold out of our pockets.
I'm hoping we have one run left.
We just need the
weather to hold out
and let us be out there
as long as possible.
Season's wrapping up.
You better get it
done while you can.
Really good Myrtle clean up.
We'll put this away,
get the hell out of here.
[narrator] On the
other side of Nome...
[Kris] It's, like, 30 hours,
but they were [bleep] up.
You know, I'm so sick
of my excuses this year.
I'm sorry I got you
into this [bleep], Kevin.
I swear to God, I thought we
were going to k*ll it this year, buddy.
[narrator] ...Kris' money man,
Kevin O'Damey, is back in town
just in time for the
team's clean out...
upping the pressure on
the beleaguered captain.
[Kris] I'm really
hoping for 30 ounces.
Come on, you [bleep]. Pay me.
I already started to get
gold piling up in here.
If you look at all the problems
that I had over the last week
to get this gold,
Mike got hurt,
generator kept turning off.
I had to do a bunch of repairs on
the boat to get it up and running.
It feels like it was a month.
You know? Like, I went
through a month of [bleep].
Every time I turn
around, it's just...
It's one thing after another. We
went through a lot of crap this year.
We buttoned up a
lot of crap this year.
[Kris] Let's be honest. This
season has been a dumpster fire.
And to make things worse, I bring my
buddy Kevin in to help bankroll this thing.
Now he's standing
over my shoulder,
hoping I make this work.
Look, I believe that if
everything starts to go right,
I can make the
Reaper Nation huge.
But the clock is pretty much
striking midnight on us at this point.
I need a giant clean
out like never before.
Best cleanup of the year,
no matter what happens.
Here we go.
Come on, baby.
Two...
three and a half, four...
five, six...
seven, eight...
[narrator] 9.54 ounces
is worth over $17,000,
one of Reaper Nation's
biggest hauls to date...
but it only gets him about
halfway to where they need to be
to make their big payment.
I'm sad as [bleep].
I thought we were
gonna do better.
It's not over for me yet.
You know what?
Stubbornness will prevail.
You know? And I'm desperate. I need
that money and we're gonna make it happen.
So, here's my lemon's take.
Time is almost up this summer.
We still have a lot of payments to
make to keep this operation going.
But here's my lemonade take.
It looks bleak, but
it's not over yet.
We're on the best
gold of the season.
The Mistress is working
great and I'm willing to pull
the longest marathon
ever to get what we need.
[bleep], man. I'm bummed.
[Kevin] At the end of
the day, we learned a lot
and we've got to
take this experience
and use it to our knowledge
and knowledge is gold.
[Kris] Yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, I
learned so much, I should be a billionaire.
[narrator] As the fleet
enters the homestretch...
it'll be a mad dash to hit season
goals in the final throes of summer.
Next time on Bering Sea Gold...
Time is getting short and
the gold is getting cold.
Yeah, boy!
[yells happily]
Get down there!
[Shawn] Now it's time
to just pile up the gold.
We're gonna smash
it right out of the park.
[whistles]
It's past midnight
now, so we're all just...
- [machinery bangs] -
[camera man] What was that?
[man screaming]
Get a hammer and bang on that
b*tch, bust all that [bleep] loose.
We've just wasted a whole
bunch of [bleep] time here.
[man yelling] No!
No, stop the motor!
What the [bleep]?
Emily, we're falling
apart without you.
We finished strong.
Let's see what we got.
[yelling] Yeah, baby!
[Emily] Oh, my God.
[yelling happily]
Losers get nothing! I want
my million [bleep] dollars!
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15x09 - There Will Be Blood
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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.