I'm waiting for Dad.
Figure out this buyout,
there might be some
yelling and screaming.
You wonder why I'm pissed?
I'm pissed because I don't
like people lie to me.
I don't like you either.
The way you've been
ripping me off
since I've been
in business with you.
All my time's given
and I don't give a
to get done.
Well, as soon
as I get something
that's half
of my problem.
what?
I ain't get nothing?
It ain't my
damn fault.
you.
I ain't going to
stand down anymore.
You dumb .
Family is family.
Business is business.
This is a business.
They say blood
and business don't mix.
But for the gold
mining fleet,
sometimes you don't have a choice.
Whether it's father
and son...
That's why
I work on my own.
Brotherly love...
Don't up my deal.
Or a young couple.
Good job, baby.
When you mix
business and family...
I am so pissed at him
for the things
that have happened.
...you could
end up
losing both.
Oh, for Christ's sake.
You know, you, Shawn.
Today's
the day, gentlemen.
We're finally getting
this sack
of that's costing me
a lot getting in the water.
Hey, you did a good job
putting it together, though.
After weeks
of trials and tribulations,
the brothers Kelly
are on the brink
of putting their new dredge
the All-In onto the water.
So here we are
down at the harbor
trying to get
the All-In in the water.
Um, we just put out
a load of money
to get this craned
in the water.
Like, you have no idea,
but I know in my heart
it's a drop in the bucket
compared to what
- we're gonna
make this season.
- Hell, yeah.
What I'm gonna
make this season.
Andy's extremely lucky
to be playing
with my toy, you know,
and having the crawler
go in the water
and he's running it.
'Cause it's a gold troll...
- Don't do that .
- All right, brother.
You just up
that whole thing.
No, I didn't.
You look good.
No, you didn't.
They're not gonna use it now
you stupid .
The plan was to have
the All-In on the water
at the beginning
of the season, then I
can launch my crawler.
But like always,
Andy screwed that up.
Hey, try to move the nozzle.
That's impossible.
That's one
of the tracks moving.
We're not putting this
in the water right now.
Everything is going
to over here.
But I was determined
to have that boat
ready for the first half
of the summer.
So I kept pushing
to make that happen for us.
Now finally we're about
to see a great moment
in Reaper Nation history.
Looks pretty
impressive, huh?
This is the best addition
to Reaper Nation
that I've ever seen.
This crane is gonna
lift that 35-ton
piece of
and put it in the water.
This operator better
be careful
because it was not cheap
to get that boat ready.
We need to get
that boat in the water
as soon as we can
to start earning money.
Because we're halfway
through the season
and we're seriously
behind our goal
to pay everything off.
Good job, Nate.
Everything's
looking good, man.
It's just amazing
on how a ship like that
can just get picked up.
I mean, he's gotta be
real careful.
He's gotta swing it.
I'm not taking
any chances with this boat.
That's why my brother
and the crew
are using tethers
to make sure
we get this boat
in the water.
Come on. Come on.
Come on. Come on.
I am pulling.
Here, I'll come
with that line.
It's doing good so far,
at least
nothing bad has happened.
So, you know, like you
really don't want anything
bad to happen
when all of your investment
is dangling
in the air like that.
Watch out, Mike.
Get out of the way.
Daniel, pull your side.
We're almost there.
It's a little bit longer
and it'll be in the water.
Give it some slack.
Ooh, there it goes.
baby.
We made it.
- We made it.
- Oh, yeah.
We're on, baby.
We're on the water, DJ.
I feel like
a giant weight's
been lifted
off my shoulders
and placed
on the Bering Sea.
This is for our family.
I've had to take
the lead on this project
and I put in the majority
of the blood,
sweat, and tears.
When this all works,
it'll all be worth it.
Reaper Nation
will take over Nome.
Thank you, Nate.
Beautiful job.
That was perfect. Perfect.
You guys want
to check everything?
Make sure no leaks,
everything's sealed?
Yeah, that's what
he's going to do right now.
- Yeah.
- Before we
can take this off.
We can dock here
for a minute.
Oh, my God!
Damn!
Someone get this!
Hurry!
This boat will fill up
in two or three hours
and it will sink
from the back end
if we don't get
that hole taken care of.
I'll tell you that right now.
That's way too much water.
While the Kellys' dream
may be washing away...
...just down the road...
We're in the mid-season.
I'm actually falling
behind a little bit.
We're getting
to that point now where
I really have
to stay focused
on how I can pack
those hours in
because days
are getting shorter
and then, the nights
are getting longer.
It's gonna start
to get cold
and it's gonna start
to get nasty and, you know,
pretty soon
it's gonna be all over.
A second generation miner
is determined
to make his own mark
as the first half
of the summer
draws to a close.
We started off
doing so good
until I lose
a couple of divers.
I can't find
no good help out here.
That hurt
the operation big time.
But I can't give up
right now.
You gotta just
go out there
and go dredge.
When you're the son
of a big-time gold miner,
a lot of people think
that I can only make it
by just riding
my dad's coattails.
Yeah.
So I really wanted
to prove everybody wrong.
And one way
to show the doubters
is to dive solo.
Doubt tenders,
without anyone.
But I tried it twice
and it's been way tougher
than I imagined.
Let's go
get some gold.
So today I am
really determined
to do a solo six-hour dive.
It'll be a really perfect way
to end my first half season.
And most importantly,
it'll get me back on track
to hit my goal.
It'll prove without question
that I'm my own man.
Right on the money, dude.
We set up the gear.
Yeah, I can just sense
something right here,
something real good
about to happen over here.
I'm on the spot
called Wall Street.
When I can actually dive
it keeps paying out.
Right now, I can't afford
any more snags.
I really need
to get back down there
and I really need
to stay down there
and grind
and get that gold.
Whoo!
All right.
Let's empty the nozzle.
Another rock jam.
I can't believe
this happened again.
I was doing everything
I can to avoid it.
If I can't get
this thing out,
there's no way
I'm gonna hit
my 300-ounce season goal.
And honestly,
people may start to doubt
that I'm the real deal.
Damn it, man.
On his third
attempt at a solo dive,
once again, Chris McCully
finds himself in a real jam.
this .
All right, let's try that
in case I got it.
Whoo! Yeah, dude.
The Bering Sea gods think
that they can stop me,
but not this time.
I cleared a jam
and I got everything
back running again
on my own
without any help
and that's just
the way I like it.
But really
there's no time to celebrate.
I really need to get
back down there
and suck up
some more gold.
I'm gonna go ahead
and finish my dive here.
I'll see you guys
in a couple hours.
Whoo!
While one miner
goes it alone,
back in Nome...
Bring what up?
We gotta pull it
all off, anyways.
Yeah.
...on a potentially
groundbreaking day,
the Tenhoff Team...
Looks great from here.
...has
some company.
Two boys and power tools?
What a view.
Today is potentially
a huge day for us.
We've been crushing it
this summer.
We're about to meet
our season goal
and we're only
halfway through.
And to make it even better,
Jeff's girlfriend, Evany
and my fiancée Lexi,
came up to visit us,
and are gonna help us out
for a couple of days.
And by the way,
I just got engaged recently.
Good?
Ready to go mining.
For me, gold mining has
always been a family activity.
My brother, Gabe,
has been with me
for the last
few seasons on and off.
Now, I'm starting
a new family with Lexi,
and she's super knowledgeable
out on the water.
She's a great asset
to have on board.
- It's like a real boat.
- Yeah.
Who's diving first?
I'll probably
go down first.
Very exciting.
I'm really excited for him.
It's just like
an incredible opportunity
that he gets
to run this boat.
Everything's tight.
Ready to go.
I think Zeke's
probably suiting up.
The plan is I'm gonna
go down first,
and if I get us
onto some good gold,
we shouldn't have
any problem busting
through our
season goal today.
What's up, buddy?
The visibility
is okay.
I'm starting
a new hole over here.
It's kind of
a difficult process,
starting a new hole,
but I've got enough
of a hole going here
so I can get
into the edge of this cut.
I saw a little bit of color.
That should be good.
Sounds good, bud.
I'm still seeing that.
It looks similar to the stuff
we were working
the other day,
so I'm good to go.
Yeah, okay.
Yeah, that sounds good.
Yeah, we got
to hit it hard though.
Copy that.
Right on.
I guess hit it hard
and then we'll switch out.
All right, buddy.
It's so cool.
Back in the harbor...
How bad is it, Daniel?
The Kellys' plan
to get the All-In
onto the water
is still an upstream battle.
But now, they're...
Now, there's three holes.
- Are they close by each other?
- Thank God,
we found them right now.
If anything more
and, uh, we would've
been screwed.
Man, it seemed like everything
was finally coming together.
We got the All-In
into the water
after all this time.
But we have
three holes in the boat
and its gushing water.
So we gotta put
a metal plate on the holes,
try to slow down the water.
Everybody get off
the boat.
And lift the boat up
with the crane and drain it.
Daniel, let's get that trailer
moved back down here.
Bring the trailer
right here.
Back it up.
Get an extension cord.
Let's get this going.
We got a lot going on.
Anthony's welding.
Daniel's trying
to pump out the hole
so we can see any new holes.
- Uh, I think we're--
- Kris, that barrel is full.
We need another barrel.
So we're draining the water
and we already filled
a 55-gallon drum barrel.
That just tells you
how much water seeped in
through those holes.
It's like the S.S. Minnow.
Donkey Kong.
But at least the plate
is in place now,
so that's good.
We just got to get
the rest of the water out.
Oh, that's
a lot of water.
I can't believe
there's this much
water
in this boat already.
But we're pumping out.
We almost have
two 55-gallon drums of,
uh, nasty water.
We're just, uh,
waiting to drop it down
for another check.
How's it looking
in there, Anthony?
Good?
Everything's fine.
We're fine.
We're not sinking.
That's Reaper Nation, baby.
Just the start.
So the All-In is in the water
and guess what?
It's not sinking.
It floats.
Now, we'll get it ready
for a test run
and hopefully
all systems will be go,
and we can get the crawler
in the water, finally.
Thank you, everybody.
One more. One more.
Some love for my people.
One more. Okay.
Uh, job well done.
- Steaks and lobster on Kris.
- No, no, no.
- Hot dogs for everybody.
- Hot dogs.
As the first
half of the summer
rounds the final lap,
the fleet is mixing
gold mining with family.
And at
the Pomrenke inland mine...
A little bit
more fun digging on land.
Mr. Gold
is looking to settle up
some family business.
We got to contour
everything off.
Get it all landscaped.
We just finished up the most
recent cut at the inland mine.
That means clean it up,
put the dirt back,
landscape it,
make it look like it did
before we started mining.
But it's not
the only thing
I got to clean up
over here.
Make everything
look pretty.
I'm trying to pump out
these ponds
so we can get
some of the silt out.
The inland mine
was owned by me and my dad.
We each had half.
Two seasons ago,
I made a deal with him.
He was gonna sell me
his half for $1.5 million,
so I'd own
the whole thing.
All right,
that's somewhat of a deal.
Sounds good, Dad.
That was the plan
at least.
Now, it's been two years
and he still hasn't retired.
Now, he just
basically avoids me.
Alls I hear is he's trying
to tweak the deal,
trying to squeeze
more money out of me.
Meanwhile, he's not
running things efficiently
as I would.
Every day, he drags this out.
It means the mine doesn't make
the profit it should.
- Oh!
- What's up?
Yup, it's done.
- Yeah.
- All right.
I'm gonna go check out the
last clean out from this cut.
Hopefully, it's a good one,
'cause we count
on the inland
for a huge
amount of our income.
We're using an inland
mine cleanup...
Last little bit of gold.
Woo-hoo-hoo!
is worth over $460,000,
and helps push Shawn
closer to his season goal.
That's not bad at all.
We made some money.
Not a bad cleanup.
There's no doubt
this season's been rough.
And this is a reminder
that the inland mine
can help us get
to our 3,000 ounce mark
while we keep
struggling on the water.
So the time's come.
It's time to close
this deal with my dad.
Enough is enough.
If the empire's
gonna keep moving forward,
I have to get it done,
no matter how ugly
it may get.
Fill it, turn it into money,
and do it again.
Another day,
another dollar,
another ounce of gold.
Back out on the water...
Yeah.
A new mother
is looking to end a rough
first half on a high note.
With a new
diving recruit,
Dan Rainwater
ready to make
his first dive for the team.
It was a really rough
winter season,
and we're trying
to start over,
we're trying to recover,
and we're trying
to have a strong
future for my husband
and our new baby daughter.
Uh, unfortunately,
we ended up
without any new divers.
I'm sorry you had to leave
that awesome pastry.
I knew me and my family
needed a solid season,
so I set out
to find a strong diver.
That's why we brought up
Dan Rainwater.
He is an old
high school friend.
Dan's already got
some dive experience,
but he hasn't dredged
for gold in the Bering Sea.
At what point
do I pee in my wetsuit?
No, I've been told
you're supposed
to pee in the wetsuit.
Um, so I was peeing
all over the place
earlier today
to get ready.
Dan's had a baptism by fire
in regards to gold diving
and, uh, he's been doing
a lot of research on his own.
So he's ready.
He's fired up.
And we've done the same
for his brother-in-law,
David, who's gonna attend
and then hopefully dive
for us in the future.
Hopefully,
we're setting ourselves up
for a strong back
half of the season.
That's crucial
because so far this summer,
we're nowhere
near our goal.
And the swells on the water
won't make this easier.
When we get down there,
we'll be able to see
if the current
messes with our diver.
It could be okay
and it could be, like,
no visibility, but we're
gonna pop them down there
and see what happens.
Guys,
can you hear me okay?
We hear ya.
All right.
Uh, visibility is good.
While Dan
is dropped down,
hopefully,
we'll see some gold.
He said his visibility
has been decent.
This looks interesting.
I got...
We got cobble
next to a sandbar.
I'm gonna start dredging
right here.
Roger that.
In the first two feet
of cleared material...
Oh, yeah.
I'm seeing some gold.
Seeing some gold right here.
Little bits of it here
and here and here and here.
I'm looking
at maybe 15 pieces.
Gold, gold,
gold, gold, gold.
I'm gonna stay
on the trail.
Keep following them.
If this keeps up, uh,
we're gonna
make a lot of gold.
- Oh, my God. Whoo!
- Yay!
There's gold everywhere
and we're gonna be rich.
Hell, yeah.
This is such
an awesome opportunity.
Yeah. Well,
you're doing great.
We love having you.
Awesome.
Thanks, Emily.
Dan gets an A
for attitude.
A plus.
Got about a foot
and a half of overburden
sticky clay
with, uh, gold all over it.
Oh, this is right
where I want to be.
Uh, Dan, which way
is the gold running?
Which way
is the gold going?
He should know if
he can't hear us to come up.
Okay. I don't--
Okay.
It's scary.
Yo. Um, uh,
do you still hear us?
He should know if
he can't hear us to come up.
He should know when we tug
like that for him to come up.
I think that means
you want me
to come up, so I...
- Yeah, that's right.
- I said, "You got a copy?"
And I waited.
"You got a copy?"
No. Okay. I'm coming up.
Yeah. No, that's why
I shut your motor down.
We tugged and Jane's like,
"He's tugging back,"
and then I was like...
That's why I was like,
"Oh, .
He doesn't know
to come up,"
and then I shut
your motor off...
- I figured--
- Now he's gonna know.
Two tugs is like,
"Hey, how's it going?"
Four tugs is come up,
I figured.
One of the most
important elements
of diving safely
out here is communication.
Once the comms go out,
the safety of the divers
is severely compromised.
So the protocol
for when the comms go out
is that we give you
a tug on your umbilical
and you come up
right away.
Dan is brand new
to all aspects of mining.
I don't think Dan knew
that protocol right away.
So, uh, we had
to kind of give him
a couple good tugs
on the umbilical
before he came up.
You okay, Dan?
Yeah, everything
feels good.
I'm just, uh,
making sure my mask is on.
The good news is
is the comms are working again
and now Dan
knows to come up
if the comms go out
and he feels a pull
on his umbilical.
We're on some
hot gold right now,
so hopefully Dan
will get back on it.
I think
I'm ready to dive.
How do I sound
on the comms right now?
You can hear me okay?
Yes.
Awesome.
That's fantastic.
All right.
Here we go.
I'm just checking
on my umbilical as I go down.
There's a little twist.
There we go.
Okay.
All right. Let's go.
Let's get some gold.
Okay. This is a good sign.
We got black right here
on the bottom.
This rock's
pretty well stuck.
That means this ground
has never been...
never been worked.
Oh, there we go.
It's just loaded.
Loaded with gold.
Whoo!
Here we go.
Look at that.
Gobble them up.
That's what
I'm talking about.
Oh, yeah, it's good.
I knew it was gonna be
hard to find a new diver,
but it's not just
about finding a good diver.
It's about finding
somebody that,
you know,
that we feel good about
and we can trust.
Dan might not have
a whole lot of experience,
but on his first dive,
he's already on big gold.
I think I made the right move
bringing him on board.
Yeah,
I'm definitely on the trail.
All right. We're making
money down there.
I think we're gonna
get rich today.
Woo-hoo.
Back in the harbor...
Hey, I'm gonna
spin you around.
We're doing
big things today, people.
We're gonna make
this happen.
This is
a World w*r II craft.
We're making sure
everything is dialed in
before we put
the crawler on here.
With the All-In
on the water,
it's time for
the 80-year-old
boat's trial run
for the brothers Kelly.
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Okay. We know
the All-In can float,
but will this
actually make gold?
Look, this is an old boat.
We were dead set
on fixing the engines,
the generators,
and everything else
to make sure
this old girl can work.
Hopefully, we knew
what we were doing.
Okay, do we
wanna make a bet
on how good
this is gonna go today?
So it's a 50/50 chance
it can make it out
of the harbor
and back on its own power.
More like 25% chance
we're not gonna
have a problem today.
Andy, I'm gonna need you
to nudge the pontoons
if I get into trouble.
Right now,
it's really important
to have my brother
on standby
because if this boat
can't control itself,
he's the only
steering that we have.
So this is
what we're gonna do.
We're gonna go out
like two miles
and we're gonna
test everything
to make sure it works.
We just need proof
that the All-In
can do this.
And we didn't spend
a fortune on 35 tons of crap.
We got a captain, Mike Henry,
and my brother Andy
is gonna follow us in a skiff
in case the All-In
can't really control itself
or in case we all get
stranded on her,
which could happen.
Are we ready?
Okay. We're ready.
Anytime you are, captain.
Take it nice and slow
and see what it can do.
Yay!
Hey, can you verify
my port and starboard,
uh, running lights?
Well, so far so good.
Both engines
are working really good.
The generator on the board
is working great.
We're pissing water out,
which means the engines
are cooling
themselves, you know,
and I'm passing
my Mistress right now.
Don't worry, baby.
I'll see you in a little bit.
That guy must be a rich guy
that owns that boat.
So far, the All-In is doing
just fine above water.
But we were taking
on some water.
We had some big leaks,
so I'm gonna send Daniel
underneath
the boat to make sure
this doesn't
turn into a disaster.
Fingers crossed.
It... It's running
really good.
We had a few repairs
because it's a 1944 engine,
so some things
had to be switched out.
We got everything
dialed in
and it's like running.
Listen to it,
sounds like a Harley.
So right now,
I'm a little stunned.
Did we really take
a boat from World w*r II,
fix it up
and make it work?
I think we
made this happen.
This is amazing.
Okay, we're gonna come about,
do a U-turn.
I'm calling this a success.
I spent a lot of,
a lot of money
and a lot of triple
guessing myself
to make it
just to this point.
If I do everything correctly,
we'll never have
to dive in the water again.
That's the dream.
And bam! We made it!
That's what I'm talking about!
Reaper Nation forever!
Good job, everybody.
Good job.
Yeah!
Everything is finally
truly coming together
and we're
making this happen.
Now, we're ready to go.
Now, we just need Andy to put
the crawler on the All-In,
then the whole operation
will be ready for launch
and we'll be
making more money
than anybody else,
even Shawn.
Yeah.
This is what happens
when family comes together.
I'm very happy right now.
Thank you very much.
To all you guys,
I'm very happy
with everybody.
Thank you, buddy.
I'm extremely
proud of everything
that happened today.
Um, this was
the necessary step
and we passed it
with flying colors.
Reaper Nation is gonna
k*ll it this season
and my future
is looking so bright,
it's insane.
So bright.
How's that ground
down there looking?
Zeke's quest
for hitting
his season goal early
may be hitting a wall.
I feel like I'm pretty
much ready to wrap this up.
I'll see you at the top.
Sounds good.
I'll grab your umbilical.
Okay.
Simple.
- Oh, I know.
- Yeah.
Easy. Easy peasy.
Yeah.
Well,
this is a bummer.
My fiancée is out here
and I was
all ready to show off
and load up the box,
but this hole that we're on
is pretty much a dud,
but hopefully,
Jeff can go down
and start a new hole that has
a little more promise.
Then we'll be back on track
to breaking our season goal
right at the midway point.
Let's go make
a new hole.
Wow.
Right under this,
uh, super soft clay,
it opens up into
like a river gravel,
just below this clay layer.
Yo, you there?
Hey, what up?
Yeah,
this stuff right here
is really good.
I could...
I could see the color in it.
This is good material
right here.
Gonna be
good gold for sure.
Uh, yeah.
I'm glad it's going well.
We just need to keep
doing what we're doing.
Yeah, buddy.
Well, good. I'm glad
you guys are on a good spot.
I believe in it.
We're gonna
make some money today.
Back in the harbor...
Let's do it.
I need the crawler
stocked up in the boat
before I need
those locking mechanisms
- put on.
- Okay.
The Kelly family
is taking it
to the next level.
We need the nozzle
put on the crawler
and then I need you
to go over there
and get that crawler
in that cage.
Okay.
We can't stop.
We can't take
our foot off the gas.
Now it's time for me
to get The Mistress
back on the water
while Andy takes care
of the final touches
on the crawler
and gets it
onto the All-In.
And I need
Andy to not screw up
and to understand
how that operation
is going to work once things
finally get running.
Just so you're clear,
Mike is the captain
of the boat.
He's in charge of...
- Driving the boat in and out.
- ...running the boat,
when he wants to go home
for the day.
If he thinks
it's too rough,
he gets to make that call.
I don't want you to get
into one argument with him.
- All right.
- I want you
to be calm at all times.
- Speak calm.
- Oh, me.
Don't talk down to him.
That's a lot of,
uh, don'ts.
Don't up my deal
'cause you're handling
all the gold,
he's handling just driving.
So he's more like
a chauffeur.
I told him that you're
gonna be working with him
in harmony
'cause he knows you're...
We got the harm
part right.
No, harm-ony.
You want me
to harm him with a knee?
Andy is capable
of k*lling it
once that crawler
is unleashed,
but he's also capable
of screwing everything up.
I just gotta get
all my work done
for the mining aspect, everything.
Make sure
our boat is running
and get out there.
Put my crawler in
and we'll be good
to go for the gold.
I have to work
in harmony.
That's a new word for me.
Hopefully, Andy comes through
while they get us
on some gold.
That's the way I've always
envisioned Reaper Nation,
a two-headed monster.
The All-In with the crawler
and The Mistress,
a juggernaut on the sea.
Good!
Okay, let's go
into prospecting mode.
My operator's gotta
get on something great.
I have not one second
to waste on anything.
The support beam inside
is barely hanging on,
but that's good enough
for right now.
There's no time
to shut The Mistress down
and get it fixed.
I can't afford
any time off the water.
Let's take a look.
It's sand, another scoop.
Just dump it out.
I think we should
just start here.
We're gonna do
a test pan right away
to make sure we're on gold.
Oh yeah, baby!
Test pans
are looking pretty good.
A lot of fine gold
like it's packing up.
We're on gold.
You can start to feed it
as fast as you want,
I think.
I think everything
is going good.
Now we're gonna get
to the part that I excel at,
that's finding on gold,
staying on gold
and getting gold in my box.
And bam, just like that,
we're on gold.
I mean, come on.
That's my specialty.
What do you think
I'm doing out here?
It honestly feels
like everything
is coming together
perfect for the Kellys.
Everything's
going great right now.
Test pans look good.
Our cycle time's increased,
which means
we're moving more material,
which means we're probably
getting more gold.
So far so good.
For Chris McCully,
the third solo dive
is the charm.
Whoo!
Whoo!
Wow, what a feeling.
I finally did it.
When you're a second
generation dredger,
especially when your dad's
a big-time gold miner,
it's easy for people
to take you lightly.
But what I've done
in the past couple seasons,
there's no way
anybody could say
that to me
and today
I made that very clear.
A lot of gold, dude.
It's looking pretty good here.
It's getting
pretty concentrated.
There's pickers in there,
here and there.
Wow.
So now Cam and Bobby
can just pick up
where I left off tonight.
We're back on track
to meet our goal.
Sky's the limit.
Yeah, buddy.
So excited.
I've done a proper job.
Very nice.
Doing good, man.
I'm feeling good.
Across the water...
Jeff,
what do you think
our next strategy
should be?
With their
significant others
looking on,
the Tenhoff crew
is inching
closer and closer
to breaking through
their season goal.
All right.
So you got about, uh,
ten minutes left here
before you gotta bail.
Jeff got us on to some
good gold while he was down,
but he's gotta take his
girlfriend to the airport.
So that means Lexi
has to step up top side
while I get
another dive in.
- You ready?
- Yeah.
Back to town.
Get her to the airport.
Lexi may not be
a gold miner,
but she knows
her way around a boat,
which is a great skill
for her
to have as my fiancée.
It's like a bonus
in a relationship.
I'm excited.
You know, this is
my first shift,
so I hope he'll be
patient with me.
You got me?
Yeah, I got you now.
Okay. So I think
I'm gonna need you
to go out
about 30 feet
on the stern.
Okay.
I'm gonna work on that.
All right,
that was 30 out on the stern.
Thank you.
We'll see how this works.
How's it looking
down there?
If I clear away
an area
and just kinda
let everything fall out
of the cut,
there's a lot more gold here
for me to dredge.
Dang!
I'm really excited.
So I'll be really
just now...
Just getting into it.
It looks like
we will have a fat cleanup.
Back in Nome...
I'm waiting for Dad.
We don't ever talk much,
so this'll be interesting.
Shawn Pomrenke's
ready for a family showdown.
Started mining with my dad
when I was 15 years old.
I didn't even have
a driver's license
when I first started
driving dump truck.
Figure out this buyout.
See if we can come
to an agreement.
There might be some
yelling and screaming.
Even before all of this,
before selling the company,
my dad and I have always
had a tough relationship.
- What?
- You're ridiculous.
Oh, you gonna your...
Oh, you gonna hit me?
hit me mother.
you.
I need a mechanic truck
to get
the job done.
And there ain't no
tools in there!
Where are they?
So now after agreeing
to sell me the company
for 1.5 million,
he keeps
wanting more and more.
The latest nonsense now
is he wants a bunch
of equipment
and 900 ounces of gold.
That's at least $2 million.
It's a mess.
There he is.
What's going on now?
We got some
to figure out so...
Yeah, well...
Yeah, what... What's the...
what's the deal?
You know what the deal is.
Spill it. Spout it.
Now you want what,
you want 900 ounces.
Refined.
Refined?
This is exactly the kind
of BS I'm talking about.
Now he wants
refined ounces of gold,
which is another 14%,
so it just keeps
getting worse and worse.
When is enough, enough?
Are you gonna
leave me with nothing
to keep the company going
or nothing
to repair all this--
- Well, you just--
- It's like come on.
Well, come on.
How many days
you damn boats
go up in the ocean
last year for 19 days?
You don't piss on .
yeah.
Pisses me off.
He wants to take,
and take, and take,
and take and take.
Never enough.
Never enough.
He wants more,
more, more, and more.
I want equipment. I want land,
I want this, I want that.
I want a million six.
I want...
The company
is only worth so much.
You keep but he wants
a full price
for the company,
which I own half of.
It's ridiculous.
It's ridiculous.
I want him
to be reasonable
and be a
straightforward, and be...
Can be honest
and truthful,
and .
I ain't getting it.
Usually you try
to help out your kids.
I help my kids out
and he's just wants
to
take, take, take.
Shawn's
negotiation with his father
for the Pomrenke inland mine
is going off the rails.
What's the timeline
for coming up with the money?
Just like I thought,
my dad keeps asking
for more and more of his half
of the inland mine.
It's not what we agreed to
and it would
leave me no way
of keeping
the company going.
I'm gonna list all
of his demands in a text,
send it to him,
just so he
can see in clear
and simple English
how insane it is.
Your $1.5 million
marine purchases
ain't half my money.
But half the money
you take is mine, too.
But you don't
see it.
All you see is your future.
relax and
spending all this gold.
I still have to pay
and make a living
and have
someplace to mine.
You wanna leave me with
- future of me and my guy?
- Well, no.
I helped pay
for half of it, so--
And I didn't
and you know what?
I haven't got paid
in
how many years
out of this company?
All my time's given
and I don't get !
I get on.
I'm so fed up
with this .
Read your last text
and
take a look at it
and actually read it,
and look at the numbers
and look at
what it comes out to be.
It's $3 million.
Three million what?
$3 million.
For what?
For everything!
Look at it!
Read the text.
Enough is enough.
That's not even
including the land,
that's not including
the equipment you want.
That's we're
looking at three and a half.
Nine hundred deeds
this year.
- What the--
- That's what
you want, right?
- What's this $125,000
from last year--
- So you take $900,000.
That's what you took
last year!
I didn't get $120,000
from the company.
Well, should I get
something that's half
of my company.
And what? I get nothing.
I get nothing!
It ain't my fault.
Yeah, it is!
Oh, for Christ's sake.
You know you, Shawn.
You wonder
why I'm pissed?
I'm pissed
because I don't like people.
- I don't like you!
- I don't like you either,
the way you've been
ripping on me off
- too for the last--
- Yeah. Yeah.
Since I've been in business
with you .
Yeah, I rip you off.
For crying out loud,
cut if out, Shawn.
- Bring it on!
- It's not you're--
- Bring it on!
- I thought you're trying
- to be amiable.
- I am!
But you need to be
truthful and honest,
period.
No more
this doesn't count,
that doesn't count.
It all
comes to light.
It's all
on the table.
It's right there
in the text.
Well, you .
And you wonder
why I'm pissed!
gold.
you. I ain't gonna
stand down anymore!
Ridiculous ,
ridiculous .
Oh, what is that you
can't be truthful and honest?
- Can't be truthful and honest?
- Same .
I'm tired
of being .
Tired of being over.
Wants me to hand over gold.
I ain't handing over
until this
deal is done.
It's frustrating.
It's frustrating
and it's hard
and it needs
to come to an end
because he can't
deal with it anymore,
I can't deal
with it anymore.
But I'll be damned
if I'm gonna be
taken advantage of anymore.
Family is family,
business is business.
And this is business.
It's sad that it's
ending this way.
But his...
The greed has
taken him over
and it's sad and it sucks,
but it's the reality of it.
hate my dad.
Back on the water.
Hey, Dan.
How you doin' down there?
After four hours,
Emily's new hire
is making management proud.
That's not
a bad problem to have.
Yeah,
the weather changes quick
in the Bering Sea.
It was nice
not too long ago,
but it's taken
a bit of a turn.
Dan's been absolutely
k*lling it on his first dive.
He's really put in
an awesome effort,
but weather's coming up
and I don't
really wanna push it.
He's still
kinda new to the job.
Hey, do you wanna wrap it up
and call it a night soon?
Yeah. It's not
going anywhere.
It's ancient.
Dan even brought up
some souvenirs
from his first dive
in the Bering Sea.
- Oh, there they are.
- Yeah, there's a couple.
- Yeah. That's cool.
- Yay.
Good dive.
It was solid gold
the whole time.
It was three
separate strands of gold
and every time I tried
to like go a little further,
I found better gold
over there.
And then I'd
try a new one.
I'd find better gold
over there,
so there's gold
every direction.
Oh, yeah. This is...
- this is looking really good.
- Yes, yes.
We're gonna
be happy campers.
Yeah,
that's so chunky.
- Oh, that's beautiful.
- Yeah.
I think that's great.
It's gorge.
This is definitely
the money spot.
This has been a good day.
It actually makes me think
that we're getting
to our goals
in the second half
of the season here.
This is exactly what
my family needs right now.
That and breast milk.
Box looks great.
Box has beautiful
chunky gold.
This is an awesome spot.
Definitely gonna be having
a nice healthy cleanup.
We like chunky gold and
chunky babies on this boat.
Across the water...
There's
a lot of gold out here.
There's just gold
all through this stuff.
Cool.
With the aid
of his fiancée, Lexi,
Zeke Tenhoff
is trying to make a splash
as the season
hits the midway point.
Jeff just got here.
Okay.
Hold on.
You okay?
- You good?
- Yeah.
It's not as cold
I thought it'd be.
Baked a bra?
I never tried this before,
but I'm hopeful.
Baked potato.
Hey, bud.
Do you wanna come up?
Okay. Sounds good.
Super solid day.
Only halfway
through the season
and I think we may have
already met our season goal.
That would be
something to celebrate.
What?
You fell in the water?
It was when Jeff
was coming up.
You only have
to do that once.
Yeah.
Having Lexi with me
out here on the boat is great.
And getting good gold
while she's here
is even better.
Yeah.
I mean, whoa.
It's pretty hot.
I think it melted my jacket.
It's time
for Captain Emily Riedel
to learn
if her new team
has what it takes
to start
the back half strong.
That's beautiful.
That is beautiful
and ready to weigh.
This season
was not going well
and I thought
that we went...
We might be
totally down for the count
and that it
wasn't gonna work out,
but I wasn't gonna give up.
Not with everything
on the line for the family.
All right.
Special delivery.
Dan says he was
on good gold the entire time,
but he's still relatively new,
so hopefully, he's right.
We definitely need this.
Oof.
Too hot to handle.
Isn't that a juicy
but a gold plate?
- Yes.
- Dang.
I know you're excited
to see the weight too.
Right?
Let's see what we did.
One, two, three, four.
Oh, .
- Come on. So close.
- So close.
Woo-hoo!
Nice.
Boom.
Seven ounces
is worth over 12 grand,
a strong haul
particularly for a newbie.
And the Riedel Team
is back on track.
It's not like
our goal is within reach,
but we definitely
have a strong start,
thanks to Dan.
Yeah. If we can
keep this up
and keep these numbers going
for the rest of the season,
then I'm
pretty optimistic.
What on earth are you guys
doing with your hands?
Turkey.
That's one
we do really well.
- It's like bowling.
- I can't do turkey.
I can't do turkey.
Good job, baby.
- Good job.
- Good job, Dan.
This is
our best cleanup
in a long time.
Yeah.
Back out on the water...
That was
pretty good, huh?
Right behind us.
The Kellys
find a pot of gold
at the end of a rainbow
as they round out
the first half of summer.
You know, the...
Irish people,
we're lucky, okay?
We're super lucky.
Definitely on gold.
Oh, yeah, baby.
Check out Reaper Nation.
Everything is coming together.
Otto is k*lling it
in the excavator.
We're on a hot pace streak
and the material
looks amazing.
The All-In is ready to go now
and Andy's putting
the crawler on it.
This is our plan in action.
This is the Kellys firing
on all cylinders.
Everything's going great.
We're on gold.
The boxes been loading up
with materials.
We've increased
our cycle time.
Time for us
to make that goal.
I'm excited. We're about
to get my baby in this cage.
Purr for daddy.
All right, Andy.
We're all hooked up.
Good to go.
Let's go mining.
yeah.
Time to go home.
When we wake up,
we do it all again.
The night crew is coming in
to keep this going
around the clock.
This is efficiency.
This is an operation
that will rival
Shawn in the future.
We're doing it.
And now, I just can't wait
to see what's
on that scale.
We're crushing it today.
Good job, buddy.
One love.
I'm gonna do this.
I'm gonna make this work.
Back on dry land...
So far,
it's looking good.
With a full
solo dive on the books,
Chris McCully's ready
for his final cleanout
of the first half
of the season.
Wow.
Woo-hoo!
With the gold that I got in
from my last dive
and the gold that these guys
are getting at night,
this looks like
the kinda cleanout
that we really
need right now.
Pretty chunky.
The pot handle's
about to break.
There's so much gold
it won't even fit the scale.
So, we're gonna have
to do two weigh-outs.
First, I'm gonna weigh it
in grams,
and then I'm gonna
convert it into ounces.
It's actually
a good problem to have.
There's 200 grams,
We're gonna
get it close to...
Right there.
Close to 939 grams.
Ooh.
Pour the rest in there.
Okay. We got 877.
So we got 1816 grams
divided by 31.1.
Oh! 58 ounces, dude.
- Woo!
- That is something.
Wait. Hold on.
Oh, yeah. Let's do it.
Let's do it, Danny.
- Let's see how much
it is right here.
- Yeah. It was...
- I think there's--
- Oh, we can just add it
to the gram weight.
So, yeah, another half-ounce,
so we're basically...
That puts us
to 59 ounces, dude.
Actually, we got...
No, we got more
pickers right here.
No. Wait.
There's still more.
Okay.
is worth over $107,000.
Hell, yeah.
dude. That's...
Woo!
And Chris McCully
is ending the first
half of summer
with a bang.
So now we're back, baby.
We're back in a major way.
Everybody in Nome knows
that I'm doing this
all on my own.
Chris McCully
is out there kicking a*s.
Such a relief.
I thought I was gonna fall
behind my goal and, uh, I...
I'm feeling...
I'm back on track, dude.
We're making money
like a politician.
Good night
and God bless America.
I gotta go
to the airport.
I gotta go catch
a plane right now.
This season's been
a nightmare so far.
I'm nowhere near my goal.
The problem is divers.
My lead diver left town
and my other diver
doesn't speak
a lick of English
to lead a team.
So, I'm gonna
head to Anchorage
where there's more divers
to try to strengthen
my squad.
When I get down there,
I got a couple of divers
I'm gonna interview.
I put out the word
in the diving community
that I'm hiring.
And my phone's been
ringing off the hook
with divers looking for work,
but honestly,
most of them
aren't worth a damn.
Hello?
I don't have
time for this.
All right. I gotta go.
- Hello?
- An incarcerated
individual at--
Okay. Come on.
We made the most
out of this run, I think.
The results
look pretty good.
Time now
to see if the Tenhoff team
has accomplished their
season goal in half the time.
We'll run this gold
through the gold wheel.
See how it goes.
The season so far had been
going almost perfectly.
I'm well on my way to having
enough money saved up
to make this big payment
that's coming due
on this energy soon.
If we hit our goal
this early,
we're gonna be
in the profit zone
for the rest of the summer.
That would be amazing.
Pan it out.
Dry it out and weigh it.
Okay.
One, two, three, four,
five, six, seven, eight.
Sweet! More gold.
is worth over 47 grand.
And just like that,
Zeke shatters his summer goal
with half a mining
season still to go.
Wow. The thing
about gold mining
is a lot of the time
you don't hit your goals.
And this summer,
plenty of the fleet
might be struggling.
But this particular season,
we are crushing it.
I'm getting married soon
and I'm headed towards
my best gold total ever.
The future
is looking bright.
I have this theory
that if you are a conduit
for, like, a lot of energy,
then, like,
the universe notices
and then, like,
it continues.
Across town...
Everything's looking good.
Right now, we're looking at
the biggest cleanout
Reaper Nation has ever done.
The Kellys
are looking to make history.
There's a lot of gold.
It took to the midway
point of the season
to make everything work,
but it finally feels
like everything's starting
to click together.
The All-In's on the water
and we got the crawler
on the boat.
Honestly, my brother's
done a nice job
getting everything set up.
The Mistress is getting gold
and still holding together,
working around the clock.
This is how
I always imagined it.
And right now,
I think we might have
our biggest cleanout ever.
We're filling up
that tote of gold.
We're seeing lots of gold.
Everything's going good.
This is an important moment
for Reaper Nation.
Okay. Here we go.
I'll call it out.
Here it goes.
We're at 5, 10...
Okay. We're moving
in the right direction.
There's still
a lot of gold in there.
Forty...
We're at 45...
And then we got these
little nuggets.
- Okay.
- I'm gonna put these
over on the side.
Fifty-four ounces.
Fifty-four ounces
is worth over $97,000.
It's Reaper Nation's
biggest cleanout ever.
That's the biggest cleanout
Reaper Nation has ever done,
- 54 ounces. That's...
- That's a lot of gold.
That's a lot of gold.
Now this is how you finish
the first half of the season.
Biggest cleanout
in history for Reaper Nation.
Once we start the second half
of the season,
Andy's on the crawler
and I'm on The Mistress,
we're gonna be unstoppable.
Fifty-four ounces,
that's good.
That's
a lot of money.
Best cleanup
in my life.
Everybody's in a great mood.
Down the road...
Hi.
I'm heading to Anchorage.
In his battle
for the inland mine,
Shawn Pomrenke is taking
things to the next level.
Seems like Dad and I,
we can't...
we can't come
to a agreement,
we can't figure this
things out on our own,
so let's...
I guess it's time to get
some attorneys involved
and have them
figure it out.
I was hoping to meet
with my dad face to face
so we could iron
this deal out,
but that was a pipe dream.
My dad's never gonna
agree to anything.
So, I need to do
something about it,
and I need to do it now.
It's a moving target
with him.
It's how he's moving.
It's, uh,
"Oh, we're doing better,
so I want more, but... great."
And as it stands,
him and his wife
are trying to take
everything and drain
the life out of the company
and leave it crippled
and basically,
not have money to pay
the bills through the winter,
so I'm heading
to the airport.
I'm gonna go to...
I'm heading to Anchorage
to go get a attorney,
and his attorney
and my attorney
can figure it out from here.
We... And it's sad
that it's at this point,
but it's pretty obvious
that him nor I will be able
to come to any
type of agreement
in any kind of civil manner.
Getting lawyers
involved at this time
is the only way
to get this drama done.
I don't wanna have
to be dealing with this
in the back half
of the season.
My plate's full enough.
It has to get resolved
for the sake of the empire.
He won't talk to me,
and when it is,
it's, uh... it ends up
in yelling and screaming,
and I am so pissed at him
for the things
that have happened
that I really
don't even want to...
I... It's...
a really
sad thing to say,
but I really would be
a lot happier person
if I never
talked to him again.
There's something
that he's... He...
I don't know.
I can't explain it.
I've tried
to rationalize it.
I've tried to figure it out
so many times and...
And it's...
it's ugly and gross.
So, this is all gonna come
to a screeching halt.
It's done. I'm done.
I'm not doing it
anymore, so...
I gotta get on the plane.
While Shawn
fights for the future
of the family business,
in a mere matter of days,
the fleets' world
will be turned upside down
when they find themselves
in a fight just to survive.
If the weather
reports are true,
this is unlike anything
Nome has seen before.
It's gonna be
a game changer.
This could
potentially screw up
all of our plans
for the summer.
This could even shut down
mining for the year.
We've had plenty
of big storms in Nome before.
But this one
feels different.
My gut's telling me
nothing's gonna be
the same after this.
Later this season
on Bering Sea Gold...
We're gonna smash
into the Christine Rose.
Kris!
Oh, .
Come up,
come up, come up!
No one
in the gold mining fleet
has ever experienced
a storm like this.
It's complete chaos.
We're gonna
have to evacuate.
Normally, there's a road
in front of me.
I could lose
every boat I own.
Oh, man.
- This thing can explode.
- Hey!
They're trying to get us out,
so let's move back.
This is crazy.
I don't know
if we're gonna make it.
Everybody's screwed.
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17x06 - Drawing Bloodlines
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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.